[_]
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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[X]
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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[_]
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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[_]
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SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP.
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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16 Grigoriou Lambraki Street, 2nd Floor, 166 74 Glyfada, Athens, Greece
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Stamatios Tsantanis, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.
16 Grigoriou Lambraki Street, 2nd Floor, 166 74 Glyfada, Athens, Greece
Telephone: +30 210 8913507, Fax: +30 210 9638404
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(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
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Title of class
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Name of exchange on which registered
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Shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
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NASDAQ Capital Market
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Large accelerated filer [_]
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Accelerated filer [_]
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Non-accelerated filer [X]
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U.S. GAAP [X]
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International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board [_]
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Other [_]
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[_] Item 17
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[_] Item 18
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[_] Yes
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[X] No
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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1
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|
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PART I
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2
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ITEM 1.
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IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS
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2
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ITEM 2.
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OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE
|
2
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ITEM 3.
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KEY INFORMATION
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2
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ITEM 4.
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INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
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22
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ITEM 4A.
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UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
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36
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ITEM 5.
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OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
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36
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ITEM 6.
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DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
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49
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ITEM 7.
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MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
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51
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ITEM 8.
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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54
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ITEM 9.
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THE OFFER AND LISTING
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54
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ITEM 10.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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55
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ITEM 11.
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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
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64
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ITEM 12.
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
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64
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|
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PART II
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64
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ITEM 13.
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DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
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64
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ITEM 14.
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MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
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65
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ITEM 15.
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CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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65
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ITEM 16A.
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AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
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66
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ITEM 16B.
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CODE OF ETHICS
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66
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ITEM 16C.
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PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
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66
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ITEM 16D.
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EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
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66
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ITEM 16E.
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PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS
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66
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ITEM 16F.
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CHANGE IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
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66
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ITEM 16G.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
|
67
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ITEM 16H.
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MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
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67
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|
|
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PART III
|
|
67
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ITEM 17.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
67
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ITEM 18.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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67
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ITEM 19.
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EXHIBITS
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67
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· | shipping industry trends, including charter rates and factors affecting vessel supply and demand; |
· | the number of newbuildings under construction in the drybulk industry; |
· | future charter hire rates and vessel values; |
· | future, pending or recent acquisitions and disposition, business strategy, areas of possible expansion or contraction, and expected capital spending or operating expenses; |
· | the useful lives and changes in the value of our vessels and their impact on our compliance with loan covenants; |
· | availability of crew, number of off-hire days, classification survey requirements and insurance costs; |
· | global and regional economic and political conditions; |
· | our ability to leverage the relationships and reputation in the drybulk shipping industry of V.Ships Limited, or V.Ships, and Fidelity Marine Inc., or Fidelity; |
· | changes in seaborne and other transportation patterns; |
· | changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities; |
· | potential liability from future litigation and incidents involving our vessels; |
· | acts of terrorism and other hostilities; |
· | loss of our customers, charters or vessels; |
· | the aging of our fleet and increases in operating costs; |
· | damage to our vessels; |
· | our ability to continue as a going concern; |
· | our future operating or financial results; |
· | our financial condition and liquidity, including our ability to pay amounts that we owe, obtain additional financing in the future to fund capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate activities; and |
· | other factors discussed in "Item 3.D. Risk Factors." |
ITEM 1.
|
IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS
|
ITEM 2.
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OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE
|
ITEM 3.
|
KEY INFORMATION
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
2011
|
||||||||||||||||
Statement of Income Data:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Vessel revenue, net
|
11,223
|
2,010
|
23,079
|
55,616
|
104,060
|
|||||||||||||||
Direct voyage expenses
|
(7,496
|
)
|
(1,274
|
)
|
(8,035
|
)
|
(13,587
|
)
|
(2,541
|
)
|
||||||||||
Vessel operating expenses
|
(5,639
|
)
|
(1,006
|
)
|
(11,086
|
)
|
(26,983
|
)
|
(34,727
|
)
|
||||||||||
Voyage expenses - related party
|
-
|
(24
|
)
|
(313
|
)
|
(532
|
)
|
(661
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Management fees - related party
|
-
|
(122
|
)
|
(743
|
)
|
(1,625
|
)
|
(2,415
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Management fees
|
(336
|
)
|
-
|
(194
|
)
|
(588
|
)
|
(576
|
)
|
|||||||||||
General and administration expenses
|
(2,804
|
)
|
(2,987
|
)
|
(3,966
|
)
|
(6,337
|
)
|
(8,070
|
)
|
||||||||||
General and administration expenses - related party
|
(70
|
)
|
(309
|
)
|
(412
|
)
|
(402
|
)
|
(603
|
)
|
||||||||||
Loss on bad debts
|
(30
|
)
|
(38
|
)
|
-
|
(327
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of deferred dry-docking costs
|
(38
|
)
|
-
|
(232
|
)
|
(3,648
|
)
|
(7,313
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Depreciation
|
(1,865
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
(982
|
)
|
(15,606
|
)
|
(28,856
|
)
|
||||||||||
Loss on sale of vessels
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(15,590
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Impairment loss for goodwill
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(4,365
|
)
|
(12,910
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Impairment loss for vessels and deferred charges
|
-
|
-
|
(3,564
|
)
|
(147,143
|
)
|
(188,995
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Gain on disposal of subsidiaries
|
-
|
-
|
25,719
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Gain on restructuring
|
-
|
85,563
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating (loss) / income
|
(7,055
|
)
|
81,810
|
19,271
|
(181,117
|
)
|
(183,607
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Interest and finance costs
|
(1,460
|
)
|
(1,463
|
)
|
(8,389
|
)
|
(12,480
|
)
|
(13,482
|
)
|
||||||||||
Interest and finance costs - related party
|
(399
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Interest income
|
-
|
14
|
13
|
59
|
60
|
|||||||||||||||
Loss on interest rate swaps
|
-
|
-
|
(8
|
)
|
(189
|
)
|
(641
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Foreign currency exchange (losses) gains, net
|
(42
|
)
|
(13
|
)
|
19
|
(43
|
)
|
(46
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Total other expenses, net
|
(1,901
|
)
|
(1,462
|
)
|
(8,365
|
)
|
(12,653
|
)
|
(14,109
|
)
|
||||||||||
Net (loss) / income before taxes
|
(8,956
|
)
|
80,348
|
10,906
|
(193,770
|
)
|
(197,716
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Income taxes
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
(40
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Net (loss) / income
|
(8,956
|
)
|
80,348
|
10,907
|
(193,768
|
)
|
(197,756
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Net (loss) / income per common share
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted
|
(0.83
|
)
|
30.06
|
4.56
|
(83.69
|
)
|
(135.18
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
10,773,404
|
2,672,945
|
2,391,628
|
2,315,315
|
1,462,927
|
|||||||||||||||
Diluted
|
10,773,404
|
2,672,950
|
2,391,885
|
2,315,315
|
1,462,927
|
|||||||||||||||
Dividends declared per share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
As of December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
2011
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance Sheet Data:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total current assets
|
8,278
|
3,207
|
66,350
|
52,086
|
43,432
|
|||||||||||||||
Vessels, net
|
199,840
|
-
|
-
|
68,511
|
381,129
|
|||||||||||||||
Total assets
|
209,352
|
3,268
|
66,350
|
120,960
|
436,476
|
|||||||||||||||
Total current liabilities, including current portion of long-term debt
|
9,250
|
592
|
157,045
|
222,577
|
58,697
|
|||||||||||||||
Long-term debt, net of current portion
|
186,068
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
300,586
|
|||||||||||||||
Common stock
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Total equity / (deficit)
|
23,284
|
2,676
|
(90,695
|
)
|
(101,617
|
)
|
76,923
|
|||||||||||||
Shares issued and outstanding as at December 31,
|
19,522,413
|
3,977,854
|
2,391,854
|
2,391,856
|
1,463,532
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
2011
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash Flow Data:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
|
(4,737
|
)
|
(14,858
|
)
|
1,030
|
2,418
|
26,439
|
|||||||||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
(201,684
|
)
|
105,895
|
993
|
55,402
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
206,852
|
(91,239
|
)
|
(3,246
|
)
|
(71,256
|
)
|
(62,492
|
)
|
· | prevailing level of charter rates; |
· | general economic and market conditions affecting the shipping industyr; |
· | types and sizes of vessels; |
· | supply and demand for vessels; |
· | other modes of transportation; |
· | cost of newbuildings; |
· | governmental and other regulations; and |
· | technological advances; |
· | decrease in available financing for vessels; |
· | no active secondhand market for the sale of vessels,; |
· | charterers seeking to renegotiate the rates for existing time charters; |
· | widespread loan covenant defaults in the drybulk shipping industry due to the substantial decrease in vessel values; and |
· | declaration of bankruptcy by some operators, charterers and ship owners. |
· | number of new vessel deliveries; |
· | scrapping rate of older vessels; |
· | vessel casualties; |
· | price of steel; |
· | number of vessels that are out of service; |
· | changes in environmental and other regulations that may limit the useful life of vessels; and |
· | port or canal congestion. |
· | crew strikes and/or boycotts; |
· | marine disaster; |
· | piracy; |
· | environmental accidents; |
· | cargo and property losses or damage; and |
· | business interruptions caused by mechanical failure, human error, war, terrorism, political action in various countries, labor strikes or adverse weather conditions. |
· | generate excess cash flow so that we can invest without jeopardizing our ability to cover current and foreseeable working capital needs, including debt service; |
· | raise equity and obtain required financing for our existing and new operations; |
· | locate and acquire suitable vessels; |
· | identify and consummate acquisitions or joint ventures; |
· | integrate any acquired businesses or vessels successfully with our existing operations; |
· | hire, train and retain qualified personnel and crew to manage and operate our growing business and fleet; |
· | enhance our customer base; and |
· | manage expansion. |
· | our ability to obtain additional financing, if necessary, for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or other purposes may be impaired or such financing may be unavailable on favorable terms; |
· | we may need to use a substantial portion of our cash from operations to make principal and interest payments on our debt, reducing the funds that would otherwise be available for operations, future business opportunities and any future dividends to our shareholders; |
· | our debt level could make us more vulnerable than our competitors with less debt to competitive pressures or a downturn in our business or the economy generally; and |
· | our debt level may limit our flexibility in responding to changing business and economic conditions. |
· | renew existing charters upon their expiration; |
· | obtain new charters; |
· | obtain financing on commercially acceptable terms; |
· | maintain satisfactory relationships with our charterers and suppliers; and |
· | successfully execute our business strategies. |
· | quarterly variations in our results of operations; |
· | changes in market valuations of similar companies and stock market price and volume fluctuations generally; |
· | changes in earnings estimates or the publication of research reports by analysts; |
· | speculation in the press or investment community about our business or the shipping industry generally; |
· | strategic actions by us or our competitors such as acquisitions or restructurings; |
· | the thin trading market for our common stock, which makes it somewhat illiquid; |
· | the ineligibility of our common stock to be the subject of margin loans from time to time because of a low market price; |
· | regulatory developments; |
· | additions or departures of key personnel; |
· | general market conditions; and |
· | domestic and international economic, market and currency factors unrelated to our performance. |
· | authorize our board of directors to issue "blank check" preferred stock without shareholder approval; |
· | provide for a classified board of directors with staggered, three-year terms; |
· | require a super-majority vote in order to amend the provisions regarding our classified board of directors with staggered, three-year terms; |
· | permit the removal of any director from office at any time, with or without cause, at the request of the shareholder group entitled to designate such director; |
· | allow vacancies on the board of directors to be filled by the shareholder group entitled to name the director whose resignation or removal led to the occurrence of the vacancy; and |
· | prevent our board of directors from dissolving the shipping committee or altering the duties or composition of the shipping committee without an affirmative vote of not less than 80% of the board of directors. |
· | our existing shareholders' proportionate ownership interest in us will decrease; |
· | the proportionate amount of cash available for dividends payable on our common shares may decrease; |
· | the relative voting strength of each previously outstanding common share may be diminished; and |
· | the market price of our common shares may decline. |
ITEM 4.
|
INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
|
|
Vessel Name
|
Year Built
|
Dwt
|
Flag
|
Type of Employment
|
||||
Leadership
|
2001
|
171,199
|
BA
|
N/A*
|
||||
Gloriuship
|
2004
|
171,314
|
MI
|
Spot
|
||||
Geniuship
|
2010
|
170,057
|
MI
|
Spot
|
||||
Premiership
|
2010
|
170,024
|
IoM
|
Spot
|
||||
Squireship
|
2010
|
170,018
|
LIB
|
Spot
|
||||
Championship
|
2011
|
179,238
|
LIB
|
Spot
|
||||
Gladiatorship
|
2010
|
56,819
|
BA
|
Spot
|
||||
Guardianship
|
2011
|
56,884
|
MI
|
Spot
|
Customer
|
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
|||
A
|
47%
|
-
|
-
|
|||
B
|
15%
|
-
|
-
|
|||
C
|
12%
|
-
|
-
|
|||
D
|
10%
|
-
|
-
|
|||
E
|
-
|
59%
|
18%
|
|||
F
|
-
|
29%
|
-
|
|||
G
|
-
|
-
|
16%
|
|||
H
|
-
|
-
|
12%
|
|||
I
|
-
|
-
|
10%
|
|||
Total
|
84%
|
88%
|
56%
|
(i) | injury to, destruction or loss of, or loss of use of, natural resources and related assessment costs; |
(ii) | injury to, or economic losses resulting from, the destruction of real and personal property; |
(iii) | net loss of taxes, royalties, rents, fees or net profit revenues resulting from injury, destruction or loss of real or personal property, or natural resources; |
(iv) | loss of subsistence use of natural resources that are injured, destroyed or lost; |
(v) | lost profits or impairment of earning capacity due to injury, destruction or loss of real or personal property or natural resources; and |
(vi) | net cost of increased or additional public services necessitated by removal activities following a discharge of oil, such as protection from fire, safety or health hazards, and loss of subsistence use of natural resources. |
· | on-board installation of automatic identification systems to provide a means for the automatic transmission of safety-related information from among similarly equipped ships and shore stations, including information on a ship's identity, position, course, speed and navigational status; |
· | on-board installation of ship security alert systems, which do not sound on the vessel but only alert the authorities on shore; |
· | the development of vessel security plans; |
· | ship identification number to be permanently marked on a vessel's hull; |
· |
a continuous synopsis record kept onboard showing a vessel's history including the name of the ship, the state whose flag the ship is entitled to fly, the date on which the ship was registered with that state, the ship's identification number, the port at which the ship is registered and the name of the registered owner(s) and their registered address; and
|
· | compliance with flag state security certification requirements; |
Subsidiary
|
Jurisdiction of Incorporation
|
|
Seanergy Management Corp.
|
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
|
Seanergy Shipmanagement Corp.
|
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
|
Leader Shipping Co.
|
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
|
Sea Glorius Shipping Co.
|
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
|
Sea Genius Shipping Co.
|
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
|
Guardian Shipping Co.
|
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
|
Gladiator Shipping Co.
|
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
|
Premier Marine Co.
|
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
|
Squire Ocean Navigation Co.
|
Liberia
|
|
Champion Ocean Navigation Co.
|
Liberia
|
|
Pembroke Chartering Services Limited
|
Malta
|
|
Amazons Management Inc.
|
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
|
Lagoon Shipholding Ltd.
|
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
|
Cynthera Navigation Ltd.
|
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
|
Martinique International Corp.
|
British Virgin Islands
|
|
Harbour Business International Corp.
|
British Virgin Islands
|
|
Waldeck Maritime Co.
|
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
|
Maritime Capital Shipping Limited
|
Bermuda
|
|
Maritime Capital Shipping (HK) Limited
|
Hong Kong
|
|
Maritime Grace Shipping Limited
|
British Virgin Islands
|
|
Maritime Glory Shipping Limited
|
British Virgin Islands
|
|
Atlantic Grace Shipping Limited
|
British Virgin Islands
|
ITEM 4A.
|
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
|
ITEM 5.
|
OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
|
· | number of vessels owned and operated; |
· | voyage charter rates; |
· | the nature and duration of our voyage charters; |
· | vessels repositioning; |
· | vessel operating expenses and direct voyage costs; |
· | maintenance and upgrade work; |
· | the age, condition and specifications of our vessels; |
· | amount of debt obligations and restructuring of debt obligations; and |
· | financing costs related to vessels indebtedness. |
Year ended December 31,
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||||
2015
|
2014
|
Amount
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Vessel revenue, net
|
11,223
|
2,010
|
9,213
|
458
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Direct voyage expenses
|
(7,496
|
)
|
(1,298
|
)
|
(6,198
|
)
|
478
|
%
|
||||||||
Vessel operating expenses
|
(5,639
|
)
|
(1,006
|
)
|
(4,633
|
)
|
461
|
%
|
||||||||
Management fees
|
(336
|
)
|
(122
|
)
|
(214
|
)
|
175
|
%
|
||||||||
General and administrative expenses
|
(2,874
|
)
|
(3,296
|
)
|
422
|
(13
|
)%
|
|||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
(1,903
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
(1,900
|
)
|
63,333
|
%
|
||||||||
Gain on restructuring
|
-
|
85,563
|
85,563
|
(100
|
)%
|
|||||||||||
Loss on bad debts
|
(30
|
)
|
(38
|
)
|
8
|
(21
|
)%
|
|||||||||
Operating (loss) / income
|
(7,055
|
)
|
81,810
|
(88,865
|
)
|
(109
|
)%
|
|||||||||
Other income / (expense):
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest and finance costs
|
(1,859
|
)
|
(1,463
|
)
|
(396
|
)
|
27
|
%
|
||||||||
Other, net
|
(42
|
)
|
1
|
(43
|
)
|
(4,300
|
)%
|
|||||||||
Total other expenses, net:
|
(1,901
|
)
|
(1,462
|
)
|
(439
|
)
|
30
|
%
|
||||||||
Net (loss) / income
|
(8,956
|
)
|
80,348
|
(89,304
|
)
|
(111
|
)%
|
|||||||||
Net (loss) income per common share, basic and diluted
|
(0.83
|
)
|
30.06
|
|||||||||||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic
|
10,773,404
|
2,672,945
|
||||||||||||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, diluted
|
10,773,404
|
2,672,950
|
Year ended December 31,
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||||
2014
|
2013
|
Amount
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Vessel revenue, net
|
2,010
|
23,079
|
(21,069
|
)
|
(91
|
)%
|
||||||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Direct voyage expenses
|
(1,298
|
)
|
(8,348
|
)
|
7,050
|
(84
|
)%
|
|||||||||
Vessel operating expenses
|
(1,006
|
)
|
(11,086
|
)
|
10,080
|
(91
|
)%
|
|||||||||
Management fees
|
(122
|
)
|
(937
|
)
|
815
|
(87
|
)%
|
|||||||||
General and administrative expenses
|
(3,296
|
)
|
(4,378
|
)
|
1,082
|
(25
|
)%
|
|||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
(3
|
)
|
(1,214
|
)
|
1,211
|
(100
|
)%
|
|||||||||
Impairment loss for vessels and deferred charges
|
-
|
(3,564
|
)
|
3,564
|
(100
|
)%
|
||||||||||
Gain on disposal of subsidiaries
|
-
|
25,719
|
(25,719
|
)
|
(100
|
)%
|
||||||||||
Gain on restructuring
|
85,563
|
-
|
85,563
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Loss on bad debts
|
(38
|
)
|
-
|
(38
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||
Operating income
|
81,810
|
19,271
|
62,539
|
325
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Other income / (expense):
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest and finance costs
|
(1,463
|
)
|
(8,389
|
)
|
6,926
|
(83
|
)%
|
|||||||||
Other, net
|
1
|
25
|
(24
|
)
|
(96
|
)%
|
||||||||||
Total other expenses, net:
|
(1,462
|
)
|
(8,364
|
)
|
6,902
|
(83
|
)%
|
|||||||||
Net income
|
80,348
|
10,907
|
69,441
|
637
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Net income per common share, basic and diluted
|
30.06
|
4.56
|
||||||||||||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic
|
2,672,945
|
2,391,628
|
||||||||||||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, diluted
|
2,672,950
|
2,391,885
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
Fleet Data:
|
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
|||||||||
Ownership days(1)
|
776
|
268
|
2,275
|
|||||||||
Available days(2)
|
724
|
268
|
2,218
|
|||||||||
Operating days(3)
|
598
|
142
|
1,840
|
|||||||||
Fleet utilization(4)
|
77
|
%
|
53
|
%
|
81
|
%
|
||||||
Fleet utilization excluding drydocking off hire days (5)
|
83
|
%
|
53
|
%
|
83
|
%
|
||||||
Average Daily Results:
|
||||||||||||
TCE rate(6)
|
$
|
6,232
|
$
|
5,014
|
$
|
8,006
|
||||||
Daily Vessel Operating Expenses(7)
|
$
|
5,428
|
$
|
3,754
|
$
|
4,873
|
||||||
(1) | Ownership days are the total number of calendar days in a period during which we owned each vessel in our fleet. Ownership days are an indicator of the size of the fleet over a period and affect both the amount of revenues and the amount of expenses recorded during that period. |
(2) | Available days are the number of ownership days less the aggregate number of days that our vessels are off-hire due to major repairs, drydockings or special or intermediate surveys. The shipping industry uses available days to measure the number of ownership days in a period during which vessels should be capable of generating revenues. During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company incurred 52 off-hire days for vessel surveys. |
(3) | Operating days are the number of available days in a period less the aggregate number of days that vessels are off-hire for any reason, including off-hire days between successive voyages, as well as other unforeseen circumstances. The shipping industry uses operating days to measure the aggregate number of days in a period during which vessels actually generate revenues. In the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, the company incurred 126 off-hire days between voyages and zero off-hires due to other unforeseen circumstances. |
(4) | Fleet utilization is the percentage of time that our vessels were generating revenue, and is determined by dividing operating days by ownership days for the relevant period. |
(5) | Fleet utilization excluding drydocking off-hire days is calculated by dividing the number of the fleet's operating days during a period by the number of available days during that period. The shipping industry uses fleet utilization excluding drydocking off-hire days to measure a Company's efficiency in finding suitable employment for its vessels and excluding the amount of days that its vessels are off-hire for reasons such as scheduled repairs, vessel upgrades, or dry dockings or special or intermediate surveys. |
(6) | TCE rate is defined as our net revenue less voyage expenses during a period divided by the number of our operating days during the period. Voyage expenses include port charges, bunker (fuel oil and diesel oil) expenses, canal charges and other commissions. We include TCE rate, a non-GAAP measure, as we believe it provides additional meaningful information in conjunction with net revenues from vessels, the most directly comparable US GAAP measure, because it assists our management in making decisions regarding the deployment and use of our vessels and in evaluating their financial performance. Our calculation of TCE rate may not be comparable to that reported by other companies. The following table reconciles our net revenues from vessels to TCE rate. |
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
||||||||||
Net revenues from vessels*
|
$
|
11,223
|
$
|
2,010
|
$
|
23,079
|
||||||
Voyage expenses
|
(7,496
|
)
|
(1,298
|
)
|
(8,348
|
)
|
||||||
Net operating revenues
|
$
|
3,727
|
$
|
712
|
$
|
14,731
|
||||||
Operating days
|
598
|
142
|
1,840
|
|||||||||
Daily time charter equivalent rate
|
$
|
6,232
|
$
|
5,014
|
$
|
8,006
|
(7) | Vessel operating expenses include crew costs, provisions, deck and engine stores, lubricants, insurance, maintenance and repairs. Vessel operating expenses before pre-delivery expenses exclude one-time pre-delivery and pre-joining expenses associated with initial crew manning and supply of stores of Company's vessels upon delivery. Daily Vessel Operating Expenses are calculated by dividing vessel operating expenses before pre-delivery expenses by ownership days for the relevant time periods. We include daily vessel operating expenses, a non-GAAP measure, as we believe it provides additional meaningful information in conjunction with vessel operating expenses, the most directly comparable US GAAP measure, because it assists our management in making decisions regarding the deployment and use of our vessels and in evaluating their financial performance. Our calculation of daily vessel operating expenses may not be comparable to that reported by other companies. The following table reconciles our vessel operating expenses to daily vessel operating expenses. |
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
||||||||||
Vessel operating expenses
|
$
|
5,639
|
$
|
1,006
|
$
|
11,086
|
||||||
Less: Pre-delivery expenses
|
(1,427
|
)
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
||||||
Vessel operating expenses before pre-delivery expenses
|
$
|
4,212
|
$
|
1,006
|
$
|
11,086
|
||||||
Ownership days
|
776
|
268
|
2,275
|
|||||||||
Daily Vessel Operating Expenses
|
$
|
5,428
|
$
|
3,754
|
$
|
4,873
|
· | reports by industry analysts and data providers that focus on our industry and related dynamics affecting vessel values; |
· | news and industry reports of similar vessel sales; |
· | news and industry reports of sales of vessels that are not similar to our vessels, where we have made certain adjustments in an attempt to derive information that can be used as part of our estimates; |
· | approximate market values for our vessels or similar vessels that we have received from shipbrokers, whether solicited or unsolicited, or that shipbrokers have generally disseminated; |
· | offers that we may have received from potential purchasers of our vessels; and |
· | vessel sale prices and values of which we are aware through both formal and informal communications with shipowners, shipbrokers, industry analysts and various other shipping industry participants and observers. |
Vessel
|
Dwt
|
Year purchased
|
Carrying Value as of December 31, 2015
(in million of U.S. dollars)
|
Leadership
|
171,199
|
2001
|
16.6*
|
Gloriuship
|
171,314
|
2004
|
16.7*
|
Geniuship
|
170,057
|
2010
|
27.4*
|
Premiership
|
170,024
|
2010
|
29.6*
|
Squireship
|
170,018
|
2010
|
34.7*
|
Championship
|
179,238
|
2011
|
41.7*
|
Gladiatorship
|
56,819
|
2010
|
16.1*
|
Guardianship
|
56,884
|
2011
|
17.0*
|
TOTAL DWT
|
1,145,553
|
199.8
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
||||||||||
Cash Flow Data:
|
||||||||||||
Net cash (used in) / provided by operating activities
|
(4,737
|
)
|
(14,858
|
)
|
1,030
|
|||||||
Net cash (used in) / provided by investing activities
|
(201,684
|
)
|
105,895
|
993
|
||||||||
Net cash provided by / (used in) financing activities
|
206,852
|
(91,239
|
)
|
(3,246
|
)
|
Contractual Obligations
|
Total
|
less than 1 year
|
1-3 years
|
3-5 years
|
more than 5 years
|
|||||||||||||||
Long-term debt
|
$
|
178,447
|
$
|
950
|
$
|
29,431
|
$
|
99,804
|
$
|
48,262
|
||||||||||
Convertible promissory notes
|
15,565
|
400
|
4,800
|
10,365
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest expense - long term debt
|
32,386
|
6,897
|
13,539
|
10,556
|
1,394
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest expense - convertible promissory notes
|
3,924
|
994
|
1,790
|
1,140
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
230,322
|
$
|
9,241
|
$
|
49,560
|
$
|
121,865
|
$
|
49,656
|
||||||||||
ITEM 6.
|
DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
Director Class
|
||||
Stamatios Tsantanis
|
43
|
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer & Director
|
A (term expires in 2016)
|
||||
Christina Anagnostara
|
44
|
Director
|
B (term expires in 2017)
|
||||
Elias Culucundis
|
73
|
Director
|
A (term expires in 2016)
|
||||
Dimitris Anagnostopoulos
|
68
|
Director
|
C (term expires in 2018)
|
ITEM 7.
|
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
Title of Class
|
Identity of Person or Group
|
Number of
Shares Owned
|
Percent of Class
|
||||||
Claudia Restis (1)
|
39,058,220
|
93.4
|
%
|
||||||
All directors and executive officers as a group (4 individuals)
|
369,533
|
1.9
|
%
|
ITEM 8.
|
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
|
ITEM 9.
|
THE OFFER AND LISTING
|
|
|
|||||||
For the Year Ended December 31,
|
High
|
Low
|
||||||
2015
|
$
|
6.75
|
$
|
2.75
|
||||
2014
|
$
|
9.95
|
$
|
4.13
|
||||
2013
|
$
|
12.30
|
$
|
4.00
|
||||
2012
|
$
|
21.15
|
$
|
5.20
|
||||
2011
|
$
|
74.18
|
$
|
10.31
|
For the Quarter Ended
|
High
|
Low
|
||||||
March 31, 2016
|
$
|
5.54
|
$
|
1.58
|
||||
December 31, 2015
|
$
|
4.35
|
$
|
3.00
|
||||
September 30, 2015
|
$
|
6.75
|
$
|
3.02
|
||||
June 30, 2015
|
$
|
4.10
|
$
|
2.75
|
||||
March 31, 2015
|
$
|
4.50
|
$
|
3.25
|
||||
December 31, 2014
|
$
|
8.80
|
$
|
4.13
|
||||
September 30, 2014
|
$
|
9.15
|
$
|
6.75
|
||||
June 30, 2014
|
$
|
8.70
|
$
|
6.40
|
||||
March 31, 2014
|
$
|
9.95
|
$
|
6.55
|
For the Month Ended
|
High
|
Low
|
||||||
April 1, 2016 through April 19, 2016
|
$ | 3.01 | $ | 2.36 | ||||
March 2016
|
$
|
3.87
|
$
|
2.52
|
||||
February 2016
|
$
|
4.72
|
$
|
2.41
|
||||
January 2016
|
$
|
5.54
|
$
|
1.58
|
||||
December 2015
|
$
|
3.45
|
$
|
3.00
|
||||
November 2015
|
$
|
3.65
|
$
|
3.16
|
||||
October 2015
|
$
|
4.35
|
$
|
3.35
|
ITEM 10.
|
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
|
E. | Taxation |
· | an individual citizen or resident of the United States; |
· | a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is created or organized (or treated as created or organized) in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; or |
· | an estate whose income is includible in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; or a trust if (i) a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the trust's administration and one or more U.S. persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (ii) it has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. |
· | financial institutions or "financial services entities"; |
· | broker-dealers; |
· | taxpayers who have elected mark-to-market accounting; |
· | tax-exempt entities; |
· | governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof; |
· | insurance companies; |
· | regulated investment companies; |
· | real estate investment trusts; |
· | certain expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States; |
· | persons that actually or constructively own 10% or more of our voting shares; |
· | persons that hold our warrants; |
· | persons that hold our common stock or warrants as part of a straddle, constructive sale, hedging, conversion or other integrated transaction; or |
· | persons whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. |
· | we are organized in a foreign country (our "country of organization") that grants an "equivalent exemption" to corporations organized in the United States; and |
· | more than 50% of the value of our stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by "qualified shareholders," that are persons (i) who are "residents" of our country of organization or of another foreign country that grants an "equivalent exemption" to corporations organized in the United States, and (ii) we satisfy certain substantiation requirements, which we refer to as the "50% Ownership Test;" or |
· | our stock is "primarily" and "regularly" traded on one or more established securities markets in our country of organization, in another country that grants an "equivalent exemption" to United States corporations, or in the United States, which we refer to as the "Publicly-Traded Test." |
· | we have, or are considered to have, a fixed place of business in the United States involved in the earning of shipping income; and |
· | substantially all of our U.S. source gross shipping income is attributable to regularly scheduled transportation, such as the operation of a vessel that follows a published schedule with repeated sailings at regular intervals between the same points for voyages that begin or end in the United States. |
· | at least 75% of our gross income for such taxable year consists of passive income (e.g., dividends, interest, capital gains and rents derived other than in the active conduct of a rental business); or |
· | at least 50% of the average value of the assets held by the corporation during such taxable year produce, or are held for the production of, passive income. |
· | the excess distribution or gain would be allocated ratably over the Non-Electing Holders' aggregate holding period for the common stock; |
· | the amount allocated to the current taxable year and any taxable year before we became a passive foreign investment company would be taxed as ordinary income; and |
· | the amount allocated to each of the other taxable years would be subject to tax at the highest rate of tax in effect for the applicable class of taxpayer for that year, and an interest charge for the deemed deferral benefit would be imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable to each such other taxable year. |
· | fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number; |
· | is notified by the IRS that backup withholding is required; or |
· | fails in certain circumstances to comply with applicable certification requirements. |
ITEM 11.
|
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
|
ITEM 12.
|
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
|
ITEM 13.
|
DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
|
ITEM 14.
|
MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
|
ITEM 15.
|
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
|
ITEM 16A.
|
AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
|
ITEM 16B.
|
CODE OF ETHICS
|
ITEM 16C.
|
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
|
2015
|
2014
|
|||||||
Audit fees
|
$
|
170,000
|
$
|
146,000
|
||||
Audit related fees
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Tax fees
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
All other fees
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Total fees
|
$
|
170,000
|
$
|
146,000
|
ITEM 16D.
|
EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
|
ITEM 16E.
|
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS
|
ITEM 16F.
|
CHANGE IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
|
ITEM 16G.
|
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
|
· | In lieu of obtaining shareholder approval, under specified circumstances, prior to the issuance of securities in connection with: (i) the acquisition of the stock or assets of another company, (ii) equity-based compensation of officers, directors, employees or consultants, (iii) a change of control, or (iv) private placements, the Company complies with provisions of the BCA providing that the board of directors may approve share issuances. |
· | The Company's Board is not required to be composed of a majority of independent directors. |
ITEM 16H.
|
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
|
ITEM 17.
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
ITEM 18.
|
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Item 18.1
|
|
ITEM 19.
|
EXHIBITS
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Description
|
1.1
|
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the registrant (1)
|
1.2
|
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant (2)
|
1.3
|
Amendment to Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the registrant (3)
|
1.4
|
Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the registrant (4)
|
1.5
|
Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the registrant (5)
|
1.6
|
Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the registrant (6)
|
1.7
|
Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the registrant (7)
|
2.1
|
Specimen Common Stock Certificate of the registrant (8)
|
4.1
|
Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan of the registrant
|
4.2
|
Share Purchase Agreement dated June 24, 2014 between the registrant, Comet Shipholding Inc. and Plaza Shipholding Corp. (9)
|
4.3
|
Registration Rights Agreement dated June 24, 2014 between the registrant, Comet Shipholding Inc. and Plaza Shipholding Corp. (10)
|
4.4
|
Share Purchase Agreement dated September 29, 2014 between the registrant, Comet Shipholding Inc. and Plaza Shipholding Corp. (11)
|
4.5
|
Registration Rights Agreement dated September 29, 2014 between the registrant, Comet Shipholding Inc. and Plaza Shipholding Corp. (12)
|
4.6
|
Share Purchase Agreement dated December 19, 2014 between the registrant and Jelco Delta Holding Corp. (13)
|
4.7
|
Registration Rights Agreement dated December 19, 2014 between the registrant and Jelco Delta Holding Corp. (14)
|
4.8 | Memorandum of Agreement dated December 23, 2014 with respect to Leadership |
4.9
|
Ship Technical Management Agreement dated as of February 11, 2015 between Leader Shipping Co. and V.Ships Greece Ltd. (15)
|
4.10
|
Novation Agreement to Ship Technical Management Agreement dated July 27, 2015, among V.Ships Greece Ltd., Leader Shipping Co. and V.Ships Limited
|
4.11
|
Addendum No. 1 to Technical Management Agreement dated March 18, 2016, between Leader Shipping Co. and V.Ships Limited
|
4.12
|
Form of Ship Technical Management Agreement with V.Ships Limited
|
4.13
|
Commercial Management Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015 between the registrant and Fidelity Marine Inc. (16)
|
4.14
|
Amendment No. 1 dated September 11, 2015 to Commercial Management Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015 between the registrant and Fidelity Marine Inc.
|
4.15
|
Amendment No. 2 dated February 24, 2016 to Commercial Management Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015 between the registrant and Fidelity Marine Inc.
|
4.16
|
Loan Agreement dated March 6, 2015 between Leader Shipping Co. and Alpha Bank A.E. (17)
|
4.17 | First Supplemental Agreement dated December 23, 2015 between Leader Shipping Co. and Alpha Bank A.E. related to the Loan Agreement dated March 6, 2015 |
4.18
|
Convertible Promissory Note dated March 12, 2015 of the registrant to Jelco Delta Holding Corp. (18)
|
4.19
|
Share Purchase Agreement dated March 12, 2015 between the registrant and Jelco Delta Holding Corp. (19)
|
4.20
|
Registration Rights Agreement dated March 12, 2015 between the registrant and Jelco Delta Holding Corp. (20)
|
4.21
|
Share Purchase Agreement dated March 12, 2015 between the registrant and Stamatios Tsantanis. (21)
|
4.22
|
Registration Rights Agreement dated March 12, 2015 between the registrant and Stamatios Tsantanis. (22)
|
4.23
|
Convertible Promissory Note dated September 7, 2015 of the registrant to Jelco Delta Holding Corp. (23)
|
4.24
|
Share Purchase Agreement dated September 7, 2015 between registrant and Jelco Delta Holding Corp. (24)
|
4.25
|
Registration Rights Agreement dated September 7, 2015 between registrant and Jelco Delta Holding Corp. (25)
|
4.26
|
Amendment dated December 1, 2015 to Convertible Promissory Note dated September 7, 2015 between the registrant and Jelco Delta Holding Corp. (26)
|
4.27
|
Amendment dated December 14, 2015 to Convertible Promissory Note dated September 7, 2015 between the registrant and Jelco Delta Holding Corp. (27)
|
4.28
|
Amendment dated January 27, 2016 to Convertible Promissory Note dated September 7, 2015 between the registrant and Jelco Delta Holding Corp. (28)
|
4.29
|
Amendment dated March 7, 2016 to Convertible Promissory Note dated September 7, 2015 between the registrant and Jelco Delta Holding Corp. (29)
|
4.30
|
Purchase Agreement dated August 6, 2015 between the registrant and the Sellers listed on Schedule I thereto
|
4.31
|
Memorandum of Agreement dated August 6, 2015 with respect to Geniuship
|
4.32
|
Memorandum of Agreement dated August 6, 2015 with respect to Gloriuship
|
4.33
|
Memorandum of Agreement dated August 6, 2015 with respect to Premiership
|
4.34
|
Memorandum of Agreement dated August 6, 2015 with respect to Gladiatorship
|
4.35
|
Memorandum of Agreement dated August 6, 2015 with respect to Guardianship
|
4.36
|
Memorandum of Agreement dated August 6, 2015 with respect to Squireship
|
4.37
|
Memorandum of Agreement dated August 6, 2015 with respect to Championship
|
4.38
|
Loan Agreement dated September 1, 2015 between Sea Glorius Shipping Co., Sea Genius Shipping Co., HSH Nordbank AG and the Banks and Financial Institutions listed in Schedule 1 thereto
|
4.39
|
Facility Agreement dated September 11, 2015 between Premier Marine Co., Gladiator Shipping Co., Guardian Shipping Co., Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. and UniCredit Bank AG
|
4.40
|
Loan Agreement dated November 4, 2015 between Squire Ocean Navigation Co. and Alpha Bank A.E.
|
4.41
|
Facility Agreement dated December 2, 2015 between Champion Ocean Navigation Co., Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. and Natixis
|
8.1
|
List of Subsidiaries
|
12.1
|
Certificate of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act
|
12.2
|
Certificate of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act
|
13.1
|
Certificate of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
13.2
|
Certificate of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
15.1
|
Consent of Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors-Accountants S.A.
|
101
|
The following financial information from the registrant's annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)
|
(1) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014;
|
|
(2) Consolidated Statements of Income/(loss) for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013;
|
|
(3) Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' (Deficit) / Equity for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013;
|
|
(4) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013;
|
|
(5) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
|
(1)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Annex M to Exhibit 99.1 to Seanergy Maritime Corp.'s report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on July 31, 2008 (File No. 001-33690).
|
(2)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the registrant's report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on July 20, 2011.
|
(3)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the registrant's registration statement on Form F-1MEF filed with the Commission on August 28, 2009 (File No. 333--161595).
|
(4)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the registrant's report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on September 16, 2010 (File No. 001-34848).
|
(5)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to the registrant's report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on June 27, 2011.
|
(6)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to the registrant's report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on August 5, 2011.
|
(7)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to the registrant's report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on January 7, 2016.
|
(8)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on January 7, 2016.
|
(9)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit B to the Schedule 13D/A related to the registrant filed with the Commission on September 12, 2014.
|
(10)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit C to the Schedule 13D/A related to the registrant filed with the Commission on September 12, 2014.
|
(11)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit B to the Schedule 13D related to the registrant filed with the Commission on March 12, 2015.
|
(12)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit D to the Schedule 13D related to the registrant filed with the Commission on March 12, 2015.
|
(13)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit C to the Schedule 13D related to the registrant filed with the Commission on March 12, 2015.
|
(14)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit E to the Schedule 13D related to the registrant filed with the Commission on March 12, 2015.
|
(15)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.51 to the registrant's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on April 21, 2015.
|
(16)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.52 to the registrant's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on April 21, 2015.
|
(17)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.53 to the registrant's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on April 21, 2015.
|
(18)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit B to the Schedule 13D/A related to the registrant filed with the Commission on April 13, 2015.
|
(19)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit C to the Schedule 13D/A related to the registrant filed with the Commission on April 13, 2015.
|
(20)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit D to the Schedule 13D/A related to the registrant filed with the Commission on April 13, 2015.
|
(21)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.57 to the registrant's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on April 21, 2015.
|
(22)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.58 to the registrant's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on April 21, 2015.
|
(23)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit B to the Schedule 13D/A related to the registrant filed with the Commission on October 29, 2015.
|
(24)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit C to the Schedule 13D/A related to the registrant filed with the Commission on October 29, 2015.
|
(25)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit D to the Schedule 13D/A related to the registrant filed with the Commission on October 29, 2015.
|
(26)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit C to the Schedule 13D/A related to the registrant filed with the Commission on December 29, 2015.
|
(27)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit D to the Schedule 13D/A related to the registrant filed with the Commission on December 29, 2015.
|
(28)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Schedule 13D/A related to the registrant filed with the Commission on February 11, 2016.
|
(29)
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Schedule 13D/A related to the registrant filed with the Commission on March 14, 2016.
|
SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP.
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ Stamatios Tsantanis
|
||
Name:
|
Stamatios Tsantanis
|
||
Title:
|
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
|
Page
|
||
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors-Accountants S.A.
|
F-2
|
|
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014
|
F-3
|
|
Consolidated Statement of Income/(Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013
|
F-4
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013
|
F-5
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013
|
F-6
|
|
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
F-7
|
|
Notes
|
2015
|
2014
|
||||||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||||||
Current assets:
|
||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
3,304
|
2,873
|
||||||||||
Restricted cash
|
50
|
-
|
||||||||||
Accounts receivable trade, net
|
1,287
|
30
|
||||||||||
Inventories
|
5
|
2,980
|
-
|
|||||||||
Other current assets
|
6
|
657
|
304
|
|||||||||
Total current assets
|
8,278
|
3,207
|
||||||||||
Fixed assets:
|
||||||||||||
Vessels, net
|
7
|
199,840
|
-
|
|||||||||
Office equipment, net
|
40
|
61
|
||||||||||
Total fixed assets
|
199,880
|
61
|
||||||||||
Other assets:
|
||||||||||||
Deferred charges
|
2
|
1,194
|
-
|
|||||||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
209,352
|
3,268
|
||||||||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
|
||||||||||||
Current liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Current portion of long-term debt, net of deferred finance costs
|
8
|
718
|
-
|
|||||||||
Current portion of convertible promissory notes
|
3
|
103
|
-
|
|||||||||
Trade accounts and other payables
|
9
|
5,979
|
264
|
|||||||||
Due to related parties
|
4
|
-
|
105
|
|||||||||
Accrued liabilities
|
2,296
|
223
|
||||||||||
Deferred revenue
|
154
|
-
|
||||||||||
Total current liabilities
|
9,250
|
592
|
||||||||||
Non-current liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Long-term debt, net of current portion and deferred finance costs
|
8
|
176,787
|
-
|
|||||||||
Long-term portion of convertible promissory notes
|
3
|
31
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total liabilities
|
186,068
|
592
|
||||||||||
Commitments and contingencies
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
|
||||||||||||
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 25,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 authorized shares as at December 31, 2015 and 2014; 19,522,413 and 3,977,854 shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively
|
12
|
2
|
-
|
|||||||||
Additional paid-in capital
|
3
|
337,121
|
307,559
|
|||||||||
Accumulated deficit
|
(313,839
|
)
|
(304,883
|
)
|
||||||||
Total Stockholders' equity
|
23,284
|
2,676
|
||||||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
|
209,352
|
3,268
|
Notes
|
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Vessel revenue
|
11,661
|
2,075
|
23,838
|
|||||||||||||
Commissions
|
(438
|
)
|
(65
|
)
|
(759
|
)
|
||||||||||
Vessel revenue, net
|
11,223
|
2,010
|
23,079
|
|||||||||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Direct voyage expenses
|
(7,496
|
)
|
(1,274
|
)
|
(8,035
|
)
|
||||||||||
Vessel operating expenses
|
(5,639
|
)
|
(1,006
|
)
|
(11,086
|
)
|
||||||||||
Voyage expenses - related party
|
3
|
-
|
(24
|
)
|
(313
|
)
|
||||||||||
Management fees - related party
|
3
|
-
|
(122
|
)
|
(743
|
)
|
||||||||||
Management fees
|
(336
|
)
|
-
|
(194
|
)
|
|||||||||||
General and administration expenses
|
(2,804
|
)
|
(2,987
|
)
|
(3,966
|
)
|
||||||||||
General and administration expenses - related party
|
3
|
(70
|
)
|
(309
|
)
|
(412
|
)
|
|||||||||
Loss on bad debts
|
(30
|
)
|
(38
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Amortization of deferred dry-docking costs
|
(38
|
)
|
-
|
(232
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Depreciation
|
(1,865
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
(982
|
)
|
||||||||||
Impairment loss for vessels and deferred charges
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
(3,564
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Gain on disposal of subsidiaries
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
25,719
|
||||||||||||
Gain on restructuring
|
1
|
-
|
85,563
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Operating (loss) / income
|
(7,055
|
)
|
81,810
|
19,271
|
||||||||||||
Other income / (expenses), net:
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest and finance costs
|
13
|
(1,460
|
)
|
(1,463
|
)
|
(8,389
|
)
|
|||||||||
Interest and finance costs - related party
|
3 & 13
|
(399
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Interest income
|
-
|
14
|
13
|
|||||||||||||
Loss on interest rate swaps
|
-
|
-
|
(8
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Foreign currency exchange (losses) / gains, net
|
(42
|
)
|
(13
|
)
|
19
|
|||||||||||
Total other expenses, net
|
(1,901
|
)
|
(1,462
|
)
|
(8,365
|
)
|
||||||||||
(Loss) / income before taxes
|
(8,956
|
)
|
80,348
|
10,906
|
||||||||||||
Income tax benefit
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|||||||||||||
Net (loss) / income
|
(8,956
|
)
|
80,348
|
10,907
|
||||||||||||
Net (loss) / income per common share
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted
|
14
|
(0.83
|
)
|
30.06
|
4.56
|
|||||||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
14
|
10,773,404
|
2,672,945
|
2,391,628
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
|
14
|
10,773,404
|
2,672,950
|
2,391,885
|
Common stock
|
Total stockholders'
|
|||||||||||||||||||
# of Shares
|
Par Value
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
Accumulated deficit
|
equity / (deficit)
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance, January 1, 2013
|
2,391,856
|
-
|
294,520
|
(396,138
|
)
|
(101,618
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Cancellation of equity incentive plan shares
|
(2
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Stock based compensation (Note 15)
|
-
|
-
|
15
|
-
|
15
|
|||||||||||||||
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2013
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10,907
|
10,907
|
|||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2013
|
2,391,854
|
-
|
294,535
|
(385,231
|
)
|
(90,696
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Related parties liabilities released (Note 3)
|
-
|
-
|
9,819
|
-
|
9,819
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock (Note 12)
|
1,586,000
|
-
|
3,205
|
-
|
3,205
|
|||||||||||||||
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2014
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
80,348
|
80,348
|
|||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2014
|
3,977,854
|
-
|
307,559
|
(304,883
|
)
|
2,676
|
||||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock (Note 12)
|
15,355,559
|
2
|
13,819
|
-
|
13,821
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance of convertible promissory notes (Note 3)
|
-
|
-
|
15,765
|
-
|
15,765
|
|||||||||||||||
Gain on extinguishment of convertible promissory notes (Note 3)
|
-
|
-
|
(200
|
)
|
-
|
(200
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Stock based compensation (Note 15)
|
189,000
|
-
|
178
|
-
|
178
|
|||||||||||||||
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2015
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(8,956
|
)
|
(8,956
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2015
|
19,522,413
|
2
|
337,121
|
(313,839
|
)
|
23,284
|
||||||||||||||
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net (loss) / income
|
(8,956
|
)
|
80,348
|
10,907
|
||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) / income to net cash (used in) / provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
1,865
|
3
|
982
|
|||||||||
Amortization of deferred dry-docking costs
|
38
|
-
|
232
|
|||||||||
Amortization of deferred finance charges
|
72
|
-
|
1,090
|
|||||||||
Amortization of convertible promissory note beneficial conversion feature
|
334
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Gain on extinguishment of convertible promissory notes
|
(200
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Stock based compensation
|
178
|
-
|
15
|
|||||||||
Loss on bad debt
|
30
|
38
|
-
|
|||||||||
Gain on restructuring
|
-
|
(85,563
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
Impairment of vessels and deferred charges
|
-
|
-
|
3,564
|
|||||||||
Gain on disposal of subsidiaries
|
-
|
-
|
(25,719
|
)
|
||||||||
Change in fair value of financial instruments
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
|||||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Accounts receivable trade, net
|
(1,287
|
)
|
1,188
|
1,025
|
||||||||
Inventories
|
(2,980
|
)
|
61
|
(1,005
|
)
|
|||||||
Other current assets
|
(353
|
)
|
661
|
1,113
|
||||||||
Deferred charges
|
(1,232
|
)
|
-
|
(1,041
|
)
|
|||||||
Other non-current assets
|
-
|
-
|
141
|
|||||||||
Trade accounts and other payables
|
5,715
|
(1,884
|
)
|
(658
|
)
|
|||||||
Due to related parties
|
(105
|
)
|
875
|
2,914
|
||||||||
Accrued liabilities
|
1,990
|
(10,380
|
)
|
7,147
|
||||||||
Deferred revenue
|
154
|
(205
|
)
|
315
|
||||||||
Net cash (used in) / provided by operating activities
|
(4,737
|
)
|
(14,858
|
)
|
1,030
|
|||||||
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Acquisition of vessels
|
(201,684
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Net proceeds from sale of vessels
|
-
|
105,959
|
3,998
|
|||||||||
Additions to office furniture & equipment
|
-
|
(64
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
Cash disposed of upon disposal of subsidiaries
|
-
|
-
|
(2,005
|
)
|
||||||||
Cash paid at subsidiary disposal
|
-
|
-
|
(1,000
|
)
|
||||||||
Net cash (used in) / provided by investing activities
|
(201,684
|
)
|
105,895
|
993
|
||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
|
13,820
|
3,204
|
-
|
|||||||||
Proceeds from long term debt
|
179,047
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Proceeds from convertible promissory notes
|
15,765
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Payments of financing costs
|
(930
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Repayments of long term debt
|
(600
|
)
|
(94,443
|
)
|
(5,246
|
)
|
||||||
Repayments of convertible promissory notes
|
(200
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Restricted cash (retained)/released
|
(50
|
)
|
-
|
2,000
|
||||||||
Net cash provided by / (used in) financing activities
|
206,852
|
(91,239
|
)
|
(3,246
|
)
|
|||||||
Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
431
|
(202
|
)
|
(1,223
|
)
|
|||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
2,873
|
3,075
|
4,298
|
|||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
3,304
|
2,873
|
3,075
|
|||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
|
||||||||||||
Cash paid for interest
|
855
|
10,557
|
-
|
|||||||||
1. | Basis of Presentation and General Information: |
a. | Disposal of Subsidiaries: |
b. | Disposal of Vessels: |
c. | Vessels Acquisitions: |
d. | Going Concern: |
e. | Subsidiaries in Consolidation: |
Company
|
Country of Incorporation
|
Date of Incorporation
|
Vessel name
|
Date of Delivery
|
Date of Sale/Disposal
|
Financed by
|
||||||
Seanergy Management Corp.(1) (3)
|
Marshall Islands
|
May 9, 2008
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
||||||
Seanergy Shipmanagement Corp.(1) (3)
|
Marshall Islands
|
September 16, 2014
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
||||||
Sea Glorius Shipping Co.(1)
|
Marshall Islands
|
September 16, 2014
|
Gloriuship
|
November 3, 2015
|
N/A
|
HSH Nordbank AG
|
||||||
Sea Genius Shipping Co.(1)
|
Marshall Islands
|
September 16, 2014
|
Geniuship
|
October 13, 2015
|
N/A
|
HSH Nordbank AG
|
||||||
Leader Shipping Co.(1)
|
Marshall Islands
|
January 15, 2015
|
Leadership
|
March 19, 2015
|
N/A
|
Alpha Bank A.E.
|
||||||
Premier Marine Co.(1)
|
Marshall Islands
|
July 9, 2015
|
Premiership
|
September 11, 2015
|
N/A
|
UniCredit Bank AG
|
||||||
Gladiator Shipping Co.(1)
|
Marshall Islands
|
July 9, 2015
|
Gladiatorship
|
September 29, 2015
|
N/A
|
UniCredit Bank AG
|
||||||
Guardian Shipping Co.(1)
|
Marshall Islands
|
July 9, 2015
|
Guardianship
|
October 21, 2015
|
N/A
|
UniCredit Bank AG
|
||||||
Champion Ocean Navigation Co.(1)
|
Liberia
|
August 6, 2015
|
Championship
|
December 7, 2015
|
N/A
|
Natixis
|
||||||
Squire Ocean Navigation Co.(1)
|
Liberia
|
August 6, 2015
|
Squireship
|
November 10, 2015
|
N/A
|
Alpha Bank A.E.
|
||||||
Pembroke Chartering Services Limited (4)
|
Malta
|
December 2, 2015
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
||||||
Amazons Management Inc.(1)
|
Marshall Islands
|
April 21, 2008
|
Davakis G.
|
August 28, 2008
|
March 6, 2014
|
Piraeus Bank
|
||||||
Lagoon Shipholding Ltd.(1)
|
Marshall Islands
|
April 21, 2008
|
Delos Ranger
|
August 28, 2008
|
March 11, 2014
|
Piraeus Bank
|
||||||
Cynthera Navigation Ltd.(1)
|
Marshall Islands
|
March 18, 2008
|
African Oryx
|
August 28, 2008
|
April 10, 2013
|
Piraeus Bank
|
||||||
Martinique International Corp.(1)
|
British Virgin Islands
|
May 14, 2008
|
Bremen Max
|
September 11, 2008
|
March 7, 2014
|
Piraeus Bank
|
||||||
Harbour Business International Corp.(1)
|
British Virgin Islands
|
April 1, 2008
|
Hamburg Max
|
September 25, 2008
|
March 10, 2014
|
Piraeus Bank
|
||||||
Waldeck Maritime Co.(1)
|
Marshall Islands
|
April 21, 2008
|
African Zebra
|
September 25, 2008
|
February 15, 2012
|
Piraeus Bank
|
||||||
Maritime Capital Shipping Limited (1)
|
Bermuda
|
April 30, 2007
|
N/A
|
May 21, 2010
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
||||||
Maritime Capital Shipping (HK) Limited (3)
|
Hong Kong
|
June 16, 2006
|
N/A
|
May 21, 2010
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
||||||
Maritime Glory Shipping Limited (2)
|
British Virgin Islands
|
April 8, 2008
|
Clipper Glory
|
May 21, 2010
|
December 4, 2012
|
HSBC
|
||||||
Maritime Grace Shipping Limited (2)
|
British Virgin Islands
|
April 8, 2008
|
Clipper Grace
|
May 21, 2010
|
October 15, 2012
|
HSBC
|
||||||
Atlantic Grace Shipping Limited (5)
|
British Virgin Islands
|
October 9, 2007
|
N/A
|
May 21, 2010
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
(1) Subsidiaries wholly owned
|
(2) Vessel owning subsidiaries owned by MCS
|
(3) Management company
|
(4) Chartering services company
|
(5) Dormant company
|
2. | Significant Accounting Policies: |
(a) | Principles of Consolidation |
(b) | Use of Estimates |
(c) | Foreign Currency Translation |
(d) | Concentration of Credit Risk |
Customer
|
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
|||
A
|
47%
|
-
|
-
|
|||
B
|
15%
|
-
|
-
|
|||
C
|
12%
|
-
|
-
|
|||
D
|
10%
|
-
|
-
|
|||
E
|
-
|
59%
|
18%
|
|||
F
|
-
|
29%
|
-
|
|||
G
|
-
|
-
|
16%
|
|||
H
|
-
|
-
|
12%
|
|||
I
|
-
|
-
|
10%
|
|||
Total
|
84%
|
88%
|
56%
|
(e) | Cash and Cash Equivalents |
(f) | Accounts Receivable Trade, Net |
(g) | Inventories |
(h) | Insurance Claims |
(i) | Vessels |
(j) | Vessel Depreciation |
(k) | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets (Vessels) |
(l) | Office equipment, net |
(m) | Dry-Docking and Special Survey Costs |
(n) | Commitments and Contingencies |
(o) | Revenue Recognition |
(p) | Commissions |
(q) | Vessel Voyage Expenses |
(r) | Repairs and Maintenance |
(s) | Financing Costs |
(t) | Income Taxes |
(u) | Stock-based Compensation |
(v) | Earnings (Losses) per Share |
(w) | Segment Reporting |
(x) | Financial Instruments |
· | Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; |
· | Level 2: Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data; |
· | Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data. |
3. | Transactions with Related Parties: |
December 31, 2015
|
||||
Debt
|
||||
Convertible promissory notes
|
4,000
|
|||
Debt discount
|
(4,000
|
)
|
||
Amortization of debt discount (Note 13)
|
303
|
|||
Partial extinguishment of debt
|
(200
|
)
|
||
Balance convertible promissory note
|
103
|
|||
Short term portion
|
103
|
|||
Long term portion
|
-
|
|||
Additional paid-in capital
|
||||
Intrinsic value of BCF
|
4,000
|
|||
Consideration allocated to repurchase BCF
|
(200
|
)
|
||
Balance of intrinsic value of BCF
|
3,800
|
December 31, 2015
|
||||
Debt
|
||||
Convertible promissory notes
|
11,765
|
|||
Debt discount
|
(11,765
|
)
|
||
Amortization of debt discount (Note 13)
|
31
|
|||
Balance convertible promissory note
|
31
|
|||
Short term portion
|
-
|
|||
Long term portion
|
31
|
|||
Additional paid-in capital
|
||||
Intrinsic value of BCF
|
11,765
|
|||
Balance of intrinsic value of BCF
|
11,765
|
Vessel name
|
Date of Delivery
|
Vessel Class
|
DWT
|
Year Built
|
Premiership
|
September 11, 2015
|
Capesize
|
170,024
|
2010
|
Gladiatorship
|
September 29, 2015
|
Supramax
|
56,819
|
2010
|
Geniuship
|
October 13, 2015
|
Capesize
|
170,057
|
2010
|
Guardianship
|
October 21, 2015
|
Supramax
|
56,884
|
2011
|
Gloriuship
|
November 3, 2015
|
Capesize
|
171,314
|
2004
|
Squireship
|
November 10, 2015
|
Capesize
|
170,018
|
2010
|
Championship
|
December 7, 2015
|
Capesize
|
179,238
|
2011
|
4. | Due to Related Parties: |
5. | Inventories: |
December 31, 2015
|
December 31, 2014
|
|||||||
Lubricants
|
739
|
-
|
||||||
Bunkers
|
2,241
|
-
|
||||||
Total
|
2,980
|
-
|
||||||
6. | Other Current Assets: |
December 31, 2015
|
December 31, 2014
|
|||||||
Prepaid expenses
|
476
|
78
|
||||||
Insurance claims
|
14
|
22
|
||||||
Other
|
167
|
204
|
||||||
Total
|
657
|
304
|
7. | Vessels, Net: |
December 31, 2015
|
December 31, 2014
|
|||||||
Cost:
|
||||||||
Beginning balance
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
- Additions
|
201,684
|
-
|
||||||
Ending balance
|
201,684
|
-
|
||||||
Accumulated depreciation:
|
||||||||
Beginning balance
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
- Additions
|
(1,844
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Ending balance
|
(1,844
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Net book value
|
199,840
|
-
|
· | On September 11, 2015, the Company acquired the vessel M/V Premiership for a purchase price of $29,951, of which $25,420 was financed through a loan with UniCredit Bank AG, $1,030 was financed through a shareholder's revolving convertible promissory note by Jelco and $3,501 was financed through an equity injection on September 11, 2015 by Jelco in exchange for the issuance of 3,889,980 newly issuance shares of common stock. |
· | On September 29, 2015, the Company acquired the vessel M/V Gladiatorship for a purchase price of $16,336, of which approximately $13,643 was financed through a loan with UniCredit Bank AG, $303 was financed through a shareholder's revolving convertible promissory note by Jelco and $2,390 was financed through an equity injection on September 29, 2015 by Jelco in exchange for the issuance of 2,655,740 newly issuance shares of common stock. |
· | On October 13, 2015, the Company acquired the vessel M/V Geniuship for a purchase price of $27,597, which was financed through a loan with HSH Nordbank AG. |
· | On October 21, 2015, the Company acquired the vessel M/V Guardianship for a purchase price of $17,168, of which approximately $13,642 was financed through a loan with UniCredit Bank AG, $397 was financed through a shareholder's revolving convertible promissory note by Jelco and $3,129 was financed through an equity injection on October 21, 2015 by Jelco in exchange for the issuance of 3,476,520 newly issuance shares of common stock. |
· | On November 3, 2015, the Company acquired the vessel M/V Gloriuship for a purchase price of $16,833, which was financed through a loan with HSH Nordbank AG. |
· | On November 10, 2015, the Company acquired the vessel M/V Squireship for a purchase price of $34,922, of which $33,750 was financed through a loan with Alpha Bank A.E. and $1,172 was financed through a shareholder's revolving convertible promissory note by Jelco. |
· | On December 7, 2015, the Company acquired the vessel M/V Championship for a purchase price of $41,750, of which $39,412 was financed through a loan with Natixis and $2,338 was financed through a shareholder's revolving convertible promissory note by Jelco. |
8. | Long-Term Debt: |
December 31, 2015
|
December 31, 2014
|
|||||||
Secured loan facilities
|
178,447
|
-
|
||||||
Less: Deferred financing costs
|
(942
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Total
|
177,505
|
-
|
||||||
Less - current portion
|
(718
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Long-term portion
|
176,787
|
-
|
Year ended December 31,
|
Amount
|
|||
2016
|
950
|
|||
2017
|
10,710
|
|||
2018
|
18,721
|
|||
2019
|
18,721
|
|||
2020
|
81,083
|
|||
Thereafter
|
48,262
|
|||
Total
|
178,447
|
|||
9. | Trade Accounts and Other Payables: |
December 31, 2015
|
December 31, 2014
|
|||||||
Creditors
|
5,710
|
184
|
||||||
Insurances
|
162
|
3
|
||||||
Other
|
107
|
77
|
||||||
Total
|
5,979
|
264
|
10. | Financial Instruments: |
(a) | Significant Risks and Uncertainties, including Business and Credit Concentration |
(b) | Interest Rate Risk |
a. | Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable trade, other current assets, trade accounts and other payables and due to related parties: the carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments. |
b. | Long-term debt: The carrying value approximates the fair market value as the long-term debt bears interest at floating interest rate. |
11. | Commitments and Contingencies: |
12. | Capital Structure: |
13. | Interest and Finance Costs: |
Year ended December 31
|
||||||||||||
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
||||||||||
Interest on long-term debt
|
1,353
|
811
|
5,075
|
|||||||||
Interest on revolving credit facility
|
-
|
396
|
2,144
|
|||||||||
Amortization of debt issuance costs
|
72
|
-
|
1,090
|
|||||||||
Arrangement fees on undrawn facilities
|
-
|
246
|
-
|
|||||||||
Other
|
35
|
10
|
80
|
|||||||||
Total
|
1,460
|
1,463
|
8,389
|
Year ended December 31
|
||||||||||||
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
||||||||||
Convertible notes interest expense
|
265
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Convertible notes amortization of debt discount
|
334
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Gain on extinguishment of convertible notes
|
(200
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Total
|
399
|
-
|
-
|
14. | Earnings per Share: |
For the years ended December 31
|
||||||||||||
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
||||||||||
Basic:
|
||||||||||||
Net (loss) / income
|
(8,956
|
)
|
80,348
|
10,907
|
||||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic
|
10,773,404
|
2,672,945
|
2,391,628
|
|||||||||
Net (loss) / income per common share – basic
|
$
|
(0.83
|
)
|
$
|
30.06
|
$
|
4.56
|
|||||
Diluted:
|
||||||||||||
Net (loss) / income
|
(8,956
|
)
|
80,348
|
10,907
|
||||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic
|
10,773,404
|
2,672,945
|
2,391,628
|
|||||||||
Non-vested equity incentive shares
|
-
|
5
|
227
|
|||||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted
|
10,773,404
|
2,672,950
|
2,391,885
|
|||||||||
Net (loss) / income per common share – diluted
|
$
|
(0.83
|
)
|
$
|
30.06
|
$
|
4.56
|
|||||
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
||||||||||
Non-vested equity incentive plan shares (Note 15)
|
152,000
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Convertible promissory note shares (Note 3)
|
17,294,444
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Private shares under warrants (Note 12)
|
-
|
15,185
|
15,185
|
|||||||||
Total
|
17,446,444
|
15,185
|
15,185
|
15. | Equity Incentive Plan: |
16. | Subsequent Events: |
a) | On January 8, 2016, the Company's common stock began trading on a split-adjusted basis, following a December 22, 2015 approval from the Company's Board of Directors to reverse split the Company's common stock at a ratio of one-for-five. There was no change in the number of authorized shares or the par value of the Company's common stock. |
b) | On January 27, 2016, the unsecured revolving convertible promissory note was further amended, increasing the maximum principal amount available to be drawn to $13,765. On January 29, 2016, the Company drew down the additional undrawn balance of $2,000. |
c) | On January 27, 2016 the Company received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market confirming that it has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. |
d) | On March 7, 2016, the unsecured revolving convertible promissory note was further amended, increasing the maximum principal amount available to be drawn to $16,265, while also increasing the amount by which the Applicable Limit will be reduced from $2,000 to $2,500. On March 8, 2016, the Company drew down the additional undrawn balance of $2,500. |
2015
|
2014
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Current assets:
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
2,078
|
2,578
|
||||||
Restricted cash
|
50
|
-
|
||||||
Other current assets
|
24
|
42
|
||||||
Total current assets
|
2,152
|
2,620
|
||||||
Non-current assets:
|
||||||||
Investments in subsidiaries*
|
21,613
|
271
|
||||||
Total non-current assets
|
21,613
|
271
|
||||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
23,765
|
2,891
|
||||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
|
||||||||
Current liabilities:
|
||||||||
Current portion of convertible promissory notes
|
103
|
-
|
||||||
Trade accounts and other payables
|
171
|
100
|
||||||
Accrued liabilities
|
176
|
115
|
||||||
Total current liabilities
|
450
|
215
|
||||||
Non-current liabilities:
|
||||||||
Long-term portion of convertible promissory notes
|
31
|
-
|
||||||
Total liabilities
|
481
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215
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Commitments and contingencies
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-
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-
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STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
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Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 25,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
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-
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-
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Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 authorized shares as at December 31,
2015 and 2014; 19,522,413 and 3,977,854 shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively |
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Additional paid-in capital
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337,121
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307,559
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Accumulated deficit
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(313,839
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)
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(304,883
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)
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Total Stockholders' equity
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23,284
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2,676
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
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23,765
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2,891
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2015
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2014
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2013
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Expenses:
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General and administration expenses
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(1,256
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)
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(1,123
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)
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(1,958
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)
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Operating loss
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(1,256
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(1,123
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(1,958
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Other (expenses) / income, net:
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Interest and finance cost – related party
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(399
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Other, net
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(9
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)
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8
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1
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Total other (expenses) / income, net
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(408
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)
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8
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1
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Equity in (loss)/earnings of subsidiaries*
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(7,292
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)
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81,463
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12,864
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Net (loss) / income
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(8,956
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)
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80,348
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10,907
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Net (loss) / income per common share
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Basic and diluted
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(0.83
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30.06
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4.56
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Weighted average common shares outstanding
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||||||||||||
Basic
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10,773,404
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2,672,945
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2,391,628
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Diluted
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10,773,404
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2,672,950
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2,391,885
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* Eliminated in consolidation
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2015
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2014
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2013
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Net cash used in operating activities
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(1,202
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)
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(1,195
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(2,806
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Cash flows used in investing activities:
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Investments in subsidiaries
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(28,633
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(2,198
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Net cash used in investing activities
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(28,633
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)
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(2,198
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Cash flows from financing activities:
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Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
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13,820
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3,204
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Proceeds from convertible promissory notes
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15,765
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-
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-
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Repayments of convertible promissory notes
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(200
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Restricted cash retained
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(50
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-
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Due to subsidiaries
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-
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-
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5,198
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Net cash provided by financing activities
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29,335
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3,204
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5,198
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Net (decrease) / increase in cash and cash equivalents
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(500
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)
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(189
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)
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2,392
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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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2,578
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2,767
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375
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
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2,078
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2,578
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2,767
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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
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Cash paid for interest
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(A) | who were directors of the Company on the first day of such period, or |
(B) | whose election or nomination for election to the Board was recommended or approved by at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were directors of the Company on the first day of such period, or whose election or nomination for election were so approved, |
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
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Norwegian Shipbrokers' Association's
Memorandum of Agreement for sale and purchase
of ships. Adopted by The Baltic and International
Maritime Council (BIMCO) in 1956.
Code-name
SALEFORM 1993
Revised 1966, 1983 and 1986/87.
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Dampskibsselkabet NORDEN A/S, 52 Strandvejen, DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark hereinafter called the Sellers, have agreed to sell, and Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., of the Marshall Islands or fully guaranteed nominee to be nominated by an Addendum to this Agreement to be signed by the Sellers and the Buyers
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hereinafter called the Buyers, have agreed to buy the
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Name: M/V Nordstramp
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Classification Society/Class:
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Built: 2001
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By: Koyo Dockyard Co., Ltd., Japan
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Flag: Danish
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Place of Registration: Copenhagen
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Call sign: OVRF2
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hereinafter called the Vessel, on the following terms and conditions:
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Definitions
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Stipulated for the Purchase Price in Clause 1, and in the place of closing stipulated in Clause 8, in the country of the Vessel's flag, Greece, Norway, USA and the UK.
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"in writing" or "written" means a letter handed over from the Sellers to the Buyers or vice versa,
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a registered letter, telefax or other modern form of written communication.
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Purchase Price:
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2. Deposit
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As security for the correct fulfilment of this Agreement the Buyers shall pay a deposit of 10%
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(ten per cent) of the Purchase Price within 3 (three) banking days from the date of fax/email signing of this
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Agreement. and lifting of Sellers and Buyers subject as per clause 17 and the deposit holder has confirmed in writing to the parties that the account has been opened. This deposit shall be placed with Nordea Bank, Denmark A/S, Copenhagen Head Office.
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and held by them in a joint account for the Sellers and the Buyers, to be released in accordance
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with joint written instructions of the Sellers and the Buyers. Interest, if any, to be credited to the
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Buyers. Any fee charged for holding the said deposit shall be borne equally by the Sellers and the
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Buyers.
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3. Payment
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The balance 90 % (ninety percent) of the said Purchase Price shall be paid in full free of bank charges to Sellers' account at Nordea Bank, Denmark A/S, Copenhagen Head Office. (Sellers to advise full account details within 2 days from signing this Agreement.
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on delivery of the Vessel, but not later than 3 (three) Banking days after the Vessel is in every respect
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physically ready for delivery in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
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Notice of Readiness "NOR" has been given in accordance with Clause 5.
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4 Inspections
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have also inspected the Vessel
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and have accepted the Vessel following this inspection and the sale is outright and definite,
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subject only to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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provide the Buyers with 30 / 20 / 15 / 13 /10 / 7 / 5 / 3 approximate , and 2 and 1 definite days notices of the estimated time and place of
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of delivery and in every respect physically ready for delivery in accordance with this
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anchorage
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Expected time of delivery: 15 February 2015 – 15 April 2015
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Date of cancelling (see Clauses 5 c), 6 b) (iii) and 14): 15 April 2015 at Buyers' option.
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writing stating the date when they anticipate that the Vessel will be ready for delivery and
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propose a new cancelling date. Upon receipt of such notification the Buyers shall have the
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option of either cancelling this Agreement in accordance with Clause 14 within
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days of receipt of the notice or of accepting the new date as the new cancelling date. If the
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notification or if the Buyers accept the new date, the date proposed in the Sellers' notification
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force and effect. Cancellation or failure to cancel shall be entirely without prejudice to any
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claim for damages the Buyers may have under Clause 14 for the Vessel not being ready by
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the deposit together with interest earned shall be released immediately to the Buyers
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whereafter this Agreement shall be null and void.
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shore, including broached/unbroached stores and provisions and spares on order without extra payment. All spare parts and spare equipment including spare tail-end shaft(s) and/or spare
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propeller(s)/propeller blade(s), if any, belonging to the Vessel at the time of inspection used or
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unused, whether on board or not shall become the Buyers' property but spares on order are to be
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excluded. Forwarding charges, if any, shall be for the Buyers' account. The Sellers are not required to
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replace spare parts including spare tail-end shaft(s) and spare propeller(s)/propeller blade(s) which
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are taken out of spare and used as replacement prior to delivery, but the replaced items shall be the
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property of the Buyers. The radio installation, GMDSS , ECDIS and navigational equipment shall be included in the sale
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without extra payment if they are the property of the Sellers. Unused stores and provisions shall be
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included in the sale and be taken over by the Buyers without extra payment.
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The Sellers have the right to take ashore crockery, plates, cutlery, linen and other articles bearing the
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Sellers' flag or name, provided they replace same with similar unmarked items. Library, forms, etc.,
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exclusively for use in the Sellers' vessel(s), shall be excluded without compensation. Captain's,
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Officers' and Crew's personal belongings including the slop chest are to be excluded from the sale,
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as well as the following additional items (including items on hire):
The below listed items shall be off landed prior to handling over M/V Nordtramp to buyers
1. Gas bottles. (12 x Ox and 5 x Ac) ex Drew Marine.
2. One Nitrogen Bottle ex Drew Marine
3. One Tool Box from Marco Marine.
4. One box containing spares on exchange all a property of Marco Marine.
5. Two boxes connecting Rods from auxiliary engine overhaul.
6. One box containing used turbo charger ex engine #2. Sea a. below
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7. ECDIS dongle
8. One Seagull computer (CBT Training on rent front Seagull of Norway)
9. One Consultas computer.
10. Various deck and engine log books, Contingency Plans (VGP and VRP), including but not limit to Danish Publications. See b. below.
11. Various software e.g. SMS installed on computers, sea health, Docontrol, Amosconnect, Omega etc. shall be removed as this is licensed to Dampskibsselskabet Norden.
12. Scrape down equipement.
13. Mobile phone.
14. Ship Security Plan.
15. Hydro Blaster and spares rented frond Den Ship, Singapore.
a. 6 above. The turbo charger is overhaulded with bearings and balanced.
b. Expired an current Oil Record Books and Garbage Record Books shall remain on hoard.
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Buyers shall take over the bunkers remaining on board with cost as per Platts prices for Singapore published one (1) Banking day prior to the Vessel's delivery. Buyers shall also take over the remaining unbroached lubricants respectively in sealed drums or in designated storage tanks not having passed to the engines/equipment through Vessel's system at Sellers' net contract prices
excluding barge costs of last supply as evidenced by the relevant copies of invoices. Exact quantities of remaining bunkers and lubricating oils shall be measured and agreed by and between the Sellers' and the Buyers' representatives latest by one (1) Banking day prior to expected date of delivery of the Vessel. |
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Payment under this Clause shall be made at the same time and place and in the same currency as
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the Purchase Price.
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Documentation
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The place of closing: Copenhagen, Denmark at Sellers' nominated bank (Nordea Bank Denmark A/S, Copenhagen Head Office).
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Agreement to said Addendum not to form a subject to the signing of this MOA by Sellers and the Buyers.
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At the time of delivery the Buyers and Sellers shall sign and deliver to each other a Protocol of
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Delivery and Acceptance confirming the date and time of delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the
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Buyers.
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At the time of delivery the Sellers shall hand over to the Buyers the classification certificate(s) as well as all
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Plans etc., which are on board the Vessel. Other certificates which are on board the Vessel shall also
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be handed over to the Buyers unless the Sellers are required to retain same, in which case the
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Buyers to have the right to take copies. Other technical documentation which may
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be in the Sellers' possession shall be promptly forwarded to the Buyers at their expense, if they so
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request. The Sellers may keep the Vessels log books but the Buyers to have the right to take
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copies of same
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9. Encumbrances
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The Sellers warrant that the Vessel, at the time of delivery, is free from all charters, encumbrances,
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mortgages, taxes, levies, duties and maritime liens or any other debts whatsoever and is not subject to port state or administrative detentions. The Sellers hereby undertake
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to indemnify the Buyers against all consequences of claims made against the Vessel which have
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been incurred prior to the time of delivery or arising out of or with respect to events occurring prior to the time of delivery.
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10. Taxes, etc.
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Any taxes, fees and expenses in connection with the purchase and registration under the Buyers' flag
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shall be for the Buyers' account, whereas similar charges in connection with the closing of the Sellers'
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register shall be for the Sellers' account.
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11. Condition on delivery
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The Vessel with everything belonging to her shall be at the Sellers' risk and expense until she is
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delivered to the Buyers, but subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement she shall be
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delivered and taken over as she was at the time of inspection, fair wear and tear excepted.
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However, the Vessel shall be delivered free of stowaways, free of cargo with her class maintained
without condition/recommendation*, |
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free of average damage affecting the Vessels class, and with her classification certificates and
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national/international/trading certificates and Continuous Survey of Machinery (CSM) – (it is clearly understood that CSM/ESP is part of DNV's Class Certificate and is not a separate document) , as
well as all other certificates of the Vessel had at the time of inspection, clean, valid and |
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unextended for a minimum period of three (3) months from the time of the delivery without condition/recommendation* by Class or the relevant authorities at the time of
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delivery.
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"Inspection" in this Clause 11, shall mean the Buyers' inspection according to Clause 4 a)
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* Notes, if any, in the surveyor's report which are accepted by the Classification Society
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without condition/recommendation are not to be taken into account.
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12. Name / markings
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Upon delivery the Buyers undertake to change the name of the Vessel and alter funnel markings.
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13. Buyers' default
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Should the deposit not be paid in accordance with Clause 2, the Sellers have the right to cancel this
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Agreement, and they shall be entitled to claim compensation for their losses and for all expenses
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incurred together with interest.
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Should the Purchase Price not be paid in accordance with Clause 3, the Sellers have the right to
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cancel the Agreement, in which case the deposit together with interest earned shall be released to the
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Sellers. If the deposit does not cover their loss, the Sellers shall be entitled to claim further
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compensation for their losses and for all expenses incurred together with interest.
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14. Sellers' default
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Should the Sellers fail to give Notice of Readiness in accordance with Clause 5 a) or fail to be ready
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to validly complete a legal transfer by the date stipulated in line 61 the Buyers shall have
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the option of cancelling this Agreement provided always that the Sellers shall be granted a
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maximum of 3 banking days after the Notice of Readiness has been given to make arrangements
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for the documentation set out in Clause 8 and in the Addendum to this Agreement. If after Notice of
Readiness has been given out before
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the Buyers have taken delivery, the Vessel ceases to be physically ready for delivery and is not
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made physically ready again in every respect by the date stipulated in line 61 and new Notice of
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Readiness given, the Buyers shall retain their option to cancel. In the event that the Buyers elect
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to cancel this Agreement the deposit together with interest earned shall be released to them
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immediately.
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Should the Sellers fail to give Notice of Readiness by the date stipulated in line 61 or fail to be ready
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to validly complete a legal transfer as aforesaid they shall make due compensation to the Buyers for
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their loss and for all expenses together with interest if their failure is due to proven
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negligence and whether or not the Buyers cancel this Agreement.
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15. Buyers' representatives
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After this Agreement has been signed by both parties and the deposit has been lodged, the Buyers
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have the right to place 2 (two) representatives on board the Vessel at their sole risk and expense
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These representatives shall remain on board until delivery of the Vessel to, and acceptance of the Vessel by the Buyers
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observers only, and they shall not interfere in any respect with the operation of the Vessel. The
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Buyers' representatives shall sign the Sellers' letter of indemnity prior to their embarkation.
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16. Arbitration
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a)* This Agreement (and any non-contractual obligations connected with this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and
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any dispute arising out of this Agreement a shall be referred to arbitration in London in
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accordance with the Arbitration Acts 1996
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re-enactment thereof for the time being in force, one arbitrator being appointed by each
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party. The arbitrators shall be full members of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association ("LMAA"). On the receipt by one party of the nomination in writing of the other party's
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1 | V.Ships Greece Ltd., of Bermuda, with registered address at Par la ville place 14, Par la ville road, Hamilton HM 08, Bermuda, c/o Agiou Dionisiou 3, (herein referred to as the "Existing Manager") |
2 | Leader Shipping Co., of the Marshall Islands, with registered address at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960 Marshall Islands (herein referred to as the "Owner") |
3 | V.Ships Limited, of Limassol Cyprus, with registered address at Zenas Gunther, 16-18, Agia Triada, 3035 Limassol, Cyprus (herein referred to as the "New Manager") |
A. | This Novation Agreement is supplemental to a Ship Management Agreement dated 11 February 2015 made between the Existing Manager and the Owner in respect of the vessel "LEADERSHIP" registered in the name of the Owner under the Bahamas flag with IMO no. 9233923 (the "Management Agreement"). |
B. | In accordance with Clause 17 of the Management Agreement, the Existing Manager and the Owner have agreed that the Management Agreement may be novated by the Owners to the New Manager at any time from the Date of Commencement (as defined in the Management Agreement) by a sole written notice of the Owners to the Managers. |
C. | The Owners have notified the Existing Manager on the novation of the Management Agreement and it has been agreed that the Existing Manager be released and discharged from the Management Agreement as from 27 July 2015 (the "Effective Date") and that the Owner releases and discharges the Existing Manager with respect to the Management Agreement from the Effective Date upon the terms of the New Manager undertaking to perform in all respects the Management Agreement and be bound by all the terms of the Management Agreement in place of the Existing Manager. |
D. | The Management Agreement, as Annexed hereto, has not been amended, varied, cancelled, novated or terminated and represents the entire agreement between the Existing Manager and the Owner. |
1. | Novation and Release |
1.1 | With effect from the Effective Date as defined in paragraph "C" above and by mutual agreement between the parties and in consideration of the mutual undertakings and releases herein contained, the New Manager shall substitute the Existing Manager under the Management Agreement and the New Manager shall as from the Effective Date assume all rights and obligations of the Existing Manager arising out of or in connection with the Management Agreement and agrees to be bound in all respects In place of the |
1.2 | The Owner hereby agrees to continue to be bound by the Management Agreement in all respects vis-a-vis the New Manager from the Effective Date and further agrees to release the Existing Manager from any further liability under the Management Agreement that may arise or be incurred from events after the Effective Date, |
1.3 | Any issues or disputes arising between the Existing Manager and the New Manager in connection with the Management Agreement shall be resolved between themselves without involving or prejudicing the Owner. |
1.4 | Nothing in this Novation Agreement shall affect or prejudice any claim or demand whatsoever which either the Owner or the Existing Manager may have against the other relating to matters arising prior to the Effective Date. |
2. | Amendments to the Management Agreement |
(a) | all references to the "Managers" in the Management Agreement shall be deemed to mean the New Manager and not the Existing Manager; and |
(b) | In Box 3 of Part I of the Management Agreement will be replaces as of the Effective Date with the following: |
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A. | Provide in cooperation with the Owners the Vessel with instructions with regards to the procedures that shall be followed throughout the Lay-up Period for all phases of the project, lay-up, De-activation and Re-activation. |
B. | Use their best endeavors to perform the Management Services in accordance with sound layup industry practice, including but not limited to compliance with all relevant rules and regulations, and protection of the Vessel and surrounding environment in the case of emergency. The Managers shall have in place and maintain an emergency response plan. The Managers shall waive their right to claim any award for salvage performed on the Vessel and/or to protect the environment. The performance of the Management Services shall be conducted in a manner consistent with appropriate social responsibility |
C. | Notify the Owners in the event that, during the performance of the Management Services, the Managers become aware of any equipment or machinery that needs maintenance and/or repair. The Owners will decide whether the Vessel and/or her equipment or machinery is in need of maintenance and/or repair. However, if the maintenance and/ or repair are, in the Managers' opinion, critical for the Vessel's safety and/or the surrounding environment the Managers have the right to take all necessary and prudent steps to effect such maintenance and/or repairs without consulting the Owners, provided that they will advise the Owners of such need as soon as practicably possible. |
D. | Maintain records of work carried out in performance of the Management Services; |
E. | Provide periodic written reports to the Owners of the observed condition of the Vessel and its equipment and machinery in a form and frequency agreed between the parties; and |
F. | Arrange necessary class and flag surveys to obtain lay-up classification and registry notations and further ensure that, throughout the Lay-up Period, that the Vessel is in possession of valid certificates to comply with the port authority, Flag State and Vessel's classification society requirements. |
G. | Do any such actions to preserve the Vessel and her machinery and equipment in order to prevent damage or deterioration and to assist with subsequent Re-activation. |
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c/o 16 Grigoriou Lambraki Str, 16674 Glyfada, Athens Greece
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Name: V.SHIPS LIMITED, of Limassol Cyprus
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Registered Office: Zinas Kanther, 16-18, Agia Triada, 3035 Limassol, Cyprus
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at the address, fax number and email address stated in Box 3 with a copy to Marine Legal Services Limited, 1st floor, 63 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4N 4UA tel (44) (0) 20 7329 2422 fax (44) (0) 20 7236 2894
email craig.brown@marinelegal.co.uk
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[Name of Owner]
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V.SHIPS LIMITED
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STAMATIOS TSANTANIS
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ALEX HALAVINS
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1. | Definitions and Interpretation |
1.1 | In this Agreement, in addition to terms defined in Part I, save where the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them. |
1.2 | Clause Headings are inserted for convenience and shall be ignored in construing this Agreement; words denoting the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa; references to Parts are to Parts of this Agreement; references to Clauses are to Clauses of Part II except where otherwise expressly stated; and references to any enactment include any re-enactments, amendments and extensions thereof. |
2. | Appointment of Managers |
2.1 | With effect from the date stated in Box 4 of Part I (the "Date of Commencement") and continuing unless and until terminated as provided herein, the Owners hereby appoint the Managers and the Managers hereby agree to act as the managers of the Vessel in respect of the Management Services. |
2.2 | In performing any of the Management Services the Managers shall, as agents for and on behalf of the Owners, have authority to take such steps as the Managers may from time to time in their reasonable discretion consider to be necessary to enable them to perform this Agreement in accordance with sound ship management practice. |
3. | Basic Services |
3.1 | Crewing |
3.1.1 | The Managers shall provide suitably qualified crew for the Vessel and its trade as required by the Owners in accordance with current STCW requirements as agents for and on behalf of the Owners, provision of which includes but is not limited to the following functions: |
(i) | select and engage Master, officers and crew (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Crew"); where the Owners make a complaint about any member of the Crew the Managers will promptly investigate the same and if it proves to be justified, replace the Crew member concerned as soon as practicable; |
(ii) | ensure that the applicable requirements of the law of the flag of the Vessel are satisfied in respect of manning levels, rank, qualification and certification of the Crew, and employment regulations including Crew's tax, social insurance, discipline and other requirements; |
(iii) | ensure that all members of the Crew have passed a medical examination with a qualified doctor certifying that they are fit for the duties for which they are engaged and are in possession of valid medical certificates which are valid for the duration of their service onboard the Vessel and issued in accordance with appropriate flag state requirements and P&I Club requirements; in the absence of applicable Flag state requirement medical certificate shall be dated no more than three (3) months prior to the respective Crew members leaving the country of domicile and maintained for the duration of their service on board the vessel; |
(iv) | arrange of transportation of the Crew, including repatriation; |
(v) | supervise the efficiency of the Crew and use the Manager's standard crew appraisal system (written or electronic) and administration of all other Crew matters such as planning for the manning of the Vessel; |
(vi) | make payroll arrangements, including settling manning and agency expenses for the manning agents in the Crew's country of origin and, if applicable, payment of Severance Costs; |
(vii) | if requested by the Owners, conducting union negotiations and making agreed payments to unions; |
(viii) | verify that the Crew shall have a command of the English of a sufficient standard to enable them to perform their duties safely; |
(ix) | operate the Managers' Drug and Alcohol Policy; |
(ix) | arrange Crew training in accordance with the Managers' policies but always in compliance with STCW (and as provided for in the budget), records of such training being maintained in the Manager's standard format and will be provided to the Owners on a monthly basis. |
3.1.2 | Crew Claims |
3.1.3 | The Owners agree to implement in full the terms and conditions of employment under which the Crew is engaged by the Managers as agent for the Owners. The Owners shall be the employer of the Crew and under no circumstances shall the Managers be deemed to be the employer of the Crew. If the Vessel is covered by an ITF approved agreement the Owners authorize the Managers to sign the ITF Special Agreement on their behalf and agree to provide all information necessary for this purpose. The Managers to provide the Owners copies of the contracts of employment upon request. |
3.1.4 | The Owners to approve the engagement of any member of the Crew within four (4) working days of receipt from the Managers of reasonable details of the proposed appointee. No response within the stipulated timeframe indicates tacit approval. |
3.1.5 | In the event that any officers or ratings are supplied by the Owners or on their behalf, the Owners shall procure that they comply with the requirements of STCW and MLC. Owners will instruct such officers and ratings to obey all reasonable orders of the Managers.Any such officers or ratings shall, at the Owners' cost, be trained in accordance with the Managers training matrix. |
3.1.6 | The Managers shall procure that the Crew consent to processing of their personal data for legitimate business purposes. The Owners warrant that personal data of the Crew will be processed in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 or any other applicable law or regulation. |
3.1.7 | For the purposes of the MLC, the Owners shall be deemed "Shipowner" and under no circumstances whatsoever, notwithstanding the Managers agreeing to carry out specific obligations under the MLC on behalf of the Owners, shall the Managers be deemed "Shipowner". It is a condition of this Agreement that the Owners shall provide all Crew with MLC compliant working and living conditions. The Owners shall ensure that, in case there is any |
3.1.8 | The Owners authorise the Managers to sign contracts of employment with the Crew as agent only for and on behalf of the Owners and/or to procure that a Seafarer Recruitment & Placement Service, in the country of domicile of a Crew member, signs contracts of employment with such Crew member as agent only for and on behalf of the Owners. The Managers to provide the Owners copies of all the contracts of employment upon request. |
3.2 | Technical Management |
(i) | provision of personnel to supervise the maintenance and general efficiency of the Vessel; |
(ii) | arrangement and supervision of drydockings, repairs, modifications to and the upkeep of the Vessel to the standards agreed with the Owners provided that the Managers shall be entitled to incur the necessary expenditure, which is subject to Owners' prior approval, to ensure that the Vessel will comply with all requirements and recommendations of the classification society and equipment manufacturers, and with the laws and regulations of the country of registry of the Vessel and of the places where she trades; |
(iii) | arrangement of periodic analysis of the bunker fuel, lubricating oils and chemicals by third parties (the costs being included in the Vessel's running costs); |
(iv) | appointment of surveyors and technical consultants as the Managers may consider from time to time to be necessary, provided they are pre-approved by the Owners; |
(v) | visits to the Vessel by superintendents or other staff of the Managers for up to 20 days on board the Vessel in any calendar year (or pro rata for part of a calendar year) excluding the dry-docking period of the vessel and visits to the Vessel by superintendents or other staff of the Managers in excess of this allowance to be pre-approved in writing by the Owners; |
(vi) | notify and receive prior approval by the Owners of any non-budgeted item of expenditure; |
(vii) | notify and receive prior approval by the Owners if there is an operational need to exceed quarterly budget allowance as attached to this agreement under Part VI. |
(viii) | development, implementation and maintenance of an SMS and an SSP. |
3.3 | Purchasing |
3.3.1 | The Managers shall arrange for the supply of necessary victualling, stores, spares, provisions, lubricating oils and services (including drydock services) for the Vessel for any amount of up to US$5,000. With respect to the supply of any items of an amount between US$5,000 to US$10,000 the Managers shall request the Owners pre-approval, which should be provided within 48 hours from the Managers' request. No response within such stipulated timeframe indicates tacit approval by the Owners. For any purchase above US$10,000, the Managers will advise the details and quotations to the Owners in writing requesting authority to proceed. The Owners have the right to arrange for any purchasing and shall advise the Managers accordingly. To enable the Managers to arrange such supplies on the most advantageous terms, the Managers shall be entitled to join with other parties in making arrangements for bulk purchase. The Managers are presently members of MARCAS Limited ("MARCAS"), an independent contracting association providing access to commodities and dry-dock services globally (www.marcas.org). MARCAS negotiates on behalf of its members with selected suppliers the best available price, terms and conditions for the bulk purchase of goods and services for the marine industry with the aim of offering to members and their clients savings on vessel technical operating costs. |
3.3.2 | Details of the suppliers contracted by MARCAS and prices available for the Vessel at the time of supply shall be made available to Owners upon their request. Owners acknowledge that all information relating to prices is confidential and undertake not to disclose the same to third parties without the prior written consent of the Managers. |
3.3.3 | Where MARCAS has negotiated terms and conditions with suppliers of any stores, spares provisions, or lubricating oils ("Goods") and/or suppliers of services required by the Vessel, then the purchase of such Goods and services will, unless operational or other circumstances otherwise require, be undertaken with such |
3.3.4 | MARCAS will where practicable obtain a best price charter from suppliers that the prices for all Goods and services purchased by MARCAS's members will be the lowest prices available. If the Owners are able to obtain in good faith, on arms' length terms, on a true like for like basis (including quality, certification, timing, manufacturer, place of supply, etc., but ignoring taxes and exchange rate fluctuations), the same Goods and/or services at a lower price than that obtained by MARCAS, the Owners will supply full details to the Managers who will promptly raise the matter with MARCAS and pass on to Owners any refund obtained by MARCAS from the supplier. |
3.3.5 | The Owners have received details from the Managers of the business rules and operating procedures adopted by MARCAS, including provisions related to fees that MARCAS will retain as applicable, and agree to comply with such rules and operating procedures as the same may be amended from time to time. |
3.3.6 | The Owners acknowledge that they are aware that prices obtained from suppliers require strict adherence to the payment terms agreed with suppliers (normally 45 days from date of invoice) and any failure by the Owners to provide the Managers with funds to settle sums due to suppliers on time will (in the absence of a good faith dispute) result in an immediate 2% surcharge. The Managers are hereby expressly authorised to settle such surcharge charges from any sums held by them on behalf of Owners. The Owners further acknowledge that they are aware if payments to suppliers are regularly made late, or if suppliers are not satisfied with Owners' credit rating, suppliers may refuse to supply at the prices and on the terms negotiated by MARCAS. |
3.3.7 | The Owners acknowledge that the Managers may be requested by suppliers to disclose details of the beneficial ownership of the Owners and that the Managers may not be able to obtain the most advantageous terms from such suppliers should the Owners not agree to such disclosure. |
3.5 | Accounting and Budgeting |
3.5.1 | The Managers shall: |
(i) | maintain records of all costs and expenditure incurred hereunder as well as data necessary or proper for the settlement of accounts between the parties; |
(ii) | establish an accounting system for the Vessel and supply regular monthly reports (within 5 working days from the end of the preceding month) in accordance therewith in the Managers' standard format or, on agreement of an additional fee, such other form as may be mutually agreed in writing with the Owners. |
3.5.2 | The Managers shall present to the Owners annually a budget for the following calendar year in the Managers' standard format. The budget for the period in 2015 following the date stated in Box 4 of Part I is set out in Part VI. |
3.5.3 | The Owners shall notify the Managers of their acceptance and approval of the annual budget within 14 days of presentation and in the absence of any response the Owners shall be deemed to have accepted the said budget. In the event that the Owners do not accept an annual budget presented by the Managers within the period aforesaid and that budget is, in the reasonable opinion of the Managers, fair and reasonable, the Managers shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement by notice in writing, in which event this Agreement shall terminate on the expiry of a period of one (1) month from the date upon which such notice is given. |
3.5.4 | The Managers shall produce a monthly comparison between budgeted and actual expenditure of the Vessel in the Managers' standard format or, on agreement of an additional fee, such other form as may be mutually agreed in writing accompanied by proper written justification of variances reports. In addition if required by the Owners the Managers shall produce quarterly forecast report on the annual budget. |
3.5.5 | This Clause 3.5 is subject to the provisions of Part VI. |
3.6 | Operations |
(i) | Monitoring voyage instructions and liaising as appropriate with the Owners, the Owners' brokers and charteres; |
(ii) | Appointment of agents; and |
(iii) | Arrangement of surveying of cargoes. |
3.7 | Information System Software |
3.7.1 | The Managers will, subject to the remaining provisions of this Clause 3.7, provide the Owners and the Vessel with the Information System Software to allow information from both the Vessel's and the Managers' office to be accessed directly by the Owners via the "PartnerShip Network" secure website. Financial, technical and operational information relating to the Vessel will be available from both the Vessel and office outputs, with the ability to "drill down" on accounts. This will provide the Owners with immediate access to the same information available to the Managers and to reports generated for the Owners, with a view to providing improved efficiency and cost savings to the Owners in his overview of the management of the Vessel. |
3.7.2 | Should the Owners have existing software applications on board the Vessel which they wish to retain, the Owners will permit the Managers to carry out an on board audit to assess the suitability, compatibility with the Information System Software, and any risks or disadvantages associated with the continued use of such applications. |
3.7.3 | The main features of the Information System Software at the date of this Agreement are: |
(i) | comprehensive management software providing single point of entry to the Vessel incorporating Crew administration, vessel noon reporting, operational and port reporting, defect and deficiency reporting and performance monitoring; |
(ii) | a ship to shore and shore to ship e-mail package providing cost efficient communications available to both Owners and their charterers; and |
(iii) | a computerised maintenance system including inventory control and automated purchase order handling. (An initial charge, to be agreed with Owners, may be made for the set-up of the maintenance database, depending on the system currently existing on board the Vessel). |
3.7.4 | The costs for the Information System Software are set out in the Fee Schedule, and are included in the Vessel's running costs, as follows: |
(i) | the license fee; |
(ii) | remote access from the Owners' Office through the Managers' PartnerShip network; |
(iii) | maintenance, updates and upgrades; |
(iv) | 24 hour support; |
(v) | provision of anti-virus software and regular upgrades; |
(vi) | operational manuals on CD ROM and regular updates; |
(vii) | annual remote audit of the Vessel IT systems providing a system health check; |
(viii) | user manuals and training of the Crew in the use of the Information System Software; and |
(ix) | e-mail on board the Vessel. |
3.7.5 | Such costs do not include: |
(i) | the costs of appropriate hardware on board the Vessel; |
(ii) | travel and other related costs for installation support of the Information System Software on board the Vessel; |
(iii) | the set-up cost of the data base for the maintenance system; the Client remains an |
(iv) | any specific reports specified by the Owners where new data/specialist reporting is required; and |
(v) | costs incurred pursuant to clause 3.7.2. |
3.7.6 | Installation and set-up of the Information System Software will be undertaken on a date agreed between the Managers and the Owners having regard to the Vessel's schedule and the availability of the Managers' personnel. |
3.7.7 | Solely for the duration of this Agreement the Managers hereby grant the Owners a personal, non-transferable non-exclusive license to use a single copy of the Information System Software as installed by the Managers on a single computer on board the Vessel. |
3.7.8 | The Information System Software is owned by the Managers or its subsidiaries and is protected by applicable copyright and patent laws. The Owners may not copy the Information System Software (except for back-up purposes only) or any written materials which accompany it, and may not sell, rent, lease, lend, sub-license, reverse engineer or distribute the Information System Software or such written materials. |
3.7.9 | The Managers do not warrant that the Information System Software will meet the Owners' requirements or that the use or operation of the Information System Software will be uninterrupted or error free. |
3.8 | Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan |
3.8.1 | The Managers will prepare and obtain all necessary approvals for a shipboard oil pollution emergency plan (SOPEP) in a form approved by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organisation pursuant to the requirements of Regulation 26 of Annex I of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, as amended (MARPOL 73/78). |
3.8.2 | The SOPEP will be written in the English language and will be reviewed and updated from time to time. If required the Managers will arrange for the translation of the SOPEP into another language, the cost of translation being recoverable in terms of Clause 8.5. |
3.8.3 | The Managers will also undertake regular training of the Crew in the use of the SOPEP including drills to ensure that the SOPEP functions as expected and that contact and information details specified are accurate. |
3.9 | OPA |
3.9.1 | If instructed by the Owners, the Managers will: |
(i) | arrange for the preparation, filing and updating of a contingency Vessel Response Plan in accordance with the requirements of OPA and instruct the Crew in all aspects of the operation of such plan; |
(ii) | identify and ensure the availability by contract or otherwise of a Qualified Individual, a Spill Management Team, an Oil Spill Removal Organisation, resources having salvage, firefighting, lightering and, if applicable, dispersant capabilities, and public relations/media personnel to assist the Owners to deal with the media in the event of discharges of oil. |
3.9.2 | The Managers are expressly authorised as agents for the Owners to enter into such arrangements by Contract or otherwise as are required to ensure the availability of the services outlined in Clause 3.8.1. The Managers are further expressly authorised as agents for the Owners to enter into such other arrangements as may from time to time be necessary to satisfy the requirements of OPA or other Federal or State laws. |
3.9.3 | The Owners will pay the fees due to third parties providing the services described above together with costs to the Managers if any. The level of fees will be included in the Vessel's running costs. |
3.9.4 | On termination of this Agreement, the Vessel Response Plan and all documentation will be returned to the Managers at the expense of the Owners, provided such expense does not exceed US$150. |
3.10 | Assistance with Sale of Vessel |
3.11 | Vessel trading in high risk areas |
(i) | Comply in full with the guidance provided by 'Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy off the Coast of Somalia and in the Arabian Sea Area (BMP)' as may be revised from time to time and also with any similar guidance which may be issued for other high risk areas. |
(ii) | Monitor daily guidance and updates provided by The Maritime Security Centre – Horn of Africa (MSCHOA) website (www.mschoa.org) as may be revised from time to time and advise the Vessel accordingly. |
(iii) | Comply with the Managers' guidelines for 'Transiting off the coast of Somalia, the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden and Red Sea' as may be revised from time to time and also with any similar guidance which may be issued for other high risk areas. The Managers' guidelines set out their policy of full compliance with BMP and additional guidance and information on Self Protection Measures (SPM's) and Citadels or Safe Areas. The Owners will be provided with a copy of the guidelines and costs for SPM's will be included in the Vessel budget. |
(iv) | Where appropriate, ensure the Vessel follows the International Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC), using the services of an escorted convoy if available or joining a group transit if not. |
(v) | Monitor routing recommendations for transiting high risk areas as provided by charterers and insurers and review the same as part of the risk assessment carried out for the transit concerned. |
(vi) | Provide sufficient Self Protection Measures (SPM) appropriate to the vessel type, size and speed with a view to protecting the Crew as far as possible in the event of an attack. To be determined by the risk assessment required by BMP for the transit concerned and before entering the high risk area. |
(vii) | Provide training for the Crew in BMP prior to transiting any high risk area. |
4. | Other Services |
4.1 | Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, during the period of this Agreement the Managers shall carry out, as agents for and on behalf of the Owners, such Other Services as shall have been indicated in Part III. |
4.2 | Other Services shall be provided in accordance with the terms of the Appendices contained in Part III. |
5. | Managers' Obligations |
5.1 | The Managers undertake to use their best endeavours to provide the Basic Services, the Other Services and the Management Services as agents for and on behalf of the Owners in accordance with sound ship management practice and to protect and promote the interests of the Owners in all matters relating to the provision of Management Services provided however that the Managers in the performance of Management Services shall be entitled to have regard to their overall responsibility in relation to all vessels which may from time to time be entrusted to their management and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Managers shall be entitled to allocate available supplies, manpower and services in such manner as in the prevailing circumstances the Managers in their reasonable discretion consider to be fair and reasonable. |
5.2 | The Managers shall procure that the requirements of the law of the flag of the Vessel are satisfied and they shall be deemed to be "the Company" as defined by the ISM Code, assuming the responsibility for the operation of the Vessel and taking over the duties and responsibilities imposed by the ISM Code and by the ISPS Code. |
5.3 | The Managers undertake the responsibility to cooperate fully with the Owner and/or any other third party audit firm the Owner chooses with regard to the establishment (design) and the annual testing of the internal controls followed by the Manager relating to the operations performed during providing the services described herein to the Owners (provision of Type II SSAE16 report included). |
6. | Owners' Obligations |
6.1 | The Owners shall pay all sums due to the Managers punctually in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Time shall be of the essence in respect of the payment of all such sums. |
6.2 | The Owners shall report (or where the Owners are not the registered owners of the Vessel procure that the registered owners report) to the flag state administration the details of the Managers as the Company as required to comply with the ISM Code. |
6.3 | The Owners shall procure that throughout the period of this Agreement the Vessel will be insured at the Owners' expense for not less than sound market value or entered for full gross tonnage, as the case may be, for: |
(i) | usual hull and machinery risks (including but not limited to Crew negligence) and excess liabilities; |
(ii) | protection and indemnity risks (including but not limited to pollution risks, diversion expenses and Crew risks); |
(iii) | freight, defense and demurrage; |
(iv) | war risks (including but not limited to blocking and trapping, protection and indemnity, terrorism and Crew risks); and |
(v) | in accordance with MLC, establish insurance to compensate Crew, and/or any officers or |
(vi) | such other optional insurances as may be agreed by the Owners (such as piracy, kidnap and ransom, loss of hire) |
6.4 | The Owners shall procure that all premiums and calls on the Owners' Insurances are paid by their due date and that the Owners' Insurances name the Managers and any additional party designated by the Managers as a joint assured for protection and indemnity risks (including pollution risks) and a named assured on all other policies, with the benefit of full cover. The Owners shall, if applicable, provide the Managers with written evidence thereof to the reasonable satisfaction of the Managers on or prior to the Date of Commencement and/or on the date on which the Managers notify the Owners of the appointment of any additional party and within seven (7) days of each renewal date. The Owners shall provide Managers with an appropriate certificate of insurance covering any and all liabilities under the MLC including but not limited to financial security in accordance with regulation 2.5. |
6.5 | As between the Owners and the Managers, the Managers shall not be responsible for paying any premiums or calls arising in connection with such insurances. On termination of this Agreement (howsoever occasioned) or where the Owners make a change in the P&I Club in which the Vessel is entered, the Owners shall procure that the Managers and any additional party designated by the Managers as a joint or named assured shall cease to be a joint or named assured and that they are released from and/or secured for any and all liability for premiums and calls that may arise in relation to the period of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, it is agreed that the Owners shall be liable for all deductibles applying to any insurance policy. |
6.6 | Owners are responsible for the payment of any tonnage tax applicable at the country where this agreement will be officially registered. |
6.7 | The Owners are responsible to maintain this management agreement for a minimum period of three (3) months. |
7. | Documentation |
7.1 | On or prior to the Date of Commencement the Owners will deliver to the Managers: |
7.2 | The Owners will on request provide the Managers with full details, in writing, of the registered Owners. |
7.3 | The Owners shall be obliged to obtain any required guarantee, bond or other security including, without limitation, the SCAC code and International Carrier Bond as required in order to access the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection automated manifest system, as required by 68 Fed Reg. 68139 and as amended, and USCG Certificate of Financial Responsibility for water pollution. The Owners shall also be obliged to obtain any permits, licences or the like required to be obtained by an operator of a vessel including, without limitation, the US EPA vessel general permit. |
7.4 | At the request of the Owners, the Managers will promptly deliver a duly executed technical |
8. | Management Fee |
8.1 | The Owners shall pay to the Managers a fee in the amounts stated in the Fee Schedule in respect of the Basic Services and Other Services which shall be payable by equal monthly installments, the first installment being payable on the Commencement of this Agreement and the payment of the agreed monthly budgeted amounts fifteen (15) days prior to the purchase of the Vessel including payment of the agreed pre-delivery budget and one (1) month fee applicable for the pre-delivery work in respect of the vessel and subsequent installments being payable monthly in advance and fees for Other Services (if applicable) shall be paid at the rates and times specified in the Fee Schedule. |
8.2 | If the Managers' superintendents or other staff spend more than 30 days onboard the Vessel in any calendar year but excluding the dry-docking period of the vessel (or pro rata for part of a calendar year) such days in excess of 20 on board the Vessel shall be charged at the rate of US$800 per man per day. |
8.3 | Where a charterers vetting inspection may be required and a pre-inspection is requested, the costs of such additional services shall be charged to the Vessel's account. |
8.4 | If the Vessel is placed on time charter, any costs incurred in complying with charterers requirements (including, but not limited to, additional reporting requirements and visits to the charterers) will be paid by the Owners. |
8.5 | The Managers shall, at no extra cost to the Owners, provide their own office accommodation, office staff and office stationery. The Owners shall reimburse the Managers for all expenses properly incurred under the terms of this Agreement on behalf of the Owners, including, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, postage and communication expenses (which the Managers shall allocate among all vessels managed by them on a basis which the Managers consider to be fair and reasonable having regard to the trade of the vessels, the nationality of the Crews and other relevant factors), Crew Support Costs (as included in the Vessel's running costs), vessel documentation, administrative expenses of the SOPEP and SSP, travelling expenses and other out of pocket expenses properly and reasonably incurred by the Managers in pursuance of the Management Services. All the above costs will be incurred by the Managers, provided they have been approved by the Owners. |
8.6 | In the event of the termination of this Agreement on the completion of the two (2) months minimum period the fees payable to the Managers according to the provisions of Clause 8.1 shall, save as aftermentioned, be paid for a further period of two (2) calendar months from the effective date of termination. After that minimum period of the Agreement there will be only one (1) month fees applicable upon termination subject to agreement that the total value of management fees paid will be at least equivalent to four (4) months. |
8.7 | Fees payable to the Managers will be reviewed annually and shall be adjusted as a minimum by reference to the retail price index relevant to the domicile of the Managers. Where Management Services are wholly or partly provided by third parties, the fees therefor shall be adjusted immediately to take account of increases in the cost of such services. The Managers will, however, use all reasonable endeavours in negotiations with such third parties to minimise such increases. |
8.8 | All fees are exclusive of Value Added Taxes, if any, or other applicable taxes. |
8.9 | Save as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all discounts, rebates and commissions obtained by the Managers in the course of the management of the Vessel shall be credited to the Owners. |
8.10 | If as a result of collision, accident, emergency, or any other extraordinary circumstances, the Managers' workload is increased beyond that which the parties could reasonably have anticipated, the Managers shall be entitled to reasonable additional remuneration having regard to the nature of the incident, the personnel and resources of the Managers deployed, and all other relevant circumstances including insurance recoveries. |
8.11 | If the Owners decide to lay-up the Vessel and such lay-up lasts for more than two (2) months, an appropriate reduction of the management fee for the period exceeding the two (2) months until the Owners give written notice to remobilize the Vessel, shall be mutually agreed between the parties. |
9. | Payments and Management of Funds |
9.1 | All sums paid to the Managers by or on behalf of the Owners and all moneys collected by the Managers under the terms of this Agreement (other than fees payable by the Owners to the Managers) shall be held to the credit of the Owners in a separate bank account or accounts |
9.2 | Where any sums howsoever arising and whether in respect of fees, budgeted expenditure, non-budgeted expenditure, other liabilities (present, future, liquidated or unliquidated) or expenses are owed to the Managers in connection with the Vessel, the Managers shall be entitled but not obliged at any time or times to apply any sums standing to the credit of the accounts referred to in Clause 9.1 to settle such sums but shall in any event remain payable by the Owners to the Managers on demand. |
9.3 | On or prior to the Date of Commencement the Owners shall provide to the Managers an amount equivalent to the prorated budgeted days' expenditure from the Date of Commencement to the end of the first month in management. In addition all pre-delivery expenses are to be funded promptly by the Owners on request from the Managers. The Owners shall provide an amount equivalent to 1/12 of the annual budget for the first full month on or prior to the 1st day of the first full month of the management period. In subsequent months the Managers shall request amounts for the total anticipated monthly expenditure as laid out in clause 9.6. |
9.4 | On or prior to the Date of Commencement the Owners shall provide to the Managers a sum of US$7,500, which shall be available to the Managers in their sole discretion for payment of any sum due under the terms of this Agreement, which sum will be held in the Manager's bank account ("the Float"). The Owners agree that on termination of this Agreement the Managers shall be entitled to retain all or part of the Float in payment of any sums then outstanding under the terms of this Agreement and, subject thereto, the Managers shall reimburse the balance of the Float to the Owners within two (2) months after the termination of this agreement. |
9.5 | The Owners agree that on termination of this agreement payment of all sums outstanding under the terms of the agreement are to be made in advance of the Vessel leaving management. The sum will include without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any amounts due to be paid to suppliers and other third parties (as evidenced, in the absence of manifest error, by an accounts payable listing produced by the Managers) and any outstanding accruals for items or services invoiced or delivered. The Owners irrevocably undertake to pay forthwith on request from the Managers any other sums which become due after the effective date of termination, but have been incurred during the prosecution of this Agreement. |
9.6 | The Managers shall each month request (by letter, telex, fax or e-mail) from the Owners the funds required to run the Vessel for the ensuing month. Such request will be for the total of the anticipated monthly expenditure, including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any sums due to be paid to suppliers and other third parties in the ensuing month (as conclusively evidenced, in the absence of manifest error, by an accounts payable listing produced by the Managers) and any outstanding accruals for items or services invoiced or delivered. In addition, the Owners shall provide the Managers upon request with any funds which the Managers may reasonably request to cover any unbudgeted, unexpected, occasional or extraordinary item of expenditure. All such funds shall be received by the Managers within five (5) days after the receipt of such requests and shall be held to the credit of the Owners in the account(s) referred to in Clause 9.1. The Managers shall be entitled to allocate such funds in such manner as the Managers reasonably determine, and it shall not be open to the Owners to direct the Managers otherwise and under no circumstances shall any funds received be held on trust by the Managers for any specific purpose. In case there is any surplus of funds, same will be applied on the quarterly budget. |
9.7 | Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Managers shall in no circumstances be required to use or commit their own funds to finance the provision of the Management Services and all payments due shall be made punctually to the Managers (and not any third party) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in full without any deduction whatsoever. |
9.8 | In addition to the funds referred to above the Owners shall pay and/or reimburse the Managers in respect of all expenses incurred prior to the Date of Commencement including, but not limited to, riding Crew wages, initial Crew movements, Crew standby expenses, communication and liaison expenses and ITF welfare contributions. |
10. | Managers' Right to Sub-Contract |
10.1 | The Managers shall be entitled to procure performance of the Managers' obligations hereunder by their parent, subsidiary or associated companies or (in the case of Other Services) third parties (hereinafter collectively called the "Sub-Managers") in accordance with the following provisions of this Clause 10.1, provided that the Owners have given their prior written consent: |
(i) | any such performance of all or any of the Managers' obligations by the Sub-Managers shall be and constitute full and sufficient performance by the Managers of their obligations hereunder; |
(ii) | the Owners hereby agree with the Managers that insofar as the Sub-Managers perform the obligations of the Managers the Sub-Managers shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of Clause 11; and |
(iii) | any performance of the Managers' obligations by the Sub-Managers shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Owners hereunder for any failure by the Managers in performance of the Managers' duties and obligations hereunder and notwithstanding performance by the Sub-Managers the Managers shall remain responsible to the Owners for performance of their obligations hereunder. |
10.2 | The provisions of Clause 10.1 shall remain in force notwithstanding termination of this Agreement. |
11. | Responsibilities |
11.1 | Force Majeure |
11.1.1 | Neither the Owners nor the Managers shall be liable for any loss or damage or total or partial failure to perform this Agreement (other than a failure to perform an obligation to pay money) caused wholly or partly by any circumstance or matter beyond the reasonable control of the relevant party, as the case may be, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) acts of God, acts of governmental authorities, fires, strikes, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, wars, insurrections, riots, violent demonstrations, criminal offences (other than criminal offences attributable to each Party's employees, agents or sub-contractors), acts and omissions of civil or military authority or of usurped power, requisition or hire by any governmental or other competent authority, embargoes. |
11.1.2 | Where a party seeks to rely upon a force majeure event as described in Clause 11.1.1 it will advise the other party of the force majeure event at the earliest opportunity and also advise that party of the likely duration of such force majeure situation. |
11.2 | Liability to Owners |
(i) | Without prejudice to Clause 11.1, the Managers shall be under no liability whatsoever to the Owners for any loss, damage, delay or expense of whatsoever nature, whether direct or indirect, (including but not limited to loss of profit arising out of or in connection with detention of or delay to the Vessel) and howsoever arising in the course of performance of the Management Services unless same is proved to have resulted solely from the negligence, gross negligence or wilful default of the Managers or their employees or agents, or sub-contractors employed by them in connection with the Vessel, in which case (save where loss, damage, delay or expense has resulted from the Managers' personal act or omission committed with the intent to cause same or recklessly and with knowledge that such loss, damage, delay or expense would probably result) the Managers' liability for each incident or series of incidents giving rise to a claim or claims shall never exceed a total of ten times the annual management fee payable hereunder for Basic Services. |
(ii) | Notwithstanding anything that may appear to the contrary in this Agreement, the Managers shall not be responsible for any of the actions of the Crew even if such actions are negligent, grossly negligent or wilful, except only to the extent that they are shown to have resulted from a failure to discharge their obligations under Clause 3.1 in which case their liability shall be limited in accordance with the terms of this Clause 11. |
11.3 | Indemnity - General |
11.4 | Indemnity - tax |
11.5 | "Himalaya" |
11.6 | The provisions of Clause 11 shall remain in force notwithstanding termination of this Agreement. |
Liens |
13. | Claims/Disputes |
13.1 | At the request of the Owners, the Managers shall handle and settle all claims arising out of the Management Services hereunder and keep the Owners informed regarding any incident of which the Managers become aware which gives or may give rise to claims or disputes involving third parties. |
13.2 | The Managers shall, as instructed by the Owners, bring or defend actions, suits or proceedings in connection with matters entrusted to the Managers according to this Agreement. |
13.3 | The Managers in cooperation with the Owners shall have power to obtain legal or technical or other outside expert advice in relation to the handling and settlement of claims and disputes or all other matters affecting the interests of the Owners in respect of the Vessel. |
13.4 | The Owners shall arrange for the provision of any necessary guarantee bond or other security. |
13.5 | The Owners shall pay to the Managers a fee for time spent by the Managers in carrying out their obligations under Clause 13 and such fee shall be mutually agreed by the Owners and the Managers (such fee to not exceed the rate of US$800 per man per day). In addition any costs incurred by the Managers in carrying out their obligations according to Clause 13 shall be reimbursed by the Owners. |
13.6 | The Owners agree to the use of MTI Network for crisis management response and agree to pay any fees additional to the annual retainer of MTI Network (as included in the budget) which may be incurred. |
14. | Auditing, Records |
14.1 | The Managers shall at all times maintain and keep true and correct accounts and shall make the same available at the Managers' offices for inspection and auditing by the Owners at such times as may be mutually agreed. The Owners agree that the Managers shall be entitled to charge for their reasonable costs and expenses should the Owners require hard copies of supplier invoices and related documentation. |
14.2 | The Managers shall be entitled to electronically archive all of the Vessels' records and arrange safe storage of the same, the costs being included in the Vessel's running costs. |
14.3 | All accounting and other records relating the Vessel will be retained by the Managers for a period of two (2) years after the date of termination, for whatever reason, of this Agreement, and thereafter shall be destroyed or, if electronically archived, expunged unless the Owners request the Managers to deliver such records to them at the Owners' expense. |
14.4 | The Managers may request and the Owners shall, in a timely manner, make available all documentation, information and records reasonably required by the Managers to enable them to perform the Management Services. |
15. | Inspection of Vessel |
16. | Compliance with Laws and Regulations |
16.1 | The parties will not do or permit anything to be done which might cause any breach or infringement of the laws and regulations of the country of registry of the Vessel, and of the places where she trades, provided always that the Managers' obligations under this Clause will only relate to matters which the Managers are in fact capable of fulfilling and on the understanding that the Managers receive all necessary co-operation, information and funding from the Owners. |
16.2 | All intended carriage, trade or voyages must be fully compliant with relevant international sanctions and prohibitions. Managers, Crew and Owners accept such requirement as a condition of this Agreement entitling the Managers to terminate the Agreement should there be a breach of international sanctions and prohibitions. The Owners shall indemnify and hold harmless the Managers, their employees, agents and sub-contractors in respect of any consequence that may arise from the Vessel being arrested or detained, and should the Vessel not then be capable of immediate release, as a result of sanctions or prohibitions affecting the Owners' banks and/or insurers. |
17. | Duration of the Agreement |
17.1 | Termination by Notice |
17.2 | Termination by default - Owners |
(i) | The Managers shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement with immediate effect by notice in writing if any moneys requested by the Managers from the Owners, shall not have been received in the Managers' nominated account within fifteen (15) calendar days of payment having been requested in writing by the Managers or if the Owners fail to comply to the reasonable satisfaction of the Managers with the requirements of clauses 6.3, 6.4 and 6.5 or if the Vessel is repossessed by a mortgagee. |
(ii) | If the Owners |
(a) | otherwise fail materially to meet their obligations hereunder for reasons within their control, or |
(b) | proceed with employment of or continue to employ the Vessel in the carriage of contraband, blockade running or in an unlawful and/or sanctionable trade, or on a voyage or in a manner which, in the opinion of the Managers, is unduly hazardous or improper, or potentially unlawful and/or sanctionable or |
(c) | fail to comply with any recommendation of the Managers which the Managers consider to be reasonable and non-compliance with which may affect the Managers' reputation or its obligations under the ISM Code or any other applicable laws or regulations |
17.3 | Termination by Default - Managers |
17.4 | Liquidation |
17.5 | Extraordinary Termination |
17.6 | For the purpose of sub-clause 17.5 hereof: |
(i) | the date upon which the Vessel is to be treated as having been sold or otherwise disposed of shall be the date on which the registered owners cease to be registered as owners of the Vessel; |
(ii) | the Vessel shall not be deemed to be lost until either she has become an actual total loss or agreement has been reached with her Underwriters in respect of her constructive, compromised or arranged total loss or if such agreement with her underwriters is not reached it is adjudged by a competent tribunal that a constructive loss of the Vessel has occurred or a Notice of Abandonment is issued to underwriters. |
17.7 | The termination of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to all rights accrued due between the parties prior to the date of termination. |
17.8 | All outstanding fees and other sums payable by the Owners require to be paid in full on or prior to termination, for whatever reason, of this Agreement. Save where the Agreement is terminated by the Owners in accordance with Clause 17.3, the Managers shall be paid fees in accordance with Clause 8.6.The Owners shall also pay on demand Severance Costs together with repatriation costs and expenses. |
18. | Confidentiality |
18.1 | As between the Owners and the Managers, the Owners hereby agree and acknowledge that all title and property in and to the management manuals of the Managers and other written material of the Managers concerning management functions and activities is vested in the Managers and the Owners agree not to disclose the same to any third party and, on the termination of this Agreement, to return all such manuals and other material to the Managers. For the purposes of this Clause reference to "the Managers" includes the parent, subsidiary and associated companies of the Managers and any third parties providing Management Services. |
19. | Suspension of Services |
20. | Law and Arbitration |
20.1 | This Agreement shall be governed by English law and any dispute arising out of or in connection |
20.2 | The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the London Maritime Arbitrators' (LMAA) Terms current at the time when the arbitration is commenced. |
20.3 | Save as aftermentioned, the reference shall be to three arbitrators, one to be appointed by each party and the third by the two so appointed. A party wishing to refer a dispute to arbitration shall appoint its arbitrator and send notice of such appointment to the other party requiring the other party to appoint its arbitrator within fourteen (14) days of that notice and stating that it will appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator unless the other party appoints its own arbitrator and give notice that it has done so within the fourteen (14) days specified. If the other party does not appoint its own arbitrator and give notice that it has done so within the fourteen (14) days specified, the party referring the dispute to arbitration may, without the requirement of any further prior notice to the other party, appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator and shall advise the other party accordingly. The award of a sole arbitrator shall be as binding as if he had been appointed by agreement. |
20.4 | In cases where neither the claim nor any counterclaim exceeds the sum of US$50,000 (or such other sum as the parties may agree) the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the LMAA Small Claims Procedure current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are commenced. |
20.5 | Unless otherwise provided for in a separate agreement, the Owners hereby agree that any claim by any company providing services under clause 24 below shall, unless such company elects otherwise, be subject to English law and any dispute shall be referred to arbitration in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause 20. |
20.6 | Except to the extent provided for in clauses 10, 11 and 20.5 no third party shall have the right to enforce any term of this Agreement. |
21. | Amendments to Agreement |
22. | Time Limit for Claims |
23. | Condition of Vessel |
24. | Use of Associated Companies |
24.1 | The Managers hereby disclose to the Owners that they may, in the course of performing Management Services, utilize the services of companies associated with the Managers. Without prejudice to the foregoing generality, associated companies of the Managers may be used in connection with inter alia travel, insurance, port agency catering and consultancy services. Where companies associated with the Managers provide services in connection with the above or any other matters, such companies will be entitled to charge and retain for their own benefit usual remuneration for the provision of their services (whether in the form of commission or fees). The Managers will send a list of the Associated Companies to Owners on or prior to the Date of Commencement. |
24.2 | The Owners hereby consent to the arrangements set out in Clause 24.1. |
25. | Notices |
25.1 | Any notice or other communication under or in relation to this Agreement (a "Communication") may be sent by fax, registered or recorded mail, by personal delivery. |
25.2 | The addresses of the parties for service of a Communication shall be as stated in Boxes 5 and 6 respectively of Part I. |
25.3 | A Communication shall be deemed to have been delivered and shall take effect: |
(i) | in the case of a fax on the day of transmission; and |
(iii) | if delivered personally or sent by registered or recorded mail at the time of delivery. |
26. | Staff Loyalty |
27. | Entire Agreement |
27.1 | This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and (in relation to such subject matter) supersedes all prior discussions, understandings and agreements between the parties and all prior representations and expressions of opinion by the parties. |
27.2 | Each of the parties acknowledges that it is not relying on any statements, warranties, representations or understandings (whether negligently or innocently made) given or made by or on behalf of the other in relation to the subject matter hereof and that it shall have no rights or remedies with respect to such subject matter otherwise than under this Agreement. The only remedy available shall be for breach of contract under the terms of this Agreement. Nothing in this clause shall, however, operate to limit or exclude any liability for fraud. |
28. | Partial Validity |
29. | Non Waiver |
1. | The Managers shall arrange on board safety audit and training which will include the following functions: |
(i) | preparation and updating of specialist safety manuals not already included in the SMS; |
(ii) | periodic on board safety audit and on board safety training; |
(iii) | reporting to the Vessel (via the Managers) on information gained from visits to other vessels and industry forums. |
2. | The cost of the foregoing services shall be such sum as is set out in the Fee Schedule and shall be included in the budget agreed with the Owners. |
3. | The Managers have entered into sub-contracts with third parties to permit them to supply this service. |
BASIC SERVICES (Clause 3 of Part II)
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Amount
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Frequency
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Management Fee
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Information System fees (Shipsure)
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Planned maintenance - data base development fee (maximum of 30 chargeable days)
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Crewing: Fixed Cost invoice – Crewing Costs (Part VI)
Other Crew costs (ITF, SEPF, PNO fee etc.)
Management Expenses:
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1
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Master
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2
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Chief Officer
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3
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2nd Officer
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4
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3rd Officer
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5
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Chief Engineer
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6
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2nd Engineer
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7
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3rd Engineer
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8
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4th Engineer
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9
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Electrical Officer
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10
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Bosun
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11
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AB
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12
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AB
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13
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AB
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14
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OS
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15
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OS
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16
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Oiler
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17
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Oiler
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18
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Oiler
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19
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Fitter
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20
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Wiper
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21
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Cook
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22
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Messman
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2 | Appointment of Commercial Manager & Fees |
2.1 | In consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows: |
2.2 | For services performed hereunder by the Commercial Manager, the Company shall pay, or procure that the relevant member of the Group pays, to the Commercial Manager a commission fee of half percent (0.5%) calculated on the collected gross hire/ freight/ |
SEANERGY MANAGEMENT
CORP.
By: /s/ Stamatios Tsantanis
Name: Stamatios Tsantanis
Title: Director
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FIDELITY MARINE INC.
By: /s/ Nikos Frantzeskakis
Name: Nikos Frantzeskakis
Title: Sole Director
FIDELITY MARINE INC
CHARTERES - BROKERS
27, LAODIKIS STR 16674 GLYFADA
ATHENS GREECE
Tel +30 2108985088 Fax: +30 2108985081
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(i) | Employment of the Vessels |
(aa) | Chartering |
SEANERGY MANAGEMENT CORP.
By: /s/ Stamatios Tsantanis
Name: Stamatios Tsantanis
Title: Director
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FIDELITY MARINE INC.
By: /s/ Nikos Frantzeskakis
Name: Nikos Frantzeskakis
Title: Sole Director
FIDELITY MARINE INC
CHARTERES - BROKERS
27, LAODIKIS STR 16674 GLYFADA
ATHENS GREECE
Tel +30 2108985088 Fax: +30 2108985081
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CLAUSE
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PAGE
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1.
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Definitions
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2
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2.
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Representations and warranties
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2
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3.
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Agreement of the Lender
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3
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4.
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Conditions
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3
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5.
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Variations to the Principal Agreement.
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4
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6.
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Continuance of Principal Agreement and the Security Documents
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8
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7.
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Entire agreement and amendment
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8
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8.
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Fees and expenses
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8
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9.
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Miscellaneous
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9
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10.
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Entire agreement and amendment; effect on Principal Agreement
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9
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11.
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Applicable law and jurisdiction
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9
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(1) | ALPHA BANK A.E., a banking société anonyme incorporated in and pursuant to the laws of the Hellenic Republic with its head office at 40 Stadiou Street, Athens GR 102 52, Greece, acting, except as otherwise herein provided through its office at 93 Akti Miaouli, Piraeus, Greece (the "Lender", which expression shall include its successors and assigns); |
(2) | LEADER SHIPPING CO., a company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands having its registered office at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960 (hereinafter called the "Borrower", which expression shall include its successors) |
(A) | the Borrower hereby acknowledges and confirms that (a) the Lender has advanced to the Borrower, the full amount of the Commitment in the principal amount of United States Dollars Eight million seven hundred fifty thousand Dollars ($8,750,000) and (b) as the date hereof the principal amount of United States Dollars Eight million one hundred fifty thousand Dollars (US$8,150,000) in respect of the Loan remains outstanding; and |
(B) | the Borrower has requested the Lender to grant its consent to (inter alia) the amendment of the liquidity covenant, the corporate leverage covenant and the EBIDTA covenant, provided in Clause 8 of the Principal Agreement and the Lender has agreed thereto conditionally upon terms that the Principal Agreement shall be amended in the manner hereinafter set out in Clause 5 of this Agreement. |
1. | Definitions |
1.1 | Words and expressions defined in the Principal Agreement and not otherwise defined herein (including the Recitals hereto) shall have the same meanings when used in this Agreement. |
1.2 | In addition, in this Agreement the words and expressions specified below shall have the meanings attributed to them below: |
1.3 | (a) Where the context so admits words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa and words importing persons shall include firms and corporations, (b) clause headings are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in construing this Agreement, (c) references to Clauses are to clauses of this Agreement save as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement and (d) all capitalised terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement. |
2. | Representations and warranties |
2.1 | The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Lender as at the date hereof that the representations and warranties set forth in the Principal Agreement and the Security Documents (updated mutatis mutandis to the date of this Agreement) are (and will be on the Effective Date) true and correct as if all references therein to "this Agreement" were references to the Principal Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Agreement. |
2.2 | In addition to the above, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Lender as at the date of this Agreement that: |
a. | the Borrower is duly formed, is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the place of its incorporation has full power to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Principal Agreement and this Agreement and has complied with all statutory and other requirements relative to its business; |
b. | all necessary licences, consents and authorities, governmental or otherwise under this Agreement and the Principal Agreement have been obtained and, as of the date of this Agreement, no further consents or authorities are |
c. | this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Security Parties thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms; |
d. | the execution and delivery of, and the performance of the provisions of this Agreement does not, and will not contravene any applicable law or regulation existing at the date hereof or any contractual restriction binding on any of the Security Parties or its respective constitutional documents; |
e. | no action, suit or proceeding is pending or threatened against the Borrower and any other Security Party or their respective assets before any court, board of arbitration or administrative agency which could or might result in any material adverse change in the business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or such other Security Party; and |
f. | neither the Borrower nor any other Security Party is and at the Effective Date will be in default under any agreement by which it/he is or will be at the Effective Date bound or in respect of any financial commitment, or obligation. |
2.3 | The representations and warranties of the Borrower in this Agreement shall survive the execution of this Agreement and shall be deemed to be repeated at the commencement of each Interest Period. |
3. | Agreement of the Lender |
4. | Conditions |
4.1 | The agreement of the Lender contained in Clause 3 shall be expressly subject to the fulfilment of the conditions set out in this Clause 4 and further subject to the condition that the Lender shall have received on or before the Effective Date in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender and its legal advisers: |
a. | a certificate of good standing or equivalent document issued by the competent authorities of the place of its incorporation in respect of the Borrower and the Guarantor; |
b. | all documents evidencing any other necessary action or approvals or consents with respect to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, certified and duly legalised Refresh Certificates of Incumbency issued by any of the Directors of each of the Borrower and the Guarantor evidencing approval of this Agreement and authorising appropriate officers or attorneys to execute the same and to sign all notices required to be given under this Agreement on its behalf or other evidence of such approvals and authorisations as shall be acceptable to the Lender |
c. | all documents evidencing any other necessary action or approvals or consents with respect to this Agreement; and |
d. | such favourable legal opinions from lawyers acceptable to the Lender and its legal advisors as the Lender shall require. |
5. | Variations to the Principal Agreement |
5.1 | In consideration of the agreement of the Lender contained in Clause 3, the Borrower hereby agrees with the Lender that (subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent contained in Clause 4), the provisions of the Principal Agreement shall be varied and/or amended and/or supplemented as follows: |
a. | with effect as from the Effective Date, the following new definitions shall be added to Clause 1.2 (Definitions) of the Principal Agreement reading as follows: |
b. | with effect as from the Effective Date, the following definitions shall be deleted and replaced to read as follows: |
c. | with effect as from the Effective Date, paragraph (d) of Clause 8.6 (Additional Financial Covenants Compliance Certificate) of the Principal Agreement shall be deleted and shall be replaced by the following: |
"(d) | Compliance Certificate: ensure that, starting from the 30th June, 2018 and for the remainder of the Security Period, at the end of each semester to be delivered to the Lender a Compliance Certificate in the form provided in Schedule 3 of this Agreement, duly completed and supported by calculations setting out in reasonable detail the materials underling the statements made in such Compliance Certificate to be delivered to the Lender; such Compliance Certificate to be provided as follows: i) with respect to each Financial Year as soon as practicable but not later titan 120 days after the end of the financial period to which it relates and (ii) with respect to each semester ending June of each Financial Year as soon as practicable but not later than 90 days after the end of such semester, and provided that the first Compliance Certificate to be delivered by the Borrower to the Lender will be with respect to the six month period ending 30th June 2018" |
d. | with effect as from the Effective Date, paragraph (g) of Clause 8.1 (General) of the Principal Agreement shall be deleted and replaced to read as follows: |
"(g) | Financial Information: provide the Lender from time to time as the Lender may reasonably request with information on the financial conditions and operations of the Borrower and the Guarantor, as such information may be reasonably requested by the Lender and such information to be certified by an authorized signatory of the Borrower as to tl1eir correctness;" |
e. | with effect as from the Effective Date, paragraph (g) of Clause 8.6 (Additional Financial Covenants Compliance Certificate) of the Principal Agreement shall be deleted and shall be replaced by the following: |
"(g) | Compliance: The compliance of the Guarantor with the undertakings set out in Clause 8.6 shall be determined by the Lender in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles (and such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive on the Guarantor) on the basis of calculations made by the Lender by reference to the relevant Accounting Information delivered to the Lender pursuant to Clause B.1(e)." |
f. | with effect as from the Effective Date, the definitions "Interest Expense" and "EBITDA" as stipulated in Clause 8.6 (Additional Covenants ‑ Compliance Certificate) of the Principal Agreement shall deleted and replaced to read as follows: |
g. | with effect as from the Effective Date, paragraph (j) (Liquidity) of Clause 8.1 of the Principal Agreement shall be deleted and shall be replaced by the following: |
"(j) | Liquidity: ensure that throughout the Security Period the Borrower shall maintain minimum free liquidity in free deposits with tile Lender in an amount equal to at the time Borrower's Debt Service for the next semester;" |
h. | with effect as from the Effective Date, paragraphs (a) (Liquidity), (b) (Leverage) and (c) (EBIDTA) of Clause 8.6 of the Principal Agreement and shall be deleted and shall be replaced by the following: |
"(a) | Liquidity: the Guarantor shall maintain minimum free liquidity in an amount equal to $500,000 per Fleet Vessel to be fully accumulated within a period of eighteen (18) months from 10 November, 2015 in free deposits; |
(b) | Leverage: the Corporate Leverage Ratio of the Guarantor will not be, at the end of any Accounting Period or at any other time, higher than 0.75:1.0, the compliance with such obligation to be tested on each Financial Semester Day starting from the 30th June, 2018; |
(c) | EBITDA: the consolidated interest cover ratio for the Accounting Period (EBITDA to Net Interest Expense) shall not be lower than 2:1, the compliance with such obligation to be tested on each Financial Semester Day starting from the 30th June, 2018;" |
i. | with effect as from the Effective Date, Schedule 3 of the Principal Agreement shall be deleted and replaced to read as follows: |
To:
|
ALPHA BANK A.E.
|
|
93 Akti Miaouli,
|
||
Piraeus, Greece
|
||
(the "Lender")
|
||
From:
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LEADER SHIPPING CO.,
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of the Marshall Islands
|
||
(the "Borrower")
|
1. | Financial Covenants: |
(a) | the Leverage Ratio has not been and at the date hereof is not higher than 0.75:1; and |
(b) | the consolidated interest cover ratio (EBITDA to Net Interest Expense) is not lower than 2:1; |
(c) | the Borrower maintains with the Lender minimum free liquidity in an amount not less than the Borrower's Debt Service of the next semester as free deposits; and |
(d) | the Guarantor shall maintain minimum free liquidity in an amount equal to $500,000 per Fleet Vessel to be fully accumulated within a period of eighteen (18) months from 10 November, 2015 in free deposits. |
2. | Default: |
5.2 | With effect as from the Effective Date the definition "Security Documents" shall be deemed to include the Security Documents as amended and/or supplemented in pursuance to the terms hereof and any document or documents (including if the context requires the Loan Agreement) that may now or hereafter be executed as security for the repayment of the Loan, interest thereon and any other moneys payable by the Borrower under the Principal Agreement and the Security Documents (as herein defined) as well as for the performance by the Borrower and |
5.3 | All references in the Principal Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder" and the like and in the Security Documents to the "Loan Agreement" shall be construed as references to the Principal Agreement as amended and/or supplemented by this Agreement. |
6. | Continuance of Principal Agreement and the Security Documents |
6.1 | Save for the alterations to the Principal Agreement, and the Security Documents made or to be made pursuant to this Agreement, and such further modifications (if any) thereto as may be necessary to make the same consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Principal Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and the security constituted by the Security Documents shall continue to remain valid and enforceable. |
7. | Entire agreement and amendment |
7.1 | The Principal Agreement, the other Security Documents, and this Agreement represent the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior expressions of intent or understanding with respect to this transaction and may be amended only by an instrument in writing executed by the parties to be bound or burdened thereby. |
7.2 | This Agreement is supplementary to and incorporated in the Principal Agreement, all terms and conditions whereof, including, but not limited to, provisions on payments, calculation of interest and Events of Default, shall apply to the performance and interpretation of this Agreement. |
8. | Fees and expenses |
8.1 | The Borrower agrees to pay to the Lender upon demand on a full indemnity basis and from time to time all costs, charges and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Lender in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and enforcement or attempted enforcement of this Agreement and any document executed pursuant thereto and/or in preserving or protecting or attempting to preserve or protect the security created hereunder and/or under the Security Documents. |
8.2 | The Borrower covenants and agrees to pay and discharge all stamp duties, registration and recording fees and charges and any other charges whatsoever and wheresoever payable or due in respect of this Agreement and/or any document executed pursuant hereto. |
9. | Miscellaneous |
9.1 | The provisions of Clause 14.1 (Assignment, Participation, Change of Lending Office) and Clause 16.1 (Notices) of the Principal Agreement shall apply to this Agreement as if the same were set out herein in full. |
10. | Entire agreement and amendment: effect on Principal Agreement |
10.1 | Except to the extent that the Principal Agreement is expressly amended or supplemented by this Agreement, all terms and conditions of the Principal Agreement remain in full force and effect. This Agreement is supplementary to and incorporated in the Principal Agreement, all terms and conditions whereof, including, but not limited to, provisions on payments, calculation of interest and Events of Default, shall apply to the performance and interpretation of this Agreement. |
10.2 | The Principal Agreement, the other Security Documents, and this Agreement represent the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior expressions of intent or understanding with respect to this transaction and may be amended only by an instrument in writing executed by the parties to be bound or burdened thereby. |
11. | Applicable law and jurisdiction |
11.1 | This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in relation to it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the provisions of Clause 17 (Law and Jurisdiction) of the Principal Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement as if the same were set out herein in full. |
11.2 | No term of this Agreement is enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a party to this Agreement. |
SIGNED by
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)
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Mr. Stamatios Tsantanis
|
)
|
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for and on behalf of
|
)
|
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LEADER SHIPPING CO.,
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)
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/s/ Stamatios Tsantanis
|
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of the Marshall Islands, in the presence of:
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)
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Attorney-in-fact
|
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Witness:
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/s/ Theodora Mitropetrou
|
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Name:
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Theodora Mitropetrou
|
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Address:
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16 G. Lambraki str.
|
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Glyfada, Greece
|
||||
Occupation:
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Attorney-at-Law
|
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SIGNED by Mr. Konstantinos Sotiriou and
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)
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/s/ Konstantinos Sotiriou
|
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Mrs.Christina Aroni
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)
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Authorised Officer
|
||
for and on behalf of
|
)
|
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ALPHA BANK A.E.,
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)
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/s/ Christina Aroni
|
||
in the presence of:
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)
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Authorised Officer
|
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Witness:
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/s/ Christos Magklams
|
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Name:
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Christos Magklams
|
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Address:
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13 Defteras Merarchias Street
|
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Piraeus, Greece
|
||||
Occupation:
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Attorney-at-Law & Solicitor
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/s/ Stamatios Tsantanis
|
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STAMATIOS TSANTANIS
|
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Attorney-in-fact
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for and on behalf of
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SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP.,
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of the Marshall Islands
|
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If to Purchaser:
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Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.
16 Grigoriou Lambraki street,
166 74 Glyfada, Athens, Greece
Attention: Stamatis Tsantanis
Facsimile: +30 210 96 38 404
E-mail: snt@seanergy.gr
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If to Sellers:
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Enterprises Shipping & Trading S.A.
11 Poseidonos Avenue,
16677 Elliniko, Athens, Greece
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile: +30 210 89 48 403
E-mail: finance@ensh.com
|
PURCHASER:
SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP.
|
||||
By:
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/s/ Stamatis Tsantanis
|
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Name:
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Stamatis Tsantanis
|
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Title:
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CEO/Director
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SELLERS:
|
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Cape Elizabeth Marine Inc.
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Dammam Energy Shipping Ltd.
|
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By:
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/s/ Eirini Kritikov
|
By:
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/s/ George Kalogeropoulos
|
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Name:
|
Eirini Kritikov
|
Name:
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George Kalogeropoulos
|
|
Title:
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Director
|
Title:
|
Director
|
Cape May Marine Inc.
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Cape Ann Marine Inc.
|
|||
By:
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/s/ Nikolaus Sakalandis
|
By:
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/s/ Eirini Kritikov
|
|
Name:
|
Nikolaus Sakalandis
|
Name:
|
Eirini Kritikov
|
|
Title:
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Director
|
Title:
|
Director
|
Cape Cod Marine Inc.
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Lendal International Investments Inc.
|
|||
By:
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/s/ Nikolaus Sakalandis
|
By:
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/s/ Eirini Kritikov
|
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Name:
|
Nikolaus Sakalandis
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Name:
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Eirini Kritikov
|
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Title:
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Director
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Title:
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Director
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Islay Services Inc.
|
||||
By:
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/s/ Nikolaus Sakalandis
|
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Name:
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Nikolaus Sakalandis
|
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Title:
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Director
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Vessel
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Seller
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Buyer
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Purchase Price
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Genius
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Cape Elizabeth Marine Inc., of the British Virgin Islands
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Sea Genius Shipping Co., of the Marshall Islands
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$27,596,880
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Glorius
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Dammam Energy Shipping Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands
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Sea Glorius Shipping Co., of the Marshall Islands
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$16,833,520
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Maximus
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Cape May Marine Inc., of the British Virgin Islands
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Champion Ocean Navigation Co., of Liberia
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$41,717,834
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Eternus
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Cape Ann Marine Inc., of the British Virgin Islands
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Squire Ocean Navigation Co., of Liberia
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$34,350,173
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Generous
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Cape Cod Marine Inc., of the British Virgin Islands
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Premier Marine Co., of the Marshall Islands
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$29,365,000
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Assos Striker
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Lendal International Investments Inc., of the British Virgin Island
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Gladiator Shipping Co., of the Marshall Islands
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$16,335,700
|
Mystic Striker
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Islay Services Inc., of the British Virgin Islands
|
Guardian Shipping Co., of the Marshall Islands
|
$17,168,091
|
Aggregate Purchase Price for the Vessels:
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$183,367,198
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Vessel
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Built
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Delivery Date
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Vessel Class
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Genius
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2010
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Between 17.08.2015 & 30.11.2015
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Capesize
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Glorius
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2004
|
Between 17.08.2015 & 30.11.2015
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Capesize
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Maximus
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2011
|
Between 30.09.2015 & 31.12.2015
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Capesize
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Eternus
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2010
|
Between 17.08.2015 & 30.11.2015
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Capesize
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Generous
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2010
|
Between 17.08.2015 & 30.11.2015
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Capesize
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Assos Striker
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2010
|
Between 17.08.2015 & 30.11.2015
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Supramax
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Mystic Striker
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2011
|
Between 17.08.2015 & 30.11.2015
|
Supramax
|
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
|
Norwegian Shipbrokers' Association's Memorandum of Agreement for sale and purchase
of ships. Adopted by The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) in 1956.
Code-name
SALEFORM 1993
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Cape Elizabeth Marine Inc., of the British Virgin Islands
hereinafter called the Sellers, have agreed to sell, and
|
1
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SEA GENIUS SHIPPING CO., of the Marshall Islands
hereinafter called the Buyers, have agreed to buy the
|
2
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Name: GENIUS
|
3
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Classification Society/Class:
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BV
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4
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Built: 2010
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By: Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Eng. Co. Ltd., South Korea
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5
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Flag: Isle of Man
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Place of Registration: Douglas
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6
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Call sign: 2CPA7
|
Grt/Nrt: 88.479/56.828
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7
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8
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hereinafter called the Vessel, on the following terms and conditions:
|
9
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Definitions
|
10
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"Banking days" are days on which banks are open in the country of the currency
|
11
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Stipulated for the Purchase Price in Clause 1,
country of the Vessel's flag, Greece, USA, UK and in the country of the Vessel's mortgagee bank.
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12
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"in writing" or "written" means a letter handed over from the Sellers to the Buyers or vice versa,
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13
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a registered letter, telefax or other modern form of written communication.
|
14
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"Classification Society" or "Class" means the Society referred to in line 4.
"Purchase Agreement" means the purchase agreement dated 6 August 2015 made by and among, inter
alios, Seanergy (as defined in Clause 21 hereof) and the Sellers.
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15
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1.
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Purchase Price:
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USD 27,596,880 (United States Dollars twenty seven million five hundred
ninety six thousand eighty eight hundred) only
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16
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2. Deposit
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17
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
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23
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24
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3. Payment
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25
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The said Purchase Price shall be paid in full free of bank charges by Buyers to Sellers' bank account,
details of which shall be furnished by Sellers,
|
26
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before delivery of the Vessel, but not later than 3 (three) Banking days after the Vessel is in every respect
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27
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physically ready for delivery in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
|
28
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Notice of Readiness ("NOR") has been given in accordance with Clause 5.
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29
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4. Inspections
|
30
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a)*
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The Buyers have waived the physical inspection for the Vessel and have accepted her. The Buyers
have inspected and accepted the Vessel's classification records. Therefore the sale is outright
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the Buyers. The radio installation, GMDSS and navigational equipment shall be included in the sale without
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exclusively for use in the Sellers' vessel(s), shall be excluded without compensation. Captain's,
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shall also take over the remaining unbroached lubricants respectively in sealed drums/tins or in
designated storage tanks not having passed to the engines/equipment through Vessel's system at
Sellers' net contract prices of last supply as evidenced by the relevant copies of invoices. Exact
quantities of remaining bunkers and lubricating oils shall be measured and agreed by and between
the Sellers' and the Buyers' representatives latest by one (1) Banking day prior to expected date of
delivery of the Vessel.
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The place of closing: Athens, Greece
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In exchange for payment of the Purchase Price and delivery of the Vessel the Sellers shall furnish the
Buyers and the Buyers shall furnish the Sellers with the delivery documents stated in this Clause and in
Clause 17 of this Agreement.
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request. The Sellers may keep the Vessels log books but the Buyers to have the right to take
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Mortgages, taxies, levies, duties and maritime liens or other liens or any other debts whatsoever and is not
subject to any port state or administrative detentions. The Sellers hereby undertake
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been incurred prior to the time of delivery or arising out of or with respect to events occurring prior to the
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shall be for the Buyers' account, whereas similar charges in connection with the closing of the Sellers'
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register shall be for the Sellers' account.
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The Vessel with everything belonging to her shall be at the Sellers' risk and expense until she is
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delivered to the Buyers, but subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement she shall be
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delivered and taken over "as is where is"
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However, the Vessel shall be delivered free of stowaways, free of cargo and with clean swept holds
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free of average damage affecting the Vessels class, and with her classification certificates and
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National/international/trading certificates and Continuous Survey of Machinery (CSM), as well as all other
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certificates of the Vessel
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clean and valid at the time of the delivery (and unextended for a minimum period of 3 months from
the time of delivery only in case the Vessel is delivered to the Buyers upon completion of scheduled
special survey) without condition/recommendation
delivery.
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be entitled to claim
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to validly complete a legal transfer by the date stipulated in line 61 the Buyers shall have
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the option of cancelling this Agreement provided always that the Sellers shall be granted a
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maximum of 3 (three) Banking days after the NOR has been given to make arrangements
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for the documentation set out in Clause 8 and Clause 17. If after NOR has been given but before
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the Buyers have taken delivery, the Vessel ceases to be physically ready for delivery and is not
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made physically ready again in every respect by the date stipulated in line 61 and new NOR
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given, the Buyers shall retain their option to cancel.
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to validly complete a legal transfer as aforesaid they shall make due compensation to the Buyers for
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their loss and for all expenses together with interest if their failure is due to proven
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negligence and whether or not the Buyers cancel this Agreement.
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have the right to place two (2) representatives on board the Vessel at their sole risk and expense
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These representatives/crew shall remain on board until delivery of the Vessel to, and acceptance of the
Vessel by, the Buyers for the purpose of familiarisation and in the capacity of
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observers only, and they shall not interfere in any respect with the operation of the Vessel. The
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Buyers' representatives/crew shall sign the Sellers' letter of indemnity prior to their embarkation.
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a)* This Agreement (and any non-contractual obligations connected with this Agreement) shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with English law and any dispute arising out of this
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arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Acts 1996 or any statutory modification or
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re-enactment thereof for the time being in force, one arbitrator being appointed by each
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party. The arbitrators shall be full members of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association ("LMAA"). On the
receipt by one party of the nomination in writing of the other party's arbitrator,
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that party shall appoint their arbitrator within fourteen days, failing which the decision of the
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single arbitrator appointed shall apply. If two arbitrators are properly appointed
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they shall appoint a third arbitrator failing which the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the President of the
LMMA at the time within 21 (twenty one) days of the two arbitrators being appointed.
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(a) | Copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Buyers, certified as true by the Buyers' Greek Legal Counsel. |
(b) | Original Good Standing Certificate of the Buyers dated no more than 7 (seven) Banking prior to the delivery date showing the Buyers to be in good standing under the laws of the Marshall Islands. |
(c) | An original set of resolutions or minutes of the Board of Directors of the Buyers authorising the purchase of the Vessel in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the ratification of this Agreement signed and the execution on behalf of the Buyers of (inter alia) the acceptance of the Bill of Sale (if applicable), a protocol of delivery and acceptance and any other document required to be executed by the Buyers in respect of the delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the Buyers pursuant to this Agreement, and authorising further execution of a Power of Attorney authorising the execution any and all other documents and undertakings provided in this Agreement such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(d) | An original set of an officer's certificate of incumbency of the Buyers certifying the names of all present directors/officers of the Buyers and attaching copies of all correct and complete constitutional documents in full force and effect of the Buyers (Copies of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws (together with any amendment thereto up to and including the delivery date)). |
(e) | An original Power of Attorney of the Buyers issued in accordance with the resolutions referred to under 17. B. (c) above authorising the persons signing the documents on their behalf such power of attorney to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(f) | Original written resolutions of the Buyers' Shareholder, approving the BOD minutes under 17. B. (c), such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(a) | if to the Sellers at: |
(b) | If to the Buyers at: |
For the Sellers
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/s/Eirini Kritikou
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
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Norwegian Shipbrokers' Association's Memorandum of Agreement for sale and purchase
of ships. Adopted by The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) in 1956.
Code-name
SALEFORM 1993
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Dammam Energy Shipping Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands
hereinafter called the Sellers, have agreed to sell, and
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SEA GLORIUS SHIPPING CO., of the Marshall Islands
hereinafter called the Buyers, have agreed to buy the
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Classification Society/Class:
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Built: 2004
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Flag: Isle of Man
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Stipulated for the Purchase Price in Clause 1,
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"in writing" or "written" means a letter handed over from the Sellers to the Buyers or vice versa,
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a registered letter, telefax or other modern form of written communication.
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"Classification Society" or "Class" means the Society referred to in line 4.
"Purchase Agreement" means the purchase agreement dated 6 August 2015 made by and among, inter alios, Seanergy (as defined in Clause 21 hereof) and the Sellers.
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details of which shall be furnished by Sellers,
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before delivery of the Vessel, but not later than 3 (three) Banking days after the Vessel is in every respect
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physically ready for delivery in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
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Notice of Readiness ("NOR") has been given in accordance with Clause 5.
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Buyers have inspected and accepted the Vessel's classification records. Therefore the sale is outright
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intended time and place of
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place of delivery and in every respect physically ready for delivery in accordance with this
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Agreement, the Sellers shall give the Buyers a written NOR for delivery.
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safely afloat at a safe and accessible berth, port or anchorage in PR China/Singapore range.
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Expected time of delivery: 17 August 2015 – 30 November 2015 or such later date at Buyers' option.
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Forwarding charges, if any, shall be for the Buyers' account. The Sellers are not required to replace spare
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of spare and used as replacement prior to delivery, but the replaced items shall be the property of
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the Buyers. The radio installation, GMDSS and navigational equipment shall be included in the sale without extra payment if they are the property of the Sellers. ECDIS (with dongle card and maps) shall be included in the sale and Buyers shall pay the Sellers Euro 12,500.
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delivered to the Buyers, but subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement she shall be
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their loss and for all expenses together with interest if their failure is due to proven
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negligence and whether or not the Buyers cancel this Agreement.
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observers only, and they shall not interfere in any respect with the operation of the Vessel. The
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arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Acts 1996 or any statutory modification or
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re-enactment thereof for the time being in force, one arbitrator being appointed by each
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party. The arbitrators shall be full members of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association ("LMAA"). On the receipt by one party of the nomination in writing of the other party's arbitrator,
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single arbitrator appointed shall apply. If two arbitrators are properly appointed
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they shall appoint a third arbitrator failing which the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the President of the LMMA at the time within 21 (twenty one) days of the two arbitrators being appointed.
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(a) | Copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Buyers, certified as true by the Buyers' Greek Legal Counsel. |
(b) | Original Good Standing Certificate of the Buyers dated no more than 7 (seven) Banking prior to the delivery date showing the Buyers to be in good standing under the laws of the Marshall Islands. |
(c) | An original set of resolutions or minutes of the Board of Directors of the Buyers authorising the purchase of the Vessel in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the ratification of this Agreement signed and the execution on behalf of the Buyers of (inter alia) the acceptance of the Bill of Sale (if applicable), a protocol of delivery and acceptance and any other document required to be executed by the Buyers in respect of the delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the Buyers pursuant to this Agreement, and authorising further execution of a Power of Attorney authorising the execution any and all other documents and undertakings provided in this Agreement such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(d) | An original set of an officer's certificate of incumbency of the Buyers certifying the names of all present directors/officers of the Buyers and attaching copies of all correct and complete constitutional documents in full force and effect of the Buyers (Copies of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws (together with any amendment thereto up to and including the delivery date)). |
(e) | An original Power of Attorney of the Buyers issued in accordance with the resolutions referred to under 17. B. (c) above authorising the persons signing the documents on their behalf such power of attorney to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(f) | Original written resolutions of the Buyers' Shareholder, approving the BOD minutes under 17. B. (c), such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
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/s/ Georgios Kalogeropoulos
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
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Norwegian Shipbrokers' Association's Memorandum of Agreement for sale and purchase
of ships. Adopted by The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) in 1956.
Code-name
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Cape Cod Marine Inc., of the British Virgin Islands
hereinafter called the Sellers, have agreed to sell, and
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PREMIER MARINE CO., of the Marshall Islands
hereinafter called the Buyers, have agreed to buy the
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Classification Society/Class:
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"Banking days" are days on which banks are open in the country of the currency
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"in writing" or "written" means a letter handed over from the Sellers to the Buyers or vice versa,
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a registered letter, telefax or other modern form of written communication.
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"Classification Society" or "Class" means the Society referred to in line 4.
"Purchase Agreement" means the purchase agreement dated 6 August 2015 made by and among, inter alios, Seanergy (as defined in Clause 21 hereof) and the Sellers.
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on delivery of the Vessel, but not later than 3 (three) Banking days after the Vessel is in every respect
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physically ready for delivery in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
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Notice of Readiness ("NOR") has been given in accordance with Clause 5.
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place of delivery and in every respect physically ready for delivery in accordance with this
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propose a new cancelling date. Upon receipt of such notification the Buyers shall have the
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force and effect. Cancellation or failure to cancel shall be entirely without prejudice to any
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shore, including broached/unbroached stores and provisions and spares without extra payment. All spare parts and spare equipment including spare tail-end shaft(s) and/or spare
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propeller(s)/propeller blade(s), if any, belonging to the Vessel
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unused, whether on board or not shall become the Buyers' property.
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Forwarding charges, if any, shall be for the Buyers' account. The Sellers are not required to replace spare
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parts including spare tail-end shaft(s) and spare propeller(s)/propeller blade(s) which are taken out
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of spare and used as replacement prior to delivery, but the replaced items shall be the property of
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the Buyers. The radio installation, GMDSS and navigational equipment shall be included in the sale without extra payment if they are the property of the Sellers.
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Unused stores and provisions shall be included in the sale and be taken over
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by the Buyers without extra payment.
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The Sellers have the right to take ashore crockery, plates, cutlery, linen and other articles bearing the
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Sellers' flag or name, provided they replace same with similar unmarked items. Library, forms, etc.,
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exclusively for use in the Sellers' vessel(s), shall be excluded without compensation. Captain's,
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Officers' and Crew's personal belongings including the slop chest are to be excluded from the sale,
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as well as the following additional items (including items on hire):
-UNITOR'S OXYGEN/ACETYLENE/FREON CYLINDERS, EMPTY/FULL;
-MARICHEM SYSTEM MHCS 200;
-ORIGINAL FLAG CERTIFICATES (Registry – Intern. Tonnage – Radio Station Licence – Minimum Safe Manning – CLCertificate - MLCertificate )– necessary for Ship's deletion from the articles;
-LIBRARY, FORMS, RECORDS, REPORTS, DECK and ENGINE Log Books, CORRESPONDENCE exclusively used by the Sellers;
-CD ROM QSEMS;
-SEAGULL TRAINING CDs;
-Lloyds MARINER – Risk Assessment CDs;
-LR Manager (Working hours) CDs;
-AMVER DISKETTE;
-EST SAFETY LABELS (35);
-ISPS CODE / CD / INSTRUCTIONS AND SECURITY AWARENESS CBT 115 AND ISPS TRAINER;
-OWNERS LISTS/ISM & ISPS system manuals / Company's Soft and Hardware/PC's etc.; and
-SECURITY IDENTIFICATION BADGES (CREW AND VISITORS).
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Delivery and Acceptance confirming the date and time of delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the
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Buyers.
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At the time of delivery the Sellers shall hand over to the Buyers the classification certificate(s) as well as all
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Plans etc., which are on board the Vessel. Other certificates which are on board the Vessel shall also
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be handed over to the Buyers unless the Sellers are required to retain same, in which case the
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request. The Sellers may keep the Vessels log books but the Buyers to have the right to take
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The Sellers warrant that the Vessel, at the time of delivery, is free from all charters, encumbrances,
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Mortgages, taxies, levies, duties and maritime liens or other liens or any other debts whatsoever and is not subject to any port state or administrative detentions. The Sellers hereby undertake
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to indemnify the Buyers against all consequences of claims made against the Vessel which have
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been incurred prior to the time of delivery or arising out of or with respect to events occurring prior to the
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shall be for the Buyers' account, whereas similar charges in connection with the closing of the Sellers'
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register shall be for the Sellers' account.
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The Vessel with everything belonging to her shall be at the Sellers' risk and expense until she is
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delivered to the Buyers, but subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement she shall be
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delivered and taken over "as is where is"
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However, the Vessel shall be delivered free of stowaways, free of cargo and with clean swept holds and with her class maintained without condition/recommendation*,
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free of average damage affecting the Vessels class, and with her classification certificates and
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National/international/trading certificates and Continuous Survey of Machinery (CSM), as well as all other
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certificates of the Vessel
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clean, valid and unextended for a minimum period of 3 (three) months from the time of the delivery without condition/recommendation
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cancel the Agreement
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be entitled to claim
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14. Sellers' default
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Should the Sellers fail to give NOR in accordance with Clause 5 a) or fail to be ready
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to validly complete a legal transfer by the date stipulated in line 61 the Buyers shall have
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the option of cancelling this Agreement provided always that the Sellers shall be granted a
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maximum of 3 (three) Banking days after the NOR has been given to make arrangements
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(a) | Copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Buyers, certified as true by the Buyers' Greek Legal Counsel. |
(b) | Original Good Standing Certificate of the Buyers dated no more than 7 (seven) Banking prior to the delivery date showing the Buyers to be in good standing under the laws of the Marshall Islands. |
(c) | An original set of resolutions or minutes of the Board of Directors of the Buyers authorising the purchase of the Vessel in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the ratification of this Agreement signed and the execution on behalf of the Buyers of (inter alia) the acceptance of the Bill of Sale (if applicable), a protocol of delivery and acceptance and any other document required to be executed by the Buyers in respect of the delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the Buyers pursuant to this Agreement, and authorising further execution of a Power of Attorney authorising the execution any and all other documents and undertakings provided in this Agreement such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(d) | An original set of an officer's certificate of incumbency of the Buyers certifying the names of all present directors/officers of the Buyers and attaching copies of all correct and complete constitutional documents in full force and effect of the Buyers (Copies of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws (together with any amendment thereto up to and including the delivery date)). |
(e) | An original Power of Attorney of the Buyers issued in accordance with the resolutions referred to under 17. B. (c) above authorising the persons signing the documents on their behalf such power of attorney to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(f) | Original written resolutions of the Buyers' Shareholder, approving the BOD minutes under 17. B. (c), such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
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Norwegian Shipbrokers' Association's Memorandum of Agreement for sale and purchase
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Lendal International Investments Inc., of the British Virgin Islands
hereinafter called the Sellers, have agreed to sell, and
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country of the Vessel's flag, Greece, USA, UK and in the country of the Vessel's mortgagee bank.
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"in writing" or "written" means a letter handed over from the Sellers to the Buyers or vice versa,
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a registered letter, telefax or other modern form of written communication.
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"Classification Society" or "Class" means the Society referred to in line 4.
"Purchase Agreement" means the purchase agreement dated 6 August 2015 made by and among, inter
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details of which shall be furnished by Sellers,
before delivery of the Vessel, but not later than 3 (three) Banking days after the Vessel is in every respect
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physically ready for delivery in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
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Notice of Readiness ("NOR") has been given in accordance with Clause 5.
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Buyers have inspected and accepted the Vessel's classification records. Therefore the sale is outright
and definite, subject only to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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provide the Buyers with 30/20/15/10/7/5/3 approximate and 2 and 1 definite day
expected time and place of arrival at the
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intended time and place of
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place of delivery and in every respect physically ready for delivery in accordance with this
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Date of cancelling (see Clauses 5 c), 6 b) (iii) and 14): 30 November 2015 or such later date at Buyers' option.
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writing stating the date when they anticipate that the Vessel will be ready for delivery and
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propose a new cancelling date. Upon receipt of such notification the Buyers shall have the
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option of either cancelling this Agreement in accordance with Clause 14 within 4
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days of receipt of the notice or of accepting the new date as the new cancelling date. If the
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force and effect. Cancellation or failure to cancel shall be entirely without prejudice to any
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claim for damages the Buyers may have under Clause 14 for the Vessel not being ready by
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Spares/bunkers, etc.
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The Sellers shall deliver the Vessel to the Buyers with everything belonging to her on board and on
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shore, including broached/unbroached stores and provisions and spares without extra payment. All
spare parts and spare equipment including spare tail-end shaft(s) and/or spare
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propeller(s)/propeller blade(s), if any, belonging to the Vessel
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unused, whether on board or not shall become the Buyers' property.
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Forwarding charges, if any, shall be for the Buyers' account. The Sellers are not required to replace spare
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parts including spare tail-end shaft(s) and spare propeller(s)/propeller blade(s) which are taken out
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of spare and used as replacement prior to delivery, but the replaced items shall be the property of
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the Buyers. The radio installation, GMDSS and navigational equipment shall be included in the sale without
extra payment if they are the property of the Sellers. ECDIS (with dongle card and maps) shall be
included in the sale and Buyers shall pay the Sellers Euro 12,500.
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Unused stores and provisions shall be included in the sale and be taken over
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by the Buyers without extra payment.
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The Sellers have the right to take ashore crockery, plates, cutlery, linen and other articles bearing the
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Sellers' flag or name, provided they replace same with similar unmarked items. Library, forms, etc.,
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exclusively for use in the Sellers' vessel(s), shall be excluded without compensation. Captain's,
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Officers' and Crew's personal belongings including the slop chest are to be excluded from the sale,
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as well as the following additional items (including items on hire):
-UNITOR'S OXYGEN/ACETYLENE/FREON CYLINDERS, EMPTY/FULL;
-MARICHEM SYSTEM MHCS 200;
-ORIGINAL FLAG CERTIFICATES (Registry – Intern. Tonnage – Radio Station Licence – Minimum
Safe Manning – CLCertificate - MLCertificate )– necessary for Ship's deletion from the articles;
-LIBRARY, FORMS, RECORDS, REPORTS, DECK and ENGINE Log Books, CORRESPONDENCE
exclusively used by the Sellers;
-CD ROM QSEMS;
-SEAGULL TRAINING CDs;
-Lloyds MARINER – Risk Assessment CDs;
-LR Manager (Working hours) CDs;
-AMVER DISKETTE;
-EST SAFETY LABELS (35);
-ISPS CODE / CD / INSTRUCTIONS AND SECURITY AWARENESS CBT 115 AND ISPS TRAINER;
-OWNERS LISTS/ISM & ISPS system manuals / Company's Soft and Hardware/PC's etc.; and
-SECURITY IDENTIFICATION BADGES (CREW AND VISITORS).
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Platts prices for Singapore published three (3) banking days prior to the Vessel's delivery. Buyers
shall also take over the remaining unbroached lubricants respectively in sealed drums/tins or in
designated storage tanks not having passed to the engines/equipment through Vessel's system at
Sellers' net contract prices of last supply as evidenced by the relevant copies of invoices. Exact
quantities of remaining bunkers and lubricating oils shall be measured and agreed by and between
the Sellers' and the Buyers' representatives latest by one (1) Banking day prior to expected date of
delivery of the Vessel.
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Payment under this Clause shall be made in cash at the same time and place
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and in the same currency as the Purchase Price.
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The place of closing: Athens, Greece
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In exchange for payment of the Purchase Price and delivery of the Vessel the Sellers shall furnish the
Buyers and the Buyers shall furnish the Sellers with the delivery documents stated in this Clause and in
Clause 17 of this Agreement.
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At the time of delivery the Buyers and Sellers shall sign and deliver to each other a Protocol of
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Delivery and Acceptance confirming the date and time of delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the
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be handed over to the Buyers unless the Sellers are required to retain same, in which case the
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Buyers to have the right to take copies. Other technical documentation which may
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be in the Sellers' possession shall be promptly forwarded to the Buyers at their expense, if they so
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request. The Sellers may keep the Vessels log books but the Buyers to have the right to take
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copies of same at Buyers' account.
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The Sellers warrant that the Vessel, at the time of delivery, is free from all charters, encumbrances,
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Mortgages, taxes, levies, duties and maritime liens or other liens or any other debts whatsoever and is not
subject to any port state or administrative detentions. The Sellers hereby undertake
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to indemnify the Buyers against all consequences of claims made against the Vessel which have
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been incurred prior to the time of delivery or arising out of or with respect to events occurring prior to the
time of delivery.
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Any taxes, fees and expenses in connection with the purchase and registration under the Buyers' flag
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shall be for the Buyers' account, whereas similar charges in connection with the closing of the Sellers'
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register shall be for the Sellers' account.
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The Vessel with everything belonging to her shall be at the Sellers' risk and expense until she is
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delivered to the Buyers, but subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement she shall be
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delivered and taken over "as is where is"
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However, the Vessel shall be delivered free of stowaways, free of cargo and with clean swept holds
and with her class maintained without condition/recommendation*,
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free of average damage affecting the Vessels class, and with her classification certificates and
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National/international/trading certificates and Continuous Survey of Machinery (CSM), as well as all other
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certificates of the Vessel
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clean and valid at the time of the delivery and unextended for a minimum period of 3 (three) months
from the time of the delivery without condition/recommendation
time of delivery.
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Should the Sellers fail to give NOR in accordance with Clause 5 a) or fail to be ready
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to validly complete a legal transfer by the date stipulated in line 61 the Buyers shall have
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the option of cancelling this Agreement provided always that the Sellers shall be granted a
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maximum of 3 (three) Banking days after the NOR has been given to make arrangements
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for the documentation set out in Clause 8 and Clause 17. If after NOR has been given but before
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made physically ready again in every respect by the date stipulated in line 61 and new NOR
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to validly complete a legal transfer as aforesaid they shall make due compensation to the Buyers for
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their loss and for all expenses together with interest if their failure is due to proven
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negligence and whether or not the Buyers cancel this Agreement.
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15. Buyers' representatives
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have the right to place two (2) representatives on board the Vessel at their sole risk and expense
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These representatives/crew shall remain on board until delivery of the Vessel to, and acceptance of the
Vessel by, the Buyers for the purpose of familiarisation and in the capacity of
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observers only, and they shall not interfere in any respect with the operation of the Vessel. The
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Buyers' representatives/crew shall sign the Sellers' letter of indemnity prior to their embarkation.
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16. Arbitration
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a)* |
This Agreement (and any non-contractual obligations connected with this Agreement) shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with English law and any dispute arising out of this
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Agreement and/or any non-contractual obligations connected with this Agreement shall be referred to
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arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Acts 1996 or any statutory modification or
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re-enactment thereof for the time being in force, one arbitrator being appointed by each
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party. The arbitrators shall be full members of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association ("LMAA"). On the
receipt by one party of the nomination in writing of the other party's arbitrator,
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single arbitrator appointed shall apply. If two arbitrators are properly appointed
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(a) | Copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Buyers, certified as true by the Buyers' Greek Legal Counsel. |
(b) | Original Good Standing Certificate of the Buyers dated no more than 7 (seven) Banking prior to the delivery date showing the Buyers to be in good standing under the laws of the Marshall Islands. |
(c) | An original set of resolutions or minutes of the Board of Directors of the Buyers authorising the purchase of the Vessel in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the ratification of this Agreement signed and the execution on behalf of the Buyers of (inter alia) the acceptance of the Bill of Sale (if applicable), a protocol of delivery and acceptance and any other document required to be executed by the Buyers in respect of the delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the Buyers pursuant to this Agreement, and authorising further execution of a Power of Attorney authorising the execution any and all other documents and undertakings provided in this Agreement such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(d) | An original set of an officer's certificate of incumbency of the Buyers certifying the names of all present directors/officers of the Buyers and attaching copies of all correct and complete constitutional documents in full force and effect of the Buyers (Copies of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws (together with any amendment thereto up to and including the delivery date)). |
(e) | An original Power of Attorney of the Buyers issued in accordance with the resolutions referred to under 17. B. (c) above authorising the persons signing the documents on their behalf such power of attorney to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(f) | Original written resolutions of the Buyers' Shareholder, approving the BOD minutes under 17. B. (c), such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
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Norwegian Shipbrokers' Association's Memorandum of Agreement for sale and purchase
of ships. Adopted by The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) in 1956.
Code-name
SALEFORM 1993
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Islay Services Inc., of the British Virgin Islands
hereinafter called the Sellers, have agreed to sell, and
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GUARDIAN SHIPPING CO., of the Marshall Islands
hereinafter called the Buyers, have agreed to buy the
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Name: MYSTIC STRIKER
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Classification Society/Class:
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Built: 2011
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Flag: Bahamas
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Place of Registration: Nassau
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"in writing" or "written" means a letter handed over from the Sellers to the Buyers or vice versa,
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a registered letter, telefax or other modern form of written communication.
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"Classification Society" or "Class" means the Society referred to in line 4.
"Purchase Agreement" means the purchase agreement dated 6 August 2015 made by and among, inter alios, Seanergy (as defined in Clause 21 hereof) and the Sellers.
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The said Purchase Price shall be paid in full free of bank charges by Buyers to Sellers' bank account,
details of which shall be furnished by Sellers.
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before delivery of the Vessel, but not later than 3 (three) Banking days after the Vessel is in every respect
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physically ready for delivery in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
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Notice of Readiness ("NOR") has been given in accordance with Clause 5.
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4 Inspections
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The Buyers have waived the physical inspection for the Vessel and have accepted her. The Buyers have inspected and accepted the Vessel's classification records. Therefore the sale is outright and definite, subject only to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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5. Notices, time and place of delivery
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provide the Buyers with 30/20/15/10/7/5/3 approximate and 2 and 1 definite day
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place of delivery and in every respect physically ready for delivery in accordance with this
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Agreement, the Sellers shall give the Buyers a written NOR for delivery.
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The Vessel shall be delivered to the Buyers free of stowaways, free of cargo, with clean swept holds
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safely afloat at a safe and accessible berth, port or anchorage worldwide.
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Expected time of delivery: 17 August 2015 – 30 November 2015 or such later date at Buyers' option.
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Date of cancelling (see Clauses 5 c), 6 b) (iii) and 14): 30 November 2015 or such later date at Buyers' option.
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writing stating the date when they anticipate that the Vessel will be ready for delivery and
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propose a new cancelling date. Upon receipt of such notification the Buyers shall have the
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option of either cancelling this Agreement in accordance with Clause 14 within 4
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days of receipt of the notice or of accepting the new date as the new cancelling date. If the
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notification or if the Buyers accept the new date, the date proposed in the Sellers' notification
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shall be deemed to be the new cancelling date and shall be substituted for the cancelling
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date stipulated in line 61.
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If this Agreement is maintained with the new cancelling date all other terms and conditions
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hereof including those contained in Clauses 5 a) and 5 c) shall remain unaltered and in full
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force and effect. Cancellation or failure to cancel shall be entirely without prejudice to any
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claim for damages the Buyers may have under Clause 14 for the Vessel not being ready by
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the original cancelling date.
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6. Drydocking / Divers Inspection - SEE CLAUSE 18 of this Agreement.
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Spares/bunkers, etc.
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The Sellers shall deliver the Vessel to the Buyers with everything belonging to her on board and on
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shore, including broached/unbroached stores and provisions and spares without extra payment. All spare parts and spare equipment including spare tail-end shaft(s) and/or spare
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propeller(s)/propeller blade(s), if any, belonging to the Vessel
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unused, whether on board or not shall become the Buyers' property.
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Forwarding charges, if any, shall be for the Buyers' account. The Sellers are not required to replace spare
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parts including spare tail-end shaft(s) and spare propeller(s)/propeller blade(s) which are taken out
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of spare and used as replacement prior to delivery, but the replaced items shall be the property of
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the Buyers. The radio installation, GMDSS and navigational equipment shall be included in the sale without extra payment if they are the property of the Sellers.
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Unused stores and provisions shall be included in the sale and be taken over
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by the Buyers without extra payment.
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The Sellers have the right to take ashore crockery, plates, cutlery, linen and other articles bearing the
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Sellers' flag or name, provided they replace same with similar unmarked items. Library, forms, etc.,
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exclusively for use in the Sellers' vessel(s), shall be excluded without compensation. Captain's,
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Officers' and Crew's personal belongings including the slop chest are to be excluded from the sale,
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as well as the following additional items (including items on hire):
-UNITOR'S OXYGEN/ACETYLENE/FREON CYLINDERS, EMPTY/FULL;
-MARICHEM SYSTEM MHCS 200;
-ORIGINAL FLAG CERTIFICATES (Registry – Intern. Tonnage – Radio Station Licence – Minimum Safe Manning – CLCertificate - MLCertificate )– necessary for Ship's deletion from the articles;
-LIBRARY, FORMS, RECORDS, REPORTS, DECK and ENGINE Log Books, CORRESPONDENCE exclusively used by the Sellers;
-CD ROM QSEMS;
-SEAGULL TRAINING CDs;
-Lloyds MARINER – Risk Assessment CDs;
-LR Manager (Working hours) CDs;
-AMVER DISKETTE;
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-EST SAFETY LABELS (35);
-ISPS CODE / CD / INSTRUCTIONS AND SECURITY AWARENESS CBT 115 AND ISPS TRAINER;
-OWNERS LISTS/ISM & ISPS system manuals / Company's Soft and Hardware/PC's etc.; and
-SECURITY IDENTIFICATION BADGES (CREW AND VISITORS).
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Payment under this Clause shall be made in cash at the same time and place
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and in the same currency as the Purchase Price.
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Documentation
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The place of closing: Athens, Greece
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In exchange for payment of the Purchase Price and delivery of the Vessel the Sellers shall furnish the Buyers and the Buyers shall furnish the Sellers with the delivery documents stated in this Clause and in Clause 17 of this Agreement.
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At the time of delivery the Buyers and Sellers shall sign and deliver to each other a Protocol of
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Delivery and Acceptance confirming the date and time of delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the
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Buyers.
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At the time of delivery the Sellers shall hand over to the Buyers the classification certificate(s) as well as all
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Plans etc., which are on board the Vessel. Other certificates which are on board the Vessel shall also
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be handed over to the Buyers unless the Sellers are required to retain same, in which case the
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Buyers to have the right to take copies. Other technical documentation which may
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be in the Sellers' possession shall be promptly forwarded to the Buyers at their expense, if they so
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request. The Sellers may keep the Vessels log books but the Buyers to have the right to take
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copies of same at Buyers' account.
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9. Encumbrances
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The Sellers warrant that the Vessel, at the time of delivery, is free from all charters, encumbrances,
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Mortgages, taxies, levies, duties and maritime liens or other liens or any other debts whatsoever and is not subject to any port state or administrative detentions. The Sellers hereby undertake
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to indemnify the Buyers against all consequences of claims made against the Vessel which have
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been incurred prior to the time of delivery or arising out of or with respect to events occurring prior to the time of delivery.
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10. Taxes, etc.
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Any taxes, fees and expenses in connection with the purchase and registration under the Buyers' flag
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shall be for the Buyers' account, whereas similar charges in connection with the closing of the Sellers'
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register shall be for the Sellers' account.
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11. Condition on delivery
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The Vessel with everything belonging to her shall be at the Sellers' risk and expense until she is
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delivered to the Buyers, but subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement she shall be
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delivered and taken over "as is where is"
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However, the Vessel shall be delivered free of stowaways, free of cargo and with clean swept holds and with her class maintained without condition/recommendation*,
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free of average damage affecting the Vessels class, and with her classification certificates and
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National/international/trading certificates and Continuous Survey of Machinery (CSM), as well as all other
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certificates of the Vessel
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clean and valid at the time of the delivery without condition/recommendation
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Upon delivery the Buyers undertake to change the name of the Vessel and alter funnel markings.
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13. Buyers' default
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Should the Purchase Price not be paid in accordance with Clause 3, the Sellers have the right to
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cancel the Agreement
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be entitled to claim
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14. Sellers' default
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Should the Sellers fail to give NOR in accordance with Clause 5 a) or fail to be ready
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to validly complete a legal transfer by the date stipulated in line 61 the Buyers shall have
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the option of cancelling this Agreement provided always that the Sellers shall be granted a
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maximum of 3 (three) Banking days after the NOR has been given to make arrangements
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for the documentation set out in Clause 8 and Clause 17. If after NOR has been given but before
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the Buyers have taken delivery, the Vessel ceases to be physically ready for delivery and is not
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made physically ready again in every respect by the date stipulated in line 61 and new NOR
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given, the Buyers shall retain their option to cancel.
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Should the Sellers fail to give NOR by the date stipulated in line 61 or fail to be ready
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to validly complete a legal transfer as aforesaid they shall make due compensation to the Buyers for
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their loss and for all expenses together with interest if their failure is due to proven
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negligence and whether or not the Buyers cancel this Agreement.
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15. Buyers' representatives
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After this Agreement has been signed by both parties
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have the right to place two (2) representatives on board the Vessel at their sole risk and expense
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These representatives/crew shall remain on board until delivery of the Vessel to, and acceptance of the Vessel by, the Buyers for the purpose of familiarisation and in the capacity of
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observers only, and they shall not interfere in any respect with the operation of the Vessel. The
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Buyers' representatives/crew shall sign the Sellers' letter of indemnity prior to their embarkation.
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16. Arbitration
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a)* This Agreement (and any non-contractual obligations connected with this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and any dispute arising out of this
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arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Acts 1996 or any statutory modification or
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re-enactment thereof for the time being in force, one arbitrator being appointed by each
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party. The arbitrators shall be full members of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association ("LMAA"). On the receipt by one party of the nomination in writing of the other party's arbitrator,
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that party shall appoint their arbitrator within fourteen days, failing which the decision of the
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single arbitrator appointed shall apply. If two arbitrators are properly appointed
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they shall appoint a third arbitrator failing which the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the President of the LMMA at the time within 21 (twenty one) days of the two arbitrators being appointed.
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(a) | Copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Buyers, certified as true by the Buyers' Greek Legal Counsel. |
(b) | Original Good Standing Certificate of the Buyers dated no more than 7 (seven) Banking prior to the delivery date showing the Buyers to be in good standing under the laws of the Marshall Islands. |
(c) | An original set of resolutions or minutes of the Board of Directors of the Buyers authorising the purchase of the Vessel in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the ratification of this Agreement signed and the execution on behalf of the Buyers of (inter alia) the acceptance of the Bill of Sale (if applicable), a protocol of delivery and acceptance and any other document required to be executed by the Buyers in respect of the delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the Buyers pursuant to this Agreement, and authorising further execution of a Power of Attorney authorising the execution any and all other documents and undertakings provided in this Agreement such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(d) | An original set of an officer's certificate of incumbency of the Buyers certifying the names of all present directors/officers of the Buyers and attaching copies of all correct and complete constitutional documents in full force and effect of the Buyers (Copies of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws (together with any amendment thereto up to and including the delivery date)). |
(e) | An original Power of Attorney of the Buyers issued in accordance with the resolutions referred to under 17. B. (c) above authorising the persons signing the documents on their behalf such power of attorney to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(f) | Original written resolutions of the Buyers' Shareholder, approving the BOD minutes under 17. B. (c), such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(a) | if to the Sellers at: |
(b) | If to the Buyers at: |
For the Sellers
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/s/ Nikolaos Sakalaridis
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
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Norwegian Shipbrokers' Association's Memorandum of Agreement for sale and purchase
of ships. Adopted by The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) in 1956.
Code-name
SALEFORM 1993
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Cape Ann Marine Inc., of the British Virgin Islands
hereinafter called the Sellers, have agreed to sell, and
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SQUIRE OCEAN NAVIGATION CO., of Liberia
hereinafter called the Buyers, have agreed to buy the
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Name: ETERNUS
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Classification Society/Class:
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Built: 2010
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By: Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Eng. Co. Ltd., South Korea
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Flag: Isle of Man
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Place of Registration: Douglas
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Call sign: 2CPA2
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Grt/Nrt: 88.479/56.828
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hereinafter called the Vessel, on the following terms and conditions:
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Definitions
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"Banking days" are days on which banks are open in the country of the currency
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Stipulated for the Purchase Price in Clause 1,
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"in writing" or "written" means a letter handed over from the Sellers to the Buyers or vice versa,
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a registered letter, telefax or other modern form of written communication.
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"Classification Society" or "Class" means the Society referred to in line 4.
"Purchase Agreement" means the purchase agreement dated 6 August 2015 made by and among, inter alios, Seanergy (as defined in Clause 21 hereof) and the Sellers.
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The said Purchase Price shall be paid in full free of bank charges by Buyers to Sellers' account,
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details of which shall be furnished by Sellers,
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before delivery of the Vessel, but not later than 3 (three) Banking days after the Vessel is in every respect
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physically ready for delivery in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
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Notices, time and place of delivery
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The Sellers shall keep the Buyers well informed of the Vessel's itinerary and shall
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provide the Buyers with 30/20/15/10/7/5/3 approximate and 2 and 1 definite day
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intended time and place of
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place of delivery and in every respect physically ready for delivery in accordance with this
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Agreement, the Sellers shall give the Buyers a written NOR for delivery.
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The Vessel shall be delivered to the Buyers free of stowaways, free of cargo, with clean swept holds
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safely afloat at a safe and accessible berth, port or anchorage worldwide.
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Expected time of delivery: 17 August 2015 – 30 November 2015 or such later date at Buyers' option.
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Date of cancelling (see Clauses 5 c), 6 b) (iii) and 14): 30 November 2015 or such later date at Buyers' option.
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Vessel will not be ready for delivery by the cancelling date they may notify the Buyers in
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propose a new cancelling date. Upon receipt of such notification the Buyers shall have the
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option of either cancelling this Agreement in accordance with Clause 14 within 4
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hereof including those contained in Clauses 5 a) and 5 c) shall remain unaltered and in full
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force and effect. Cancellation or failure to cancel shall be entirely without prejudice to any
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The Sellers shall deliver the Vessel to the Buyers with everything belonging to her on board and on
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shore, including broached/unbroached stores and provisions and spares without extra payment. All spare parts and spare equipment including spare tail-end shaft(s) and/or spare
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unused, whether on board or not shall become the Buyers' property.
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Forwarding charges, if any, shall be for the Buyers' account. The Sellers are not required to replace spare
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of spare and used as replacement prior to delivery, but the replaced items shall be the property of
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the Buyers. The radio installation, GMDSS and navigational equipment shall be included in the sale without extra payment if they are the property of the Sellers.
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Unused stores and provisions shall be included in the sale and be taken over
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The Sellers have the right to take ashore crockery, plates, cutlery, linen and other articles bearing the
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Sellers' flag or name, provided they replace same with similar unmarked items. Library, forms, etc.,
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exclusively for use in the Sellers' vessel(s), shall be excluded without compensation. Captain's,
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Officers' and Crew's personal belongings including the slop chest are to be excluded from the sale,
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as well as the following additional items (including items on hire):
-UNITOR'S OXYGEN/ACETYLENE/FREON CYLINDERS, EMPTY/FULL;
-MARICHEM SYSTEM MHCS 200;
-ORIGINAL FLAG CERTIFICATES (Registry – Intern. Tonnage – Radio Station Licence – Minimum Safe Manning – CLCertificate - MLCertificate )– necessary for Ship's deletion from the articles;
-LIBRARY, FORMS, RECORDS, REPORTS, DECK and ENGINE Log Books, CORRESPONDENCE exclusively used by the Sellers;
-CD ROM QSEMS;
-SEAGULL TRAINING CDs;
-Lloyds MARINER – Risk Assessment CDs;
-LR Manager (Working hours) CDs;
-AMVER DISKETTE;
-EST SAFETY LABELS (35);
-ISPS CODE / CD / INSTRUCTIONS AND SECURITY AWARENESS CBT 115 AND ISPS TRAINER;
-OWNERS LISTS/ISM & ISPS system manuals / Company's Soft and Hardware/PC's etc.; and
-SECURITY IDENTIFICATION BADGES (CREW AND VISITORS).
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The place of closing: Athens, Greece
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In exchange for payment of the Purchase Price and delivery of the Vessel the Sellers shall furnish the Buyers and the Buyers shall furnish the Sellers with the delivery documents stated in this Clause and in Clause 17 of this Agreement.
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At the time of delivery the Buyers and Sellers shall sign and deliver to each other a Protocol of
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Delivery and Acceptance confirming the date and time of delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the
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The Sellers warrant that the Vessel, at the time of delivery, is free from all charters, encumbrances,
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Mortgages, taxies, levies, duties and maritime liens or other liens or any other debts whatsoever and is not subject to any port state or administrative detentions. The Sellers hereby undertake
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to indemnify the Buyers against all consequences of claims made against the Vessel which have
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been incurred prior to the time of delivery or arising out of or with respect to events occurring prior to the
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Any taxes, fees and expenses in connection with the purchase and registration under the Buyers' flag
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shall be for the Buyers' account, whereas similar charges in connection with the closing of the Sellers'
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register shall be for the Sellers' account.
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The Vessel with everything belonging to her shall be at the Sellers' risk and expense until she is
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delivered to the Buyers, but subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement she shall be
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delivered and taken over "as is where is"
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However, the Vessel shall be delivered free of stowaways, free of cargo and with clean swept holds and with her class maintained without condition/recommendation*,
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free of average damage affecting the Vessels class, and with her classification certificates and
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National/international/trading certificates and Continuous Survey of Machinery (CSM), as well as all other
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certificates of the Vessel
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clean, valid and unextended for a minimum period of 3 (three) months from the time of the delivery without condition/recommendation
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to validly complete a legal transfer by the date stipulated in line 61 the Buyers shall have
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the option of cancelling this Agreement provided always that the Sellers shall be granted a
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maximum of 3 (three) Banking days after the NOR has been given to make arrangements
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for the documentation set out in Clause 8 and Clause 17. If after NOR has been given but before
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the Buyers have taken delivery, the Vessel ceases to be physically ready for delivery and is not
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made physically ready again in every respect by the date stipulated in line 61 and new NOR
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given, the Buyers shall retain their option to cancel.
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to validly complete a legal transfer as aforesaid they shall make due compensation to the Buyers for
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their loss and for all expenses together with interest if their failure is due to proven
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negligence and whether or not the Buyers cancel this Agreement.
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have the right to place two (2) representatives on board the Vessel at their sole risk and expense
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These representatives/crew shall remain on board until delivery of the Vessel to, and acceptance of the Vessel by, the Buyers for the purpose of familiarisation and in the capacity of
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observers only, and they shall not interfere in any respect with the operation of the Vessel. The
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Buyers' representatives/crew shall sign the Sellers' letter of indemnity prior to their embarkation.
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a)* This Agreement (and any non-contractual obligations connected with this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and any dispute arising out of this
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arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Acts 1996 or any statutory modification or
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re-enactment thereof for the time being in force, one arbitrator being appointed by each
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party. The arbitrators shall be full members of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association ("LMAA"). On the receipt by one party of the nomination in writing of the other party's arbitrator,
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(a) | Copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Buyers, certified as true by the Buyers' Greek Legal Counsel. |
(b) | Original Good Standing Certificate of the Buyers dated no more than 7 (seven) Banking prior to the delivery date showing the Buyers to be in good standing under the laws of Liberia. |
(c) | An original set of resolutions or minutes of the Board of Directors of the Buyers authorising the purchase of the Vessel in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the ratification of this Agreement signed and the execution on behalf of the Buyers of (inter alia) the acceptance of the Bill of Sale (if applicable), a protocol of delivery and acceptance and any other document required to be executed by the Buyers in respect of the delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the Buyers pursuant to this Agreement, and authorising further execution of a Power of Attorney authorising the execution any and all other documents and undertakings provided in this Agreement such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(d) | An original set of an officer's certificate of incumbency of the Buyers certifying the names of all present directors/officers of the Buyers and attaching copies of all correct and complete constitutional documents in full force and effect of the Buyers (Copies of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws (together with any amendment thereto up to and including the delivery date)). |
(e) | An original Power of Attorney of the Buyers issued in accordance with the resolutions referred to under 17. B. (c) above authorising the persons signing the documents on their behalf such power of attorney to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(f) | Original written resolutions of the Buyers' Shareholder, approving the BOD minutes under 17. B. (c), such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
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/s/ Eirini Kritikou
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(1) | SEA GLORIUS SHIPPING CO. and SEA GENIUS SHIPPING CO., each a corporation organised and existing under the laws of the Marshall Islands having its registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, the Marshall Islands, as joint and several Borrowers; |
(2) | THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1, as Lenders; |
(3) | HSH NORDBANK AG acting through its office at Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz 50, D-20095 Hamburg, Germany, as Agent; |
(4) | HSH NORDBANK AG acting through its office is at Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz 50, D-20095 Hamburg, Germany, as Mandated Lead Arranger; |
(5) | HSH NORDBANK AG acting through its office at Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz 50, D-20095 Hamburg, Germany, as Security Trustee; and |
(6) | HSH NORDBANK AG acting through its office at Martensdamm 6, D-24103 Kiel, Germany, as Swap Bank. |
(A) | The Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrowers a senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate amount up to $44,430,400 to be made available to the Borrowers in two Advances, each in two tranches, as follows:- |
(i) | Advance A for the purposes of assisting Borrower A in financing the Contract Price of Ship A; and |
(ii) | Advance B for the purpose of assisting Borrower B financing the Contract Price of the Ship B. |
(B) | The Swap Bank has agreed to enter into interest rate swap transactions with the Borrowers from time to time to hedge the Borrowers' exposure under this Agreement to interest rate fluctuations. |
(C) | The Lenders and the Swap Bank have agreed to share the security to be granted to the Security Trustee pursuant to this Agreement on a subordinated basis. |
1 | INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Definitions |
(A) | Advance A, Tranche A and Advance B, Tranche A (i) 3.40 per cent. per annum during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the last day of the Interest Period in which the Offering Prepayment is effected and (ii) at all times thereafter but subject always to Clause 5.17, 3.25 per cent. per annum; and |
(B) | in respect of Advance A, Tranche B and Advance B, Tranche B, 3.60 per cent. per annum. |
(A) | 30 November 2015; and |
(B) | the date on which the Total Commitments are fully borrowed, cancelled or terminated; |
(a) | the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated; |
(b) | the rules for global systemically important banks contained in "Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement - Rules text" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and |
(c) | any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to "Basel III"; |
(A) | "control" means: |
(i) | the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to: |
(A) | cast, or control the casting of, more than 50 per cent. of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the Corporate Guarantor; or |
(B) | appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the directors or other equivalent officers of the Corporate Guarantor; or |
(C) | give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of the Corporate Guarantor with which the directors or other equivalent officers of the Corporate Guarantor are obliged to comply; and/or (ii)the holding beneficially of more than 50 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Corporate Guarantor (excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits or capital). |
(B) | "acting in concert" means a group of persons who, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal), actively co-operate, through the acquisition directly or indirectly of shares in the Corporate Guarantor by any of them, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or consolidate control of the Corporate Guarantor; |
(A) | it is entered into by the Borrowers pursuant to the Master Agreement with the Swap Bank which, at the time the Transaction is entered into, is also a Lender; |
(B) | its purpose is the hedging of the Borrowers' exposure under this Agreement to fluctuations in LIBOR arising from the funding of the Loan (or any part thereof) for a period expiring no later than the Final Repayment Date; and |
(C) | it is designated by the Swap Bank, by delivery by the Swap Bank to the Borrowers and the Agent of a notice of designation in the form set out in Schedule 5, as a Designated Transaction for the purposes of the Finance Documents; |
(A) | except to the extent that they fall within paragraph (b): |
(i) | all freight, hire and passage moneys; |
(ii) | compensation payable to that Borrower or the Security Trustee in the event of requisition of the Ship owned by it for hire; |
(iii) | remuneration for salvage and towage services; |
(iv) | demurrage and detention moneys; |
(v) | damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract for the employment of that Ship; and (vi)all moneys which are at any time payable under any Insurances in respect of loss of hire; and |
(B) | if and whenever that Ship is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within paragraphs (a)(i) to (vi) are pooled or shared with any other person, that proportion of the net receipts of the relevant pooling or sharing arrangement which is attributable to that Ship; |
(A) | any claim by any governmental, judicial or regulatory authority which arises out of an Environmental Incident or an alleged Environmental Incident or which relates to any Environmental Law; or |
(B) | any claim by any other person which relates to an Environmental Incident or to an alleged Environmental Incident, and "claim" means a claim for damages, compensation, fines, penalties or any other payment of any kind whether or not similar to the foregoing; an order or direction to take, or not to take, certain action or to desist from or suspend certain action; and any form of enforcement or regulatory action, including the arrest or attachment of any asset; |
(A) | any release of Environmentally Sensitive Material from that Ship; or |
(B) | any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released from a vessel other than that Ship and which involves a collision between that Ship and such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which that Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested, attached, detained or injuncted and/or that Ship and/or the Borrower which is the owner thereof and/or any operator or manager of that Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; or |
(C) | any other incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released otherwise than from that Ship and in connection with which that Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where the Borrower which is the owner thereof and/or any operator or manager of that Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; |
(a) | this Agreement; |
(b) | the Master Agreement; |
(c) | the Master Agreement Assignment; |
(d) | the Corporate Guarantee; |
(e) | the Shares Pledges; |
(f) | the Agency and Trust Agreement; |
(g) | the General Assignments; |
(h) | the Mortgages; |
(i) | the Account Pledges; |
(j) | any Charterparty Assignments; |
(k) | the Approved Manager's Undertakings; and |
(l) | any other document (whether creating a Security Interest or not) which is executed at any time by a Security Party or any other person as security for, or to establish any form of subordination or priorities arrangement in relation to, any amount payable to the Lenders under this Agreement or any of the other documents referred to in this definition and, in the singular, means any of them; |
(a) | for principal, interest or any other sum payable in respect of any moneys borrowed or raised by the debtor; |
(b) | under any loan stock, bond, note or other security issued by the debtor; |
(c) | under any acceptance credit, guarantee or letter of credit facility made available to the debtor; |
(d) | under a financial lease, a deferred purchase consideration arrangement or any other agreement having the commercial effect of a borrowing or raising of money by the debtor (in each case, other than in respect of assets or services obtained on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business); |
(e) | under any foreign exchange transaction, any interest or currency swap, exchange or any other kind of derivative transaction entered into by the debtor or, if the agreement under which any such transaction is entered into requires netting of mutual liabilities, the liability of the debtor for the net amount; or |
(f) | under receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent that they are sold on a non-recourse basis); or |
(g) | under a guarantee, indemnity or similar obligation entered into by the debtor in respect of a liability of another person which would fall within (a) to (e) if the references to the debtor referred to the other person; |
(A) | all policies and contracts of insurance and any reinsurance, policies or contracts, including entries of that Ship in any protection and indemnity or war risks association, effected in respect of that Ship, its Earnings or otherwise in relation to it whether before, on or after the date of this Agreement; and |
(B) | all rights (including, without limitation, any and all rights or claims which the Borrower owning that Ship may have under or in connection with any cut-through clause relative to any reinsurance contract relating to the aforesaid policies or contracts of insurance) and other assets relating to, or derived from, any of the |
(a) | the rate per annum equal to the offered quotation for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to, or as near as possible equal to, the relevant Interest Period which appears on the Screen Rate; or |
(b) | if no rate is quoted on the Screen Rate, the rate per annum determined by the Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest one-sixteenth of one per cent.) of the rates per annum notified to the Agent by each Reference Bank as the rate at which deposits in Dollars are offered to that Reference Bank by leading banks in the London Interbank Market at that Reference Bank's request at or about 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date for that Interest Period for a period equal to that Interest Period and for delivery on the first Business Day of it; |
(a) | before an Advance is made, Lenders whose Commitments total 66.67 per cent. of the Total Commitments; and |
(b) | after an Advance is made, Lenders whose Contributions total 66.67 per cent. of the Loan; |
(a) | the business, property, assets, liabilities, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of a Borrower and/or the Corporate Guarantor taken as a whole; |
(b) | the ability of a Borrower and/or the Corporate Guarantor to (i) comply with or perform any of its obligations or (ii) discharge any of its liabilities, under any Finance Document as they fall due; or |
(c) | the validity, legality or enforceability of any Finance Document; |
(a) | Advance A, Tranche A, an amount equal to $15,000,000; and |
(b) | Advance A, Tranche B, an amount equal to $1,833,520; and |
(c) | Advance B, Tranche A, an amount equal to $27,000,000; and |
(d) | Advance B, Tranche B, an amount equal to $596,880; |
(A) | Ship A, the Memorandum of Agreement dated 6 August 2015 entered into between Dammam Energy as seller and Borrower A as buyer in respect of the sale and purchase of that Ship; and |
(B) | Ship B, the Memorandum of Agreement dated 6 August 2015 entered into between Cape Elizabeth as seller and Borrower B as buyer in respect of the sale and purchase of that Ship, |
(a) | Security Interests created by the Finance Documents; |
(b) | liens for unpaid master's and crew's wages in accordance with usual maritime practice; |
(c) | liens for salvage; |
(d) | liens arising by operation of law for not more than 2 months' prepaid hire under any charter in relation to a Ship not prohibited by this Agreement; |
(e) | liens for master's disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading and any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of a Ship, provided such liens do not secure amounts more than 30 days overdue (unless the overdue amount is being contested by the relevant Borrower in good faith by appropriate steps) and subject, in the case of liens for repair or maintenance, to Clause 14.13(e); |
(f) | any Security Interest created in favour of a plaintiff or defendant in any proceedings or arbitration as security for costs and expenses while a Borrower is actively prosecuting or defending such proceedings or arbitration in good faith; and |
(g) | Security Interests arising by operation of law in respect of taxes which are not overdue for payment or in respect of taxes being contested in good faith by appropriate steps and in respect of which appropriate reserves have been made; |
(a) | any Finance Document; |
(b) | any policy or contract of insurance contemplated by or referred to in Clause 13 or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document; |
(c) | any other document contemplated by or referred to in any Finance Document; and |
(d) | any document which has been or is at any time sent by or to a Servicing Bank in contemplation of or in connection with any Finance Document or any policy, contract or document falling within paragraphs (b) or (c); |
(a) | England and Wales; |
(i) | the country under the laws of which the company is incorporated or formed; |
(ii) | a country in which the company has the centre of its main interests or which the company's central management and control is or has recently been exercised; |
(iii) | a country in which the overall net income of the company is subject to corporation tax, income tax or any similar tax; |
(iv) | a country in which assets of the company (other than securities issued by, or loans to, related companies) having a substantial value are situated, in which the company maintains a branch or permanent place of business, or in which a Security Interest created by the company must or should be registered in order to ensure its validity or priority; and |
(v) | a country the courts of which have jurisdiction to make a winding up, administration or similar order in relation to the company, whether as a main or territorial or ancillary proceedings, or which would have such jurisdiction if their assistance were requested by the courts of a country referred to in paragraphs (b) or (c); |
(i) | any transaction or matter contemplated by, arising out of, or in connection with a Pertinent Document; or |
(ii) | any statement relating to a Pertinent Document or to a transaction or matter falling within paragraph (a), and covers any such transaction, matter or statement, whether entered into, arising or made at any time before the signing of this Agreement or on or at any time after that signing; |
(a) | a mortgage, charge (whether fixed or floating) or pledge, any maritime or other lien or any other security interest of any kind; |
(b) | the rights of a plaintiff under an action in rem in which the vessel concerned has been arrested or a writ has been issued or similar step taken; and |
(c) | any arrangement entered into by a person (A) the effect of which is to place another person (B) in a position which is similar, in economic terms, to the position in which B would have been had he held a security interest over an asset of A; but paragraph (c) does not apply to a right of set off or combination of accounts conferred by the standard terms of business of a bank or financial institution; |
(A) | all amounts which have become due for payment by a Borrower or any Security Party under the Finance Documents have been paid; |
(B) | no amount is owing or has accrued (without yet having become due for payment) under any Finance Document; |
(C) | no Borrower nor any Security Party has any future or contingent liability under Clauses 20, 21 or 22 or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document; and |
(D) | the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arranger, the Security Trustee and the Majority Lenders do not reasonably consider that there is a significant risk that any payment or transaction under a Finance Document would be set aside, or would have to be reversed or adjusted, in any present or possible future bankruptcy of a Borrower or a Security Party or in any present or possible future proceeding relating to a Finance Document or any asset covered (or previously covered) by a Security Interest created by a Finance Document; |
(a) | in respect of Ship A, Dammam Energy; and |
(b) | in respect of Ship B, Cape Elizabeth, |
(a) | actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of that Ship; |
(b) | any expropriation, confiscation, requisition (excluding requisition for use or hire not including requisition of title) or acquisition of that Ship, whether for full or part consideration, a consideration less than its proper value, a nominal consideration or without any consideration, which is effected by any government or official authority or by any person or persons claiming to be or to represent a government or official authority unless it is within 45 Business Days from the date of such occurrence redelivered to the full control of the Borrower owning that Ship; |
(c) | any condemnation of that Ship by any tribunal or by any person or person claiming to be a tribunal; and |
(d) | any arrest, capture, seizure, confiscation or detention of that Ship (including any hijacking or theft) unless it is within 45 Business Days redelivered to the full control of the Borrower owning that Ship; |
(a) | in the case of an actual loss of that Ship, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when that Ship was last heard of; |
(b) | in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of that Ship, the earliest of: |
(i) | the date on which a notice of abandonment is given to the insurers; and (ii)the date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Borrower owning that Ship with that Ship's insurers in which the insurers agree to treat that Ship as a total loss; and |
(c) | in the case of any other type of total loss, on the date (or the most likely date) on which it reasonably appears to the Agent that the event constituting the total loss occurred; |
1.2 | Construction of certain terms |
1.3 | Meaning of "month" |
(a) | on the Business Day following the numerically corresponding day if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day or, if there is no later Business Day in the same calendar month, on the Business Day preceding the numerically corresponding day; or |
(b) | on the last Business Day in the relevant calendar month, if the period started on the last Business Day in a calendar month or if the last calendar month of the period has no numerically corresponding day, and "month" and "monthly" shall be construed accordingly. |
1.4 | Meaning of "subsidiary" |
(a) | a majority of the issued shares in S (or a majority of the issued shares in S which carry unlimited rights to capital and income distributions) are directly owned by P or are indirectly attributable to P; or |
(b) | P has direct or indirect control over a majority of the voting rights attaching to the issued shares of S; or |
(c) | P has the direct or indirect power to appoint or remove a majority of the directors of S; or |
(d) | P otherwise has the direct or indirect power to ensure that the affairs of S are conducted in accordance with the wishes of P, |
1.5 | General Interpretation |
(d) | references to, or to a provision of, a Finance Document or any other document are references to it as amended or supplemented, whether before the date of this Agreement or otherwise; |
(e) | references to, or to a provision of, any law include any amendment, extension, re-enactment or replacement, whether made before the date of this Agreement or otherwise; |
(f) | words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; and |
(g) | Clauses 1.1 to 1.5 apply unless the contrary intention appears. |
1.6 | Headings |
2 | Facility |
2.1 | Amount of facility |
2.2 | Lenders' participations in Advances |
2.3 | Purpose of Advance |
3 | POSITION OF THE LENDERS AND SWAP BANK |
3.1 | Interests several |
3.2 | Individual right of action |
3.3 | Proceedings requiring Majority Lender consent |
3.4 | Obligations several |
(a) | the obligations of the other Lenders or the Swap Bank being increased; nor |
(b) | a Borrower, any Security Party, any other Lender or the Swap Bank being discharged (in whole or in part) from its obligations under any Finance Document or under the Master Agreement, and in no circumstances shall a Lender or the Swap Bank have any responsibility for a failure of another Lender or the Swap Bank to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Master Agreement. |
4 | DRAWDOWN |
4.1 | Request for an Advance |
4.2 | Availability |
(a) | a Drawdown Date has to be a Business Day during the Availability Period in respect of the Advance to which that Drawdown Date relates; |
(b) | the amount of each Advance shall not exceed the Maximum Available Amount for that Advance and shall be used to finance the Contract Price of the Ship to which that Advance relates; |
(c) | any undrawn portion of the Total Commitments in respect of an Advance to occur, shall be automatically cancelled on the earlier of (i) the Drawdown Date of that Advance and (ii) 30 November 2015; and |
(d) | the aggregate amount of the Advances shall not exceed the Maximum Loan Amount and the Total Commitments. |
4.3 | Notification to Lenders of receipt of a Drawdown Notice |
(a) | the amount of the Advance to which that Drawdown Notice relates and the relevant Drawdown Date; |
(b) | the amount of that Lender's participation in that Advance; and |
(c) | the duration of the first Interest Period in respect of that Advance. |
4.4 | Drawdown Notice irrevocable |
4.5 | Lenders to make available Contributions |
4.6 | Disbursement of Advance |
(a) | to the account which the Borrowers specify in the relevant Drawdown Notice; and |
(b) | in the like funds as the Agent received the payments from the Lenders. |
4.7 | Disbursement of Advance to third party |
5 | INTEREST |
5.1 | Payment of normal interest |
5.2 | Normal rate of interest |
5.3 | Payment of accrued interest |
5.4 | Notification of Interest Periods and rates of normal interest |
(a) | each rate of interest; and |
(b) | the duration of each Interest Period, |
5.5 | Obligation of Reference Banks to quote |
5.6 | Absence of quotations by Reference Banks |
5.7 | Market disruption |
(a) | no rate is quoted on the Screen Rate and no Reference Bank, before 1.00 p.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date for an Interest Period, provides quotations to the Agent in order to fix LIBOR; or |
(b) | at least 2 Business Days before the start of an Interest Period, the Agent is notified by a Lender (the "Affected Lender") that for any reason it is unable to obtain Dollars in the London Interbank Market or otherwise in order to fund its Contribution (or any part of it) during the Interest Period. |
5.8 | Notification of market disruption |
5.9 | Suspension of drawdown |
(a) | in the case falling within Clauses 5.7(a), the Lenders' obligations to make available that Advance; and |
(b) | in the case falling within Clauses 5.7(b), the Affected Lender's obligation to participate in that Advance, shall be suspended while the circumstances referred to in the Agent's notice continue. |
5.10 | Negotiation of alternative rate of interest |
5.11 | Application of agreed alternative rate of interest |
5.12 | Alternative rate of interest in absence of agreement |
5.13 | Notice of prepayment |
5.14 | Prepayment; termination of Commitments |
(a) | on the date on which the Agent serves that notice, the Total Commitments or (as the case may require) the Commitment of the Affected Lender shall be cancelled; and |
(b) | on the last Business Day of the interest period set by the Agent, the Borrowers shall prepay (without premium or penalty) the Loan or, as the case may be, the Affected Lender's Contribution, together with accrued interest thereon at the applicable rate plus the Margin and the Mandatory Cost (if any). |
5.15 | Application of prepayment |
5.16 | Interest Rate hedging |
5.17 | Margin decrease |
6 | INTEREST PERIODS |
6.1 | Commencement of Interest Periods |
6.2 | Duration of normal Interest Periods |
(a) | 3 months; or |
(b) | such other period (as notified by the Borrowers to the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (Hamburg time) 2 Business Days before the commencement of the Interest Period in respect of that Advance) as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, agree with the Borrowers subject to availability of LIBOR. |
6.3 | Duration of Interest Periods for Instalments |
6.4 | Non-availability of matching deposits for Interest Period selected |
7 | DEFAULT INTEREST |
7.1 | Payment of default interest on overdue amounts |
(a) | the date on which the Finance Documents provide that such amount is due for payment; or |
(b) | if a Finance Document provides that such amount is payable on demand, the date on which the demand is served; or |
(c) | if such amount has become immediately due and payable under Clause 19.4, the date on which it became immediately due and payable. |
7.2 | Default rate of interest |
(a) | in the case of an overdue amount of principal, the higher of the rates set out at Clauses 7.3(a) and 7.3(b); or |
(b) | in the case of any other overdue amount, the rate set out at Clause 7.3(b). |
7.3 | Calculation of default rate of interest |
(a) | the rate applicable to the overdue principal amount immediately prior to the relevant date (but only for any unexpired part of any then current Interest Period applicable to it); |
(b) | the aggregate of the Margin, any LIBOR Correction Rate and the Mandatory Cost (if any) plus, in respect of successive periods of any duration (including at call) up to 3 months which the Agent may select from time to time: |
(i) | LIBOR; or |
(ii) | if the Agent determines (after consultations with the Reference Banks) that Dollar deposits for any such period are not being made available to any Reference Bank or (as the case may be) Lenders by leading banks in the London Interbank Market in the ordinary course of business, a rate from time to time determined by the Agent by reference to the cost of funds to the Reference Banks from such other sources as the Agent (after consultation with the Reference Banks) may from time to time determine. |
7.4 | Notification of interest periods and default rates |
7.5 | Payment of accrued default interest |
7.6 | Compounding of default interest |
7.7 | Application to Master Agreement |
8 | REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT |
8.1 | Amount of Instalments |
(a) | Advance A, Tranche A, by 12 consecutive quarterly instalments, the first 11 instalments each in the amount of $449,453 (each an "Advance A, Tranche A Instalment" and, together, the "Advance A, Tranche A Instalments") and the 12th and final instalment in the sum of $10,056,017 (comprising an instalment of $449,453 and a balloon instalment of $9,606,564, the "Advance A, Tranche A Balloon Instalment")); and |
(b) | Advance A, Tranche B, in full by one instalment (the "Bullet Instalment A"); and |
(c) | Advance B, Tranche A, by 12 consecutive quarterly instalments, the first 11 instalments each in the amount of $600,000 (each an "Advance B, Tranche A Instalment" and, together, the |
(d) | Advance B, Tranche B, in full by one instalment (the "Bullet Instalment B" and together with the Bullet Instalment A, the "Bullet Instalments" and each a "Bullet Instalment"). |
8.2 | Repayment Dates |
(a) | The first instalment in respect of each of Advance A, Tranche A and Advance B, Tranche A shall be repaid on the earlier of (i) the date falling 27 months after the Drawdown Date of the first Advance to be made available and (ii) 30 September 2017, each subsequent Instalment shall be repaid at three-monthly intervals thereafter and the last Instalment in respect of that Advance, shall be repaid together with the Balloon Instalment in respect of that Advance, on the relevant Final Repayment Date; and |
(b) | each Bullet Instalment shall be repaid on 30 June 2020. |
8.3 | Final Repayment Date |
8.4 | Voluntary prepayment |
8.5 | Conditions for voluntary prepayment |
(a) | a partial prepayment in respect of the Loan shall be in an amount equal to $250,000 or higher multiples thereof (of such other amount acceptable to the Agent in its discretion); |
(b) | the Agent has received from the Borrowers at least 10 Business Days' prior written notice (the "Prepayment Notice") specifying the amount to be prepaid and the date on which the prepayment is to be made; and |
(c) | the Borrowers are in compliance with Clause 8.10, 8.13 and 8.14 on or prior to the date of prepayment. |
8.6 | Effect of notice of prepayment |
8.7 | Optional facility cancellation |
8.8 | Cancellation Notice or Prepayment Notice |
8.9 | Mandatory prepayment |
(a) | if a Ship is sold on or before the date on which the sale is completed by delivery of the Ship to the buyer; |
(b) | if a Ship becomes a Total Loss, on the earlier of the date falling 90 days after the Total Loss Date and the date of receipt by the Security Trustee of the proceeds of insurance relating to such Total Loss; and |
(c) | (i) if the Follow-On Offering is completed on or prior to 31 December 2016, on the date on which the Follow-On Offering is completed or (ii) if the Follow-On Offering is not completed by 31 December 2016, on 31 December 2016. |
(A) | in the case of a prepayment to be made in accordance with Clauses 8.9 (a) or 8.9 (b) an amount equal to the greater of: |
(1) | the Advance to which the Ship being sold or which has become a Total Loss relates; and |
(2) | an amount which after the application of the prepayment to be made pursuant to Clause 8.11(b) results in the Security Cover Ratio being the greater of (A) 120 per cent. and (B) the percentage which applied immediately prior to the applicable event described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Clause 8.9. and |
(B) | in the case of a prepayment to be made in accordance with Clause 8.9(c), ("Offering Prepayment") (A) in the event that the Follow-on Offering is completed on or prior to 31 December 2016, an amount equal to the higher of (a) $3,000,000 and (b) (i) the lesser of 20 per cent. of the net proceeds realised from the Follow-On Offering and (ii) $8,000,000 and (B) in the event that the Follow-on Offering is not completed by latest 31 December 2016, an amount equal to $3,000,000, provided that the aggregate amount of all voluntary prepayments made pursuant to Clause 8.4 on or before the date |
8.10 | Amounts payable on prepayment |
8.11 | Application of partial prepayment or cancellation |
(a) | if made pursuant to Clauses 5.14, 8.4, 8.14, 15.2, 19.2, 23.3 or 24.6, proportionately between each Advance and thereafter first against the relevant Balloon Instalment and thereafter the remaining Instalments in respect of that Advance which are at the time being outstanding in inverse order of maturity; and |
(b) | if made pursuant to Clause 8.9(c):- |
(i) | firstly towards prepayment of Advance B, Tranche B; |
(ii) | secondly towards prepayment of Advance A, Tranche B; |
(iii) | thirdly proportionately between Advance A, Tranche A and Advance B, Tranche A, in each case first, against the relevant Balloon Instalment and thereafter against the remaining Instalments of that Advance in inverse order of maturity); and |
(c) | if made pursuant to Clause 8.9 (a) or 8.9 (b), first towards full prepayment of the Advance related to the Ship being sold or which has become a Total Loss and thereafter towards prepayment of the remaining Advance first against the Balloon Instalment in respect of that Advance and thereafter against the Instalments in respect of that Advance which are at the time being outstanding in inverse order of maturity provided that if the sale proceeds of a Ship are not sufficient to prepay in full the Relevant Amount, the Agent may, acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders (acting on their discretion), apply such sale proceeds towards prepayment of any Advance in an amount and in the manner as the Majority Lenders may in their discretion select. |
8.12 | No reborrowing |
8.13 | Unwinding of Designated Transactions |
8.14 | Prepayment of Swap Benefit |
9 | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
9.1 | Documents, fees and no default |
(a) | that, on or before the date of this Agreement, the Agent receives: |
(i) | the documents described in Part A of Schedule 3 in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its lawyers; |
(ii) | payment of the structuring fee payable pursuant to Clause 20.1; and |
(iii) | payment of any expenses payable pursuant to Clause 20.2 which are due and payable on the date of this Agreement; |
(b) | that, on or before a Drawdown Date, the Agent receives: |
(i) | the documents described in Part B of Schedule 3 in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its lawyers; |
(ii) | in the case of the second Drawdown Date to occur under this Agreement, the structuring fee payable pursuant to Clause 20.1; |
(iii) | payment of any expenses payable pursuant to Clause 20.2 which are due and payable on that Drawdown Date; |
(c) | that both at the date of each Drawdown Notice and at the relevant Drawdown Date: |
(i) | no Event of Default which is continuing has occurred or would result from the borrowing of the relevant Advance; |
(ii) | the representations and warranties in Clause 10 and those of either Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor which are set out in the other Finance Documents would be true and not misleading if repeated on each of those dates with reference to the circumstances then existing; |
(iii) | none of the circumstances contemplated by Clause 5.7 has occurred and is continuing; and |
(iv) | there has been no Material Adverse Change; |
(d) | that, if the ratio set out in Clause 15.1 were applied immediately following the borrowing of an Advance, the Borrowers would not be obliged to provide additional security or prepay part of the Loan under that Clause; and |
9.2 | Waiver of conditions precedent |
10 | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
10.1 | General |
10.2 | Status |
10.3 | Share capital and ownership |
10.4 | Corporate power |
(a) | to execute any Underlying Document to which it is a party, to purchase and pay for the relevant Ship under the MOA and register the relevant Ship in its name under an Approved Flag; |
(b) | to execute the Finance Documents which that Borrower is a party; and |
(c) | to borrow under this Agreement, to enter into Designated Transactions under the Master Agreement and to make all the payments contemplated by, and to comply with, those Finance Documents to which it is a party. |
10.5 | Consents in force |
10.6 | Legal validity; effective Security Interests |
(a) | constitute that Borrower's legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against that Borrower in accordance with their respective terms; and |
(b) | create legal, valid and binding Security Interests enforceable in accordance with their respective terms over all the assets to which they, by their terms, relate, |
10.7 | No third party Security Interests |
(a) | each Borrower which is a party to that Finance Document will have the right to create all the Security Interests which that Finance Document purports to create; and |
(b) | no third party will have any Security Interest (except for Permitted Security Interests) or any other interest, right or claim over, in or in relation to any asset of the Borrower to which any such Security Interest, by its terms, relates. |
10.8 | No conflicts |
(a) | any law or regulation of any Pertinent Jurisdiction or, to its knowledge, of any other jurisdiction; or |
(b) | the constitutional documents of that Borrower; or |
(c) | any contractual or other obligation or restriction which is binding on that Borrower or any of its assets, and will not have a Material Adverse Effect. |
10.9 | No withholding taxes |
10.10 | No default |
10.11 | Information |
10.12 | No litigation |
10.13 | Validity and completeness of Underlying Documents |
(a) | each of the copies of that Underlying Document delivered to the Agent before the date of this Agreement is a true and complete copy; and |
(b) | no amendments or additions to that Underlying Document have been agreed nor has the Borrower which is the party thereto or the charterer or the Seller (as the case may be) which is a party to that Underlying Document, waived any of their respective rights thereunder. |
10.14 | Compliance with certain undertakings |
10.15 | No rebates etc. |
10.16 | Taxes paid |
10.17 | ISM Code and ISPS Code compliance |
10.18 | No Money laundering |
(a) | will not, and will procure that no Security Party, to the extent applicable, will, in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents, contravene or permit any subsidiary to contravene, any law, official requirement or other regulatory measure or procedure implemented to combat "money laundering" (as defined in Article 1 of the Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union of 26 October 2005) and comparable United States Federal and state laws. Each Borrower shall further submit any documents and declarations on request, if such documents or declarations are required by any Creditor Party to comply with its domestic money laundering and/or legal identification requirements; and |
(b) | confirms that it is the beneficiary within the meaning of the German Anti Money Laundering Act (Gesetz über das Aufspüren von Gewinnen aus schweren Straftaten (Geldwäschegesetz)), acting for its own account and not for or on behalf of any other person for each part of the Loan made or to be made available to it under this Agreement. That is to say, it acts for its own account and not for or on behalf of anyone else. |
10.19 | No immunity |
10.20 | Choice of law |
10.21 | Pari passu ranking |
10.22 | Repetition |
(a) | on the date of service of each Drawdown Notice; |
(b) | on each Drawdown Date; and |
(c) | with the exception of Clauses 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 and 10.12, on the first day of each Interest Period, |
11 | GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS |
11.1 | General |
11.2 | Title; negative pledge |
(a) | hold the legal title to, and own the entire beneficial interest in that Ship, her Insurances and Earnings, free from all Security Interests and other interests and rights of every kind, except |
(b) | not create or permit to arise any Security Interest (except for Permitted Security Interests) over any other asset of the Borrower, present or future (including, but not limited to, the Borrowers' rights against the Swap Bank under the Master Agreement or all or any part of the Borrowers' interest in any amount payable to the Borrowers by the Swap Bank under the Master Agreement); and |
(c) | procure that any party who may have a claim against either Borrower and/or a Ship and/or any of the Assigned Property (as such term is defined in the relevant General Assignment) fully subordinates (in a manner acceptable to the Agent) its rights in respect of its claim against that Borrower and/or that Ship and/or any of the Assigned Property to those of the Creditor Parties under the Finance Documents. |
11.3 | No disposal of assets |
(a) | all or a substantial part of its assets, whether by one transaction or a number of transactions, whether related or not; or |
(b) | any debt payable to it or any other right (present, future or contingent right) to receive a payment, including any right to damages or compensation, unless with respect to an amount not exceeding $500,000. but paragraph (a) does not apply to any charter of a Ship provided that unless an Event of Default which is continuing has occurred a Borrower may sell its Ship subject to prepaying the Relevant Amount in accordance with Clause 8.9(a). |
11.4 | No other liabilities or obligations to be incurred |
(a) | liabilities and obligations under the Finance Documents (including, without limitation, under the Master Agreement (in respect of any Designated Transactions)) and the Underlying Documents to which it is or, as the case may be, will be a party; and |
(b) | liabilities or obligations reasonably incurred in the normal course of its business of trading, operating and chartering, maintaining and repairing the Ship owned by it (including, without limitation, any shareholder loan subject to the relevant Borrower ensuring, on or prior to the date of the first advance of that loan, that the rights of the shareholder which is the provider of that loan are fully subordinated to the rights of the Creditor Parties under the Finance Documents in writing and upon such terms and conditions as shall be required by the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) but excluding any investments, any sale or lease back agreements and any off-balance-sheet obligations). |
11.5 | Information provided to be accurate |
11.6 | Provision of financial statements |
(a) | as soon as possible, but in no event later than 120 days after the end of each Financial Year of that Borrower or, as the case may be, the Corporate Guarantor, the individual unaudited annual financial statements of that Borrower or its management accounts provided they are reconciled with its audited financial statements and the consolidated audited financial statements of the Corporate Guarantor for that Financial Year (commencing with the financial statements for the Financial Year which ending on 31 December 2015); and |
(b) | as soon as possible, but in no event later than 90 days after the end of each financial quarter in each Financial Year of that Borrower or, as the case may be, the Corporate Guarantor, the quarterly individual unaudited financial statements in respect of that Borrower and the quarterly consolidated unaudited financial statements of the Corporate Guarantor, in each case, for that financial quarter (commencing with the financial statements for the financial quarter ending on 30 September 2015), duly certified as to their correctness by a director of that Borrower or, in the case of the Corporate Guarantor, the chief financial officer or 2 directors of the Corporate Guarantor; and |
(c) | as soon as possible, but in no event later than 30 March of each Financial Year of that Borrower, or as the case may be, the Corporate Guarantor, the consolidated annual business plan and liquidity forecast of that Borrowers and the Group; and |
(d) | promptly after each request by the Agent, such further financial or other information in respect of that Borrower, each Ship, the Corporate Guarantor, the other Security Parties and the Group (including, without limitation, any information regarding any offering documents, any sale and purchase agreements, investment brochures, shipbuilding contracts, charter agreements). |
11.7 | Form of financial statements |
(a) | be prepared in accordance with GAAP and, in the case of any audited financial statements, be prepared by an Approved Auditor; |
(b) | give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of each Borrower and the Corporate Guarantor at the date of those accounts and of its profit for the period to which those accounts relate; and |
(c) | fully disclose or provide for all significant liabilities of each Borrower and the Corporate Guarantor. |
11.8 | Shareholder and creditor notices |
11.9 | Consents |
(a) | for that Borrower to perform its obligations under any Finance Document and/or any Underlying Document to which it is or, as the case may be, will be a party; |
(b) | for the validity or enforceability of any Finance Document and/or Underlying Document to which it is or, as the case may be, will be a party; and |
(c) | for that Borrower to continue to own and operate the Ship owned by it, |
11.10 | Maintenance of Security Interests |
(a) | at its own cost, do all that it reasonably can to ensure that any Finance Document validly creates the obligations and the Security Interests which it purports to create; and |
(b) | without limiting the generality of paragraph (a), at its own cost, promptly register, file, record or enrol any Finance Document with any court or authority in all Pertinent Jurisdictions, pay any stamp, registration or similar tax in all Pertinent Jurisdictions in respect of any Finance Document, give any notice or take any other step which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, is or has become necessary or desirable for any Finance Document to be valid, enforceable or admissible in evidence or to ensure or protect the priority of any Security Interest which it creates. |
11.11 | Notification of litigation |
11.12 | No amendment to an MOA |
11.13 | Principal place of business |
11.14 | Confirmation of no default |
(a) | states that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; or |
(b) | states that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, except for a specified event or matter, of which all material details are given. |
11.15 | Notification of default |
11.16 | Provision of copies and translation of documents |
11.17 | "Know your customer" checks |
(a) | the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; |
(b) | any change in the status of either Borrower or any Security Party after the date of this Agreement; or |
(c) | a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer, obliges the Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (c), any prospective new Lender) to comply with "know your customer" or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Borrowers shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or the Lender concerned supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or the Lender concerned (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (c), on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Agent, the Lender concerned or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (c), any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents. |
12 | CORPORATE UNDERTAKINGS |
12.1 | General |
12.2 | Maintenance of status |
12.3 | Negative undertakings |
(a) | change the nature of its business; or |
(b) | pay any dividend or make any other form of distribution, unless the Agent is satisfied that, at the relevant time:- |
(i) | no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such payment of dividend or such distribution, or effect any form of redemption, purchase or return of share capital; and |
(ii) | the aggregate of (a) the Market Value of the Mortgaged Ships and (b) the net realisable value of additional Security previously provided under Clause 15.2 (Minimum required security cover), is equal to or higher than 145 per cent. of the aggregate of the Loan and the Swap Exposure less any cash held by the Borrowers or any other member of the Group with the Lender; and |
(iii) | at any time prior to the making the prepayment referred to in Clause 8.9(c), a minimum credit balance of not less than $3,000,000 in aggregate shall remain standing to the credit of the Earnings Accounts, or to any other bank account held at any relevant time by the Borrowers with the Agent, following such payment of dividend or making of distribution; |
(c) | provide any form of credit or financial assistance to any person or company or enter into any transaction with or involving such a person or company on terms which are, in any respect, less favourable to that Borrower than those which it could obtain in a bargain made at arms' length; |
(d) | open or maintain any account with any bank or financial institution except accounts with the Agent and the Security Trustee for the purposes of the Finance Documents; |
(e) | issue, allot or grant any person a right to any shares in its capital or repurchase or reduce its issued share capital; |
(f) | acquire any shares or other securities other than US or UK Treasury bills and certificates of deposit issued by major North American or European banks, or enter into any transaction in a derivative other than any Designated Transactions; or |
(g) | enter into any form of amalgamation, merger or de-merger, acquisition, divesture, split-up or any form of reconstruction or reorganisation. |
12.4 | Corporate Guarantor's subsidiaries |
13 | INSURANCE |
13.1 | General |
13.2 | Maintenance of obligatory insurances |
(a) | fire and usual marine risks (including hull and machinery and excess risks); |
(b) | war risks (including, without limitation, protection and indemnity war risks with a separate limit not less than hull value); |
(c) | protection and indemnity risks (including, without limitation, protection and indemnity war risks in excess of the amount for war risks (hull) and oil pollution liability risks) in each case in the highest amount available in the international insurance market); and |
(d) | any other risks the insurance of which the Security Trustee (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders), having regard to practices, recommendations and other circumstances prevailing at the relevant time, may from time to time reasonably require by notice to that Borrower. |
13.3 | Terms of obligatory insurances |
(a) | in Dollars; |
(b) | in the case of fire and usual marine risks and war risks, on an agreed value basis in an amount equal to at least the higher of (i) an amount which is equal to 120 per cent. of the aggregate of (A) the Advance relevant to that Borrower's Ship, (B) the Swap Exposure relevant to that Advance and (C) the principal amount secured by any equal or prior ranking Security Interest on that Ship and (ii) the Market Value of that Borrower's Ship; |
(c) | in the case of oil pollution liability risks, for an amount equal to the highest level of cover from time to time available under basic protection and indemnity club entry (with the International Group of Protection and Indemnity Clubs) and the international marine insurance market (currently $1,000,000,000 for any one accident or occurrence); |
(d) | in relation to protection and indemnity risks in respect of the full value and tonnage of that Ship; |
(e) | in relation to war risks insurance, extended to cover piracy and terrorism where excluded under the fire and usual marine risks insurance; |
(f) | on approved terms and conditions; |
(g) | such other risks of whatever nature and howsoever arising in respect of which insurance would be maintained by a prudent owner of a vessel similar to that Ship; and |
(h) | through approved brokers and with approved insurance companies and/or underwriters or, in the case of war risks and protection and indemnity risks, in approved war risks and protection and indemnity risks associations which are members of the International Group of Protection and Indemnity Associations, and have a Standard & Poor's rating of at least BBB- or a comparable rating by any other rating agency acceptable to the Security Trustee (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders). |
13.4 | Further protections for the Creditor Parties |
(a) | it and any and all third parties who are named assured or co-assured under any obligatory insurance shall assign their interest in any and all obligatory insurances and other Insurances if so required by the Agent; |
(b) | whenever the Security Trustee requires, the obligatory insurances name (or be amended to name) the Security Trustee as additional named assured for its rights and interests, warranted no operational interest and with full waiver of rights of subrogation they may have under any applicable law against the Security Trustee but without the Security Trustee |
(c) | the interest of the Security Trustee as assignee and as loss payee shall be duly endorsed on all slips, cover notes, policies, certificates of entry or other instruments of insurance in respect of the obligatory insurances; |
(d) | the obligatory insurances shall name the Security Trustee as sole loss payee with such directions for payment as the Security Trustee may specify; |
(e) | the obligatory insurances shall provide that all payments by or on behalf of the insurers under the obligatory insurances to the Security Trustee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim or deductions or condition whatsoever; |
(f) | the obligatory insurances shall provide that the insurers shall waive, to the fullest extent permitted by English law, their entitlement (if any) (whether by statute, common law, equity, or otherwise) to be subrogated to the rights and remedies of the Security Trustee in respect of any rights or interests (secured or not) held by or available to the Security Trustee in respect of the Secured Liabilities, until the Secured Liabilities shall have been fully repaid and discharged, except that the insurers shall not be restricted by the terms of this paragraph (f) from making personal claims against persons (other than either Borrower or any Creditor Party) in circumstances where the insurers have fully discharged their liabilities and obligations under the relevant obligatory insurances; |
(g) | the obligatory insurances shall provide that the obligatory insurances shall be primary without right of contribution from other insurances effected by the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party; |
(h) | the obligatory insurances shall provide that the Security Trustee may make proof of loss if that Borrower fails to do so; and |
(i) | the obligatory insurances shall provide that if any obligatory insurance is cancelled, or if any substantial change is made in the coverage which adversely affects the interest of the Security Trustee, or if any obligatory insurance is allowed to lapse for non‑payment of premium, such cancellation, charge or lapse shall only be effective against the Security Trustee 14 days (or 7 days in the case of war risks) after receipt by the Security Trustee of prior written notice from the insurers of such cancellation, change or lapse. |
13.5 | Renewal of obligatory insurances |
(a) | at least 14 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance effected by it: |
(i) | notify the Security Trustee of the brokers, underwriters, insurance companies and any protection and indemnity or war risks association through or with whom that Borrower proposes to renew that obligatory insurance and of the proposed terms and conditions of renewal; and |
(ii) | seek the Security Trustee's approval to the matters referred to in paragraph (i); |
(b) | at least 7 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance, renew that obligatory insurance in accordance with the Security Trustee's approval pursuant to paragraph (a); and |
(c) | procure that the approved brokers and/or the war risks and protection and indemnity associations with which such a renewal is effected shall promptly after the renewal notify the Security Trustee in writing of the terms and conditions of the renewal. |
13.6 | Copies of policies; letters of undertaking |
(a) | they will have endorsed on each policy, immediately upon issue, a loss payable clause and a notice of assignment complying with the provisions of Clause 13.4; |
(b) | they will hold such policies, and the benefit of such insurances, to the order of the Security Trustee in accordance with the said loss payable clause; |
(c) | they will advise the Security Trustee immediately of any material change to the terms of the obligatory insurances; |
(d) | they will notify the Security Trustee, not less than 14 days before the expiry of the obligatory insurances, in the event of their not having received notice of renewal instructions from that Borrower or its agents and, in the event of their receiving instructions to renew, they will promptly notify the Security Trustee of the terms of the instructions; and |
(e) | they will not set off against any sum recoverable in respect of a claim relating to the Ship owned by that Borrower under such obligatory insurances any premiums or other amounts due to them or any other person whether in respect of that Ship or otherwise, they waive any lien on the policies, or any sums received under them, which they might have in respect of such premiums or other amounts, and they will not cancel such obligatory insurances by reason of non-payment of such premiums or other amounts, and will arrange for a separate policy to be issued in respect of that Ship forthwith upon being so requested by the Security Trustee. |
13.7 | Copies of certificates of entry; letters of undertaking |
(a) | a certified copy of the certificate of entry for that Ship; |
(b) | a letter or letters of undertaking in such form as may be required by the Security Trustee; |
(c) | where required to be issued under the terms of insurance/indemnity provided by that Borrower's protection and indemnity association, a certified copy of each United States of America voyage quarterly declaration (or other similar document or documents) made by that Borrower in accordance with the requirements of such protections and indemnity association; and |
(d) | a certified copy of each certificate of financial responsibility for pollution by oil or other Environmentally Sensitive Material issued by the relevant certifying authority or, as the case may be, protection and indemnity associations in relation to that Ship (if applicable). |
13.8 | Deposit of original policies |
13.9 | Payment of premiums |
13.10 | Guarantees |
13.11 | Restrictions on employment |
13.12 | Compliance with terms of insurances |
(a) | take all necessary action and comply with all requirements which may from time to time be applicable to the obligatory insurances, and (without limiting the obligation contained in Clause 13.6(c)) ensure that the obligatory insurances are not made subject to any exclusions or qualifications to which the Security Trustee has not given its prior approval; |
(b) | not make any changes relating to the classification or classification society or manager or operator of the Ship owned by it approved by the underwriters of the obligatory insurances except with the prior written consent of the Agent; |
(c) | make (and promptly supply copies to the Agent) of all quarterly or other voyage declarations which may be required by the protection and indemnity risks association in which that Ship is entered to maintain cover for trading to the United States of America and Exclusive Economic Zone (as defined in the United States Oil Pollution Act 1990 or any other applicable legislation) and, if applicable, shall procure that the Approved Manager complies with this requirement; and |
(d) | not employ that Ship, nor allow it to be employed, otherwise than in conformity with the terms and conditions of the obligatory insurances, without first obtaining the consent of the insurers and complying with any requirements (as to extra premium or otherwise) which the insurers specify. |
13.13 | Alteration to terms of insurances |
13.14 | Settlement of claims |
13.15 | Provision of copies of communications |
(a) | the approved brokers; |
(b) | the approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations; and |
(c) | the approved insurance companies and/or underwriters, which relate directly or indirectly to: |
(i) | that Borrower's obligations relating to the obligatory insurances including, without limitation, all requisite declarations and payments of additional premiums or calls; and |
(ii) | any credit arrangements made between that Borrower and any of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) relating wholly or partly to the effecting or maintenance of the obligatory insurances. |
13.16 | Provision of information and further undertakings |
(a) | obtaining or preparing any report from an independent marine insurance broker as to the adequacy of the obligatory insurances effected or proposed to be effected; and/or |
(b) | effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurances as are referred to in Clause 13.17 or dealing with or considering any matters relating to any such insurances, and that Borrower shall: |
(i) | do all things necessary and provide the Agent and the Security Trustee with all documents and information to enable the Security Trustee to collect or recover any moneys in respect of the Insurances which are payable to the Security Trustee pursuant to the Finance Documents; and |
(ii) | promptly provide the Agent with full information regarding any Major Casualty in consequence whereof the Ship owned by that Borrower has become or may become a Total Loss and agree to any settlement of such casualty or other accident or damage to that Ship only with the Agent's prior written consent, |
13.17 | Mortgagee's interest and additional perils insurances |
(a) | a mortgagee's interest insurance providing for the indemnification of the Creditor Parties for any losses under or in connection with any Finance Document (in an amount of up to 120 per cent. of the aggregate of (i) the Loan and (ii) any Swap Exposure) which directly or indirectly result from loss of or damage to a Ship or a liability of that Ship or of the Borrower owning that Ship, being a loss or damage which is prima facie covered by an obligatory insurance but in respect of which there is a non-payment (or reduced payment) by the underwriters by reason of, or on the basis of an allegation concerning: |
(i) | any act or omission on the part of that Borrower, of any operator, charterer, manager or sub-manager of that Ship or of any officer, employee or agent of that Borrower or of any such person, including any breach of warranty or condition or any non-disclosure relating to such obligatory insurance; |
(ii) | any act or omission, whether deliberate, negligent or accidental, or any knowledge or privity of that Borrower, any other person referred to in paragraph (i) above, or of any officer, employee or agent of that Borrower or of such a person, including the casting away or damaging of that Ship and/or that Ship being unseaworthy; and/or |
(iii) | any other matter capable of being insured against under a mortgagee's interest marine insurance policy whether or not similar to the foregoing; and |
(b) | a mortgagee's interest additional perils insurance providing for the indemnification of the Creditor Parties against, among other things, any possible losses or other consequences of any Environmental Claim, including the risk of expropriation, arrest or any form of detention of a Ship, the imposition of any Security Interest over that Ship and/or any other matter capable of being insured against under a mortgagee's interest additional perils policy whether or not similar to the foregoing, and in an amount of up to 110 per cent. of the aggregate of (i) the Loan and (ii) any Swap Exposure, |
13.18 | Review of insurance requirements |
13.19 | Modification of insurance requirements |
13.20 | Compliance with mortgagee's instructions |
14 | SHIP COVENANTS |
14.1 | General |
14.2 | Ship's name and registration |
14.3 | Repair and classification |
(a) | consistent with first-class ship ownership and management practice; |
(b) | so as to maintain the highest class free of overdue recommendations and conditions, with a classification society which is a member of IACS (other than the China Classification Society and the Russian Maritime Registry of Shipping) and acceptable to the Agent; and |
(c) | so as to comply with all laws and regulations applicable to vessels registered at ports in the Approved Flag State or to vessels trading to any jurisdiction to which that Ship may trade from time to time, including but not limited to the ISM Code and the ISPS Code, |
14.4 | Classification society undertaking |
(a) | to send to the Security Trustee, following receipt of a written request from the Security Trustee, certified true copies of all original class records and any other related records held by the classification society in relation to the Ship owned by that Borrower; |
(b) | to allow the Security Trustee (or its agents), at any time and from time to time, to inspect the original class and related records of that Ship at the offices of the classification society and to take copies of them; |
(c) | to notify the Security Trustee immediately in writing if the classification society: |
(i) | receives notification from that Borrower or any person that that Ship's classification society is to be changed; or |
(ii) | becomes aware of any facts or matters which it is reasonably expected to have resulted in a change, suspension, discontinuance, withdrawal or expiry of that Ship's class under the rules or terms and conditions of that Borrower's or that Ship's membership of the classification society; |
(d) | following receipt of a written request from the Security Trustee: |
(i) | to confirm that that Borrower is not in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the classification society and, without limiting the foregoing, that it has paid in full all fees or other charges due and payable to the classification society; or |
(ii) | if that Borrower is in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the classification society, to specify to the Security Trustee in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances of such default, the consequences thereof, and any remedy period agreed or allowed by the classification society. |
14.5 | Modification |
14.6 | Removal of parts |
14.7 | Surveys |
14.8 | Inspection |
14.9 | Prevention of and release from arrest |
(a) | all liabilities which give or may give rise to maritime or possessory liens on or claims enforceable against the Ship owned by it, the Earnings or the Insurances; |
(b) | all taxes, dues and other amounts charged in respect of that Ship, the Earnings or the Insurances; and |
(c) | all other outgoings whatsoever in respect of that Ship, the Earnings or the Insurances, |
14.10 | Compliance with laws etc. |
(a) | comply, or procure compliance with the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws and all other laws or regulations relating to the Ship owned by it, its ownership, operation and management or to the business of that Borrower; |
(b) | not employ the Ship owned by it nor allow its employment in any manner contrary to any law or regulation in any relevant jurisdiction including but not limited to the ISM Code and the ISPS Code; and |
(c) | in the event of hostilities in any part of the world (whether war is declared or not), not cause or permit that Ship to enter or trade to any zone which is declared a war zone by any government or by the Ship's war risks insurers unless the prior written consent of the Security Trustee has been given and that Borrower has (at its expense) effected any special, additional or modified insurance cover which the Security Trustee may require. |
14.11 | Provision of information |
(a) | the Ship owned by it, its employment, position and engagements; |
(b) | the Earnings and payments and amounts due to the master and crew of that Ship; |
(c) | any expenses incurred, or likely to be incurred, in connection with the operation, maintenance or repair of that Ship and any payments made in respect of that Ship; |
(d) | any towages and salvages; and |
(e) | its compliance, either Approved Managers' compliance and the compliance of that Ship with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code, |
14.12 | Notification of certain events |
(a) | its entry into any agreement or arrangement for the postponement of any date on which any Earnings are due, the reduction of the amount of any Earnings or otherwise for the release or adverse alteration of any right of that Borrower to any Earnings; |
(b) | its entry into a demise charter in respect of that Ship for any period; |
(c) | its entry into any time or consecutive voyage charter in respect of that Ship for a term which exceeds, or which by virtue of any optional extensions may exceed, 12 months; immediately upon becoming aware of:- |
(d) | any casualty which is or is likely to be or to become a Major Casualty; |
(e) | any occurrence as a result of which the Ship owned by it has become or is, by the passing of time or otherwise, likely to become a Total Loss; |
(f) | any requirement, condition or overdue recommendation made by any insurer or classification society or by any competent authority which is not complied with within the time limits imposed by that insurer or classification society or authority; |
(g) | any arrest or detention of that Ship, any exercise or purported exercise of any lien on that Ship or its Earnings or any requisition of that Ship for hire; |
(h) | any scheduled dry docking of that Ship; |
(i) | any Environmental Claim made against that Borrower or in connection with that Ship, or any Environmental Incident; |
(j) | any claim for breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code being made against that Borrower, the Approved Managers or otherwise in connection with that Ship; or |
(k) | any other matter, event or incident, actual or threatened, the effect of which will or could lead to the ISM Code or the ISPS Code not being complied with, and that Borrower shall keep the Security Trustee advised in writing on a regular basis and in such detail as the Security Trustee shall require of that Borrower's, the Approved Managers' or any other person's response to any of those events or matters. |
14.13 | Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc. |
(a) | enter into any charter in relation to that Ship under which more than 2 months' hire (or the equivalent) is payable in advance; |
(b) | charter that Ship otherwise than on bona fide arm's length terms at the time when that Ship is fixed; |
(c) | appoint a manager of that Ship other than the Approved Managers or agree to any alteration to the terms of the Approved Managers' appointment; |
(d) | de-activate or lay up that Ship; or |
(e) | put that Ship into the possession of any person for the purpose of work being done upon it in an amount exceeding or likely to exceed $400,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency) unless that person has first given to the Security Trustee and in terms satisfactory to it a written undertaking not to exercise any lien on that Ship or its Earnings for the cost of such work or for any other reason. |
14.14 | Notice of Mortgage |
14.15 | Sharing of Earnings |
14.16 | ISPS Code |
(a) | procure that the Ship owned by it and the company responsible for that Ship's compliance with the ISPS Code comply with the ISPS Code; and |
(b) | maintain for that Ship an ISSC; and |
(c) | notify the Agent immediately in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the ISSC. |
14.17 | Charterparty Assignment |
(a) | promptly execute in favour of the Security Trustee a Charterparty Assignment in respect of that Assignable Charter (such Charterparty Assignment to be notified to, acknowledged by, the relevant charterer and any charter guarantor); and |
(b) | without limiting the generality of the above, if that Assignable Charter is a bareboat charter, procure that the bareboat charterer shall promptly execute in favour of the Security Trustee an assignment of (inter alia) all its rights, title and interest in and to the Insurances in respect of that Ship effected either by the Borrower owning that Ship or by the bareboat charterer and a letter of undertaking in favour of the Security Trustee whereby (inter alia) the interests of the bareboat charterer under the bareboat charter are fully subordinated to the interests of the Security Trustee and the other Creditor Parties under the Finance Documents, each to be in an Agreed Form, |
15 | SECURITY COVER |
15.1 | Minimum required security cover |
(a) | the aggregate of the Market Value of the Mortgaged Ships; plus |
(b) | the net realisable value of any additional security previously provided under this Clause 15, |
15.2 | Provision of additional security; prepayment |
15.3 | Valuation of Ships |
(a) | as at a date not more than 14 Business days previously; |
(b) | with or without physical inspection of that Ship (as the Agent may require); |
(c) | on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash on normal arm's length commercial terms as between a willing seller and a willing buyer, free of any existing charter or other contract of employment; and |
(d) | after deducting the estimated amount of the usual and reasonable expenses which would be incurred in connection with the sale, |
15.4 | Value of additional vessel security |
15.5 | Valuations binding |
15.6 | Provision of information |
15.7 | Payment of valuation expenses |
15.8 | Frequency of valuations |
16 | PAYMENTS AND CALCULATIONS |
16.1 | Currency and method of payments |
(a) | by not later than 11.00 a.m. (New York City time) on the due date; |
(b) | in same day Dollar funds settled through the New York Clearing House Interbank Payments System (or in such other Dollar funds and/or settled in such other manner as the Agent shall specify as being customary at the time for the settlement of international transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement); |
(c) | in the case of an amount payable by a Lender to the Agent or by either Borrower to the Agent or any Lender, to the account of the Agent at JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York (SWIFT Code CHASUS33) (Account No. 001-1-331 808 in favour of HSH Nordbank AG, Hamburg, SWIFT Code HSHNDEHH; Reference "Sea Glorius Shipping Co. et al") or to such other account with such other bank as the Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrowers and the other Creditor Parties; and |
(d) | in the case of an amount payable to the Security Trustee, to such account as it may from time to time notify to the Borrowers and the other Creditor Parties. |
16.2 | Payment on non-Business Day |
(a) | the due date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day; or |
(b) | if the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next calendar month, the due date shall be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day, and interest shall be payable during any extension under paragraph (a) at the rate payable on the original due date. |
16.3 | Basis for calculation of periodic payments |
16.4 | Distribution of payments to Creditor Parties |
(a) | any amount received by the Agent under a Finance Document for distribution or remittance to a Lender, the Swap Bank or the Security Trustee shall be made available by the Agent to that Lender, the Swap Bank or, as the case may be, the Security Trustee by payment, with funds having the same value as the funds received, to such account as the Lender, the Swap Bank or the Security Trustee may have notified to the Agent not less than 5 Business Days previously; and |
(b) | amounts to be applied in satisfying amounts of a particular category which are due to the Lenders and/or the Swap Bank generally shall be distributed by the Agent to each Lender and the Swap Bank pro rata to the amount in that category which is due to it. |
16.5 | Permitted deductions by Agent |
(a) | before making an amount available to a Lender or the Swap Bank, deduct and withhold from that amount any sum which is then due and payable to the Agent from that Lender or the Swap Bank under any Finance Document or any sum which the Agent is then entitled under any Finance Document to require that Lender or the Swap Bank to pay on demand; and |
(b) | (but not be obliged) from time to time to apply any balance standing to the credit of any Earnings Account in accordance and for the purposes set out in Clause 25. |
16.6 | Agent only obliged to pay when monies received |
16.7 | Refund to Agent of monies not received |
(a) | refund the sum in full to the Agent; and |
(b) | pay to the Agent the amount (as certified by the Agent) which will indemnify the Agent against any funding or other loss, liability or expense incurred by the Agent as a result of making the sum available before receiving it. |
16.8 | Agent may assume receipt |
16.9 | Creditor Party accounts |
16.10 | Agent's memorandum account |
16.11 | Accounts prima facie evidence |
17 | APPLICATION OF RECEIPTS |
17.1 | Normal order of application |
(a) | FIRST: in or towards satisfaction of any amounts then due and payable under the Finance Documents (other than under the Master Agreement) in the following order and proportions: |
(i) | first, in or towards satisfaction pro rata of all amounts then due and payable to the Creditor Parties under the Finance Documents (other than a Master Agreement) other than those amounts referred to at paragraphs (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) (including, but without limitation, all amounts payable by the Borrowers under Clauses 20, 21 and 22 of this Agreement or by the Borrowers or any Security Party under any corresponding or similar provision in any other Finance Document (other than the Master Agreement); |
(ii) | secondly, in or towards satisfaction pro rata of any and all amounts of interest or default interest payable to the Creditor Parties under the Finance Documents (other than under the Master Agreement); and |
(iii) | thirdly, in or towards satisfaction of the Loan; |
(b) | SECONDLY: in or towards satisfaction of any amounts then due and payable under the Master Agreement in the following order and proportions: |
(i) | first, in or towards satisfaction of all amounts then due and payable to the Swap Bank under the Master Agreement other than those amounts referred to at paragraphs (b)(ii) and (b)(iii); |
(ii) | secondly, in or towards satisfaction of any and all amounts of interest or default interest payable to the Swap Bank under the Master Agreement (and, for this purpose, the expression "interest" shall include any net amount which the Borrowers shall have become liable to pay or deliver under section 2(e) (Obligations) of the Master Agreement but shall have failed to pay or deliver to the Swap Bank at the time of application or distribution under this Clause 17); and |
(iii) | thirdly, in or towards satisfaction of the aggregate Swap Exposure (calculated as at the actual Early Termination Date applying to each particular Designated Transaction entered into under the Master Agreement, or if no such Early Termination Date shall have occurred, calculated as if an Early Termination Date occurred on the date of application or distribution hereunder and pro rata as between them); |
(c) | THIRDLY: in retention of an amount equal to any amount not then due and payable under any Finance Document (other than the Master Agreement) but which the Agent, by notice to the Borrowers, the Security Parties and the other Creditor Parties, states in its opinion will or may become due and payable in the future and, upon those amounts becoming due and payable, in or towards satisfaction of them in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Clause 17; |
(d) | FOURTHLY: in retention of an amount equal to any amount not then due under and payable under the Master Agreement but which the Swap Bank, by notice to the Borrowers, the Security Parties and the other Creditor Parties, states in its opinion will or may become due and payable in the future and, upon those amounts becoming due and payable, in or towards satisfaction of them in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Clause 17; and |
(e) | FIFTHLY: any surplus shall be paid to the Borrowers or to any other person appearing to be entitled to it. |
17.2 | Variation of order of application |
17.3 | Notice of variation of order of application |
17.4 | Appropriation rights overridden |
18 | APPLICATION OF EARNINGS; SWAP PAYMENTS |
18.1 | Payment of Earnings and swap payments |
(a) | it shall maintain the Earnings Accounts with the Agent; and |
(b) | all Earnings of the Ship owned by it are paid to the Earnings Account for that Ship. |
18.2 | Application of Earnings |
(a) | the Instalment due on that Repayment Date pursuant to Clause 8.1; or |
(b) | the amount of interest in respect of the Loan payable on that interest payment date, |
18.3 | Location of Earnings Accounts |
(a) | comply with any requirement of the Agent as to the location or re-location of its Earnings Account; and |
(b) | execute any documents which the Agent specifies to create or maintain in favour of the Security Trustee a Security Interest over (and/or rights of set-off, consolidation or other rights in relation to) it Earnings Account. |
18.4 | Debits for fees, expenses etc. |
18.5 | Borrowers' obligations unaffected |
(a) | the liability of the Borrowers to make payments of principal and interest on the due dates; or |
(b) | any other liability or obligation of the Borrowers or any Security Party under any Finance Document. |
18.6 | Restriction on withdrawal |
(a) | such withdrawal is permitted under the Finance Documents; and |
(b) | no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such withdrawal. Following the occurrence of an Event Default which is continuing all amounts shall remain in the Earnings Accounts and the Borrowers may only withdraw any balance with the prior written consent of the Agent (acting upon the instructions of the Majority Lenders) in order to satisfy the documented and properly incurred operating expenses of a Ship. |
19 | EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
19.1 | Events of Default |
(a) | either Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor fails to pay when due or (if so payable) on demand, within 5 Business Days of the due date of such payment, any sum payable under a Finance Document or under any document relating to a Finance Document; or |
(b) | any breach occurs of Clause 2.3, 8.9(c), 9.2, 11.2, 11.3, 11.17, 12.2, 12.3, 13.2, 15.2 or 18.1 or clause 11.16 (financial covenants) of the Corporate Guarantee); or |
(c) | any breach by either Borrower or any Security Party occurs of any provision of a Finance Document (other than a breach covered by paragraphs (a) or (b)) which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, is capable of remedy, and such default continues unremedied 15 Business Days (or any other applicable grace period agreed by the Agent) after written notice from the Agent requesting action to remedy the same; or |
(d) | (subject to any applicable grace period specified in the Finance Document) any breach by either Borrower or any Security Party occurs of any provision of a Finance Document (other than a breach falling within paragraphs (a), (b) or (c)); or |
(e) | any representation, warranty or statement made or repeated by, or by an officer of, a Borrower or a Security Party in a Finance Document or in a Drawdown Notice or any other notice or document relating to a Finance Document is untrue or misleading when it is made or repeated; or |
(f) | any of the following occurs in relation to any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person: |
(i) | any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person is not paid when due or, if so payable, on demand; or |
(ii) | any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person becomes due and payable or capable of being declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity date as a consequence of any event of default (howsoever described); or |
(iii) | any creditor of the Corporate Guarantor becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of the Corporate Guarantor in excess of $500,000, due and payable prior to its stated maturity date as a consequence of an event of default (howsoever described); or |
(iv) | a lease, hire purchase agreement or charter creating any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person is terminated by the lessor or owner or becomes capable of being terminated as a consequence of any termination event; or |
(v) | any overdraft, loan, note issuance, acceptance credit, letter of credit, guarantee, foreign exchange or other facility, or any swap or other derivative contract or transaction, relating to any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person ceases to be available or becomes capable of being terminated as a result of any event of default, or cash cover is required, or becomes capable of being required, in respect of such a facility as a result of any event of default; or |
(vi) | any Security Interest securing any Financial Indebtedness of a Relevant Person becomes enforceable; or |
(g) | any of the following occurs in relation to a Relevant Person: |
(i) | a Relevant Person becomes, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, unable to pay its debts as they fall due; or |
(ii) | any assets of a Relevant Person are subject to any form of execution, attachment, arrest, sequestration or distress or any form of freezing order, which in the case of Relevant Person other than a Borrower is in respect of a sum of, or sums aggregating $500,000 or more or the equivalent in any other currency; or |
(iii) | any administrative or other receiver is appointed over any asset of a Relevant Person, unless the relevant Person is actively taking action to remove such |
(iv) | an administrator is appointed (whether by the court or otherwise) in respect of a Relevant Person unless the relevant Person is actively taking action to remove such administrator and this is achieved within 7 days of its appointment; or |
(v) | any formal declaration of bankruptcy or any formal statement to the effect that a Relevant Person is insolvent or likely to become insolvent is made by a Relevant Person or by the directors of a Relevant Person or, in any proceedings, by a lawyer acting for a Relevant Person; or |
(vi) | a provisional liquidator is appointed in respect of a Relevant Person, a winding up order is made in relation to a Relevant Person (unless the relevant Person is actively taking action to remove such provisional liquidator or winding up order and this is achieved within 7 days of its appointment or of the date of the winding up order) or a winding up resolution is passed by a Relevant Person; or |
(vii) | a resolution is passed, an administration notice is given or filed, an application or petition to a court is made or presented or any other step is taken by (aa) a Relevant Person, (bb) the members or directors of a Relevant Person, (cc) a holder of Security Interests which together relate to all or substantially all of the assets of a Relevant Person, or (dd) a government minister or public or regulatory authority of a Pertinent Jurisdiction for or with a view to the winding up of that or another Relevant Person or the appointment of a provisional liquidator or administrator in respect of that or another Relevant Person, or that or another Relevant Person ceasing or suspending business operations or payments to creditors, unless in the case of (cc) or (dd) either (1) the application or petition is dismissed or withdrawn within 14 days of being made or presented, or (2) within 14 days of the administration notice being given or filed, or the other relevant steps being taken, other action is taken which will ensure that there will be no administration and (in both cases (1) and (2)) the Relevant Person will continue to carry on business int he ordinary way and without being the subject of any actual, interim or pending insolvency law procedure) save that this paragraph does not apply to a fully solvent winding up of a Relevant Person other than a Borrower or the Corporate Guarantor which is, or is to be, effected for the purposes of an amalgamation or reconstruction previously approved by the Majority Lenders and effected not later than 3 months after the commencement of the winding up; or |
(viii) | an administration notice is given or filed, an application or petition to a court is made or presented or any other step is taken by a creditor of a Relevant Person (other than a holder of Security Interests which together relate to all or substantially all of the assets of a Relevant Person) for the winding up of a Relevant Person or the appointment of a provisional liquidator or administrator in respect of a Relevant Person in any Pertinent Jurisdiction, unless the proposed winding up, appointment of a provisional liquidator or administration is being contested in good faith, on substantial grounds and not with a view to some other insolvency law procedure being implemented instead and either (aa) the application or petition is dismissed or withdrawn within 30 days of being made or presented, or (bb) within 30 days of the administration notice being given or filed, or the other relevant steps being taken, other action is taken which will ensure that there will be no administration and (in both cases (aa) or (bb)) the Relevant Person will continue to carry on business in the ordinary way and without being the subject of any actual, interim or pending insolvency law procedure; or |
(ix) | a Relevant Person or its directors take any steps (whether by making or presenting an application or petition to a court, or submitting or presenting a document setting out a proposal or proposed terms, or otherwise) with a view to obtaining, in relation to that or another Relevant Person, any form of moratorium, suspension or deferral |
(x) | any meeting of the members or directors, or of any committee of the board or senior management, of a Relevant Person is held or summoned for the purpose of considering a resolution or proposal to authorise or take any action of a type described in paragraphs (iv) to (ix) or a step preparatory to such action, or (with or without such a meeting) the members, directors or such a committee resolve or agree that such an action or step should be taken or should be taken if certain conditions materialise or fail to materialise; or |
(xi) | in a country other than England, any event occurs, any proceedings are opened or commenced or any step is taken which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders is similar to any of the foregoing; or |
(h) | either Borrower or any Security Party ceases or suspends carrying on its business or a part of its business which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, is material in the context of this Agreement; or |
(i) | it becomes unlawful in any Pertinent Jurisdiction or impossible: |
(i) | for either Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor or any other Security Party to discharge any liability under a Finance Document or to comply with any other obligation which the Majority Lenders consider material under a Finance Document; or |
(ii) | for the Agent, the Security Trustee, the Lenders or the Swap Bank to exercise or enforce any right under, or to enforce any Security Interest created by, a Finance Document; or |
(j) | any official consent necessary to enable either Borrower to own, operate or charter its Ship or to enable either Borrower or any Security Party to comply with any provision which the Majority Lenders consider material of a Finance Document or an Underlying Document is not granted, expires without being renewed, is revoked or becomes liable to revocation or any condition of such a consent is not fulfilled; |
(k) | it appears to the Majority Lenders that, without their prior consent, (i) a change has occurred or probably has occurred after the date of this Agreement in the direct or indirect legal or beneficial ownership of any of the shares in either Borrower or any other Security Party (other than the Corporate Guarantor) or in the control of the voting rights attaching to any of those shares or (ii) there is a change in control of the Corporate Guarantor; |
(l) | any provision which the Majority Lenders consider material of a Finance Document proves to have been or becomes invalid or unenforceable, or a Security Interest created by a Finance Document proves to have been or becomes invalid or unenforceable or such a Security Interest proves to have ranked after, or loses its priority to, another Security Interest or any other third party claim or interest (other than a Permitted Encumbrance); or |
(m) | the security constituted by a Finance Document is in any way imperilled or in jeopardy; or |
(n) | any of the following occurs in relation to the Master Agreement: |
(i) | notice of an Early Termination Date is given by the Lender under Section 6(a) of the Master Agreement; or |
(ii) | a person entitled to do so gives notice of Early Termination Date under Section 6(b) of the Master Agreement; or |
(iii) | an Event of Default which is continuing (as defined in Section 5 of the Master Agreement) occurs; or |
(iv) | the Master Agreement is terminated, cancelled, suspended, rescinded or revoked or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect for any reason except with the consent of the Lender; or |
(o) | any other event occurs or any other circumstances arise or develop including, without limitation: |
(i) | a change in the financial position, state of affairs or prospects of either Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor, any other Security Party; or |
(ii) | the commencement of legal or administrative action involving a Borrower, a Ship or any Security Party; or |
(iii) | the withdrawal of any material license or governmental or regulatory approval in respect of a Ship, a Borrower or either Borrower's business (unless such withdrawal can be contested with the effect of suspension and is in fact so contested in good faith by the Borrowers), |
19.2 | Actions following an Event of Default |
(a) | the Agent may, and if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, the Agent shall: |
(i) | serve on the Borrowers a notice stating that the Commitments and all other obligations of each Lender to the Borrowers under this Agreement are cancelled; and/or |
(ii) | serve on the Borrowers a notice stating that the Loan or any part thereof, all or any accrued interest and all or any other amounts accrued or owing under this Agreement are immediately due and payable or are due and payable on demand; and/or |
(iii) | take any other action which, as a result of the Event of Default or any notice served under paragraph (i) or (ii), the Agent and/or the Lenders are entitled to take under any Finance Document or any applicable law; and/or |
(b) | the Security Trustee may, and if so instructed by the Agent, acting with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders, the Security Trustee shall take any action which, as a result of the Event of Default or any notice served under paragraph (a)(i) or (a)(ii), the Security Trustee, the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arranger and/or the Lenders and/or the Swap Bank are entitled to take under any Finance Document or any applicable law. |
19.3 | Termination of Commitments |
19.4 | Acceleration of Loan |
19.5 | Multiple notices; action without notice |
19.6 | Notification of Creditor Parties and Security Parties |
19.7 | Creditor Party's rights unimpaired |
19.8 | Exclusion of Creditor Party liability |
(a) | for any loss caused by an exercise of rights under, or enforcement of a Security Interest created by, a Finance Document or by any failure or delay to exercise such a right or to enforce such a Security Interest; or |
(b) | as mortgagee in possession or otherwise, for any income or principal amount which might have been produced by or realised from any asset comprised in such a Security Interest or for any reduction (however caused) in the value of such an asset, |
19.9 | Relevant Persons |
19.10 | Interpretation |
19.11 | Position of Swap Bank |
20 | FEES AND EXPENSES |
20.1 | Arrangement fee |
(a) | $246,433.36 of which was paid on 1 October 2014; and |
(b) | $375,000, to be paid on the earlier of (a) the date falling three months after the first Drawdown Date to occur under this Agreement and (b) 30 November 2015. |
20.2 | Costs of negotiation, preparation etc. |
20.3 | Costs of variations, amendments, enforcement etc. |
(a) | any amendment or supplement (or any proposal for such an amendment or supplement) requested (or, in the case of a proposal, made) by or on behalf of the Borrowers and relating to a Finance Document or any other Pertinent Document; |
(b) | any consent, waiver or suspension of rights by the Lenders, the Swap Bank, the Majority Lenders or the Creditor Party concerned or any proposal for any of the foregoing requested (or, in the case of a proposal, made) by or on behalf of the Borrowers under or in connection with a Finance Document or any other Pertinent Document; |
(c) | the valuation of any security provided or offered under Clause 15 or any other matter relating to such security; or |
(d) | any step taken by the Lender concerned or the Swap Bank with a view to the preservation, protection, exercise or enforcement of any rights or Security Interest created by a Finance Document or for any similar purpose including, without limitation, any proceedings to recover or retain proceeds of enforcement or any other proceedings following enforcement proceedings until the date all outstanding indebtedness to the Creditor Parties under the Finance Documents, the Master Agreement and any other Pertinent Document is repaid in full. |
20.4 | Documentary taxes |
20.5 | Certification of amounts |
20.6 | Extraordinary management time |
21 | INDEMINITIES |
21.1 | Indemnities regarding borrowing and repayment of Loan |
(a) | an Advance not being borrowed on the date specified in the relevant Drawdown Notice for any reason other than a default by the Lender claiming the indemnity after that Drawdown Notice has been served in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; |
(b) | the receipt or recovery of all or any part of the Loan or an overdue sum otherwise than on the last day of an Interest Period or other relevant period; |
(c) | any failure (for whatever reason) by the Borrowers (or any of them) to make payment of any amount due under a Finance Document on the due date or, if so payable, on demand (after giving credit for any default interest paid by the Borrowers on the amount concerned under Clause 7); and |
(d) | the occurrence and/or continuance of an Event of Default and/or the acceleration of repayment of the Loan under Clause 19 (including, without limitation, any costs, expenses or liabilities incurred by a Creditor Party in relation to any Insurances taken or arranged by that Creditor Party following the occurrence of an Event of Default in relation to port risks, crew liability insurance or any other type of insurance), and in respect of any tax (other than tax on its overall net income) for which a Creditor Party is liable in connection with any amount paid or payable to that Creditor Party (whether for its own account or otherwise) under any Finance Document. |
21.2 | Break Costs |
(a) | the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers of a notice it receives from a Notifying Lender under this Clause 21.2; |
(b) | the Borrowers shall, within 3 Business Days of the Agent's demand, pay to the Agent for the account of the Notifying Lender the amount of such Break Costs; and |
(c) | the Notifying Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, following a request by the Borrowers, provide a certificate confirming the amount of the Notifying Lender's Break Costs for the Interest Period in which they accrue, such certificate to be, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive and binding on the Borrowers. |
(i) | the interest which the Notifying Lender, should have received in respect of the sum received or recovered from the date of receipt or recovery of such Payment to the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to the sum received or recovered had such Payment been made on the last day of such Interest Period; |
(ii) | the amount which the Notifying Lender, would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to such Payment on deposit with a leading bank in the London Interbank Market for a period commencing on the Business Day following receipt or recovery of such Payment (as the case may be) and ending on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to the sum received or recovered. |
21.3 | Other breakage costs |
21.4 | Miscellaneous indemnities |
(a) | any action taken, or omitted or neglected to be taken, under or in connection with any Finance Document by the Agent, the Security Trustee or any other Creditor Party or by any receiver appointed under a Finance Document; |
(b) | investigating any event which the Creditor Party concerned reasonably believes constitutes an Event of Default; |
(c) | acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which the Creditor Party concerned reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; or |
(d) | any other Pertinent Matter, other than claims, expenses, liabilities and losses which are shown to have been directly and mainly caused by the dishonesty, gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the officers or employees of the Creditor Party concerned. |
21.5 | Environmental and other indemnities |
21.6 | Currency indemnity |
(a) | making, filing or lodging any claim or proof against a Borrower or any Security Party, whether in its liquidation, any arrangement involving it or otherwise; or |
(b) | obtaining an order, judgment or award from any court or other tribunal in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings; or |
(c) | enforcing any such order, judgment or award, |
21.7 | Application to Master Agreement |
21.8 | Certification of amounts |
21.9 | Sums deemed due to a Lender |
22 | NO SET-OFF OR TAX DEDUCTION |
22.1 | No deductions |
(a) | without any form of set off, counter-claim or condition; and |
(b) | free and clear of any tax deduction except a tax deduction which a Borrower is required by law to make. |
22.2 | Grossing-up for taxes |
(a) | that Borrower shall notify the Agent as soon as it becomes aware of the requirement; |
(b) | the amount due in respect of the payment shall be increased by the amount necessary to ensure that, after the making of such tax deduction, each Creditor Party receives on the due date for such payment (and retains free from any liability relating to the tax deduction) a net amount which is equal to the full amount which it would have received had no such tax deduction been required to be made; and |
(c) | that Borrower shall pay the full amount of the tax required to be deducted to the appropriate taxation authority promptly in accordance with the relevant law, regulation or regulatory requirement, and in any event before any fine or penalty arises.. |
22.3 | Indemnity and evidence of payment of taxes |
(a) | the Creditor Party has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit; |
(b) | the Creditor Party shall not be obliged to allocate to this transaction any part of a tax repayment or credit which is referable to a class or number of transactions; |
(c) | nothing in this Clause 22.4 shall oblige a Creditor Party to arrange its tax affairs in any particular manner, to claim any type of relief, credit, allowance or deduction instead of, or in priority to, another or to make any such claim within any particular time; |
(d) | nothing in this Clause 22.4 shall oblige a Creditor Party to make a payment which would leave it in a worse position than it would have been in if that Borrower had not been required to make a tax deduction from a payment; and |
22.5 | Exclusion of tax on overall net income |
22.6 | Application to Master Agreement |
23 | ILLEGALITY, ETC |
23.1 | Illegality |
(a) | unlawful or prohibited as a result of the introduction of a new law, an amendment to an existing law or a change in the manner in which an existing law is or will be interpreted or applied; or |
(b) | contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation, for the Notifying Lender to perform, maintain or give effect to any of its obligations under this Agreement in the manner contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or maintain the Loan. |
23.2 | Notification of illegality |
23.3 | Prepayment; termination of Commitment |
24 | INCREASED COSTS |
24.1 | Increased costs |
(a) | the introduction or alteration after the date of this Agreement of a law or an alteration after the date of this Agreement in the manner in which a law is interpreted or applied (disregarding any effect which relates to the application to payments under this Agreement of a tax on the Lender's overall net income); or |
(b) | complying with any regulation (including any which relates to capital adequacy or liquidity controls or which affects the manner in which the Notifying Lender allocates capital resources to its obligations under this Agreement) which is introduced, or altered, or the interpretation or application of which is altered, after the date of this Agreement; or |
(c) | the implementation or application of or compliance with the "International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004 in the form existing on the date of this Agreement (the "Basel II Accord") or any other law or regulation implementing the Basel II Accord or any of the approaches provided for and allowed to be used by banks under or in connection with the Basel II Accord, in each case when compared to the cost of complying with such regulations as determined by the Agent (or parent company of it) on the date of this Agreement (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, supervisory authority, the Notifying Lender or its holding company); or |
(d) | the implementation or application of or compliance with Basel III or any law or regulation which implements or applies Basel III (regardless of the date on which it is enacted, adopted or issued and regardless of whether any such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, the Notifying Lender or any of its affiliates) is that the Notifying Lender (or a parent company of it), the Notifying Lender (or a parent company of it) has incurred or will incur an "increased cost". |
24.2 | Meaning of "increased cost" |
(a) | an additional or increased cost incurred as a result of, or in connection with, the Notifying Lender having entered into, or being a party to, this Agreement or a Transfer Certificate, of funding or maintaining its Commitment or Contribution or performing its obligations under this Agreement, or of having outstanding all or any part of its Contribution or other unpaid sums; |
(b) | a reduction in the amount of any payment to the Notifying Lender under this Agreement or in the effective return which such a payment represents to the Notifying Lender or on its capital; |
(c) | an additional or increased cost of funding all or maintaining all or any of the advances comprised in a class of advances formed by or including the Notifying Lender's Contribution or (as the case may require) the proportion of that cost attributable to the Contribution; or |
(d) | a liability to make a payment, or a return foregone, which is calculated by reference to any amounts received or receivable by the Notifying Lender under this Agreement, but not an item attributable to a change in the rate of tax on the overall net income of the Notifying Lender (or a parent company of it) or an item covered by the indemnity for tax in Clause 21.1 or by Clause 22. |
24.3 | Notification to Borrowers of claim for increased costs |
24.4 | Payment of increased costs |
24.5 | Notice of prepayment |
24.6 | Prepayment; termination of Commitment |
(a) | on the date on which the Agent serves that notice, the Commitment of the Notifying Lender shall be cancelled; and |
(b) | on the date specified in its notice of intended prepayment, the Borrowers shall prepay (without premium or penalty) the Notifying Lender's Contribution, together with accrued interest thereon at the applicable rate plus the Margin and the Mandatory Cost (if any). |
24.7 | Application of prepayment |
24.8 | Mitigation |
(a) | If circumstances arise which would result in the Borrowers having to make an increased payment under Clause 24.1 (increased costs) to the Agent, then the Notifying Lender shall use reasonable endeavours to transfer its obligations, liabilities and rights under this Agreement and the Finance Documents to another office or financial institution not affected by the circumstances but the relevant Credit Party shall not be under any obligation to take any such action if, in its opinion, to do would or might: |
(i) | have an adverse effect on its business, operations or financial condition; or |
(ii) | involve it in any activity which is unlawful or prohibited or any activity that is contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation; or |
(iii) | involve it in any expense (unless indemnified to its satisfaction) or tax disadvantage; and |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of the Borrowers under the Finance Documents. |
25 | SET-OFF |
25.1 | Application of credit balances |
(a) | apply any balance (whether or not then due) which at any time stands to the credit of any account in the name of a Borrower at any office in any country of that Creditor Party in or towards satisfaction of any sum then due from that Borrower to that Creditor Party under any of the Finance Documents; and |
(b) | for that purpose: |
(i) | break, or alter the maturity of, all or any part of a deposit of that Borrower; |
(ii) | convert or translate all or any part of a deposit or other credit balance into Dollars; and |
(iii) | enter into any other transaction or make any entry with regard to the credit balance which the Creditor Party concerned considers appropriate. |
25.2 | Existing rights unaffected |
25.3 | Sums deemed due to a Lender |
25.4 | No Security Interest |
26 | TRANSFERS AND CHANGES IN LENDING OFFICES |
26.1 | Transfer by Borrower |
26.2 | Transfer by a Lender |
(a) | its rights in respect of all or part of its Contribution; or |
(b) | its obligations in respect of all or part of its Commitment; or |
(c) | a combination of (a) and (b); or |
(d) | all or part of its credit risk under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents, |
26.3 | Transfer Certificate, delivery and notification |
(a) | sign the Transfer Certificate on behalf of itself, the Borrowers, the Security Parties, the Security Trustee and each of the other Lenders and the Swap Bank; |
(b) | on behalf of the Transferee Lender, send to each Borrower and each Security Party letters or faxes notifying them of the Transfer Certificate and attaching a copy of it; and |
(c) | send to the Transferee Lender copies of the letters or faxes sent under paragraph (b) above. |
26.4 | Effective Date of Transfer Certificate |
26.5 | No transfer without Transfer Certificate |
26.6 | Lender re-organisation; waiver of Transfer Certificate |
26.7 | Effect of Transfer Certificate |
(a) | to the extent specified in the Transfer Certificate, all rights and interests (present, future or contingent) which the Transferor Lender has under or by virtue of the Finance Documents (other than the Master Agreement) are assigned to the Transferee Lender absolutely, free of any defects in the Transferor Lender's title and of any rights or equities which either Borrower or any Security Party had against the Transferor Lender; |
(b) | the Transferor Lender's Commitment is discharged to the extent specified in the Transfer Certificate; |
(c) | the Transferee Lender becomes a Lender with the Contribution previously held by the Transferor Lender and a Commitment of an amount specified in the Transfer Certificate; |
(d) | the Transferee Lender becomes bound by all the provisions of the Finance Documents (other than the Master Agreement) which are applicable to the Lenders generally, including those about pro-rata sharing and the exclusion of liability on the part of, and the indemnification of, the Agent and the Security Trustee and, to the extent that the Transferee Lender becomes bound by those provisions (other than those relating to exclusion of liability), the Transferor Lender ceases to be bound by them; |
(e) | any part of the Loan which the Transferee Lender advances after the Transfer Certificate's effective date ranks in point of priority and security in the same way as it would have ranked had it been advanced by the transferor, assuming that any defects in the transferor's title and any rights or equities of either Borrower or any Security Party against the Transferor Lender had not existed; |
(f) | the Transferee Lender becomes entitled to all the rights under the Finance Documents (other than the Master Agreement) which are applicable to the Lenders generally, including but not limited to those relating to the Majority Lenders and those under Clause 5.7 and Clause 20, and to the extent that the Transferee Lender becomes entitled to such rights, the Transferor Lender ceases to be entitled to them; and |
(g) | in respect of any breach of a warranty, undertaking, condition or other provision of a Finance Document or any misrepresentation made in or in connection with a Finance Document (other than the Master Agreement), the Transferee Lender shall be entitled to recover damages by reference to the loss incurred by it as a result of the breach or misrepresentation, irrespective of whether the original Lender would have incurred a loss of that kind or amount. |
26.8 | Maintenance of register of Lenders |
26.9 | Reliance on register of Lenders |
26.10 | Authorisation of Agent to sign Transfer Certificates |
26.11 | Registration fee |
26.12 | Sub-participation; subrogation assignment |
26.13 | Sub-division, split, modification or re-tranching |
26.14 | Disclosure of information |
(a) | provide the Creditor Parties (or any of them) with all information deemed, reasonably, necessary by the Creditor Parties (or any of them) for the purposes of any transfer, syndication or sub-participation to be effected pursuant to this Clause 26; and |
(b) | procure that the directors and officers of each Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor or any other Security Party, are available to participate in any meeting with any Transferee Lender or any rating agency at such times and places as the Creditor Parties may reasonably request on notice (to be served on the Borrowers reasonably in advance) to that Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor or that Security Party. |
26.15 | Change of lending office |
(a) | the date on which the Agent receives the notice; and |
(b) | the date, if any, specified in the notice as the date on which the change will come into effect. |
26.16 | Notification |
26.17 | Security over Lenders' rights |
26.18 | Replacement of Reference Bank |
27 | VARIATIONS AND WAIVERS |
27.1 | Required consents |
(a) | Subject to Clause 27.2 (Exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Borrowers and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Creditor Parties and the Borrowers. |
(b) | Any instructions given by the Majority Lenders will be binding on all the Creditor Parties. |
(c) | The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Creditor Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause. |
27.2 | Exceptions |
(a) | An amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates to: |
(i) | the definition of "Majority Lenders" or "Finance Documents" in Clause 1.1 (Definitions); |
(ii) | an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents; |
(iii) | a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest fees, commission or other amount payable under any of the Finance Documents; |
(iv) | an increase in or an extension of any Lender's Commitment; |
(v) | any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders; or |
(vi) | Clause 3 (Position of the Lenders and Swap Banks), Clause 11.5 (Information provided to be accurate), 11.6 (Provision of financial statements) and 11.7 (Form of financial statements), Clause 26 (Transfers and Changes in Lending Offices) or this Clause 27.2; |
(vii) | any release of any Security Interest, guarantee, indemnities or subordination arrangement created by any Finance Document; |
(viii) | any change of the currency in which the Loan is provided or any amount is payable under any of the Finance Documents; |
(ix) | extend the Availability Period; and |
(x) | change clauses 22 (No Set-Off or Tax Deduction) and 16.4 (Distribution of payment to Creditor Parties), |
(b) | An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent, the Arranger or the Security Trustee may not be effected without the consent of the Agent, the Arranger or the Security Trustee, as the case may be. |
27.3 | Exclusion of other or implied variations |
(a) | a provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document; or |
(b) | an Event of Default; or |
(c) | a breach by a Borrower or a Security Party of an obligation under a Finance Document or the general law; or |
(d) | any right or remedy conferred by any Finance Document or by the general law, |
27.4 | Deemed consent |
28 | NOTICES |
28.1 | General |
28.2 | Addresses for communications |
(a) to the Borrowers:
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16 Grigoriou Lambraki Street
(Emporiko Kentro Premiera) Second Floor 16674 Glyfada, Athens Greece Fax No: +30 210 9638404
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for the attention of:
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Chief Executive Officer
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(b) to a Lender:
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At the address below its name in Schedule 1 or (as the case may require) in the relevant Transfer Certificate.
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for the attention of:
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the Manager
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(c) to the Agent and Security Trustee:
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HSH Nordbank AG
Credit Risk Management Europe & Offshore Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz 50 20095 Hamburg Germany Fax No: +49 40 3333 34118 |
(d) to the Swap Bank:
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Martensdamm 6
D-24103 Kiel Germany |
Fax No: +49 40 3333 34086
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28.3 | Effective date of notices |
(a) | a notice which is delivered personally or posted shall be deemed to be served, and shall take effect, at the time when it is delivered; and |
(b) | a notice which is sent by fax shall be deemed to be served, and shall take effect, 2 hours after its transmission is completed. |
28.4 | Service outside business hours |
(a) | on a day which is not a business day in the place of receipt; or |
(b) | on such a business day, but after 5 p.m. local time, the notice shall (subject to Clause 28.5) be deemed to be served, and shall take effect, at 9 a.m. on the next day which is such a business day. |
28.5 | Illegible notices |
28.6 | Valid notices |
(a) | the failure to serve it in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement or other Finance Document, as the case may be, has not caused any party to suffer any significant loss or prejudice; or |
(b) | in the case of incorrect and/or incomplete contents, it should have been reasonably clear to the party on which the notice was served what the correct or missing particulars should have been. |
28.7 | Electronic communication |
(a) | agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication; |
(b) | notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and |
(c) | notify each other of any change to their respective addresses or any other such information supplied to them. |
28.8 | English language |
28.9 | Meaning of "notice" |
29 | JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY |
29.1 | General |
29.2 | No impairment of a Borrower's obligations |
(a) | this Agreement being or later becoming void, unenforceable or illegal as regards the other Borrowers |
(b) | any Lender, the Swap Bank or the Security Trustee entering into any rescheduling, refinancing or other arrangement of any kind with the other Borrower; |
(c) | any Lender, the Swap Bank or the Security Trustee releasing the other Borrower or any Security Interest created by a Finance Document; or |
(d) | any combination of the foregoing. |
29.3 | Principal debtors |
29.4 | Subordination |
(a) | claim any amount which may be due to it from the other Borrower whether in respect of a payment made, or matter arising out of, this Agreement or any Finance Document, or any matter unconnected with this Agreement or any Finance Document; or |
(b) | take or enforce any form of security from the other Borrower for such an amount, or in any other way seek to have recourse in respect of such an amount against any asset of the other Borrower; or |
(c) | set off such an amount against any sum due from it to the other Borrower; or |
(d) | prove or claim for such an amount in any liquidation, administration, arrangement or similar procedure involving the other Borrower or other Security Party; or |
(e) | exercise or assert any combination of the foregoing. |
29.5 | Borrowers' required action |
30 | SUPPLEMENTAL |
30.1 | Rights cumulative, non-exclusive |
(a) | cumulative; |
(b) | may be exercised as often as appears expedient; and |
(c) | shall not, unless a Finance Document explicitly and specifically states so, be taken to exclude or limit any right or remedy conferred by any law. |
30.2 | Severability of provisions |
30.3 | Counterparts |
30.4 | Third party rights |
30.5 | Benefit and binding effect |
31 | LAW AND JURISDICTION |
31.1 | English law |
31.2 | Exclusive English jurisdiction |
31.3 | Choice of forum for the exclusive benefit of the Creditor Parties |
(a) | to commence proceedings in relation to any Dispute in the courts of any country other than England and which have or claim jurisdiction to that Dispute; and |
(b) | to commence such proceedings in the courts of any such country or countries concurrently with or in addition to proceedings in England or without commencing proceedings in England. |
31.4 | Process agent |
31.5 | Creditor Party rights unaffected |
31.6 | Meaning of "proceedings" and "Dispute" |
Lender
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Lending Office
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Commitment
(US Dollars) |
HSH Nordbank AG
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Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz 50
20095 Hamburg
Germany
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44,430,400
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To: | HSH Nordbank AG Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz 50 20095 Hamburg Germany |
1 | We refer to the loan agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated [l]- 2015 and made between ourselves, as joint and several Borrowers, the Lenders referred to therein, and yourselves as Agent, Mandated Lead Arranger, as Security Trustee and as Swap Bank in connection with a secured term loan facility of up to $44,430,400. Terms defined in the Loan Agreement have their defined meanings when used in this Drawdown Notice. |
2 | We request to borrow as follows: |
(a) | Advance [A, Tranche A]/[Advance A, Tranche B], [Advance B, Tranche A], [Advance B, Tranche B]; |
(b) | Amount of Advance: $[l]; |
(c) | Drawdown Date: [l]; |
(d) | Duration of the first Interest Period shall be [l] months; and |
(e) | Payment instructions : account in our name and numbered [l] with [l] of [l]. |
3 | We represent and warrant that: |
(a) | the representations and warranties in Clause 10 of the Loan Agreement would remain true and not misleading if repeated on the date of this notice with reference to the circumstances now existing; and |
(b) | no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from the borrowing of that Advance. |
4 | This notice cannot be revoked without the prior consent of the Majority Lenders. |
[Name of Signatory]
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[Name of Signatory]
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[Director]
for and on behalf of SEA GLORIUS SHIPPING CO. |
[Director]
for and on behalf of SEA GENIUS SHIPPING CO. |
1 | A duly executed original of: |
(a) | this Agreement; |
(b) | the Master Agreement; |
(c) | the Master Agreement Assignment; |
(d) | the Shares Pledges; |
(e) | the Corporate Guarantee; |
(f) | the Agency and Trust Agreement; and |
(g) | Account Pledges. |
2 | Copies of the certificate of incorporation and constitutional documents of each Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor and any other Security Party and any company registration documents in respect of either Borrower and any Security Party (including, without limitation, any corporate register excerpts) required by the Agent. |
3 | Copies of resolutions of the directors and shareholders of each Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor and any other Security Party (other than the Approved Manager) authorising the execution of each of the Finance Documents to which each is a party and, in the case of the Borrowers, authorising named representatives to give the Drawdown Notices and other notices under this Agreement and ratifying the execution of the relevant MOA. |
4 | The original of any power of attorney under which any Finance Document is executed on behalf of a Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor and any other Security Party (other than the Approved Manager). |
5 | Copies of all consents which either Borrower or any Security Party requires to enter into, or make any payment under, any Finance Document or any Underlying Document. |
6 | Certified true copies of each Underlying Document duly executed by the parties thereto duly executed by the parties thereto. |
7 | Such documentary evidence as the Agent and its legal advisers may require in relation to the due authorisation and execution by the parties to each Underlying Document and of all documents to be executed by the parties thereto under that Underlying Document. |
8 | The originals of any mandates or other documents required in connection with the opening or operation of the Earnings Accounts. |
9 | Documentary evidence that the agent for service of process named in Clause 31 has accepted its appointment. |
10 | Any documents required by the Agent in respect of each Borrower, the Corporate Guarantor and any other Security Party (and their respective shareholders) to satisfy the Lenders' "know your customer" and money laundering requirements. |
11 | Favourable legal opinions from lawyers appointed by the Agent on such matters concerning the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and such other relevant jurisdictions as the Agent may require. |
12 | A Group structure chart in an Agreed Form. |
13 | If the Agent so requires, in respect of any of the documents referred to above, a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved by the Agent. |
(a) | "Relevant Borrower" means the Borrower which is the owner of the Relevant Ship; and |
(b) | "Relevant Ship" means each Ship which is relevant to the Advance being borrowed on the relevant Drawdown Date. |
1 | A duly executed original of the Mortgage, the General Assignment and any Charterparty Assignment (and of each document to be delivered by each of them), each in respect of the Relevant Ship and the Relevant Borrower. |
2 | Documentary evidence that: |
(a) | the Relevant Ship has been unconditionally delivered by the Seller to, and accepted by, the relevant Borrower under the relevant MOA and the Contract Price payable under that MOA (in addition to the part to be financed by the relevant Advance) has been duly paid in full (together with a copy of each of the documents delivered by the relevant Seller to the Relevant Borrower under that MOA (including but not limited to, the bill of sale, the commercial invoice and the protocol of delivery and acceptance); |
(b) | the Relevant Ship has been deleted from the flag of the Isle of Man and is definitively and, at least, provisionally registered in the name of the Relevant Borrower under an Approved Flag; |
(c) | the Relevant Ship is in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of the Relevant Borrower save as contemplated by the Finance Documents; |
(d) | the Relevant Ship maintains the class specified in Clause 14.3(b) with a first class classification society which is a member of IACS (other than China Classification Society and the Russian Maritime Registry of Shipping) as the Agent may approve free of all overdue recommendations and conditions of such classification society; |
(e) | the Mortgage relating to each Relevant Ship has been duly registered or recorded against that Ship as a valid first preferred or, as the case may be, priority mortgage in accordance with the laws of the Approved Flag State; and |
(f) | the Relevant Ship is insured in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and all requirements therein in respect of insurances have been complied with. |
3 | Documents establishing that each Relevant Ship will, as from the relevant Drawdown Date, be managed by the Approved Managers on terms acceptable to the Lenders, together with: |
(a) | each Approved Manager's Undertaking relative thereto; |
(b) | copies of the Approved Managers' Document of Compliance, that Ship's Safety Management Certificate (together with any other details of the applicable safety management system which the Agent requires); and |
(c) | a copy of the ISSC in respect of the Relevant Ship. |
4 | A favourable opinion from an independent insurance consultant acceptable to the Agent on such matters relating to the insurances for the Relevant Ship as the Agent may require. |
5 | Favourable legal opinions from lawyers appointed by the Agent on such matters concerning the law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and such other relevant jurisdictions as the Agent may require. |
6 | The audited financial statements for the Borrowers and the Corporate Guarantor for the financial year ended on 31 December 2014. |
7 | If the Agent so requires, in respect of any of the documents referred to above, a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved by the Agent. |
1 | The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the Financial Services Authority (or any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) or (b) the requirements of the European Central Bank. |
2 | On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the "Additional Cost Rate") for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders' Additional Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant Advance) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum. |
3 | The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a lending office in a Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Agent. This percentage will be certified by that Lender in its notice to the Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that Lender's participation in all Advances made from that lending office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from that lending office. |
4 | The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a lending office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Agent as follows: |
E | is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules and is calculated by the Agent as being the average of the most recent rates of charge supplied by the Lenders to the Agent pursuant to paragraph 6 below and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000. |
5 | For the purposes of this Schedule: |
(a) | "Eligible Liabilities" and "Special Deposits" have the meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of England; |
(b) | "Fees Rules" means the rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits; |
(c) | "Fee Tariffs" means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount rate); |
(d) | "Participating Member State" means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to European Monetary Union; and |
(e) | "Tariff Base" has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules. |
6 | If requested by the Agent, each Lender shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Agent, the rate of charge payable by that Lender to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by that Lender as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to that Lender for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of that Lender. |
7 | Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Agent for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information in writing on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender: |
(a) | the jurisdiction of its lending office; and |
(b) | any other information that the Agent may reasonably require for such purpose. |
8 | The rates of charge of each Lender for the purpose of E above shall be determined by the Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant to paragraph 6 above and on the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies the Agent to the contrary, each Lender's obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and special Deposits are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a lending office in the same jurisdiction as its lending office. |
9 | The Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination results in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender pursuant to paragraphs 3, 6 and 7 above is true and correct in all respects. |
10 | The Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender pursuant to paragraphs 3, 6 and 7 above. |
11 | Any determination by the Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties. |
12 | The Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Borrowers and the Lenders, determine and notify to all parties any amendments which are required to be made to this Schedule in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties. |
1 | the Loan Agreement; |
2 | the Master Agreement dated as of [l] made between yourselves and the Swap Bank; and |
3 | a Confirmation delivered pursuant to the said Master Agreement dated [l] and addressed by the Swap Bank to yourselves. |
Yours faithfully
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for and on behalf of
HSH NORDBANK AG
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To: | HSH Nordbank AG for itself and for and on behalf of each Borrower, each Security Party, the Security Trustee, each Lender and the Swap Bank, as defined in the Loan Agreement referred to below. |
1 | This Certificate relates to a Loan Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated [l] 2015 and made between (1) Sea Glorius Shipping Co. and Sea Genius Shipping Co. (together, the "Borrowers" and each a "Borrower") as joint and several Borrowers, (2) the banks and financial institutions named therein as Lenders, (3) HSH Nordbank AG as Swap Bank, (4) HSH Nordbank AG as Agent (5) HSH Nordbank AG as Mandated lead Arranger and (6) HSH Nordbank AG as Security Trustee for a loan facility of up to $44,430,400. |
2 | In this Certificate, terms defined in the Loan Agreement shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the same meanings and: |
3 | The effective date of this Certificate is [l] Provided that this Certificate shall not come into effect unless it is signed by the Agent on or before that date. |
4 | The Transferor assigns to the Transferee absolutely all rights and interests (present, future or contingent) which the Transferor has as Lender under or by virtue of the Loan Agreement and every other Finance Document (other than the Master Agreement) in relation to [l] per cent. of its Contribution, which percentage represents $[l]. |
5 | By virtue of this Certificate and Clause 26 of the Loan Agreement, the Transferor is discharged [entirely from its Commitment which amounts to $[l]] [from [l] per cent. of its Commitment, which percentage represents $[l]] and the Transferee acquires a Commitment of $[l].] |
6 | The Transferee undertakes with the Transferor and each of the Relevant Parties that the Transferee will observe and perform all the obligations under the Finance Documents (other than the Master Agreement) which Clause 26 of the Loan Agreement provides will become binding on it upon this Certificate taking effect. |
7 | The Agent, at the request of the Transferee (which request is hereby made) accepts, for the Agent itself and for and on behalf of every other Relevant Party, this Certificate as a Transfer Certificate taking effect in accordance with Clause 26 of the Loan Agreement. |
8 | The Transferor: |
(a) | warrants to the Transferee and each Relevant Party that: |
(i) | the Transferor has full capacity to enter into this transaction and has taken all corporate action and obtained all consents which are in connection with this transaction; and |
(ii) | this Certificate is valid and binding as regards the Transferor; |
(b) | warrants to the Transferee that the Transferor is absolutely entitled, free of encumbrances, to all the rights and interests covered by the assignment in paragraph 4 above; and |
(c) | undertakes with the Transferee that the Transferor will, at its own expense, execute any documents which the Transferee reasonably requests for perfecting in any relevant jurisdiction the Transferee's title under this Certificate or for a similar purpose. |
9 | The Transferee: |
(a) | confirms that it has received a copy of the Loan Agreement and each of the other Finance Documents; |
(b) | agrees that it will have no rights of recourse on any ground against either the Transferor, the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arranger, the Security Trustee, any Lender or the Swap Bank in the event that: |
(i) | any of the Finance Documents prove to be invalid or ineffective; |
(ii) | either Borrower or any Security Party fails to observe or perform its obligations, or to discharge its liabilities, under any of the Finance Documents; |
(iii) | it proves impossible to realise any asset covered by a Security Interest created by a Finance Document, or the proceeds of such assets are insufficient to discharge the liabilities of the Borrowers or any Security Party under the Finance Documents; |
(c) | agrees that it will have no rights of recourse on any ground against the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arranger, the Security Trustee, any Lender or the Swap Bank in the event that this Certificate proves to be invalid or ineffective; |
(d) | warrants to the Transferor and each Relevant Party that: |
(i) | it has full capacity to enter into this transaction and has taken all corporate action and obtained all consents which it needs to take or obtain in connection with this transaction; and |
(ii) | this Certificate is valid and binding as regards the Transferee; and |
(e) | confirms the accuracy of the administrative details set out below regarding the Transferee. |
10 | The Transferor and the Transferee each undertake with the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arranger and the Security Trustee severally, on demand, fully to indemnify the Agent and/or the Security Trustee and/or the Mandated Lead Arranger in respect of any claim, proceeding, liability or expense (including all legal expenses) which they or either of them may incur in connection with this Certificate or any matter arising out of it, except such as are shown to have been mainly and directly caused by the gross and culpable negligence or dishonesty of the Agent's, the Mandated Lead Arranger's or the Security Trustee's own officers or employees. |
11 | The Transferee shall repay to the Transferor on demand so much of any sum paid by the Transferor under paragraph 10 as exceeds one-half of the amount demanded by the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arranger or the Security Trustee in respect of a claim, proceeding, liability or expense which was not reasonably foreseeable at the date of this Certificate; but nothing in this paragraph shall affect the liability of each of the Transferor and the Transferee to the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arranger or the Security Trustee for the full amount demanded by it. |
[Name of Transferor]
By:
Date:
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[Name of Transferee]
By:
Date:
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EXECUTED as a DEED by
[name of Company]
acting by two directors or one director
and the company secretary
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) ) ) |
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SIGNED by Theodora Mitropetrou
for and on behalf of
SEA GLORIUS SHIPPING CO.
in the presence of:
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/s/Theodora Mitropetrou
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/s/ Andreas Giakoumelos
Andreas Giakoumelos
Attorney-At-Law
Watson Faley & Williams
348 Syngrou Avenue
176 74 Kallithea
Athens – Greece
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SIGNED by Theodora Mitropetrou
for and on behalf of
SEA GENIUS SHIPPING CO.
in the presence of:
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) ) ) ) |
/s/Theodora Mitropetrou
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SIGNED by Antonella Karalis
for and on behalf of
HSH NORDBANK AG
in the presence of:
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) ) ) ) |
/s/ Antonella Karalis
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SIGNED by Antonella Karalis
for and on behalf of
HSH NORDBANK AG
in the presence of:
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) ) ) ) |
/s/ Antonella Karalis
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SIGNED by Antonella Karalis
for and on behalf of
HSH NORDBANK AG
in the presence of:
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)
) ) ) ) |
/s/ Antonella Karalis
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SIGNED by Antonella Karalis
for and on behalf of
HSH NORDBANK AG
in the presence of:
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)
) ) ) ) |
/s/ Antonella Karalis
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SIGNED by Antonella Karalis
for and on behalf of
HSH NORDBANK AG
in the presence of:
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) ) ) ) |
/s/ Antonella Karalis
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Section 1 Interpretation
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2
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1
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Definitions and Interpretation
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2
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Section 2 The Facility
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22
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2
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The Facility
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22
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3
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Purpose
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22
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4
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Conditions of Utilisation
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23
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Section 3 Utilisation
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24
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5
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Utilisation
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24
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Section 4 Repayment, Prepayment and Cancellation
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26
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6
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Repayment
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26
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7
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Prepayment and Cancellation
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27
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Section 5 Costs of Utilisation
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30
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8
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Interest
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30
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9
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Interest Periods
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31
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10
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Changes to the Calculation of Interest
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32
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11
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Fees
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34
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Section 6 Additional Payment Obligations
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35
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12
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Tax Gross Up and Indemnities
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35
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13
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Increased Costs
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38
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14
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Other Indemnities
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39
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15
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Mitigation by the Lender
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42
|
16
|
Costs and Expenses
|
42
|
Section 7 Guarantee and Joint and Several Liability of Borrowers
|
44
|
|
17
|
Guarantee and Indemnity –Guarantor
|
44
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18
|
Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers
|
46
|
Section 8 Representations, Undertakings and Events of Default
|
48
|
|
19
|
Representations
|
48
|
20
|
Information Undertakings
|
54
|
21
|
Financial Covenants
|
56
|
22
|
General Undertakings
|
59
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23
|
Insurance Undertakings
|
64
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24
|
General Ship Undertakings
|
69
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25
|
Security Cover
|
74
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26
|
Application of Earnings
|
76
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27
|
Events of Default
|
76
|
Section 9 Changes to the Parties
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81
|
|
28
|
Changes to the Lender
|
81
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29
|
Changes to the Transaction Obligors
|
82
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Section 10 Administration
|
83
|
|
30
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Payment Mechanics
|
83
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31
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Set-Off
|
84
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32
|
Conduct of business by the Lender
|
85
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33
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Notices
|
85
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34
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Calculations and Certificates
|
87
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35
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Partial Invalidity
|
87
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36
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Remedies and Waivers
|
87
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37
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Settlement or Discharge Conditional
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87
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38
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Irrevocable Payment
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87
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39
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Confidential Information
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88
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40
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Counterparts
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90
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Section 11 Governing Law and Enforcement
|
91
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|
41
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Governing Law
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91
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42
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Enforcement
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91
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Schedule 1 The Parties
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92
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Schedule 2 Conditions Precedent
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94
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Schedule 3 Requests
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99
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Schedule 4 Form of Compliance Certificate
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102
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Schedule 5 Details of the Ships
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103
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Schedule 6 Timetables
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104
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Execution Pages
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105
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(1) | PREMIER MARINE CO., a company incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, the Marshall Islands as a borrower ("Borrower A") |
(2) | GLADIATOR SHIPPING CO., a company incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, the Marshall Islands as a borrower ("Borrower B") |
(3) | GUARDIAN SHIPPING CO., a company incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, the Marshall Islands as a borrower ("Borrower C") |
(4) | SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP., a company incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, the Marshall Islands as guarantor (the "Guarantor") |
(5) | UNICREDIT BANK AG as lender (the "Original Lender") |
1 | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Definitions |
(a) | 3.20 per cent. per annum, if the Security Cover Ratio is less than 125 per cent; or |
(b) | 3 per cent. per annum, if the Security Cover Ratio is (i) equal to, or higher than 125 per cent. and (ii) equal to, or less than 166.67 per cent.; or |
(c) | 2.75 per cent. per annum, if the Security Cover Ratio is higher than 166.67 per cent, |
(a) | the amount of the outstanding Loan; and |
(b) | in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the amount of any Advance that is due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date. |
(a) | the interest which the Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of the Loan or an Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in relation to the Loan, the relevant part of the Loan or that Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period; |
(b) | the amount which the Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the Relevant Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period. |
(a) | information that: |
(i) | is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by the Lender of Clause 39 (Confidential Information); or |
(ii) | is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or |
(iii) | is known by the Lender before the date the information is disclosed to it by any member of the Group or any of its advisers or is lawfully obtained by the Lender after that date, from a source which is, as far as the Lender is aware, unconnected with the Group and which, in either case, as far as the Lender is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality; and |
(b) | any Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation. |
(a) | a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor; or |
(b) | the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor preventing that, or any other, Party or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor: |
(i) | from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or |
(ii) | from communicating with other Parties or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents, |
(a) | the following, save to the extent that any of them is, with the prior written consent of the Lender, pooled or shared with any other person: |
(i) | all freight, hire and passage moneys; |
(ii) | compensation payable to a Borrower or the Lender in the event of requisition of that Ship for hire; |
(iii) | remuneration for salvage and towage services; |
(iv) | demurrage and detention moneys; |
(v) | damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract for the employment of that Ship; |
(vi) | all moneys which are at any time payable under any Insurances in relation to loss of hire; |
(vii) | all monies which are at any time payable to a Borrower in relation to general average contribution; and |
(b) | if and whenever that Ship is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within sub-paragraphs (i) to (vi) of paragraph (a) above are pooled or shared with any other person, that proportion of the net receipts of the relevant pooling or sharing arrangement which is attributable to that Ship. |
(a) | any account in the name of that Borrower with the Lender in Germany and in Greece designated "Earnings Account"; or |
(b) | any other account (with that or another office of the Lender or with a bank or financial institution other than the Lender ) which is designated by the Lender as the Earnings Account of that Borrower for the purposes of this Agreement. |
(a) | any release, emission, spill or discharge into any Ship or into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water of Environmentally Sensitive Material within or from any Ship; or |
(b) | any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water from a vessel other than any Ship and which involves a collision between any Ship and such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which a Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested, attached, detained or injuncted and/or a Ship and/or any Transaction Obligor and/or any operator or manager of a Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; or |
(c) | any other incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water otherwise than from a Ship and in connection with which a Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where any Transaction Obligor and/or any operator or manager of a Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action. |
(a) | sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations; |
(b) | any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in paragraph (a) above; or |
(c) | any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction. |
(a) | this Agreement; |
(b) | each Utilisation Request; |
(c) | the Hedging Agreement; |
(d) | any Security Document; |
(e) | any other document which is executed for the purpose of establishing any priority or subordination arrangement in relation to the Secured Liabilities; or |
(f) | any other document designated as such by the Lender and the Borrowers. |
(a) | moneys borrowed; |
(b) | any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent; |
(c) | any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument; |
(d) | the amount of any liability in relation to any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease; |
(e) | receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis); |
(f) | any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) of a type not referred to in any other paragraph of this definition having the commercial effect of a borrowing (in each case other than in respect of assets or services obtained on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business); |
(g) | any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value (or, if any actual amount is due as a result of the termination or close-out of that derivative transaction, that amount) shall be taken into account); |
(h) | any counter-indemnity obligation in relation to a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; and |
(i) | the amount of any liability in relation to any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f) above. |
(a) | all policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of that Ship in any protection and indemnity or war risks association, effected in relation to that Ship, the Earnings or otherwise in relation to that Ship whether before, on or after the date of this Agreement; and |
(b) | all rights and other assets relating to, or derived from, any of such policies, contracts or entries, including any rights to a return of premium and any rights in relation to any claim whether or not the relevant policy, contract of insurance or entry has expired on or before the date of this Agreement. |
(a) | the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan; and |
(b) | the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan, |
(a) | the Original Lender; and |
(b) | any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become the Lender in accordance with Clause 28 (Changes to the Lender), |
(a) | the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time for dollars and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan; or |
(b) | as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Unavailability of Screen Rate), |
(a) | as at a date not more than 14 Business Days previously; |
(b) | by an Approved Valuer; |
(c) | with or without physical inspection of that Ship or vessel (including without limitation any Fleet Ship) (as the Lender may require); and |
(d) | on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash on normal arm's length commercial terms as between a willing seller and a willing buyer, free of any Charter, |
(a) | the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Transaction Obligors; or |
(b) | the ability of any Transaction Obligor to perform its obligations under any Finance Document; or |
(c) | the validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of any Security granted or intended to be granted pursuant to any of, the Finance Documents or the rights or remedies of the Lender under any of the Finance Documents. |
(a) | in respect of Ship A, the memorandum of agreement dated 6 August 2015 and made between (i) Borrower A as buyer and (ii) the relevant Seller for the purchase of Ship A; and |
(b) | in respect of Ship B, the memorandum of agreement dated 6 August 2015 and made between (i) Borrower B as buyer and (ii) the relevant Seller for the purchase of Ship B; and |
(c) | in respect of Ship C, the memorandum of agreement dated 6 August 2015 and made between (i) Borrower C as buyer and (ii) the relevant Seller for the purchase of Ship C. |
(a) | (subject to paragraph (c) below) if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day; |
(b) | if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month; and |
(c) | if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that Interest Period is to end. |
(a) | which is a time, voyage or consecutive voyage charter; |
(b) | the duration of which does not exceed and is not capable of exceeding, by virtue of any optional extensions, 16 months plus a redelivery allowance of not more than 30 days; |
(c) | which is entered into on bona fide arm's length terms at the time at which that Ship is fixed; and |
(d) | in relation to which not more than two months' hire is payable in advance, |
(a) | any Financial Indebtedness incurred under the Finance Documents; and |
(b) | any Financial Indebtedness that is subordinated to all Financial Indebtedness incurred under the Finance Documents pursuant to a Finance Document which is subject of Security in favour of the Lender. |
(a) | Security created by the Finance Documents; |
(b) | any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the Group in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances; |
(c) | liens for unpaid master's and crew's wages in accordance with usual maritime practice; |
(d) | liens for salvage; |
(e) | liens for master's disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading; and |
(f) | any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of any Ship and not as a result of any default or omission by any Borrower, and subject, in the case of liens for repair or maintenance, to Clause 24.16 (Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc.). |
(a) | England and Wales; |
(i) | the country under the laws of which the company is incorporated or formed; |
(ii) | a country in which the company has the centre of its main interests or which the company's central management and control is or has recently been exercised; |
(iii) | a country in which the overall net income of the company is subject to corporation tax, income tax or any similar tax; |
(iv) | a country in which assets of the company (other than securities issued by, or loans to, related companies) having a substantial value are situated, in which the company maintains a branch or permanent place of business, or in which a Security Interest created by the company must or should be registered in order to ensure its validity or priority; and |
(v) | a country the courts of which have jurisdiction to make a winding up, administration or similar order in relation to the company, whether as a main or territorial or ancillary proceedings, or which would have such jurisdiction if their assistance were requested by the courts of a country referred to in paragraphs (ii) or (iii). |
(a) | (other than where paragraph (b) below applies) as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could borrow funds in the London interbank market in dollars for the relevant period were it to do so by asking for and then accepting interbank offers for deposits in reasonable market size in that currency and for that period; or |
(b) | if different, as the rate (if any and applied to the relevant Reference Bank and the relevant currency and period) which contributors to the Screen Rate are asked to submit to the relevant administrator. |
(a) | its jurisdiction of incorporation; |
(b) | any jurisdiction where any asset subject to, or intended to be subject to, any of the Transaction Security created, or intended to be created, by it is situated; |
(c) | any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; and |
(d) | the jurisdiction whose laws govern the perfection of any of the Security Documents entered into by it. |
(a) | any expropriation, confiscation, requisition or acquisition of that Ship, whether for full consideration, a consideration less than its proper value, a nominal consideration or without any consideration, which is effected by any government or official authority or by any person or persons claiming to be or to represent a government or official authority (excluding a requisition for hire for a fixed period not exceeding one year without any right to an extension) unless it is within 45 days redelivered to the full control of the relevant Borrower; and |
(b) | any arrest, capture, seizure or detention of that Ship (including any hijacking or theft) unless it is within 45 days redelivered to the full control of the relevant Borrower. |
(a) | imposed by law or regulation of the United Kingdom, the Council of the European Union, the United Nations or its Security Council or the United States of America regardless of whether the same is or is not binding on any Transaction Obligor; or |
(b) | otherwise imposed by any law or regulation binding on a Transaction Obligor or to which a Transaction Obligor is subject (which shall include without limitation, any extra-territorial sanctions imposed by law or regulation of the United States of America). |
(a) | any Shares Security; |
(b) | any Mortgage; |
(c) | any Deed of Covenant; |
(d) | any General Assignment; |
(e) | any Charterparty Assignment; |
(f) | any Account Security; |
(g) | any Manager's Undertaking; |
(h) | the Hedging Agreement Security; |
(i) | any other document (whether or not it creates Security) which is executed as security for the Secured Liabilities; or |
(j) | any other document designated as such by the Lender and the Borrowers. |
(a) | the Transaction Security expressed to be granted in favour of the Lender and all proceeds of that Transaction Security; |
(b) | all obligations expressed to be undertaken by a Transaction Obligor to pay amounts in relation to the Secured Liabilities to the Lender and secured by the Transaction Security together with all representations and warranties expressed to be given by a Transaction Obligor or any other person in favour of the Lender; and |
(c) | the Lender's interest in any turnover trust created under the Finance Documents. |
(a) | actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of that Ship; or |
(b) | any Requisition. |
(a) | in the case of an actual loss of that Ship, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when that Ship was last heard of; |
(b) | in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of that Ship, the earlier of: |
(i) | the date on which a notice of abandonment is given to the insurers; and |
(ii) | the date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the relevant Borrower with that Ship's insurers in which the insurers agree to treat that Ship as a total loss; and |
(c) | in the case of any other type of total loss, the date (or the most likely date) on which it appears to the Lender that the event constituting the total loss occurred. |
(a) | a Finance Document; |
(b) | any Charter; |
(c) | any MOA; |
(d) | any Management Agreement; or |
(e) | any other document designated as such by the Lender and a Borrower. |
(a) | the proposed transfer date specified in the Assignment Agreement; and |
(b) | the date on which the parties to the Assignment Agreement have all executed, and agreed to be bound by, the Assignment Agreement. |
(a) | a Borrower which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or |
(b) | a Transaction Obligor some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes. |
(a) | any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and |
(b) | any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (a) above, or imposed elsewhere. |
1.2 | Construction |
(a) | Unless a contrary indication appears, a reference in this Agreement to: |
(i) | the "Lender", any "Obligor", any "Party", any "Transaction Obligor" or any other person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title and permitted assigns; |
(ii) | "assets" includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description; |
(iii) | "continuing Event of Default" means an Event of Default which has not been remedied or waived; |
(iv) | "continuing Potential Event of Default" means a Potential Event of Default which has not been remedied or waived; |
(v) | a liability which is "contingent" means a liability which is not certain to arise and/or the amount of which remains unascertained; |
(vi) | "document" includes a deed and also a letter, fax or telex; |
(vii) | "expense" means any kind of cost, charge or expense (including all legal costs, charges and expenses) and any applicable Tax including VAT; |
(viii) | a "Finance Document", a "Security Document" or "Transaction Document" or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document, Security Document or Transaction Document or other agreement or instrument as amended or novated; |
(ix) | "indebtedness" includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent; |
(x) | "law" includes any order or decree, any form of delegated legislation, any treaty or international convention and any regulation or resolution of the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the United Nations or its Security Council; |
(xi) | "proceedings" means, in relation to any enforcement provision of a Finance Document, proceedings of any kind, including an application for a provisional or protective measure; |
(xii) | a "person" includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium, partnership or other entity (whether or not having separate legal personality); |
(xiii) | a "regulation" includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (either having the force of law or compliance with which is customary in the ordinary course of business) of any governmental, intergovernmental or |
(xiv) | a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted; |
(xv) | a time of day is a reference to London time; |
(xvi) | any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept or thing shall, in respect of a jurisdiction other than England, be deemed to include that which most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the English legal term; |
(xvii) | words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; and |
(xviii) | "including" and "in particular" (and other similar expressions) shall be construed as not limiting any general words or expressions in connection with which they are used. |
(b) | The determination of the extent to which a rate is "for a period equal in length" to an Interest Period shall disregard any inconsistency arising from the last day of that Interest Period being determined pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. |
(c) | Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only and are not to be used for the purposes of construction or interpretation of the Finance Documents. |
(d) | Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under, or in connection with, any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement. |
1.3 | Construction of insurance terms |
1.4 | Agreed forms of Finance Documents |
(a) | in a form attached to a certificate dated the same date as this Agreement (and signed by each Borrower and the Lender); or |
(b) | in any other form agreed in writing between each Borrower and the Lender. |
1.5 | Third party rights |
(a) | Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the "Third Parties Act") to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement. |
(b) | Subject to paragraph (c) below but otherwise notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any person who is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time. |
(c) | An amendment or waiver which adversely affects the rights or obligations of a Reference Bank may not be effected without the consent of that Reference Bank. |
(d) | Any Affiliate, Receiver or Delegate may, subject to this Clause 1.5 (Third party rights) and the Third Parties Act, rely on any Clause of this Agreement which expressly confers rights on it. |
2 | THE FACILITY |
2.1 | The Facility |
2.2 | Borrowers' Agent |
(a) | Each Borrower by its execution of this Agreement irrevocably appoints the Guarantor to act on its behalf as its agent in relation to the Finance Documents and irrevocably authorises: |
(i) | the Guarantor on its behalf to supply all information concerning itself contemplated by this Agreement to the Lender and to give all notices and instructions (including Utilisation Requests), to make such agreements and to effect the relevant amendments, supplements and variations capable of being given, made or effected by any Borrower notwithstanding that they may affect the Borrower, without further reference to or the consent of that Borrower; and |
(ii) | the Lender to give any notice, demand or other communication to that Borrower pursuant to the Finance Documents to the Guarantor, |
(b) | Every act, omission, agreement, undertaking, settlement, waiver, amendment, supplement, variation, notice or other communication given or made by the Guarantor or given to the Guarantor under any Finance Document on behalf of a Borrower or in connection with any Finance Document (whether or not known to any Borrower) shall be binding for all purposes on that Borrower as if that Borrower had expressly made, given or concurred with it. In the event of any conflict between any notices or other communications of the Guarantor and any Borrower, those of the Guarantor shall prevail. |
3 | PURPOSE |
3.1 | Purpose |
3.2 | Monitoring |
4 | CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION |
4.1 | Initial conditions precedent |
4.2 | Further conditions precedent |
(a) | on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date and before the Advance is made available: |
(i) | no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Advance; |
(ii) | there has not been a Material Adverse Effect relating to an Obligor; |
(iii) | the Repeating Representations to be made by each Transaction Obligor are true; |
(iv) | in the case of an Advance under a Tranche, the Ship in respect of which such Advance is to be made has neither been sold nor become a Total Loss; and |
(b) | in the case of the Advance under a Tranche, the Lender has received on or before the relevant Utilisation Date, or is satisfied it will receive when the Advance is made available, all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part B of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender. |
4.3 | Notification of satisfaction of conditions precedent |
4.4 | Waiver of conditions precedent |
5 | UTILISATION |
5.1 | Delivery of a Utilisation Request |
(a) | The Borrowers may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Lender of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time. |
(b) | The Borrowers may not deliver more than one Utilisation Request under each Tranche. |
5.2 | Completion of a Utilisation Request |
(i) | the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the relevant Availability Period; |
(ii) | the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and |
(iii) | the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods). |
5.3 | Currency and amount |
(a) | The currency specified in an Utilisation Request must be dollars. |
(b) | The amount of the proposed Advance must be an amount which does not exceed the relevant Maximum Tranche Amount. |
(c) | The amount of the proposed Advance must be an amount which is not more than the Available Facility. |
5.4 | Advances |
5.5 | Cancellation of Commitment |
5.6 | Payment to third parties |
5.7 | Disbursement of Advance to third party |
5.8 | Prepositioning of funds |
6 | REPAYMENT |
6.1 | Repayment of Loan |
Date
|
Repayment Instalment Amount ($)
|
26 June 2017
|
1,552,000
|
25 September 2017
|
1,552,000
|
27 December 2017
|
1,552,000
|
26 March 2018
|
1,552,000
|
25 June 2018
|
1,552,000
|
25 September 2018
|
1,552,000
|
27 December 2018
|
1,552,000
|
26 March 2019
|
1,552,000
|
25 June 2019
|
1,552,000
|
25 September 2019
|
1,552,000
|
27 December 2019
|
1,552,000
|
26 March 2020
|
1,552,000
|
25 June 2020
|
1,552,000
|
25 September 2020
|
1,552,000
|
28 December 2020
|
30,976,790
|
6.2 | Reduction of Repayment Instalments |
6.3 | Termination Date |
6.4 | Reborrowing |
7 | PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION |
7.1 | Illegality |
(i) | the Lender shall promptly notify the Borrowers upon becoming aware of that event and the Available Facility will be immediately cancelled; and |
(ii) | the Borrowers shall prepay the Loan on the last day of the Interest Period for the Loan occurring after the Lender has notified the Borrowers or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Borrowers (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law) and the Commitment shall be cancelled. |
7.2 | Voluntary and automatic cancellation |
(a) | The Borrowers may, if they give the Lender not less than 5 Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Lender may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum amount of $250,000 or a multiple thereof) of the Available Facility. Any cancellation under this Clause 7.2 (Voluntary and automatic cancellation) shall reduce the amount of the Commitment then unutilised rateably. |
(b) | The unutilised Commitment (if any) shall be automatically cancelled at close of business on the date on which the last Advance is made available. |
7.3 | Voluntary prepayment of Loan |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Borrowers may, if they give the Lender not less than 5 Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Lender may agree) prior notice, prepay the whole or any part of the Loan (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces the amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of $250,000 or a multiple of that amount). |
(b) | The Loan may only be prepaid after the last day of the Availability Period (or, if earlier, the day on which the Available Facility is zero). |
(c) | Any partial prepayment under this Clause 7.3 (Voluntary prepayment of Loan) shall reduce in inverse chronological order the amount of each Repayment Instalment falling after that prepayment by the amount prepaid. |
7.4 | Mandatory prepayment on sale or Total Loss |
(a) | If a Ship is sold or becomes a Total Loss, the Borrowers shall on the Relevant Date prepay the Relevant Percentage of the Loan. |
(b) | On the Relevant Date, the Borrowers shall also prepay such part of the Loan as shall eliminate any shortfall arising if the ratio set out in Clause 25 (Security Cover) were applied immediately following the payment referred to in paragraph (a) above. |
(c) | Provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any remaining proceeds of the sale or Total Loss of a Ship after the prepayments referred to in paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) above have been made together with all other amounts that are payable on any such prepayment pursuant to the Finance Documents shall be paid to the Borrower that owned the relevant Ship. |
(d) | In this Clause 7.4 (Mandatory prepayment on sale or Total Loss): |
(i) | in the case of a sale of a Ship, on the date on which the sale is completed by delivery of that Ship to the buyer of that Ship; and |
(ii) | in the case of a Total Loss of a Ship, on the earlier of: |
(A) | the date falling 90 days after the Total Loss Date; and |
(B) | the date of receipt by the Lender of the proceeds of insurance relating to such Total Loss. |
Relevant Percentage | = | A x 100 B 1 |
A | = | the Index Amount of the Ship to be sold or which becomes a Total Loss; and |
B | = | the aggregate amount of the Index Amounts of the Ships (excluding any Ship already sold or which has already become a Total Loss in respect of which a prepayment has been made under this Clause 7.4 (Mandatory prepayment on sale or Total Loss) before the Relevant Date). |
(e) | Any partial prepayment of the Loan under this Clause 7.4 (Mandatory prepayment on sale or Total Loss) shall reduce in inverse chronological order the amount of each Repayment Instalment falling after that prepayment by the amount prepaid. |
7.5 | Mandatory prepayment on Change of Ownership |
(a) | if a Change of Ownership occurs (without the prior written consent of the Lender) after the date of this Agreement, the Lender shall, by not less than 5 days' notice to Borrowers, cancel the Facility and declare the Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents immediately due and payable whereby the Facility will be cancelled and all such outstanding amounts will become immediately due and payable. |
(b) | The Borrowers shall give written notice to the Lender immediately upon the occurrence of a Change of Ownership. |
7.6 | Mandatory prepayment of Hedging Payment Proceeds |
7.7 | Restrictions |
(a) | Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7 (Prepayment and Cancellation) shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment. |
(b) | Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and amounts (if any) payable under the Hedging Agreement in connection with that prepayment and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty. |
(c) | No Borrower may reborrow any part of the Facility which is prepaid. |
(d) | No Borrower shall repay or prepay all or any part of the Loan or cancel all or any part of the Commitment except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement. |
(e) | No amount of the Commitment cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated. |
8 | INTEREST |
8.1 | Calculation of interest |
(a) | the then Applicable Margin; and |
(b) | LIBOR |
8.2 | Payment of interest |
(a) | The Borrowers shall pay accrued interest on the Loan or any part of the Loan on the last day of each Interest Period (each an "Interest Payment Date"). |
(b) | If an Interest Period is longer than three Months, the Borrowers shall also pay interest then accrued on the Loan or the relevant part of the Loan on the dates falling at three Monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period. |
8.3 | Default interest |
(a) | If a Transaction Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the Unpaid Sum from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is 2 per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would have been payable if the Unpaid Sum had, during the period of non-payment, constituted part of the Loan in the currency of the Unpaid Sum for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Lender. Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 (Default interest) shall be immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by the Lender. |
(b) | If an Unpaid Sum consists of all or part of the Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to the Loan or that part of the Loan: |
(i) | the first Interest Period for that Unpaid Sum shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to the Loan or that part of the Loan; and |
(ii) | the rate of interest applying to that Unpaid Sum during that first Interest Period shall be 2 per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would have applied if that Unpaid Sum had not become due. |
(c) | Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an Unpaid Sum will be compounded with the Unpaid Sum at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that Unpaid Sum but will remain immediately due and payable. |
8.4 | Notification of rates of interest |
8.5 | Hedging |
(a) | On or before the first Utilisation Date, the Borrowers shall enter into the Hedging Agreement with the Lender acting as swap bank and the Lender shall have the right of first refusal to enter into any interest rate swaps with the Borrowers for the purposes of hedging the Borrowers' exposure under the Loan, and shall after that date maintain the Hedging Agreement in accordance with this Clause 8.5 (Hedging). |
(b) | The aggregate notional amount of the transactions in respect of the Hedging Agreement shall not exceed the Loan. |
(c) | The Hedging Agreement shall: |
(i) | be with the Lender (acting as swap bank); |
(ii) | be for a term ending on the Termination Date; |
(iii) | have settlement dates coinciding with the Interest Payment Dates; |
(iv) | be in agreed form; |
(v) | provide for two-way payments in the event of a termination of a transaction in respect of the Hedging Agreement, whether on a Termination Event (as defined in the Hedging Agreement) or on an Event of Default (as defined in the Hedging Agreement); and |
(vi) | provide that the Termination Currency (as defined in the Hedging Agreement) shall be dollars. |
(d) | The rights of each Borrower under the Hedging Agreement shall be charged by way of security under the Hedging Agreement Security. |
(e) | If, at any time, the aggregate notional principal amount of the transactions in respect of the Hedging Agreement exceeds or, as a result of any repayment or prepayment under this Agreement, will exceed the Loan at that time, the Borrowers must, at the request of the Lender, reduce the aggregate notional amount of those transactions by an amount and in a manner satisfactory to the Lender so that it no longer exceeds or will not exceed the Loan then or that will be outstanding. |
(f) | Any reductions in the aggregate notional amount of the transactions in respect of the Hedging Agreement in accordance with paragraph (e) above will be apportioned as between those transactions pro rata. |
(g) | Paragraph (e) above shall not apply to any transactions in respect of the Hedging Agreement under which the Borrowers do not have any actual or contingent indebtedness. |
9 | INTEREST PERIODS |
9.1 | Selection of Interest Periods |
(a) | The Borrowers may select the Interest Period for the Loan in the Utilisation Request for the first Advance. Subject to paragraph (f) below and Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), |
(b) | Each Selection Notice is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Lender by the Borrowers not later than the Specified Time. |
(c) | If the Borrowers fail to select an Interest Period in the first Utilisation Request or fail to deliver a Selection Notice to the Lender in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the relevant Interest Period will, subject to paragraph (f) below and Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), be three Months. |
(d) | Subject to this Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods), the Borrowers may select an Interest Period of two, three, six or twelve Months or any other period agreed between the Borrowers and the Lender. |
(e) | An Interest Period in respect of the Loan shall not extend beyond the Termination Date. |
(f) | In respect of a Repayment Instalment, an Interest Period for a part of the Loan equal to such Repayment Instalment shall end on the Repayment Date relating to it if such date is before the end of the Interest Period then current. |
(g) | The first Interest Period for the Loan shall start on the first Utilisation Date and each subsequent Interest Period shall start on the last day of the preceding Interest Period. |
(h) | Except for the purposes of paragraph (f) above and Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), the Loan shall have one Interest Period only at any time. |
9.2 | Changes to Interest Periods |
(a) | In respect of a Repayment Instalment, prior to determining the interest rate for the Loan, the Lender may establish an Interest Period for a part of the Loan equal to such Repayment Instalment to end on the Repayment Date relating to it and the remaining part of the Loan shall have the Interest Period selected in the relevant Selection Notice, subject to paragraph (d) of Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods). |
(b) | If after the Borrowers have selected and the Lender has agreed an Interest Period longer than six Months, the Lender notifies Borrowers within two Business Days after the Specified Time relating to the relevant Utilisation Request or Selection Notice that it is not satisfied that deposits in dollars for a period equal to the Interest Period will be available to it in the Relevant Interbank Market when the Interest Period commences, the Lender shall shorten the Interest Period to six Months. |
(c) | If the Lender makes any change to an Interest Period referred to in this Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), it shall promptly notify the Borrowers. |
9.3 | Non-Business Days |
10 | CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST |
10.1 | Unavailability of Screen Rate |
(a) | Interpolated Screen Rate: If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for the Interest Period of the Loan or any part of the Loan, the applicable LIBOR shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan. |
(b) | Reference Bank Rate: If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for: |
(i) | dollars; or |
(ii) | the Interest Period of the Loan or any part of the Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Screen Rate, |
(c) | Cost of funds: If paragraph (b) above applies but no Reference Bank Rate is available for dollars for the relevant Interest Period there shall be no LIBOR for the Loan or that part of the Loan (as applicable) and Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) shall apply to the Loan or that part of the Loan for that Interest Period. |
10.2 | Calculation of Reference Bank Rate |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, if LIBOR is to be determined on the basis of a Reference Bank Rate but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by the Specified Time, the Reference Bank Rate shall be calculated on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks. The Lender shall provide evidence to the Borrowers about the quotation of the Reference Banks. |
(b) | If at or about noon on the Quotation Day none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a quotation, there shall be no Reference Bank Rate for the relevant Interest Period. |
10.3 | Market disruption |
(a) | If before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period the Lender notifies the Borrowers that the cost to it of funding the Loan or the relevant part of the Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select then Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) shall apply to the Loan or that part of the Loan (as applicable) for the relevant Interest Period. |
(b) | If, at least one Business Day before a Utilisation Date, the Lender notifies the Borrowers that for any reason it is unable to obtain dollars in the Relevant Interbank Market in order to fund the relevant Advance, the Lender's obligation to make that Advance shall be suspended while that situation continues. |
10.4 | Cost of funds |
(a) | If this Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) applies, the rate of interest on the Loan or the relevant part of the Loan for the relevant Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of: |
(i) | the Applicable Margin; and |
(ii) | the rate notified by the Lender to the Borrower as soon as practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the Lender of funding the Loan or that part of the Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select. The Lender shall provide any readily available evidence (if any) or, otherwise, a statement from its treasury department to the Borrowers in respect of the quotation of the selected source. |
(b) | If this Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) applies and the Lender or the Borrowers so require, the Lender and the Borrowers shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than 30 days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest or (as the case may be) an alternative basis for funding. |
(c) | Any substitute or alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall, be binding on all Parties. |
10.5 | Break Costs |
11 | FEES |
11.1 | Commitment fee |
(a) | The Borrowers shall pay to the Lender a fee computed at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum on the Available Facility from time to time for the Availability Period. |
(b) | The accrued commitment fee is payable on the last day of each successive period of three Months commencing from 18 August 2015 (being the date of acceptance by the Borrowers of the offer letter in connection with the Facility) and ending on the earlier of (i) 30 November 2015 and (ii) the Utilisation Date in respect of Tranche C or the last Tranche to be advanced, and, if cancelled, on the cancelled amount of the Available Facility at the time the cancellation is effective. |
11.2 | Front end fee |
12 | TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES |
12.1 | Definitions |
(a) | In this Agreement: |
(b) | Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) reference to "determines" or "determined" means a determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the determination. |
(c) | This Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) shall not apply to the Hedging Agreement. |
12.2 | Tax gross-up |
(a) | Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law. |
(b) | The Borrowers shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Lender accordingly. Similarly, the Lender shall notify the Borrowers and that Obligor on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to the Lender. |
(c) | If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required. |
(d) | If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law. |
(e) | Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Lender evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Lender that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority. |
12.3 | Tax indemnity |
(a) | The Obligors shall (within three Business Days of demand by the Lender) pay to the Lender an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which the Lender determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered for or on account of Tax by the Lender in respect of a Finance Document. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above shall not apply: |
(i) | with respect to any Tax assessed on the Lender: |
(A) | under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which the Lender is treated as resident for tax purposes; or |
(B) | under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender's Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction, |
(ii) | to the extent a loss, liability or cost: |
(A) | is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) ; or |
(B) | relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party. |
(c) | The Lender shall, if making, or intending to make, a claim under paragraph (a) above, promptly notify the Obligors of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim. |
12.4 | Tax Credit |
(a) | a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax Payment was received; and |
(b) | the Lender has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit, |
12.5 | Stamp taxes |
12.6 | VAT |
(a) | All amounts expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to the Lender which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on that supply, and accordingly, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by the Lender to any Party under a Finance Document and the Lender is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, that Party must pay to the Lender (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT (and the Lender must promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to that Party). |
(b) | Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify the Lender for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) the Lender for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part of it as represents VAT, save to the extent that the Lender reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority. |
(c) | Any reference in this Clause 12.6 (VAT) to any Party shall, at any time when that Party is treated as a member of a group or unity (or fiscal unity) for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the person who is treated at that time as making the supply, or (as appropriate) receiving the supply, under the grouping rules (provided for in Article 11 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC (or as implemented by the relevant member state of the European Union) so that a reference to a Party shall be construed as a reference to that Party or the relevant group or unity (or fiscal unity) of which that Party is a member for VAT purposes at the relevant time or the relevant representative member (or representative or head) of that group or unity at the relevant time (as the case may be). |
(d) | In relation to any supply made by the Lender to any Party under a Finance Document, if reasonably requested by the Lender, that Party must promptly provide the Lender with details of that Party's VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with the Lender's VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply. |
12.7 | FATCA Information |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party: |
(i) | confirm to that other Party whether it is: |
(A) | a FATCA Exempt Party; or |
(B) | not a FATCA Exempt Party; and |
(ii) | supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with FATCA; and |
(iii) | supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with any other law, regulation or exchange of information regime. |
(b) | If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly. |
(c) | Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige the Lender to do anything and sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of: |
(i) | any law or regulation; |
(ii) | any fiduciary duty; or |
(iii) | any duty of confidentiality. |
(d) | If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii) of paragraph (a) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information. |
12.8 | FATCA Deduction |
(a) | Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction. |
(b) | Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction), notify the Party to whom it is making the payment. |
13 | INCREASED COSTS |
13.1 | Increased costs |
(a) | Subject to Clause 13.3 (Exceptions), the Borrowers shall, within five Business Days of a demand by the Lender, pay for the account of the Lender the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by the Lender or any of its Affiliates as a result of: |
(i) | the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation; or |
(ii) | compliance with any law or regulation made, |
(iii) | the implementation, application of or compliance with Basel III or CRD IV or any law or regulation that implements or applies Basel III or CRD IV, |
(b) | In this Agreement, |
(i) | "Basel III" means: |
(A) | the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated; |
(B) | the rules for global systemically important banks contained in "Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement - Rules text" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and |
(C) | any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to "Basel III". |
(ii) | "CRD IV" means: |
(A) | Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending regulation (EU) No. 648/2012; |
(B) | Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC; and |
(C) | any other law or regulation which implements Basel III or otherwise enacted by any central bank or the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). |
(iii) | "Increased Costs" means: |
(A) | a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on the Lender's (or its Affiliate's) overall capital; |
(B) | an additional or increased cost; or |
(C) | a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document, |
13.2 | Increased cost claims |
13.3 | Exceptions |
(a) | attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor; |
(b) | attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party; |
(c) | compensated for by Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) applied); |
(d) | attributable to the wilful breach by the Lender or its Affiliates of any law or regulation. |
14 | OTHER INDEMNITIES |
14.1 | Currency indemnity |
(a) | If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a "Sum"), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the "First Currency") in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the "Second Currency") for the purpose of: |
(i) | making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor; or |
(ii) | obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings, |
(b) | Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable. |
(c) | This Clause 14.1 (Currency indemnity) does not apply to any sum due to the Lender under the Hedging Agreement. |
14.2 | Other indemnities |
(a) | Each Obligor shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender, any Receiver and any Delegate against: |
(i) | any cost, loss or liability incurred by it as a result of: |
(A) | the occurrence of any Event of Default; |
(B) | a failure by a Transaction Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date; |
(C) | funding, or making arrangements to fund, an Advance requested by the Borrowers in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default or negligence by the Lender alone); or |
(D) | the Loan (or part of the Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrowers; |
(E) | investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Potential Event of Default or an Event of Default; or |
(F) | acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; or |
(G) | instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under the Finance Documents; and |
(ii) | any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Lender (otherwise than by reason of the Lender's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to Clause 30.8 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.) notwithstanding the Lender's negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Lender. |
(b) | Each Obligor shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender, each Affiliate of the Lender, any Receiver and any Delegate and each officer or employee of the Lender or its Affiliate or any Receiver or Delegate (as applicable) (each such person for the purposes of this Clause 14.2 (Other indemnities) an "Indemnified Person"), against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Indemnified Person pursuant to or in connection with any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or regulatory enquiry, in connection with or arising out of the entry into and the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents, having the benefit of any Security constituted by the Finance Documents or which relates to the condition or |
(c) | No Party other than the Lender, the Receiver or the Delegate (as applicable) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Lender, the Receiver or the Delegate (as applicable) in respect of any claim it might have against the Lender, the Receiver or the Delegate or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Transaction Document or any Security Property. |
(d) | Without limiting, but subject to any limitations set out in paragraph (b) above, the indemnity in paragraph (b) above shall cover any cost, loss or liability incurred by each Indemnified Person in any jurisdiction: |
(i) | arising or asserted under or in connection with any law relating to safety at sea, the ISM Code, any Environmental Law or any Sanctions; or |
(ii) | in connection with any Environmental Claim. |
(e) | Each Obligor shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender and every Receiver and Delegate against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of them: |
(i) | in relation to or as a result of: |
(A) | any failure by the Borrower to comply with its obligations under Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses); |
(B) | acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; |
(C) | the taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the Finance Documents and the Transaction Security; |
(D) | the exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions, authorities and remedies vested in the Lender and each Receiver and Delegate by the Finance Documents or by law; |
(E) | any default by any Transaction Obligor in the performance of any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Finance Documents; |
(F) | any action by any Transaction Obligor which vitiates, reduces the value of, or is otherwise prejudicial to, the Transaction Security; and |
(G) | instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under the Finance Documents. |
(ii) | which otherwise relates to any of the Security Property or the performance of the terms of this Agreement or the other Finance Documents (otherwise, in each case, than by reason of the Lender's, Receiver's or Delegate's gross negligence or wilful misconduct). |
(f) | Any Affiliate, Receiver or Delegate or any officer or employee of the Lender, or of any of its Affiliates or any Receiver or Delegate (as applicable) may rely on this Clause 14.2 (Other indemnities) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act, subject to Clause 1.5 (Third party rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act. |
14.3 | Mandatory Cost |
(a) | if the Lender is lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State, the minimum reserve requirements (or other requirements having the same or similar purpose) of the European Central Bank or any other authority or agency which replaces all or any of its functions) in respect of loans made from that Facility Office; and |
(b) | if the Lender is lending from a Facility Office in the United Kingdom, any reserve asset, special deposit or liquidity requirements (or other requirements having the same or similar purpose) of the Bank of England (or any other governmental authority or agency) and/or paying any fees to the Financial Conduct Authority and/or the Prudential Regulation Authority (or any other governmental authority or agency which replaces all or any of their functions), |
14.4 | Lender's management time |
15 | MITIGATION BY THE LENDER |
15.1 | Mitigation |
(a) | The Lender shall, in consultation with the Borrowers, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities), Clause 13 (Increased Costs) including (but not limited to) assigning its rights under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents. |
15.2 | Limitation of liability |
(a) | Each Obligor shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Lender as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation). |
(b) | The Lender is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation) if either: |
(i) | An Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; or |
(ii) | in the opinion of the Lender (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it. |
16 | COSTS AND EXPENSES |
16.1 | Transaction expenses |
(a) | this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; |
(b) | the Transaction Security; and |
(c) | any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement. |
16.2 | Amendment costs |
(a) | a Transaction Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent; or |
(b) | an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 30.6 (Change of currency); or |
(c) | a Transaction Obligor requests, and the Lender agrees to, the release of all or any part of the Security Assets from the Transaction Security, |
16.3 | Enforcement and preservation costs |
17 | GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY –GUARANTOR |
17.1 | Guarantee and indemnity |
(a) | guarantees to the Lender punctual performance by each Borrower of all that Borrower obligations under the Finance Documents; |
(b) | undertakes with the Lender that whenever a Borrower does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, the Guarantor shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it were the principal obligor; and |
(c) | agrees with the Lender that if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal, it will, as an independent and primary obligation, indemnify the Lender immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability it incurs as a result of a Borrower not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability, invalidity or illegality, have been payable by it under any Finance Document on the date when it would have been due. The amount payable by the Guarantor under this indemnity will not exceed the amount it would have had to pay under this Clause 17 (Guarantee and Indemnity –Guarantor) if the amount claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee. |
17.2 | Continuing guarantee |
17.3 | Reinstatement |
17.4 | Waiver of defences |
(a) | any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Transaction Obligor or other person; |
(b) | the release of any other Transaction Obligor or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor; |
(c) | the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect or delay in perfecting, or refusal or neglect to take up or enforce, or delay in taking or enforcing any rights against, or security over assets of, any Transaction Obligor or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security; |
(d) | any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of a Transaction Obligor or any other person; |
(e) | any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Finance Document or any other document or security including, without limitation, any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security; |
(f) | any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or |
(g) | any insolvency or similar proceedings. |
17.5 | Immediate recourse |
17.6 | Appropriations |
(a) | refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by the Lender (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and the Guarantor shall not be entitled to the benefit of the same; and |
(b) | hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the Guarantor or on account of the Guarantor's liability under this Clause 17 (Guarantee and Indemnity –Guarantor). |
17.7 | Deferral of Guarantor's rights |
(a) | to be indemnified by a Transaction Obligor; |
(b) | to claim any contribution from any third party providing security for, or any other guarantor of, any Transaction Obligor's obligations under the Finance Documents; |
(c) | to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Lender under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance Documents by the Lender; |
(d) | to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any Transaction Obligor to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which the Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 17.1 (Guarantee and indemnity); |
(e) | to exercise any right of set-off against any Transaction Obligor; and/or |
(f) | to claim or prove as a creditor of any Transaction Obligor in competition with the Lender. |
17.8 | Additional security |
17.9 | Applicability of provisions of Guarantee to other Security |
18 | JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY OF THE BORROWERS |
18.1 | Joint and several liability |
18.2 | Waiver of defences |
(a) | this Agreement being or later becoming void, unenforceable or illegal as regards any other Borrower; |
(b) | the Lender entering into any rescheduling, refinancing or other arrangement of any kind with any other Borrower; |
(c) | the Lender releasing any other Borrower or any Security created by a Finance Document; or |
(d) | any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with any other Borrower or other person; |
(e) | the release of any other Borrower or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group; |
(f) | the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any other Borrower or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security; |
(g) | any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of any other Borrower or any other person; |
(h) | any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental, and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of a Finance Document or any other document or security including, without limitation, any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security; |
(i) | any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation or any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or |
(j) | any insolvency or similar proceedings. |
18.3 | Principal Debtor |
18.4 | Borrower restrictions |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, during the Security Period no Borrower shall: |
(i) | claim any amount which may be due to it from any other Borrower whether in respect of a payment made under, or matter arising out of, this Agreement or any Finance Document, or any matter unconnected with this Agreement or any Finance Document; or |
(ii) | take or enforce any form of security from any other Borrower for such an amount, or in any way seek to have recourse in respect of such an amount against any asset of any other Borrower; or |
(iii) | set off such an amount against any sum due from it to any other Borrower; or |
(iv) | prove or claim for such an amount in any liquidation, administration, arrangement or similar procedure involving any other Borrower; or |
(v) | exercise or assert any combination of the foregoing. |
(b) | If during the Security Period, the Lender, by notice to a Borrower, requires it to take any action referred to in paragraph (a) above in relation to any other Borrower, that Borrower shall take that action as soon as practicable after receiving the Lender 's notice. |
18.5 | Deferral of Borrowers' rights |
(a) | to be indemnified by any other Borrower; or |
(b) | to claim any contribution from any other Borrower in relation to any payment made by it under the Finance Documents. |
19 | REPRESENTATIONS |
19.1 | General |
19.2 | Status |
(a) | It is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing in good standing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation. |
(b) | It and each Transaction Obligor has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted. |
19.3 | Share capital and ownership |
(a) | Borrower A has an authorised share capital of 500 registered and/or bearer shares of no par value, all of which shares have been issued in registered form and held by the Guarantor. |
(b) | Borrower B has an authorised share capital of 500 registered and/or bearer shares of no par value, all of which shares have been issued in registered form and held by the Guarantor. |
(c) | Borrower C has an authorised share capital of 500 registered shares and/or bearer of no par value, all of which shares have been issued in registered form and held by the Guarantor. |
(d) | The legal title to and beneficial interest in the shares in each Borrower is held free of any Security or any other claim by the Guarantor. |
(e) | None of the shares in any Borrower is subject to any option to purchase, pre-emption rights or similar rights. |
19.4 | Binding obligations |
19.5 | Validity, effectiveness and ranking of Security |
(a) | Each Finance Document to which it is a party does now or, as the case may be, will upon execution and delivery and, where applicable, registration as provided for in that Finance Document create the Security it purports to create over any assets to which such Security, by its terms, relates, and such Security will, when created or intended to be created, be valid and effective. |
(b) | No third party has or will have any Security (except for Permitted Security) over any assets that are the subject of any Transaction Security granted by it. |
(c) | The Transaction Security granted by it to the Lender has or will when created or intended to be created have first ranking priority or such other priority it is expressed to have in the Finance Documents and is not subject to any prior ranking or pari passu ranking security. |
(d) | No concurrence, consent or authorisation of any person is required for the creation of or otherwise in connection with any Transaction Security. |
19.6 | Non-conflict with other obligations |
(a) | any law or regulation of any Pertinent Jurisdiction or, to its knowledge, of any other jurisdiction, applicable to it; |
(b) | its constitutional documents; or |
(c) | any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its assets or constitute a default or termination event (however described) under any such agreement or instrument. |
19.7 | Power and authority |
(a) | It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise: |
(i) | its entry into, performance and delivery of, each Transaction Document to which it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated by those Transaction Documents; and |
(ii) | in the case of a Borrower, the registration of its Ship under its Approved Flag;. |
(b) | No limit on its powers will be exceeded as a result of the borrowing, granting of security or giving of guarantees or indemnities contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. |
19.8 | Validity and admissibility in evidence |
(a) | to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; and |
(b) | to make the Transaction Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its Relevant Jurisdictions, |
19.9 | Governing law and enforcement |
(a) | The choice of governing law of each Transaction Document to which it is a party will be recognised and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdictions. |
(b) | Any judgment obtained in relation to a Transaction Document to which it is a party in the jurisdiction of the governing law of that Transaction Document will be recognised and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdictions. |
19.10 | Insolvency |
(a) | corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in paragraph (a) of Clause 27.8 (Insolvency proceedings); or |
(b) | creditors' process described in Clause 27.9 (Creditors' process), |
19.11 | No filing or stamp taxes |
19.12 | Deduction of Tax |
19.13 | No default |
(a) | On the date of this Agreement and on each Utilisation Date, no Event of Default which is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of any Utilisation or the entry into, the performance of, or any transaction contemplated by, any Transaction Document. |
(b) | No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default or a termination event (however described) under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or to which its assets are subject which might have a Material Adverse Effect. |
19.14 | No misleading information |
(a) | Any factual information provided by any member of the Group for the purposes of this Agreement was true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which it is stated. |
(b) | The financial projections contained in any such information have been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions. |
(c) | Nothing has occurred or been omitted from any such information and no information has been given or withheld that results in any such information being untrue or misleading in any material respect. |
19.15 | Financial Statements |
(a) | Its most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Financial statements): |
(i) | have been prepared in accordance with Clause 20.4 (Requirements as to financial statements); and |
(ii) | give a true and fair view of (if audited) or fairly represent (if unaudited) its financial condition as at the end of the relevant financial year and operations during the relevant financial year (consolidated in the case of the Guarantor). |
(b) | Since the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Financial statements) there has been no material adverse change in its business, assets or financial condition (or the business or consolidated financial condition of the Group, in the case of the Guarantor). |
19.16 | Pari passu ranking |
19.17 | No proceedings pending or threatened |
19.18 | Validity and completeness of MOA and Assignable Charter |
(a) | Each MOA and any Assignable Charter being in force at any relevant time constitutes legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the relevant Seller and Charterer (as the context may require). |
(b) | The copies of the MOA and of any Assignable Charter delivered to the Lender before the date of this Agreement are true and complete copies. |
(c) | No amendments or additions to the MOA or Assignable Charter have been agreed nor have any rights under the MOA or Assignable Charter been waived. |
19.19 | No rebates etc. |
19.20 | Valuations |
(a) | All information supplied by it or on its behalf to an Approved Valuer for the purposes of a valuation delivered to the Lender in accordance with this Agreement was true and accurate as at the date it was supplied or (if appropriate) as at the date (if any) at which it is stated to be given. |
(b) | It has not omitted to supply any information to an Approved Valuer which, if disclosed, would adversely affect any valuation prepared by such Approved Valuer. |
(c) | There has been no change to the factual information provided pursuant to paragraph (a) above in relation to any valuation between the date such information was provided and the |
19.21 | No breach of laws |
19.22 | No Charter |
19.23 | Compliance with Environmental Laws |
19.24 | No Environmental Claim |
19.25 | No Environmental Incident |
19.26 | ISM and ISPS Code compliance |
19.27 | Taxes paid |
(a) | It is not and no other member of the Group is materially overdue in the filing of any Tax returns and it is not (and no other member of the Group is) overdue in the payment of any amount in respect of Tax. |
(b) | No claims or investigations are being, or are reasonably likely to be, made or conducted against it (or any other member of the Group) with respect to Taxes. |
19.28 | Financial Indebtedness |
19.29 | Overseas companies |
19.30 | Good title to assets |
19.31 | Ownership |
(a) | With effect on and from the relevant Delivery Date, each Borrower will be the sole legal and beneficial owner of its Ship, its Earnings and its Insurances. |
(b) | With effect on and from the date of its creation or intended creation, each Transaction Obligor will be the sole legal and beneficial owner of any asset that is the subject of any Transaction Security created or intended to be created by such Transaction Obligor. |
(c) | The constitutional documents of each Transaction Obligor do not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of the shares of the Borrowers on creation or enforcement of the security conferred by the Security Documents. |
19.32 | Ownership of Guarantor |
19.33 | Centre of main interests and establishments |
19.34 | Place of business |
19.35 | No employee or pension arrangements |
19.36 | Sanctions |
(a) | No Transaction Obligor: |
(i) | is a Prohibited Person; |
(ii) | is owned or controlled by or acting directly or indirectly on behalf of or for the benefit of, a Prohibited Person; |
(iii) | owns or controls a Prohibited Person; or |
(iv) | has a Prohibited Person serving as a director, officer or, to the best of its knowledge, employee. |
(b) | No proceeds of the Loan or any part of the Loan shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a Prohibited Person nor shall they be otherwise directly or indirectly, applied in a manner or for a purpose prohibited by Sanctions. |
19.37 | US Tax Obligor |
19.38 | Repetition |
20 | INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS |
20.1 | General |
20.2 | Financial statements |
(a) | as soon as they become available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each of their respective financial years: |
(i) | the Borrowers' respective unaudited financial statements for that financial year; and |
(ii) | the audited consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor for that financial year, |
(b) | as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 60 days after the end of each quarter of each of the Borrowers' and Guarantor's respective financial years (commencing from the financial quarter year which ends on 30 September 2015): |
(i) | the Borrowers' respective unaudited financial statements for that financial quarter year; and |
(ii) | the consolidated unaudited financial statements of the Guarantor for that financial quarter year; |
(c) | as soon as they become available, but in any event within 60 days after the end of each of their respective financial years, budgets in a format approved by the Lender evidencing (a) the Group's future five-year cash flow projections and the annual Operating Expenses of the Group Ships and (b) the General and Administrative expenses relating to the day-to-day operations of the Group's business for that financial year, commencing from the financial year ending 31 December 2015; |
(d) | from time to time, promptly upon the Lender's reasonable request, such further financial or other information in respect of the Borrowers, the Ships, the Transaction Obligors and the other members of the Group. |
20.3 | Compliance Certificate |
(a) | The Guarantor shall supply to the Lender, with each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of Clause 20.2 (Financial statements), a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with (A) Clause 21 (Financial Covenants) as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up (and, in respect of Clause 21.1(a) and (b), commencing with the Accounting Period starting on 1 July 2017) and (B) Clause 7.5 (Mandatory prepayment on Change of Ownership). |
(b) | Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Guarantor. |
20.4 | Requirements as to financial statements |
(a) | Each set of financial statements delivered by a Borrower pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Financial statements) shall be certified by a director of the relevant company as giving a true and fair view (if audited) or fairly representing (if unaudited) its financial condition and operations as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up. |
(b) | The Borrowers shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP. |
(c) | The Borrowers shall procure that each set of financial statements of an Obligor delivered pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP, accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of the Original Financial Statements for that Obligor unless, in relation to any set of financial statements, it notifies the Lender that there has been a change in GAAP, the accounting practices or reference periods and its auditors (or, if appropriate, the auditors of the Obligor) deliver to the Lender: |
(i) | a description of any change necessary for those financial statements to reflect the GAAP, accounting practices and reference periods upon which that Obligor's Original Financial Statements were prepared; and |
(ii) | sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the Lender, enable the Lender to determine whether Clause 21 (Financial Covenants) has been complied with and make an accurate comparison between the financial position indicated in those financial statements and that Obligor's Original Financial Statements. |
20.5 | Information: miscellaneous |
(a) | Each Borrower shall supply to the Lender all documents dispatched by it to its shareholders (or any class of them) or its creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched; and |
(b) | promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations (including proceedings or investigations relating to any alleged or actual breach of the ISM Code or of the ISPS Code) which are current, threatened or pending against any member of the Group, and which might, if adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect; |
(c) | promptly, its constitutional documents where these have been amended or varied; |
(d) | promptly, such further information and/or documents regarding: |
(i) | each Ship, goods transported on each Ship, its Earnings and its Insurances; |
(ii) | the Security Assets; |
(iii) | compliance of the Obligors with the terms of the Finance Documents; |
(iv) | the financial condition, business and operations of any member of the Group, |
(e) | promptly, such further information and/or documents as the Lender may reasonably request so as to enable the Lender to comply with any laws applicable to it or as may be required by any regulatory authority. |
20.6 | Notification of an Event of Default |
(a) | Each Obligor shall notify the Lender of any Event of Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence (unless that Obligor is aware that a notification has already been provided by another Obligor). |
(b) | Promptly upon a request by the Lender, each Borrower shall supply to the Lender a certificate signed by two of its directors or senior officers on its behalf certifying that no Event of Default is continuing (or if an Event of Default is continuing, specifying the Event of Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it). |
20.7 | "Know your customer" checks |
(a) | the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; |
(b) | any change in the status of a Transaction Obligor (including, without limitation, a change of ownership of a Transaction Obligor) after the date of this Agreement; or |
(c) | a proposed assignment by the Lender of any of its rights under this Agreement, |
21 | FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
21.1 | The Guarantor shall ensure that on each Testing Date and at all other times during the Security Period: |
(a) | the Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 75 per cent.; and |
(b) | the ratio of EBITDA to Net Interest Expense shall not be less than 2:1; and |
(c) | it shall maintain Cash and Cash Equivalents (including any contractually committed but undrawn parts of shareholders' Notes made to the Guarantor) in an amount not less than the product of (i) the number of Group Ships and (ii) $500,000 and shall further procure that, any such Cash and Cash Equivalents in respect of the Ships are held with the Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, any amounts required to be standing to accounts held with the Lender pursuant to Clause 21.3 shall not be taken into account when calculating such Cash and Cash Equivalents in respect of the Ships. |
21.2 | Testing Date |
21.3 | Borrowers' Minimum Liquidity |
(a) | adding back Net Interest Expense; |
(b) | adding back depreciation and amortisation; |
(c) | adding back any non-cash expenses and non-cash losses; |
(d) | deducting any non-cash income and non-cash gains; |
(e) | taking no account of any exceptional or extraordinary item; |
(f) | taking no account of any revaluation of an asset or any loss or gain over book value arising on the disposal of an asset by a member of the Group during that Rolling Period; and |
(g) | adding back the expenses of the special and intermediate surveys, in case these expenses are not capitalized. |
(a) | as at not more than 14 Business Days previously; |
(c) | with or without physical inspection of the Fleet Ships; |
(d) | on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash on normal arm's length commercial terms as between a willing seller and a willing buyer free of any charter; |
22 | GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS |
22.1 | General |
22.2 | Authorisations |
(a) | obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and |
(b) | supply certified copies to the Lender of, |
(i) | perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; |
(ii) | ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in any Relevant Jurisdiction or in the state of the Approved Flag at any time of each Ship of any Transaction Document to which it is a party; and |
(iii) | own and operate each Ship (in the case of the Borrowers). |
22.3 | Compliance with laws |
22.4 | Environmental compliance |
(a) | comply with all Environmental Laws; |
(b) | obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Approvals; |
(c) | implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law, |
22.5 | Environmental claims |
(a) | any Environmental Claim against any member of the Group which is current, pending or threatened; and |
(b) | any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any member of the Group, |
22.6 | Taxation |
(a) | Each Obligor shall pay and discharge all Taxes imposed upon it or its assets within the time period allowed without incurring penalties unless and only to the extent that: |
(i) | such payment is being contested in good faith; |
(ii) | adequate reserves are maintained for those Taxes and the costs required to contest them have been disclosed in its latest financial statements delivered to the Lender under Clause 20.2 (Financial statements); and |
(iii) | such payment can be lawfully withheld and failure to pay those Taxes does not have or is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
(b) | No Obligor shall change its residence for Tax purposes. |
22.7 | Overseas companies |
22.8 | No change to centre of main interests |
22.9 | Pari passu ranking |
22.10 | Title |
(a) | From the Utilisation Date of the Advance under the relevant Tranche, each Borrower shall hold the legal title to, and own the entire beneficial interest in its Ship, its Earnings and its Insurances. |
(b) | With effect on and from its creation or intended creation, each Obligor shall hold the legal title to, and own the entire beneficial interest in any other assets the subject of any Transaction Security created or intended to be created by such Obligor. |
22.11 | Negative pledge |
(a) | No Obligor shall, and the Borrowers shall procure that no other Transaction Obligor will, create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets (other than, in respect of the Guarantor, any Security granted or to be granted in respect of its assets (other than any assets in respect of which a Security has been granted under the Security Documents), in the ordinary course of business). |
(b) | No Borrower shall: |
(i) | sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by a Transaction Obligor; |
(ii) | sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms; |
(iii) | enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or |
(iv) | enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect, |
(c) | Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Permitted Security. |
22.12 | Disposals |
(a) | Unless the sale proceeds are sufficient to pay all amounts required pursuant to Clause 7.4 (Mandatory prepayment on sale or Total Loss), no Borrower shall enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset (including without limitation any Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances). |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any Permitted Charter. |
22.13 | Merger |
22.14 | Listing of Guarantor |
22.15 | Change of business |
(a) | The Guarantor shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of the Guarantor or the Group from that carried on at the date of this Agreement. |
(b) | No Borrower shall engage in any business other than the ownership and operation of its Ship. |
22.16 | Financial Indebtedness |
22.17 | No other liabilities or obligations to be incurred |
(i) | liabilities and obligations under the Finance Documents (including, without limitation, under the Hedging Agreement); |
(ii) | liabilities or obligations reasonably incurred in the normal course of its business of trading, operating and chartering, maintaining and repairing the Ship owned by it (including, without limitation, any shareholder loan subject to the relevant Borrower ensuring, on or prior to the date of the first advance of that loan, that the rights of the shareholder which is the provider of that loan are fully subordinated to the rights of the Lender under the Finance Documents in writing and upon such terms and conditions as shall be required by the Lender but excluding any investments, any sale or lease back agreements and any off-balance-sheet obligations); and |
(iii) | any guarantee and indemnity granted or to be granted by the Guarantor or any other liability or obligation incurred by the Guarantor in its ordinary course of business. |
22.18 | Expenditure |
22.19 | Share capital |
(a) | purchase, cancel or redeem any of its share capital; |
(b) | increase or reduce its authorised share capital; |
(c) | issue any further shares except to the Guarantor and provided such new shares are made subject to the terms of the Shares Security applicable to that Borrower immediately upon the issue of such new shares in a manner satisfactory to the Lender and the terms of that Shares Security are complied with; |
(d) | appoint any further director or officer of that Borrower (unless the provisions of the Shares Security applicable to that Borrower are complied with). |
22.20 | Dividends |
22.21 | Accounts |
22.22 | Other transactions |
(a) | be the creditor in respect of any loan or any form of credit to any person other than another Obligor and where such loan or form of credit is Permitted Financial Indebtedness; |
(b) | give or allow to be outstanding any guarantee or indemnity to or for the benefit of any person in respect of any obligation of any other person or enter into any document under which that Borrower assumes any liability of any other person other than any guarantee or indemnity given under the Finance Documents. |
(c) | enter into any material agreement other than: |
(i) | the Transaction Documents; |
(ii) | any other agreement expressly allowed under any other term of this Agreement; and |
(d) | enter into any transaction on terms which are, in any respect, less favourable to that Borrower than those which it could obtain in a bargain made at arms' length; or |
(e) | acquire any shares or other securities other than US or UK Treasury bills and certificates of deposit issued by major North American or European banks, unless any such transactions are incurred in that Borrower's normal course of business. |
22.23 | Unlawfulness, invalidity and ranking; Security imperilled |
(a) | make it unlawful for a Transaction Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents; |
(b) | cause any obligation of a Transaction Obligor under the Transaction Documents to cease to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable if that cessation individually or together with any other cessations materially or adversely affects the interests of the Lender under the Finance Documents; |
(c) | cause any Transaction Document to cease to be in full force and effect; |
(d) | cause any Transaction Security to rank after, or lose its priority to, any other Security; and |
(e) | imperil or jeopardise the Transaction Security. |
22.24 | Banking operations |
22.25 | Further assurance |
(a) | Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor will, promptly, and in any event within the time period specified by the Lender do all such acts (including procuring or arranging any registration, notarisation or authentication or the giving of any notice) or execute or procure execution of all such documents (including assignments, transfers, mortgages, charges, notices, instructions, acknowledgments, proxies and powers of attorney), as the Lender may specify (and in such form as the Lender may require in favour of the Lender or its nominee(s)): |
(i) | to create, perfect, vest in favour of the Lender or protect the priority of the Security or any right of any kind created or intended to be created under or evidenced by the Finance Documents (which may include the execution of a mortgage, charge, assignment or other Security over all or any of the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Transaction Security) or for the exercise of any rights, |
(ii) | to confer on the Lender Security over any property and assets of that Transaction Obligor located in any jurisdiction equivalent or similar to the Security intended to be conferred by or pursuant to the Finance Documents; |
(iii) | to facilitate or expedite the realisation and/or sale of, the transfer of title to or the grant of, any interest in or right relating to the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Transaction Security or to exercise any power specified in any Finance Document in respect of which the Security has become enforceable; and/or |
(iv) | to enable or assist the Lender to enter into any transaction to commence, defend or conduct any proceedings and/or to take any other action relating to any item of the Security Property. |
(b) | Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor will, take all such action as is available to it (including making all filings and registrations) as may be necessary for the purpose of the creation, perfection, protection or maintenance of any Security conferred or intended to be conferred on the Lender by or pursuant to the Finance Documents. |
(c) | At the same time as an Obligor delivers to the Lender any document executed by itself or another Transaction Obligor pursuant to this Clause 22.25 (Further assurance), that Obligor shall deliver, or shall procure that such other Transaction Obligor will deliver, to the Lender a certificate signed by two of that Obligor's or Transaction Obligor's directors or officers which shall: |
(i) | set out the text of a resolution of that Obligor's or Transaction Obligor's directors specifically authorising the execution of the document specified by the Lender; and |
(ii) | reasonable evidence that that Obligor's or Transaction Obligor's execution of such document has been duly authorised by it. |
23 | INSURANCE UNDERTAKINGS |
23.1 | General |
23.2 | Maintenance of obligatory insurances |
(a) | fire and usual marine risks (including hull and machinery and excess risks); |
(b) | war risks; |
(c) | protection and indemnity risks; and |
(d) | any other risks against which the Lender considers, having regard to practices and other circumstances prevailing at the relevant time, it would be reasonable for that Borrower to insure and which are specified by the Lender by notice to that Borrower. |
23.3 | Terms of obligatory insurances |
(a) | in dollars; |
(b) | in the case of fire and usual marine risks and war risks, in an amount on an agreed value basis at least the greater of: |
(i) | 120 per cent. of the Loan; and |
(ii) | the aggregate Market Value of the Ships subject to a Mortgage; |
(c) | in the case of oil pollution liability risks, for an aggregate amount equal to the highest level of cover from time to time available under basic protection and indemnity club entry and in the international marine insurance market; |
(d) | in the case of protection and indemnity risks, in respect of the full tonnage of its Ship; |
(e) | on approved terms; and |
(f) | through Approved Brokers and with approved insurance companies and/or underwriters or, in the case of war risks and protection and indemnity risks, in approved war risks and protection and indemnity risks associations. |
23.4 | Further protections for the Lender |
(a) | subject always to paragraph (b), name that Borrower as the sole named insured unless the interest of every other named insured is limited: |
(i) | in respect of any obligatory insurances for hull and machinery and war risks; |
(A) | to any provable out-of-pocket expenses that it has incurred and which form part of any recoverable claim on underwriters; and |
(B) | to any third party liability claims where cover for such claims is provided by the policy (and then only in respect of discharge of any claims made against it); and |
(ii) | in respect of any obligatory insurances for protection and indemnity risks, to any recoveries it is entitled to make by way of reimbursement following discharge of any third party liability claims made specifically against it; |
(b) | whenever the Lender requires, name (or be amended to name) the Lender as additional named insured for its rights and interests, warranted no operational interest and with full waiver of rights of subrogation against the Lender, but without the Lender being liable to pay (but having the right to pay) premiums, calls or other assessments in respect of such insurance; |
(c) | name the Lender as loss payee with such directions for payment as the Lender may specify; |
(d) | provide that all payments by or on behalf of the insurers under the obligatory insurances to the Lender shall be made without set off, counterclaim or deductions or condition whatsoever; |
(e) | provide that the obligatory insurances shall be primary without right of contribution from other insurances which may be carried by the Lender; and |
(f) | provide that the Lender may make proof of loss if that Borrower fails to do so. |
23.5 | Renewal of obligatory insurances |
(a) | at least 21 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance effected by it: |
(i) | notify the Lender of the Approved Brokers (or other insurers) and any protection and indemnity or war risks association through or with which it proposes to renew that obligatory insurance and of the proposed terms of renewal; and |
(ii) | obtain the Lender's approval to the matters referred to in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) above; |
(b) | at least 14 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance, renew that obligatory insurance in accordance with the Lender's approval pursuant to paragraph (a) above; and |
(c) | procure that the Approved Brokers and/or the approved war risks and protection and indemnity associations with which such a renewal is effected shall promptly after the renewal notify the Lender in writing of the terms and conditions of the renewal. |
23.6 | Copies of policies; letters of undertaking |
(a) | pro forma copies of all policies relating to the obligatory insurances which they are to effect or renew; and |
(b) | a letter or letters or undertaking in a form required by the Lender and including undertakings by the Approved Brokers that: |
(i) | they will have endorsed on each policy, immediately upon issue, a loss payable clause and a notice of assignment complying with the provisions of Clause 23.4 (Further protections for the ); |
(ii) | they will hold such policies, and the benefit of such insurances, to the order of the Lender in accordance with such loss payable clause; |
(iii) | they will advise the Lender immediately of any material change to the terms of the obligatory insurances; |
(iv) | they will, if they have not received notice of renewal instructions from the relevant Borrower or its agents, notify the Lender not less than 14 days before the expiry of the obligatory insurances; |
(v) | if they receive instructions to renew the obligatory insurances, they will promptly notify the Lender of the terms of the instructions; |
(vi) | they will not set off against any sum recoverable in respect of a claim relating to the Ship owned by that Borrower under such obligatory insurances any premiums or other amounts due to them or any other person whether in respect of that Ship or otherwise, they waive any lien on the policies, or any sums received under them, which they might have in respect of such premiums or other amounts and they will not cancel such obligatory insurances by reason of non-payment of such premiums or other amounts; and |
(vii) | they will arrange for a separate policy to be issued in respect of the Ship owned by that Borrower forthwith upon being so requested by the Lender. |
23.7 | Copies of certificates of entry |
(a) | a certified copy of the certificate of entry for that Ship; |
(b) | a letter or letters of undertaking in such form as may be required by the Lender; and |
(c) | a certified copy of each certificate of financial responsibility for pollution by oil or other Environmentally Sensitive Material issued by the relevant certifying authority in relation to that Ship. |
23.8 | Deposit of original policies |
23.9 | Payment of premiums |
23.10 | Guarantees |
23.11 | Compliance with terms of insurances |
(a) | No Borrower shall do or omit to do (nor permit to be done or not to be done) any act or thing which would or might render any obligatory insurance invalid, void, voidable or unenforceable or render any sum payable under an obligatory insurance repayable in whole or in part. |
(b) | Without limiting paragraph (a) above, each Borrower shall: |
(i) | take all necessary action and comply with all requirements which may from time to time be applicable to the obligatory insurances, and (without limiting the obligation contained in sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of Clause 23.6 (Copies of policies; letters of undertaking)) ensure that the obligatory insurances are not made subject to any exclusions or qualifications to which the Lender has not given its prior approval; |
(ii) | not make any changes relating to the classification or classification society or manager or operator of the Ship owned by it approved by the underwriters of the obligatory insurances; |
(iii) | make (and promptly supply copies to the Lender of) all quarterly or other voyage declarations which may be required by the protection and indemnity risks association in which the Ship owned by it is entered to maintain cover for trading to the United States of America and Exclusive Economic Zone (as defined in the United States Oil Pollution Act 1990 or any other applicable legislation); and |
(iv) | not employ the Ship owned by it, nor allow it to be employed, otherwise than in conformity with the terms and conditions of the obligatory insurances, without first obtaining the consent of the insurers and complying with any requirements (as to extra premium or otherwise) which the insurers specify. |
23.12 | Alteration to terms of insurances |
23.13 | Settlement of claims |
(a) | not settle, compromise or abandon any claim under any obligatory insurance for Total Loss or for a Major Casualty; and |
(b) | do all things necessary and provide all documents, evidence and information to enable the Lender to collect or recover any moneys which at any time become payable in respect of the obligatory insurances. |
23.14 | Provision of copies of communications |
(a) | the Approved Brokers; |
(b) | the approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations; and |
(c) | the approved insurance companies and/or underwriters, |
(i) | that Borrower's obligations relating to the obligatory insurances including, without limitation, all requisite declarations and payments of additional premiums or calls; and |
(ii) | any credit arrangements made between that Borrower and any of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above relating wholly or partly to the effecting or maintenance of the obligatory insurances. |
23.15 | Provision of information |
(a) | obtaining or preparing any report from an independent marine insurance broker as to the adequacy of the obligatory insurances effected or proposed to be effected; and/or |
(b) | effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurances as are referred to in Clause 23.16 (Mortgagee's interest additional perils insurances) or dealing with or considering any matters relating to any such insurances, |
23.16 | Mortgagee's interest additional perils insurances |
(a) | The Lender shall be entitled from time to time to effect, maintain and renew a mortgagee's interest marine insurance ("MII") and a mortgagee's interest additional perils insurance ("MAPI") (a) in the case of MII, in an amount on an agreed value basis at least equal to 110 per cent. of the Loan and (b) in the case of MAPI, in an amount on an agreed value basis at least equal to 120 per cent. per cent. of the Loan, in each case, on such terms, through such insurers and generally in such manner as the Lender may from time to time consider appropriate |
(b) | The Borrowers shall upon demand fully indemnify the Lender in respect of all premiums and other expenses which are incurred in connection with or with a view to effecting, maintaining or renewing any insurance referred to in paragraph (a) above or dealing with, or considering, any matter arising out of any such insurance. |
24 | GENERAL SHIP UNDERTAKINGS |
24.1 | General |
24.2 | Ships' names and registration |
(a) | keep that Ship registered in its name under the Approved Flag from time to time at its port of registration; |
(b) | not do or allow to be done anything as a result of which such registration might be suspended, cancelled or imperilled; and |
(c) | not change the name of that Ship, |
(i) | that Ship remaining subject to Security securing the Secured Liabilities created by a first priority or preferred ship mortgage on that Ship and, if appropriate, a first priority deed of covenant collateral to that mortgage (or equivalent first priority Security) on substantially the same terms as the Mortgage on that Ship and related Deed of Covenant and on such other terms and in such other form as the Lender shall approve or require; and |
(ii) | the execution of such other documentation amending and supplementing the Finance Documents as the Lender shall approve or require. |
24.3 | Repair and classification |
(a) | consistent with first class ship ownership and management practice; and |
(b) | so as to maintain the Approved Classification free of overdue recommendations and conditions. |
24.4 | Classification society undertaking |
(a) | to send to the Lender, following receipt of a written request from the Lender, certified true copies of all original class records held by the Approved Classification Society in relation to that Ship; |
(b) | to allow the Lender (or its agents), at any time and from time to time, to inspect the original class and related records of that Borrower and that Ship at the offices of the Approved Classification Society and to take copies of them; |
(c) | to notify the Lender immediately in writing if the Approved Classification Society: |
(i) | receives notification from that Borrower or any person that that Ship's Approved Classification Society is to be changed; or |
(ii) | becomes aware of any facts or matters which may result in or have resulted in a change, suspension, discontinuance, withdrawal or expiry of that Ship's class under the rules or terms and conditions of that Borrower or that Ship's membership of the Approved Classification Society; |
(d) | following receipt of a written request from the Lender: |
(i) | to confirm that that Borrower is not in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the Approved Classification Society, including confirmation that it has paid in full all fees or other charges due and payable to the Approved Classification Society; or |
(ii) | to confirm that that Borrower is in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the Approved Classification Society, to specify to the Lender in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances of such default, the consequences of such default, and any remedy period agreed or allowed by the Approved Classification Society. |
24.5 | Modifications |
24.6 | Removal and installation of parts |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, no Borrower shall remove any material part of any Ship, or any item of equipment installed on any Ship unless: |
(i) | the part or item so removed is forthwith replaced by a suitable part or item which is in the same condition as or better condition than the part or item removed; |
(ii) | the replacement part or item is free from any Security in favour of any person other than the Lender; and |
(iii) | the replacement part or item becomes, on installation on that Ship, the property of that Borrower and subject to the security constituted by the Mortgage on that Ship and the related Deed of Covenant. |
(b) | A Borrower may install equipment owned by a third party if the equipment can be removed without any risk of damage to the Ship owned by that Borrower. |
24.7 | Surveys |
24.8 | Inspection |
24.9 | Prevention of and release from arrest |
(a) | Each Borrower shall, in respect of the Ship owned by it, promptly discharge: |
(i) | all liabilities which give or may give rise to maritime or possessory liens on or claims enforceable against that Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances; |
(ii) | all Taxes, dues and other amounts charged in respect of that Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances; and |
(iii) | all other outgoings whatsoever in respect of that Ship, its Earnings or its Insurances. |
(b) | Each Borrower shall immediately and, forthwith upon receiving notice of the arrest of the Ship owned by it or of its detention in exercise or purported exercise of any lien or claim, procure its release by providing bail or otherwise as the circumstances may require. |
24.10 | Compliance with laws etc. |
(a) | comply, or procure compliance with all laws or regulations: |
(i) | relating to its business generally; and |
(ii) | relating to the Ship owned by it, its ownership, employment, operation, management and registration, |
(b) | obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect any Environmental Approvals; and |
(c) | without limiting paragraph (a) above, not employ the Ship owned by it nor allow its employment, operation or management in any manner contrary to any law or regulation including but not limited to the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws and Sanctions (or which would be contrary to Sanctions if Sanctions were binding on each Transaction Obligor). |
24.11 | ISPS Code |
(a) | procure that the Ship owned by it and the company responsible for that Ship's compliance with the ISPS Code comply with the ISPS Code; and |
(b) | maintain an ISSC for that Ship; and |
(c) | notify the Lender immediately in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the ISSC. |
24.12 | Sanctions and Ship trading |
(a) | that the Ship shall not be used by or for the benefit of a Prohibited Person; |
(b) | that the Ship shall not be used in trading in any manner contrary to Sanctions (or which could be contrary to Sanctions if Sanctions were binding on each Transaction Obligor); |
(c) | that the Ship shall not be traded in any manner which would trigger the operation of any sanctions limitation or exclusion clause (or similar) in the Insurances or otherwise traded in areas prohibited by either (i) the law applicable to that Ship's flag or (i) the applicable law of the country of incorporation of the Borrower owning that Ship or (iii) the applicable law of the nationality of the officers and crew of that Ship; and |
(d) | that each charterparty in respect of the Ship shall contain, for the benefit of the Borrower, language which gives effect to the provisions of paragraph (c) of Clause 24.10 (Compliance with laws etc.) as regards Sanctions and of this Clause 24.12 (Sanctions and Ship trading) and which permits refusal of employment or voyage orders if compliance would result in a breach of Sanctions (or which could be contrary to Sanctions if Sanctions were binding on each Transaction Obligor). |
24.13 | Trading in war zones |
(a) | the prior written consent of the Lender has been given; and |
(b) | that Borrower has (at its expense) effected any special, additional or modified insurance cover which the Lender may require. |
24.14 | Provision of information |
(a) | that Ship, its employment, position and engagements; |
(b) | the Earnings and payments and amounts due to its master and crew; |
(c) | any expenditure incurred, or likely to be incurred, in connection with the operation, maintenance or repair of that Ship and any payments made by it in respect of that Ship; |
(d) | any towages and salvages; and |
(e) | its compliance, the Approved Manager's compliance and the compliance of that Ship with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code, |
24.15 | Notification of certain events |
(a) | any casualty to that Ship which is or is likely to be or to become a Major Casualty; |
(b) | any occurrence as a result of which that Ship has become or is, by the passing of time or otherwise, likely to become a Total Loss; |
(c) | any requisition of that Ship for hire; |
(d) | any overdue requirement or recommendation made in relation to that Ship by any insurer or classification society or by any competent authority which is not immediately complied with within the time limits allowed by such insurer or the relevant classification society or authority; |
(e) | any arrest or detention of that Ship, any exercise or purported exercise of any lien on that Ship or the Earnings or any requisition of that Ship for hire; |
(f) | any intended dry docking of that Ship; |
(g) | any Environmental Claim made against that Borrower or in connection with that Ship, or any Environmental Incident; |
(h) | any claim for breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code being made against that Borrower, an Approved Manager or otherwise in connection with that Ship; or |
(i) | any other matter, event or incident, actual or threatened, the effect of which will or could lead to the ISM Code or the ISPS Code not being complied with, |
24.16 | Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc. |
(a) | let that Ship on demise charter for any period (without the Lender's prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld); |
(b) | enter into any time, voyage or consecutive voyage charter in respect of that Ship other than a Permitted Charter; |
(c) | amend, supplement or terminate a Management Agreement; |
(d) | appoint a manager of that Ship other than the Approved Commercial Manager and the Approved Technical Manager or agree to any alteration to the terms of an Approved Manager's appointment (without the Lender's prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld); |
(e) | de activate or lay-up that Ship without the Lender's prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld); or |
(f) | put that Ship into the possession of any person for the purpose of work being done upon it in an amount exceeding or likely to exceed $500,000 in relation to Ship A, or $500,000 in relation to Ship B and Ship C (or, in each case, the equivalent in any other currency) unless that person has first given to the Lender and in terms satisfactory to it a written undertaking not to exercise any lien on that Ship or its Earnings for the cost of such work or for any other reason. |
24.17 | Notice of Mortgage |
24.18 | Sharing of Earnings |
24.19 | Notification of compliance |
25 | SECURITY COVER |
25.1 | Minimum required security cover |
(a) | at any time during the period commencing on the first anniversary of the first Utilisation Date of the Advance and ending one year later, that the Security Cover Ratio is below 100 per cent; and |
(b) | at any time thereafter throughout the remainder of the Security Period, that the Security Cover Ratio is below 120 per cent. |
25.2 | Provision of additional security; prepayment |
(a) | If the Lender serves a notice on the Borrowers under Clause 25.1 (Minimum required security cover), the Borrowers shall, on or before the date falling one Month after the date on which the Lender's notice is served (the "Prepayment Date"), prepay such part of the Loan as shall eliminate the shortfall. |
(b) | A Borrower may, instead of making a prepayment as described in paragraph (a) above, provide, or ensure that a third party has provided, additional security (including, without limitation, cash pledged in favour of the Lender) which, in the opinion of the Lender: |
(i) | has a net realisable value at least equal to the shortfall; and |
(ii) | is documented in such terms as the Lender may approve or require, |
25.3 | Value of additional vessel security |
25.4 | Valuations binding |
25.5 | Provision of information |
(a) | Each Borrower shall promptly provide the Lender and any shipbroker acting under this Clause 25 (Security Cover) with any information which the Lender or the shipbroker may request for the purposes of the valuation(s). |
(b) | If a Borrower fails to provide the information referred to in paragraph (a) above by the date specified in the request, the valuation may be made on any basis and assumptions which the shipbroker or the Lender considers prudent. |
25.6 | Prepayment mechanism |
25.7 | Provision of valuations |
(a) | for the purposes of Clause 25.1 (Minimum required security cover) and Clause 8.1 (Calculation of interest) each Borrower shall provide the Lender with a valuation of the Ship owned by it or that will be owned by it on the relevant Utilisation Date and any other vessel over which additional Security has been created in accordance with Clause 25.2 (Provision of additional security; prepayment), from an Approved Valuer, to enable the Lender to determine the aggregate Market Value of the Ships; |
(b) | for the purposes of enabling the Lender to determine the Fleet Market Value pursuant to Clause 21.2 (Financial covenants), the Borrowers shall provide the Lender, together with each Compliance Certificate pursuant to Clause 20.3 (Compliance Certificate), with a valuation in respect of each Fleet Ship from an Approved Valuer, each addressed to the Lender. |
25.8 | Frequency of valuations |
26 | APPLICATION OF EARNINGS |
26.1 | Payment of Earnings |
(a) | subject only to the provisions of the General Assignment to which it is a party, all the Earnings in respect of the Ship owned by it are paid in to an Earnings Account held in the name of that Borrower; and |
(b) | all payments to that Borrower under the Hedging Agreement are paid to an Earnings Account held in the name of that Borrower |
26.2 | Location of Accounts |
(a) | comply with any requirement of the Lender as to the location or relocation of its Earnings Accounts; and |
(b) | execute any documents which the Lender specifies to create or maintain in favour of the Lender Security over (and/or rights of set-off, consolidation or other rights in relation to) the Earnings Accounts. |
27 | EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
27.1 | General |
27.2 | Non-payment |
(a) | its failure to pay is caused by: |
(i) | administrative or technical error; or |
(ii) | a Disruption Event; and |
(b) | payment is made within 3 Business Days of its due date. |
27.3 | Specific obligations |
27.4 | Other obligations |
(a) | An Obligor or any Approved Manager does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other than those referred to in Clause 27.2 (Non-payment) and Clause 27.3 (Specific obligations)). |
(b) | No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within 3 Business Days of the Lender giving notice to the Borrowers or (if earlier) any Obligor or Approved Manager becoming aware of the failure to comply. |
27.5 | Misrepresentation |
27.6 | Cross default |
(a) | Any Financial Indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period. |
(b) | Any Financial Indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described). |
(c) | Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any Transaction Obligor as a result of an event of default (however described). |
(d) | Any creditor of any Transaction Obligor becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described). |
27.7 | Insolvency |
(a) | A Transaction Obligor: |
(i) | is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due; |
(ii) | is deemed to, or is declared to, be unable to pay its debts under applicable law; |
(iii) | suspends or threatens to suspend making payments on any of its debts; or |
(iv) | by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding the Lender in its capacity as such) with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness. |
(b) | Commencing as of the Accounting Period ending on 30 September 2017 or at any time thereafter, the value of the assets of any Transaction Obligor is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities). |
(c) | A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor. If a moratorium occurs, the ending of the moratorium will not remedy any Event of Default caused by that moratorium. |
27.8 | Insolvency proceedings |
(a) | Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to: |
(i) | the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Transaction Obligor; |
(ii) | a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of any Transaction Obligor; |
(iii) | the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Transaction Obligor or any of its assets; or |
(iv) | enforcement of any Security over any assets of any Transaction Obligor, |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above shall not apply to any winding-up petition which is frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within 14 Business Days of commencement. |
27.9 | Creditors' process |
27.10 | Ownership of the Obligors |
(a) | An Obligor (other than the Guarantor) is not or ceases to be a 100 per cent. directly owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor. |
(b) | Any person or group of persons (other than the Permitted Holders) acting in concert gains control of the Guarantor. |
(c) | For the purpose of paragraph (b) above "control" means: |
(i) | the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to: |
(A) | cast, or control the casting of, more than 50 per cent. of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the Guarantor; or |
(B) | appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the directors or other equivalent officers of the Guarantor; or |
(C) | give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of the Guarantor with which the directors or other equivalent officers of the Guarantor are obliged to comply; and/or |
(ii) | the holding beneficially of more than 50 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Guarantor (excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits or capital). |
(d) | For the purpose of paragraph (b) above "acting in concert" means a group of persons who, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal), actively co-operate, through the acquisition directly of shares in the Guarantor by any of them, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or consolidate control of the Guarantor. |
27.11 | Unlawfulness, invalidity and ranking |
(a) | It is or becomes unlawful for a Transaction Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents. |
(b) | Any obligation of a Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents is not or ceases to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable. |
(c) | Any Finance Document ceases to be in full force and effect or to be continuing or is or purports to be determined or any Transaction Security is alleged by a party to it (other than the Lender) to be ineffective. |
(d) | Any Transaction Security proves to have ranked after, or loses its priority to, any other Security. |
27.12 | Security imperilled |
27.13 | Cessation of business |
27.14 | Expropriation |
27.15 | Repudiation and rescission of agreements |
27.16 | Litigation |
27.17 | Material adverse change |
27.18 | Listing of Guarantor |
27.19 | Acceleration |
(a) | cancel the Commitment, whereupon it shall immediately be cancelled; |
(b) | declare that all or part of the Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon it shall become immediately due and payable; and/or |
(c) | declare that all or part of the Loan be payable on demand, whereupon it shall immediately become payable on demand by the Lender, |
27.20 | Enforcement of security |
28 | CHANGES TO THE LENDER |
28.1 | Assignment by the Lender |
28.2 | Conditions of assignment |
(a) | The Lender shall not be required to consult with, or obtain the Borrowers' prior written consent unless any transfer or assignment under Clause 28.1 is to a New Lender, which does not hold a banking license, in which case the Borrowers' prior written consent shall be required (and shall not be unreasonably withheld). |
(b) | The consent of the Borrowers to an assignment pursuant to this Clause 29.2 must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each Borrower will be deemed to have given its consent five Business Days after the Existing Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly refused by that Borrower within that time. |
(c) | If: |
(i) | the Existing Lender assigns any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and |
(ii) | as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment or change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or the Existing Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 12 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) or under that clause as incorporated by reference or in full in any other Finance Document or Clause 13 (Increased Costs), |
(d) | Each Obligor agrees that all rights and interests (present, future or contingent) which the Existing Lender has under or by virtue of the Finance Documents are assigned to the New Lender absolutely, free of any defects in the Existing Lender's title and of any rights or equities which the Borrower or any other Obligor had against the Existing Lender. |
28.3 | Security over Lender's rights |
(a) | any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and |
(b) | if the Lender is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by the Lender as security for those obligations or securities, |
(i) | release the Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or |
(ii) | require any payments to be made by an Obligor other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or granted to the Lender under the Finance Documents. |
28.4 | Change of lending office |
(a) | the date on which the Lender dispatches the notice; and |
(b) | the date, if any, specified in the notice as the date on which the change will come into effect. |
29 | CHANGES TO THE TRANSACTION OBLIGORS |
29.1 | Assignment or transfer by Transaction Obligors |
30 | PAYMENT MECHANICS |
30.1 | Payments to the Lender |
(a) | On each date on which a Transaction Obligor is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, that Transaction Obligor shall make an amount equal to such payment available to the Lender (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Lender as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment. |
(b) | Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in a principal financial centre in such Participating Member State or London, as specified by the Lender) and with such bank as the Lender, in each case, specifies. |
30.2 | Application of receipts; partial payments |
(a) | If the Lender receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by a Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Lender may apply that payment towards the obligations of that Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents in any manner it may decide. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above will override any appropriation made by a Transaction Obligor. |
30.3 | No set-off by Transaction Obligors |
(a) | All payments to be made by a Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above shall not affect the operation of any payment or close-out netting in respect of any amounts owing under the Hedging Agreement. |
30.4 | Business Days |
(a) | Any payment under the Finance Documents which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not). |
(b) | During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or an Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date. |
30.5 | Currency of account |
(a) | Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, dollars is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from a Transaction Obligor under any Finance Document. |
(b) | Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred. |
(c) | Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than dollars shall be paid in that other currency. |
30.6 | Change of currency |
(a) | Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then: |
(i) | any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Lender (after consultation with the Borrowers); and |
(ii) | any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Lender (acting reasonably). |
(b) | If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Lender (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Borrowers) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency. |
30.7 | Currency conversion |
30.8 | Disruption to Payment Systems etc. |
(a) | the Lender may, and shall if requested to do so by a Borrower, consult with the Borrowers with a view to agreeing with the Borrowers such changes to the operation or administration of the Facility as the Lender may deem necessary in the circumstances; |
(b) | the Lender shall not be obliged to consult with the Borrowers in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no obligation to agree to such changes; |
(c) | any such changes agreed upon by the Lender and the Borrowers shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be binding upon the Parties and any Transaction Obligors as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents; |
(d) | the Lender shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever (including, without limitation for negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Lender) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with this Clause 30.8 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.). |
31 | SET-OFF |
32 | CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE LENDER |
(a) | interfere with the right of the Lender to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit; |
(b) | oblige the Lender to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or |
(c) | oblige the Lender to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax. |
33 | NOTICES |
33.1 | Communications in writing |
33.2 | Addresses |
(a) | in the case of the Borrowers, that specified in Schedule 1 (The Parties); and |
(b) | in the case of any other Obligor or the Lender, that specified in Schedule 1 (The Parties) or, if it becomes a Party after the date of this Agreement, that notified in writing to the Lender on or before the date on which it becomes a Party; |
33.3 | Delivery |
(a) | Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective: |
(i) | if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or |
(ii) | if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address, |
(b) | Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Lender will be effective only when actually received by it and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer of the Lender specified in Schedule 1 (The Parties) (or any substitute department or officer as the Lender shall specify for this purpose). |
(c) | Any communication or document made or delivered to the Borrowers in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Transaction Obligors. |
(d) | Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (c) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day. |
33.4 | Electronic communication |
(a) | Any communication to be made between any two Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means (including, without limitation, by way of posting to a secure website) if those two Parties: |
(i) | notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by that means; and |
(ii) | notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them by not less than five Business Days' notice. |
(b) | Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above to be made between an Obligor and the Lender may only be made in that way to the extent that those two Parties agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted from of communication. |
(c) | Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above made between any two Parties will be effective only when actually received (or made available) in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Party to the Lender only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Lender shall specify for this purpose. |
(d) | Any electronic communication which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraph (c) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place in which the Party to whom the relevant communication is sent or made available has its address for the purpose of this Agreement shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day. |
(e) | Any reference in a Finance Document to a communication being sent or received shall be construed to include that communication being made available in accordance with this Clause 33.4 (Electronic communication). |
33.5 | English language |
(a) | Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English. |
(b) | All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be: |
(i) | in English; or |
(ii) | if not in English, and if so required by the Lender, accompanied by a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved by the Lender and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document. |
33.6 | Hedging Agreement |
34 | CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES |
34.1 | Accounts |
34.2 | Certificates and determinations |
34.3 | Day count convention |
35 | PARTIAL INVALIDITY |
36 | REMEDIES AND WAIVERS |
37 | SETTLEMENT OR DISCHARGE CONDITIONAL |
38 | IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT |
39 | CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION |
39.1 | Confidentiality |
39.2 | Disclosure of Confidential Information |
(a) | to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such Confidential Information as the Lender shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information; |
(b) | to any person: |
(i) | to (or through) whom it assigns (or may potentially assign) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents and, in each case, to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers; |
(ii) | with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Transaction Obligors and to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers; |
(iii) | appointed by the Lender or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf; |
(iv) | who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) above; |
(v) | to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation; |
(vi) | to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitrations, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes; |
(vii) | to whom or for whose benefit the Lender charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 28.3 (Security over Lender's rights); |
(viii) | who is a Party, a member of the Group or any related entity of a Transaction Obligor; |
(ix) | as a result of the registration of any Finance Document as contemplated by any Finance Document or any legal opinion obtained in connection with any Finance Document; or |
(x) | with the consent of the Guarantor; |
(A) | in relation to sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (b) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking except that there shall be no requirement for a Confidentiality Undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information; |
(B) | in relation to sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information; |
(C) | in relation to sub-paragraphs (v), (vi) and (vii) of paragraph (b) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Lender, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances; |
(c) | to any person appointed by the Lender or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered in to a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Borrowers and the Lender; |
(d) | to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry out its normal rating activities in relation to the Finance Documents and/or the Transaction Obligors if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information. |
39.3 | Entire agreement |
39.4 | Inside information |
39.5 | Notification of disclosure |
(a) | of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to sub-paragraph (v) of paragraph (b) of Clause 39.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and |
(b) | upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 39 (Confidential Information). |
39.6 | Continuing obligations |
(a) | the date on which all amounts payable by the Obligors under or in connection with this Agreement have been paid in full and the Commitment has been cancelled or otherwise ceased to be available; and |
(b) | the date on which the Lender otherwise ceases to be the Lender. |
40 | COUNTERPARTS |
41 | GOVERNING LAW |
42 | ENFORCEMENT |
42.1 | Jurisdiction |
(a) | The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) (a "Dispute"). |
(b) | The Obligors accept that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Obligor will argue to the contrary. |
(c) | This Clause 42.1 (Jurisdiction) is for the benefit of the Lender only. As a result, the Lender shall be not be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Lender may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. |
42.2 | Service of process |
(a) | Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each Obligor (other than an Obligor incorporated in England and Wales): |
(i) | irrevocably appoints Messrs. E.J.C Album Solicitors, presently of Landmark House, 190 Willifield Way, London, NW11 GY1, England (Attention of Mr. Eduard Album Fax +44 (0) 20 8457 5558, e-mail: ejca@mitgr.com) as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document; and |
(ii) | agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned. |
(b) | If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process, the Borrowers (on behalf of all the Obligors) must immediately (and in any event within 14 days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Lender. Failing this, the Lender may appoint another agent for this purpose. |
Name of Borrower
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Place of Incorporation
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Registration number (or equivalent, if any)
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Address for Communication
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Premier Marine Co.
|
Marshall Islands
|
77643
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16 Grigoriou Lambraki, 16674 Glyfada, Athens, Greece
|
Gladiator Shipping Co.
|
Marshall Islands
|
77645
|
16 Grigoriou Lambraki, 16674 Glyfada, Athens, Greece
|
Guardian Shipping Co.
|
Marshall Islands
|
77647
|
16 Grigoriou Lambraki, 16674 Glyfada, Athens, Greece
|
Name of Guarantor
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Place of Incorporation
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Registration number (or equivalent, if any)
|
Address for Communication
|
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.
|
Marshall Islands
|
27721
|
16 Grigoriou Lambraki, 16674 Glyfada, Athens, Greece
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Name of Original Lender
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Address for Communication
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UniCredit Bank AG
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7 Heraklitou Street, 10673 Athens, Greece
(or any other office of UniCredit Bank AG in accordance with Clause 28.4 (Change of lending office)
Fax: +30 210 3640063
Attention: the Managers
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1 | Obligors |
1.1 | A copy of the constitutional documents of each Obligor. |
1.2 | A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each Obligor: |
(a) | approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party; |
(b) | authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and |
(c) | authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, a Utilisation Request and each Selection Notice) to be signed and/or despatched by it under, or in connection with, the Finance Documents to which it is a party. |
1.3 | An original of the power of attorney of each Obligor authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party. |
1.4 | A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 1.2 above. |
1.5 | A certificate of incumbency in respect of any Approved Manager. |
1.6 | A copy of a resolution signed by the Guarantor as the holder of the issued shares in each Borrower, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which that Borrower is a party. |
1.7 | A certificate of each Obligor (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Commitment would not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on that Transaction Obligor to be exceeded. |
1.8 | A certificate of each Obligor that is incorporated outside the UK (signed by a director) certifying either that (i) it has not delivered particulars of any UK Establishment to the Registrar of Companies as required under the Overseas Regulations or (ii) it has a UK Establishment and specifying the name and registered number under which it is registered with the Registrar of Companies. |
1.9 | A certificate of an authorised signatory of the relevant Obligor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part A of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement. |
2 | MOA, Assignable Charter and other documents |
2.1 | Copies of the MOA and of all documents signed or issued by a Borrower or the relevant Seller (or any of them) under or in connection with it. |
2.2 | Copies of any Assignable Charter and of all documents signed or issued by a Borrower or the Charterer (or both of them) under or in connection with it. |
2.3 | Such documentary evidence as the Lender and its legal advisers may require in relation to the due authorisation and execution of the MOA and the Assignable Charter by each of the parties thereto. |
2.4 | A copy of the Hedging Agreement executed by the Borrowers. |
3 | Finance Documents |
3.1 | A duly executed original of any Finance Document not otherwise referred to in this Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent). |
3.2 | A duly executed original of any other document required to be delivered by each Finance Document if not otherwise referred to this Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent). |
4 | Security |
4.1 | A duly executed original of the Account Security in relation to each Earnings Account and of the Shares Security in respect of each Borrower (and of each document to be delivered under each of them). |
4.2 | A duly executed original of the Hedging Agreement Security in respect of the Borrower (and of each document to be delivered under it). |
5 | Legal opinions |
5.1 | A legal opinion of Watson Farley & Williams, legal advisers to the Lender in England. |
5.2 | If an Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales, a legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Lender in the relevant jurisdiction. |
6 | Other documents and evidence |
6.1 | Evidence that the Borrowers have deposited at each relevant time with the Lender an amount of $444,026.54 in respect of Tranche A, $303,142.68 in respect of Tranche B and $396,831.78 in respect of Tranche C (not forming part of the Advance) towards payment of the Purchase Price of each of the Ships. |
6.2 | Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 42.2 (Service of process), if not an Obligor, has accepted its appointment. |
6.3 | A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Lender considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrowers accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Transaction Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Transaction Document. |
6.4 | The original of any mandates or other documents required in connection with the opening or operation of the Accounts. |
6.5 | Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrowers pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the first Utilisation Date. |
6.6 | Evidence satisfactory to the Lender that the Disclosed Person is the ultimate beneficial owner of not less than 40 per cent. of either (A) the issued shares in the Guarantor and the voting rights attached to such shares and/or (B) the voting rights attached to any of the |
6.5 | Such evidence as the Lender may require to be able to satisfy its "know your customer" or similar identification procedures in relation to the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents. |
1 | Borrowers |
2 | Ship and other security |
2.1 | A duly executed original of the Mortgage, the Deed of Covenant and the General Assignment in respect of the relevant Ship and of each document to be delivered under or pursuant to each of them together with documentary evidence that the Mortgage in respect of that Ship has been duly registered as a valid first priority ship mortgage in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction of its Approved Flag. |
2.2 | Documentary evidence that that Ship: |
(a) | has been unconditionally delivered by the relevant Seller to, and accepted by, the relevant Borrower under the MOA and that the full Purchase Price payable and all other sums due to that Seller under the MOA, other than the sums to be financed pursuant to the Utilisation of the Advance, have been paid to that Seller; |
(b) | is definitively and permanently registered in the name of the relevant Borrower under the Approved Flag applicable to that Ship (i) at the port of Douglas, in the case of Ship A, and (ii) at the port of Nassau, in the case of each of Ship B and Ship C; |
(c) | is in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of the relevant Borrower save as contemplated by the Finance Documents; |
(d) | is classed with class +100 A1 with Lloyds Register of Shipping or such other classification society which is a member of IACS and approved by the Lender in its discretion. |
(e) | is insured in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and all requirements in this Agreement in respect of insurances have been complied with. |
2.3 | Documents establishing that that Ship will, as from the Utilisation Date of the Advance under the relevant Tranche, be managed commercially by the Approved Commercial Manager and managed technically by the Approved Technical Manager on terms acceptable to the Lender, together with: |
(a) | a Manager's Undertaking for each of the Approved Technical Manager and the Approved Commercial Manager of that Ship; and |
(b) | copies of the Approved Technical Manager's Document of Compliance and of the Ship's Safety Management Certificate (together with any other details of the applicable Safety Management System which the Lender requires) and of any other documents required under the ISM Code and the ISPS Code in relation to that Ship including without limitation an ISSC. |
2.4 | An opinion from an independent insurance consultant acceptable to the Lender on such matters relating to the Insurances as the Lender may require. |
2.5 | Evidence of the Market Value of that Ship, addressed to the Lender, stated to be for the purposes of this Agreement and dated not earlier than 14 Business Days before the Utilisation Date for that Advance. |
3 | Legal opinions |
(a) | in respect of Ship A, Isle of Man; and |
(b) | in respect of each of Ship B and Ship C, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, |
4 | Other documents and evidence |
4.1 | Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrowers pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date for the Advance under the relevant Tranche. |
From: | Premier Marine Co. Gladiator Shipping Co. Guardian Shipping Co. |
To: | UniCredit Bank AG |
1 | We refer to the Agreement. This is an Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this Utilisation Request. |
2 | We wish to borrow the Advance under Tranche [A][B][C] on the following terms: |
Proposed Utilisation Date:
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[l] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)
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Amount:
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[l] or, if less, the Available Facility
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Interest Period for the first Advance:
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[l]
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3 | We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent) and Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) of the Agreement as they relate to the Advance to which this Utilisation Request refers is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request. |
4 | The proceeds of this Advance should be credited to [account]. |
5 | This Utilisation Request is irrevocable. |
From: | Premier Marine Co. Gladiator Shipping Co. Guardian Shipping Co. |
To: | UniCredit Bank AG |
1 | We refer to the Agreement. This is a Selection Notice. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Selection Notice unless given a different meaning in this Selection Notice. |
2 | We request that the next Interest Period for the Loan be [l]. |
3 | This Selection Notice is irrevocable. |
To: | UniCredit Bank AG as Lender |
From: | Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. |
1 | We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate. |
2 | We confirm that: |
2.1 | [the Leverage Ratio does not exceed 75 per cent.; and] |
2.2 | [the ratio of EBITDA to Net Interest Expenses (as shown in the relevant Financial Statements accompanying this Compliance Certificate) is not less than 2:1; and] |
2.3 | [we maintain Cash and Cash Equivalents in an amount of [$ ] inclusive of [contractually committed but undrawn parts of] shareholders'Notes in an aggregate amount of [$ ] [made available] to ourselves.] |
3 | [We also confirm that each Borrower maintains in accounts held with the Lender minimum credit balances of not less $500,000 (free of Security other than in favour of the Lender).] |
4 | [We confirm that no Event of Default is continuing.] |
Signed: | ________________________ |
Ship name
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Name of the Borrower owner
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Type
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GRT
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NRT
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Approved Flag and port of registration
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Approved Classification Society
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Approved Classification
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Approved Commercial Manager
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Approved Technical Manager
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"GENEROUS"
(to be renamed "PREMIERSHIP")
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Borrower A
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bulk carrier
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88479
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56828
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Isle of Man port of Douglas
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ABS
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+100 A1
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Fidelity Marine or Seanergy Management
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V. Ships and (as the case may be) Seanergy Shipmanagement
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"ASSOS STRIKER"
(to be renamed "GLADIATORSHIP")
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Borrower B
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bulk carrier
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33005
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19231
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Bahamas, port of Nassau
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NKK
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+100 A1
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Fidelity Marine or Seanergy Management
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V. Ships and (as the case may be) Seanergy Shipmanagement
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"MYSTIC STRIKER"
(to be renamed "GUARDIANSHIP")
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Borrower C
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bulk carrier
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33044
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19231
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Bahamas, port of Nassau
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NKK
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+100 A1
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Fidelity Marine or Seanergy Management
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V. Ships and (as the case may be) Seanergy Shipmanagement
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Delivery of a duly completed Utilisation Request (Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request)) or a Selection Notice (Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods))
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Two Business Days before the intended Utilisation Date (Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request)) or the expiry of the preceding Interest Period (Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods))
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LIBOR is fixed
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Quotation Day as of 11:00 am London time
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Reference Bank Rate calculated by reference to available quotations in accordance with Clause 10.2 (Calculation of Reference Bank Rate)
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Noon on the Quotation Day
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SIGNED by Theodora Mitropetrou
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) /s/ Theodora Mitropetrou
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duly authorised attorney-in-fact
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)
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for and on behalf of
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)
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PREMIER MARINE CO.
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)
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in the presence of:
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)
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Witness' signature: /s/ Andreas Giakoumelos
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)
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Witness' name: Andreas Giakoumelos
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)
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Witness' address:
WATSON, FARLEY & WATSON
348 SYNGROU AVENUE
176 74 KALLITHEA
ATHENS - GREECE
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)
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SIGNED by Theodora Mitropetrou
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) /s/ Theodora Mitropetrou
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duly authorised attorney-in-fact
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)
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for and on behalf of
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)
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GLADIATOR SHIPPING CO.
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)
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in the presence of:
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)
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Witness' signature: /s/ Andreas Giakoumelos
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)
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Witness' name: Andreas Giakoumelos
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)
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Witness' address:
WATSON, FARLEY & WATSON
348 SYNGROU AVENUE
176 74 KALLITHEA
ATHENS - GREECE
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)
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SIGNED by Theodora Mitropetrou
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) /s/ Theodora Mitropetrou
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duly authorised attorney-in-fact
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)
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for and on behalf of
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)
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GUARDIAN SHIPPING CO.
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)
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in the presence of:
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)
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Witness' signature: /s/ Andreas Giakoumelos
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)
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Witness' name: Andreas Giakoumelos
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)
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Witness' address:
WATSON, FARLEY & WATSON
348 SYNGROU AVENUE
176 74 KALLITHEA
ATHENS - GREECE
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)
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SIGNED by Theodora Mitropetrou
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) /s/ Theodora Mitropetrou
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duly authorised attorney-in-fact
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)
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for and on behalf of
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)
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SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP.
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)
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in the presence of:
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)
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Witness' signature: /s/ Andreas Giakoumelos
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)
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Witness' name: Andreas Giakoumelos
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)
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Witness' address:
WATSON, FARLEY & WATSON
348 SYNGROU AVENUE
176 74 KALLITHEA
ATHENS - GREECE
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)
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SIGNED by Nikolaos Tzoumakas
Pericles Lykoudis
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) /s/ Nikolaos Tzoumakas
)
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duly authorised attorneys-in-fact
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)
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for and on behalf of
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) /s/ Pericles Lykoudis
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UNICREDIT BANK AG
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)
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in the presence of:
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)
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Witness' signature: /s/ Andreas Giakoumelos
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)
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Witness' name: Andreas Giakoumelos
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)
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Witness' address:
WATSON, FARLEY & WATSON
348 SYNGROU AVENUE
176 74 KALLITHEA
ATHENS - GREECE
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)
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LOAN AGREEMENT
for a secured floating interest rate
loan facility of up to US$33,750,173
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CLAUSE
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HEADINGS
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PAGE
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1.
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PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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3
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2.
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THE LOAN
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20
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3.
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INTEREST
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22
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4.
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REPAYMENT - PREPAYMENT
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25
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5.
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PAYMENTS, TAXES, LOAN ACCOUNT AND COMPUTATION
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28
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6.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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31
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7.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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37
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8.
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COVENANTS
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42
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9.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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56
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10.
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INDEMNITIES - EXPENSES – FEES
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62
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11.
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SECURITY, APPLICATION, AND SET-OFF
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68
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12.
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UNLAWFULNESS, INCREASED COSTS
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70
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13.
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EARNINGS ACCOUNT
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14.
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ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER, PARTICIPATION, LENDING OFFICE
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75
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15.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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78
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16.
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NOTICES
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81
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17.
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LAW AND JURISDICTION
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SCHEDULE 1: Form of Drawdown Notice
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SCHEDULE 2: Form of Insurance Letter
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SCHEDULE 3: Form of Compliance Certificate
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(1) | ALPHA BANK A.E., a banking société anonyme incorporated in and pursuant to the laws of the Hellenic Republic with its head office at 40 Stadiou Street, Athens GR 102 52, Greece, acting, except as otherwise herein provided, through its office at 93 Akti Miaouli, Piraeus, Greece (hereinafter called the "Lender", which expression shall include its successors and assigns); and |
(2) | SQUIRE OCEAN NAVIGATION CO., a company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the Republic of Liberia having its registered office at 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, Republic of Liberia (hereinafter called the "Borrower", which expression shall include its successors) |
1. | PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Amount and Purpose |
1.2 | Definitions |
"Accounting Period" means each consecutive period of six (6) months falling during the Security Period for which Accounting Information is required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the Guarantee; |
(a) | all losses, liabilities, costs, charges, expenses, damages and outgoings of whatever nature, (including, without limitation, Taxes, repair costs, |
(b) | the expenses referred to in Clause 10.2; and |
(c) | interest on all such losses, liabilities, costs, charges, expenses, damages and outgoings from, in the case of Expenses referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above, the date on which such Expenses were demanded by the Lender from the Borrower and in all other cases, the date on which the same were suffered, incurred or paid by the Lender until the date of receipt or recovery thereof (whether before or after judgement) at the Default Rate (as conclusively certified by the Lender but always absent manifest error); |
(a) | sections 1471 to 1474 of the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") or any associated regulations or other associated official guidance; |
(b) | any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of paragraph (a) above; or |
(c) | any agreement pursuant to the implementation of paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction; |
(a) | in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 January 2014; |
(b) | in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (which relates to "gross proceeds" from the disposition of property of a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January 2015; or |
(c) | in relation to a "passthru payment" described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) above, 1 January 2017, |
(a) | the increase in a payment made by the Borrower or a Security Party to the Lender under Clause 10.10 or 10.11(b) of this Agreement; or |
(b) | a payment under Clause 10.11(d) of this Agreement; |
(a) | "The International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention", currently known or referred to as the "ISM Code", adopted by the Assembly of the International Maritime Organisation by Resolution A. 741(18) on 4th November, 1993 and incorporated on 19th May, 1994 into chapter IX of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (SOLAS 1974); and |
(b) | all further resolutions, circulars, codes, guidelines, regulations and recommendations which are now or in the future issued by or on behalf of the International Maritime Organisation or any other entity with responsibility for implementing the ISM Code, including without limitation, the "Guidelines on implementation or administering of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code by Administrations" produced by the International Maritime Organisation pursuant to Resolution A. 788(19) adopted on 25th November, 1995; |
(a) | the DOC and SMC issued by the Classification Society in all respects acceptable to the Lender in its absolute discretion pursuant to the ISM Code in relation to the Vessel within the period specified by the ISM Code; |
(b) | all other documents and data which are relevant to the ISM SMS and its implementation and verification which the Lender may require by request; and |
(c) | any other documents which are prepared or which are otherwise relevant to establish and maintain the Vessel's or the Borrower's compliance with the ISM Code which the Lender may require by request; |
(a) | the rate per annum equal to the offered quotation for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to, or as near as possible equal to, the relevant Interest Period which appears on page LIBOR 1 of the REUTERS screen at or about 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Day for that Interest Period (and, for the purposes of this Agreement, "REUTERS LIBOR page 01" means the display designated as the "REUTERS LIBOR 01" on the Reuters Money News Service or such other page as may replace REUTERS LIBOR page 01 on that service for the purpose of displaying rates comparable to that rate or on such other service as may be nominated by ICE as the information vendor for the purpose of displaying ICE Interest Settlement Rates for Dollars); or |
(b) | if on such date no rate is quoted on REUTERS LIBOR page 01 or if the rate quoted on such pages does not reflect the Lender's cost of funding, LIBOR for such period shall be the rate per annum (rounded upward if necessary to five decimal place) at which the Lender is able in accordance with its usual practices to obtain deposits in Dollars in an amount approximately equal to the amount in relation to which LIBOR is to be determined for a period equivalent to such period in the London Interbank Market at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Day for that Interest Period for a period equal to that Interest Period and for delivery on the first Banking Day of it; |
(a) | the amounts incurred by the Guarantor during such Financial Year as expenses of its business (including, without limitation, vessel and voyage expenses, commissions, vessel running expenses (including, but not limited to voyage, operating, repair, insurance, victualing and other related expenses), management fees, Directors fees and general and administration expenses); |
(b) | interest expense; |
(c) | taxes; and |
(d) | other items charged to the Guarantor's consolidated profit and loss account (including but not limited to depreciation and/or amortisation but excluding impairment charges) for the relevant Financial Year. |
(a) | actual, constructive, compromised or arranged total loss of the Vessel; or |
(b) | the Compulsory Acquisition of the Vessel; or |
(c) | the condemnation, capture, seizure, confiscation, arrest or detention of the Vessel (other than where the same amounts to the Compulsory Acquisition of the Vessel) by any Government Entity, or by persons acting on behalf of any Government Entity or otherwise, unless the Vessel be released and restored to from such condemnation, capture, seizure, confiscation arrest or detention or within sixty (60) days after the occurrence thereof; and |
(d) | the hijacking, capture, seizure or confiscation of the Vessel arising as a result of a piracy or related incident unless the Vessel be released and restored to from such hijacking, capture, seizure or confiscation within one hundred eighty (180) days after the occurrence thereof; and |
1.3 | Interpretation. In this Agreement: |
(a) | "asset" includes every kind of property, asset, interest or right, including any present, future or contingent right to any revenues or other payment; |
(b) | "company" includes any partnership, joint venture and unincorporated association; |
(c) | "consent" includes an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, registration, notarisation and legalisation; |
(d) | "control" means either ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting share capital (or equivalent rights of ownership) of such company or entity or the power to direct its policies and management, whether by contract or otherwise and "controlled" shall be construed accordingly; |
(e) | "contingent liability" means a liability which is not certain to arise and/or the amount of which remains unascertained; |
(f) | "document" includes a deed; also a letter or fax; |
(g) | "legal or administrative action" means any legal proceeding or arbitration and any administrative or regulatory action or investigation; |
(h) | "liability" includes every kind of debt or liability (present or future, certain or contingent), whether incurred as principal or surety or otherwise; |
(i) | "law" includes any order or decree, any form of delegated legislation, any treaty or international convention and any regulation or resolution of the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the United Nations or its Security Council; |
(j) | "policy", in relation to any insurance, includes a slip, cover note, certificate of entry or other document evidencing the contract of insurance or its terms; |
(k) | "protection and indemnity risks" means the usual risks covered by a protection and indemnity association which is a member of the international group of protection and indemnity associations ("IG"), including pollution risks and the proportion (if any) of any sums payable to any other person or persons in case of collision which are not recoverable under the hull and machinery policies by reason of the incorporation in them of clause 8 of the Institute Time Clauses (Hulls)(1/11/1995) or the Institute Amended Running Down Clause (1/10/71) or any equivalent provision; |
(l) | "successor in title" includes any person who is entitled (by assignment, novation, merger or otherwise) to any other person's rights under this Agreement or any other Security Document (or any interest in those rights) or who, as administrator, liquidator or otherwise, is entitled to exercise those rights; and in particular references to a successor in title include a person to whom those rights (or any interest in those rights) are transferred or pass as a result of a merger, division, reconstruction or other reorganisation of it or any other person; |
(m) | "War risks" includes the risk of mines, blocking and trapping, missing vessel, confiscation, war P&I and all risks excluded by clause 24 of the Institute Time Clauses (Hulls) (1/11/95). |
(n) | reference to: |
(i) | any "enactment" shall be deemed to include references to such enactment as re-enacted, amended or extended; |
(ii) | a "person" shall be construed as including reference to an individual, firm, company, corporation, unincorporated body of persons or any State, political sub-division of a state and local or municipal authority, any agency of such State and any international organisation and any person includes such person's assignees and successors in title; |
(iii) | a "regulation" includes any present or future regulation, rule, directive, requirement, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or national or supranational body, agency, department, central bank or government department or any regulatory, self regulatory or other authority or organisation and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any Basel II Regulation and Basel III Regulation; |
(iv) | a "guarantee" include references to an indemnity or other assurance against financial loss including, without limitation, an obligation to purchase assets or services as a consequence of a default by any other person to pay any Indebtedness and "guaranteed" shall be construed accordingly; |
(v) | this Agreement (or to any specified provisions thereof) and all documents referred to in this Agreement (or to any specified provisions thereof) shall be construed as references to this Agreement, that provision or that document as are in force for the time being and as are amended and/or supplemented from time to time; |
(vi) | this Agreement includes all the terms of this Agreement and any schedules, annexes or appendices to this Agreement, which form an integral part of same; |
(vii) | clauses, sub-clauses and schedules are to Clauses, Sub-Clauses and schedules in this Agreement; |
(viii) | the opinion of the Lender or a determination or acceptance by the Lender or to documents, acts, or persons acceptable or satisfactory to the Lender or the like shall be construed as reference to opinion, determination, acceptance or satisfaction of the Lender at the sole discretion of the Lender and such opinion, determination, acceptance or satisfaction of the Lender shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers; and |
(o) | Clause headings and the table of contents are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the interpretation of this Agreement; |
(p) | subject to any specific provision of this Agreement or of any assignment and/or participation or syndication agreement of any nature whatsoever, reference to each of the parties hereto and to the other Security Documents shall be deemed to be reference to and/or to include, as appropriate, their respective successors and permitted assigns; |
(q) | where the context so admits, words in the singular include the plural and vice versa; and |
(r) | the words "including" and "in particular" shall not be construed as limiting the generality of any foregoing words. |
2. | THE LOAN |
2.1 | Commitment to Lend. The Lender, relying upon (inter alia) each of the representations and warranties set forth in Clause 6 and in each of the other Security Documents, agrees to lend to the Borrower in one (1) Advance and upon and subject to the terms of this Agreement, the amount specified in Clause 1.1. |
2.2 | Drawdown Notice and Commitment to Borrow. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Commitment shall be advanced to the Borrower following receipt by the Lender from the Borrower of a Drawdown Notice not later than 10:00 a.m. (London time) on the second Banking Day before the date on which the drawdown is intended to be made. A Drawdown Notice shall be effective on actual receipt thereof by the Lender and, once given, shall, subject as provided in Clause 3.6, be irrevocable. |
2.3 | Number of Advances Agreed. The Commitment shall be advanced to the Borrower in one (1) Advance. |
2.4 | Disbursement. Upon receipt of the Drawdown Notice complying with the terms of this Agreement the Lender shall, subject to the provisions of Clause 7, on the date specified in the Drawdown Notice, make the Commitment available to the Borrower. |
2.5 | Application of Proceeds. Without prejudice to the Borrower's obligations under Clause 8.1(c), the Lender shall have no responsibility for the application of the proceeds of the Loan (or any part thereof) by the Borrower. |
2.6 | Termination Date of the Commitment. Any part of the Commitment undrawn and uncancelled at the end of the Availability Period shall thereupon be automatically cancelled. |
2.7 | Evidence. It is hereby expressly agreed and admitted by the Borrower that abstracts or photocopies of the books of the Lender as well as statements of accounts or a certificate signed by an authorised officer of the Lender shall be conclusive binding and full evidence, save for manifest error, on the Borrower as to the existence and/or the amount of the at any time Outstanding Indebtedness, of any amount due under this Agreement, of the applicable interest rate or Default Rate or any other rate provided for or referred to in this Agreement, the Interest Period, the value of additional securities under Clause 8.5(a), the payment or non payment of any amount. Nevertheless, enforcement procedures or any other court or out-of-court procedure can be commenced by the Lender on the basis of the above mentioned means of evidence including written statements or certificates of the Lender. |
2.8 | Cancellation. The Borrower may, cancel any undrawn part of the Commitment under this Agreement upon giving the Lender not less than five (5) Banking Days' notice in writing to that effect, provided, that no Drawdown Notice has been given to the Lender under Clause 2.2 for the full amount of the Commitment or in respect of the portion thereof in respect of which cancellation is required by the Borrower. Any such notice of cancellation, once given, shall be irrevocable. Any amount cancelled may not be drawn. Notwithstanding any such cancellation pursuant to this Clause 2.8 the Borrower shall continue to be liable for any and all amounts due to the Lender under this Agreement including without limitation any amounts due to the Lender under Clause 10. |
2.9 | No security or lien from other person. The Borrower has not taken or received, and the Borrower undertakes that until all moneys, obligations and liabilities due, owing or incurred by the Borrower under this Agreement and the Security Documents have been paid in full, it will not take or receive, any security or lien from any other person liable or for any liability whatsoever. |
3. | INTEREST |
3.1 | Normal Interest Rate. The Borrower shall pay interest on the Loan (or as the case may be, each portion thereof to which a different Interest Period relates) in respect of each Interest Period (or part thereof) on each Interest Payment Date. The interest rate for the calculation of interest shall be the rate per annum determined by the Lender to be the aggregate of (i) the Margin and (ii) LIBOR for such Interest Period, unless there is an Alternative Rate in which case the interest rate for the calculation of interest shall be the rate per annum determined by the Lender to be the aggregate of (i) the Margin and (ii) the Alternative Rate. |
3.2 | Selection of Interest Period. The Borrower may by notice received by the Lender not later than 10:00 a.m. (London time) on the third Banking Day before the beginning of each Interest Period specify (subject to Clause 3.3 below) whether such Interest Period shall have a duration of one (1) or two (2) or three (3) or six (6) months (or such other period as may be requested by the Borrower and as the Lender, in its sole discretion, may agree to). |
3.3 | Determination of Interest Periods. Every Interest Period shall, subject to market availability to be conclusively determined by the Lender, be of the duration specified by the Borrower pursuant to Clause 3.2 but so that: |
(a) | the initial Interest Period in respect of the Loan will commence on the Drawdown Date and each subsequent Interest Period will commence forthwith upon the expiry of the previous Interest Period; |
(b) | if any Interest Period would otherwise overrun one or more Repayment Dates, then, in the case of the last Repayment Date, such Interest Period shall end on such Repayment Date, and in the case of any other Repayment Date or Dates the Loan shall be divided into parts so that there is one part equal to the amount of the Repayment Instalment due on each Repayment Date falling during that Interest Period and having an Interest Period ending on the relevant Repayment Date and another part equal to the amount of the balance of the Loan having an Interest Period determined in accordance with Clause 3.2 and the other provisions of this Clause 3.3 and the expression "Interest Period in respect of the Loan" when used in this Agreement refers to the Interest Period in respect of the balance of the Loan; and |
(c) | if the Borrower fails to specify the duration of an Interest Period in accordance with the provisions of Clause 3.2 and this Clause 3.3, such Interest Period shall have a duration of three (3) months unless another period shall be agreed between the Lender and the Borrower provided, always, that such period (whether of three months or different duration) shall comply with this Clause 3.3. |
3.4 | Default Interest. If the Borrower fails to pay any sum (including, without limitation, any sum payable pursuant to this Clause 3.4) on its due date for payment under any of the Security Documents, the Borrower shall pay interest on such sum from the due date up to the date of actual payment (as well after as before judgement) at the rate determined by the Lender pursuant to this Clause 3.4. The period beginning on such due date and ending on such date of payment shall be divided into successive periods of not more than three (3) months as selected by the Lender each of which (other than the first, which shall commence on such due date) shall commence on the last day of the preceding such period. The rate of interest applicable to each such period shall be the aggregate (as determined by the Lender) of (i) two per cent (2%), per annum, (ii) the Margin and (iii) LIBOR. Such interest shall be due and payable on the last day of each such period as determined by the Lender and each such day shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be treated as an Interest Payment Date, provided that if such unpaid sum is of principal which became due and payable by reason of a declaration by the Lender under Clause 9.2 or a prepayment pursuant to Clauses 4.2, 4.3, 8.5(a) 12.1 and 12.2 on a date other than an Interest Payment Date relating thereto, the first such period selected by the Lender shall be of a duration equal to the period between the due date of such principal sum and such Interest Payment Date and interest shall be payable on such principal sum during such period at a rate two per cent (2%) above the rate applicable thereto immediately before it fell due. If for the reasons specified in Clause 3.6, the Lender is unable to determine a rate in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Clause 3.4, interest on any sum not paid on its due date for payment shall be calculated at a rate determined by the Lender to be two per cent (2%) per annum above the aggregate of (i) the Margin and (ii) the Alternative Rate. Interest payable by the Borrower as aforesaid shall be compounded quarterly (or if the period fixed by the Lender is longer, at the end of such longer period) and shall be payable on demand. |
3.5 | Notification of Interest and interest rate. The Lender shall notify the Borrower promptly of the duration of each Interest Period and of each rate of interest determined by it under this Clause 3 without prejudice to the right of the Lender to make determinations at its sole discretion. However, omission of the Lender to make such notification (without the application of the Borrower) will not constitute and will not be interpreted as if to constitute a breach of obligation of the Lender except in case of wilful misconduct. |
3.6 | Market disruption – Non Availability |
(a) | Market Disruption Event: If and whenever, at any time prior to the commencement of any Interest Period, the Lender (in its discretion) shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error) that a Market Disruption Event has occurred in relation to the Loan for any such Interest Period, then the Lender shall forthwith give notice thereof (a "Determination Notice") to the Borrower and the rate of interest |
(i) | the Margin; and |
(ii) | the rate which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the Lender of funding the Loan (or the relevant part thereof) from whatever source it may select; |
(b) | Meaning of "Market Disruption Event": In this Agreement "Market Disruption Event" means: |
(i) | at or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period LIBOR is not available; and/or |
(ii) | before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, the Lender determines (in its sole discretion) that the cost to it of obtaining matching deposits in the London Interbank Market to fund the Loan (or the relevant part thereof) for such Interest Period would be in excess of the LIBOR for such Interest Period; and |
(iii) | before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, deposits in Dollars are not available to the Lender in the London Interbank Market in the ordinary course of business in sufficient amounts to fund the Loan (or the relevant part thereof) for such Interest Period. |
(c) | Alternative basis of interest or funding: |
(i) | If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Lender or the Borrower so requires, the Lender and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than five (5) days (the "Negotiation Period")) after the giving of the relevant Determination Notice with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest. |
(ii) | Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (i) above shall be binding on the Lender and all Security Parties. |
(d) | Alternative basis of interest in absence of agreement: If the Lender and the Borrower will not enter into negotiations as provided in Clause 3.6(c)(i) or if an alternative interest rate or alternative basis is not agreed within the |
(e) | Notice of prepayment: If the Borrower does not agree with an interest rate set by the Lender under Clause 3.6(d), the Borrower may give the Lender not less than 5 Banking Days' notice of its intention to prepay the Loan at the end of the interest period set by the Lender. |
(f) | Prepayment; termination of Commitment: A notice under Clause 3.6(e) shall be irrevocable; and on the last Banking Day of the interest period set by the Lender, the Borrower shall prepay (without premium or penalty) the Loan, together with accrued interest thereon at the applicable rate plus the Margin and the balance of the Outstanding Indebtedness. |
(g) | Application of prepayment: The provisions of Clause 4 shall apply in relation to the prepayment made hereunder. |
3.7 | Interest Derivatives Transactions. The Borrower, in order to manage interest rate risks, may, subject to the consent of the Lender (which the Lender shall be in full liberty to withhold) request the Lender (in writing) to enter with the Borrower into interest derivatives transactions. Any such transaction shall be subject to the Borrower accepting the Lender's standard ISDA Master Agreement. |
4. | REPAYMENT - PREPAYMENT |
4.1 | Repayment. The Borrower shall and it is expressly undertaken by the Borrower to repay the Loan by (a) sixteen (16) consecutive quarterly Repayment Instalments (the "Repayment Instalments") to be repaid on each of the Repayment Dates so that the first be repaid on the date falling twenty seven (27) months after the Drawdown Date and each of the subsequent ones consecutively falling due for payment on each of the dates falling three (3) months after the immediately preceding Repayment Date with the last (the 16th) of such Repayment Instalments falling due for payment on the Final Maturity Date and (b) the Balloon Instalment, payable on the Final Maturity Date; subject to the provisions of this Agreement the amount of each Repayment Instalment shall be in the amount of Dollars Eight hundred fourty three thousand seven hundred sixty and seventy five cents ($843,760.75). |
4.2 | Voluntary Prepayment. The Borrower shall have the right, upon giving the Lender not less than five (5) Banking Days' notice in writing, to prepay, without penalty or prepayment fee, part or all of the Loan, in each case together with all unpaid interest accrued thereon and all other sums of money whatsoever due and owing from the Borrower to the Lender hereunder or pursuant to the other Security Documents and all interest accrued thereon, provided, that: |
(a) | the giving of such notice by the Borrower will irrevocably commit the Borrower to prepay such amount as stated in such notice; |
(b) | if the Borrower shall request consent to make such prepayment on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period the Borrower will pay, in addition to the amount to be prepaid, any such sum as may be payable to the Lender pursuant to Clause 10.1; |
(c) | each such prepayment shall be in an amount of a Repayment Instalment or a whole multiple thereof or the balance of the Loan and will be applied by the Lender in or towards prepayment of the remaining Repayment Instalments in direct chronological order of maturity or in inverse chronological order of maturity, at the Borrower's option; |
(d) | every notice of prepayment shall be effective only on actual receipt (including by fax) by the Lender, shall be irrevocable and shall oblige the Borrower to make such prepayment on the date specified; |
(e) | no amount prepaid may be re-borrowed; and |
(f) | the Borrower may not prepay the Loan or any part thereof, save as expressly provided in this Agreement or as otherwise agreed by the Lender. |
4.3 | Compulsory Prepayment in case of Total Loss or sale of the Vessel. Total Loss: On the Vessel becoming a Total Loss or suffering damage or being involved in an |
(i) | prior to the advancing of the Commitment, the obligation of the Lender to advance the Commitment shall immediately cease and the Commitment shall be reduced to zero; or |
(ii) | in case the Commitment has been already advanced, the Borrower shall prepay the Outstanding Indebtedness the latest on the date falling one hundred and eighty (180) days after the occurrence of such Total Loss or the date on which the relevant Vessel suffered damage or the incident which, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender, may result in the Vessel being subsequently determined to be a Total Loss occurred or, if earlier, on the date upon which the insurance proceeds in respect of such Total Loss are or Requisition Compensation is received by the Borrower (or the Lender pursuant to the Security Documents). |
(aa) | in the case of an actual total loss of the Vessel, at the actual date and time the Vessel was lost but in the event of the date of the loss being unknown then the actual total loss shall be deemed to have occurred on the date falling fifteen (15) days after the date on which the Vessel was last reported; |
(bb) | in the case of a constructive total loss of the Vessel, at the date and time notice of abandonment (the "NOA date") of the Vessel is given to the insurers of the Vessel for the time being (provided a claim for such Total Loss is admitted by such insurers) or, if such insurers do not admit such a claim on the earlier of (aa) the date when either the total loss is subsequently admitted by the insurers, or (bb) a total loss is subsequently adjudged by a competent court of law or arbitration tribunal to have occurred and (bb) the date falling one hundred and eighty days ( 180) days after the NOA date, or, in the event that such notice of abandonment is not given by the Owner thereof to the insurers of the Vessel, at the date and time on which occurred the incident which may result, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender, in the Vessel being subsequently determined to be a Total Loss; |
(cc) | in the case of a compromised or arranged total loss of the Vessel, on the date upon which a binding agreement as to such compromised or arranged total loss has been entered into by the then insurers of the Vessel; |
(dd) | in the case of Compulsory Acquisition of the Vessel, on the date upon which the relevant requisition of title or other compulsory acquisition occurs excluding a requisition for hire; |
(ee) | the case of, condemnation, capture, seizure, confiscation, arrest, or detention of the Vessel (other than where the same amounts to Compulsory Acquisition of the Vessel) by any Government Entity, or by persons acting on behalf of any Government Entity or otherwise, which deprives the Owner thereof of the use of the Vessel for more than sixty (60) days, upon the expiry of the period of sixty (60) days after the date upon which the relevant, condemnation, capture, seizure or confiscation, arrest or detention; and |
(ff) | the case of hijacking, capture, seizure or confiscation of the Vessel arising as a result of a piracy or related incident unless the Vessel be released and restored to the Owner from such hijacking, capture, seizure or confiscation within one hundred eighty (180) days after the occurrence thereof. |
(a) | Sale of the Vessel: In the event of a sale or other disposal of the Vessel, or in case of refinancing by another bank or if the Borrower requests the Lender's consent for the discharge of the Mortgage on the Vessel, the Borrower shall prepay the Outstanding Indebtedness. |
4.4 | Amounts payable on prepayment. Any prepayment of all or part of the Loan under this Agreement shall be made together with (a) accrued interest on the amount to be prepaid to the date of such prepayment (calculated, in the case of a prepayment pursuant to Clause 3.6 at a rate equal to the aggregate of the Margin and the cost to the Lender of funding the Loan), (b) any additional amount payable under Clause 5.3 and (c) all other sums payable by the Borrower to the Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents including, without limitation, any amounts payable under Clause 10. |
5. | PAYMENTS, TAXES, LOAN ACCOUNT AND COMPUTATION |
5.1 | Payments – No set-off or counterclaims |
(a) | The Borrower acknowledges that in performing its obligations under this Agreement, the Lender will be incurring liabilities to third parties in relation to the funding of amounts to the Borrower, such liabilities matching the liabilities of the Borrower to the Lender and that it is reasonable for the Lender to be entitled to receive payments from the Borrower gross on the due date in order that the Lender is put in a position to perform its matching obligations to the relevant third parties. Accordingly, all payments to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement and/or any of the other Security |
(i) | in Dollars, not later than 10:00 a.m. (London time) on the Banking Day (in Piraeus, Athens, London and New York City) on which the relevant payment is due under the terms of this Agreement; and |
(ii) | to the Receiving Bank for the account of the Lender, reference: "Squire Ocean Navigation Co.- Loan Agreement dated: 4th November, 2015", provided, however, that the Lender shall have the right to change the place of account for payment, upon three (3) Banking Days' prior written notice to the Borrower. |
(b) | If at any time it shall become unlawful or impracticable for the Borrower to make payment under this Agreement to the relevant account or bank referred to in Clause 5.1(a), the Borrower may request and the Lender may agree to alternative arrangements for the payment of the amounts due by the Borrower to the Lender under this Agreement or the other Security Documents. |
5.2 | Payments on Banking Days. All payments due shall be made on a Banking Day. If the due date for payment falls on a day which is not a Banking Day, that payment due shall be made on the next following Banking Day unless such Banking Day falls in the next calendar month in which case payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Banking Day. |
5.3 | Gross Up. If at any time any law, regulation, regulatory requirement or requirement of any governmental authority, monetary agency, central bank or the like compels the Borrower to make payment subject to Governmental Withholdings, or any other deduction or withholding, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender such additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that there will be received by the Lender a net amount equal to the full amount which would have been received had payment not been made subject to such Governmental Withholdings or other deduction or withholding. The Borrower shall indemnify the Lender against any losses or costs incurred by the Lender by reason of any failure of the Borrower to make any such deduction or withholding or by reason of any increased payment not being made on the due date for such payment. The Borrower shall, not later than thirty (30) days after each deduction, withholding or payment of any Governmental Withholdings, forward to the Lender official receipts and any other documentary receipts and any other documentary evidence reasonably required by the Lender in respect of the payment made or to be made of any deduction or withholding or Governmental Withholding. The obligations of the Borrower under this provision shall, subject to |
5.4 | Tax Credits |
(a) | the Lender shall not be obliged to allocate to this transaction any part of a tax repayment or credit which is referable to a class or number of transactions; |
(b) | nothing in this Clause 5.4 shall oblige the Lender to arrange its tax affairs in any particular manner, to claim any type of relief, credit, allowance or deduction instead of, or in priority to, another or to make any such claim within any particular time; |
(c) | nothing in this Clause 5.4 shall oblige the Lender to make a payment which would leave it in a worse position than it would have been in if the Borrower had not been required to make a tax deduction from a payment; and |
(d) | any allocation or determination reasonably made by the Lender under or in connection with this Clause 5.4 shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower. |
5.5 | Loan Account. All sums advanced by the Lender to the Borrower under this Agreement and all interest accrued thereon and all other amounts due under this Agreement from time to time and all repayments and/or payments thereof shall be debited and credited respectively to a separate loan account maintained by the Lender in accordance with its usual practices in the name of the Borrower. The Lender may, however, in accordance with its usual practices or for its accounting needs, maintain more than one account, consolidate or separate them but all such accounts shall be considered parts of one single loan account maintained under this Agreement. In case that a ship mortgage in the form of Account Current is granted as security under this Agreement, the account(s) referred to in this Clause shall be the Account Current referred to in such mortgage. |
5.6 | Computation. All interest and other payments payable by reference to a rate per annum under this Agreement shall accrue from day to day and be calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed and a 360 day year. |
6. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
6.1 | Continuing representations and warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Lender that: |
(a) | Due Incorporation/Valid Existence: each of the Borrower and the other corporate Security Parties is duly incorporated and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective countries of incorporation, and have power to own their respective property and assets, to carry on their respective business as the same are now being lawfully conducted and to purchase, own, finance and operate vessels, or, as the case may be, manage vessels, as well as to undertake the obligations which they have undertaken or shall undertake pursuant to the Security Documents; |
(b) | Due Corporate Authority: each of the Borrower and the other corporate Security Parties has power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Security Documents to which it is a party and to borrow the Commitment and each of the corporate Security Parties has power to execute and deliver and perform its obligations under the Security Documents to which it is or is to be a party; all necessary corporate, shareholder and other action has been taken to authorise the execution, delivery and performance of the same and no limitation on the powers of the Borrower to borrow will be exceeded as a result of borrowing the Loan; |
(c) | Litigation: no litigation or arbitration, tax claim or administrative proceeding relating to sums exceeding Five hundred thousand Dollars ($500,000) involving a potential liability of the Borrower or any other Security Party is current or pending or (to its or its officers' knowledge) threatened against the Borrower or any other Security Party, which, if adversely determined, would have a materially adverse effect on the business, position, profitability, assets or the financial condition of any of them; |
(d) | No conflict with other obligations: the execution and delivery of, the performance of its obligations under, and compliance with the provisions of, the Security Documents by the relevant Security Parties will not (i) contravene any existing applicable law, statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, decree or permit to which the Borrower or any other Security Party is subject, (ii) conflict with, or result in any breach of any of the terms of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower or any other Security Party is a party or is subject to or by which it or any of its property is bound, (iii) contravene or conflict with any provision of the memorandum and articles of association/articles of incorporation/by-laws/statutes or other constitutional documents of the Borrower or any other Security Party or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of or oblige the |
(e) | Financial Condition: to the knowledge of the officers/directors or shareholders of the Borrower the financial condition of the Borrower and of the other Security Parties has not suffered any material deterioration since that condition was last disclosed to the Lender; |
(f) | No Immunity: neither the Borrower nor any other Security Party nor any of their respective assets are entitled to immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any legal action or proceeding (which shall include, without limitation, suit, attachment prior to judgement, execution or other enforcement); |
(g) | Shipping Company: each of the Borrower and the Managers is a shipping company involved in the owning or, as the case may be, managing of ships engaged in international voyages and earning profits in free foreign currency; |
(h) | Licences/Authorisation: every consent, authorisation, license or approval of, or registration with or declaration to, governmental or public bodies or authorities or courts required by any Security Party to authorise, or required by any Security Party in connection with, the execution, delivery, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of each of the Security Documents or the performance by each Security Party of its obligations under the Security Documents to which such Security Party is or is to be a party has been obtained or made and is in full force and effect and there has been no default in the observance of any of the conditions or restrictions (if any) imposed in, or in connection with, any of the same so far as the Borrower is aware; |
(i) | Perfected Securities: when duly executed, the Security Documents will create a perfected security interest in favour of the Lender, with the intended priority, over the assets and revenues intended to be covered, valid and enforceable against the Borrower and the other Security Parties; |
(j) | No Notarisation/Filing/Recording: save for the registration of any mortgage in the Registry, it is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents that it or they or any other instrument be notarised, filed, recorded, registered or enrolled in any court, public office or elsewhere or that any stamp, registration or similar tax or charge be paid on or in relation to this Agreement or the other Security Documents; |
(k) | Validity and Binding effect: the Security Documents constitute (or upon their execution - and in the case of any mortgage upon its registration at the Registry - will constitute) valid and legally binding obligations of the relevant Security Parties enforceable against the Borrower and the other Security Parties in accordance with their respective terms and that there are no other agreements or arrangements which may adversely affect or conflict with the Security Documents or the security thereby created; and |
(l) | Valid Choice of Law: the choice of law agreed to govern this Agreement and/or any other Security Document and the submission to the jurisdiction of the courts agreed in each of the Security Documents are or will be, on execution of the respective Security Documents, valid and binding on the Borrower and any other Security Party which is or is to be a party thereto; and |
(m) | Shareholdings |
(i) | the control of the Guarantor and the voting rights attaching to at least 51% of the shares issued and outstanding in the share capital of the Guarantor are and at least 51% of the shares issued and outstanding in the share capital of the Guarantor and the voting rights attaching to such shares shall, throughout the Security Period, be ultimately beneficially held directly or indirectly by the person(s) disclosed to the Lender at the negotiation of this Agreement; and |
(ii) | no change has been made directly or indirectly in the ownership, beneficial ownership, control or management of the Borrower or any share therein or of the Vessel (especially concerning class or flag); |
(iii) | no change has been made directly or indirectly in the ultimate beneficial ownership of any of the shares in the Guarantor or in the ultimate control of the voting rights attaching to any of those shares from that existing on the date of this Agreement which results in the person(s) disclosed by the Borrower to the Lender in the negotiation of this Agreement not having at least 51% of the shares issued and outstanding in the share capital in the Guarantor and the voting rights attaching to such shares; |
6.2 | Initial representations and warranties. The Borrower hereby further represents and warrants to the Lender that: |
(a) | Direct obligations - Pari Passu: the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement are direct, general and unconditional obligations of the Borrower and rank at least pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and |
(b) | Information: all information, accounts, statements of financial position, exhibits and reports furnished by or on behalf of any Security Party to the Lender in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement and each of the other Security Documents are true and accurate in all material respects and not misleading, do not omit material facts and all reasonable enquiries have been made to verify the facts and statements contained therein; to the best knowledge of the Directors/Officers or shareholders of the Borrower, there are no other facts the omission of which would make any fact or statement therein misleading and, in the case of accounts and statements of financial position, they have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles which have been consistently applied; |
(c) | No Continuing Event of Default: no Continuing Event of Default has occurred; |
(d) | No Taxes: no Taxes are imposed by deduction, withholding or otherwise on any payment to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement and/or any other of the Security Documents or are imposed on or by virtue of the execution or delivery of this Agreement and/or any other of the Security Documents or any document or instrument to be executed or delivered hereunder or thereunder. In case that any Tax exists now or will be imposed in the future, it will be borne by the Borrower; |
(e) | No Continuing Event of Default under other Indebtedness: no Continuing Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Borrower or the Guarantor under any agreement relating to Indebtedness to which it is a party or by which it may be bound; |
(f) | Ownership/Flag/Seaworthiness/Class/Insurance of the Vessel: the Vessel is and on the Drawdown Date will be: |
(i) | in the absolute and free from Encumbrances (other than in favour of the Lender) ownership of the Borrower who is and will on and after the Drawdown Date be the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Vessel; |
(ii) | registered in the name of the Borrower through the Registry under the laws and flag of the Flag State; |
(iii) | operationally seaworthy and in every way fit for service; |
(iv) | classed with the Classification Society which is a member of IACS and which has been approved by the Lender in writing and such class will be free of any overdue requirements and recommendations of the Classification Society affecting class; |
(v) | insured in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Mortgage; |
(vi) | managed by the relevant Manager(s); and |
(vii) | in full compliance with the ISM and the ISPS Code; |
(g) | No Charter: unless otherwise permitted in writing by the Lender (such permission not to be unreasonably withheld), the Vessel will not on or before the Drawdown Date be subject to any charter or contract nor to any agreement to enter into any charter or contract which, if entered into after the Drawdown Date would have required the consent of the Lender under any of the Security Documents and there will not on or before the Drawdown Date be any agreement or arrangement whereby the Earnings of the Vessel may be shared with any other person; |
(h) | No Encumbrances: neither the Vessel, nor its Earnings, Requisition Compensation or Insurances nor any other properties or rights which are, or are to be, the subject of any of the Security Documents nor any part thereof will, on the Drawdown Date, be subject to any Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances or otherwise permitted by the Security Documents; |
(i) | Compliance with Environmental Laws and Approvals: except as may already have been disclosed by the Borrower in writing to, and acknowledged in writing by, the Lender: |
(i) | the Borrower has complied with the provisions of all Environmental Laws; |
(ii) | the Borrower has obtained all Environmental Approvals and are in compliance with all such Environmental Approvals; and |
(iii) | the Borrower has not received notice of any Environmental Claim that the Borrower is not in compliance with any Environmental Law or any Environmental Approval; |
(j) | No Environmental Claims: except as may already have been disclosed by the Borrower in writing to, and acknowledged in writing by, the Lender: |
(i) | there is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the best of the Borrower's knowledge and belief, threatened against the Borrower or the Vessel or any other Related Ship; and |
(ii) | there has been no emission, spill, release or discharge of a Material of Environmental Concern from the Vessel or any other Related Ship or any vessel owned by, managed or crewed by or chartered to the Borrower which could give rise to an Environmental Claim; |
(k) | Copies true and complete: the copies of the MOA and the Management Agreement delivered or to be delivered to the Lender pursuant to Clause 7.2 are, or will when delivered be, true and complete copies of such documents; such documents will when delivered constitute valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and there will have been no amendments or variations thereof or defaults thereunder; |
(l) | Application made for DOC and SMC: in relation to the Vessel, the Operator has applied to the appropriate Regulatory Agency for a DOC for itself and an SMC in respect of the Vessel to be issued pursuant to the ISM Code within any time limit required or recommended by such Regulatory Agency and that neither the Borrower nor any Operator is aware of any reason why such application may be refused; |
(m) | Compliance with the ISPS code: the Vessel will comply on the Drawdown Date and the Operator complies with the requirements of the ISM Code and the SMC which has been or, as the case may be, shall be issued in respect of the Vessel and shall remain valid on the Drawdown Date and thereafter throughout the Security Period. |
(n) | Compliance with ISPS Code: the Owner has a valid and current ISSC in respect of its Vessel and the vessel owned by it and is in full compliance with the ISPS Code; |
(o) | No default under MOA: the Borrower is not in default under any of its obligations under the MOA; |
(p) | No Rebates: there will be no commissions, rebates, premiums or other payments by or to or on account of the Borrower or any other Security Party or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any other person in connection with the MOA other than as shall be disclosed to the Lender by the Borrower in writing; |
(q) | FATCA: None of the Security Parties is a FATCA FFI or a US Tax Obligor. |
(r) | Shareholding: the shares in the Borrower are legally and beneficially owned by the persons disclosed to the Lender in the negotiation of this Agreement. |
6.3 | Acting for its own account - Money laundering. The Borrower represents and warrants and confirms that it is the beneficiary of the Loan made or to be made available to it and it will promptly inform the Lender by written notice if it is not, or ceases to be, the beneficiary and notify the Lender in writing of the name and the address of the new beneficiary/beneficiaries; the Borrower is aware that under applicable money laundering provisions, it has an obligation to state for whose account the Loan is obtained; the Borrower confirms that, by entering into this Agreement and the other Security Documents, it is acting on its own behalf and for its own account and it is obtaining the Loan for its own account. In relation to the borrowing by the Borrower of the Loan, the performance and discharge of its obligations and liabilities under this Agreement or any of the Security Documents and the transactions and other arrangements effected or contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Documents to which the Borrower is a party, it is acting for its own account and that the foregoing will not involve or lead to a contravention of any law, official requirement or other regulatory measure or procedure which has been implemented to combat "money laundering" (as defined in Article 1 of the Directive (91/308/EEC) of the Council of the European Community). |
6.4 | Representations Correct. At the time of entering into this Agreement all above representations and warranties or any other information given by the Borrower and/or the Guarantor to the Lender are true and accurate. |
6.5 | Repetition of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties in this Clause 6 (except in relation to the representations and warranties in Clause 6.2) shall be deemed to be repeated by the Borrower on the Drawdown Date and on each Interest Payment Date throughout the Security Period as if made with reference to the facts and circumstances existing on each such day. |
7. | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
7.1 | Conditions precedent to the execution of this Agreement. The obligation of the Lender to make the Commitment or any part thereof available shall be subject to the condition that the Lender shall have received, not later than two (2) Banking Days before the day on which the Drawdown Notice in respect of the Commitment or such part thereof is given, the following documents and evidence in form substance satisfactory to the Lender: |
(a) | a duly certified true copy of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws or the Memorandum and Articles of Association, or of any other constitutional documents, as the case may be, of each corporate Security Party; |
(b) | a recent certificate of incumbency of each corporate Security Party issued by the appropriate authority or, as appropriate, signed by the secretary or a director thereof, stating the officers and the directors of each of them; |
(c) | a recent certificate as to the shareholding of each corporate Security Party issued by an appropriate authority or, at the discretion of the Lender, signed by the secretary or a director of each of them as the case may be, stating respectively the full names and addresses of the person or persons beneficially entitled as shareholders/ stockholders of the entire issued and outstanding shares/ stock of each of them; |
(d) | minutes of separate meetings of the directors and (if required) shareholders of each corporate Security Party at which there was approved (inter alia) the entry into, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Security Documents and any other documents executed or to be executed pursuant hereto or thereto to which the relevant corporate Security Party is or is to be a party; |
(e) | the original of any power(s) of attorney and any further evidence of the due authority of any person signing this Agreement, the other Security Documents, and any other documents executed or to be executed pursuant hereto or thereto on behalf of any corporate person; |
(f) | evidence that all necessary licences, consents, permits and authorisations (including exchange control ones) have been obtained by any Security Party for the execution, delivery, validity, enforceability, admissibility in evidence and the due performance of the respective obligations under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Security Documents; |
(g) | evidence that the fees referred to in Clause 10.9 have been paid in full; |
(h) | a copy of the DOC applicable to Manager certified as true and in effect; |
(i) | any other documents or recent certificates or other evidence which would be required by the Lender in relation to any corporate Security Party evidencing that the relevant Security Party has been properly established, continues to exist validly and is in good standing; and |
(j) | a copy of each of the following documents certified as true and complete by the legal counsel of the Borrower: |
(i) | the MOA; |
(ii) | the Management Agreement evidencing that the Vessel is managed by the relevant Manager on terms acceptable to the Lender; and |
(iii) | any Charterparty. |
7.2 | Conditions precedent to the making of the Commitment. The obligation of the Lender to advance the Commitment (or any part thereof) is subject to the further condition that the Lender shall have received prior to the drawdown or, where this is not possible, simultaneously with the drawdown of the Commitment or the relevant part thereof: |
(a) | the Drawdown Notice duly executed and issued; |
(b) | each of the Security Documents (as set out in Clause 11.1) duly executed and where appropriate duly registered with the Registry or any other competent authority (as required); |
(c) | evidence that, prior to or simultaneously with the relevant drawdown, the Vessel will be duly registered in the ownership of the Borrower with the Registry and under the laws and flag of the Flag State free from any Encumbrances save for those in favour of the Lender and otherwise as contemplated herein; |
(d) | evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender that the Vessel has been or will - on the Drawdown Date - be insured in accordance with the insurance requirements provided for in this Agreement and the other Security Documents, including a MII, together with an opinion from insurance consultants (appointed by the Lender at the Borrower's expense) as to the adequacy of the insurances effected or to be effected in respect of the Vessel, to be followed by full copies of cover notes, policies, certificates of entry or other contracts of insurance and irrevocable authority is hereby given to the Lender at any time at its discretion to obtain copies of the policies, certificates of entry or other contracts of insurance from the insurers and/or obtain any information in relation to the Insurances relating to the Vessel; |
(e) | copies of the trading certificates of the Vessel certified as true and complete by the legal counsel of the Borrower evidencing the same to be valid and in force; |
(f) | all necessary confirmations from the insurers of the Vessel that they will issue letters of undertaking and endorse notice of assignment and loss payable clauses on the Insurances, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender in its sole discretion and - in the event of fleet cover - accompanied by waivers for liens for unpaid premium of other vessels managed by the Manager(s) and which are not subject to any mortgage in favour of the Lender) and (if required by the Lender) an opinion signed by an independent firm of marine insurance brokers appointed and/or approved by the Lender at the expenses |
(g) | evidence from the Classification Society that the Vessel is classed with the class notation (referred to in the Mortgage), with the Classification Society or to a similar standard with another classification society of like standing to be specifically approved by the Lender and remains free from any overdue requirements or recommendations affecting her class; |
(h) | a copy of the trim and stability booklet certifying the lightweight of the Vessel certified as true and complete by the legal counsel of the Borrower; |
(i) | copy of the DOC referred to in paragraph (a) in the definition of the ISM Code Documentation certified as true and complete by the legal counsel of the Borrower; |
(j) | copies of such applications for ISM Code Documentation as the Lender may by written notice to the Borrower have requested not later than two (2) days before the Drawdown Date certified as true and complete in all material respects by the Borrower and the Manager(s); |
(k) | true and complete copy of the application for ISSC certificates issued pursuant to the ISPS Code; |
(l) | recent charter free valuation of the Vessel, at the Borrower's expense, as at a date determined by the Lender but in any event before the Drawdown Date, prepared on the basis specified in Clause 8.5(b) by major shipbrokers appointed and/or approved by the Lender in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender; |
(m) | due authorisation in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender authorising the Lender to have access and/or obtain any copies of class records or other information at its discretion from the classification society of the Vessel specified in the Mortgage, provided, however, that the Lender shall not exercise such right unless and until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; |
(n) | the Insurance Letter duly executed; |
(o) | evidence that the Earnings Account has been duly opened and all mandate forms, signature cards and authorities have been duly delivered to the Lender; |
(p) | evidence to the full satisfaction of the Lender, proving the Seller's title to the Vessel free of any Encumbrances, debts or claims of any nature whatsoever; |
(q) | duly certified copy of the Bill of Sale, the protocol of delivery and acceptance of the Vessel as well as of all other Seller's documents; |
(r) | evidence that no Encumbrances are registered against the Vessel on her previous register; and |
(s) | evidence that the Purchase Price of the Vessel has been (or upon her delivery will have been) paid in full in accordance with the provisions of the MOA. |
7.3 | No change of circumstances. The obligation of the Lender to advance the Commitment or any part thereof is subject to the further condition that at the time of the giving of the Drawdown Notice and on the Drawdown Date: |
(a) | the representations and warranties set out in Clause 6 and in each of the Security Documents are true and correct on and as of each such time as if each was made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such time; |
(b) | no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the drawdown; and |
(c) | the Lender shall be satisfied that there has been no change in the ownership, management, operations and/or adverse change in the financial condition of any Security Party which (change) might, in the sole opinion of the Lender, be detrimental to the interests of the Lender; and |
(d) | the interest rate applicable to the Loan during the first Interest Period would not fail to be determined pursuant to Clause 3.6. |
7.4 | General Conditions. The obligation of the Lender to advance the Commitment or any part thereof is subject to the further condition that the Lender, prior to or simultaneously with the drawdown, shall have received: |
(a) | draft opinions from lawyers appointed by the Lender as to all the matters referred to in Clauses 6.1(a) and (b) and all such aspects of law as the Lender shall deem relevant to this Agreement and the other Security Documents and any other documents executed pursuant hereto or thereto and any further legal or other expert opinion as the Lender at its sole discretion may require; |
(b) | confirmation from any agents nominated in this Agreement and elsewhere in the other Security Documents for the acceptance of any notice or service of process, that they consent to such nomination; and |
(c) | a receipt in writing in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender including an acknowledgement and admission of the Borrower and the other Security Parties to the effect that the Commitment or relevant part thereof (as the case |
7.5 | Know your customer and money laundering compliance. The obligation of the Lender to advance the Commitment or any part thereof is subject to the further condition that the Lender, prior to or simultaneously with the drawdown, shall have received, to the extent required by any change in applicable law and regulation or any changes in the Lender's own internal guidelines since the date on which the applicable documents and evidence were delivered to the Lender pursuant to Clause 8.7, such further documents and evidence as the Lender shall require to identify the Borrower and the other Security Parties and any other persons involved or affected by the transaction(s) contemplated by this Agreement. |
7.6 | Further documents. Without prejudice to the provisions of this Clause 7 the Borrower hereby undertakes with the Lender to make or procure to be made such amendments and/or additions to any of the documents delivered to the Lender in accordance with this Clause 7 and to execute and/or deliver to the Lender or procure to be executed and/or delivered to the Lender such further documents as the Lender and its legal advisors may reasonably require to satisfy themselves that all the terms and requirements of this Agreement have been complied with. |
7.7 | Waiver of conditions precedent. The conditions specified in this Clause 7 are inserted solely for the benefit of the Lender and may be waived by the Lender in whole or in part and with or without conditions. Without prejudice to any of the other provisions of this Agreement, in the event that the Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, makes the Commitment available to the Borrower prior to the satisfaction of all or any of the conditions referred to in Clause 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3, the Borrower hereby covenants and undertakes to satisfy or procure the satisfaction of such condition or conditions by no later than fourteen (14) days after the Drawdown Date or within such longer period as the Lender may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to or specify. |
8. | COVENANTS |
8.1 | General. The Borrower hereby undertakes with the Lender that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under any of the Security Documents and while all or any part of the Loan remain outstanding, they will: |
(a) | Notice on adverse change or Default: immediately inform the Lender upon becoming aware of any occurrence which might adversely affect the ability of any Security Party to perform its obligations under any of the Security Documents and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will inform the Lender of any Default forthwith upon becoming aware thereof and will from time to time, if so requested by the Lender, confirm to the Lender in |
(b) | Consents and licenses: without prejudice to Clauses 6.1 and 7, obtain or cause to be obtained, maintain in full force and effect and comply in all material respects with the conditions and restrictions (if any) imposed in, or in connection with, every consent, authorisation, license or approval of governmental or public bodies or authorities or courts and do or cause to be done, all other acts and things which may from time to time be necessary or desirable under applicable law for the continued due performance of all the obligations of the Security Parties under each of the Security Documents; |
(c) | Use of Loan proceeds: use the Loan exclusively for the purposes specified in Clause 1.1; |
(d) | Pari passu: ensure that its obligations under this Agreement shall, without prejudice to the provisions of this Clause 8.1, at all times rank at least pari passu with all its other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower with the exception of any obligations which are mandatorily preferred by law and not by contract; |
(e) | Financial statements: furnish the Lender with (i) unaudited annual financial statements of the Borrower and audited financial statements of the Guarantor, by auditors acceptable to the Lender, prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles in respect of each Financial Year as soon as practicable but not later than 120 days after the end of the financial period to which they relate, commencing on 31th December, 2015, and (ii) semi-annual unaudited financial statements of the Guarantor, prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles in respect of the first semester of the relevant Financial Year as soon as practicable but not later than 90 days after the end of each such financial period to which they relate; |
(f) | Provision of further information: provide the Lender with such financial and other information concerning the Security Parties and their respective affairs as the Lender may from time to time reasonably require; |
(g) | Financial Information: provide the Lender from time to time as the Lender may reasonably request with information on the financial conditions and operations of the Borrower and the Guarantor, as such information may be reasonably requested by the Lender and such information to be certified by a Director of the Borrower as to their correctness; |
(h) | Information on the employment of the Vessel: provide the Lender from time to time as the Lender may request with information on the employment of the Vessel, as well as on the terms and conditions of any charterparty, contract of |
(i) | Banking operations: ensure that all banking operations in connection with the Vessel are carried out through the Lending Office of the Lender; |
(j) | Liquidity: ensure that prior to the Drawdown Date and throughout the Security Period the Borrower shall maintain minimum free liquidity in free deposits with the Lender in an amount equal to at the time Borrower's Debt Service for the next semester; |
(k) | Obligations under Security Documents: duly and punctually perform each of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it under the Security Documents; |
(l) | Payment on demand: pay to the Lender on demand any sum of money which is payable by the Borrower to the Lender under this Agreement but in respect of which it is not specified in any other Clause when it is due and payable; and |
(m) | Compliance with Laws and Regulations: to comply, or procure compliance with all laws or regulations relating to the Borrower and/or the Vessel, its ownership, operation and management or to the business of the Borrower and cause this Agreement and the other Security Documents to comply with and satisfy all the requirements and formalities established by the applicable laws to perfect this Agreement and the other Security Documents as valid and enforceable Security Documents; |
(n) | Compliance with ISM Code: procure that each Manager and any Operator: |
(i) | will comply with and ensure that the Vessel and any Operator by no later than the Drawdown Date complies with the requirements of the ISM Code, including (but not limited to) the maintenance and renewal of valid certificates pursuant thereto throughout the Security Period; |
(ii) | immediately inform the Lender if there is any threatened or actual withdrawal of the Borrower's, the Manager(s)' or an Operator's DOC or the SMC in respect of the Vessel; and |
(iii) | promptly inform the Lender upon the issue to the Borrower, the relevant Manager(s) or any Operator of a DOC and to the Vessel of an SMC or the receipt by the Borrower, the relevant Manager(s) or any Operator of notification that its application for the same has been realised; |
(o) | Compliance with ISPS Code: procure that the relevant Manager(s) or any Operator will: |
(i) | maintain at all times a valid and current ISSC respect of the Vessel; |
(ii) | immediately notify the Lender in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the ISSC in respect of the Vessel; and |
(iii) | procure that the Vessel will comply at all times with the ISPS Code; |
(p) | Inspections/Surveys: at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice and without interfering with the Vessel's normal course of trading that the Lender might consider to be necessary or useful, have the Vessel inspected and/or surveyed at the expense of the Borrower by surveyors and/or inspectors appointed by the Lender and the Borrower hereby duly authorise the Lender to review the insurance and operating records of the Borrower; and |
(q) | Compliance with Covenants: duly and punctually perform all obligations under this Agreement and the other Security Documents; and |
(r) | Application of FATCA: The Borrower shall procure that, unless otherwise agreed by the Lender, no Security Party shall become a FATCA FFI or a US Tax Obligor. |
8.2 | Negative undertakings. The Borrower undertakes with the Lender that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under the Security Documents and while all or any part of the Loan remains outstanding, it will not, without the prior written consent of the Lender: |
(a) | Negative pledge: permit any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) to subsist, arise or be created or extended over all or any part of its present or future undertakings, assets, rights or revenues to secure or prefer any present or future Indebtedness or other liability or obligation of the Borrower or any other person; |
(b) | No further Indebtedness: incur no further Indebtedness nor authorise or accept any capital commitments (other than that normally associated with the day to day operations of the Vessel) nor enter into any agreement for payment on deferred terms or hire agreement; |
(c) | No merger: merge or consolidate with any other person; |
(d) | Disposals: sell, transfer, abandon, lend or otherwise dispose of or cease to exercise direct control over any part (being either alone or when aggregated with all other disposals falling to be taken into account pursuant to this |
(e) | Other business: undertake any type of business other than the ownership and operation of the Vessel and the chartering of the Vessel to third parties; |
(f) | Acquisitions: acquire any further assets other than the Vessel and rights arising under contracts entered into by or on behalf of the Borrower in the ordinary course of its business of owning, operating and chartering the Vessel; |
(g) | Other obligations: incur any obligations except for obligations arising under the Security Documents or contracts entered into in the ordinary course of its business of owning, operating and chartering the Vessel (and for the purposes of this Clause 8.2(g) fees to be paid pursuant to the Management Agreement in respect of the Vessel shall be considered as permitted obligations under the Security Documents); |
(h) | No borrowing: incur any Borrowed Money except for Borrowed Money pursuant to the Security Documents; |
(i) | Repayment of borrowings: repay the principal of, or pay interest on or any other sum in connection with, any of its Borrowed Money except for Borrowed Money pursuant to the Security Documents; |
(j) | No Payments: except pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Documents (or as expressly permitted by the same) not pay out any funds to any company or person except in connection with the administration of the Borrower, the operation, trade, charter, maintain and/or repair of the Vessel; |
(k) | Guarantees: issue any guarantees or indemnities or otherwise become directly or contingently liable for the obligations of any person, firm, or corporation except pursuant to the Security Documents and except for, in the case of the Borrower, guarantees or indemnities from time to time required in the ordinary course by any protection and indemnity or war risks association with which the Vessel is entered, guarantees required to procure the release of the Vessel from any arrest, detention, attachment or levy or guarantees or undertakings required for the salvage of the Vessel; |
(l) | No Loans: make any loans or advances to, or any investments in any person, firm, corporation, joint venture or other entity including (without limitation) any loan or advance or grant any credit (save for liabilities or obligations |
(m) | Securities: permit any Indebtedness of the Borrower to any person (other than the Lender) to be guaranteed by any person (save, in the case of the Borrower, for guarantees or indemnities from time to time required in the ordinary course by any protection and indemnity or war risks association with which the Vessel is entered, guarantees required to procure the release of the Vessel from any arrest, detention, attachment or levy or guarantees or undertakings required for the salvage of the Vessel); |
(n) | Dividends: declare or pay any dividends or distribute any of its present or future assets, undertakings, rights or revenues to any of its shareholders save as hereinafter provided: |
(i) | the Borrower may declare or pay such dividends subject to no Event of Default having occurred and being continuing; and |
(ii) | the Guarantor may declare or pay such dividends subject to (aa) no Event of Default having occurred and being continuing, (bb) there is no breach of any of the Financial Covenants set forth in Clause 8.6 (Additional Financial Covenants - Compliance Certificate) and Clause 5.3 (Additional Financial Covenants - Compliance Certificate) of the Guarantee and (cc) the amount of the dividends so declared shall not exceed 50% of its Net Income except in case the Cash and Marketable Securities are equal or greater than the amount required to meet the Guarantor's Debt Service for the following eighteen-month period. |
(o) | Subsidiaries: form or acquire any Subsidiaries. |
(p) | Maintenance of Business Structure: change the nature, organisation and conduct of the business of the Borrower or the Guarantor as owner of the Vessel or carry on any business other than the business carried on at the date of this Agreement; |
(q) | Maintenance of Legal Structure: (such consent not be unreasonably withheld) ensure that none of the documents defining the constitution of any of the |
(r) | No Encumbrance of Assets: allow any part of its undertaking, property, assets or rights, whether present or future, to be mortgaged, charged, pledged, used as a lien or otherwise encumbered without the prior written consent of the Lender; and |
(s) | Control: throughout the Security Period permit: |
(i) | any change to be made after the date of this Agreement directly or indirectly in the ownership, beneficial ownership or control of the Borrower or any share therein or of the Vessel (especially concerning class or flag) as a result of which less than the majority of the shares and voting rights in the Borrower remain in the ultimate legal and beneficial ownership of the person(s) disclosed to the Lender at the negotiation of this Agreement and/or the Vessel ceases to remain fully (100%) owned by the Borrower; and |
(ii) | any change to be made after the date of this Agreement directly or indirectly in the beneficial ownership of any of the shares in the Guarantor and/or in the ultimate control of the voting rights attaching to any of those shares from that existing on the date of this Agreement, which results in the person(s) disclosed to the Lender at the negotiation of this Agreement not having at least 51% of the shares issued and outstanding in the share capital in the Guarantor and/or the voting rights attaching to those shares. |
8.3 | Undertakings concerning the Vessel. The Borrower hereby undertakes with the Lender that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under the Security Documents that it will: |
(a) | Chartering: not without the prior written consent of the Lender (such consent not to be unreasonable withheld) let or agree to let the Vessel: |
(i) | on demise charter for any period; or |
(ii) | by any time or consecutive voyage charter for a term which exceeds or which by virtue of any optional extensions therein contained may exceed twelve (12) months' duration; or |
(iii) | on terms whereby more than two months' hire (or the equivalent) is payable in advance; or |
(iv) | other than on an arm's length basis; |
(b) | Manager: not without the prior written consent of the Lender (and then only subject to such conditions as the Lender may impose) appoint a manager of the Vessel other than the relevant Manager; |
(c) | Ownership/Management/Control: ensure that the Vessel remains registered on the Drawdown Date in the ownership of the Owner thereof under the laws of the Flag State and thereafter ensure that the Vessel will maintain her present ownership, management, control and beneficial ownership; |
(d) | Class: ensure that the Vessel will remain in class free of recommendations or average damage affecting class or permitted by the Classification Society and provide the Lender on demand with copies of all class and trading certificates of the Vessel; |
(e) | Insurances: ensure that all Insurances (as defined in the relevant Mortgage/General Assignment) of the Vessel are maintained and comply with all insurance requirements specified in this Agreement and in the relevant Mortgage and in case of failure to maintain the Vessel so insured, authorise the Lender (and such authorisation is hereby expressly given to the Lender) to have the right but not the obligation to effect such Insurances on behalf of the Owner thereof (and in case that the Vessel remains in port for an extended period) to effect port risks insurances at the cost of the Borrower which, if paid by the Lender, shall be Expenses; |
(f) | Transfer/Encumbrances: not without the prior written consent of the Lender sell or otherwise dispose of the Vessel or any share therein or create or agree to create or permit to subsist any Encumbrance over the Vessel (or any share or interest therein other than Permitted Encumbrances); |
(g) | Not imperil Flag, Ownership, Insurances: ensure that the Vessel is maintained and trades in conformity with the laws of the Flag State, of its owning company or of the nationality of the officers, the requirements of the Insurances and nothing is done or permitted to be done which could endanger the flag of the Vessel or its unencumbered (other than Encumbrances in favour of the Lender and Encumbrances permitted by this Agreement) ownership or its Insurances; |
(h) | Mortgage Covenants: always comply with all the covenants provided for in the Mortgages; |
(i) | Assignment of Earnings: not assign or agree to assign otherwise than to the Lender the Earnings or any part thereof. |
(j) | Chartering: ensure and procure that in the event of the Vessel being employed under a Charterparty of a duration longer than 12 months, (a) the |
(k) | Compliance with Environmental Laws: comply with, and procure that all Environmental Affiliates comply with, all Environmental Laws including without limitation, requirements relating to manning and establishment of financial responsibility and to obtain and comply with all Environmental Approvals and to notify the Lender forthwith: |
(i) | of any Environmental Claim for an amount or amounts in aggregate exceeding Five hundred thousand Dollars ($500,000) made against the Vessel, any Relevant Ship and/or her respective owner; and |
(ii) | upon becoming aware of any incident which may give rise to an Environmental Claim and to keep the Lender advised in writing of the Borrower's response to such Environmental Claim on such regular basis and in such detail as the Lender shall require. |
8.4 | Validity of Securities - Earnings - Taxes etc. The Borrower hereby undertakes with the Lender that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under the Security Documents and while all or any part of the Commitment remains outstanding, they will: |
(a) | Validity: ensure and procure that all governmental or other consents required by law and/or any other steps required for the validity, enforceability and legality of this Agreement and the other Security Documents are maintained in full force and effect and/or appropriately taken; |
(b) | Earnings: ensure and procure that, unless and until directed by the Lender otherwise (i) all the Earnings of the Vessel shall be paid to the Earnings Account and (ii) the persons from whom the Earnings are from time to time due are irrevocably instructed to pay them to the said Earnings Account or to such account in the name of the Borrower as shall be from time to time determined by the Lender in accordance with the provisions hereof and of the relevant Security Documents; |
(c) | Taxes: pay all Taxes, assessments and other governmental charges when the same fall due, except to the extent that the same are being contested in good |
(d) | Additional Documents: from time to time at the request of the Lender execute and deliver to the Lender or procure the execution and delivery to the Lender of all such documents as shall be deemed desirable at the reasonable discretion of the Lender for giving full effect to this Agreement, and for perfecting, protecting the value of or enforcing any rights or securities granted to the Lender under any one or more of this Agreement, the other Security Documents and any other documents executed pursuant hereto or thereto and in case that any conditions precedent (with the Lender's consent) have not been fulfilled prior to the relevant Drawdown Date, such conditions shall be complied with within five (5) Banking Days after the Lender's written request (unless the Lender agrees otherwise in writing) and failure to comply with this covenant shall be an Event of Default. |
8.5 | Market Value to Debt Ratio-Additional Security - Valuation of the Vessel. |
(a) | Security shortfall: If, as from the 1st January, 2018 and thereafter at any time during the Security Period, the Security Value shall be less than the Security Requirement, the Lender may give notice to the Borrower requiring that such deficiency be remedied and then the Borrower shall (unless if the sole cause of such deficiency is the Total Loss of the Vessel and the Borrower is in full compliance with his obligations in relation to such Total Loss) either; |
(i) | prepay (in accordance with Clause 4.2 (but without regard to the requirement for ten (10) days notice) within a period of thirty (30) days of the date of receipt by the Borrower of the Lender's said notice such sum in Dollars as will result in the Security Requirement after such prepayment (taking into account any other repayment of the Loan made between the date of the notice and the date of such prepayment) being at least equal to the Security Value; or |
(ii) | within thirty (30) days of the date of receipt by the Borrower of the Lender's said notice constitute to the satisfaction of the Lender such further security for the Loan as shall be acceptable to the Lender having a value for security purposes (as determined by the Lender in its absolute discretion) at the date upon which such further security shall be constituted which, when added to the Security Value, shall not be less than the Security Requirement as at such date. Such additional security shall be constituted by: |
a) | additional pledged cash deposits in favor of the Lender in an amount equal to such shortfall with the Lender and in an account and manner to be determined by the Lender; and/or |
b) | any other security acceptable to the Lender at its absolute discretion to be provided in a manner determined by the Lender. |
(b) | Valuation of Vessel: The Vessel shall, for the purposes of this Clause 8.5, be valued in Dollars (at least once a year) as and when the Lender shall reasonably require by any of the following shipbrokers (i) H. Clarkson & Company Limited and (ii) S.S.Y and (iii) Golden Destiny and (iv) Allied Shipbroking Inc. and (v) Arrow Shipbroking Group, appointed by the Lender in its sole discretion (such valuation to be made without, unless required by the Lender, physical inspection, and on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash at arms length on normal commercial terms as between a willing buyer and a willing seller, without taking into account the benefit of any Charterparty or other engagement concerning the Vessel). The Lender and the Borrower agree to accept such valuation made by the shipbroker appointed as aforesaid as conclusive evidence of the Market Value of the Vessel at the date of such valuation and such valuation shall constitute the Market Value of the Vessel for the purposes of this Clause 8.5. |
(c) | Information: The Borrower undertakes to the Lender to supply to the Lender and to any such shipbrokers such information concerning the Vessel and its condition as such shipbrokers may reasonably require for the purpose of making any such valuation. |
(d) | Costs: All costs in connection with the Lender obtaining any valuation of the Vessel referred to in Clause 8.5(b), and any valuation of any additional security for the purposes of ascertaining the Security Value at any time or necessitated by the Borrower electing to constitute additional security pursuant to Clause 8.5(a)(ii) shall be borne by the Borrower, provided that not more than four valuations will be obtained in each calendar year during the Security Period. |
(e) | Valuation of additional security: For the purpose of this Clause 8.5, the market value of any additional security provided or to be provided to the Lender shall be determined by the Lender in its absolute discretion without any necessity for the Lender assigning any reason thereto and if such security consists of a vessel shall be that shown by a valuation complying with the requirements of Clause 8.5(b) (whereas the costs shall be borne by the Borrower in accordance with Clause 8.5(d)) or if the additional security is in the form of a cash deposit full credit shall be given for such cash deposit on a Dollar for Dollar basis and if such security consists of a vessel shall be that shown by a valuation complying with the requirements of Clause 8.5(b) (whereas the costs shall be borne by the Borrower in accordance with Clause 8.5 (d)) or if the additional security is in the form of a cash deposit full credit shall be given for such cash deposit on a Dollar for Dollar basis. |
(f) | Documents and evidence: In connection with any additional security provided in accordance with this Clause 8.5, the Lender shall be entitled to receive such evidence and documents of the kind referred to in Schedule 2 as may in the Lender's opinion be appropriate and such favourable legal opinions as the Lender shall in its absolute discretion require. |
8.6 | Additional Financial Covenants - Compliance Certificate. The Borrower shall ensure that for the duration of the Security Period: |
(a) | Liquidity: the Guarantor shall maintain minimum free liquidity in an amount equal to $500,000 per Fleet Vessel to be fully accumulated within a period of eighteen (18) months from the Drawdown Date in free deposits. |
(b) | Leverage: the Corporate Leverage Ratio of the Guarantor will not be, at the end of any Accounting Period, higher than 0.75:1.0, the compliance with such obligation to be tested on each Financial Semester Day starting from the 30th June, 2018; |
(c) | EBITDA: the consolidated interest cover ratio for the Accounting Period (EBITDA to Net Interest Expense) shall not be lower than 2:1, the compliance with such obligation to be tested on each Financial Semester Day starting from the 30th June, 2018 |
(d) | Compliance Certificate: ensure that on each Financial Semester Day to be delivered to the Lender a Compliance Certificate in the form provided in Schedule 3 of this Agreement, duly completed and supported by calculations setting out in reasonable detail the materials underling the statements made in such Compliance Certificate to be delivered to the Lender; such Compliance Certificate to be provided as follows: (i) with respect to each Financial Second Semester Day as soon as practicable but not later than 120 |
(e) | The expressions used in this Clause 8.6. shall be construed in accordance with the law and the Applicable Accounting Principles as used in the Accounting Information produced in accordance with sub-Clause 8.1(e) and for the purposes of this Agreement: |
"Fleet Market Value" means, as of the date of calculation, the aggregate market value of all the Fleet Vessels as determined in accordance with Clause 8.5(b); |
(f) | Determination of defined terms: All the terms defined in this Clause 8.6 and used in this Clause 8.6, and other accounting terms used in this Clause 8.6, are to be determined on a consolidated basis and (except as items are expressly included or excluded in the relevant definition or provision) are used and shall be construed in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles and as determined from any relevant Accounting Information. |
(g) | Compliance: The compliance of the Guarantor with the undertakings set out in Clause 8.6 shall be determined by the Lender in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles (and such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive on the Guarantor) on the basis of calculations made by the Lender by reference to the relevant Accounting Information delivered to the Lender pursuant to Clause 8.1(e). Without prejudice to the other terms of this Clause 8.6 and, in particular, the time when compliance with the financial covenants and ratios of this Clause 8.6 is to be measured by the Lender. |
(h) | Calculations: For the purposes of this Clause 8.6: (aa) no item shall be deducted or credited more than once in any calculation; and (bb) any amount expressed in a currency other than Dollars shall be converted into Dollars in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles. |
8.7 | Covenants for the Securities Parties. The Borrower hereby undertakes with the Lender that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under the Security Documents and while all or any part of the Commitment remains outstanding, they will ensure and procure that all other Security Parties and each of them duly and punctually comply, with the covenants in Clauses 8.1, 8.4 and 8.5 which are applicable to them mutatis mutandis. |
8.8 | Know your customer and money laundering compliance. The Borrower hereby undertakes with the Lender that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under the Security Documents and while all or any part of the Commitment remains outstanding, it will provide the Lender with such documents and evidence as the Lender shall from time to time require, based on applicable law and regulations from time to time and the Lender's own internal guidelines from time to time to identify the Borrower and the other Security Parties, including the disclosure in writing of the ultimate legal and beneficial owner or owners of such entities, and any other persons involved or affected by the transaction(s) contemplated by this Agreement. |
9. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
9.1 | Events. There shall be an Event of Default if: |
(a) | Non‑payment: any Security Party fails to pay any sum payable by it under any of the Security Documents at the time, in the currency and in the manner stipulated in the Security Documents (and so that, for this purpose, sums payable on demand shall be treated as having been paid at the stipulated time if paid within five (5) Banking Days of demand and other sums due shall be treated as having been paid at the stipulated time if paid within two (2) Banking Days of its falling due); or |
(b) | Breach of Insurance and certain other obligations: the Borrower fails to obtain and/or maintain the Insurances (as defined in, and in accordance with the requirements of, the Security Documents) or if any insurer in respect of such Insurances cancels the Insurances or disclaims liability by reason, in either case, of mis‑statement in any proposal for the Insurances or for any other failure or default on the part of the Borrower or any other person or the Borrower commits any breach of or omits to observe any of the obligations or undertakings expressed to be assumed by it under Clause 8; or |
(c) | Breach of other obligations: any Security Party commits any breach of or omits to observe any of its obligations or undertakings expressed to be assumed by it under any of the Security Documents (other than those referred to in Clauses 9.l(a) and 9.1 (b) above) and, in respect of any such breach or omission which in the opinion of the Lender is capable of remedy, such action as the Lender may require shall not have been taken within fifteen (15) days of the Lender notifying in writing the relevant Security Party of such default and of such required action; or |
(d) | Misrepresentation: any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made or repeated by or in respect of any Security Party in or pursuant to any of the Security Documents or in any notice, certificate or statement referred to in or delivered under any of the Security Documents is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect; or |
(e) | Cross‑default: any Indebtedness of any of the Borrower and the Guarantor relating to an amount exceeding Seven hundred fifty Dollars ($750,000) is not paid when due (unless contested in good faith) or any Indebtedness of any of the Borrower and the Guarantor becomes (whether by declaration or automatically in accordance with the relevant agreement or instrument constituting the same) due and payable prior to the date when it would otherwise have become due (unless as a result of the exercise by such Security Party of a voluntary right of prepayment), or the Lender of any of the Borrower and the Guarantor becomes entitled to declare any such Indebtedness due and payable or any facility or commitment available to any of the Borrower and the Guarantor relating to Indebtedness is withdrawn, suspended or cancelled by reason of any default (however described) of the person concerned unless the relevant Security Party shall have satisfied the Lender that such withdrawal, suspension or cancellation will not affect or prejudice in any way the relevant Security Party's ability to pay its debts as they fall due, or any guarantee given by any of the Borrower and the Guarantor in respect of Indebtedness relating to an amount exceeding Seven hundred fifty Dollars ($750,000) is not honoured when due and called upon; or |
(f) | Legal process: any judgment or order made or commenced in good faith by a person against any of the Borrower and the Guarantor relating to an amount exceeding Five hundred thousand Dollars ($500,000) is not stayed or complied with within fifteen (15) days or a good faith creditor attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other bonafide process is levied or enforced upon or sued out against, any of the undertakings, assets, rights or revenues of any of the Borrower and the Guarantor and is not discharged within fifteen (15) days; or |
(g) | Insolvency: any Security Party becomes insolvent or stops or suspends making payments (whether of principal or interest) with respect to all or any class of its debts or announces an intention to do so; or |
(h) | Reduction or loss of capital: a meeting is convened by any of the Borrower and the Guarantor for the purpose of passing any resolution to purchase, reduce or redeem any of its share capital; or |
(i) | Winding up: any petition is presented or other step is taken for the purpose of winding up any Security Party or an order is made or resolution passed for the winding up of any Security Party or a notice is issued convening a meeting for the purpose of passing any such resolution; or |
(j) | Administration: any petition is presented or other step is taken for the purpose of the appointment of an administrator of any Security Party or the Lender believes that any such petition or other step is imminent or an administration order is made in relation to any Security Party; or |
(k) | Appointment of receivers and managers: any administrative or other receiver is appointed of any Security Party or any part of its assets and/or undertaking or any other steps are taken to enforce any Encumbrance over all or any part of the assets of any Security Party; or |
(l) | Compositions: any steps are taken, or negotiations commenced, by any Security Party or by any of its creditors with a view to the general readjustment or rescheduling of all or part of its indebtedness or to proposing any kind of composition, compromise or arrangement involving such company and any of its creditors provided, however, that if the Borrower are able to provide such evidence as is satisfactory in all respects to the Lender that such rescheduling will not relate to any payment default or anticipated default the same shall not constitute an Event of Default; or |
(m) | Analogous proceedings: there occurs, in relation to any Security Party, in any country or territory in which any of them carries on business or to the jurisdiction of whose courts any part of their assets is subject, any event which, in the opinion of the Lender, appears in that country or territory to correspond with, or have an effect equivalent or similar to, any of those mentioned in Clauses 9.1(f) to (l) (inclusive) or any Security Party otherwise becomes subject, in any such country or territory, to the operation of any law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy or liquidation; or |
(n) | Cessation of business: any Security Party suspends or ceases or threatens to suspend or cease to carry on its business; or |
(o) | Seizure: all or a material part of the undertaking, assets, rights or revenues of, or shares or other ownership interests in, any Security Party are seized, nationalised, expropriated or compulsorily acquired by or under the authority of any government; or |
(p) | Invalidity: any of the Security Documents shall at any time and for any reason become invalid or unenforceable or otherwise cease to remain in full force and effect, or if the validity or enforceability of any of the Security Documents shall at any time and for any reason be contested by any Security Party which is a party thereto, or if any such Security Party shall deny that it has any, or any further, liability thereunder; or |
(q) | Unlawfulness: it becomes impossible or unlawful at any time for any Security Party, to fulfil any of the covenants and obligations expressed to be assumed by it in any of the Security Documents or for the Lender to exercise the rights or any of them vested in it under any of the Security Documents or otherwise; or |
(r) | Repudiation: any Security Party repudiates any of the Security Documents or does or causes or permits to be done any act or thing evidencing an intention to repudiate any of the Security Documents; or |
(s) | Encumbrances enforceable: any Encumbrance (other than Permitted Liens) in respect of any of the property (or part thereof) which is the subject of any of the Security Documents becomes enforceable; or |
(t) | Material adverse change: there occurs, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender, a material adverse change in the financial condition of any of the Borrower and the Guarantor as described by the Borrower or any other Security Party to the Lender in the negotiation of this Agreement, which might, in the opinion of the Lender, materially impair the ability of the above Security Parties (or any of them) to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement and the Security Documents to which is or is to be a party; or |
(u) | Arrest: the Vessel is arrested, confiscated, seized, taken in execution, impounded, forfeited, detained in exercise or purported exercise of any possessory lien or other claim or otherwise taken from the possession of the Owner thereof and the Owner shall fail to procure the release of the Vessel within a period of forty five (45) days thereafter; or |
(v) | Registration: the registration of the Vessel under the laws and flag of the Flag State is cancelled or terminated without the prior written consent of the Lender or, if the Vessel is only provisionally registered on the relevant Drawdown Date and is not permanently registered under the laws and flag of the Flag State at least thirty (30) days prior to the deadline for completing such permanent registration; or |
(w) | Unrest: the Flag State of the Vessel becomes involved in hostilities or civil war or there is a seizure of power in such Flag State by unconstitutional means if, in any such case, such event could in the opinion of the Lender reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the security constituted by any of the Security Documents, unless the Ship is re-registered within thirty (30) days from the occurrence of such event on a Flag State which is not affected by hostilities or civil war or a seizure of power by unconstitutional means; or |
(x) | Environment: the Borrower or a Manager and/or any of their respective Environmental Affiliates fails to comply with any Environmental Law or any Environmental Approval or the Vessel or any Relevant Ship is involved in any incident which gives rise or which may give rise to any Environmental Claim, if in any such case, such non compliance or incident or the consequences thereof could (in the reasonable opinion of the Lender) be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business assets, operations, property or financial condition of the Borrower or any other Security Party or on the security created by any of the Security Documents; or |
(y) | P&I: any Security Party or any other person fails or omits to comply with any requirements of the protection and indemnity association or other insurer with which the Vessel is entered for insurance or insured against protection and indemnity risks (including oil pollution risks) to the effect that any cover in relation to the said Vessel (including without limitation, liability for Environmental Claims arising in jurisdictions where the Vessel operates or trades) is or may be liable to cancellation, qualification or exclusion at any time; or |
(z) | Change of Management: the Vessel ceases to be managed by the relevant Manager(s) (for any reason other than the reason of a Total Loss or sale of the Vessel) without the approval of the Lender and the Borrower fails to appoint another Manager prior to the termination of the mandate with the previous Manager(s); or |
(aa) | Deviation of Earnings: any Earnings of the Vessel are not paid to the Earnings Account for any reason whatsoever (other than with the Lender's prior written consent); or |
(bb) | ISM Code and ISPS Code: (without prejudice to the generality of sub-Clause 9.1(c)) for any reason whatsoever the provisions of Clause 8.1(n) and (o) are not complied with and the Vessel ceases to comply with the ISM Code or, as the case may be, the ISPS Code; or |
(cc) | Material events: any other event or events (whether related or not) occurs or circumstance arises which constitutes a material (in the opinion of the Lender) adverse change, from the position applicable as at the date of this Agreement, in the business, affairs or condition (financial or otherwise) of any Security Party) (including any such material adverse change resulting from an Environmental Incident) the effect of which is likely, in the opinion of the Lender, to impair, delay or prevent the due fulfilment by any Security Party of any of its respective obligations or undertakings contained in this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents and/or materially and adversely to affect the security created by any of the Security Documents; or |
(dd) | Security Documents: any other event of default (as howsoever described or defined therein) occurs under the Security Documents (or any of them). |
9.2 | Consequences of Default – Acceleration. The Lender may without prejudice to any other rights of the Lender (which will continue to be in force concurrently with the following), at any time after the happening of an Event of Default, which is continuing: |
(a) | by notice to the Borrower declare that the obligation of the Lender to make the Commitment (or any part thereof) available shall be terminated, whereupon the Commitment shall be reduced to zero forthwith; and/or |
(b) | by notice to the Borrower declare that the Loan and all interest accrued and all other sums payable under the Security Documents have become due and payable, whereupon the same shall, immediately or in accordance with the terms of such notice, become due and payable without any further diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest or notice or any other procedure from the Lender which are expressly waived by the Borrower; and/or |
(c) | put into force and exercise all or any of the rights, powers and remedies possessed by the Lender under this Agreement and/or under the Guarantee and/or under any other Security Document and/or as mortgagee of the Vessel, mortgagee, chargee or assignee or as the beneficiary of any other property right or any other security (as the case may be) of the assets charged or assigned to it under the Security Documents or otherwise (whether at law, by virtue of any of the Security Documents or otherwise). |
9.3 | Multiple notices; action without notice. The Lender may serve notices under Clause 9.2(a) and (b) simultaneously or on different dates and it may take any action referred to in that Clause if no such notice is served or simultaneously with or at any time after service of both or either of such notices. |
9.4 | Demand basis. If, pursuant to Clause 9.2(b), the Lender declares the Loan to be due and payable on demand, the Lender may by written notice to the Borrower (a) call for repayment of the Loan on such date as may be specified whereupon the Loan shall become due and payable on the date so specified together with all interest accrued and all other sums payable under this Agreement or (b) withdraw such declaration with effect from the date specified in such notice. |
9.5 | Proof of Default. It is agreed that (i) the non-payment of any sum of money in time will be proved conclusively by mere passage of time and (ii) the occurrence of this (non payment) shall be proved conclusively by a mere written statement of the Lender (save for manifest error). |
9.6 | Exclusion of Lender's liability. Neither the Lender nor any receiver or manager appointed by the Lender, shall have any liability to the Borrower or a Security Party: |
(a) | for any loss caused by an exercise of rights under, or enforcement of an Encumbrance created by, a Security Document or by any failure or delay to exercise such a right or to enforce such an Encumbrance; or |
(b) | as mortgagee in possession or otherwise, for any income or principal amount which might have been produced by or realised from any asset comprised in such an Encumbrance or for any reduction (however caused) in the value of such an asset, |
10. | INDEMNITIES - EXPENSES – FEES |
10.1 | Indemnity. The Borrower shall on demand (and it is hereby expressly undertaken by the Borrower to) indemnify the Lender, without prejudice to any of the other rights of the Lender under any of the Security Documents, against any loss or expense which the Lender shall certify as sustained or incurred as a consequence of: |
(a) | any default in payment by any of the Security Parties of any sum under any of the Security Documents when due; |
(b) | the occurrence of any Event of Default which is continuing; |
(c) | any prepayment of the Loan or part thereof being made under Clauses 4.2(b) and 4.3, 8.5(a) or 12 or any other repayment of the Loan or part thereof being made otherwise than on an Interest Payment Date relating to the part of the Loan prepaid or repaid; or |
(d) | the Commitment not being advanced for any reason (excluding any default by the Lender) after the Drawdown Notice has been given, |
10.2 | Expenses. The Borrower shall (and it is hereby expressly undertaken by the Borrower to) pay to the Lender on demand: |
(a) | Initial and Amendment expenses: all expenses (including reasonable legal, printing and out-of-pocket expenses) reasonably incurred by the Lender in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the other Security Documents and of any amendment or extension of or the granting of any waiver or consent under this Agreement and/or any of the Security Documents and/or in connection with any proposal by the Borrower to constitute additional security pursuant to sub-Clause 8.5(a), whether any such security shall in fact be constituted or not; |
(b) | Enforcement expenses: all expenses (including reasonable legal and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred by the Lender in contemplation of, or otherwise in connection with, the enforcement of, or preservation of any rights under, this Agreement and/or any of the other Security Documents, or otherwise in respect of the moneys owing under this Agreement and/or any of the other Security Documents or the contemplation or preparation of the above, whether they have been effected or not; |
(c) | Legal costs: the legal costs of the Lender's appointed lawyers, in respect of the preparation of this Agreement and the other Security Documents as well as the legal costs of the foreign lawyers (if these are available) in respect of the registration of the Security Documents or any search or opinion given to the Lender in respect of the Security Parties or the Vessel or the Security Documents. The said legal costs shall be due and payable on the Drawdown Date; and |
(d) | Other expenses: any and all other Expenses. |
10.3 | Stamp duty. The Borrower shall pay any and all stamp, registration and similar taxes or charges (including those payable by the Lender) imposed by governmental authorities in relation to this Agreement and any of the other Security Documents, and shall indemnify the Lender against any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from delay or omission on the part of the Borrower to pay such stamp taxes or charges. |
10.4 | Environmental Indemnity. The Borrower shall indemnify the Lender on demand and hold the Lender harmless from and against all costs, expenses, payments, charges, losses, demands, liabilities, actions, proceedings (whether civil or criminal) penalties, fines, damages, judgements, orders, sanctions or other outgoings of whatever nature which may be suffered, incurred or paid by, or made or asserted against the Lender at any time, whether before or after the repayment in full of principal and interest under this Agreement, relating to, or arising directly or indirectly in any manner or for any cause or reason out of an Environmental Claim made or asserted against the Lender if such Environmental Claim would not have been, or been capable of being, made or asserted against the Lender if it had not entered into any of the Security Documents and/or exercised any of its rights, powers and discretions thereby conferred and/or performed any of its obligations thereunder and/or been involved in any of the transactions contemplated by the Security Documents. |
10.5 | Currencies. If any sum due from the Borrower under any of the Security Documents or any order or judgement given or made in relation hereto has to be converted from the currency (the "first currency") in which the same is payable under the relevant Security Document or under such order or judgement into another currency (the "second currency") for the purpose of (i) making or filing a claim or proof against the Borrower or any other Security Party, as the case may be or (ii) obtaining an order or judgement in any court or other tribunal or (iii) enforcing any order or judgement given or made in relation to any of the Security Documents, the Borrower shall (and it is hereby expressly undertaken by the Borrower to) indemnify and hold harmless the Lender from and against any loss suffered as a result of any difference between (a) the rate of exchange used for such purpose to convert the sum in question from the first currency into the second currency and (b) the rate or rates of exchange at which the Lender may in the ordinary course of business purchase the first currency with the second currency upon receipt of a sum paid to it in satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any such order, judgement, claim or proof. The term "rate of exchange" includes any premium and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of the first currency with the second currency. |
10.6 | Maintenance of the Indemnities. The indemnities contained in this Clause 10 shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted to the Borrower or any other party from time to time and shall continue to be in full force and effect notwithstanding any payment in favour of the Lender and any sum due from the Borrower under this Clause 10 will be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgement being obtained for any other sums due under any one or more of this Agreement, the other Security Documents and any other documents executed pursuant hereto or thereto. |
10.7 | MII costs. The Borrower shall reimburse the Lender on demand for any and all costs incurred by the Lender (as conclusively certified by the Lender) in effecting and keeping effected a Mortgagee's Interest Insurance (herein "MII") which the Lender |
10.8 | Communications Indemnity. It is hereby agreed in connection with communications that: |
(a) | Express authority is hereby given by the Borrower to the Lender to accept all tested or untested communications given by facsimile, cable or otherwise, regarding any or all of the notices, requests, instructions or other communications under this Agreement, subject to any restrictions imposed by the Lender relating to such communications including, without limitation (if so required by the Lender), the obligation to confirm such communications by letter. |
(b) | The Borrower shall recognise any and all of the said notices, requests, instructions or other communications as legal, valid and binding, when these notices, requests, instructions or communications come from the fax number mentioned in Clause 16.1 or any other fax usually used by it or its managing company and are duly signed or in case of emails are duly sent by the person appearing to be sending such notice, request, instruction or other communication. |
(c) | The Borrower hereby assumes full responsibility for the execution of the said notices, requests, instructions or communications and promises and recognises that the Lender shall not be held responsible for any loss, liability or expense that may result from such notices, requests, instructions or other communications. It is hereby undertaken by the Borrower to indemnify in full the Lender from and against all actions, proceedings, damages, costs, claims, demands, expenses and any and all direct and/or indirect losses which the Lender may suffer, incur or sustain by reason of the Lender following such notices, requests, instructions or communications. |
(d) | With regard to notices, requests, instructions or communications issued by electronic and/or mechanical processes (e.g. by facsimile), the risk of equipment malfunction, including, without limitation, paper shortage, |
(e) | The risks of misunderstandings and errors resulting from notices, requests, instructions or communications being given as mentioned above, are for the Borrower and the Lender will be indemnified in full pursuant to this Clause save in case of the Lender's gross misconduct. |
(f) | The Lender shall have the right to ask the Borrower to furnish any information the Lender may require to establish the authority of any person purporting to act on behalf of the Borrower for these notices, requests, instructions or communications but it is expressly agreed that there is no obligation for the Lender to do so. The Lender shall be fully protected in, and the Lender shall incur no liability to the Borrower for acting upon the said notices, requests, instructions or communications which were believed by the Lender in good faith to have been given by the Borrower or by any of its authorised representative(s). |
(g) | It is undertaken by the Borrower to use its best endeavours to safeguard the function and the security of the electronic and mechanical appliance(s) such as fax(es) etc., as well as the code word list, if any, and to take adequate precautions to protect such code word list from loss and to prevent its terms becoming known to any persons not directly concerned with its use. The Borrower shall hold the Lender harmless and indemnified from all claims, losses, damages and expenses which the Lender may incur by reason of the failure of the Borrower to comply with the obligations under this Clause. |
10.9 | Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Lender an arrangement fee in the amount equal to 0.50% of the amount of the Commitment (i.e. $168,750) payable in two equal instalments, as follows: |
(a) | the amount of $84,375, payable on the Drawdown Date; and |
(b) | the amount of $84, 375, payable six (6) months from the Drawdown Date |
10.10 | Gross-up in the event of a FATCA Deduction – Borrower |
(a) | If the Borrower is required to make a FATCA Deduction, the Borrower shall make that FATCA Deduction and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by FATCA. |
(b) | If a FATCA Deduction is required to be made by the Borrower, the amount of the payment due from the Borrower shall be increased to an amount which (after making any FATCA Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no FATCA Deduction had been required. |
(c) | The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that they/it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a FATCA Deduction) notify the Lender accordingly. |
(d) | Within thirty days of making either a FATCA Deduction or any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, the Borrower shall deliver to the Lender evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Lender that the FATCA Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant governmental or taxation authority. |
(a) | Subject to Clause 10.11(c) below, each party shall, within ten (10) Business Days of a reasonable request by another party: |
(aa) | a FATCA Exempt Party; or |
(bb) | not a FATCA Exempt Party; and |
(ii) | supply to that other party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA (including its applicable passthru percentage or other information required under the Treasury Regulations or other official guidance including intergovernmental agreements) as that other party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other party's compliance with FATCA. |
(b) | If a party confirms to another party pursuant to Clause 10.11(a)(i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that party shall notify that other party reasonably promptly. |
(c) | Clause 10.11(a)(i) above shall not oblige the Lender to do anything which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of: |
(i) | any law or regulation; |
(ii) | any policy of the Lender; |
(iii) | any fiduciary duty; or |
(iv) | any duty of confidentiality. |
(d) | If a party fails to confirm its status or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with Clause 10.11(a) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where Clause 10.11(c) above applies), then: |
(i) | if that party failed to confirm whether it is (and/or remains) a FATCA Exempt Party then such party shall be treated for the purposes of the Security Documents as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party; and |
(ii) | if that party failed to confirm its applicable passthru percentage then such party shall be treated for the purposes of the Security Documents (and payments made thereunder) as if its applicable passthru percentage is 100%, |
11. | SECURITY, APPLICATION, AND SET-OFF |
11.1 | Securities. As security for the due and punctual repayment of the Loan and payment of interest thereon as provided in this Agreement and of all other Outstanding Indebtedness, the Borrower shall ensure and procure that the following Security Documents are duly executed and, where required, registered in favour of the Lender in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender at the time specified herein or otherwise as required by the Lender and ensure that such security consists, on the Drawdown Date, of: |
(a) | the Mortgage duly registered over the Vessel through the Registry; |
(b) | the General Assignment; |
(c) | the Guarantee; |
(d) | the Accounts Pledge Agreement; |
(e) | any Charterparty Assignment; and |
(f) | the Manager's Undertaking(s). |
11.2 | Maintenance of Securities. It is hereby undertaken by the Borrower that the Security Documents shall both at the date of execution and delivery thereof and so long as any moneys are owing and/or due under this Agreement or under the other Security Documents be valid and binding obligations of the respective Security Parties thereto and rights of the Lender enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and that they will, at the expense of the Borrower, execute, sign, perfect and do any and every such further assurance, document, act, omission or thing as in the opinion of the Lender may be necessary or desirable for perfecting the security contemplated or constituted by the Security Documents. |
11.3 | Application of funds. |
(a) | Order of application: All moneys received by the Lender under or pursuant to any of the Security Documents and expressed to be applicable in accordance with this Clause 11.3 shall be applied by the Lender in the following manner: |
(i) | Firstly, in or towards payment of Expenses and all sums other than principal or interest which may be due to the Lender under this Agreement and the other Security Documents or any of them at the time of application; |
(ii) | Secondly, in or towards payment of any default interest; |
(iii) | Thirdly, in or towards payment of any arrears of interest (other than default interest) due in respect of the Loan or any part thereof; |
(iv) | Fourthly, in or towards repayment of the Loan whether the same is due and payable or not; |
(v) | Fifthly, in or towards payment to the Lender for any loss suffered by reason of any such payment in respect of principal not being effected on an Interest Payment Date relating to the part of the Loan repaid; and |
(vi) | Sixthly, the surplus (if any) shall be paid to the Borrower or to whomsoever else shall be entitled to receive such surplus. |
(b) | Notice of variation of order of application: The Lender may, by notice to the Borrower and the Security Parties, provide, at its sole discretion, for a different order of application from that set out in Clause 11.3 either as regards a specified sum or sums or as regards sums in a specified category or categories, without affecting the obligations of the Borrower to the Lender. |
(c) | Effect of variation notice: The Lender may give notices under Clause 11.3(b) from time to time; and such a notice may be stated to apply not only to sums which may be received or recovered in the future, but also to any sum which |
11.4 | Set off. Express authority is hereby given by the Borrower to the Lender without prejudice to any of the rights of the Lender at law, contractually or otherwise, at any time after a Default has occurred and without prior notice to the Borrower: |
(a) | to apply any credit balance standing upon any account of the Borrower with any branch of the Lender (including, without limitation, the Earnings Account and in whatever currency in or towards satisfaction of any sum due to the Lender from the Borrower under this Agreement and/or any of the other Security Documents; |
(b) | in the name of the Borrower and/or the Lender to do all such acts and execute all such documents as may be necessary or expedient to effect such application; and |
(c) | to combine and/or consolidate all or any accounts in the name of the Borrower with the Lender. |
12. | UNLAWFULNESS, INCREASED COSTS |
12.1 | Unlawfulness. If any change in, or introduction of, any law, regulation or regulatory requirement or any request of any central bank, monetary, regulatory or other authority or any order of any court renders it unlawful or contrary to any such regulation, requirement, request or order for the Lender to advance the Commitment or the relevant part thereof (as the case may be) or to maintain or fund the Loan, notice shall be given promptly by the Lender to the Borrower whereupon the Commitment shall be reduced to zero and the Borrower shall be obliged to prepay the Loan in accordance with such notice, together with accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment and all other sums payable by the Borrower under this Agreement. |
12.2 | Change of circumstances. If any change in or in the interpretation of any applicable law or regulation, by any government or governmental authority or agency, makes it unlawful for the Lender to maintain or give effect to its obligations or to claim or receive any amount payable to the Lender under this Agreement, then the Lender may serve written notice on the Borrower declaring its obligations under this Agreement terminated in whole or in part, whereupon the same shall terminate forthwith and the Borrower will immediately repay the Loan and accrued interest to the date of prepayment together with all other Outstanding Indebtedness to the Lender pursuant to the terms of the notice. |
12.3 | Mitigation. If circumstances arise which would result in a notification under Clause 12.1 or 12.2, then, without in any way limiting the rights of the Lender under this Clause, the Lender shall use reasonable endeavours to transfer all the Lender's obligations, liabilities and rights under this agreement and the Security Documents to another office or financial institution not affected by the circumstances but the Lender shall not be under any obligation to take any such action if, in its opinion, to do so would or might: (a) have an adverse effect on its business, operations or financial condition; or (b) involve it in any activity which is unlawful or prohibited or any activity that is contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation; or involve it in any expense (unless indemnified to its satisfaction) or tax disadvantage. |
12.4 | Increased Cost. If, as a result of (a) any change in, or in the interpretation or application of, or the introduction of, any law or any regulation, request or requirement (whether or not having the force of law, but, if not having the force of law, with which the Lender or, as the case may be, its holding company habitually complies), including (without limitation) those relating to Taxation, capital adequacy, liquidity, reserve assets, cash ratio deposits and special deposits or other banking or monetary controls or requirements which affects the manner in which the Lender allocates capital resources to its obligations hereunder and those (including, but not limited to, "Basel III") which shall replace, amend and/or supplement the provisions set out in the statement (as in effect as of the date of this Agreement) of the Basel II committee on banking supervision dated July 1988 and entitled "international convergence of capital measurement and capital structures" or any amendatory or substitute agreement thereof, or (b) compliance by the Lender with any request from any applicable fiscal or monetary authority (whether or not having the force of law but, if not having the force of law, with which the Lender habitually complies) or (c) any other set of circumstances affecting the Lender: |
(a) | the cost to the Lender of making the Commitment or any part thereof or maintaining or funding the Loan is increased or an additional cost on the Lender is imposed; and/or |
(b) | subject the Lender to Taxes or the basis of Taxation (other than Taxes or Taxation on the overall net income of the Lender) in respect of any payments to the Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents is changed; and/or |
(c) | the amount payable or the effective return to the Lender under any of the Security Documents is reduced; and/or |
(d) | the Lender's rate of return on its overall capital by reason of a change in the manner in which it is required to allocate capital resources to the Lender's obligations under any of the Security Document is reduced; and/or |
(e) | require the Lender to make a payment or forgo a return on or calculated by references to any amount received or receivable by it under any of the Security Documents is required; and/or |
(f) | require the Lender to incur or sustain a loss (including a loss of future potential profits) by reason of being obliged to deduct all or part of the Commitment or the Loan from its capital for regulatory purposes, |
12.5 | Claim for increased cost. The Lender will promptly notify the Borrower of any intention to claim indemnification pursuant to Clause 12.3 and such notification will be a conclusive and full evidence binding on the Borrower as to the amount of any increased cost or reduction and the method of calculating the same and the Borrower shall be allowed to rebut such evidence by any means of evidence save for witness. A claim under Clause 12.3 may be made at any time and must be discharged by the Borrower within seven (7) days of demand. It shall not be a defence to a claim by the Lender under this Clause 12.3 that any increased cost or reduction could have been avoided by the Lender. Any amount due from the Borrower under Clause 12.3 shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgement being obtained for any other sums due under or in respect of this Agreement. |
12.6 | Option to prepay. If any additional amounts are required to be paid by the Borrower to the Lender by virtue of Clause 12.3, the Borrower shall be entitled, on giving the Lender not less than fourteen (14) days prior notice in writing, to prepay (without premium or penalty) the Loan and accrued interest thereon, together with all other Outstanding Indebtedness, on the next Repayment Date. Any such notice, once given, shall be irrevocable. |
12.7 | Exception. Nothing in Clause 12.3 shall entitle the Lender to receive any amount in respect of compensation for any such liability to Taxes, increased or additional cost, reduction, payment, foregone return or loss to the extent that the same is subject of an additional payment under Clause 5.3. |
12.8 | Central Bank or European Central Bank reserve requirements indemnity. The Borrower shall on demand promptly indemnify the Lender against any cost incurred or loss suffered by the Lender as a result of its complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank and/or with respect to maintaining required reserves with the relevant national Central Bank to the extent that such compliance relates to the Commitment or deposits obtained by it to fund the whole or part of the Loan and to the extent such cost or loss is not recoverable by the Lender under clause 12.2. |
13. | EARNINGS ACCOUNT |
13.1 | General. The Borrower undertakes with the Lender that it will: |
(a) | on or before the first Drawdown Date open the Earnings Account; and |
(b) | procure that all moneys payable to the Borrower in respect of the Earnings of the Vessel shall, unless and until the Lender directs to the contrary pursuant to the General Assignment, be paid to the Earnings Account, free from Encumbrances and rights of set off other than those created by or under the Security Documents. |
13.2 | Earnings Account. Unless and until an Event of Default shall occur (whereupon the provisions of Clause 11.3 shall be applicable) and subject to the terms and conditions of the Accounts Pledge Agreement no monies shall be withdrawn from the Earnings Account save as hereinafter provided. Subject to Clause 9, all monies paid to the Earnings Account after discharging the costs (if any) incurred by the Lender, in collecting such monies, shall be applied by the Lender as follows: |
(a) | firstly: in payment of any and all sums whatsoever due and payable to the Lender hereunder (such sums to be paid in such order as the Lender may in its sole discretion elect); and |
(b) | secondly: any credit balance shall be available to the Borrower to be used for any purpose not inconsistent with the Borrower's other obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, for the purpose of making any payments in connection with the operation and maintenance of the Vessel and for all other purposes permitted under this Agreement. |
13.3 | Interest. Any amounts for the time being standing to the credit of the Earnings Account shall bear interest at the rate from time to time offered by the Lender to its customers for Dollar deposits of similar amounts and for periods similar to those for which such amounts are likely to remain standing to the credit of the Earnings Account. Such interest shall, provided that (a) the foregoing provisions of this Clause 13.2 shall have been complied with and (b) no Event of Default (or event which, with the giving of notice and/or lapse of time or other applicable condition, might constitute an Event of Default) shall have occurred and is continuing, be released to the Borrower. |
13.4 | Drawings from Earnings Account. The Borrower shall not be entitled to draw from the Earnings Account if a Continuing Event of Default has occurred. |
13.5 | Sufficient monies. The Borrower hereby warrants that sufficient monies to meet the next Repayment Instalment plus interest thereon will be accumulated each and every month in the Earnings Account. |
13.6 | Obligations unaffected. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the absolute obligation of the Borrower to pay interest on and to repay the Loan as provided in Clauses 3 and 4 or shall constitute a manner or postponement thereof. |
13.7 | Relocation of Earnings Account. The Borrower, at its own costs and expenses, undertakes with the Lender to comply with or cause to be complied with any written requirement of the Lender from time to time as to the location or re-location of the Earnings Account and will from time to time enter into such documentation as the Lender may require in order to create or maintain a security interest in the Earnings Account. |
13.8 | Set-off. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or at any time thereafter the Lender shall be entitled to set off and apply all sums standing to the credit of the Earnings Account and accrued interest (if any) without notice to the Borrower in the manner specified in Clause 11.3 (and express and irrevocable authority is hereby given by the Borrower to the Lender so to set off and apply the same and the Lender shall be released to the extent of such set off and application). |
13.9 | No Encumbrances. The Borrower hereby covenants with the Lender that the Earnings Account and any moneys therein shall not be charged, assigned, transferred or pledged nor shall there be granted by the Borrower or suffered to arise any third party rights over or against the whole or any part of the Earnings Account other than in favour of the Lender. |
13.10 | Operation of Earnings Account. The Earnings Account shall be operated in accordance with the Lender's usual terms and conditions (full knowledge of which the Borrower hereby acknowledges) and subject to the Lender's usual charges levied on such accounts and/or transactions conducted on such accounts (as from time to time notified by the Lender to the Borrower). |
13.11 | Release. Upon payment in full of all principal, interest and all other amounts due to the Lender under the terms of this Agreement and the other Security Documents, any balance then standing to the credit of the Earnings Account shall be released and paid to the Borrower or to whomsoever else may be entitled to receive such balance. |
14. | ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER, PARTICIPATION, LENDING OFFICE |
14.1 | Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Lender and the Borrower and their respective successors and permitted assigns. |
14.2 | No Assignment by the Borrower and other Security Parties. Neither the Borrower nor any other Security Parties may assign or transfer any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents or any documents executed pursuant to this Agreement and/or the other Security Documents. |
14.3 | Assignment by the Lender. The Lender may at any time without the consent of, or consultation with, but after giving 15-day notice to the Borrower, cause all or any part of its rights, benefits and/or obligations under this Agreement and the other Security Documents to be assigned or transferred to (i) another branch, Subsidiary or affiliate of, or company controlled by, the Lender, (ii) another first class international bank or financial institution, insurer, social security fund, pension fund, capital investment company, financial intermediary or special purpose vehicle associated to any of them (iii) a trust corporation, fund or other person which regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets of which are managed or serviced by the Lender (in each case an "Assignee" or a "Transferee"). |
14.4 | Documenting assignments and transfers. If the Lender assigns, transfers or in any other manner grants participation in respect of all or any part of its rights or benefits or transfers all or any of its obligations as provided in this Clause 14.4 the Borrower undertakes, immediately on being requested to do so by the Lender, to enter at the expense of the Lender into and procure that each Security Party enters into such documents as may be necessary or desirable to transfer to the Assignee, Transferee or participant all or the relevant part of the interest of the Lender in the Security Documents and all relevant references in this Agreement to the Lender shall thereafter be construed as a reference to the Lender and/or assignee, transferee or participant of the Lender to the extent of their respective interests and, in the case of a transfer of all or part of the obligations of the Lender, the Borrower shall thereafter look only to the Assignee, Transferee or participant in respect of that proportion of the obligations of the Lender under this Agreement assumed by such assignee, transferee or participant. The Borrower hereby expressly consents to any subsequent transfer of the rights and obligations of the Lender and undertake that they shall join in and execute such supplemental or substitute agreements as may be necessary to enable the Lender to assign and/or transfer and/or grant participation in respect of its rights and obligations to another branch or to one or more banks or financial institutions in a syndicate or otherwise. The cost of any such assignment shall be borne by the Lender and/or the relevant Assignee or Transferee. |
14.5 | Disclosure of information. The Lender may disclose to a prospective assignee, substitute or transferee or to any other person who may propose entering into contractual relations with the Lender in relation to this Agreement such information about the Borrower as the Lender shall consider appropriate if the Lender first procures that the relevant prospective assignee, substitute or transferee or other person (such person together with any prospective assignee, substitute or transferee being hereinafter described as the "Prospective Assignee") shall undertake to the Borrower to keep secret and confidential and, without the consent of the Borrower, disclose to any third party any of the information, reports or documents supplied by the Lender provided, however, that the Prospective Assignee shall be entitled to disclose such information, reports or documents in the following situations: |
(a) | in relation to any proceedings arising out of this Agreement or the other Security Documents to the extent considered necessary by the Prospective Assignee to protect its interest; or |
(b) | pursuant to a court order relating to discovery or otherwise; or |
(c) | pursuant to any law or regulation or to any fiscal, monetary, tax, governmental or other competent authority; or |
(d) | to its auditors, legal or other professional advisers. |
14.6 | Process of personal data. The Borrower hereby expressly gives its consent to the communication for process in the meaning of law 2472/97 by the Lender of its personal data contained in this Agreement, the Security Documents, in the Earnings Account for onwards communication thereof to an inter-banking database record called "Teiresias" kept and solely used by banks and financial institutions. The Borrower is entitled at any relevant time throughout the Security Period to revoke its consent given hereunder by written notice addressed to the Lender and the Registrar of "Teiresias A.E." at 2, Alamanas street, 15125 Maroussi, Athens, Greece. |
14.7 | Changes in constitution or reorganisation of the Lender. For the avoidance of doubt and without prejudice to the provisions of Clause 14.1, this Agreement shall remain binding on the Borrower and the other Security Parties notwithstanding any change in the constitution of the Lender or its absorption in, or amalgamation with, or the acquisition of all or part of its undertaking or assets by, any other person, or any reconstruction or reorganisation of any kind, to the intent that this Agreement shall remain valid and effective in all respects in favour of any Assignee, Transferee or other successor in title of the Lender in the same manner as if such Assignee, Transferee or other successor in title had been named in this Agreement as a party instead of, or in addition to, the Lender. |
14.8 | Securitisation. The Lender may include all or any part of the Loan in a securitisation (or similar transaction) without the consent of, or consultation with, but after giving 30-day notice to the Borrower. The Borrower will assist the Lender as necessary to achieve a successful securitisation (or similar transaction) provided that the Borrower shall not be required to bear any third party costs related to any such securitisation (or similar transaction) and need only provide any such information which any third parties may reasonably require. |
14.9 | Lending Office. The Lender shall lend through its office at the address specified in the preamble of this Agreement or through any other office of the Lender selected from time to time by it through which the Lender wishes to lend for the purposes of this Agreement. If the office through which the Lender is lending is changed pursuant to this Clause 14.9, the Lender shall notify the Borrower promptly of such change and upon notification of any such transfer, the word "Lender" in this Agreement and in the other Security Documents shall mean the Lender, acting through such branch or branches and the terms and provisions of this Agreement and of the other Security Documents shall be construed accordingly. |
15. | MISCELLANEOUS |
15.1 | Cumulative Remedies. The rights and remedies of the Lender contained in this Agreement and the other Security Documents are cumulative and not neither exclusive of each other nor of any other rights or remedies conferred by law. |
15.2 | No implied waivers. No failure, delay or omission by the Lender to exercise any right, remedy or power vested in the Lender under this Agreement and/or the other Security Documents or by law shall impair such right or power, or be construed as a waiver of, or as an acquiescence in any default by the Borrower, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Lender of any power, right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. In the event of the Lender on any occasion agreeing to waive any such right, remedy or power, or consenting to any departure from the strict application of the provisions of this Agreement or of any other Security Document, such waiver shall not in any way prejudice or affect the powers conferred upon the Lender under this Agreement and the other Security Documents or the right of the Lender thereafter to act strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Security Documents. No modification or waiver by the Lender of any provision of this Agreement or of any of the other Security Documents nor any consent by the Lender to any departure therefrom by any Security Party shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and then shall only be effective in the specific case and for the specific purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any such party in any such case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. |
15.3 | Integration of Terms. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties and its provisions supersede the provisions of the Commitment Letter (save for the provisions thereof which relate to fees) any and all other prior correspondence and oral negotiation by the parties in respect of the matters regulated by this Agreement. |
15.4 | Amendments. This Agreement and any other Security Documents shall not be amended or varied in their respective terms by any oral agreement or representation or in any other manner other than by an instrument in writing of even date herewith or subsequent hereto executed by or on behalf of the parties hereto or thereto. |
15.5 | Invalidity of Terms. In the event of any provision contained in one or more of this Agreement, the other Security Documents and any other documents executed pursuant hereto or thereto being invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law in any jurisdiction whatsoever, such provision shall be ineffective as to that jurisdiction only without affecting the remaining provisions hereof or thereof. If, however, this event becomes known to the Lender prior to the drawdown of the Commitment or of any part thereof the Lender shall be entitled to refuse drawdown until this discrepancy is remedied. In case that the invalidity of a part results in the invalidity of the whole Agreement, it is hereby agreed that there will exist a separate obligation of the Borrower for the prompt payment to the Lender of all the Outstanding Indebtedness. Where, however, the provisions of any such applicable law may be waived, they are hereby waived by the parties hereto to the full extent permitted by the law to the intent that this Agreement, the other Security Documents and any other documents executed pursuant hereto or thereto shall be deemed to be valid binding and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms. |
15.6 | Inconsistency of Terms. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any other Security Document the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. |
15.7 | Language and genuineness of documents |
(a) | Language: All certificates, instruments and other documents to be delivered under or supplied in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents shall be in the Greek or the English language (or such other language as the Lender shall agree) or shall be accompanied by a certified Greek translation upon which the Lender shall be entitled to rely. |
(b) | Certification of documents: Any copies of documents delivered to the Lender shall be duly certified as true, complete and accurate copies by appropriate authorities or legal counsel practising in Greece or otherwise as will be acceptable to the Lender at the sole discretion of the Lender. |
(c) | Certification of signature: Signatures on Board or shareholder resolutions, Secretary's certificates and any other documents are, at the discretion of the Lender, to be verified for their genuineness by appropriate Consul or other competent authority. |
15.8 | Recourse to other security. The Lender shall not be obliged to make any claim or demand or to resort to any Security Document or other means of payment now or hereafter held by or available to it for enforcing this Agreement or any of the Security Documents against the Security Parties (or any of them) or any other person liable and no action taken or omitted by the Lender in connection with any such Security Document or other means of payment will discharge, reduce, prejudice or affect the liability of any Security Party under this Agreement and the other Security Documents to which it is, or is to be, a party. |
15.9 | Further assurances. The Borrower undertakes that the Security Documents shall both at the date of execution and delivery thereof and so long as any moneys are owing under any of the Security Documents be valid and binding obligations of the respective parties thereto and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and that it will, at its expense, execute, sign, perfect and do, and will procure the execution, signing, perfecting and doing by each of the other Security Parties of, any and every such further assurance, document, act or thing as in the reasonable opinion of the Lender may be necessary or desirable for perfecting the security contemplated or constituted by the Security Documents. |
15.10 | Process of personal data. The Borrower hereby expressly gives its consent to the communication for process in the meaning of law 2472/97 by the Lender of its personal data contained in this Agreement, the Security Documents, in the Earnings Accounts for onwards communication thereof to an inter-banking database record called "Teiresias" kept and solely used by banks and financial institutions. The Borrower is entitled at any relevant time throughout the Security Period to revoke its consent given hereunder by written notice addressed to the Lender and the Registrar of "Teiresias A.E." at 2, Alamanas street, 15125 Maroussi, Athens, Greece. |
15.11 | Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any of the other Security Documents and the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. |
15.12 | Confidentiality |
(a) | Each of the parties hereto agrees and undertakes to keep confidential any documentation and any confidential information concerning the business, affairs, directors or employees of the other which comes into its possession in connection with this Agreement and not to use any such documentation, information for any purpose other than for which it was provided. |
(b) | The Borrower acknowledges and accepts that the Lender may be required by law, regulation or regulatory requirement or any request of any central bank or any court order to disclose information and deliver documentation relating to the Borrower and the transactions and matters in relation to this Agreement and/or the other Security Documents to governmental or regulatory agencies and authorities. |
(c) | The Borrower acknowledges and accepts that in case of occurrence of any of the Events of Default the Lender may disclose information and deliver documentation relating to the Borrower and the transactions and matters in relation to this Agreement and/or the other Security Documents to third parties to the extent that this is necessary for the enforcement or the contemplation of enforcement of the Lender's rights or for any other purpose for which in the opinion of the Lender, such disclosure would be useful or appropriate for the interests of the Lender or otherwise and the Borrower expressly authorises any such disclosure and delivery. |
(d) | The Borrower acknowledges and accepts that the Lender may be prohibited from disclosing information to the Borrower by reason of law or duties of confidentiality owed or to be owed to other persons. |
16. | NOTICES |
16.1 | Notices. Every notice, request, demand or other communication under the Agreement or, unless otherwise provided therein, under any of the other Security Documents shall: |
(a) | be in writing delivered personally or be first-class prepaid letter (airmail if available), or shall be served through a process server or subject to Clause 10.8 by fax; |
(b) | be deemed to have been received, subject as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the relevant Security Document, in the case of a fax, at the time of dispatch as per transmission report (provided, in either case, that if the date of despatch is not a business day in the country of the addressee it shall be deemed to have been received at the opening of business on the next such business day), and in the case of a letter when delivered or served personally or five (5) days after it has been put into the post; and |
(c) | be sent: |
(i) | if to be sent to any Security Party, to: |
(ii) | in the case of the Lender at: |
16.2 | Process Agent. Mrs. Theodora Mitropetrou, an Attorney-at-Law, presently of 16 Grigoriou Lambraki Street, Glyfada, Greece (hereinafter called the "Process Agent for Greek Proceedings") is hereby appointed by the Borrower as agent to accept service, upon whom any judicial process in respect of proceedings in Greece may be served and any process notice, judicial or extra-judicial request, demand for payment, payment order, foreclosure proceedings, notarial announcement of claim, notice, request, demand or other communication under this Agreement or any of the Security Documents. In the event that the Process Agent for Greek Proceedings (or any substitute process agent notified to the Lender in accordance with the foregoing) cannot be found at the address specified above (or, as the case may be, notified to the Lender), which will be conclusively proved by a deed of a process server to the effect that the Process Agent for Greek Proceedings was not found at such address, any process notice, judicial or extra-judicial request, demand for payment, payment order, foreclosure proceedings, notarial announcement of claim or other communication to be sent to any Security Party may be validly served/notified in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Hellenic Code on Civil Procedure. |
17. | LAW AND JURISDICTION |
17.1 | Law |
(a) | This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations connected with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law. |
(b) | For the purposes of enforcement in Greece, it is hereby expressly agreed that English law as the governing law of this Agreement will be proved by an affidavit of a solicitor from an English law firm to be appointed by the Lender and the said affidavit shall constitute full and conclusive evidence binding on the Borrower but the Borrower shall be allowed to rebut such evidence save for witness. |
17.2 | Jurisdiction. |
(a) | The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any non-contractual obligations connected with it (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement) (a "Dispute"). The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts. |
(b) | The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary and waives any objections to the inconvenience of England as a forum. |
(c) | This Clause 17.2 is for the benefit of the Lender only. As a result, the Lender shall not be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Lender may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. |
17.3 | Process Agent for English Proceedings. Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law the Borrower irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Messrs. E.J.C. Album, Solicitors, Landmark House, 190 Willifield Way, London, NW11 6YA, England (attention Mr. Edward Album, Fax: +44 (0) 20 8457 5558, E-mail: ejca@mitgr.com) (hereinafter called the "Process Agent for English Proceedings"), to receive for it and on its behalf, service of process issued out of the English courts in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Security Document, provided, however, that: |
(a) | the Borrower hereby agrees and undertakes to maintain a Process Agent for English Proceedings throughout the Security Period and hereby agrees that in the event that if any Process Agent for English Proceedings is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process, the Borrower must immediately (and in any event within ten (10) days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Lender. Failing this, the Lender may appoint for this purpose a substitute Process Agent for English Proceedings and the Lender is hereby irrevocably authorised to effect such appointment on Borrower's behalf. The appointment of such Process Agent for English Proceedings shall be valid and binding from the date notice of such appointment is given by the Lender to the Borrower in accordance with Clause 16.1; and |
(b) | the Borrower hereby agrees that failure by a Process Agent for English Proceedings to notify the Borrower of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned. |
17.4 | Proceedings in any other country. If it is decided by the Lender that any such proceedings should be commenced in any other country, then any objections as to the jurisdiction or any claim as to the inconvenience of the forum is hereby waived by the Borrower and it is agreed and undertaken by the Borrower to instruct lawyers in that country to accept service of legal process and not to contest the validity of such proceedings as far as the jurisdiction of the court or courts involved is concerned and the Borrower agrees that any judgment or order obtained in an English court shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and shall be enforceable without review in the courts of any other jurisdiction. |
17.5 | Third Party Rights. No term of this Agreement is enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a party to this Agreement. |
17.6 | Meaning of "proceedings". In this Clause 17 "proceedings" means proceedings of any kind, including an application for a provisional or protective measure. |
SIGNED by
Mrs. Theodora Mitropetrou
for and on behalf of
SQUIRE OCEAN NAVIGATION CO.
of Liberia, in the presence of:
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/s/ Mrs. Theodora Mitropetrou
Attorney-in-fact |
Name: | Christos Magklaras |
SIGNED by
Konstantinos Sotiriou and
Mrs. Christina Aroni
for and on behalf of
ALPHA BANK A.E.,
in the presence of:
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/s/ Konstantinos Sotiriou
Authorised Officer /s/ Christina Aroni______
Authorised Officer |
Name: | Christos Magklaras |
To: | ALPHA BANK A.E. |
Re: US$33,750,173 Loan Agreement dated [l] November, 2015 made between (A) SQUIRE OCEAN NAVIGATION CO., of Liberia (the "Borrower") and (B) the Lender (the "Loan Agreement").
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(a) | no event or circumstance has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default; |
(b) | the representations and warranties contained in Clause 6 of the Loan Agreement and the representations and warranties contained in each of the other Security Documents are true and correct at the date hereof as if made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such date; |
(c) | the borrowing to be effected by the drawing down of the Commitment will be within our corporate powers, has been validly authorised by appropriate corporate action and will not cause any limit on our borrowings (whether imposed by statute, regulation, agreement or otherwise) to be exceeded; and |
(d) | to the best of our knowledge and belief there has been no material adverse change in our financial position or in the consolidated financial position of ourselves and the other Security Parties from that described by us to the Lender in the negotiation of the Loan Agreement. |
SIGNED by
Mr.
for and on behalf of
the Borrower
SQUIRE OCEAN NAVIGATION CO.
of Liberia, in the presence of:
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___________________________
Attorney-in-fact |
Name: | Theodora Mitropetrou |
To: | [P&I Club] |
From: | SQUIRE OCEAN NAVIGATION CO. |
To: | ALPHA BANK A.E. |
From: | SQUIRE OCEAN NAVIGATION CO., |
RE: Loan Agreement dated [l] November, 2015 made between (1) the Borrower and (2) the Lender, in respect of a loan facility of up to US$33,750,000 (the "Loan Agreement").
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1. | Financial Covenants: |
(a) | the Leverage Ratio has not been and at the date hereof is not higher than 0.75:1; and |
(b) | the consolidated interest cover ratio (EBITDA to Net Interest Expense) is not lower than 2:1; |
(c) | the Borrower maintains with the Lender minimum free liquidity in an amount not less than the Borrower's Debt Service of the next semester as free liquidity; and |
(d) | the Guarantor maintains minimum free liquidity in an amount equal to $500,000 per Fleet Vessel. |
2. | Default: |
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Section 1 Interpretation
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Definitions and Interpretation
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Section 2 The Facility
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The Facility
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Interest
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The Reference Banks
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Partial Invalidity
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(1) | CHAMPION OCEAN NAVIGATION CO., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of Liberia whose registered office is at 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia as borrower (the "Borrower") |
(2) | SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS. CORP., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands whose registered office is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, the Marshall Islands as guarantor (the "Guarantor") |
(3) | NATIXIS as lender (the "Original Lender") |
1 | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Definitions |
(a) | the amount of the outstanding Loan; and |
(b) | in relation to any proposed Utilisation prior to the actual Utilisation Date but after the Utilisation Request has been made, the amount of the Loan that is due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date. |
(a) | the interest which the Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of the Loan or an Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in relation to the Loan, the relevant part of the Loan or that Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period; |
(b) | the amount which the Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the Relevant Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period. |
(a) | information that: |
(i) | is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by the Lender of Clause 38 (Confidential Information); or |
(ii) | is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or |
(iii) | is known by the Lender before the date the information is disclosed to it by any member of the Group or any of its advisers or is lawfully obtained by the Lender after that date, from a source which is, as far as the Lender is aware, unconnected with the Group and which, in either case, as far as the Lender is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality; and |
(b) | any Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation. |
(a) | a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor; or |
(b) | the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor preventing that, or any other, Party or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor: |
(i) | from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or |
(ii) | from communicating with other Parties or, if applicable, any Transaction Obligor in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents, |
(a) | the following, save to the extent that any of them is, with the prior written consent of the Lender, pooled or shared with any other person: |
(i) | all freight, hire and passage moneys; |
(ii) | compensation payable to the Borrower or the Lender in the event of requisition of the Ship for hire; |
(iii) | remuneration for salvage and towage services; |
(iv) | demurrage and detention moneys; |
(v) | damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract for the employment of the Ship; |
(vi) | all moneys which are at any time payable under any Insurances in relation to loss of hire; |
(vii) | all monies which are at any time payable to the Borrower in relation to general average contribution; and |
(b) | if and whenever the Ship is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within sub-paragraphs (i) to (vi) of paragraph (a) above are pooled or shared with any other person, that proportion of the net receipts of the relevant pooling or sharing arrangement which is attributable to the Ship. |
(a) | an account in the name of the Borrower with the Original Lender designated "Champion Ocean Navigation Co. - Earnings Account"; or |
(b) | any other account (with that or another office of the Original Lender or with a bank or financial institution other than the Original Lender) which is designated by the Lender as the Earnings Account for the purposes of this Agreement. |
(a) | any release, emission, spill or discharge into the Ship or into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water of Environmentally Sensitive Material within or from the Ship; or |
(b) | any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water from a vessel other than the Ship and which involves a collision between the Ship and such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which the Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested, attached, detained or injuncted and/or the Ship and/or any Transaction Obligor and/or any operator or manager of the Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; or |
(c) | any other incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water otherwise than from the Ship and in connection with which the Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where any Transaction Obligor and/or any operator or manager of the Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action. |
(a) | sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations; |
(b) | any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in paragraph (a) above; or |
(c) | any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction. |
(a) | this Agreement; |
(b) | the Utilisation Request; |
(c) | any Security Document; |
(d) | any other document which is executed for the purpose of establishing any priority or subordination |
(e) | arrangement in relation to the Secured Liabilities; or |
(f) | any other document designated as such by the Lender and the Borrower. |
(a) | moneys borrowed; |
(b) | any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent; |
(c) | any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument; |
(d) | the amount of any liability in relation to any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease; |
(e) | receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis); |
(f) | any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) of a type not referred to in any other paragraph of this definition having the commercial effect of a borrowing (in each case, other than in respect of assets or services obtained on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business); |
(g) | any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value (or, if any actual amount is due as a result of the termination or close-out of that derivative transaction, that amount) shall be taken into account); |
(h) | any counter-indemnity obligation in relation to a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; and |
(i) | the amount of any liability in relation to any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h) above. |
(a) | all policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of the Ship in any protection and indemnity or war risks association, effected in relation to the Ship, the Earnings or otherwise in relation to the Ship whether before, on or after the date of this Agreement; and |
(b) | all rights and other assets relating to, or derived from, any of such policies, contracts or entries, including any rights to a return of premium and any rights in relation to any claim whether or not the relevant policy, contract of insurance or entry has expired on or before the date of this Agreement. |
(a) | the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan; and |
(b) | the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan, |
(a) | the Original Lender; and |
(b) | any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become the Lender in accordance with Clause 26 (Changes to the Lender), |
(c) | the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time for dollars and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan; or |
(d) | as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Unavailability of Screen Rate), |
(a) | as at a date not more than 14 Business Days previously; |
(b) | by an Approved Valuer; |
(c) | with or without physical inspection of the Ship or vessel (as the Lender may require); and |
(d) | on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash on normal arm's length commercial terms as between a willing seller and a willing buyer, free of any Charter, |
(a) | the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any Transaction Obligor; or |
(b) | the ability of any Transaction Obligor to perform its obligations under any Finance Document; or |
(c) | the validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of any Security granted or intended to be granted pursuant to any of, the Finance Documents or the rights or remedies of the Lender under any of the Finance Documents. |
(a) | (subject to paragraph (c) below) if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day; |
(b) | if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month; and |
(c) | if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that Interest Period is to end. |
(a) | which is a time, voyage or consecutive voyage charter; |
(b) | the duration of which does not exceed and is not capable of exceeding, by virtue of any optional extensions, more than 12 months plus a redelivery allowance of not more than 30 days; |
(c) | which is entered into on bona fide arm's length terms at the time at which the Ship is fixed; and |
(d) | in relation to which not more than two months' hire is payable in advance, |
(a) | any Financial Indebtedness incurred under the Finance Documents; and |
(b) | any Financial Indebtedness that is subordinated to all Financial Indebtedness incurred under the Finance Documents in a manner satisfactory to the Facility Agent. |
(a) | Security created by the Finance Documents; |
(b) | any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the Group in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances; |
(c) | liens for unpaid master's and crew's wages in accordance with usual maritime practice; |
(d) | liens for salvage; |
(e) | liens for master's disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading; and |
(f) | any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of the Ship and not as a result of any default or |
(a) | England and Wales; |
(b) | the country under the laws of which the company is incorporated or formed; |
(c) | a country in which the company has the centre of its main interests or which the company's central management and control is or has recently been exercised; |
(d) | a country in which the overall net income of the company is subject to corporation tax, income tax or any similar tax; |
(e) | a country in which assets of the company (other than securities issued by, or loans to, related companies) having a substantial value are situated, in which the company maintains a branch or permanent place of business, or in which a Security Interest created by the company must or should be registered in order to ensure its validity or priority; and |
(f) | a country the courts of which have jurisdiction to make a winding up, administration or similar order in relation to the company, whether as a main or territorial or ancillary proceedings, or which would have such jurisdiction if their assistance were requested by the courts of a country referred to in paragraphs (b) or (c). |
(a) | (other than where paragraph (b) below applies) as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could borrow funds in the London interbank market in dollars for the relevant period were it to do so by asking for and then accepting interbank offers for deposits in reasonable market size in that currency and for that period; or |
(b) | if different, as the rate (if any and applied to the relevant Reference Bank and the relevant currency and period) which contributors to the Screen Rate are asked to submit to the relevant administrator; |
(a) | its jurisdiction of incorporation; |
(b) | any jurisdiction where any asset subject to, or intended to be subject to, any of the Transaction Security created, or intended to be created, by it is situated; |
(c) | any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; and |
(d) | the jurisdiction whose laws govern the perfection of any of the Security Documents entered into by it. |
(a) | any expropriation, confiscation, requisition or acquisition of the Ship, whether for full consideration, a consideration less than its proper value, a nominal consideration or without any consideration, which is effected by any government or official authority or by any person or persons claiming to be or to represent a government or official authority (excluding a requisition for hire for a fixed period not exceeding one year without any right to an extension) unless it is within 45 days redelivered to the full control of the Borrower; and |
(b) | any arrest, capture, seizure or detention of the Ship (including any hijacking or theft) unless it is within 45 days redelivered to the full control of the Borrower. |
(a) | the Mortgage; |
(b) | the General Assignment; |
(c) | any Charterparty Assignment; |
(d) | the Account Security; |
(e) | any Manager's Undertaking; |
(f) | any other document (whether or not it creates Security) which is executed as security for the Secured Liabilities; or |
(g) | any other document designated as such by the Lender and the Borrower. |
(a) | the Transaction Security expressed to be granted in favour of the Lender and all proceeds of that Transaction Security; |
(b) | all obligations expressed to be undertaken by a Transaction Obligor to pay amounts in relation to the Secured Liabilities to the Lender and secured by the Transaction Security together with all representations and warranties expressed to be given by a Transaction Obligor or any other person in favour of the Lender; and |
(c) | the Lender's interest in any turnover trust created under the Finance Documents. |
(a) | actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Ship; or |
(b) | any Requisition. |
(a) | in the case of an actual loss of the Ship, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when the Ship was last heard of; |
(b) | in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Ship, the earlier of: |
(i) | the date on which a notice of abandonment is given to the insurers; and |
(ii) | the date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Borrower with the Ship's insurers in which the insurers agree to treat the Ship as a total loss; and |
(c) | in the case of any other type of total loss, the date (or the most likely date) on which it appears to the Lender that the event constituting the total loss occurred. |
(a) | a Finance Document; |
(b) | any Charter; |
(c) | the MOA; |
(d) | any Management Agreement; or |
(e) | any other document designated as such by the Lender and the Borrower. |
(a) | the proposed transfer date specified in the Assignment Agreement; and |
(b) | the date on which the parties to the Assignment Agreement have all executed, and agreed to be bound by, the Assignment Agreement. |
(a) | any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and |
(b) | any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (a) above, or imposed elsewhere. |
1.2 | Construction |
(a) | Unless a contrary indication appears, a reference in this Agreement to: |
(i) | the "Lender", any "Obligor", any "Party", any "Transaction Obligor" or any other person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title and permitted assigns; |
(ii) | "assets" includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description; |
(iii) | "continuing Event of Default" means an Event of Default which has not been remedied or waived; |
(iv) | "continuing Potential Event of Default" means a Potential Event of Default which has not been remedied or waived; |
(v) | a liability which is "contingent" means a liability which is not certain to arise and/or the amount of which remains unascertained; |
(vi) | "document" includes a deed and also a letter, fax or telex; |
(vii) | "expense" means any kind of cost, charge or expense (including all legal costs, charges and expenses) and any applicable Tax including VAT; |
(viii) | a "Finance Document", a "Security Document" or "Transaction Document" or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document, Security Document or Transaction Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated; |
(ix) | "indebtedness" includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent; |
(x) | "law" includes any order or decree, any form of delegated legislation, any treaty or international convention and any regulation or resolution of the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the United Nations or its Security Council; |
(xi) | "proceedings" means, in relation to any enforcement provision of a Finance Document, proceedings of any kind, including an application for a provisional or protective measure; |
(xii) | a "person" includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium, partnership or other entity (whether or not having separate legal personality); |
(xiii) | a "regulation" includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (either having the force of law or compliance with which is customary in the ordinary course of business of the party concerned) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation; |
(xiv) | a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted; |
(xv) | a time of day is a reference to London time; |
(xvi) | any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept or thing shall, in respect of |
(xvii) | words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; and |
(xviii) | "including" and "in particular" (and other similar expressions) shall be construed as not limiting any general words or expressions in connection with which they are used. |
(b) | The determination of the extent to which a rate is "for a period equal in length" to an Interest Period shall disregard any inconsistency arising from the last day of that Interest Period being determined pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. |
(c) | Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only and are not to be used for the purposes of construction or interpretation of the Finance Documents. |
(d) | Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under, or in connection with, any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement. |
1.3 | Construction of insurance terms |
1.4 | Agreed forms of Finance Documents |
(a) | in a form attached to a certificate dated the same date as this Agreement (and signed by the Borrower and the Lender); or |
(b) | in any other form agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Lender. |
1.5 | Third party rights |
(a) | Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the "Third Parties Act") to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement. |
(b) | Subject to paragraph (c) below but otherwise notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any person who is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time. |
(c) | An amendment or waiver which adversely affects the rights or obligations of a Reference Bank may not be effected without the consent of that Reference Bank. |
(d) | Any Affiliate, Receiver or Delegate or any other person described in paragraph (f) of Clause 13.2 (Other indemnities), Clause 28.1 (Role of Reference Banks) or Clause 28.2 (Third Party Reference Banks) may, subject to this Clause 1.5 (Third party rights) and the Third Parties Act, rely on any Clause of this Agreement which expressly confers rights on it. |
2 | THE FACILITY |
3 | PURPOSE |
3.1 | Purpose |
3.2 | Monitoring |
4 | CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION |
4.1 | Initial conditions precedent |
4.2 | Further conditions precedent |
(a) | on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date and before the Loan is made available: |
(i) | no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; |
(ii) | the Repeating Representations to be made by each Transaction Obligor are true in all material respects; |
(iii) | the Ship has neither been sold nor become a Total Loss; and |
(iv) | the provisions of paragraph (b) of Clause 10.3 (Market disruption) do not apply; |
(b) | the Lender has received on or before the Utilisation Date, or is satisfied it will receive when the Loan is made available, all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part B of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender. |
4.3 | Notification of satisfaction of conditions precedent |
4.4 | Waiver of conditions precedent |
5 | UTILISATION |
5.1 | Delivery of a Utilisation Request |
5.2 | Completion of a Utilisation Request |
(a) | A Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless: |
(i) | the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period; |
(ii) | the currency and amount of the Loan comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and |
(iii) | the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods). |
(b) | Only one Utilisation may be requested in a Utilisation Request. |
5.3 | Currency and amount |
(a) | The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be dollars. |
(b) | The amount of the proposed Loan must be an amount not exceeding the Commitment. |
5.4 | Loan |
5.5 | Cancellation of Commitment |
5.6 | Payment to Seller |
5.7 | Disbursement of Loan to third party |
5.8 | Prepositioning of funds |
(a) | agree to pay interest on the amount of the funds so prepositioned at the rate described in Clause 8.1 (Calculation of interest) on the basis of successive interest periods of one day and so that interest shall be paid together with the first payment of interest on the Loan after its Utilisation Date or, if such Utilisation Date does not occur, within three Business Days of demand by the Lender; and |
(b) | shall, without duplication, indemnify the Lender against any costs, loss or liability it may incur in connection with such arrangement. |
6 | REPAYMENT |
6.1 | Repayment of Loan |
6.2 | Reduction of Repayment Instalments |
6.3 | Termination Date |
6.4 | Reborrowing |
7 | PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION |
7.1 | Illegality |
(a) | the Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower upon becoming aware of that event and the Available Facility will be immediately cancelled; and |
(b) | the Borrower shall prepay the Loan on the last day of the Interest Period for the Loan occurring after it has notified the Borrower or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Borrower (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law) and the Commitment shall be cancelled; and |
(c) | If circumstances arise which would result in a notification under this Clause 7.1 then, without in any way limiting the rights of the Lender under this Clause 7.1, the Lender shall use reasonable endeavours to transfer its obligations, liabilities and rights under this Agreement and the Finance Documents to another office or financial institution not affected by the circumstances but the Lender shall not be under any obligation to take any such action if, in its opinion, to do would or might: |
(i) | have an adverse effect on its business, operations or financial condition; or |
(ii) | involve it in any activity which is unlawful or prohibited or any activity that is contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation; or |
(iii) | involve it in any expense (unless indemnified to its satisfaction) or tax disadvantage. |
7.2 | Voluntary and automatic cancellation |
(a) | The Borrower may, if it gives the Lender not less than 30 Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Lender may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum amount of $500,000 or a multiple thereof) of the Available Facility. |
(b) | The unutilised Commitment (if any) shall be automatically cancelled at close of business on the Utilisation Date. |
7.3 | Voluntary prepayment of Loan |
(a) | The Borrower may, if it gives the Lender not less than 30 Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Lender may agree) prior notice, prepay the whole or any part of the Loan (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces the amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of $500,000 or a multiple of that amount), on the last day of an Interest Period. |
(b) | Any partial prepayment under this Clause 7.3 (Voluntary prepayment of Loan) shall reduce in inverse chronological order the amount of each Repayment Instalment (including the Balloon Instalment) falling after that prepayment by the amount prepaid. |
7.4 | Mandatory prepayment on sale or Total Loss |
(a) | in the case of a sale of the Ship, on or before the date on which the sale is completed by delivery of the Ship to the buyer; or |
(b) | in the case of a Total Loss, on the earlier of (i) the date falling 90 days after the Total Loss Date and (ii) the date of receipt by the Lender of the proceeds of insurance relating to such Total Loss. |
7.5 | Restrictions |
(a) | Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7 (Prepayment and Cancellation) shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment. |
(b) | Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid in connection with that prepayment and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty. |
(c) | The Borrower may not reborrow any part of the Facility which is prepaid. |
(d) | The Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loan or cancel all or any part of the Commitment except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement. |
(e) | No amount of the Commitment cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated. |
8 | INTEREST |
8.1 | Calculation of interest |
(a) | the Margin; and |
(b) | LIBOR. |
8.2 | Payment of interest |
(a) | The Borrower shall pay accrued interest on the Loan or any part of the Loan on the last day of each Interest Period (each an "Interest Payment Date"). |
(b) | If an Interest Period is longer than six Months, the Borrower shall also pay interest then accrued on the Loan or the relevant part of the Loan on the dates falling at six Monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period. |
8.3 | Default interest |
(a) | If a Transaction Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the Unpaid Sum from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is 2.00% (two per cent) per annum higher than the rate which would have been payable if the Unpaid Sum had, during the period of non-payment, constituted part of the Loan, in the currency of the Unpaid Sum for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Lender. Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 (Default interest) shall be immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by the Lender. |
(b) | If an Unpaid Sum consists of all or part of the Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to the Loan or that part of the Loan: |
(i) | the first Interest Period for that Unpaid Sum shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to the Loan or that part of the Loan; and |
(ii) | the rate of interest applying to that Unpaid Sum during that first Interest Period shall be 2.00% (two per cent) per annum higher than the rate which would have applied if that Unpaid Sum had not become due. |
(c) | Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an Unpaid Sum will be compounded with the Unpaid Sum at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that Unpaid Sum but will remain immediately due and payable. |
8.4 | Notification of rates of interest |
9 | INTEREST PERIODS |
9.1 | Selection of Interest Periods |
(a) | The Borrower may select the Interest Period for the Loan in the Utilisation Request. Subject to paragraph (f) below, the Borrower may select each subsequent Interest Period in respect of the Loan in a Selection Notice. |
(b) | Each Selection Notice is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Lender by the Borrower not later than the Specified Time. |
(c) | If the Borrower fails to select an Interest Period in the Utilisation Request or fails to deliver a Selection Notice to the Lender in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the relevant Interest Period will, subject to paragraph (f) below and Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), be 3 Months. |
(d) | Subject to this Clause 9 (Interest Periods), the Borrower may select an Interest Period of one, two, three or six Months or any other period agreed between the Borrower and the Lender. |
(e) | An Interest Period in respect of the Loan shall not extend beyond the Termination Date. |
(f) | In respect of a Repayment Instalment, the Borrower may request in the relevant Selection Notice that an Interest Period for a part of the Loan equal to such Repayment Instalment shall end on the Repayment Date relating to it and, subject to paragraph (d) above, select a longer Interest Period for the remaining part of the Loan. |
(g) | The first Interest Period for the Loan shall start on the Utilisation Date and, subsequent to paragraph (h) below, each subsequent Interest Period shall start on the last day of the preceding Interest Period. |
(h) | Except for the purposes of paragraph (f) above and Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), the Loan shall have one Interest Period only at any time. |
9.2 | Changes to Interest Periods |
(a) | In respect of a Repayment Instalment, prior to determining the interest rate for the Loan, the Lender may establish an Interest Period for a part of the Loan equal to such Repayment Instalment to end on the Repayment Date relating to it and the remaining part of the Loan shall have the Interest Period selected in the relevant Selection Notice, subject to paragraph (d) of Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods). |
(b) | If after the Borrower has selected and the Lender has agreed an Interest Period longer than six Months, the Lender notifies the Borrower within two Business Days after the Specified Time relating to the Utilisation Request or Selection Notice that it is not satisfied that deposits in dollars for a period equal to the Interest Period will be available to it in the Relevant Interbank Market when the Interest Period commences, the Lender shall shorten the Interest Period to six Months. |
(c) | If the Lender makes any change to an Interest Period referred to in this Clause 9.2 (Changes to Interest Periods), it shall promptly notify the Borrower. |
9.3 | Non-Business Days |
10 | CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST |
10.1 | Unavailability of Screen Rate |
(a) | Interpolated Screen Rate: If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for the Interest Period of the Loan or any part of the Loan, the applicable LIBOR shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Loan. |
(b) | Reference Bank Rate: If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR for: |
(i) | dollars; or |
(ii) | the Interest Period of the Loan or any part of the Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Screen Rate, |
(c) | Cost of funds: If paragraph (b) above applies but no Reference Bank Rate is available for dollars for the relevant Interest Period there shall be no LIBOR for the Loan or that part of the Loan (as applicable) and Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) shall apply to the Loan or that part of the Loan for that Interest Period. |
10.2 | Calculation of Reference Bank Rate |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, if LIBOR is to be determined on the basis of a Reference Bank Rate but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by the Specified Time, the Reference Bank Rate shall be calculated on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks. The Lender shall provide evidence to the Borrower in respect of the quotation of the Reference Banks. |
(b) | If at or about noon on the Quotation Day none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a quotation, there shall be no Reference Bank Rate for the relevant Interest Period. |
10.3 | Market disruption |
(a) | If before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period the Lender notifies the Borrower that the cost to it of funding the Loan or the relevant part of the Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select would be in excess of LIBOR then Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) shall apply to the Loan or that part of the Loan (as applicable) for the relevant Interest Period. |
(b) | If, at least one Business Day before the Utilisation Date, the Lender notifies the Borrower that for any reason it is unable to obtain dollars in the Relevant Interbank Market in order to fund the Utilisation, the Lender's obligation to make the Loan available shall be suspended while that situation continues. |
10.4 | Cost of funds |
(a) | If this Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) applies, the rate of interest on the Loan or the relevant part of the Loan for the relevant Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of: |
(i) | the Margin; and |
(ii) | the rate notified to the Borrower by the Lender as soon as practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period to be that |
(b) | If this Clause 10.4 (Cost of funds) applies and the Lender or the Borrower so require, the Lender and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than 30 days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest or (as the case may be) an alternative basis for funding. |
(c) | Any substitute or alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall be binding on all Parties. |
10.5 | Break Costs |
11 | TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES |
11.1 | Definitions |
(a) | In this Agreement: |
(b) | Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 11 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) reference to "determines" or "determined" means a determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the determination. |
11.2 | Tax gross-up |
(a) | Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law. |
(b) | The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Lender accordingly. Similarly, the Lender shall notify an Obligor on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to the Lender. |
(c) | If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required. |
(d) | If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law. |
(e) | Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Lender evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Lender that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority. |
11.3 | Tax indemnity |
(a) | The Obligors shall (within three Business Days of demand by the Lender) pay to the Lender an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which the Lender determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered for or on account of Tax by the Lender in respect of a Finance Document. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above shall not apply: |
(i) | with respect to any Tax assessed on the Lender: |
(A) | under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which the Lender is treated as resident for tax purposes; or |
(B) | under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender's Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction, |
(ii) | to the extent a loss, liability or cost: |
(A) | is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 11.2 (Tax gross-up); or |
(B) | relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party. |
(c) | The Lender shall, if making, or intending to make, a claim under paragraph (a) above promptly notify the Borrower of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim. |
11.4 | Tax Credit |
(a) | a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax Payment was received; and |
(b) | the Lender has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit, |
11.5 | Stamp taxes |
11.6 | VAT |
(a) | All amounts expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to the Lender which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on that supply, and accordingly, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by the Lender to any Party under a Finance Document and the Lender is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, that Party must pay to the Lender (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT (and the Lender must promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to that Party). |
(b) | Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify the Lender for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) the Lender for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part of it as represents VAT, save to the extent that the Lender reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority. |
(c) | Any reference in this Clause 11.6 (VAT) to any Party shall, at any time when that Party is treated as a member of a group or unity (or fiscal unity) for VAT purposes, include (where |
(d) | In relation to any supply made by the Lender to any Party under a Finance Document, if reasonably requested by the Lender, that Party must promptly provide the Lender with details of that Party's VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with the Lender's VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply. |
11.7 | FATCA Information |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party: |
(i) | confirm to that other Party whether it is: |
(A) | a FATCA Exempt Party; or |
(B) | not a FATCA Exempt Party; and |
(ii) | supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with FATCA; and |
(iii) | supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with any other law, regulation or exchange of information regime. |
(b) | If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly. |
(c) | Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige the Lender to do anything and sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of: |
(i) | any law or regulation; |
(ii) | any fiduciary duty; or |
(iii) | any duty of confidentiality. |
(d) | If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii) of paragraph (a) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information. |
11.8 | FATCA Deduction |
(a) | Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction. |
(b) | Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction), notify the Party to whom it is making the payment. |
12 | INCREASED COSTS |
12.1 | Increased costs |
(a) | Subject to Clause 12.3 (Exceptions), the Borrower shall, within three Business Days of a demand by the Lender, pay for the account of the Lender the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by the Lender or any of its Affiliates as a result of: |
(i) | the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation; or |
(ii) | compliance with any law or regulation made, |
(iii) | the implementation, application of or compliance with Basel III or CRD IV or any law or regulation that implements or applies Basel III or CRD IV, |
(b) | In this Agreement: |
(i) | "Basel III" means: |
(A) | the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated; |
(B) | the rules for global systemically important banks contained in "Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement - Rules text" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and |
(C) | any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to "Basel III". |
(ii) | "CRD IV" means: |
(A) | Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending regulation (EU) No. 648/2012; |
(B) | Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC; and |
(C) | any other law or regulation which implements Basel III. |
(iii) | "Increased Costs" means: |
(A) | a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on the Lender's (or its Affiliate's) overall capital; |
(B) | an additional or increased cost; or |
(C) | a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document, |
12.2 | Increased cost claims |
12.3 | Exceptions |
(a) | attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor; |
(b) | attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party; |
(c) | compensated for by any payment made pursuant to Clause 13.3 (Mandatory Cost); or |
(d) | compensated for by Clause 11.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 11.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 11.3 (Tax indemnity) applied); or |
(e) | attributable to the wilful breach by the Lender or its Affiliates of any law or regulation. |
13 | OTHER INDEMNITIES |
13.1 | Currency indemnity |
(a) | If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a "Sum"), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the "First Currency") in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the "Second Currency") for the purpose of: |
(i) | making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor; or |
(ii) | obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings, |
(b) | Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable. |
13.2 | Other indemnities |
(a) | Each Obligor shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender, any Receiver and any Delegate against: |
(i) | any cost, loss or liability incurred by it as a result of: |
(A) | the occurrence of any Event of Default; |
(B) | a failure by a Transaction Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date; |
(C) | funding, or making arrangements to fund, the Loan requested by the Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default or negligence by the Lender alone); |
(D) | the Loan (or part of the Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower; |
(E) | investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Potential Event of Default or Event of Default; or |
(F) | acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; or |
(G) | instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under the Finance Documents; and |
(ii) | any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Lender (otherwise than by reason of the Lender's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to Clause 29.8 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.) notwithstanding the Lender's negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Lender. |
(b) | Each Obligor shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender, each Affiliate of the Lender, any Receiver and any Delegate and each officer or employee of the Lender or its Affiliate or any Receiver or Delegate (as applicable) (each such person for the purposes of this Clause 13.2 (Other indemnities) an "Indemnified Person"), against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Indemnified Person pursuant to or in connection with any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or regulatory enquiry, in connection with or arising out of the entry into and the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents, having the benefit of any Security constituted by the Finance Documents or which relates to the condition or operation of, or any incident occurring in relation to, the Ship unless such cost, loss or liability is caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of that Indemnified Person. |
(c) | No Party other than the Lender, the Receiver or the Delegate (as applicable) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Lender, the Receiver or the Delegate (as applicable) in respect of any claim it might have against the Lender, the Receiver or the Delegate or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Transaction Document or any Security Property. |
(d) | Without limiting, but subject to any limitations set out in paragraph (b) above, the indemnity in paragraph (b) above shall cover any cost, loss or liability incurred by each Indemnified Person in any jurisdiction: |
(i) | arising or asserted under or in connection with any law relating to safety at sea, the ISM Code, any Environmental Law or any Sanctions; or |
(ii) | in connection with any Environmental Claim. |
(e) | Each Obligor shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender and every Receiver and Delegate against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of them: |
(i) | in relation to or as a result of: |
(A) | any failure by the Borrower to comply with its obligations under Clause 14 (Costs and Expenses); |
(B) | acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; |
(C) | the taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the Finance Documents and the Transaction Security; |
(D) | the exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions, authorities and remedies vested in the Lender and each Receiver and Delegate by the Finance Documents or by law; |
(E) | any default by any Transaction Obligor in the performance of any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Finance Documents; |
(F) | any action by any Transaction Obligor which vitiates, reduces the value of, or is otherwise prejudicial to, the Transaction Security; and |
(G) | instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under the Finance Documents. |
(ii) | which otherwise relates to any of the Security Property or the performance of the terms of this Agreement or the other Finance Documents (otherwise, in each case, than by reason of the Lender's, Receiver's or Delegate's gross negligence or wilful misconduct). |
(f) | Any Affiliate, Receiver or Delegate or any officer or employee of the Lender or of any of its Affiliates or any Receiver or any Delegate (as applicable) may rely on this Clause 13.2 (Other indemnities) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act subject to Clause 1.5 (Third party rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act. |
13.3 | Mandatory Cost |
(a) | if the Lender is lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State, the minimum reserve requirements (or other requirements having the same or similar purpose) of the European Central Bank or any other authority or agency which replaces all or any of its functions) in respect of loans made from that Facility Office; and |
(b) | if the Lender is lending from a Facility Office in the United Kingdom, any reserve asset, special deposit or liquidity requirements (or other requirements having the same or similar |
13.4 | Lender's management time |
13.5 | Mitigation |
(a) | The Lender shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 11 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities), Clause 12 (Increased Costs) or paragraph (a) of Clause 13.3 (Mandatory Cost) including (but not limited to) assigning its rights under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents. |
13.6 | Limitation of liability |
(a) | Each Obligor shall, on demand, indemnify the Lender for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Lender as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 13.5 (Mitigation). |
(b) | The Lender is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 13.5 (Mitigation) if either: |
(i) | an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; or |
(ii) | in the opinion of the Lender (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it. |
14 | COSTS AND EXPENSES |
14.1 | Transaction expenses |
(a) | this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; |
(b) | the Transaction Security; and |
(c) | any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement. |
14.2 | Amendment costs |
(a) | a Transaction Obligor requests an amendment or waiver; or |
(b) | an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 29.6 (Change of currency); or |
(c) | a Transaction Obligor requests, and the Lender agrees to, the release of all or any part of the Security Assets from the Transaction Security, |
14.3 | Enforcement and preservation costs |
15 | GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY |
15.1 | Guarantee and indemnity |
(a) | guarantees to the Lender punctual performance by the Borrower of all the Borrower's obligations under the Finance Documents; |
(b) | undertakes with the Lender that whenever the Borrower does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, the Guarantor shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it were the principal obligor; and |
(c) | agrees with the Lender that if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal, it will, as an independent and primary obligation, indemnify the Lender immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability it incurs as a result of the Borrower not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability, invalidity or illegality, have been payable by it under any Finance Document on the date when it would have been due. The amount payable by the Guarantor under this indemnity will not exceed the amount it would have had to pay under this Clause 15 (Guarantee and Indemnity) if the amount claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee. |
15.2 | Continuing guarantee |
15.3 | Reinstatement |
15.4 | Waiver of defences |
(a) | any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Transaction Obligor or other person; |
(b) | the release of any other Transaction Obligor or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor; |
(c) | the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect or delay in perfecting, or refusal or neglect to take up or enforce, or delay in taking |
(d) | any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of a Transaction Obligor or any other person; |
(e) | any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Finance Document or any other document or security including, without limitation, any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security; |
(f) | any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or |
(g) | any insolvency or similar proceedings. |
15.5 | Immediate recourse |
15.6 | Appropriations |
(a) | refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by the Lender (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and the Guarantor shall not be entitled to the benefit of the same; and |
(b) | hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the Guarantor or on account of the Guarantor's liability under this Clause 15 (Guarantee and Indemnity). |
15.7 | Deferral of Guarantor's rights |
(a) | to be indemnified by a Transaction Obligor; |
(b) | to claim any contribution from any third party providing security for, or any other guarantor of, any Transaction Obligor's obligations under the Finance Documents; |
(c) | to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Lender under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance Documents by the Lender; |
(d) | to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any Transaction Obligor to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which the Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 15.1 (Guarantee and indemnity); |
(e) | to exercise any right of set-off against any Transaction Obligor; and/or |
(f) | to claim or prove as a creditor of any Transaction Obligor in competition with the Lender. |
15.8 | Additional security |
15.9 | Applicability of provisions of Guarantee to other Security |
16 | REPRESENTATIONS |
16.1 | General |
16.2 | Status |
(a) | It is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing in good standing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation. |
(b) | It and each Transaction Obligor has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted. |
16.3 | Share capital and ownership |
(a) | The Borrower has an authorised share capital of 500 registered and/or bearer shares of no par value, all of which shares have been issued in registered form and held by the Guarantor. |
(b) | The legal title to and beneficial interest in the shares in the Borrower is held free of any Security or any other claim by the Guarantor. |
(c) | None of the shares in the Borrower is subject to any option to purchase, pre-emption rights or similar rights. |
16.4 | Binding obligations |
16.5 | Validity, effectiveness and ranking of Security |
(a) | Each Finance Document to which it is a party does now or, as the case may be, will upon execution and delivery and, where applicable, registration as provided for in that Finance Document create the Security it purports to create over any assets to which such Security, by its terms, relates, and such Security will, when created or intended to be created, be valid and effective. |
(b) | No third party has or will have any Security (except for Permitted Security) over any assets that are the subject of any Transaction Security granted by it. |
(c) | The Transaction Security granted by it to the Lender has or will when created or intended to be created have first ranking priority or such other priority it is expressed to have in the Finance Documents and is not subject to any prior ranking or pari passu ranking security. |
(d) | No concurrence, consent or authorisation of any person is required for the creation of or otherwise in connection with any Transaction Security. |
16.6 | Non-conflict with other obligations |
(a) | any law or regulation of any Pertinent Jurisdiction or, to its knowledge, of any other jurisdiction applicable to it; |
(b) | its constitutional documents; or |
(c) | any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its assets or constitute a default or termination event (however described) under any such agreement or instrument. |
16.7 | Power and authority |
(a) | It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise: |
(i) | its entry into, performance and delivery of, each Transaction Document to which it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated by those Transaction Documents; and |
(ii) | in the case of the Borrower, its registration of the Ship under the Approved Flag. |
(b) | No limit on its powers will be exceeded as a result of the borrowing, granting of security or giving of guarantees or indemnities contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. |
16.8 | Validity and admissibility in evidence |
(a) | to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; and |
(b) | to make the Transaction Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its Relevant Jurisdictions, |
16.9 | Governing law and enforcement |
(a) | The choice of governing law of each Transaction Document to which it is a party will be recognised and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdictions. |
(b) | Any judgment obtained in relation to a Transaction Document to which it is a party in the jurisdiction of the governing law of that Transaction Document will be recognised and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdictions. |
16.10 | Insolvency |
(a) | corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in paragraph (a) of Clause 25.8 (Insolvency proceedings); or |
(b) | creditors' process described in Clause 25.9 (Creditors' process), |
16.11 | No filing or stamp taxes |
16.12 | Deduction of Tax |
16.13 | No default |
(a) | On the date of this Agreement and on the Utilisation Date, no Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of the Utilisation or the entry into, the performance of, or any transaction contemplated by, any Transaction Document. |
(b) | No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default or a termination event (however described) under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or to which its assets are subject which might have a Material Adverse Effect. |
16.14 | No misleading information |
(a) | Any factual information provided by any member of the Group for the purposes of this Agreement was true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which it is stated. |
(b) | The financial projections contained in any such information have been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions. |
(c) | Nothing has occurred or been omitted from any such information and no information has been given or withheld that results in any such information being untrue or misleading in any material respect. |
16.15 | Financial Statements |
(a) | Its Original Financial Statements or its most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 17.2 (Financial statements) (as the case may be) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. |
(b) | Its Original Financial Statements or its most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 17.2 (Financial statements) (as the case may be) give a true and fair view of its financial condition as at the end of the relevant financial year and results of operations during the relevant financial year (consolidated in the case of the Guarantor). |
(c) | There has been no material adverse change in its assets, business or financial condition (or the assets, business or consolidated financial condition of the Group, in the case of the Guarantor) since the financial year ended in respect of the Original Financial Statements or its most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 17.2 (Financial statements) (as the case may be). |
(d) | Its most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 17.2 (Financial statements): |
(i) | have been prepared in accordance with Clause 17.4 (Requirements as to financial statements); and |
(ii) | give a true and fair view of (if audited) or fairly represent (if unaudited) its financial condition as at the end of the relevant financial year and operations during the relevant financial year (consolidated in the case of the Guarantor). |
(e) | Since the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 17.2 (Financial statements) there has been no material adverse change in its business, assets or financial condition (or the business or consolidated financial condition of the Group, in the case of the Guarantor). |
16.16 | Pari passu ranking |
16.17 | No proceedings pending or threatened |
16.18 | Validity and completeness of the MOA |
(a) | The MOA constitutes legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Seller. |
(b) | The copy of the MOA delivered to the Lender before the date of this Agreement is a true and complete copy. |
(c) | No amendment or addition to the MOA has been agreed nor have any rights under the MOA been waived. |
16.19 | No rebates etc. |
16.20 | Valuations |
(a) | All information supplied by it or on its behalf to an Approved Valuer for the purposes of a valuation delivered to the Lender in accordance with this Agreement was true and accurate as at the date it was supplied or (if appropriate) as at the date (if any) at which it is stated to be given. |
(b) | It has not omitted to supply any information to an Approved Valuer which, if disclosed, would adversely affect any valuation prepared by such Approved Valuer. |
(c) | There has been no change to the factual information provided pursuant to paragraph (a) above in relation to any valuation between the date such information was provided and the date of that valuation which, in either case, renders that information untrue or misleading in any material respect. |
16.21 | No breach of laws |
16.22 | No Charter |
16.23 | Compliance with Environmental Laws |
16.24 | No Environmental Claim |
16.25 | No Environmental Incident |
16.26 | ISM and ISPS Code compliance |
16.27 | Taxes paid |
(a) | It is not and no other member of the Group is materially overdue in the filing of any Tax returns and it is not (and no other member of the Group is) overdue in the payment of any amount in respect of Tax. |
(b) | No claims or investigations are being, or are reasonably likely to be, made or conducted against it (or any other member of the Group) with respect to Taxes. |
16.28 | Financial Indebtedness |
16.29 | Overseas companies |
16.30 | Good title to assets |
16.31 | Ownership |
(a) | On the Utilisation Date, the Borrower will be the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Ship, the Earnings and the Insurances. |
(b) | With effect on and from the date of its creation or intended creation, each Transaction Obligor will be the sole legal and beneficial owner of any asset that is the subject of any Transaction Security created or intended to be created by such Transaction Obligor. |
(c) | The constitutional documents of each Transaction Obligor do not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of the shares of the Borrower on creation or enforcement of the security conferred by the Security Documents. |
16.32 | Centre of main interests and establishments |
16.33 | Place of business |
16.34 | No employee or pension arrangements |
16.35 | Sanctions |
(a) | Neither Obligor, nor any of its Subsidiaries (nor any director, officer, employee, Affiliate, agent or representative of it or any of its Subsidiaries) is a person that is, or is owned or controlled by a person that is: |
(i) | the subject of any economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes implemented, administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce or any other US government authority, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty's Treasury, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills or any other UK government authority, any French government authority, or other such "Sanctions Authority" in a jurisdiction of relevance to the Facility (collectively, "Sanctions"); |
(ii) | located, organised or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (as of the date of this agreement, comprising Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria, but subject to such changes as take place over time) ("Sanctioned Countries"); or |
(iii) | engaged in any activity that could trigger a designation under existing Sanctions administered by a Sanctions Authority ("Sanctionable Activity"). |
(b) | It derives no more than one (1) percent of its revenues and profits on average from business involving any persons or entities that are the subject of Sanctions ("Restricted Parties") or Sanctioned Countries and that such business, if any, complies with all applicable Sanctions. |
16.36 | Ship Sanctions |
(a) | The Ship is not currently subject to any Sanctions nor will the ownership, operation, possession, use, leasing or any other dealing in respect of the Ship by the Borrower contravene any Sanctions or provide a basis for the Ship or the Borrower to be designated as subject to Sanctions. |
(b) | The Ship will not be moved to a Sanctioned Country. |
16.37 | Anti-terrorism Law |
16.38 | Repetition |
17 | INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS |
17.1 | General |
17.2 | Financial statements |
(a) | as soon as they become available, but in any event within 180 days after the end of each of its financial years: |
(i) | its unaudited financial statements for that financial year; and |
(ii) | the audited consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor for that financial year; and |
(b) | as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each quarter of each of its financial years: |
(i) | its unaudited financial statements for that financial quarter year; and |
(ii) | the unaudited consolidated financial statement of the Guarantor for that financial quarter year; and |
(c) | as soon as possible, but in no event later than 90 days after the end of each financial year of the Borrower, a budget in a format approved by the Lender which shows all anticipated income and expenditure in respect of the Ship during the next financial year of the Borrower. |
17.3 | Compliance Certificate |
(a) | The Guarantor shall supply to the Lender, with each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of Clause 17.2 (Financial statements), commencing with the first Testing Date following the Deferred Testing Date, a Compliance Certificate. |
(b) | Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by 2 Directors or the Chief Executive Officer of the Guarantor and shall be delivered with the financial statements delivered pursuant to sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) and sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of Clause 17.2 (Financial statements). |
17.4 | Requirements as to financial statements |
(a) | Each set of financial statements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Clause 17.2 (Financial statements) shall be certified by a director of the company as giving a true and fair view (if audited) or fairly representing (if unaudited) its financial condition and operations as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up. |
(b) | The Borrower shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 17.2 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP. |
(c) | The Borrower shall procure that each set of financial statements of an Obligor delivered pursuant to Clause 17.2 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP, accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of the Original Financial Statements for the Guarantor unless, in relation to any set of financial statements, it notifies the Lender that there has been a change in GAAP, the accounting practices or reference periods and its auditors (or, if appropriate, the auditors of the Guarantor) deliver to the Lender: |
(i) | a description of any change necessary for those financial statements to reflect the GAAP, accounting practices and reference periods upon which the Guarantor's Original Financial Statements were prepared; and |
(ii) | sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the Lender, to enable the Lender to determine whether Clause 18 (Financial Covenants) has been complied with and make an accurate comparison between the financial position indicated in those financial statements and the Guarantor's Original Financial Statements. |
17.5 | Information: miscellaneous |
(a) | all documents dispatched by it to its shareholders (or any class of them) related to (i) any event in Clauses 25.7 (Insolvency), 25.8 (Insolvency proceedings) or 25.9 (Creditors' process), (ii) any Finance Document or (iii) any event or circumstances which may reasonably lead to a Material Adverse Effect or to its creditors, in each case generally at the same time as they are dispatched; |
(b) | promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations (including proceedings or investigations relating to any alleged or actual breach of the ISM Code or of the ISPS Code) which are current, threatened or pending against any member of the Group, and which might, if adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect; |
(c) | promptly, its constitutional documents where these have been amended or varied; |
(d) | promptly, such further information and/or documents regarding: |
(i) | the Ship, goods transported on the Ship, the Earnings or the Insurances; |
(ii) | the Security Assets; |
(iii) | compliance of the Transaction Obligors with the terms of the Finance Documents; |
(iv) | the financial condition, business and operations of any member of the Group, |
(e) | promptly, such further information and/or documents as the Lender may reasonably request so as to enable the Lender to comply with any laws applicable to it or as may be required by any regulatory authority. |
17.6 | Notification of Event of Default |
(a) | Each Obligor shall notify the Lender of any Event of Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence (unless that Obligor is aware that a notification has already been provided by another Obligor). |
(b) | Promptly upon a request by the Lender, the Borrower shall supply to the Lender a certificate signed by two of its directors or senior officers on its behalf certifying that no Event of Default is continuing (or if an Event of Default is continuing, specifying the Event of Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it). |
17.7 | "Know your customer" checks |
(a) | the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; |
(b) | any change in the status of a Transaction Obligor (including, without limitation, a change of ownership of a Transaction Obligor) after the date of this Agreement; or |
(c) | a proposed assignment by the Lender of any of its rights under this Agreement, |
18 | FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
18.1 | Subject to Clause 19.25, the Guarantor shall ensure that on each Testing Date commencing on the Deferred Testing Date and at all other times during the Security Period: |
(a) | the Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 75 per cent.; and |
(b) | the ratio of EBITDA to Net Interest Expense shall not be less than 2:1; and |
(c) | it shall maintain Cash and Cash Equivalents (including any contractually committed but undrawn parts of shareholders' Notes made by the Guarantor) in an amount not less than the product of (i) the number of Fleet Ships and (ii) $500,000. For the avoidance of doubt, any amounts required to be standing to accounts held with the Lender pursuant to Clause |
18.2 | Testing Date |
18.3 | Borrower's Minimum Liquidity |
(a) | adding back Net Interest Expense; |
(b) | adding back depreciation and amortisation; |
(c) | adding back any non-cash expenses and non-cash losses; |
(d) | deducting any non-cash income and non-cash gains; |
(e) | taking no account of any exceptional or extraordinary item; |
(f) | taking no account of any revaluation of an asset or any loss or gain over book value arising on the disposal of an asset by a member of the Group during that Rolling Period; and |
(g) | adding back the expenses of the special and intermediate surveys, in case these expenses are not capitalized. |
(a) | as at not more than 14 Business Days previously; |
(c) | with or without physical inspection of the Fleet Ships; |
(d) | on the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash on normal arm's length commercial terms as between a willing seller and a willing buyer free of any charter; |
19 | GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS |
19.1 | General |
19.2 | Authorisations |
(a) | obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and |
(b) | supply certified copies to the Lender of, |
(i) | perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; |
(ii) | ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in any Relevant Jurisdiction or in the state of the Approved Flag at any time of the Ship of any Transaction Document to which it is a party; and |
(iii) | own and operate the Ship (in the case of the Borrower). |
19.3 | Compliance with laws |
19.4 | Compliance with Sanctions |
(a) | No Obligor shall (and the Guarantor shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Facility, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds, to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person: |
(i) | to fund or facilitate any activities or business of, with or related to any Restricted Party or any person who, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is in a Sanctioned Country, to the extent the Sanctions would prohibit nationals or residents of the European Union and/or the United States from directly engaging in such activities or business; or |
(ii) | in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any person (including any person participating in the Facility, whether as a Lender, advisor, investor or otherwise). |
(b) | Each Obligor shall ensure that no Restricted Party will have any property interest in any funds repaid or remitted by any Obligor in connection with the Facility. |
(c) | No Obligor shall (and the Guarantor shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) engage in any Sanctionable Activity or knowingly violate applicable Sanctions. |
(d) | To the extent an Obligor engages in any business involving Restricted Parties or Sanctioned Countries, it shall do so without any involvement, directly or indirectly, of any Lender or the Facility and shall maintain policies and procedures designed to prevent such business from violating applicable Sanctions. |
19.5 | Compliance with Ship Sanctions |
(a) | No Obligor shall (and the Guarantor shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) own, operate, possess, use, lease, dispose of or otherwise deal with, or procure or allow the ownership, operation, possession, use, leasing or disposal of, or any other dealing with, the Ship or part thereof for any purpose which would violate, or cause the Lender or the Borrower to violate, any Sanctions or involve any Sanctionable Activity. |
(b) | No Restricted Party will have any property interest in the Ship nor will any person, country or territory that is a subject of Sanctions supply any inputs to, receive any output from or derive any other financial or economic benefit from the Ship. |
19.6 | Environmental compliance |
(a) | comply with all Environmental Laws; |
(b) | obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Approvals; |
(c) | implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law, |
19.7 | Environmental claims |
(a) | any Environmental Claim against any member of the Group which is current, pending or threatened; and |
(b) | any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any member of the Group, |
19.8 | Taxation |
(a) | Each Obligor pay and discharge all Taxes imposed upon it or its assets within the time period allowed without incurring penalties unless and only to the extent that: |
(i) | such payment is being contested in good faith; |
(ii) | adequate reserves are maintained for those Taxes and the costs required to contest them have been disclosed in its latest financial statements delivered to the Lender under Clause 17.2 (Financial statements); and |
(iii) | such payment can be lawfully withheld and failure to pay those Taxes does not have or is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
(b) | No Obligor shall change its residence for Tax purposes. |
19.9 | Overseas companies |
19.10 | No change to centre of main interests |
19.11 | Pari passu ranking |
19.12 | Title |
(a) | With effect from the Utilisation Date, the Borrower shall hold the legal title to, and own the entire beneficial interest in the Ship, the Earnings and the Insurances. |
(b) | With effect on and from its creation or intended creation, each Transaction Obligor shall hold the legal title to, and own the entire beneficial interest in any other assets the subject of any Transaction Security created or intended to be created by that Transaction Obligor. |
19.13 | Negative pledge |
(a) | No Obligor shall, and the Borrower shall procure that no other Transaction Obligor will, create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets which are, in the case of any Transaction Obligor other than the Borrower, the subject of the Security created or intended to be created by the Finance Documents. |
(b) | No Obligor shall (and in the case of sub-paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv), the Borrower shall not): |
(i) | sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets (in respect of the Borrower) or all or a substantial part of its assets (in respect of the Guarantor) on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by a Obligor; |
(ii) | sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms; |
(iii) | enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or |
(iv) | enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect, |
(c) | Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Permitted Security. |
19.14 | Disposals |
(a) | The Borrower shall not, and the Obligors shall procure that no Transaction Obligor will, enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of (in respect of the Borrower) any asset (including without limitation the Ship, the Earnings or the Insurances) or, in the case of any other Transaction Obligor, all or a substantial part of its assets. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any Permitted Charter. |
19.15 | Merger |
19.16 | Change of business |
(a) | The Guarantor shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of the Guarantor or the Group from that carried on at the date of this Agreement. |
(b) | The Borrower shall not engage in any business other than the ownership and operation of the Ship. |
19.17 | Financial Indebtedness |
19.18 | Expenditure |
19.19 | Share capital |
(a) | purchase, cancel or redeem any of its share capital; |
(b) | increase or reduce its authorised share capital; |
(c) | issue any further shares except to the Guarantor; or |
(d) | appoint any further director or officer of the Borrower without the Lender's prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld). |
19.20 | Dividends |
19.21 | Accounts |
19.22 | Other transactions |
(a) | be the creditor in respect of any loan or any form of credit to any person other than another Obligor and where such loan or form of credit is Permitted Financial Indebtedness; |
(b) | give or allow to be outstanding any guarantee or indemnity to or for the benefit of any person in respect of any obligation of any other person or enter into any document under which the Borrower assumes any liability of any other person other than any guarantee or indemnity given under the Finance Documents. |
(c) | enter into any material agreement other than: |
(i) | the Transaction Documents; |
(ii) | any other agreement expressly allowed under any other term of this Agreement; and |
(d) | enter into any transaction on terms which are, in any respect, less favourable to the Borrower than those which it could obtain in a bargain made at arms' length; or |
(e) | acquire any shares or other securities other than US or UK Treasury bills and certificates of deposit issued by major North American or European banks. |
19.23 | Unlawfulness, invalidity and ranking; Security imperilled |
(a) | make it unlawful for a Transaction Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents; |
(b) | cause any obligation of a Transaction Obligor under the Transaction Documents to cease to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable; |
(c) | cause any Transaction Document to cease to be in full force and effect; |
(d) | cause any Transaction Security to rank after, or lose its priority to, any other Security; and |
(e) | imperil or jeopardise the Transaction Security. |
19.24 | Further assurance |
(a) | Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor will, promptly, and in any event within the time period specified by the Lender do all such acts (including procuring or arranging any registration, notarisation or authentication or the giving of any notice) or execute or procure execution of all such documents (including assignments, transfers, mortgages, charges, notices, instructions, acknowledgments, proxies and powers of attorney), as the Lender may specify (and in such form as the Lender may require in favour of the Lender or its nominee(s)): |
(i) | to create, perfect, vest in favour of the Lender or protect the priority of the Security or any right of any kind created or intended to be created under or evidenced by the Finance Documents (which may include the execution of a mortgage, charge, assignment or other Security over all or any of the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Transaction Security) or for the exercise of any rights, powers and remedies of the Lender, any Receiver or Delegate provided by or pursuant to the Finance Documents or by law; |
(ii) | to confer on the Lender Security over any property and assets of that Transaction Obligor located in any jurisdiction equivalent or similar to the Security intended to be conferred by or pursuant to the Finance Documents; |
(iii) | to facilitate or expedite the realisation and/or sale of, the transfer of title to or the grant of, any interest in or right relating to the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Transaction Security or to exercise any power specified in any Finance Document in respect of which the Security has become enforceable; and/or |
(iv) | to enable or assist the Lender to enter into any transaction to commence, defend or conduct any proceedings and/or to take any other action relating to any item of the Security Property. |
(b) | Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that each other Transaction Obligor will, take all such action as is available to it (including making all filings and registrations) as may be necessary for the purpose of the creation, perfection, protection or maintenance of any Security conferred or intended to be conferred on the Lender by or pursuant to the Finance Documents. |
(c) | At the same time as an Obligor delivers to the Lender any document executed by itself or another Transaction Obligor pursuant to this Clause 19.24 (Further assurance), that Obligor shall deliver, or shall procure that such other Transaction Obligor will deliver, to the Lender a certificate signed by two of that Obligor's or Transaction Obligor's directors or officers which shall: |
(i) | set out the text of a resolution of that Obligor's or Transaction Obligor's directors specifically authorising the execution of the document specified by the Lender; and |
(ii) | state that either the resolution was duly passed at a meeting of the directors validly convened and held, throughout which a quorum of directors entitled to vote on the resolution was present, or that the resolution has been signed by all the directors or officers and is valid under that Obligor's or Transaction Obligor's articles of association or other constitutional documents. |
19.25 | Most favoured nation |
(a) | pursuant to which that Obligor amends any financial covenant under such Financing analogous to any of the Financial Covenants, and as a result of such amendment, such amended financial covenant(s) are more beneficial to the relevant Financier and/or on better terms for that Financier than the Financial Covenants, the Obligors shall (i) promptly notify the Lender in writing of the content in respect of such financial covenants, (ii) implement the same financial covenants under this Agreement and (iii) enter into any and all documentation that may be required by the Lender in order to document the amendments to the Financial Covenants under all applicable provisions of this Agreement; and |
(b) | pursuant to which that Obligor amends the first repayment date under such Financing, and as a result of such amendment, the first repayment date falls prior to the Deferred Repayment Date, the Obligors shall (i) promptly notify the Lender in writing of the date on which the first repayment date for such Financing falls, (ii) amend the repayment provisions under this Agreement so that the first repayment date for the Loan commences on the same (or earlier) date and (iii) enter into any and all documentation that may be required by the Lender in order to document the amendments to the repayment provisions under this Agreement. |
19.26 | No money laundering; anti-bribery |
19.27 | Anti-terrorism Law |
20 | INSURANCE UNDERTAKINGS |
20.1 | General |
20.2 | Maintenance of obligatory insurances |
(a) | fire and usual marine risks (including hull and machinery and excess risks); |
(b) | war risks; |
(c) | protection and indemnity risks; and |
(d) | any other risks against which the Lender considers, having regard to practices and other circumstances prevailing at the relevant time, it would be reasonable for the Borrower to insure and which are specified by the Lender by notice to the Borrower. |
20.3 | Terms of obligatory insurances |
(a) | in dollars; |
(b) | in the case of fire and usual marine risks and war risks, in an amount on an agreed value basis at least the greater of: |
(i) | 125 per cent. of the Loan; and |
(ii) | the Market Value of the Ship; |
(c) | in the case of oil pollution liability risks, for an aggregate amount equal to the highest level of cover from time to time available under basic protection and indemnity club entry and in the international marine insurance market; |
(d) | in the case of protection and indemnity risks, in respect of the full tonnage of the Ship; |
(e) | on approved terms; and |
(f) | through Approved Brokers and with approved insurance companies and/or underwriters or, in the case of war risks and protection and indemnity risks, in approved war risks and protection and indemnity risks associations. |
20.4 | Further protections for the Lender |
(a) | subject always to paragraph (b), name the Borrower as the sole named insured unless the interest of every other named insured is limited: |
(i) | in respect of any obligatory insurances for hull and machinery and war risks; |
(A) | to any provable out-of-pocket expenses that it has incurred and which form part of any recoverable claim on underwriters; and |
(B) | to any third party liability claims where cover for such claims is provided by the policy (and then only in respect of discharge of any claims made against it); and |
(ii) | in respect of any obligatory insurances for protection and indemnity risks, to any recoveries it is entitled to make by way of reimbursement following discharge of any third party liability claims made specifically against it; |
(b) | whenever the Lender requires, name (or be amended to name) the Lender as additional named insured for its rights and interests, warranted no operational interest and with full waiver of rights of subrogation against the Lender, but without the Lender being liable to pay (but having the right to pay) premiums, calls or other assessments in respect of such insurance; |
(c) | name the Lender as loss payee with such directions for payment as the Lender may specify; |
(d) | provide that all payments by or on behalf of the insurers under the obligatory insurances to the Lender shall be made without set off, counterclaim or deductions or condition whatsoever; |
(e) | provide that the obligatory insurances shall be primary without right of contribution from other insurances which may be carried by the Lender; and |
(f) | provide that the Lender may make proof of loss if the Borrower fails to do so. |
20.5 | Renewal of obligatory insurances |
(a) | at least 21 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance: |
(i) | notify the Lender of the Approved Brokers (or other insurers) and any protection and indemnity or war risks association through or with which the Borrower proposes to renew that obligatory insurance and of the proposed terms of renewal; and |
(ii) | obtain the Lender's approval to the matters referred to in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) above; |
(b) | at least 14 days before the expiry of any obligatory insurance, renew that obligatory insurance in accordance with the Lender's approval pursuant to paragraph (a) above; and |
(c) | procure that the Approved Brokers and/or the approved war risks and protection and indemnity associations with which such a renewal is effected shall promptly after the renewal notify the Lender in writing of the terms and conditions of the renewal. |
20.6 | Copies of policies; letters of undertaking |
(a) | pro forma copies of all policies relating to the obligatory insurances which they are to effect or renew; and |
(b) | a letter or letters or undertaking in a form required by the Lender and including undertakings by the Approved Brokers that: |
(i) | they will have endorsed on each policy, immediately upon issue, a loss payable clause and a notice of assignment complying with the provisions of Clause 20.4 (Further protections for the Lender); |
(ii) | they will hold such policies, and the benefit of such insurances, to the order of the Lender in accordance with such loss payable clause; |
(iii) | they will advise the Lender immediately of any material change to the terms of the obligatory insurances; |
(iv) | they will, if they have not received notice of renewal instructions from the Borrower or its agents, notify the Lender not less than 14 days before the expiry of the obligatory insurances; |
(v) | if they receive instructions to renew the obligatory insurances, they will promptly notify the Lender of the terms of the instructions; |
(vi) | they will not set off against any sum recoverable in respect of a claim relating to the Ship under such obligatory insurances any premiums or other amounts due to them or any other person whether in respect of the Ship or otherwise, they waive any lien on the policies, or any sums received under them, which they might have in respect of such premiums or other amounts and they will not cancel such obligatory insurances by reason of non-payment of such premiums or other amounts; and |
(vii) | they will arrange for a separate policy to be issued in respect of the Ship forthwith upon being so requested by the Lender. |
20.7 | Copies of certificates of entry |
(a) | a certified copy of the certificate of entry for the Ship; |
(b) | a letter or letters of undertaking in such form as may be required by the Lender; and |
(c) | a certified copy of each certificate of financial responsibility for pollution by oil or other Environmentally Sensitive Material issued by the relevant certifying authority in relation to the Ship. |
20.8 | Deposit of original policies |
20.9 | Payment of premiums |
20.10 | Guarantees |
20.11 | Compliance with terms of insurances |
(a) | The Borrower shall not do nor omit to do (nor permit to be done or not to be done) any act or thing which would or might render any obligatory insurance invalid, void, voidable or unenforceable or render any sum payable under an obligatory insurance repayable in whole or in part. |
(b) | Without limiting paragraph (a) above, the Borrower shall: |
(i) | take all necessary action and comply with all requirements which may from time to time be applicable to the obligatory insurances, and (without limiting the obligation contained in sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of Clause 20.6 (Copies of policies; letters of undertaking)) ensure that the obligatory insurances are not made subject to any exclusions or qualifications to which the Lender has not given its prior approval; |
(ii) | not make any changes relating to the classification or classification society or manager or operator of the Ship approved by the underwriters of the obligatory insurances; |
(iii) | make (and promptly supply copies to the Lender of) all quarterly or other voyage declarations which may be required by the protection and indemnity risks association in which the Ship is entered to maintain cover for trading to the United States of America and Exclusive Economic Zone (as defined in the United States Oil Pollution Act 1990 or any other applicable legislation); and |
(iv) | not employ the Ship, nor allow it to be employed, otherwise than in conformity with the terms and conditions of the obligatory insurances, without first obtaining the consent of the insurers and complying with any requirements (as to extra premium or otherwise) which the insurers specify. |
20.12 | Alteration to terms of insurances |
20.13 | Settlement of claims |
(a) | not settle, compromise or abandon any claim under any obligatory insurance for Total Loss or for a Major Casualty; and |
(b) | do all things necessary and provide all documents, evidence and information to enable the Lender to collect or recover any moneys which at any time become payable in respect of the obligatory insurances. |
20.14 | Provision of copies of communications |
(a) | the Approved Brokers; |
(b) | the approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations; and |
(c) | the approved insurance companies and/or underwriters, |
(i) | the Borrower's obligations relating to the obligatory insurances including, without limitation, all requisite declarations and payments of additional premiums or calls; and |
(ii) | any credit arrangements made between the Borrower and any of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above relating wholly or partly to the effecting or maintenance of the obligatory insurances. |
20.15 | Provision of information |
(a) | obtaining or preparing any report from an independent marine insurance broker as to the adequacy of the obligatory insurances effected or proposed to be effected; and/or |
(b) | effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurances as are referred to in Clause 20.16 (Mortgagee's interest perils insurances) or dealing with or considering any matters relating to any such insurances, |
20.16 | Mortgagee's interest perils insurances |
(a) | The Lender shall be entitled from time to time to effect, maintain and renew a mortgagee's interest marine insurance in an amount on an agreed value basis at least equal to 110 per cent. of the Loan, on such terms, through such insurers and generally in such manner as the Lender may from time to time consider appropriate. |
(b) | The Borrower shall upon demand fully indemnify the Lender in respect of all premiums and other expenses which are incurred in connection with or with a view to effecting, maintaining or renewing any insurance referred to in paragraph (a) above or dealing with, or considering, any matter arising out of any such insurance. |
21 | MOA UNDERTAKINGS |
21.1 | General |
21.2 | No variation, release etc. of MOA |
(a) | vary the MOA; or |
(b) | release, waive, suspend, subordinate or permit to be lost or impaired any interest or right of any kind which the Borrower has at any time to, in or in connection with, the MOA or in relation to any matter arising out of or in connection with the MOA. |
21.3 | Provision of information relating to MOA |
(a) | immediately inform the Lender if any breach of the MOA occurs or a serious risk of such a breach arises and of any other event or matter affecting the MOA which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and |
(b) | upon the reasonable request of the Lender, keep the Lender informed as to any notice of readiness of delivery of the Ship. |
21.4 | No assignment etc. of MOA |
22 | SHIP UNDERTAKINGS |
22.1 | General |
22.2 | Ship's name and registration |
(a) | keep the Ship registered in its name under the Approved Flag from time to time at its port of registration; |
(b) | not do or allow to be done anything as a result of which such registration might be suspended, cancelled or imperilled; and |
(c) | not change the name of the Ship, |
(i) | the Ship remaining subject to Security securing the Secured Liabilities created by a first priority or preferred ship mortgage on the Ship and, if appropriate, a first priority deed of covenant collateral to that mortgage (or equivalent first priority Security) on substantially the same terms as the Mortgage and on such other terms and in such other form as the Lender shall approve or require; and |
(ii) | the execution of such other documentation amending and supplementing the Finance Documents as the Lender shall approve or require. |
22.3 | Repair and classification |
(a) | consistent with first class ship ownership and management practice; and |
(b) | so as to maintain the Approved Classification free of any overdue recommendations and conditions. |
22.4 | Classification society undertaking |
(a) | to send to the Lender, following receipt of a written request from the Lender, certified true copies of all original class records held by the Approved Classification Society in relation to the Ship; |
(b) | to allow the Lender (or its agents), at any time and from time to time, to inspect the original class and related records of the Borrower and the Ship at the offices of the Approved Classification Society and to take copies of them; |
(c) | to notify the Lender immediately in writing if the Approved Classification Society: |
(i) | receives notification from the Borrower or any person that the Ship's Approved Classification Society is to be changed; or |
(ii) | becomes aware of any facts or matters which may result in or have resulted in a change, suspension, discontinuance, withdrawal or expiry of the Ship's class under the rules or terms and conditions of the Borrower or the Ship's membership of the Approved Classification Society; |
(d) | following receipt of a written request from the Lender: |
(i) | to confirm that the Borrower is not in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the Approved Classification Society, including confirmation that it has paid in full all fees or other charges due and payable to the Approved Classification Society; or |
(ii) | to confirm that the Borrower is in default of any of its contractual obligations or liabilities to the Approved Classification Society, to specify to the Lender in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances of such default, the consequences of such default, and any remedy period agreed or allowed by the Approved Classification Society. |
22.5 | Modifications |
22.6 | Removal and installation of parts |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Borrower shall not remove any material part of the Ship, or any item of equipment installed on the Ship unless: |
(i) | the part or item so removed is forthwith replaced by a suitable part or item which is in the same condition as or better condition than the part or item removed; |
(ii) | the replacement part or item is free from any Security in favour of any person other than the Lender; and |
(iii) | the replacement part or item becomes, on installation on the Ship, the property of the Borrower and subject to the security constituted by the Mortgage. |
(b) | The Borrower may install equipment owned by a third party if the equipment can be removed without any risk of damage to the Ship. |
22.7 | Surveys |
22.8 | Inspection |
22.9 | Prevention of and release from arrest |
(a) | The Borrower shall promptly discharge: |
(i) | all liabilities which give or may give rise to maritime or possessory liens on or claims enforceable against the Ship, the Earnings or the Insurances; |
(ii) | all Taxes, dues and other amounts charged in respect of the Ship, the Earnings or the Insurances; and |
(iii) | all other outgoings whatsoever in respect of the Ship, the Earnings or the Insurances. |
(b) | The Borrower shall immediately and, forthwith upon receiving notice of the arrest of the Ship or of its detention in exercise or purported exercise of any lien or claim, procure its release by providing bail or otherwise as the circumstances may require. |
22.10 | Compliance with laws etc. |
(a) | comply, or procure compliance with all laws or regulations: |
(i) | relating to its business generally; and |
(ii) | relating to the Ship, its ownership, employment, operation, management and registration, |
(b) | obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect any Environmental Approvals; and |
(c) | without limiting paragraph (a) above, not employ the Ship nor allow its employment, operation or management in any manner contrary to any law or regulation including but not limited to the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws and Sanctions (or which would be contrary to Sanctions if Sanctions were binding on each Transaction Obligor). |
22.11 | ISPS Code |
(a) | procure that the Ship and the company responsible for the Ship's compliance with the ISPS Code comply with the ISPS Code; and |
(b) | maintain an ISSC for the Ship; and |
(c) | notify the Lender immediately in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the ISSC. |
22.12 | Trading in war zones |
(a) | the prior written consent of the Lender has been given; and |
(b) | the Borrower has (at its expense) effected any special, additional or modified insurance cover which the Lender may require. |
22.13 | Provision of information |
(a) | the Ship, its employment, position and engagements; |
(b) | the Earnings and payments and amounts due to its master and crew; |
(c) | any expenditure incurred, or likely to be incurred, in connection with the operation, maintenance or repair of the Ship and any payments made by it in respect of the Ship; |
(d) | any towages and salvages; and |
(e) | its compliance, the Approved Manager's compliance and the compliance of the Ship with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code, |
22.14 | Notification of certain events |
(a) | any casualty to the Ship which is or is likely to be or to become a Major Casualty; |
(b) | any occurrence as a result of which the Ship has become or is, by the passing of time or otherwise, likely to become a Total Loss; |
(c) | any requisition of the Ship for hire; |
(d) | any overdue requirement or recommendation made in relation to the Ship by any insurer or classification society or by any competent authority which is not immediately complied with within the time limits allowed by such insurer or the relevant classification society or authority; |
(e) | any arrest or detention of the Ship, any exercise or purported exercise of any lien on the Ship or the Earnings or any requisition of the Ship for hire; |
(f) | any intended dry docking of the Ship; |
(g) | any Environmental Claim made against the Borrower or in connection with the Ship, or any Environmental Incident; |
(h) | any claim for breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code being made against the Borrower, an Approved Manager or otherwise in connection with the Ship; or |
(i) | any other matter, event or incident, actual or threatened, the effect of which will or could lead to the ISM Code or the ISPS Code not being complied with, |
22.15 | Restrictions on chartering, appointment of managers etc. |
(a) | let the Ship on demise charter for any period; |
(b) | enter into any time, voyage or consecutive voyage charter in respect of that Ship other than a Permitted Charter (without the Lender's prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld); |
(c) | amend, supplement or terminate a Management Agreement (without the Lender's prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld); |
(d) | appoint a manager of the Ship other than the Approved Commercial Manager and the Approved Technical Manager or agree to any alteration to the terms of an Approved Manager's appointment (without the Lender's prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld); |
(e) | de activate or lay up the Ship (without the Lender's prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld); or |
(f) | put the Ship into the possession of any person for the purpose of work being done upon it in an amount exceeding or likely to exceed one million US dollars (US$1,000,000) (or the equivalent in any other currency) unless that person has first given to the Lender and in terms satisfactory to it a written undertaking not to exercise any lien on the Ship or the Earnings for the cost of such work or for any other reason. |
22.16 | Notice of Mortgage |
22.17 | Sharing of Earnings |
22.18 | Notification of compliance |
22.19 | Charterparty assignment |
23 | SECURITY COVER |
23.1 | Minimum required security cover |
(a) | the Market Value of the Ship; plus |
(b) | the net realisable value of additional Security previously provided under this Clause 23 (Security Cover), |
23.2 | Provision of additional security; prepayment |
(a) | If the Lender serves a notice on the Borrower under Clause 23.1 (Minimum required security cover), the Borrower shall, on or before the date falling one Month after the date on which the Lender's notice is served (the "Prepayment Date"), prepay such part of the Loan as shall eliminate the shortfall. |
(b) | The Borrower may, instead of making a prepayment as described in paragraph (a) above, provide, or ensure that a third party has provided, additional security (including, without limitation, cash pledged in favour of the Lender) which, in the opinion of the Lender: |
(i) | has a net realisable value at least equal to the shortfall; and |
(ii) | is documented in such terms as the Lender may approve or require, |
23.3 | Value of additional vessel security |
23.4 | Valuations binding |
23.5 | Provision of information |
(a) | The Borrower shall promptly provide the Lender and any shipbroker acting under this Clause 23 (Security Cover) with any information which the Lender or the shipbroker may request for the purposes of the valuation. |
(b) | If the Borrower fails to provide the information referred to in paragraph (a) above by the date specified in the request, the valuation may be made on any basis and assumptions which the shipbroker or the Lender considers prudent. |
23.6 | Prepayment mechanism |
23.7 | Provision of valuations |
24 | APPLICATION OF EARNINGS |
24.1 | Payment of Earnings |
(a) | The Borrower shall ensure that, subject only to the provisions of the General Assignment and any Charterparty Assignment, all the Earnings are paid in to the Earnings Account. |
24.2 | Location of Accounts |
(a) | comply with any requirement of the Lender as to the location or relocation of the Earnings Account; and |
(b) | execute any documents which the Lender specifies to create or maintain in favour of the Lender Security over (and/or rights of set-off, consolidation or other rights in relation to) the Earnings Account. |
25 | EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
25.1 | General |
25.2 | Non-payment |
(a) | its failure to pay is caused by: |
(i) | administrative or technical error; or |
(ii) | a Disruption Event; and |
(b) | payment is made within 3 Business Days of its due date. |
25.3 | Specific obligations |
25.4 | Other obligations |
(a) | A Transaction Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other than those referred to in Clause 25.2 (Non-payment) and Clause 25.3 (Specific obligations)). |
(b) | No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within 3 Business Days of the Lender giving notice to the Borrower or (if earlier) any Transaction Obligor becoming aware of the failure to comply. |
25.5 | Misrepresentation |
25.6 | Cross default |
(a) | Any Financial Indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period. |
(b) | Any Financial Indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described). |
(c) | Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any Transaction Obligor as a result of an event of default (however described). |
(d) | Any creditor of any Transaction Obligor becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described). |
25.7 | Insolvency |
(a) | An Transaction Obligor: |
(i) | is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due; |
(ii) | is deemed to, or is declared to, be unable to pay its debts under applicable law; |
(iii) | suspends or threatens to suspend making payments on any of its debts; or |
(iv) | by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding the Lender in its capacity as such) with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness. |
(b) | The value of the assets of any Obligor is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities). |
(c) | A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor. If a moratorium occurs, the ending of the moratorium will not remedy any Event of Default caused by that moratorium. |
25.8 | Insolvency proceedings |
(a) | Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to: |
(i) | the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Transaction Obligor; |
(ii) | a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of any Transaction Obligor; |
(iii) | the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Transaction Obligor or any of its assets; or |
(iv) | enforcement of any Security over any assets of any Transaction Obligor, |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above shall not apply to any winding-up petition which is frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within 14 Business Days of commencement. |
25.9 | Creditors' process |
25.10 | Ownership of the Obligors |
(a) | The Borrower is not or ceases to be a 100 per cent. directly owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor. |
(b) | Any person or group of persons acting in concert gains control of the Guarantor. |
(c) | For the purpose of paragraph (b) above "control" means: |
(i) | the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to: |
(A) | cast, or control the casting of, more than 50 per cent. of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the Guarantor; or |
(B) | appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the directors or other equivalent officers of the Guarantor; or |
(C) | give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of the Guarantor with which the directors or other equivalent officers of the Guarantor are obliged to comply; and/or |
(ii) | the holding beneficially of more than 50 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Guarantor (excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits or capital). |
(d) | For the purpose of paragraph (b) above "acting in concert" means a group of persons who, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal), actively co-operate, through the acquisition directly or indirectly of shares in the Guarantor by any of them, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or consolidate control of the Guarantor. |
25.11 | Unlawfulness, invalidity and ranking |
(a) | It is or becomes unlawful for a Transaction Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents. |
(b) | Any obligation of an Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents is not or ceases to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable. |
(c) | Any Finance Document ceases to be in full force and effect or to be continuing or is or purports to be determined or any Transaction Security is alleged by a party to it (other than the Lender) to be ineffective. |
(d) | Any Transaction Security proves to have ranked after, or loses its priority to, any other Security. |
25.12 | Security imperilled |
25.13 | Cessation of business |
25.14 | Expropriation |
25.15 | Repudiation and rescission of agreements |
25.16 | Litigation |
25.17 | Material adverse change |
25.18 | Acceleration |
(a) | cancel the Commitment, whereupon it shall immediately be cancelled; |
(b) | declare that all or part of the Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon it shall become immediately due and payable; and/or |
(c) | declare that all or part of the Loan be payable on demand, whereupon it shall immediately become payable on demand by the Lender, |
25.19 | Enforcement of security |
26 | CHANGES TO THE LENDER |
26.1 | Assignment by the Lender |
26.2 | Conditions of assignment |
(a) | The consent of the Borrower is required for an assignment by the Existing Lender, unless the assignment is: |
(i) | to an Affiliate of the Existing Lender; or |
(ii) | made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing. |
(b) | The consent of the Borrower to an assignment must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Borrower will be deemed to have given its consent 5 (five) Business Days after the Existing Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly refused by the Borrower within that time. |
(c) | The consent of the Borrower to an assignment must not be withheld solely because the assignment may result in an increase to any amount payable under Clause 13.3 (Mandatory Cost). |
(d) | If: |
(i) | the Existing Lender assigns any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and |
(ii) | as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment or change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or the Existing Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 11 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) or under that clause as incorporated by reference or in full in any other Finance Document or Clause 12 (Increased Costs), |
(e) | Each Obligor agrees that all rights and interests (present, future or contingent) which the Existing Lender has under or by virtue of the Finance Documents are assigned to the New Lender absolutely, free of any defects in the Existing Lender's title and of any rights or equities which the Borrower or any other Obligor had against the Existing Lender. |
26.3 | Security over Lender's rights |
(a) | any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and |
(b) | if the Lender is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by the Lender as security for those obligations or securities, |
(i) | release the Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or |
(ii) | require any payments to be made by an Obligor other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or granted to the Lender under the Finance Documents. |
27 | CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS |
27.1 | Assignment or transfer by Obligors |
28 | THE REFERENCE BANKS |
28.1 | Role of Reference Banks |
(a) | Without limitation to the Lender's obligation to provide evidence to the Borrower under Clause 10.2(a), no Reference Bank is under any obligation to provide a quotation or any other information to the Lender. |
(b) | No Reference Bank will be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, or for any Reference Bank Quotation, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct. |
(c) | No Party (other than the relevant Reference Bank) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of any Reference Bank in respect of any claim it might have against that Reference Bank or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document, or to any Reference Bank Quotation, and any officer, employee or agent of each Reference Bank may rely on this Clause 28.1 (Role of Reference Banks) subject to Clause 1.5 (Third party rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act. |
28.2 | Third Party Reference Banks |
29 | PAYMENT MECHANICS |
29.1 | Payments to the Lender |
(a) | On each date on which a Transaction Obligor is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, that Transaction Obligor shall make an amount equal to such payment available to the Lender (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Lender as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment. |
(b) | Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in a principal financial centre in such Participating Member State or London, as specified by the Lender) and with such bank as the Lender, in each case, specifies. |
29.2 | Application of receipts; partial payments |
(a) | If the Lender receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by a Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Lender may apply that payment towards the obligations of that Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents in any manner it may decide. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above will override any appropriation made by a Transaction Obligor. |
29.3 | No set-off by Transaction Obligors |
(a) | All payments to be made by a Transaction Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim. |
29.4 | Business Days |
(a) | Any payment under the Finance Documents which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not). |
(b) | During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or an Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date. |
29.5 | Currency of account |
(a) | Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, dollars is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from a Transaction Obligor under any Finance Document. |
(b) | Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred. |
(c) | Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than dollars shall be paid in that other currency. |
29.6 | Change of currency |
(a) | Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then: |
(i) | any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Lender (after consultation with the Borrower); and |
(ii) | any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Lender (acting reasonably). |
(b) | If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Lender (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Borrower) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency. |
29.7 | Currency conversion |
29.8 | Disruption to Payment Systems etc. |
(a) | the Lender may, and shall if requested to do so by the Borrower, consult with the Borrower with a view to agreeing with the Borrower such changes to the operation or administration of the Facility as the Lender may deem necessary in the circumstances; |
(b) | the Lender shall not be obliged to consult with the Borrower in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no obligation to agree to such changes; |
(c) | any such changes agreed upon by the Lender and the Borrower shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be binding upon the Parties and any Transaction Obligors as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents; |
(d) | the Lender shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever (including, without limitation for negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Lender) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with this Clause 29.8 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.). |
30 | SET-OFF |
31 | CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE LENDER |
(a) | interfere with the right of the Lender to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit; |
(b) | oblige the Lender to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or |
(c) | oblige the Lender to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax. |
32 | NOTICES |
32.1 | Communications in writing |
32.2 | Addresses |
(a) | in the case of the Borrower, that specified in Schedule 1 (The Parties); and |
(b) | in the case of any other Obligor or the Lender, that specified in Schedule 1 (The Parties) or, if it becomes a Party after the date of this Agreement, that notified in writing to the Lender on or before the date on which it becomes a Party; |
32.3 | Delivery |
(a) | Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective: |
(i) | if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or |
(ii) | if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address, |
(b) | Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Lender will be effective only when actually received by it and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer of the Lender specified in Schedule 1 (The Parties)(or any substitute department or officer as the Lender shall specify for this purpose). |
(c) | Any communication or document made or delivered to the Borrower in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Transaction Obligors. |
(d) | Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (c) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day. |
32.4 | Electronic communication |
(a) | Any communication to be made between any two Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means (including, without limitation, by way of posting to a secure website) if those two Parties: |
(i) | notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by that means; and |
(ii) | notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them by not less than five Business Days' notice. |
(b) | Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above to be made between an Obligor and the Lender may only be made in that way to the extent that those two Parties agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted from of communication. |
(c) | Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above made between any two Parties will be effective only when actually received (or made available) in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Party to the Lender only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Lender shall specify for this purpose. |
(d) | Any electronic communication which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraph (c) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place in which the Party to whom the relevant communication is sent or made available has its address for the purpose of this Agreement shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day. |
(e) | Any reference in a Finance Document to a communication being sent or received shall be construed to include that communication being made available in accordance with this Clause 32.4 (Electronic communication). |
32.5 | English language |
(a) | Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English. |
(b) | All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be: |
(i) | in English; or |
(ii) | if not in English, and if so required by the Lender, accompanied by a certified English translation prepared by a translator approved by the Lender and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document. |
33 | CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES |
33.1 | Accounts |
33.2 | Certificates and determinations |
33.3 | Day count convention |
34 | PARTIAL INVALIDITY |
35 | REMEDIES AND WAIVERS |
36 | SETTLEMENT OR DISCHARGE CONDITIONAL |
37 | IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT |
38 | CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION |
38.1 | Confidentiality |
38.2 | Disclosure of Confidential Information |
(a) | to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such Confidential Information as the Lender shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information; |
(b) | to any person: |
(i) | to (or through) whom it assigns (or may potentially assign) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents and to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers; |
(ii) | with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Transaction Obligors and to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers; |
(iii) | appointed by the Lender or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf; |
(iv) | who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) above; |
(v) | to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation; |
(vi) | to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitrations, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes; |
(vii) | to whom or for whose benefit the Lender charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 26.3 (Security over Lender's rights); |
(viii) | who is a Party, a member of the Group or any related entity of a Transaction Obligor; |
(ix) | as a result of the registration of any Finance Document as contemplated by any Finance Document or any legal opinion obtained in connection with any Finance Document; or |
(x) | with the consent of the Borrower; |
(A) | in relation to sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (b) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into |
(B) | in relation to sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information; |
(C) | in relation to sub-paragraphs (v), (vi) and (vii) of paragraph (b) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Lender, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances; |
(c) | to any person appointed by the Lender or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered in to a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Borrower and the Lender; |
(d) | to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry out its normal rating activities in relation to the Finance Documents and/or the Transaction Obligors if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information. |
38.3 | Entire agreement |
38.4 | Inside information |
38.5 | Notification of disclosure |
(a) | of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to sub-paragraph (v) of paragraph (b) of Clause 38.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) except |
(b) | upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 38 (Confidential Information). |
38.6 | Continuing obligations |
(a) | the date on which all amounts payable by the Obligors under or in connection with this Agreement have been paid in full and all Commitments have been cancelled or otherwise cease to be available; and |
(b) | the date on which the Lender otherwise ceases to be the Lender. |
39 | CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES AND REFERENCE BANK QUOTATIONS |
39.1 | Confidentiality and disclosure |
(a) | Each Obligor agrees to keep each Funding Rate (and the Lender agrees to keep each Reference Bank Quotation) confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by paragraphs (b), (d) and (e) below. |
(b) | The Lender may disclose any Reference Bank Quotation to the Borrower. |
(c) | The Lender may disclose any Reference Bank Quotation to any person appointed by it to provide administration services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents to the extent necessary to enable such service provider to provide those services if the service provider to whom that information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Lender and the relevant Reference Bank. |
(d) | The Lender may disclose any Reference Bank Quotation, and each Obligor may disclose any Funding Rate, to: |
(i) | any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives, if any person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (i) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to it; |
(ii) | any person to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation if the person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Lender or the relevant Obligor, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; |
(iii) | any person to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes if the person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank |
(iv) | any person with the consent of the Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be. |
(e) | The Lender's obligations in this Clause 39 (Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations) relating to Reference Bank Quotations are without prejudice to its obligations to make notifications under Clause 8.4 (Notification of rates of interest) provided that the Lender shall not include the details of any individual Reference Bank Quotation as part of any such notification. |
39.2 | Related obligations |
(a) | Each Obligor acknowledges that each Funding Rate (and the Lender acknowledges that each Reference Bank Quotation) is or may be price sensitive information and that its use may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and each Obligor undertakes not to use any Funding Rate and the Lender undertakes not to use any Reference Bank Quotation for any unlawful purpose. |
(b) | The Lender and each Obligor agree (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be: |
(i) | of the circumstances of any disclosure made pursuant to sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of Clause 39.1 (Confidentiality and disclosure) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and |
(ii) | upon becoming aware that any information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 39 (Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations)). |
39.3 | No Event of Default |
40 | COUNTERPARTS |
41 | GOVERNING LAW |
42 | ENFORCEMENT |
42.1 | Jurisdiction |
(a) | The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) (a "Dispute"). |
(b) | The Obligors accept that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Obligor will argue to the contrary. |
(c) | This Clause 42.1 (Jurisdiction) is for the benefit of the Lender only. As a result, the Lender shall not be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Lender may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. |
42.2 | Service of process |
(a) | Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each Obligor (other than an Obligor incorporated in England and Wales): |
(i) | irrevocably appoints Messrs. E.J.C Album Solicitors, presently of Landmark House, 190 Willifield Way, London, NW11 GY1, England (Attention of Mr. Eduard Album Fax +44 (0) 20 8457 5558, e-mail: ejca@mitgr.com) as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document; and |
(ii) | agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned. |
(b) | If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process, the Borrower (on behalf of all the Obligors) must immediately (and in any event within 14 days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Lender. Failing this, the Lender may appoint another agent for this purpose. |
Name of Borrower
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Place of Incorporation
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Registration number (or equivalent, if any)
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Address for Communication
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Champion Ocean Navigation Co.
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Liberia
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C-118163
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c/o 16 Grigoriou Lambraki, 16674 Glyfada, Athens, Greece
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Name of Guarantor
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Place of Incorporation
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Registration number (or equivalent, if any)
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Address for Communication
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Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.
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Marshall Islands
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27721
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c/o 16 Grigoriou Lambraki, 16674 Glyfada, Athens, Greece
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Name of Original Lender
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Address for Communication
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Natixis
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Natixis
68/76, Quai de la Râpée, F-75012 Paris, France Middle Office:
Attention : Sylvie Noel Fax : +33.1.58.19.36.72
Email: sylvie.noel@natixis.com
With copy to:
Front Office:
Attention:
Franck Chambras Fax: +33.1.58.19.36.60
Email:franck.chambras@natixis.com
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1 | Obligors |
1.1 | A copy of the constitutional documents of each Transaction Obligor (other than any third party Approved Manager). |
1.2 | A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each Transaction Obligor (other than any third party Approved Manager): |
(a) | approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party; |
(b) | authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and |
(c) | authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, a Utilisation Request and each Selection Notice) to be signed and/or despatched by it under, or in connection with, the Finance Documents to which it is a party. |
1.3 | An original of the power of attorney of any Transaction Obligor (other than any third party Approved Manager) authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party. |
1.4 | A certificate of incumbency in respect of any third party Approved Manager. |
1.5 | A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 1.2 above. |
1.6 | A copy of a resolution signed by the Guarantor as the holder of the issued shares in the Borrower, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which the Borrower is a party. |
1.7 | A certificate of each Obligor (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Commitment would not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on that Obligor to be exceeded. |
1.8 | A certificate of each Obligor that is incorporated outside the UK (signed by a director) certifying either that (i) it has not delivered particulars of any UK Establishment to the Registrar of Companies as required under the Overseas Regulations or (ii) it has a UK Establishment and specifying the name and registered number under which it is registered with the Registrar of Companies. |
1.9 | A certificate of an authorised signatory of the relevant Obligor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part A of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement. |
2 | MOA, Assignable Charter and other documents |
2.1 | Copies of the MOA and of all documents signed or issued by the Borrower or the Seller (or both of them) under or in connection with it. |
2.2 | Copies of any Assignable Charter and of all documents signed or issued by the Borrower or the Charterer (or both of them) under or in connection with it. |
2.3 | Such documentary evidence as the Lender and its legal advisers may require in relation to the due authorisation and execution of the MOA and the Assignable Charter by each of the parties thereto. |
3 | Finance Documents |
3.1 | A duly executed original of any Finance Document not otherwise referred to in this Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent). |
3.2 | A duly executed original of any other document required to be delivered by each Finance Document if not otherwise referred to this this Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent). |
4 | Security |
4.1 | A duly executed original of the Account Security (and of each document to be delivered under it). |
5 | Legal opinions |
5.1 | A legal opinion of Watson Farley & Williams, legal advisers to the Lender in England, substantially in the form obtained by the Lender before signing this Agreement. |
5.2 | If a Transaction Obligor (other than any third party Approved Manager) is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales, a legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Lender in the relevant jurisdiction, substantially in the form obtained by the Lender before signing this Agreement. |
6 | Other documents and evidence |
6.1 | Confirmation by the Lender that the obligations set out in a side letter dated on or near the date of this Agreement have been met to its satisfaction. |
6.2 | Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 42.2 (Service of process), if not an Obligor, has accepted its appointment. |
6.3 | A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Lender considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrower accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Transaction Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Transaction Document. |
6.4 | The Original Financial Statements of the Guarantor. |
6.5 | The original of any mandates or other documents required in connection with the opening or operation of the Earnings Account. |
6.6 | Evidence that the costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to Clause 14 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date. |
6.7 | Such evidence as the Lender may require for it to be able to satisfy its "know your customer" or similar identification procedures in relation to the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents (including, without limitation, certificate of incorporation, list of beneficial owners and directors, identification of ultimate beneficial owners and signatories). |
1 | Borrower |
2 | Ship and other security |
2.1 | A duly executed original of the Mortgage and the General Assignment and of each document to be delivered under or pursuant to each of them together with documentary evidence that the Mortgage has been duly registered or recorded (as the case may be) as a valid first preferred or priority (as the case be) ship mortgage in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction of the Approved Flag. |
2.2 | Documentary evidence that the Ship: |
(a) | has been unconditionally delivered by the Seller to, and accepted by, the Borrower under the MOA and that the full purchase price payable and all other sums due to the Seller under the MOA, other than the sums to be financed pursuant to the Loan, have been paid to the Seller; |
(b) | is definitively and permanently (or, if applicable in the relevant jurisdiction of the Approved Flag, provisionally (followed thereafter by permanent registration according to the procedure of the jurisdiction of the Approved Flag)) registered in the name of the Borrower under the Approved Flag; |
(c) | is in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of the Borrower save as contemplated by the Finance Documents; |
(d) | maintains the Approved Classification with the Approved Classification Society free of all recommendations and conditions of the Approved Classification Society; and |
(e) | is insured in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and all requirements in this Agreement in respect of insurances have been complied with. |
2.3 | Documents establishing that the Ship will, as from the Utilisation Date, be managed commercially by the Approved Commercial Manager and managed technically by the Approved Technical Manager on terms acceptable to the Lender, together with: |
(a) | a Manager's Undertaking for each of the Approved Technical Manager and the Approved Commercial Manager; and |
(b) | copies of the Approved Technical Manager's Document of Compliance and of the Ship's Safety Management Certificate (together with any other details of the applicable Safety Management System which the Lender requires) and of any other documents required under the ISM Code and the ISPS Code in relation to the Ship including without limitation an ISSC. |
2.4 | An opinion from an independent insurance consultant acceptable to the Lender on such matters relating to the Insurances as the Lender may require. |
3 | Legal opinions |
4 | Other documents and evidence |
1 | We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this Utilisation Request. |
2 | We wish to borrow the Loan on the following terms: |
Proposed Utilisation Date:
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[l] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the
next Business Day)
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Amount:
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[l]
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Interest Period:
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[l]
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3 | We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent) and Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) of the Agreement is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request. |
4 | The proceeds of the Loan should be credited to [account]. |
5 | This Utilisation Request is irrevocable. |
From:
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Champion Ocean Navigation Co.
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To:
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Natixis
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1 | We refer to the Agreement. This is a Selection Notice. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Selection Notice unless given a different meaning in this Selection Notice. |
2 | We request that the next Interest Period for the Loan be [l]. |
3 | This Selection Notice is irrevocable. |
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Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.
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1 | We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate. |
2 | We confirm that: |
2.1 | [the Leverage Ratio does not exceed 75 per cent.; and] |
2.2 | [the ratio of EBITDA to Net Interest Expenses (as shown in the relevant financial statements accompanying this Compliance Certificate) is not less than 2:1; and] |
2.3 | [we maintain Cash and Cash Equivalents in an amount of [$ ] inclusive of [contractually committed but undrawn parts of] shareholders' Notes in an aggregate amount of [$ ][made available by ourselves]. |
3 | [We also confirm that the Borrower maintains in the Earnings Account a minimum credit balance of not less $500,000 (free of Security other than in favour of the Lender).] |
4 | [We confirm that no Event of Default is continuing.] |
Signed:
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[Director] [Chief Executive Officer]
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Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.
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[Director]
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Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.
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"MAXIMUS"
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Bulk Carrier
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Liberia
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Bureau Veritas
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Bureau Veritas
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Fidelity Marine or Seanergy Management (as the case may be)
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V. Ships or Seanergy Shipmanagement (as the case may be)
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Delivery of a duly completed Utilisation Request (Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request)) or a Selection Notice (Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods))
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Three Business Days before the intended Utilisation Date (Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request)) or the expiry of the preceding Interest Period (Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods))
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LIBOR is fixed
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Quotation Day as of 11:00 am London time
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Reference Bank Rate calculated by reference to available quotations in accordance with Clause 10.2 (Calculation of Reference Bank Rate)
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Noon on the Quotation Day
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SIGNED by Theodora Mitropetrou
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duly authorised attorney-in-fact
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Witness' signature: /s/ Pat Skala
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Witness' name: PAT SKALA
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Witness' address:
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SIGNED by Theodora Mitropetrou
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duly authorised attorney-in-fact
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in the presence of:
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Witness' signature: /s/ Pat Skala
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Witness' name: PAT SKALA
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SIGNED by Andreas Giakoumelos
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duly authorised attorney-in-fact
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for and on behalf of
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in the presence of:
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Witness' signature: /s/ Pat Skala
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Subsidiary
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Jurisdiction of Incorporation
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Seanergy Management Corp.
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Seanergy Shipmanagement Corp.
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Leader Shipping Co.
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Sea Glorius Shipping Co.
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Sea Genius Shipping Co.
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Amazons Management Inc.
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Lagoon Shipholding Ltd.
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Cynthera Navigation Ltd.
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Martinique International Corp.
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British Virgin Islands
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Harbour Business International Corp.
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British Virgin Islands
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Waldeck Maritime Co.
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Maritime Capital Shipping Limited
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Bermuda
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Maritime Capital Shipping (HK) Limited
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Hong Kong
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Maritime Grace Shipping Limited
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British Virgin Islands
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Maritime Glory Shipping Limited
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Atlantic Grace Shipping Limited
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British Virgin Islands
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Premier Marine Co.
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Gladiator Shipping Co.
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Guardian Shipping Co.
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Champion Ocean Navigation Co.
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Liberia
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Squire Ocean Navigation Co.
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Liberia
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Pembroke Chartering Services Limited
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Malta
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
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Norwegian Shipbrokers' Association's Memorandum of Agreement for sale and purchase
of ships. Adopted by The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) in 1956.
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Cape May Marine Inc., of the British Virgin Islands
hereinafter called the Sellers, have agreed to sell, and
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Flag: Isle of Man
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before delivery of the Vessel, but not later than 3 (three) Banking days after the Vessel is in every respect
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physically ready for delivery in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
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shore, including broached/unbroached stores and provisions and spares without extra payment. All spare parts and spare equipment including spare tail-end shaft(s) and/or spare
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propeller(s)/propeller blade(s), if any, belonging to the Vessel
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unused, whether on board or not shall become the Buyers' property.
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parts including spare tail-end shaft(s) and spare propeller(s)/propeller blade(s) which are taken out
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of spare and used as replacement prior to delivery, but the replaced items shall be the property of
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the Buyers. The radio installation, GMDSS and navigational equipment shall be included in the sale without extra payment if they are the property of the Sellers. ECDIS (with dongle card and maps) shall be included in the sale and Buyers shall pay the Sellers 50% of the cost (Euro 12,500).
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Unused stores and provisions shall be included in the sale and be taken over
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Sellers' flag or name, provided they replace same with similar unmarked items. Library, forms, etc.,
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exclusively for use in the Sellers' vessel(s), shall be excluded without compensation. Captain's,
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Officers' and Crew's personal belongings including the slop chest are to be excluded from the sale,
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as well as the following additional items (including items on hire):
-UNITOR'S OXYGEN/ACETYLENE/FREON CYLINDERS, EMPTY/FULL;
-MARICHEM SYSTEM MHCS 200;
-ORIGINAL FLAG CERTIFICATES (Registry – Intern. Tonnage – Radio Station Licence – Minimum Safe Manning – CLCertificate - MLCertificate ) – necessary for Ship's deletion from the articles;
-LIBRARY, FORMS, RECORDS, REPORTS, DECK and ENGINEE Log Books, CORRESPONDENSE exclusively used by the Sellers;
-CD ROM QSEMS;
-SEAGULL TRAINING CDs;
-Lloyds MARINER – Risk Assessment CDs;
-LR Manager (Working hours) CDs;
-AMVER DISKETTE;
-EST SAFETY LABELS (35);
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-ISPS CODE / CD / INSTRUCTIONS AND SECURITY AWARENESS CBT 115 AND ISPS TRAINER;
-OWNERS LISTS/ISM & ISPS system manuals / Company's Soft and Hardware/PC's etc.; and
-SECURITY IDENTIFICATION BADGES (CREW AND VISITORS).
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In exchange for payment of the Purchase Price and delivery of the Vessel the Sellers shall furnish the Buyers and the Buyers shall furnish the Sellers with the delivery documents stated in this Clause and in Clause 17 of this Agreement.
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At the time of delivery the Buyers and Sellers shall sign and deliver to each other a Protocol of
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Delivery and Acceptance confirming the date and time of delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the
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Plans etc., which are on board the Vessel. Other certificates which are on board the Vessel shall also
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be handed over to the Buyers unless the Sellers are required to retain same, in which case the
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Buyers to have the right to take copies. Other technical documentation which may
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be in the Sellers' possession shall be promptly forwarded to the Buyers at their expense, if they so
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request. The Sellers may keep the Vessels log books but the Buyers to have the right to take
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The Sellers warrant that the Vessel, at the time of delivery, is free from all charters, encumbrances,
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Mortgages, taxies, levies, duties and maritime liens or other liens or any other debts whatsoever and is not subject to any port state or administrative detentions. The Sellers hereby undertake
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to indemnify the Buyers against all consequences of claims made against the Vessel which have
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been incurred prior to the time of delivery or arising out of or with respect to events occurring prior to the time of delivery.
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Any taxes, fees and expenses in connection with the purchase and registration under the Buyers' flag
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shall be for the Buyers' account, whereas similar charges in connection with the closing of the Sellers'
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register shall be for the Sellers' account.
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The Vessel with everything belonging to her shall be at the Sellers' risk and expense until she is
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delivered to the Buyers, but subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement she shall be
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delivered and taken over "as is where is"
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However, the Vessel shall be delivered free of stowaways, free of cargo and with clean swept holds and with her class maintained without condition/recommendation*,
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free of average damage affecting the Vessels class, and with her classification certificates and
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National/international/trading certificates and Continuous Survey of Machinery (CSM), as well as all other
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certificates of the Vessel
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clean, valid and unextended for a minimum period of 3 (three) months from the time of the delivery without condition/recommendation
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Should the Purchase Price not be paid in accordance with Clause 3, the Sellers have the right to
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cancel the Agreement
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Should the Sellers fail to give NOR in accordance with Clause 5 a) or fail to be ready
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to validly complete a legal transfer by the date stipulated in line 61 the Buyers shall have
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the option of cancelling this Agreement provided always that the Sellers shall be granted a
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maximum of 3 (three) Banking days after the NOR has been given to make arrangements
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for the documentation set out in Clause 8 and Clause 17. If after NOR has been given but before
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the Buyers have taken delivery, the Vessel ceases to be physically ready for delivery and is not
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made physically ready again in every respect by the date stipulated in line 61 and new NOR
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given, the Buyers shall retain their option to cancel.
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to validly complete a legal transfer as aforesaid they shall make due compensation to the Buyers for
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their loss and for all expenses together with interest if their failure is due to proven
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negligence and whether or not the Buyers cancel this Agreement.
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have the right to place two (2) representatives on board the Vessel at their sole risk and expense
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These representatives/crew shall remain on board until delivery of the Vessel to, and acceptance of the Vessel by, the Buyers for the purpose of familiarisation and in the capacity of
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observers only, and they shall not interfere in any respect with the operation of the Vessel. The
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Buyers' representatives/crew shall sign the Sellers' letter of indemnity prior to their embarkation.
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governed by and construed in accordance with English law and any dispute arising out of this
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Agreement and/or any non-contractual obligations connected with this Agreement shall be referred to
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arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Acts 1996 or any statutory modification or
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re-enactment thereof for the time being in force, one arbitrator being appointed by each
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party. The arbitrators shall be full members of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association ("LMAA"). On the receipt by one party of the nomination in writing of the other party's arbitrator,
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that party shall appoint their arbitrator within fourteen days, failing which the decision of the
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single arbitrator appointed shall apply. If two arbitrators are properly appointed
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they shall appoint a third arbitrator failing which the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the President of the LMMA at the time within 21 (twenty one) days of the two arbitrators being appointed.
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(a) | Copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Buyers, certified as true by the Buyers' Greek Legal Counsel. |
(b) | Original Good Standing Certificate of the Buyers dated no more than 7 (seven) Banking prior to the delivery date showing the Buyers to be in good standing under the laws of the Marshall Islands. |
(c) | An original set of resolutions or minutes of the Board of Directors of the Buyers authorising the purchase of the Vessel in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the ratification of this Agreement signed and the execution on behalf of the Buyers of (inter alia) the acceptance of the Bill of Sale (if applicable), a protocol of delivery and acceptance and any other document required to be executed by the Buyers in respect of the delivery of the Vessel from the Sellers to the Buyers pursuant to this Agreement, and authorising further execution of a Power of Attorney authorising the execution any and all other documents and undertakings provided in this Agreement such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(d) | An original set of an officer's certificate of incumbency of the Buyers certifying the names of all present directors/officers of the Buyers and attaching copies of all correct and complete constitutional documents in full force and effect of the Buyers (Copies of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws (together with any amendment thereto up to and including the delivery date)). |
(e) | An original Power of Attorney of the Buyers issued in accordance with the resolutions referred to under 17. B. (c) above authorising the persons signing the documents on their behalf such power of attorney to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
(f) | Original written resolutions of the Buyers' Shareholder, approving the BOD minutes under 17. B. (c), such resolutions to be duly legalised by Apostille. |
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For the Sellers
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For the Buyers
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/s/ Nikolaos Sakalaridis
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/s/ Stamatios Tsantanis
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Name: Nikolaos Sakalaridis
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Name: Stamatios Tsantanis
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Title: Authorized Director
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(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
(2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
(2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
• | Registration Statement (Form F-3 No. 333-166697, as amended) of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. |
• | Registration Statement (Form F-3 No. 333-169813, as amended) of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., and |
• | Registration Statement (Form F-3 No. 333-205301, as amended) of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. |
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Document Type | 20-F |
Document Period End Date | Dec. 31, 2015 |
Amendment Flag | false |
Entity Registrant Name | Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. |
Entity Central Index Key | 0001448397 |
Entity Current Reporting Status | Yes |
Entity Voluntary Filers | No |
Current Fiscal Year End Date | --12-31 |
Entity Filer Category | Non-accelerated Filer |
Entity Well Known Seasoned Issuer | No |
Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding | 19,522,413 |
Document Fiscal Year Focus | 2015 |
Document Fiscal Period Focus | FY |
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Preferred stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ 0.0001 | $ 0.0001 |
Preferred stock shares authorized (in shares) | 25,000,000 | 25,000,000 |
Preferred stock shares issued (in shares) | 0 | 0 |
Common stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ 0.0001 | $ 0.0001 |
Common stock shares authorized (in shares) | 500,000,000 | 500,000,000 |
Common stock shares issued (in shares) | 19,522,413 | 3,977,854 |
Common stock shares outstanding (in shares) | 19,522,413 | 3,977,854 |
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Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (the "Company" or "Seanergy") was formed under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on January 4, 2008, with executive offices located in Athens, Greece. The Company provides global transportation solutions in the drybulk shipping sector through its vessel-owning subsidiaries. On January 8, 2016, the Company effected a one-to-five reverse stock split on its issued and outstanding common stock (Note 16). In connection with the reverse stock split 181 fractional shares were issued. All share and per share amounts disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and notes give effect to this reverse stock split retroactively, for all periods presented. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company" or "Seanergy").
On January 29, 2013, Maritime Capital Shipping Limited ("MCS"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, sold its 100% ownership interest in the four subsidiaries that owned the Handysize drybulk carriers Fiesta, Pacific Fantasy, Pacific Fighter and Clipper Freeway. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company recognized a gain from the sale of the four MCS subsidiaries, of $5,538. On July 19, 2013, MCS sold its 100% ownership interest in the three subsidiaries that owned the Handysize drybulk carriers African Joy, African Glory and Asian Grace. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company recognized a gain from the sale of the three MCS subsidiaries of $20,181.
On March 11, 2014, the Company closed on its delivery and settlement agreement with its then remaining lender, Piraeus Bank, for the sale of its then four remaining vessels, to a nominee of the lender, in exchange for a nominal cash consideration and full satisfaction of the underlying loan facilities. The Company provided a corporate guarantee for these facilities. The four vessels were the drybulk carriers M/V Bremen Max, M/V Hamburg Max, M/V Davakis G. and M/V Delos Ranger. In exchange for the sale, approximately $145,597 of outstanding debt and accrued interest were discharged and the Company's guarantee was fully released. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company recognized a gain from the sale of the four remaining vessels under the facility agreements with Piraeus Bank of $85,563.
On December 23, 2014 the Company entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party for the purchase of a second hand Capesize vessel, the 2001, 171,199 DWT vessel M/V Leadership. The acquisition was funded by secured senior bank debt, as well as financing by one of the Company's major shareholders. The transaction was approved by the Board of Directors. The vessel was delivered on March 19, 2015 (Note 7). On August 6, 2015, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with entities affiliated with certain of the Company's major shareholder to acquire seven secondhand drybulk vessels (Notes 3 and 7).
The Company acquired eight vessels in 2015 in accordance with its business plan to grow the fleet on a sustainable basis. As of December 31, 2015, the Company was in compliance with all its financial covenants and asset coverage ratios contained in its debt agreements. Most financial covenants and asset coverage ratios will be tested commencing in 2017. Scheduled debt installment payments for 2016 amount to only $1,000, related to the Alpha Bank AE facility associated with the vessel Leadership. For the other facility agreements, debt repayments will commence in 2017 at the earliest. Given the current drybulk charter rates, the Company's cash flow projections indicate that cash on hand and cash provided by operating activities might not be sufficient to cover the liquidity needs that become due in the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2016. The Company has relied on Jelco Delta Holding Corp., or Jelco, a company affiliated with Claudia Restis, who is also the Company's major shareholder, for both vessel acquisitions and general corporate purposes during 2015 and for further funding during 2016. The Company also intends to apply additional measures to reduce potential cash flow shortfall if current drybulk charter rates remain at today's historical low levels. The Company has undertaken a cost-cutting initiative to decrease its daily vessel operating expenses. The Company is also exploring raising additional equity from both capital markets and private investors. These consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. Accordingly, they do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts, the amounts and classification of liabilities, or any other adjustments that might result in the event the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
Seanergy's subsidiaries included in these consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2015 are as follows:
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The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and include the accounts and operating results of Seanergy and its wholly-owned subsidiaries where Seanergy has control. Control is presumed to exist when Seanergy through direct or indirect ownership retains the majority of voting interest. In addition, Seanergy evaluates its relationships with other entities to identify whether they are variable interest entities and to assess whether it is the primary beneficiary of such entities. If the determination is made that the Company is the primary beneficiary, then that entity is included in the consolidated financial statements. The Company deconsolidates a subsidiary or derecognizes a group of assets when the Company no longer controls the subsidiary or group of assets, and a gain or loss is recognized. When the Company does not have a controlling interest in an entity, but exerts a significant influence over the entity, the Company applies the equity method of accounting. All significant intercompany balances and transactions and any intercompany profit or loss on assets remaining with the Group have been eliminated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. A parent company deconsolidates a subsidiary or derecognizes a group of assets when that parent company no longer controls the subsidiary or group of assets specified in ASC 810-10-40-3A. When control is lost, the parent-subsidiary relationship no longer exists and the parent derecognizes the assets and liabilities of the qualifying subsidiary or group of assets. The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") concluded that the loss of control and the related deconsolidation of a subsidiary or derecognition of a group of assets specified in ASC 810-10-40-3A is a significant economic event that changes the nature of the investment held in the subsidiary or group of assets. Based on this consideration, a gain or loss is recognized upon the deconsolidation of a subsidiary or derecognition of a group of assets.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant items subject to such estimates include evaluation of relationships with other entities to identify whether they are variable interest entities, determination of vessel useful lives, allocation of purchase price in a business combination, determination of vessels impairment and determination of goodwill impairment.
Seanergy's functional currency is the United States dollar since the Company's vessels operate in international shipping markets and therefore primarily transact business in US Dollars. The Company's books of accounts are maintained in US Dollars. Transactions involving other currencies are translated into the United States dollar using exchange rates, which are in effect at the time of the transaction. At the balance sheet dates, monetary assets and liabilities, which are denominated in other currencies, are translated to United States dollars at the foreign exchange rate prevailing at year-end. Gains or losses resulting from foreign currency translation are reflected in the consolidated statement of income/(loss).
Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk, consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and trade accounts receivable. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents, consisting mostly of deposits, with high credit qualified financial institutions. The Company performs periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of the financial institutions in which it places its deposits. The Company limits its credit risk with accounts receivable by performing ongoing credit evaluations of its customers' financial condition. Customers individually accounting for more than 10% of the Company's revenues during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 were:
Seanergy considers time deposits and all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Restricted cash is excluded from cash and cash equivalents. Restricted cash represents minimum cash deposits or cash collateral deposits required to be maintained with certain banks under the Company's borrowing arrangements or in relation to bank guarantees issued on behalf of the Company. In the event that the obligation relating to such deposits is expected to be terminated within the next twelve months, these deposits are classified as current assets; otherwise they are classified as non-current assets.
Accounts receivable trade, net at each balance sheet date, includes receivables from charterers for hire, freight and demurrage billings, net of a provision for doubtful accounts. At each balance sheet date, all potentially uncollectible accounts are assessed individually for purposes of determining the appropriate provision for doubtful accounts. The provision for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2015 and 2014 amounted to $43 and $13, respectively.
Inventories consist of lubricants and bunkers which are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is determined by the first in, first out method.
The Company records insurance claim recoveries for insured losses incurred on damage to fixed assets and for insured crew medical expenses and for legal fees covered by directors' and officers' liability insurance. Insurance claim recoveries are recorded, net of any deductible amounts, at the time the Company's fixed assets suffer insured damages or when crew medical expenses are incurred, recovery is probable under the related insurance policies, the claim is not subject to litigation and the Company can make an estimate of the amount to be reimbursed. The classification of the insurance claims into current and non-current assets is based on management's expectations as to their collection dates.
Vessels acquired as a part of a business combination are recorded at fair market value on the date of acquisition. Vessels acquired as asset acquisitions are stated at historical cost, which consists of the contract price less discounts, plus any material expenses incurred upon acquisition (delivery expenses and other expenditures to prepare for the vessel's initial voyage). Vessels acquired from entities under common control are recorded at historical cost. Subsequent expenditures for conversions and major improvements are capitalized, when they appreciably extend the life, increase the earning capacity or improve the efficiency or safety of the vessels. Expenditures for routine maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred.
Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the vessels, after considering the estimated salvage value. Up to September 30, 2015, management estimated the useful life of the Company's vessels to be 30 years from the date of initial delivery from the shipyard. On October 1, 2015, the Company changed that estimate to 25 years. This change increased depreciation expense by $289 (approximately $0.03 per share) for the year ended December 31, 2015. Salvage value is estimated by the Company by taking the cost of steel times the weight of the ship noted in lightweight ton ("LWT"). Salvage values are periodically reviewed and revised to recognize changes in conditions, new regulations or other reasons. Revisions of salvage values affect the depreciable amount of the vessels and affects depreciation expense in the period of the revision and future periods. On October 1, 2015, the Company revised the salvage value of its vessels. This change increased depreciation expense by $235 (approximately $0.02 per share) for the year ended December 31, 2015.
The Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances, such as undiscounted projected operating cash flows, business plans to dispose a vessel earlier than the end of its useful life and prevailing market conditions, indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. The current conditions in the drybulk market with decreased charter rates and decreased vessel market values are conditions that the Company considers indicators of a potential impairment for its vessels. The Company determines undiscounted projected operating cash flows, for each vessel and compares it to the vessel's carrying value. When the undiscounted projected operating cash flows expected to be generated by the use of the vessel and its eventual disposition are less than its carrying amount, the Company impairs the carrying amount of the vessel. Measurement of the impairment loss is based on the fair value of the asset as determined by independent valuators. The undiscounted projected operating cash inflows are determined by considering the charter revenues from existing time charters for the fixed fleet days and an estimated daily time charter equivalent for the non-fixed days (based on a combination of 2-year forward freight agreements and the median of the trailing 10-year historical charter rates available for each type of vessel) adjusted for brokerage commissions and expected outflows for scheduled vessels' maintenance. The undiscounted projected operating cash outflows are determined by reference to the Company's actual vessel operating expenses, assuming an average annual inflation rate of 2%. Fleet utilization excluding dry-docking off-hire days is determined by reference to the actual utilization rate of the Company's fleet in the recent years. The Company recorded net impairment loss of $NIL, $ NIL and $3,564 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $867 for the vessel African Oryx that was sold on April 10, 2013 and $10,697 for the vessels Davakis G. and Delos Ranger, which were measured at their fair values, upon classification of the vessels financed by the Piraeus Bank loan facilities to current assets as of June 30, 2013, as per the Company's restructuring plan. This was partially offset with the impairment re measurement of $1,000 relating to the UOB vessels, and the impairment re measurement of $7,000 of Davakis G. and Delos Ranger as of December 31, 2013. The impairment loss was measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the vessel exceeded its fair value less cost to sell, which was determined using the valuation derived from market data available at December 31, 2013.
Equipment consists of computer software and hardware. The useful life of the computer software and hardware is 3 years. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis.
The Company follows the deferral method of accounting for dry-docking costs and special survey costs whereby actual costs incurred are deferred and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the period through the expected date of the next dry-docking which is scheduled to become due in 2 to 3 years. Dry-docking costs which are not fully amortized by the next dry-docking period are expensed. In 2015, the Company changed the presentation of dry-docking and special survey costs on its consolidated statement of cash flows. Payments for dry-docking, shown as an adjustment to reconcile net income / (loss) to net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities was eliminated, and a new line "Deferred charges" under Changes in operating assets and liabilities was added to show gross additions for dry-docking and special survey costs.
Liabilities for loss contingencies, arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines and penalties, environmental and remediation obligations and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated.
Voyage revenues are generated from time charters, bareboat charters and voyage charters. A time charter is a contract for the use of a vessel for a specific period of time and a specified daily charter hire rate, which is generally payable in advance. Some of the time charters also include profit sharing provisions, under which additional revenue can be realized in the event the spot rates are higher than the base rates under the time charters. A bareboat charter is a contract in which the vessel is provided to the charterer for a fixed period of time at a specified daily rate, which is generally payable in advance. Voyage charter agreements are charter hires, where a contract is made in the spot market for the use of a vessel for a specific voyage at a specified charter rate per ton of cargo. Time charter revenue, including bareboat hire, is recorded over the term of the charter agreement as the service is provided and collection of the related revenue is reasonably assured. Under a time charter, revenue is adjusted for a vessel's off hire days due to major repairs, dry dockings or special or intermediate surveys. Voyage charter revenue is recognized on a pro-rata basis over the duration of the voyage, when a voyage agreement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, service is provided and the collection of the related revenue is reasonably assured. A voyage is deemed to commence upon signing the charter party or completion of previous voyage, whichever is later, and is deemed to end upon the completion of the discharge of the delivered cargo. Deferred revenue represents cash received prior to the balance sheet date and is related to revenue applicable to periods after such date.
Commissions, which include address and brokerage commissions, are recognized in the same period as the respective charter revenues. Address commissions to third parties are included in Commissions. Brokerage commissions to third parties are included in Direct voyage expenses.
Vessel voyage expenses primarily consist of port, canal, bunker expenses and brokerage commissions that are unique to a particular charter and are paid for by the charterer under time charter agreements and other non-specified voyage expenses.
All repair and maintenance expenses, including major overhauling and underwater inspection expenses are expensed in the year incurred. Such costs are included in Vessel operating expenses.
Underwriting, legal and other direct costs incurred with the issuance of long-term debt or to refinance existing debt are deferred and amortized to interest expense over the life of the related debt using the effective interest method. Unamortized fees relating to loans repaid are expensed in the period the repayment is made. Following the early adoption of Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2015-03 "Interest – Imputation of Interest" to simplify the presentation of debt issuance costs, effective December 31, 2015, the Company presents unamortized deferred financing costs as a reduction of long term debt in the accompanying balance sheets. There was no retrospective effect as the Company had neither debt nor debt issuance costs at December 31, 2014.
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized, when applicable, for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not of being sustained. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that is greater than 50% likely of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs. The Company records interest related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in general and administration expenses. Maritime Capital Shipping (HK) Limited, the Company's management office in Hong Kong, is subject to Hong Kong profits tax at a rate of 16.5% on the estimated assessable profit for the year. Seanergy Management Corp. ("Seanergy Management"), the Company's management company, established in Greece under Greek Law 89/67 (as amended to date), is subject to an annual contribution calculated on the total amount of foreign exchange annually imported and converted to Euros during 2012-2015 according to a tax bill passed in 2013 under the laws of the Republic of Greece. The tax bill was retroactive to 2012. The contribution to be paid in 2016 by Seanergy Management for 2015 is estimated at approximately $32. Pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of the United States (the "Code"), U.S. source income from the international operations of ships is generally exempt from U.S. tax if the company operating the ships meets both of the following requirements: (a) the Company is organized in a foreign country that grants an equivalent exception to corporations organized in the United States and (b) either (i) more than 50% of the value of the Company's stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by individuals who are "residents" of the Company's country of organization or of another foreign country that grants an "equivalent exemption" to corporations organized in the United States (50% Ownership Test) or (ii) the Company's stock is "primarily and regularly traded on an established securities market" in its country of organization, in another country that grants an "equivalent exemption" to United States corporations, or in the United States (Publicly-Traded Test). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the regulations provide, in pertinent part, that each class of the Company's stock will not be considered to be "regularly traded" on an established securities market for any taxable year in which 50% or more of the vote and value of the outstanding shares of such class are owned, actually or constructively under specified stock attribution rules, on more than half the days during the taxable year by persons who each own 5% or more of the value of such class of the Company's outstanding stock ("5 Percent Override Rule"). The Company and each of its subsidiaries expects to qualify for this statutory tax exemption for the 2015 taxable year, and the Company takes this position for United States federal income tax return reporting purposes. However, there are factual circumstances beyond the Company's control that could cause it to lose the benefit of this tax exemption in future years and thereby become subject to United States federal income tax on its United States source income such as if, for a particular taxable year, other shareholders with a five percent or greater interest in the Company's stock were, in combination with the Company's existing 5% shareholders, to own 50% or more of the Company's outstanding shares of its stock on more than half the days during the taxable year. The Company estimates that since no more than the 50% of its shipping income would be treated as being United States source income, the effective tax rate is expected to be 2% and accordingly it anticipates that the impact on its results of operations will not be material. The Company has assessed that it satisfies the Publicly-Traded Test and all of its United States source shipping income is exempt from U.S. federal income tax for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013. Based on its U.S. source Shipping Income for 2015, 2014 and 2013, the Company would be subject to U.S. federal income tax of approximately $NIL, $NIL and $25, respectively, in the absence of an exemption under Section 883.
Stock-based compensation represents vested and non-vested common stock granted to directors and employees for their services. The Company calculates stock-based compensation expense for the award based on its fair value on the grant date and recognizes it on an accelerated basis over the vesting period.
Basic earnings (losses) per common share are computed by dividing net income (loss) available to Seanergy's shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (losses) per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted at the beginning of the periods presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have an anti-dilutive effect (i.e. those that increase income per share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share.
Seanergy reports financial information and evaluates its operations by total charter revenues and not by the length of vessel employment, customer, or type of charter. As a result, management, including the chief operating decision maker, reviews operating results solely by revenue per day and operating results of the fleet and thus, Seanergy has determined that it operates under one reportable segment. Furthermore, when Seanergy charters a vessel to a charterer, the charterer is free to trade the vessel worldwide and, as a result, disclosure of geographic information is impracticable.
Derivative instruments (including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts) are recorded in the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at its fair value, with changes in the derivatives' fair value recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. The Company was party to interest swap agreements where it received a floating interest rate and paid a fixed interest rate for a certain period in exchange. These contracts did not qualify for hedge accounting and as such changes in their fair values were reported to earnings. The fair value of those agreements equated to the amount that would be paid by the Company if the agreements were cancelled at the reporting date, taking into account current interest rates. (y) Fair Value Measurements The Company follows the provisions of ASC 820 "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures", which defines fair value and provides guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities. The guidance creates a fair value hierarchy of measurement and describes fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the market in which the reporting entity transacts. In accordance with the requirements of accounting guidance relating to Fair Value Measurements, the Company classifies and discloses its assets and liabilities carried at the fair value in one of the following categories:
(z) Troubled Debt Restructurings A restructuring of a debt constitutes a troubled debt restructuring if the lender or creditor for economic or legal reasons related to the Company's financial difficulties grants a concession to the Company that it would not otherwise consider. Troubled debt that is fully satisfied by foreclosure, repossession, or other transfer of assets or by grant of equity securities by the Company is included in the term troubled debt restructuring and is accounted as such. The Company, when issuing or otherwise granting an equity interest to a lender or creditor to settle fully a payable or debt, accounts for the equity interest granted at its fair value. The difference between the fair value of the equity interest granted and the carrying amount of the payable or debt settled is recognized as a gain on restructuring of payables or debt. Legal fees and other direct costs incurred in granting an equity interest to a creditor reduce the fair value of the equity interest issued. All other direct costs incurred in connection with a troubled debt restructuring are charged to expense as incurred. (aa) Convertible Promissory Notes and related Beneficial Conversion Features The convertible promissory notes are accounted in accordance with ASC 470-20 "Debt with Conversion and Other Options." The terms of each convertible promissory note included an embedded conversion feature which provided for a conversion at the option of the holder into shares of common stock at a predetermined rate. The Company determined that the conversion features were beneficial conversion features ("BCF") pursuant to ASC 470-20. The Company considered the BCF guidance only after determining that the features did not need to be bifurcated under ASC 815 "Derivatives and Hedging" or separately accounted for under the cash conversion literature of ASC 470-20 "Debt, Debt with Conversion and Other Options". Accounting for an embedded BCF in a convertible instrument requires that the BCF be recognized separately at issuance by allocating a portion of the proceeds equal to the intrinsic value of the BCF to additional paid-in capital, resulting in a discount on the convertible instrument. This discount is accreted from the date on which the BCF is first recognized through the stated maturity date of the convertible instrument using the effective yield method. If the intrinsic value of the BCF is greater than the proceeds allocated to the convertible instrument, the amount of the discount assigned to the BCF is limited to the amount of the proceeds allocated to the convertible instrument. (ab) Recent Accounting Pronouncements In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). The FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") jointly issued a standard that will supersede virtually all of the existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP and is effective for annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2016. The standard establishes a five-step model that will apply to revenue earned from a contract with a customer (with limited exceptions), regardless of the type of revenue transaction or the industry. The standard's requirements will also apply to the recognition and measurement of gains and losses on the sale of some non-financial assets that are not an output of the entity's ordinary activities (e.g., sales of property, plant and equipment or intangibles). Extensive disclosures will be required, including disaggregation of total revenue; information about performance obligations; changes in contract asset and liability account balances between periods and key judgments and estimates. Management is in the process of accessing the impact of the new standard on Company's financial position and performance. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date", which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-09 ("Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)")" for public business entities to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. Earlier application is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. Presently, the Company is assessing what effect the adoption of these ASUs will have on its financial statements and accompanying notes. In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15 – Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern. ASU 2014-15 provides guidance about management's responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity's ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. ASU 2014-15 requires an entity's management to evaluate at each reporting period based on the relevant conditions and events that are known at the date when financial statements are issued, whether there are conditions or events, that raise substantial doubt about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued and to disclose the necessary information. The guidance is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and for annual periods and interim periods thereafter. Early application is permitted. Management is in the process of assessing the impact of the new standard on the Company's consolidated financial position and performance. In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, "Consolidation (Topic 810) - Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis", which provides guidance for reporting entities that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. In accordance with ASU 2015-02, all legal entities are subject to reevaluation under the revised consolidation model. ASU 2015-02 is effective for public business entities for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2015-02 on the consolidated financial statements. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, "Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory". Topic 330, Inventory, currently requires an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost or market. Market could be replacement cost, net realizable value, or net realizable value less an approximately normal profit margin. The amendments in this update require an entity to measure inventory within the scope of this update at the lower of cost and net realizable value. For public business entities, the amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments in this update should be applied prospectively with earlier application permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period. While the Company has not yet adopted this ASU, its adoption is not expected to have a material effect on the Company's financial statements and accompanying notes. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-15 "Interest—Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements—Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to Staff Announcement at June 18, 2015 EITF Meeting (SEC Update)" to add to the FASB's Accounting Standards Codification SEC staff guidance that the SEC staff will not object to an entity presenting the costs of securing line-of-credit arrangements as an asset, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings. This updated does not have any effect on the Company's financial statements and accompanying notes presented herein. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842) which provides new guidance related to accounting for leases and supersedes existing U.S. GAAP on lease accounting. The ASU will require organizations that lease assets to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases, unless the lease is a short term lease. Public business entities should apply the amendments in ASU 2016-02 for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted for all public business entities upon issuance. Lessees (for capital and operating leases) and lessors (for sales-type, direct financing, and operating leases) must apply a modified retrospective transition approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. The modified retrospective approach would not require any transition accounting for leases that expired before the earliest comparative period presented. Lessees and lessors may not apply a full retrospective transition approach. 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a. Release from related parties liabilities: On March 5, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with Enterprises Shipping and Trading SA ("EST") and Safbulk Pty Ltd ("Safbulk Pty"), both affiliates, in exchange of a full and complete release of all their claims upon the completion of the delivery of the then last four remaining vessels and settlement agreement with Piraeus Bank. The transaction was completed successfully on March 11, 2014 and total liabilities amounting to approximately $9,819 were released and recorded in additional paid-in capital. b. Convertible Promissory Notes: On March 12, 2015 ("commitment date"), the Company issued an unsecured convertible promissory note of $4,000 to Jelco for general corporate purposes. The convertible note is repayable in ten consecutive semi-annual installments of $200, along with a balloon installment of $2,000 payable on the final maturity date, March 19, 2020. The note bears interest of Libor plus a margin with quarterly interest payments. At Jelco's option, the principal amount under the convertible note may be paid at any time in common shares at a conversion price of $0.90 (adjusted for the reverse stock split discussed in Note 1 above according to the terms of the convertible note) per share. The Company has the right to defer up to three consecutive installments to the balloon installment. The Company accounted for the issuance of the convertible promissory note in accordance with the BCF guidance of ASC 470-20. The intrinsic value of the BCF was determined as the number of shares times the positive difference between the fair value of the stock on the commitment date and the contractual conversion price. Since the intrinsic value of the BCF at the commitment date was greater than the proceeds allocated to the convertible instrument, the amount of the discount assigned to the BCF was limited to the amount of the proceeds allocated to the convertible instrument. The Company has paid the first installment as of December 31, 2015, with the entire payment recorded as a reduction to Additional paid-in capital. The gain or loss on the extinguishment of the convertible debt instrument is the difference between the carrying amount and the consideration allocated to the debt instrument. The partial extinguishment of debt as a result of the payment is being shown as a gain on extinguishment (Note 13). The movement of the debt and equity during the year ended December 31, 2015 is presented below:
On September 7, 2015 ("commitment date"), the Company issued an unsecured revolving convertible promissory note of up to $6,765 (the "Applicable Limit") to Jelco for general corporate purposes. The revolving convertible promissory note has a tenor of up to five years after the first drawdown and the Applicable Limit is reduced by $1,000 each year after the second year following the first drawdown. The note bears interest of Libor plus a margin with quarterly interest payments. At Jelco's option, the Company's obligation to repay the principal amount under the revolving convertible note may be paid in common shares at a conversion price of $0.90 (adjusted for the reverse stock split discussed in Note 1 above according to the terms of the convertible note) per share. On December 1, 2015, the unsecured revolving convertible promissory note was amended, increasing the maximum principal amount available to be drawn to $9,765. On December 14, 2015, the unsecured revolving convertible promissory note was further amended, increasing the maximum principal amount available to be drawn to $11,765, while also increasing the amount by which the Applicable Limit will be reduced from $1,000 to $2,000. The Company has drawn down the entire $11,765 as of December 31, 2015. The Company accounted for the issuance of the revolving convertible promissory note in accordance with the BCF guidance of ASC 470-20. The intrinsic value of the BCF was determined as the number of shares times the positive difference between the fair value of the stock on the commitment date and the contractual conversion price. Since the intrinsic value of the BCF at the commitment date was greater than the proceeds allocated to the convertible instrument, the amount of the discount assigned to the BCF was limited to the amount of the proceeds allocated to the convertible instrument. The movement of the debt and equity during the year ended December 31, 2015 is presented below:
c. Vessel Acquisitions: On August 6, 2015, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with entities affiliated with certain of the Company's major shareholders to acquire seven secondhand drybulk vessels, consisting of five Capesize and two Supramax vessels. The acquisition cost of the vessels was funded by senior secured loans, a shareholder's revolving convertible promissory note by Jelco and equity injections by Jelco. The transaction was completed on December 7, 2015, with the delivery of the last vessel. The transactions were approved by the independent committee of the Company's Board of Directors and the Company's Board of Directors. Below is a list of the vessels under the purchase agreement:
d. Technical Management Agreement: A management agreement had been signed between the Company and EST for the provision of technical management services relating to certain vessels previously owned by Seanergy. The fixed daily fee per vessel for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, was $0.45. The technical management agreement was automatically terminated with the sale of Seanergy's fleet in March 2014 and EST has released the Company from all its claims relating thereto. The related expense for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, amounted to $NIL, $122 and $743, respectively, and is included under management fees - related party. e. Brokerage Agreement: Under the terms of the brokerage agreements, Safbulk Pty and Safbulk Maritime S.A., both affiliates, together referred to as "Safbulk," provided commercial brokerage services for certain vessels previously owned under the Company's fleet in accordance with the instructions of Seanergy Management. Safbulk was entitled to receive a commission of 1.25% calculated on the collected gross hire/freight/demurrage payable when such amounts were collected. The brokerage agreements were automatically terminated with the sale of Seanergy's fleet in March 2014 and Safbulk has released the Company from all its claims relating thereto. The fees charged by Safbulk amounted to $NIL, $24 and $313 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and are separately reflected as voyage expenses — related party. f. Property Lease Agreement: Until March 15, 2015, the Company's executive offices were at premises leased from Waterfront S.A., a company affiliated with a member of the Restis family. On March 16, 2015, the Company relocated its executive offices to premises owned by an unaffiliated third party. A three month rent guarantee of $55 is included in other current assets at December 31, 2014. The rent charged by Waterfront S.A. for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, amounted to $70, $309 and $412, respectively, and is included under general and administration expenses - related party. |
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The amounts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are analyzed as follows:
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The amounts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are analyzed as follows:
On March 19, 2015, the Company acquired the 2001 Capesize, 171,199 DWT vessel M/V Leadership from an unaffiliated party, for a net purchase price of $17,127, of which $8,750 was financed through a loan with Alpha Bank A.E., $3,827 was financed through a shareholder's convertible promissory note by Jelco and $4,550 was financed through an equity injection on March 18, 2015 by Jelco in exchange for the issuance of 5,000,100 newly issuance shares of common stock. On August 6, 2015, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with entities affiliated with certain of the Company's major shareholder to acquire seven secondhand drybulk vessels, consisting of five Capesize and two Supramax vessels. These seven vessels were acquired as follows:
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The amounts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are analyzed as follows:
Secured credit facilities On March 6, 2015, as amended, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Alpha Bank A.E., for a secured loan facility in an amount of $8,750. The loan was used to partially finance the acquisition of the M/V Leadership. On March 17, 2015, the Company drew down the $8,750. The loan is repayable in twenty consecutive quarterly installments, the first four installments being $200 each and the next sixteen quarterly installments being $250 each, along with a balloon installment of $3,950 payable on the final maturity date, March 17, 2020. The loan bears interest of Libor plus a margin of 3.75% with quarterly interest payments. The loan is secured by a first priority mortgage over the vessel. The facility places a restriction on the Company's ability to distribute dividends to its shareholders. The amount of the dividends so declared shall not exceed 50% of Seanergy's net income except in case the cash and marketable securities are equal or greater than the amount required to meet Seanergy's consolidated installment and debt interest payments for the following eighteen-month period. The Company has paid the first three installments as of December 31, 2015. On September 1, 2015, the Company entered into a loan agreement with HSH Nordbank AG, for a secured loan facility in an amount of $44,430. The loan was used to pay for the acquisition of the vessels M/V Geniuship and M/V Gloriuship. The loan was available in two advances, each advance comprised of two tranches. On October 13, 2015, the Company drew the first advance of $27,597 in order to finance the acquisition of the M/V Geniuship. On November 3, 2015, the Company drew the second advance of $16,833 in order to finance the acquisition of the M/V Gloriuship. The loan is repayable in twelve consecutive quarterly installments being approximately $1,049 each, commencing on September 30, 2017, along with a balloon installment of $31,837 payable on the final maturity date, June 30, 2020. The loan bears interest of Libor plus margins between 3.25% and 3.6% with quarterly interest payments. The loan facility is secured by a first priority mortgage over the two vessels. On September 11, 2015, the Company entered into a facility agreement with UniCredit Bank AG, for a secured loan facility in an amount of $52,705. The loan was made available in three tranches to partially finance the acquisition of the vessels M/V Premiership, M/V Gladiatorship and M/V Guardianship. On September 11, 2015, the Company drew the first tranche of $25,420 in order to partly finance the acquisition of the M/V Premiership. On September 29, 2015, the Company drew the second tranche of $13,643 in order to partly finance the acquisition of the M/V Gladiatorship. On October 21, 2015, the Company drew the third tranche of $13,642 in order to partly finance the acquisition of the M/V Guardianship. The loan is repayable in fifteen consecutive quarterly installments being $1,552 each, commencing on June 26, 2017, along with a balloon installment of $29,425 payable on the final maturity date, December 28, 2020. The loan bears interest of Libor plus a margin of 3.20% if the value to loan ratio is lower than 125%, 3.00% if the value to loan ratio is between 125% and 166.67% and 2.75% if the value to loan is higher than 166.67% with quarterly interest payments. The loan bore a commitment fee of 1.00% calculated on the balance of the undrawn loan amount and amounted to $22. The loan is secured by a first priority mortgage over the three vessels. On November 4, 2015, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Alpha Bank A.E., for a secured loan facility in an amount of $33,750. The loan was used to partially finance the acquisition of the M/V Squireship. On November 10, 2015, the Company drew down the $33,750. The loan is repayable in sixteen consecutive quarterly installments being approximately $844 each, commencing on February 12, 2018, along with a balloon installment of $20,250 payable on the final maturity date, November 10, 2021. The loan bears interest of Libor plus a margin of 3.50% with quarterly interest payments. The loan is secured by a first priority mortgage over the vessel. The facility places a restriction on the Company's ability to distribute dividends to its shareholders. The amount of the dividends so declared shall not exceed 50% of Seanergy's net income except in case the cash and marketable securities are equal or greater than the amount required to meet Seanergy's consolidated installment and debt interest payments for the following eighteen-month period. On December 2, 2015, the Company entered into a facility agreement with Natixis, for a secured loan facility in an amount of $39,412. The loan was used to partially finance the acquisition of the M/V Championship. On December 7, 2015, the Company drew down the $39,412. The loan is repayable in fifteen consecutive quarterly installments being $985 each, commencing on June 30, 2017, along with a balloon installment of $24,637 payable on the final maturity date, February 26, 2021. The loan bears interest of Libor plus a margin of 2.50% with quarterly interest payments. The loan is secured by a first priority mortgage over the vessel. All of the above five facilities are guaranteed by Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., the Corporate Guarantor. The annual principal payments required to be made after December 31, 2015 are as follows:
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The Company places its temporary cash investments, consisting mostly of deposits, primarily with high credit qualified financial institutions. The Company performs periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of those financial institutions that are considered in the Company's investment strategy. The Company limits its credit risk with accounts receivable by performing ongoing credit evaluations of its customers' financial condition and generally does not require collateral for its accounts receivable and does not have any agreements to mitigate credit risk.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments The fair values of the financial instruments shown in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 represent management's best estimate of the amounts that would be received to sell those assets or that would be paid to transfer those liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at that date. Those fair value measurements maximize the use of observable inputs. However, in situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date, the fair value measurement reflects the Company's own judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Those judgments are developed by the Company based on the best information available in the circumstances. The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments:
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Various claims, lawsuits, and complaints, including those involving government regulations and product liability, arise in the ordinary course of the shipping business. In addition, losses may arise from disputes with charterers, agents, insurance and other claims with suppliers relating to the operations of the Company's vessels. Currently, management is not aware of any such claims or contingent liabilities, which should be disclosed, or for which a provision should be established in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The Company accrues for the cost of environmental liabilities when management becomes aware that a liability is probable and is able to reasonably estimate the probable exposure. Currently, management is not aware of any such claims or contingent liabilities, which should be disclosed, or for which a provision should be established in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The Company is covered for liabilities associated with the individual vessels' actions to the maximum limits as provided by Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs, members of the International Group of P&I Clubs. |
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(a) Common Stock On June 24, 2014, the Company had entered into a share purchase agreement under which the Company sold 378,000 of its common shares to Plaza Shipholding Corp. and Comet Shipholding Inc., companies affiliated with certain members of the Restis family, for $1,134. The common shares were sold at a price of $3.00 per share. The Company's Board of Directors obtained a fairness opinion from an independent third party for the share price. The price was determined using a build-up method, combining the Company's net asset value with the cost that a private company would incur to be listed on a U.S. stock exchange and with an additional option value to existing shareholders upon the consummation of the Asset Contribution calculated from the Black-Scholes options pricing model. On June 27, 2014, the Company completed the equity injection plan with the two abovementioned entities. The shares to the two entities were issued on June 27, 2014. On September 29, 2014, the Company had entered into a share purchase agreement under which the Company sold 320,000 of its common shares to Plaza Shipholding Corp. and Comet Shipholding Inc., companies affiliated with certain members of the Restis family, for $960. The common shares were sold at a price of $3.00 per share. The Company's Board of Directors obtained an updated fairness opinion from an independent third party for the share price. The price was determined using a build-up method, combining the Company's net asset value with the cost that a private company would incur to be listed on a U.S. stock exchange and with an additional option value to existing shareholders upon the consummation of the Asset Contribution calculated from the Black-Scholes options pricing model. On September 30, 2014, the Company completed the equity injection plan with the two abovementioned entities. The shares to the two entities were issued on September 30, 2014. On December 19, 2014, the Company had entered into a share purchase agreement under which the Company sold 888,000 of its common shares to Jelco for $1,110. The common shares were sold at a price of $1.25 per share. The Company's Board of Directors obtained a fairness opinion from an independent third party for the share price. The price was determined using a build-up method, combining the Company's net asset value with the cost that a private company would incur to be listed on a U.S. stock exchange. On December 30, 2014, the Company completed the equity injection plan with the abovementioned entity. The shares to the entity were issued on December 30, 2014. On March 12, 2015, the Company entered into a share purchase agreement under which the Company sold 5,000,100 of its common shares to Jelco for $4,500. The common shares were sold at a price of $0.90 per share. The Company's Board of Directors obtained a fairness opinion from an independent third party for the share price. The price was determined using the adjusted book value method. On March 16, 2015, the Company completed the equity injection plan with the abovementioned entity. The shares to the entity were issued on March 18, 2015. On March 12, 2015, the Company entered into a share purchase agreement under which the Company sold 333,400 of its common shares to its Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, for $300. The common shares were sold at a price of $0.90 per share. The Company's Board of Directors obtained a fairness opinion from an independent third party for the share price. The price was determined using the adjusted book value method. On March 16, 2015, the Company completed the equity injection plan with the abovementioned entity. The shares to the CEO were issued on March 18, 2015. The funds were contributed for general corporate purposes. On September 7, 2015, the Company entered into a share purchase agreement under which the Company sold 10,022,240 of its common shares in three tranches to Jelco for $9,020. The common shares were sold at a price of $0.90 per share. The Company's Board of Directors obtained a fairness opinion from an independent third party for the share price. The price was determined using the capital market multiples and the discounted cash flow methods. On September 11, 2015, the first tranche of $3,501 was contributed in exchange for 3,889,980 common shares of the Company, which were issued on September 11, 2015. On September 29, 2015, the second tranche of $2,390 was contributed in exchange for 2,655,740 common shares of the Company, which were issued on September 29, 2015. On October 21, 2015, the third tranche of $3,129 was contributed in exchange for 3,476,520 common shares of the Company, which shares were issued on October 21, 2015. The transaction was approved by an independent committee of the Company's Board of Directors. The purchasers of all above issued shares have received customary registration rights. (b) Warrants and Unit Purchase Option In connection with the public offering of January 28, 2010, the Company granted 1,041,667 warrants with an exercise price of $19.80 each on February 3, 2010 and on March 19, 2010, Seanergy granted 97,250 additional warrants. The fair value of these warrants amounted to $1,053. The warrants were exercisable beginning on August 3, 2010 and expired on January 28, 2015. No expenses were recorded in connection with these warrants which were classified in equity. Following the Company's reverse stock split in June 2011, with respect to the warrants from the Company's 2010 secondary offering, as a result of the reverse stock split, each warrant reflected an increase in the per share exercise price and a decrease in the number of warrant shares at the same proportion as the reverse stock split. Accordingly, each warrant was exercisable for one-fifteenth of a share, following the reverse stock split at an exercise price of $19.80 for each such warrant share. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company had outstanding underwriters' warrants exercisable to purchase an aggregate of approximately NIL and 15,185 shares of Seanergy's common stock, respectively. (c) Preferred Stock As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, no shares of preferred stock have been issued. (d) Dividends The declaration and payment of any dividend is subject to the discretion of Seanergy's board of directors and is dependent upon its earnings, financial condition, cash requirements and availability and restrictions in any applicable loan agreements. No dividends were declared for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013. |
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Interest and finance costs are analyzed as follows:
Interest and finance costs-related party are analyzed as follows:
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The calculation of net earnings per common share is summarized below:
As of December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, securities that could potentially dilute basic EPS in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS as mentioned above are:
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On January 12, 2011, the Board adopted the Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan ("Plan"). A total of 8,750,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under the Plan, which is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Under the Plan, officers, key employees, directors, consultants and service providers may be granted incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, unrestricted stock and restricted stock units at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. In May 2012, the total number of shares originally reserved under the Plan was adjusted to 583,334 shares to reflect the one-for-fifteen reverse stock split of June 24, 2011. On February 16, 2011, the Compensation Committee granted an aggregate of 666 restricted shares of common stock, pursuant to the Plan. Of the total 666 shares issued, 533 shares were granted to Seanergy's two executive directors and the other 133 shares were granted to certain of Seanergy's other employees. The fair value of each share on the grant date was $66.40 and was expensed over three years. All the shares vested proportionally over a period of three years, commencing on January 10, 2012. 223 shares vested on January 10, 2012, 222 shares vested on January 10, 2013 and 219 shares vested on January 10, 2014. On July 2, 2015, the total number of shares originally reserved under the Plan was increased to 856,667. On October 1, 2015, the Compensation Committee granted an aggregate of 189,000 restricted shares of common stock, pursuant to the Plan. Of the total 189,000 shares issued, 36,000 shares were granted to Seanergy's board of directors and the other 153,000 shares were granted to certain of Seanergy's other employees. The fair value of each share on the grant date was $3.70 and will be expensed over three years. The shares to Seanergy's board of directors will vest over a period of two years commencing on October 1, 2015. On October 1, 2015, 12,000 shares vested, 12,000 shares will vest on October 1, 2016 and 12,000 shares will vest on October 1, 2017. All the other shares granted to certain of Seanergy's other employees will vest over a period of three years, commencing on October 1, 2015. On October 1, 2015, 25,000 shares vested, 33,000 shares will vest on October 1, 2016, 44,000 shares will vest on October 1, 2017 and 51,000 shares will vest on October 1, 2018. The related expense for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, amounted to $178, $NIL and $15, respectively, and is included under general and administration expenses. The unrecognized cost for the non-vested shares as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 amounted to $521 and $NIL, respectively. On January 8, 2016, we effected a one-for-five reverse stock split of our issued common stock (Note 16). The reverse stock split ratio and the implementation and timing of the reverse stock split were determined by our Board of Directors. The reverse stock split did not change the authorized number of shares or par value of our common stock or preferred stock, but did effect a proportionate adjustment to the number of shares of common stock issuable upon the vesting of restricted stock awards, and the number of shares of common stock eligible for issuance under our Plan. All applicable outstanding equity awards discussed above have been adjusted retroactively for the one-for-five reverse stock split. |
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The Company has evaluated subsequent events that occurred after the balance sheet date but before the issuance of these consolidated financial statements and, where it was deemed necessary, appropriate disclosures have been made.
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Schedule I- Condensed Financial Information of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (Parent Company Only) | Schedule I- Condensed Financial Information of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (Parent Company Only) Balance Sheets December 31, 2015 and 2014 (In thousands of US Dollars, except for share and per share data)
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Schedule I- Condensed Financial Information of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (Parent Company Only) Statements of Cash Flows For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 (In thousands of US Dollars)
Schedule I- Condensed Financial Information of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (Parent Company Only) Notes To The Condensed Financial Statements (All amounts in footnotes in thousands of US Dollars) 1. Basis of Presentation In the parent-company-only condensed financial statements, the Parent Company's (the "Company") investment in subsidiaries is stated at cost plus equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries. The Parent Company did not receive cash dividends from its subsidiaries during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013. The parent-company-only condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements. 2. Convertible Promissory Notes On March 12, 2015 ("commitment date"), the Company issued an unsecured convertible promissory note of $4,000 to Jelco Delta Holding Corp., or Jelco, a company affiliated with Claudia Restis, for general corporate purposes. The convertible note is repayable in ten consecutive semi-annual installments of $200, along with a balloon installment of $2,000 payable on the final maturity date, March 19, 2020. The note bears interest of Libor plus a margin with quarterly interest payments. At Jelco's option, the principal amount under the convertible note may be paid at any time in common shares at a conversion price of $0.90 (adjusted for the reverse stock split discussed in Note 1 of the consolidated financial statements according to the terms of the convertible note) per share. The Company has the right to defer up to three consecutive installments to the balloon installment. As of the date of this annual report the Company has deferred the installment due for payment on March 19, 2016 to the balloon installment. On September 7, 2015 ("commitment date"), the Company issued an unsecured revolving convertible promissory note of up to $6,765 (the "Applicable Limit") to Jelco for general corporate purposes. The revolving convertible promissory note has a tenor of up to five years after the first drawdown and the Applicable Limit is reduced by $1,000 each year after the second year following the first drawdown. The note bears interest of Libor plus a margin with quarterly interest payments. At Jelco's option, the Company's obligation to repay the principal amount under the revolving convertible note may be paid in common shares at a conversion price of $0.90 (adjusted for the reverse stock split discussed in Note 1 of the consolidated financial statements according to the terms of the convertible note) per share. On December 1, 2015, the unsecured revolving convertible promissory note was amended, increasing the maximum principal amount available to be drawn to $9,765. On December 14, 2015, the unsecured revolving convertible promissory note was further amended, increasing the maximum principal amount available to be drawn to $11,765, while also increasing the amount by which the Applicable Limit will be reduced from $1,000 to $2,000. The Company has drawn down the entire $11,765 as of December 31, 2015. See Note 3 "Transactions with Related Parties" to the consolidated financial statements for further information. 3. Guarantee All of the Company's vessel-owning subsidiaries have long-term facilities. Under the terms of the loan agreements, the Company has guaranteed the payment of all principal and interest. In the event of a default under the loan agreements, the Company will be directly liable to the lenders. The facilities mature at various times between 2020 and 2021. The maximum potential amount that the Company could be liable for under the guarantee as of December 31, 2015 is $178,447. See Note 8 "Long-Term Debt" to the consolidated financial statements for further information. |
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Principles of Consolidation |
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and include the accounts and operating results of Seanergy and its wholly-owned subsidiaries where Seanergy has control. Control is presumed to exist when Seanergy through direct or indirect ownership retains the majority of voting interest. In addition, Seanergy evaluates its relationships with other entities to identify whether they are variable interest entities and to assess whether it is the primary beneficiary of such entities. If the determination is made that the Company is the primary beneficiary, then that entity is included in the consolidated financial statements. The Company deconsolidates a subsidiary or derecognizes a group of assets when the Company no longer controls the subsidiary or group of assets, and a gain or loss is recognized. When the Company does not have a controlling interest in an entity, but exerts a significant influence over the entity, the Company applies the equity method of accounting. All significant intercompany balances and transactions and any intercompany profit or loss on assets remaining with the Group have been eliminated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. A parent company deconsolidates a subsidiary or derecognizes a group of assets when that parent company no longer controls the subsidiary or group of assets specified in ASC 810-10-40-3A. When control is lost, the parent-subsidiary relationship no longer exists and the parent derecognizes the assets and liabilities of the qualifying subsidiary or group of assets. The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") concluded that the loss of control and the related deconsolidation of a subsidiary or derecognition of a group of assets specified in ASC 810-10-40-3A is a significant economic event that changes the nature of the investment held in the subsidiary or group of assets. Based on this consideration, a gain or loss is recognized upon the deconsolidation of a subsidiary or derecognition of a group of assets. |
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Use of Estimates |
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant items subject to such estimates include evaluation of relationships with other entities to identify whether they are variable interest entities, determination of vessel useful lives, allocation of purchase price in a business combination, determination of vessels impairment and determination of goodwill impairment. |
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Seanergy's functional currency is the United States dollar since the Company's vessels operate in international shipping markets and therefore primarily transact business in US Dollars. The Company's books of accounts are maintained in US Dollars. Transactions involving other currencies are translated into the United States dollar using exchange rates, which are in effect at the time of the transaction. At the balance sheet dates, monetary assets and liabilities, which are denominated in other currencies, are translated to United States dollars at the foreign exchange rate prevailing at year-end. Gains or losses resulting from foreign currency translation are reflected in the consolidated statement of income/(loss). |
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Concentration of Credit Risk |
Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk, consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and trade accounts receivable. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents, consisting mostly of deposits, with high credit qualified financial institutions. The Company performs periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of the financial institutions in which it places its deposits. The Company limits its credit risk with accounts receivable by performing ongoing credit evaluations of its customers' financial condition. Customers individually accounting for more than 10% of the Company's revenues during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 were:
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Cash and Cash Equivalents |
Seanergy considers time deposits and all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Restricted cash is excluded from cash and cash equivalents. Restricted cash represents minimum cash deposits or cash collateral deposits required to be maintained with certain banks under the Company's borrowing arrangements or in relation to bank guarantees issued on behalf of the Company. In the event that the obligation relating to such deposits is expected to be terminated within the next twelve months, these deposits are classified as current assets; otherwise they are classified as non-current assets. |
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Accounts Receivable Trade, Net |
Accounts receivable trade, net at each balance sheet date, includes receivables from charterers for hire, freight and demurrage billings, net of a provision for doubtful accounts. At each balance sheet date, all potentially uncollectible accounts are assessed individually for purposes of determining the appropriate provision for doubtful accounts. The provision for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2015 and 2014 amounted to $43 and $13, respectively. |
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Inventories consist of lubricants and bunkers which are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is determined by the first in, first out method. |
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Insurance Claims |
The Company records insurance claim recoveries for insured losses incurred on damage to fixed assets and for insured crew medical expenses and for legal fees covered by directors' and officers' liability insurance. Insurance claim recoveries are recorded, net of any deductible amounts, at the time the Company's fixed assets suffer insured damages or when crew medical expenses are incurred, recovery is probable under the related insurance policies, the claim is not subject to litigation and the Company can make an estimate of the amount to be reimbursed. The classification of the insurance claims into current and non-current assets is based on management's expectations as to their collection dates. |
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Vessels acquired as a part of a business combination are recorded at fair market value on the date of acquisition. Vessels acquired as asset acquisitions are stated at historical cost, which consists of the contract price less discounts, plus any material expenses incurred upon acquisition (delivery expenses and other expenditures to prepare for the vessel's initial voyage). Vessels acquired from entities under common control are recorded at historical cost. Subsequent expenditures for conversions and major improvements are capitalized, when they appreciably extend the life, increase the earning capacity or improve the efficiency or safety of the vessels. Expenditures for routine maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. |
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Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the vessels, after considering the estimated salvage value. Up to September 30, 2015, management estimated the useful life of the Company's vessels to be 30 years from the date of initial delivery from the shipyard. On October 1, 2015, the Company changed that estimate to 25 years. This change increased depreciation expense by $289 (approximately $0.03 per share) for the year ended December 31, 2015. Salvage value is estimated by the Company by taking the cost of steel times the weight of the ship noted in lightweight ton ("LWT"). Salvage values are periodically reviewed and revised to recognize changes in conditions, new regulations or other reasons. Revisions of salvage values affect the depreciable amount of the vessels and affects depreciation expense in the period of the revision and future periods. On October 1, 2015, the Company revised the salvage value of its vessels. This change increased depreciation expense by $235 (approximately $0.02 per share) for the year ended December 31, 2015. |
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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets (Vessels) |
The Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances, such as undiscounted projected operating cash flows, business plans to dispose a vessel earlier than the end of its useful life and prevailing market conditions, indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. The current conditions in the drybulk market with decreased charter rates and decreased vessel market values are conditions that the Company considers indicators of a potential impairment for its vessels. The Company determines undiscounted projected operating cash flows, for each vessel and compares it to the vessel's carrying value. When the undiscounted projected operating cash flows expected to be generated by the use of the vessel and its eventual disposition are less than its carrying amount, the Company impairs the carrying amount of the vessel. Measurement of the impairment loss is based on the fair value of the asset as determined by independent valuators. The undiscounted projected operating cash inflows are determined by considering the charter revenues from existing time charters for the fixed fleet days and an estimated daily time charter equivalent for the non-fixed days (based on a combination of 2-year forward freight agreements and the median of the trailing 10-year historical charter rates available for each type of vessel) adjusted for brokerage commissions and expected outflows for scheduled vessels' maintenance. The undiscounted projected operating cash outflows are determined by reference to the Company's actual vessel operating expenses, assuming an average annual inflation rate of 2%. Fleet utilization excluding dry-docking off-hire days is determined by reference to the actual utilization rate of the Company's fleet in the recent years. The Company recorded net impairment loss of $NIL, $ NIL and $3,564 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $867 for the vessel African Oryx that was sold on April 10, 2013 and $10,697 for the vessels Davakis G. and Delos Ranger, which were measured at their fair values, upon classification of the vessels financed by the Piraeus Bank loan facilities to current assets as of June 30, 2013, as per the Company's restructuring plan. This was partially offset with the impairment re measurement of $1,000 relating to the UOB vessels, and the impairment re measurement of $7,000 of Davakis G. and Delos Ranger as of December 31, 2013. The impairment loss was measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the vessel exceeded its fair value less cost to sell, which was determined using the valuation derived from market data available at December 31, 2013. |
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Equipment consists of computer software and hardware. The useful life of the computer software and hardware is 3 years. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis. |
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The Company follows the deferral method of accounting for dry-docking costs and special survey costs whereby actual costs incurred are deferred and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the period through the expected date of the next dry-docking which is scheduled to become due in 2 to 3 years. Dry-docking costs which are not fully amortized by the next dry-docking period are expensed. In 2015, the Company changed the presentation of dry-docking and special survey costs on its consolidated statement of cash flows. Payments for dry-docking, shown as an adjustment to reconcile net income / (loss) to net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities was eliminated, and a new line "Deferred charges" under Changes in operating assets and liabilities was added to show gross additions for dry-docking and special survey costs. |
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Commitments and Contingencies |
Liabilities for loss contingencies, arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines and penalties, environmental and remediation obligations and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. |
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Revenue Recognition |
Voyage revenues are generated from time charters, bareboat charters and voyage charters. A time charter is a contract for the use of a vessel for a specific period of time and a specified daily charter hire rate, which is generally payable in advance. Some of the time charters also include profit sharing provisions, under which additional revenue can be realized in the event the spot rates are higher than the base rates under the time charters. A bareboat charter is a contract in which the vessel is provided to the charterer for a fixed period of time at a specified daily rate, which is generally payable in advance. Voyage charter agreements are charter hires, where a contract is made in the spot market for the use of a vessel for a specific voyage at a specified charter rate per ton of cargo. Time charter revenue, including bareboat hire, is recorded over the term of the charter agreement as the service is provided and collection of the related revenue is reasonably assured. Under a time charter, revenue is adjusted for a vessel's off hire days due to major repairs, dry dockings or special or intermediate surveys. Voyage charter revenue is recognized on a pro-rata basis over the duration of the voyage, when a voyage agreement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, service is provided and the collection of the related revenue is reasonably assured. A voyage is deemed to commence upon signing the charter party or completion of previous voyage, whichever is later, and is deemed to end upon the completion of the discharge of the delivered cargo. Deferred revenue represents cash received prior to the balance sheet date and is related to revenue applicable to periods after such date. |
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Commissions |
Commissions, which include address and brokerage commissions, are recognized in the same period as the respective charter revenues. Address commissions to third parties are included in Commissions. Brokerage commissions to third parties are included in Direct voyage expenses. |
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Vessel Voyage Expenses |
Vessel voyage expenses primarily consist of port, canal, bunker expenses and brokerage commissions that are unique to a particular charter and are paid for by the charterer under time charter agreements and other non-specified voyage expenses. |
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Repairs and Maintenance |
All repair and maintenance expenses, including major overhauling and underwater inspection expenses are expensed in the year incurred. Such costs are included in Vessel operating expenses. |
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Financing Costs |
Underwriting, legal and other direct costs incurred with the issuance of long-term debt or to refinance existing debt are deferred and amortized to interest expense over the life of the related debt using the effective interest method. Unamortized fees relating to loans repaid are expensed in the period the repayment is made. Following the early adoption of Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2015-03 "Interest – Imputation of Interest" to simplify the presentation of debt issuance costs, effective December 31, 2015, the Company presents unamortized deferred financing costs as a reduction of long term debt in the accompanying balance sheets. There was no retrospective effect as the Company had neither debt nor debt issuance costs at December 31, 2014. |
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Income Taxes |
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized, when applicable, for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not of being sustained. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that is greater than 50% likely of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs. The Company records interest related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in general and administration expenses. Maritime Capital Shipping (HK) Limited, the Company's management office in Hong Kong, is subject to Hong Kong profits tax at a rate of 16.5% on the estimated assessable profit for the year. Seanergy Management Corp. ("Seanergy Management"), the Company's management company, established in Greece under Greek Law 89/67 (as amended to date), is subject to an annual contribution calculated on the total amount of foreign exchange annually imported and converted to Euros during 2012-2015 according to a tax bill passed in 2013 under the laws of the Republic of Greece. The tax bill was retroactive to 2012. The contribution to be paid in 2016 by Seanergy Management for 2015 is estimated at approximately $32. Pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of the United States (the "Code"), U.S. source income from the international operations of ships is generally exempt from U.S. tax if the company operating the ships meets both of the following requirements: (a) the Company is organized in a foreign country that grants an equivalent exception to corporations organized in the United States and (b) either (i) more than 50% of the value of the Company's stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by individuals who are "residents" of the Company's country of organization or of another foreign country that grants an "equivalent exemption" to corporations organized in the United States (50% Ownership Test) or (ii) the Company's stock is "primarily and regularly traded on an established securities market" in its country of organization, in another country that grants an "equivalent exemption" to United States corporations, or in the United States (Publicly-Traded Test). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the regulations provide, in pertinent part, that each class of the Company's stock will not be considered to be "regularly traded" on an established securities market for any taxable year in which 50% or more of the vote and value of the outstanding shares of such class are owned, actually or constructively under specified stock attribution rules, on more than half the days during the taxable year by persons who each own 5% or more of the value of such class of the Company's outstanding stock ("5 Percent Override Rule"). The Company and each of its subsidiaries expects to qualify for this statutory tax exemption for the 2015 taxable year, and the Company takes this position for United States federal income tax return reporting purposes. However, there are factual circumstances beyond the Company's control that could cause it to lose the benefit of this tax exemption in future years and thereby become subject to United States federal income tax on its United States source income such as if, for a particular taxable year, other shareholders with a five percent or greater interest in the Company's stock were, in combination with the Company's existing 5% shareholders, to own 50% or more of the Company's outstanding shares of its stock on more than half the days during the taxable year. The Company estimates that since no more than the 50% of its shipping income would be treated as being United States source income, the effective tax rate is expected to be 2% and accordingly it anticipates that the impact on its results of operations will not be material. The Company has assessed that it satisfies the Publicly-Traded Test and all of its United States source shipping income is exempt from U.S. federal income tax for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013. Based on its U.S. source Shipping Income for 2015, 2014 and 2013, the Company would be subject to U.S. federal income tax of approximately $NIL, $NIL and $25, respectively, in the absence of an exemption under Section 883. |
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Stock-Based Compensation |
Stock-based compensation represents vested and non-vested common stock granted to directors and employees for their services. The Company calculates stock-based compensation expense for the award based on its fair value on the grant date and recognizes it on an accelerated basis over the vesting period. |
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Earnings (Losses) per Share |
Basic earnings (losses) per common share are computed by dividing net income (loss) available to Seanergy's shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (losses) per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted at the beginning of the periods presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have an anti-dilutive effect (i.e. those that increase income per share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share. |
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Segment Reporting |
Seanergy reports financial information and evaluates its operations by total charter revenues and not by the length of vessel employment, customer, or type of charter. As a result, management, including the chief operating decision maker, reviews operating results solely by revenue per day and operating results of the fleet and thus, Seanergy has determined that it operates under one reportable segment. Furthermore, when Seanergy charters a vessel to a charterer, the charterer is free to trade the vessel worldwide and, as a result, disclosure of geographic information is impracticable. |
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Financial Instruments |
Derivative instruments (including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts) are recorded in the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at its fair value, with changes in the derivatives' fair value recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. The Company was party to interest swap agreements where it received a floating interest rate and paid a fixed interest rate for a certain period in exchange. These contracts did not qualify for hedge accounting and as such changes in their fair values were reported to earnings. The fair value of those agreements equated to the amount that would be paid by the Company if the agreements were cancelled at the reporting date, taking into account current interest rates. |
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Fair Value Measurements | (y) Fair Value Measurements The Company follows the provisions of ASC 820 "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures", which defines fair value and provides guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities. The guidance creates a fair value hierarchy of measurement and describes fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the market in which the reporting entity transacts. In accordance with the requirements of accounting guidance relating to Fair Value Measurements, the Company classifies and discloses its assets and liabilities carried at the fair value in one of the following categories:
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Troubled Debt Restructurings | (z) Troubled Debt Restructurings A restructuring of a debt constitutes a troubled debt restructuring if the lender or creditor for economic or legal reasons related to the Company's financial difficulties grants a concession to the Company that it would not otherwise consider. Troubled debt that is fully satisfied by foreclosure, repossession, or other transfer of assets or by grant of equity securities by the Company is included in the term troubled debt restructuring and is accounted as such. The Company, when issuing or otherwise granting an equity interest to a lender or creditor to settle fully a payable or debt, accounts for the equity interest granted at its fair value. The difference between the fair value of the equity interest granted and the carrying amount of the payable or debt settled is recognized as a gain on restructuring of payables or debt. Legal fees and other direct costs incurred in granting an equity interest to a creditor reduce the fair value of the equity interest issued. All other direct costs incurred in connection with a troubled debt restructuring are charged to expense as incurred. |
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Convertible Promissory Notes and related Beneficial Conversion Features | (aa) Convertible Promissory Notes and related Beneficial Conversion Features The convertible promissory notes are accounted in accordance with ASC 470-20 "Debt with Conversion and Other Options." The terms of each convertible promissory note included an embedded conversion feature which provided for a conversion at the option of the holder into shares of common stock at a predetermined rate. The Company determined that the conversion features were beneficial conversion features ("BCF") pursuant to ASC 470-20. The Company considered the BCF guidance only after determining that the features did not need to be bifurcated under ASC 815 "Derivatives and Hedging" or separately accounted for under the cash conversion literature of ASC 470-20 "Debt, Debt with Conversion and Other Options". Accounting for an embedded BCF in a convertible instrument requires that the BCF be recognized separately at issuance by allocating a portion of the proceeds equal to the intrinsic value of the BCF to additional paid-in capital, resulting in a discount on the convertible instrument. This discount is accreted from the date on which the BCF is first recognized through the stated maturity date of the convertible instrument using the effective yield method. If the intrinsic value of the BCF is greater than the proceeds allocated to the convertible instrument, the amount of the discount assigned to the BCF is limited to the amount of the proceeds allocated to the convertible instrument. |
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements | (ab) Recent Accounting Pronouncements In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). The FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") jointly issued a standard that will supersede virtually all of the existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP and is effective for annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2016. The standard establishes a five-step model that will apply to revenue earned from a contract with a customer (with limited exceptions), regardless of the type of revenue transaction or the industry. The standard's requirements will also apply to the recognition and measurement of gains and losses on the sale of some non-financial assets that are not an output of the entity's ordinary activities (e.g., sales of property, plant and equipment or intangibles). Extensive disclosures will be required, including disaggregation of total revenue; information about performance obligations; changes in contract asset and liability account balances between periods and key judgments and estimates. Management is in the process of accessing the impact of the new standard on Company's financial position and performance. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date", which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-09 ("Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)")" for public business entities to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. Earlier application is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. Presently, the Company is assessing what effect the adoption of these ASUs will have on its financial statements and accompanying notes. In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15 – Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern. ASU 2014-15 provides guidance about management's responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity's ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. ASU 2014-15 requires an entity's management to evaluate at each reporting period based on the relevant conditions and events that are known at the date when financial statements are issued, whether there are conditions or events, that raise substantial doubt about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued and to disclose the necessary information. The guidance is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and for annual periods and interim periods thereafter. Early application is permitted. Management is in the process of assessing the impact of the new standard on the Company's consolidated financial position and performance. In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, "Consolidation (Topic 810) - Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis", which provides guidance for reporting entities that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. In accordance with ASU 2015-02, all legal entities are subject to reevaluation under the revised consolidation model. ASU 2015-02 is effective for public business entities for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2015-02 on the consolidated financial statements. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, "Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory". Topic 330, Inventory, currently requires an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost or market. Market could be replacement cost, net realizable value, or net realizable value less an approximately normal profit margin. The amendments in this update require an entity to measure inventory within the scope of this update at the lower of cost and net realizable value. For public business entities, the amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments in this update should be applied prospectively with earlier application permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period. While the Company has not yet adopted this ASU, its adoption is not expected to have a material effect on the Company's financial statements and accompanying notes. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-15 "Interest—Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements—Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to Staff Announcement at June 18, 2015 EITF Meeting (SEC Update)" to add to the FASB's Accounting Standards Codification SEC staff guidance that the SEC staff will not object to an entity presenting the costs of securing line-of-credit arrangements as an asset, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings. This updated does not have any effect on the Company's financial statements and accompanying notes presented herein. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842) which provides new guidance related to accounting for leases and supersedes existing U.S. GAAP on lease accounting. The ASU will require organizations that lease assets to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases, unless the lease is a short term lease. Public business entities should apply the amendments in ASU 2016-02 for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted for all public business entities upon issuance. Lessees (for capital and operating leases) and lessors (for sales-type, direct financing, and operating leases) must apply a modified retrospective transition approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. The modified retrospective approach would not require any transition accounting for leases that expired before the earliest comparative period presented. Lessees and lessors may not apply a full retrospective transition approach. 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Schedule of company's voyage revenues | Customers individually accounting for more than 10% of the Company's revenues during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 were:
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Schedule of Vessels Acquired Under The Purchase Agreement | Below is a list of the vessels under the purchase agreement:
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Schedule of Inventories | The amounts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are analyzed as follows:
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Schedule of other current assets | The amounts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are analyzed as follows:
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Vessels, Net | The amounts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are analyzed as follows:
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Long-Term Debt (Tables) |
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Summary schedule of debt | The amounts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are analyzed as follows:
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Maturities of long-term debt | The annual principal payments required to be made after December 31, 2015 are as follows:
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Trade Accounts and Other Payables (Tables) |
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Schedule of trade accounts and other payables | The amounts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are analyzed as follows:
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Interest and Finance Costs (Tables) |
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Interest and Finance Costs | Interest and finance costs are analyzed as follows:
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Interest and finance costs-related party | Interest and finance costs-related party are analyzed as follows:
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Earnings per Share (Tables) |
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Earnings per share | The calculation of net earnings per common share is summarized below:
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Potentially dilutive securities | As of December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, securities that could potentially dilute basic EPS in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS as mentioned above are:
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Basis of Presentation and General Information (Details) |
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Jan. 08, 2016
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Dec. 31, 2015 |
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Basis of Presentation and General Information [Abstract] | ||
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp's country of incorporation | Republic of the Marshall Islands | |
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp's date of incorporation | Jan. 04, 2008 | |
Subsequent Event [Member] | ||
Subsequent Event [Line Items] | ||
Reverse stock split | 0.2 | |
Fractional shares issued (in shares) | 181 |
Basis of Presentation and General Information-Disposal of Subsidiary (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
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Jul. 19, 2013 |
Jan. 29, 2013 |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
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Sale of Four Subsidiaries under DVB Facility [Member] | |||
Schedule of Entity General Information [Line Items] | |||
Percentage in subsidiary sold | 100.00% | ||
Gain from sale of subsidiaries | $ 5,538 | ||
Sale of Three Subsidiaries under UOB Facility [Member] | |||
Schedule of Entity General Information [Line Items] | |||
Percentage in subsidiary sold | 100.00% | ||
Gain from sale of subsidiaries | $ 20,181 |
Basis of Presentation and General Information - Disposal of Vessels (Details) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | |
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Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Vessel
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Mar. 11, 2014
Vessel
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Basis of Presentation and General Information [Abstract] | ||
Number of remaining vessels for sale | Vessel | 4 | |
Number of vessels sold | Vessel | 4 | |
Outstanding Debt and Accrued Interest | $ | $ 145,597 | |
Gain from sale of vessels | $ | $ 85,563 |
Basis of Presentation and General Information - Vessels Acquisitions (Details) |
Aug. 06, 2015
Vessel
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Mar. 19, 2015
t
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Dec. 23, 2014
t
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Capesize Vessel [Member] | |||
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] | |||
Number of vessels acquired | 5 | ||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Leadership [Member] | |||
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] | |||
Dead Weight Tonnage | t | 171,199 | 171,199 | |
Dry Bulk Vessel [Member] | |||
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] | |||
Number of vessels acquired | 7 |
Basis of Presentation and General Information-Going Concern (Details) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Vessel
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Basis of Presentation and General Information [Abstract] | |
Number of vessels | Vessel | 8 |
Alpha Bank [Member] | |
Basis of Presentation and General Information [Abstract] | |
Scheduled debt installment payments for 2016 | $ | $ 1,000 |
Significant Accounting Policies (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | ||
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Sep. 30, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Segment
$ / shares
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Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
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Accounts Receivable Trade, Net [Abstract] | ||||
Provision for doubtful accounts | $ 43 | $ 13 | ||
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets (Vessels) [Abstract] | ||||
Charter rates assumed for asset impairment | Combination of 2-year forward freight agreements and the median of the trailing 10-year historical charter rates available for each type of vessel | |||
Period of forward freight agreements | 2 years | |||
Period within which historical charter rates available for each type of vessel | 10 years | |||
Annual inflation rate assumed for asset impairment | 2.00% | |||
Impairment loss for vessels | $ 0 | 0 | $ 3,564 | |
Income Taxes [Abstract] | ||||
Minimum percentage for recognition of income tax position | 50.00% | |||
Hong Kong tax rate | 16.50% | |||
Foreign exchange tax | $ 32 | |||
Minimum stock ownership percentage for tax exemption | 50.00% | |||
Minimum vote and value percentage of regularly traded stock | 50.00% | |||
Significant shareholder percentage | 5.00% | |||
Minimum percentages of shipping income would be treated as being United States source income | 50.00% | |||
Tax rate on US source shipping income | 2.00% | |||
Unrecognized tax expense for tax exempt entity | $ 0 | $ 0 | 25 | |
Segment Reporting [Abstract] | ||||
Number of reportable segments | Segment | 1 | |||
Salvage Value Change [Member] | ||||
Asset Depreciation, Salvage Value and Estimated Useful Life [Abstract] | ||||
Increase in depreciation expense | $ 235 | |||
Increase in depreciation expense (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.02 | |||
Estimated Useful Life Change [Member] | ||||
Asset Depreciation, Salvage Value and Estimated Useful Life [Abstract] | ||||
Increase in depreciation expense | $ 289 | |||
Increase in depreciation expense (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.03 | |||
Computer Software and Hardware [Member] | ||||
Asset Depreciation, Salvage Value and Estimated Useful Life [Abstract] | ||||
Estimated useful life of property and equipment | 3 years | |||
Vessel [Member] | ||||
Asset Depreciation, Salvage Value and Estimated Useful Life [Abstract] | ||||
Estimated useful life of property and equipment | 30 years | 25 years | ||
African Oryx [Member] | ||||
Vessels Held for Sale [Abstract] | ||||
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of | 867 | |||
Vessels Davakis G. and Delos Ranger [Member] | ||||
Vessels Held for Sale [Abstract] | ||||
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of | 10,697 | |||
Vessels remeasurement | 7,000 | |||
Financed by the DVB and UOB loan facilities [Member] | ||||
Vessels Held for Sale [Abstract] | ||||
Vessels remeasurement | $ 1,000 | |||
Minimum [Member] | ||||
Dry-Docking and Special Survey Costs [Abstract] | ||||
Dry-docking and special survey cost amortization period | 2 years | |||
Maximum [Member] | ||||
Dry-Docking and Special Survey Costs [Abstract] | ||||
Dry-docking and special survey cost amortization period | 3 years |
Significant Accounting Policies - Concentration of Credit Risk (Details) |
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Dec. 31, 2014 |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
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Concentration Risk [Line Items] | |||
Concentration risk | 84.00% | 88.00% | 56.00% |
Customer A [Member] | |||
Concentration Risk [Line Items] | |||
Concentration risk | 47.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Customer B [Member] | |||
Concentration Risk [Line Items] | |||
Concentration risk | 15.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Customer C [Member] | |||
Concentration Risk [Line Items] | |||
Concentration risk | 12.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Customer D [Member] | |||
Concentration Risk [Line Items] | |||
Concentration risk | 10.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Customer E [Member] | |||
Concentration Risk [Line Items] | |||
Concentration risk | 0.00% | 59.00% | 18.00% |
Customer F [Member] | |||
Concentration Risk [Line Items] | |||
Concentration risk | 0.00% | 29.00% | 0.00% |
Customer G [Member] | |||
Concentration Risk [Line Items] | |||
Concentration risk | 0.00% | 0.00% | 16.00% |
Customer H [Member] | |||
Concentration Risk [Line Items] | |||
Concentration risk | 0.00% | 0.00% | 12.00% |
Customer I [Member] | |||
Concentration Risk [Line Items] | |||
Concentration risk | 0.00% | 0.00% | 10.00% |
Transactions with Related Parties (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
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Dec. 14, 2015
USD ($)
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Sep. 07, 2015
USD ($)
$ / shares
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Aug. 06, 2015
Vessel
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Mar. 12, 2015
USD ($)
Installments
$ / shares
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Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
t
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Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
$ / shares
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Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
$ / shares
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Dec. 01, 2015
USD ($)
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Debt [Abstract] | ||||||||
Amortization of debt discount | $ 334 | $ 0 | $ 0 | |||||
Partial extinguishment of debt | (200) | 0 | 0 | |||||
Additional paid-in capital [Abstract] | ||||||||
Consideration allocated to repurchase of BCF | 200 | 0 | $ 0 | |||||
Long-term portion of convertible promissory notes | 31 | $ 0 | ||||||
Technical Management Agreement [Abstract] | ||||||||
Fixed daily fee per vessel (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.45 | $ 0.45 | ||||||
Management Fees | 0 | $ 122 | $ 743 | |||||
Brokerage Agreement [Abstract] | ||||||||
Voyage expenses related parties | 0 | $ 24 | 313 | |||||
Property Lease Agreement [Abstract] | ||||||||
Number of months of rent guarantee | 3 months | |||||||
Rent guarantee | $ 55 | |||||||
Office rental expense related parties | 70 | $ 309 | 412 | |||||
Vessels Acquisitions [Line Items] | ||||||||
Number of vessels | Vessel | 7 | |||||||
Number of Capsize Vessels | Vessel | 5 | |||||||
Number of Supramax Vessels | Vessel | 2 | |||||||
September promissory note [Member] | ||||||||
Debt [Abstract] | ||||||||
Convertible promissory notes | 11,765 | |||||||
Debt discount | (11,765) | |||||||
Amortization of debt discount | 31 | |||||||
Balance convertible promissory note | 31 | |||||||
Short term portion | 0 | |||||||
Long term portion | 31 | |||||||
Additional paid-in capital [Abstract] | ||||||||
Intrinsic value of BCF | 11,765 | |||||||
Balance of intrinsic value of BCF | 11,765 | |||||||
March promissory note [Member] | ||||||||
Debt [Abstract] | ||||||||
Convertible promissory notes | 4,000 | |||||||
Debt discount | (4,000) | |||||||
Amortization of debt discount | 303 | |||||||
Partial extinguishment of debt | (200) | |||||||
Balance convertible promissory note | 103 | |||||||
Short term portion | 103 | |||||||
Long term portion | 0 | |||||||
Additional paid-in capital [Abstract] | ||||||||
Intrinsic value of BCF | 4,000 | |||||||
Consideration allocated to repurchase of BCF | (200) | |||||||
Balance of intrinsic value of BCF | $ 3,800 | |||||||
Jelco Delta Holding Corp [Member] | Unsecured Revolving Convertible Notes [Member] | ||||||||
Convertible Promissory Notes [Abstract] | ||||||||
Conversion price of convertible notes into common stock (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.90 | |||||||
Debt [Abstract] | ||||||||
Convertible promissory notes | $ 6,765 | |||||||
Additional paid-in capital [Abstract] | ||||||||
Revolving convertible promissory note tenor | 5 years | |||||||
Decrease in applicable limit | $ (1,000) | |||||||
Long-term portion of convertible promissory notes | $ 31 | |||||||
Jelco Delta Holding Corp [Member] | Convertible Promissory Notes Amendment No. 1 to Unsecured Revolving Convertible Notes [Member] | ||||||||
Convertible Promissory Notes [Abstract] | ||||||||
Increase in the maximum principal amount available to be drawn | $ 9,765 | |||||||
Jelco Delta Holding Corp [Member] | Convertible Promissory Notes Amendment No. 2 to Unsecured Revolving Convertible Notes [Member] | ||||||||
Convertible Promissory Notes [Abstract] | ||||||||
Increase in the maximum principal amount available to be drawn | $ 11,765 | |||||||
Additional paid-in capital [Abstract] | ||||||||
Decrease in applicable limit | $ (2,000) | |||||||
Jelco Delta Holding Corp [Member] | Unsecured Convertible Promissory Notes [Member] | ||||||||
Convertible Promissory Notes [Abstract] | ||||||||
Number of periodic payments | Installments | 10 | |||||||
Amount of semi-annual installments | $ 200 | |||||||
Amount of balloon installment | $ 2,000 | |||||||
Convertible notes, maturity date | Mar. 19, 2020 | |||||||
Conversion price of convertible notes into common stock (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.90 | |||||||
Debt [Abstract] | ||||||||
Convertible promissory notes | $ 4,000 | |||||||
Jelco Delta Holding Corp [Member] | Unsecured Convertible Promissory Notes [Member] | Maximum [Member] | ||||||||
Additional paid-in capital [Abstract] | ||||||||
Convertible notes payment deferment period | Installments | 3 | |||||||
Seanergy, EST and Safbulk Pty Agreement [Member] | ||||||||
Release from related parties liabilities [Abstract] | ||||||||
Closing date of delivery and settlement agreement with Piraeus Bank S.A. | March 11, 2014 | |||||||
Liabilities released | $ 9,819 | |||||||
Safbulk Brokerage Agreement [Member] | ||||||||
Brokerage Agreement [Abstract] | ||||||||
Brokerage commission | 1.25% | |||||||
Voyage expenses related parties | $ 0 | $ 24 | $ 313 | |||||
Premiership [Member] | ||||||||
Vessels Acquisitions [Line Items] | ||||||||
Date of Delivery | September 11, 2015 | |||||||
Vessel Class | Capesize | |||||||
Dead Weight Tonnage | t | 170,024 | |||||||
Year Built | 2010 | |||||||
Gladiatorship [Member] | ||||||||
Vessels Acquisitions [Line Items] | ||||||||
Date of Delivery | September 29, 2015 | |||||||
Vessel Class | Supramax | |||||||
Dead Weight Tonnage | t | 56,819 | |||||||
Year Built | 2010 | |||||||
Geniuship [Member] | ||||||||
Vessels Acquisitions [Line Items] | ||||||||
Date of Delivery | October 13, 2015 | |||||||
Vessel Class | Capesize | |||||||
Dead Weight Tonnage | t | 170,057 | |||||||
Year Built | 2010 | |||||||
Guardianship [Member] | ||||||||
Vessels Acquisitions [Line Items] | ||||||||
Date of Delivery | October 21, 2015 | |||||||
Vessel Class | Supramax | |||||||
Dead Weight Tonnage | t | 56,884 | |||||||
Year Built | 2011 | |||||||
Gloriuship [Member] | ||||||||
Vessels Acquisitions [Line Items] | ||||||||
Date of Delivery | November 3, 2015 | |||||||
Vessel Class | Capesize | |||||||
Dead Weight Tonnage | t | 171,314 | |||||||
Year Built | 2004 | |||||||
Squireship [Member] | ||||||||
Vessels Acquisitions [Line Items] | ||||||||
Date of Delivery | November 10, 2015 | |||||||
Vessel Class | Capesize | |||||||
Dead Weight Tonnage | t | 170,018 | |||||||
Year Built | 2010 | |||||||
Championship [Member] | ||||||||
Vessels Acquisitions [Line Items] | ||||||||
Date of Delivery | December 7, 2015 | |||||||
Vessel Class | Capesize | |||||||
Dead Weight Tonnage | t | 179,238 | |||||||
Year Built | 2011 |
Due to Related Parties (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
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Due to Related Parties [Abstract] | ||
Due to related parties | $ 0 | $ 105 |
Inventories (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
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Inventories [Abstract] | ||
Lubricants | $ 739 | $ 0 |
Bunkers | 2,241 | 0 |
Total | $ 2,980 | $ 0 |
Other Current Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
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Other Current Assets [Abstract] | ||
Prepaid expenses | $ 476 | $ 78 |
Insurance claims | 14 | 22 |
Other | 167 | 204 |
Total | $ 657 | $ 304 |
Vessels, Net (Details) $ in Thousands |
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Dec. 07, 2015
USD ($)
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Nov. 10, 2015
USD ($)
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Nov. 03, 2015
USD ($)
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Oct. 21, 2015
USD ($)
shares
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Oct. 13, 2015
USD ($)
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Sep. 29, 2015
USD ($)
shares
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Sep. 11, 2015
USD ($)
shares
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Aug. 06, 2015
Vessel
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Mar. 19, 2015
USD ($)
t
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Mar. 18, 2015
USD ($)
shares
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Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
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Dec. 23, 2014
t
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Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Loan | $ 178,447 | $ 0 | ||||||||||||
Equity Injection | 13,820 | 3,204 | $ 0 | |||||||||||
Cost [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||
Beginning balance | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total additions and price per vessel | 201,684 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Ending balance | 201,684 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Accumulated depreciation [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||
Beginning balance | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Additions | (1,844) | 0 | ||||||||||||
Ending balance | (1,844) | 0 | $ 0 | |||||||||||
Net book value | $ 199,840 | $ 0 | ||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Number of vessels | Vessel | 5 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Leadership [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
M/V leadership DWT | t | 171,199 | 171,199 | ||||||||||||
Equity Injection | $ 4,550 | |||||||||||||
Share issued in financing of vessels (in shares) | shares | 5,000,100 | |||||||||||||
Cost [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||
Total additions and price per vessel | $ 17,127 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Leadership [Member] | Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Shareholders convertible note | 3,827 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Leadership [Member] | Alpha Bank A.E. [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Loan | $ 8,750 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Premiership [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Equity Injection | $ 3,501 | |||||||||||||
Share issued in financing of vessels (in shares) | shares | 3,889,980 | |||||||||||||
Cost [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||
Total additions and price per vessel | $ 29,951 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Premiership [Member] | Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Shareholders convertible note | 1,030 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Premiership [Member] | UniCredit Bank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Loan | $ 25,420 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Geniuship [Member] | HSH Nordbank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Cost [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||
Total additions and price per vessel | $ 27,597 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Gloriuship [Member] | HSH Nordbank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Cost [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||
Total additions and price per vessel | $ 16,833 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Squireship [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Cost [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||
Total additions and price per vessel | $ 34,922 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Squireship [Member] | Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Shareholders convertible note | 1,172 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Squireship [Member] | Alpha Bank A.E. [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Loan | $ 33,750 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Championship [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Cost [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||
Total additions and price per vessel | $ 41,750 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Championship [Member] | Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Shareholders convertible note | 2,338 | |||||||||||||
Capesize Vessel [Member] | Championship [Member] | Natixis [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Loan | $ 39,412 | |||||||||||||
Supramax Vessel [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Number of vessels | Vessel | 2 | |||||||||||||
Supramax Vessel [Member] | Gladiatorship [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Equity Injection | $ 2,390 | |||||||||||||
Share issued in financing of vessels (in shares) | shares | 2,655,740 | |||||||||||||
Cost [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||
Total additions and price per vessel | $ 16,336 | |||||||||||||
Supramax Vessel [Member] | Gladiatorship [Member] | Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Shareholders convertible note | 303 | |||||||||||||
Supramax Vessel [Member] | Gladiatorship [Member] | UniCredit Bank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Loan | $ 13,643 | |||||||||||||
Supramax Vessel [Member] | Guardianship [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Equity Injection | $ 3,129 | |||||||||||||
Share issued in financing of vessels (in shares) | shares | 3,476,520 | |||||||||||||
Cost [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||
Total additions and price per vessel | $ 17,168 | |||||||||||||
Supramax Vessel [Member] | Guardianship [Member] | Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Shareholders convertible note | 397 | |||||||||||||
Supramax Vessel [Member] | Guardianship [Member] | UniCredit Bank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Loan | $ 13,642 | |||||||||||||
Dry Bulk Vessel [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Vessels [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Number of vessels | Vessel | 7 |
Long-Term Debt (Details) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 07, 2015
USD ($)
|
Dec. 02, 2015
USD ($)
Installment
|
Nov. 10, 2015
USD ($)
|
Nov. 04, 2015
USD ($)
Installment
|
Sep. 11, 2015
USD ($)
Installment
Tranche
|
Sep. 01, 2015
USD ($)
Installment
Advance
Tranche
|
Mar. 17, 2015
USD ($)
|
Mar. 06, 2015
USD ($)
Installment
|
Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
|
Nov. 03, 2015
USD ($)
|
Oct. 21, 2015
USD ($)
|
Oct. 13, 2015
USD ($)
|
Sep. 29, 2015
USD ($)
|
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Secured loan facilities | $ 178,447 | $ 0 | ||||||||||||
Less: Deferred financing costs | (942) | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total | 177,505 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Less-current portion | (718) | 0 | ||||||||||||
Long-term portion | 176,787 | $ 0 | ||||||||||||
Annual principal payments required [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||
2016 | 950 | |||||||||||||
2017 | 10,710 | |||||||||||||
2018 | 18,721 | |||||||||||||
2019 | 18,721 | |||||||||||||
2020 | 81,083 | |||||||||||||
Thereafter | $ 48,262 | |||||||||||||
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Loan to value ratio less than 125% [Member] | UniCredit Bank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rate | 3.20% | |||||||||||||
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Loan to value ratio between 125% and 166.67% [Member] | UniCredit Bank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rate | 3.00% | |||||||||||||
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Loan to value ratio greater than 166.67 [Member] | UniCredit Bank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rate | 2.75% | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | Alpha Bank A.E. [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Secured loan facilities | $ 33,750 | $ 8,750 | ||||||||||||
Draw down | $ 33,750 | $ 8,750 | ||||||||||||
Quarterly installments | $ 844 | |||||||||||||
Number of installments | Installment | 16 | 20 | ||||||||||||
Balloon payment to be paid | $ 20,250 | $ 3,950 | ||||||||||||
Dividend Percent of Net Income Limitation Declaration | 50.00% | |||||||||||||
Date of first required payment | Feb. 12, 2018 | |||||||||||||
Maturity date | Nov. 10, 2021 | Mar. 17, 2020 | ||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | HSH Nordbank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Secured loan facilities | $ 44,430 | |||||||||||||
Quarterly installments | $ 1,049 | |||||||||||||
Number of installments | Installment | 12 | |||||||||||||
Balloon payment to be paid | $ 31,837 | |||||||||||||
Date of first required payment | Sep. 30, 2017 | |||||||||||||
Maturity date | Jun. 30, 2020 | |||||||||||||
Number of advances | Advance | 2 | |||||||||||||
Number of tranches | Tranche | 2 | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | UniCredit Bank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Secured loan facilities | $ 52,705 | |||||||||||||
Quarterly installments | $ 1,522 | |||||||||||||
Number of installments | Installment | 15 | |||||||||||||
Balloon payment to be paid | $ 29,425 | |||||||||||||
Date of first required payment | Jun. 26, 2017 | |||||||||||||
Maturity date | Dec. 28, 2020 | |||||||||||||
Loan commitment fees | 1.00% | |||||||||||||
Undrawn loan amount | $ 22 | |||||||||||||
Number of tranches | Tranche | 3 | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | Natixis [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Secured loan facilities | $ 39,412 | |||||||||||||
Draw down | $ 39,412 | |||||||||||||
Quarterly installments | $ 985 | |||||||||||||
Number of installments | Installment | 15 | |||||||||||||
Balloon payment to be paid | $ 24,637 | |||||||||||||
Date of first required payment | Jun. 30, 2017 | |||||||||||||
Maturity date | Feb. 26, 2021 | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | Year one [Member] | Alpha Bank A.E. [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Quarterly installments | $ 200 | |||||||||||||
Number of installments | Installment | 4 | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | All Other Years [Member] | Alpha Bank A.E. [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Quarterly installments | $ 250 | |||||||||||||
Number of installments | Installment | 16 | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Alpha Bank A.E. [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Dividend Percent of Net Income Limitation Declaration | 50.00% | |||||||||||||
Basis spread on variable rate | 3.50% | 3.75% | ||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | UniCredit Bank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Basis spread on variable rate | 3.20% | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Natixis [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Basis spread on variable rate | 2.50% | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Minimum [Member] | HSH Nordbank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Basis spread on variable rate | 3.25% | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Maximum [Member] | HSH Nordbank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Basis spread on variable rate | 3.60% | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | Tranche One [Member] | HSH Nordbank AG [Member] | Geniuship [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Secured loan facilities | $ 27,597 | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | Tranche One [Member] | UniCredit Bank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Secured loan facilities | $ 25,420 | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | Tranche Two [Member] | HSH Nordbank AG [Member] | Gloriuship [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Secured loan facilities | $ 16,833 | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | Tranche Two [Member] | UniCredit Bank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Secured loan facilities | $ 13,643 | |||||||||||||
Loans Payable [Member] | Tranche Three [Member] | UniCredit Bank AG [Member] | ||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
Secured loan facilities | $ 13,642 |
Trade Accounts and Other Payables (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
---|---|---|
Trade Accounts and Other Payables [Abstract] | ||
Creditors | $ 5,710 | $ 184 |
Insurances | 162 | 3 |
Other | 107 | 77 |
Total | $ 5,979 | $ 264 |
Capital Structure (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct. 21, 2015
USD ($)
shares
|
Sep. 29, 2015
USD ($)
shares
|
Sep. 11, 2015
USD ($)
shares
|
Sep. 07, 2015
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
|
Mar. 12, 2015
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
|
Dec. 19, 2014
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
|
Sep. 29, 2014
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
|
Jun. 24, 2014
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
|
Jan. 28, 2010
USD ($)
shares
$ / shares
|
Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Tranche
$ / shares
shares
|
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
|
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
$ / shares
|
|
Capital Unit [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | $ | $ 13,820 | $ 3,204 | $ 0 | |||||||||
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
Potential common stock shares to be purchase upon warrants exercise (in shares) | 0 | 15,185 | ||||||||||
Schedule of Preferred Stock Shares [Abstract] | ||||||||||||
Preferred stock shares issued (in shares) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Schedule of Dividends [Abstract] | ||||||||||||
Common stock dividends declared (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | |||||||||
Plaza Shipholding Corp. and Comet Shipholding Inc. [Member] | ||||||||||||
Capital Unit [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock (in shares) | 320,000 | 378,000 | ||||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | $ | $ 960 | $ 1,134 | ||||||||||
Price per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 3.00 | $ 3.00 | ||||||||||
Date common shares issued | September 30, 2014 | June 27, 2014 | ||||||||||
Jelco [Member] | ||||||||||||
Capital Unit [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock (in shares) | 10,022,240 | 5,000,100 | 888,000 | |||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | $ | $ 9,020 | $ 4,500 | $ 1,110 | |||||||||
Price per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.90 | $ 0.90 | $ 1.25 | |||||||||
Date common shares issued | March 18, 2015 | December 30, 2014 | ||||||||||
Number of tranches | Tranche | 3 | |||||||||||
Jelco [Member] | Tranche One [Member] | ||||||||||||
Capital Unit [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock (in shares) | 3,889,980 | |||||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | $ | $ 3,501 | |||||||||||
Date common shares issued | September 11, 2015 | |||||||||||
Jelco [Member] | Tranche Two [Member] | ||||||||||||
Capital Unit [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock (in shares) | 2,655,740 | |||||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | $ | $ 2,390 | |||||||||||
Date common shares issued | September 29, 2015 | |||||||||||
Jelco [Member] | Tranche Three [Member] | ||||||||||||
Capital Unit [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock (in shares) | 3,476,520 | |||||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | $ | $ 3,129 | |||||||||||
Date common shares issued | October 21, 2015 | |||||||||||
Chief Executive Officer [Member] | ||||||||||||
Capital Unit [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock (in shares) | 333,400 | |||||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | $ | $ 300 | |||||||||||
Price per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.90 | |||||||||||
Date common shares issued | March 18, 2015 | |||||||||||
Public Offering of Common Shares [Member] | ||||||||||||
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 19.80 | |||||||||||
Warrants grant date | Feb. 03, 2010 | |||||||||||
Number of warrants granted | 1,041,667 | |||||||||||
Warrants over-allotment exercise grant date | March 19, 2010 | |||||||||||
Number of warrants granted due to over-allotment exercise | 97,250 | |||||||||||
Fair value of warrants | $ | $ 1,053 | |||||||||||
Warrants to post-split common stock conversion ratio | 1:15 | |||||||||||
Warrants Start exercise date | August 3, 2010 | |||||||||||
Warrants expiration date | Jan. 28, 2015 |
Interest and Finance Costs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
|
Interest And Finance Costs [Abstract] | |||
Interest on long-term debt | $ 1,353 | $ 811 | $ 5,075 |
Interest on revolving credit facility | 0 | 396 | 2,144 |
Amortization of debt issuance costs | 72 | 0 | 1,090 |
Arrangement fees on undrawn facilities | 0 | 246 | 0 |
Other | 35 | 10 | 80 |
Total | 1,460 | 1,463 | 8,389 |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | |||
Gain on extinguishment of convertible notes | (200) | 0 | 0 |
Total | 399 | 0 | 0 |
Affiliated Entity [Member] | |||
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | |||
Convertible notes interest expense | 265 | 0 | 0 |
Convertible notes amortization of debt discount | 334 | 0 | 0 |
Gain on extinguishment of convertible notes | (200) | 0 | 0 |
Total | $ 399 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Earnings per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
|
Earnings per Share [Abstract] | |||
Net (loss) / income | $ (8,956) | $ 80,348 | $ 10,907 |
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic (in shares) | 10,773,404 | 2,672,945 | 2,391,628 |
Net (loss) / income per common share - basic (in dollars per share) | $ (0.83) | $ 30.06 | $ 4.56 |
Non-vested equity incentive shares (in shares) | 0 | 5 | 227 |
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted (in shares) | 10,773,404 | 2,672,950 | 2,391,885 |
Net (loss) / income per common share - diluted (in dollars per share) | $ (0.83) | $ 30.06 | $ 4.56 |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] | |||
Total (in shares) | 17,446,444 | 15,185 | 15,185 |
Non-vested equity incentive plan shares (Note 15) [Member] | |||
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] | |||
Total (in shares) | 152,000 | 0 | 0 |
Convertible promissory note shares (Note 3) [Member] | |||
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] | |||
Total (in shares) | 17,294,444 | 0 | 0 |
Private shares under warrants (Note 12) [Member] | |||
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] | |||
Total (in shares) | 0 | 15,185 | 15,185 |
Equity Incentive Plan (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan. 08, 2016 |
Oct. 01, 2015
$ / shares
shares
|
Jul. 02, 2015
shares
|
May. 31, 2012
shares
|
Jun. 24, 2011 |
Feb. 16, 2011
Director
$ / shares
shares
|
Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
shares
|
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
|
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
|
Jan. 10, 2014
shares
|
Jan. 10, 2013
shares
|
Jan. 10, 2012
shares
|
Jan. 12, 2011
shares
|
|
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Common stock shares reserved for issuance (in shares) | 8,750,000 | ||||||||||||
Common stock shares reserved for issuance - reverse stock split adjusted (in shares) | 856,667 | 583,334 | |||||||||||
Vesting period | 3 years | 3 years | |||||||||||
Initial vesting date | October 1, 2015 | January 10, 2012 | |||||||||||
Equity incentive related expense | $ | $ 178 | $ 0 | $ 15 | ||||||||||
Unrecognized cost for non-vested shares | $ | $ 521 | $ 0 | |||||||||||
Subsequent Event [Member] | |||||||||||||
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Common stock, reverse split ratio | 0.2 | ||||||||||||
Stock split ratio | One for Five | ||||||||||||
Board of Directors [Member] | |||||||||||||
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Vesting period | 2 years | ||||||||||||
Equity incentive plan shares vested and expected to vest (in shares) | 12,000 | ||||||||||||
Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | |||||||||||||
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Common stock, reverse split ratio | 0.0666667 | ||||||||||||
Equity incentive plan shares vested and expected to vest (in shares) | 25,000 | 219 | 222 | 223 | |||||||||
Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Executive Director [Member] | Equity incentive plan shares vested 2016 [Member] | |||||||||||||
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Equity incentive plan shares vested and expected to vest (in shares) | 12,000 | ||||||||||||
Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Executive Director [Member] | Equity incentive plan shares vested 2017 [Member] | |||||||||||||
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Equity incentive plan shares vested and expected to vest (in shares) | 12,000 | ||||||||||||
Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Restricted Stock [Member] | |||||||||||||
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Equity incentive plan, shares granted (in shares) | 189,000 | 666 | |||||||||||
Number of executive directors shares granted | Director | 2 | ||||||||||||
Fair value of equity incentive plan per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 3.70 | $ 66.40 | |||||||||||
Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Restricted Stock [Member] | Executive Director [Member] | |||||||||||||
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Equity incentive plan, shares granted (in shares) | 36,000 | 533 | |||||||||||
Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Restricted Stock [Member] | Other Employee [Member] | |||||||||||||
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Equity incentive plan, shares granted (in shares) | 153,000 | 133 | |||||||||||
Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Restricted Stock [Member] | Other Employee [Member] | Equity incentive plan shares vested 2016 [Member] | |||||||||||||
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Equity incentive plan shares vested and expected to vest (in shares) | 33,000 | ||||||||||||
Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Restricted Stock [Member] | Other Employee [Member] | Equity incentive plan shares vested 2017 [Member] | |||||||||||||
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Equity incentive plan shares vested and expected to vest (in shares) | 44,000 | ||||||||||||
Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Restricted Stock [Member] | Other Employee [Member] | Equity incentive plan shares vested 2018 [Member] | |||||||||||||
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Equity incentive plan shares vested and expected to vest (in shares) | 51,000 |
Subsequent Events (Details) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar. 08, 2016
USD ($)
|
Jan. 29, 2016
USD ($)
|
Jan. 08, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
|
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
|
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
|
Mar. 07, 2016
USD ($)
|
Jan. 27, 2016
USD ($)
|
|
Subsequent events [Line Items] | ||||||||
Draw down | $ 15,765 | $ 0 | $ 0 | |||||
Subsequent Event [Member] | ||||||||
Subsequent events [Line Items] | ||||||||
Common stock, reverse split ratio | 0.2 | |||||||
Subsequent Event [Member] | Unsecured Revolving Convertible Notes [Member] | ||||||||
Subsequent events [Line Items] | ||||||||
Increase in the maximum principal amount available to be drawn | $ 16,265 | $ 13,765 | ||||||
Draw down | $ 2,500 | $ 2,000 |
Schedule I- Condensed Financial Information of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (Parent Company Only), Balance Sheets (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
Dec. 31, 2012 |
||
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Current assets: | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 3,304 | $ 2,873 | $ 3,075 | $ 4,298 | ||
Restricted cash | 50 | 0 | ||||
Other current assets | 657 | 304 | ||||
Total current assets | 8,278 | 3,207 | ||||
Non-current assets: | ||||||
Total non-current assets | 199,880 | 61 | ||||
TOTAL ASSETS | 209,352 | 3,268 | ||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||
Current portion of convertible promissory notes | 103 | 0 | ||||
Trade accounts and other payables | 5,979 | 264 | ||||
Accrued liabilities | 2,296 | 223 | ||||
Total current liabilities | 9,250 | 592 | ||||
Non-current liabilities | ||||||
Long-term portion of convertible promissory notes | 31 | 0 | ||||
Total liabilities | 186,068 | 592 | ||||
Commitments and contingencies | 0 | 0 | ||||
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY | ||||||
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 25,000,000 shares authorized; none issued | 0 | 0 | ||||
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 authorized shares as at December 31, 2015 and 2014; 19,522,413 and 3,977,854 shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively | 2 | 0 | ||||
Additional paid-in capital | 337,121 | 307,559 | ||||
Accumulated deficit | (313,839) | (304,883) | ||||
Total Stockholders' equity | 23,284 | 2,676 | (90,696) | (101,618) | ||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY | $ 209,352 | $ 3,268 | ||||
Preferred stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ 0.0001 | $ 0.0001 | ||||
Preferred stock shares authorized (in shares) | 25,000,000 | 25,000,000 | ||||
Preferred stock shares issued (in shares) | 0 | 0 | ||||
Common stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ 0.0001 | $ 0.0001 | ||||
Common stock shares authorized (in shares) | 500,000,000 | 500,000,000 | ||||
Common stock shares issued (in shares) | 19,522,413 | 3,977,854 | ||||
Common stock shares outstanding (in shares) | 19,522,413 | 3,977,854 | ||||
Parent Company [Member] | ||||||
Current assets: | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 2,078 | $ 2,578 | $ 2,767 | $ 375 | ||
Restricted cash | 50 | 0 | ||||
Other current assets | 24 | 42 | ||||
Total current assets | 2,152 | 2,620 | ||||
Non-current assets: | ||||||
Investments in subsidiaries | [1] | 21,613 | 271 | |||
Total non-current assets | 21,613 | 271 | ||||
TOTAL ASSETS | 23,765 | 2,891 | ||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||
Current portion of convertible promissory notes | 103 | 0 | ||||
Trade accounts and other payables | 171 | 100 | ||||
Accrued liabilities | 176 | 115 | ||||
Total current liabilities | 450 | 215 | ||||
Non-current liabilities | ||||||
Long-term portion of convertible promissory notes | 31 | 0 | ||||
Total liabilities | 481 | 215 | ||||
Commitments and contingencies | 0 | 0 | ||||
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY | ||||||
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 25,000,000 shares authorized; none issued | 0 | 0 | ||||
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 authorized shares as at December 31, 2015 and 2014; 19,522,413 and 3,977,854 shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively | 2 | 0 | ||||
Additional paid-in capital | 337,121 | 307,559 | ||||
Accumulated deficit | (313,839) | (304,883) | ||||
Total Stockholders' equity | 23,284 | 2,676 | ||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY | $ 23,765 | $ 2,891 | ||||
Preferred stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ 0.0001 | $ 0.0001 | ||||
Preferred stock shares authorized (in shares) | 25,000,000 | 25,000,000 | ||||
Preferred stock shares issued (in shares) | 0 | 0 | ||||
Common stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ 0.0001 | $ 0.0001 | ||||
Common stock shares authorized (in shares) | 500,000,000 | 500,000,000 | ||||
Common stock shares issued (in shares) | 19,522,413 | 3,977,854 | ||||
Common stock shares outstanding (in shares) | 19,522,413 | 3,977,854 | ||||
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Schedule I- Condensed Financial Information of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (Parent Company Only), Statements of Income/(Loss) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||||
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Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
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Expenses: | |||||
General and administration expenses | $ (2,804) | $ (2,987) | $ (3,966) | ||
Operating (loss) / income | (7,055) | 81,810 | 19,271 | ||
Other (expenses) / income, net: | |||||
Interest and finance costs - related party | (399) | 0 | 0 | ||
Total other expenses, net | (1,901) | (1,462) | (8,365) | ||
Net (loss) / income | $ (8,956) | $ 80,348 | $ 10,907 | ||
Net (loss) / income per common share | |||||
Basic and diluted (in dollars per share) | $ (0.83) | $ 30.06 | $ 4.56 | ||
Weighted average common shares outstanding | |||||
Basic (in shares) | 10,773,404 | 2,672,945 | 2,391,628 | ||
Diluted (in shares) | 10,773,404 | 2,672,950 | 2,391,885 | ||
Parent Company [Member] | |||||
Expenses: | |||||
General and administration expenses | $ (1,256) | $ (1,123) | $ (1,958) | ||
Operating (loss) / income | (1,256) | (1,123) | (1,958) | ||
Other (expenses) / income, net: | |||||
Interest and finance costs - related party | (399) | 0 | 0 | ||
Other, net | (9) | 8 | 1 | ||
Total other expenses, net | (408) | 8 | 1 | ||
Equity in (loss)/earnings of subsidiaries | [1] | (7,292) | 81,463 | 12,864 | |
Net (loss) / income | $ (8,956) | $ 80,348 | $ 10,907 | ||
Net (loss) / income per common share | |||||
Basic and diluted (in dollars per share) | $ (0.83) | $ 30.06 | $ 4.56 | ||
Weighted average common shares outstanding | |||||
Basic (in shares) | 10,773,404 | 2,672,945 | 2,391,628 | ||
Diluted (in shares) | 10,773,404 | 2,672,950 | 2,391,885 | ||
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Schedule I- Condensed Financial Information of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (Parent Company Only), Statements of Cash Flows (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
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Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
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Statements of Cash Flows [Abstract] | |||
Net cash used in operating activities | $ (4,737) | $ (14,858) | $ 1,030 |
Cash flows from investing activities: | |||
Net cash (used in) / provided by investing activities | (201,684) | 105,895 | 993 |
Cash flows from financing activities: | |||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | 13,820 | 3,204 | 0 |
Proceeds from convertible promissory notes | 15,765 | 0 | 0 |
Repayments of convertible promissory notes | (200) | 0 | 0 |
Restricted cash retained | (50) | 0 | 2,000 |
Net cash provided by / (used in) financing activities | 206,852 | (91,239) | (3,246) |
Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 431 | (202) | (1,223) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 2,873 | 3,075 | 4,298 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 3,304 | 2,873 | 3,075 |
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION | |||
Cash paid for interest | 855 | 10,557 | 0 |
Parent Company [Member] | |||
Statements of Cash Flows [Abstract] | |||
Net cash used in operating activities | (1,202) | (1,195) | (2,806) |
Cash flows from investing activities: | |||
Investments in subsidiaries | (28,633) | (2,198) | 0 |
Net cash (used in) / provided by investing activities | (28,633) | (2,198) | 0 |
Cash flows from financing activities: | |||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | 13,820 | 3,204 | 0 |
Proceeds from convertible promissory notes | 15,765 | 0 | 0 |
Repayments of convertible promissory notes | (200) | 0 | 0 |
Restricted cash retained | (50) | 0 | 0 |
Due to subsidiaries | 0 | 0 | 5,198 |
Net cash provided by / (used in) financing activities | 29,335 | 3,204 | 5,198 |
Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (500) | (189) | 2,392 |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 2,578 | 2,767 | 375 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 2,078 | 2,578 | 2,767 |
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION | |||
Cash paid for interest | $ 222 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Schedule I- Condensed Financial Information of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (Parent Company Only), Notes to Financial Statements (Details) - Parent Company [Member] $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||||||
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Dec. 14, 2015
USD ($)
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Sep. 07, 2015
USD ($)
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Mar. 12, 2015
USD ($)
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$ / shares
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Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
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Dec. 01, 2015
USD ($)
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Basis of Presentation [Abstract] | |||||||
Cash dividends from subsidiaries | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | ||||
Guarantee [Abstract] | |||||||
Maximum potential amount under guarantee | $ 178,447 | ||||||
Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | Jelco Delta Holding Corp [Member] | |||||||
Convertible Promissory Notes [Abstract] | |||||||
Convertible promissory notes | $ 4,000 | ||||||
Number of periodic payments | Installment | 10 | ||||||
Amount of semi-annual installments | $ 200 | ||||||
Amount of balloon installment | $ 2,000 | ||||||
Convertible notes, maturity date | Mar. 19, 2020 | ||||||
Conversion price of convertible notes into common stock (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.90 | ||||||
Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | Jelco Delta Holding Corp [Member] | Maximum [Member] | |||||||
Convertible Promissory Notes [Abstract] | |||||||
Convertible notes payment deferment period | Installment | 3 | ||||||
Unsecured Revolving Convertible Note [Member] | Jelco Delta Holding Corp [Member] | |||||||
Convertible Promissory Notes [Abstract] | |||||||
Convertible promissory notes | $ 6,765 | ||||||
Conversion price of convertible notes into common stock (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.90 | ||||||
Revolving convertible promissory note tenor | 5 years | ||||||
Decrease in applicable limit | $ (1,000) | ||||||
Convertible Promissory Notes Amendment No. 1 to Unsecured Revolving Convertible Notes [Member] | Jelco Delta Holding Corp [Member] | |||||||
Convertible Promissory Notes [Abstract] | |||||||
Increase in the maximum principal amount available to be drawn | $ 9,765 | ||||||
Convertible Promissory Notes Amendment No. 2 to Unsecured Revolving Convertible Notes [Member] | Jelco Delta Holding Corp [Member] | |||||||
Convertible Promissory Notes [Abstract] | |||||||
Decrease in applicable limit | $ (2,000) | ||||||
Increase in the maximum principal amount available to be drawn | $ 11,765 |
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