EX-4.57 14 brhc10035641_ex4-57.htm EXHIBIT 4.57

Exhibit 4.57

 
 

1.    Shipbroker
N/A
2.    Place and date
22 June 2021
3.    Owners/Place of business (Cl. 1)
 
Sea 242 Leasing Co. Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong with registration number 3016198 whose registered office is at 27/F, Three Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place Central, Hong Kong
4.    Bareboat Charterers/Place of business (Cl. 1)
 
Patriot Shipping Co., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Marshall Islands whose registered address is at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro,
Marshall Islands MH96960
5.    Vessel’s name, call sign and flag (Cl. 1 and 3)
Patriotship
Call Sign: V7A4666
Flag:Marshall Islands
6.    Type of Vessel
Bulk carrier
7.    GT/NT
93079/ 60504
8.    When/Where built
2010
Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
9.    Total DWT (abt.) in metric tons on summer freeboard
181709
10.  Classification Society (Cl. 3)
DNV
11.  Date of last special survey by the Vessel’s classification society
 N/A
12   Further particulars of Vessel (also indicate minimum number of months’ validity of class certificates agreed acc. to Cl. 3)
N/A
13.  Port or Place of delivery (Cl. 3)
   Back to back with MOA delivery
14.  Time for delivery (Cl. 4)
See Clause 34
15.  Cancelling date (Cl. 5)
See definition of
“Cancelling Date”and
Clause 33
16.  Port or Place of redelivery (Cl. 15)
See Clauses 41 and 42
17.  No. of months’ validity of trading and class certificates upon redelivery (Cl. 15)
Three (3) months
18.  Running days’ notice if other than stated in Cl. 4
19.  Frequency of dry-docking (Cl. 10(g))
In accordance with Approved Classification Society or
requirements of Flag State
20.  Trading limits (Cl. 6)
Worldwide within International Navigating Limits and excluding any war listed area declared by the Joint War Committee
21.  Charter period (Cl. 2)
See Clause 32
22.  Charter hire (Cl. 11)
See Clause 36
23.  New class and other safety requirements (state percentage of Vessel’s insurance value acc. to Box 29)(Cl. 10(a)(ii))
N/A
24.  Rate of interest payable acc. to Cl. 11 (f) and, if applicable, acc. to PART IV
See Clause 37
25.  Currency and method of payment (Cl. 11)
Dollars/Bank transfer
26.  Place of payment; also state beneficiary and bank account (Cl. 11)
See Clause 36
27.  Bank guarantee/bond (sum and place) (Cl. 24) (optional)
N/A
28.  Mortgage(s), if any (state whether 12(a) or (b) applies; if 12(b) applies state date of Financial Instrument and name of Mortgagee(s)/Place of business) (Cl. 12)
N/A
29.  Insurance (hull and machinery and war risks) (state value acc. to Cl. 13(f) or, if applicable, acc. to Cl. 14(k)) (also state if Cl. 14 applies)
See Clause 39
30.  Additional insurance cover, if any, for Owners’ account limited to (Cl. 13(b) or, if applicable, Cl. 14(g))
See Clause 39
31.  Additional insurance cover, if any, for Charterers’ account limited to (Cl. 13(b) or, if applicable, Cl. 14(g))
See Clause 39
32.  Latent defects (only to be filled in if period other than stated in Cl. 3)
N/A
33.  Brokerage commission and to whom payable (Cl. 27)
N/A
 
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34.  Grace period (state number of clear banking days) (Cl. 28)
N/A
35.  Dispute Resolution (state 30(a), 30(b) or 30(c); if 30(c) agreed Place of Arbitration must be stated (Cl. 30)
(c) Clause 30 not applicable. See Clause 65
36.  War cancellation (indicate countries agreed) (Cl. 26(f))
N/A
37.  Newbuilding Vessel (indicate with “yes” or “no” whether PART III applies) (optional)
No
38.  Name and place of Builders (only to be filled in if PART III applies)
N/A
39.  Vessel’s Yard Building No. (only to be filled in if PART III applies)
N/A
40.  Date of Building Contract (only to be filled in if PART III applies)
N/A
41.  Liquidated damages and costs shall accrue to (state party acc. to Cl. 1)
a) N/A
b) N/A
c) N/A
42.  Hire/Purchase agreement (indicate with “yes” or “no” whether PART IV applies) (optional)
No, Part IV does not apply
43.  Bareboat Charter Registry (indicate with “yes” or “no” whether PART V applies) (optional)
No
44.  Flag and Country of the Bareboat Charter Registry (only to be filled in if PART V applies)
N/A
45.  Country of the Underlying Registry (only to be filled in if PART V applies)
N/A
46.  Number of additional clauses covering special provisions, if agreed
Clause 32 to Clause 66

PREAMBLE - It is mutually agreed that this Contract shall be performed subject to the conditions contained in this Charter which shall include PART I and PART II. In the event of a conflict of conditions, the provisions of PART I shall prevail over those of PART II to the extent of such conflict but no further. It is further mutually agreed that PART III and/or PART IV and/or PART V shall only apply and only form part of this Charter if expressly agreed and stated in Boxes 37, 42 and 43. If PART III and/or PART IV and/or PART V apply, it is further agreed that in the event of a conflict of conditions, the provisions of PART I and PART II shall prevail over those of PART III and/or PART IV and/or PART V to the extent of such conflict but no further.

 
Signature (Owners)
 
Signature (Charterers)
       
  /s/ Zhou Ling    /s/ Stavros Gyftakis
  Zhou Ling   Stavros Gyftakis
  Attorney-in-fact   Attorney-in-Fact
       

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1      1. Definitions
2      In this Charter, the following terms shall have the
3      meanings hereby assigned to them:
4     “The Owners” shall mean the party identified in Box 3;
5     “The Charterers” shall mean the party identified in Box 4;
6     “The Vessel” shall mean the vessel named in Box 5 and
7      with particulars as stated in Boxes 6 to 12.
8     “Financial Instrument” has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 66. means the mortgage, deed of
9      covenant or other such financial security instrument as
10    annexed to this Charter and stated in Box 28.
11    2 Charter Period
12    In consideration of the hire detailed in Box 22,
13    the Owners have agreed to let and the Charterers have
14    agreed to hire the Vessel for the period stated in Box 21
15    (“The Charter Period”). See also Clause 32.

16    3. Delivery
17    (not applicable when Part III applies, as indicated in Box 37)
18    (a) The Owners shall before and at the time of delivery
19    exercise due diligence to make the Vessel seaworthy
20    And in every respect ready in hull, machinery and
21    equipment for service under this Charter.
22    The Vessel shall be delivered by the Owners and taken
23    over by the Charterers at the port or place indicated in
24    Box 13. in such ready safe berth as the Charterers may
25    direct.

26    (b) The Vessel shall be properly documented on
27    delivery in accordance with the laws of the flag State
28    indicated in Box 5 and the requirements of the
29    classification society stated in Box 10. The Vessel upon
30    delivery shall have her survey cycles up to date and
31    trading and class certificates valid for at least the number
32    of months agreed in Box 12.
33    (c) The delivery of the Vessel by the Owners and the
34    taking over of the Vessel by the Charterers shall
35    constitute a full performance by the Owners of all the
36    Owners’ obligations under this Clause 3, and thereafter
37    the Charterers shall not be entitled to make or assert
38    any claim against the Owners on account of any
39    conditions, representations or warranties expressed or
40    implied with respect to the Vessel. but the Owners shall
41    be liable for the cost of but not the time for repairs or
42    renewals occasioned by latent defects in the Vessel,
43 her machinery or appurtenances, existing at the time of  44  delivery under this Charter, provided such defects have  45  manifested themselves within twelve (12) months after  46 delivery unless otherwise provided in Box 32.

47    4. Time for Delivery (See Clause 34)
48    (not applicable when Part III applies, as indicated in Box 37)
49   The Vessel shall not be delivered before the date
50    indicated in Box 14 without the Charterers’ consent and 51the Owners shall exercise due diligence to deliver the
52    Vessel not later than the date indicated in Box 15.
53    Unless otherwise agreed in Box 18, the Owners shall
54   give the Charterers not less than thirty (30) running days’ 55 preliminary and not less than fourteen (14) running days’  56 definite notice of the date on which the Vessel is
57    expected to be ready for delivery.
58    The Owners shall keep the Charterers closely advised 59of possible changes in the Vessel’s position.
 
60    5. Cancelling (See Clause 33)
61    (not applicable when Part III applies, as indicated in Box 37)
62     (a) Should the Vessel not be delivered latest by the
63     cancelling date indicated in Box 15, the Charterers shall
64     have the option of cancelling this Charter by giving the
65     Owners notice of cancellation within thirty-six (36)
66     running hours after the cancelling date stated in Box
67     15, failing which this Charter shall remain in full force
68     and effect.
 
69     (b) If it appears that the Vessel will be delayed beyond
70     the cancelling date, the Owners may, as soon as they
71     are in a position to state with reasonable certainty the
72     day on which the Vessel should be ready, give notice
73    
thereof to the Charterers asking whether they will
74     exercise their option of cancelling, and the option must
75     then be declared within one hundred and sixty-eight
76   (168) running hours of the receipt by the Charterers of 77  such notice or within thirty-six (36) running hours after 78 the cancelling date, whichever is the earlier. If the
79     Charterers do not then exercise their option of cancelling,
80     the seventh day after the readiness date stated in the
81     Owners’ notice shall be substituted for the cancelling
82     date indicated in Box 15 for the purpose of this Clause 5.
83     (c) Cancellation under this Clause 5 shall be without
84     prejudice to any claim the Charterers may otherwise
85     have on the Owners under this Charter.

86     6. Trading Restrictions (See also Clauses 39.9(d) and 53.1(c))
87     The Vessel shall be employed in lawful trades for the
88     carriage of suitable lawful merchandise within the trading
89     limits indicated in Box 20.
90     The Charterers undertake not to employ the Vessel or
91     suffer the Vessel to be employed otherwise than in
92     conformity with the terms of the contracts of insurance
93     (including any warranties expressed or implied therein)
94     without first obtaining the consent of the insurers to such
95     employment and complying with such requirements as
96     to extra premium or otherwise as the insurers may
97     prescribe.
98     The Charterers also undertake not to employ the Vessel
99     or suffer her employment in any trade or businesswhich
100   is forbidden by the law of any country to which the Vessel
101   may sail or is otherwise illicit or in carrying illicit or
102   prohibited goods or in any manner whatsoever which
103   may render her liable to condemnation, destruction,
104   seizure or confiscation.
105   Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this
106   Charter it is agreed that nuclear fuels or radioactive
107   products or waste are specifically excluded from the
108   cargo permitted to be loaded or carried under this
109   Charter. This exclusion does not apply to radio-isotopes
110   used or intended to be used for any industrial,
111   commercial, agricultural, medical or scientificpurposes
112   provided the Owners’ prior approval has beenobtained
113   to loading thereof.

114   7. Surveys on Delivery and Redelivery (See Clauses 41.8 and 41.9)
115   (not applicable when Part III applies, as indicated in Box 37)
116   The Owners and Charterers shall each appoint
117   surveyors for the purpose of determining and agreeing
118   in writing the condition of the Vessel at the time of 
119   delivery and redelivery hereunder (if applicable). The Owners shall
120   bear all expenses of the On-hire Survey including loss
 
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121  of time, if any, and the Charterers shall bear all expenses
122  of the Off-hire Survey including loss of time, if any, at
123 the daily equivalent to the rate of hire or pro rata thereof.
 
124  8. Inspection (See Clause 54)
125  The Owners shall have the right at any time after giving
126  reasonable notice to the Charterers to inspect or survey
127  the Vessel or instruct a duly authorised surveyor to carry
128  out such survey on their behalf:-
 
129  (a) to ascertain the condition of the Vessel and satisfy
130  themselves that the Vessel is being properly repaired
131  and maintained. The costs and fees for such inspection
132  or survey shall be paid by the Owners unless the Vessel
133 is found to require repairs or maintenance in order to
134 achieve the condition so provided;
 
135  (b) in dry-dock if the Charterers have not dry-docked
136  Her in accordance with Clause 10(g). The costs and fees
137  for such inspection or survey shall be paid bythe
138  Charterers; and
 
139  (c) for any other commercial  reason  they  consider
140  necessary (provided it does not unduly interfere with
141 the commercial operation of the Vessel). The costs and
142  fees for such inspection and survey shall be paid by the
143  Owners.
 
144  All time used in respect of inspection, survey or repairs
145  shall be for the Charterers’ account and form part of the
146  Charter Period.
147  The Charterers shall also permit the Owners to inspect
148  the Vessel’s log books whenever requested and shall
149  whenever required by the Owners furnish them with full
150  information regarding any casualties or other accidents
151  or damage to the Vessel.
 
152  9. Inventories, Oil and Stores
153  A complete inventory of the Vessel’s entire equipment,
154  outfit including spare parts, appliances and ofall
155  consumable stores on board the Vessel shall be made
156  by the Charterers in conjunction with the Owners on
157  delivery and again on redelivery of the Vessel. The
158  Charterers and the Owners, respectively, shall atthe
159  time of delivery and redelivery take over and pay for all
160  bunkers, lubricating oil, unbroached provisions, paints,
161  ropes and other consumable stores (excludingspare
162  parts) in the said Vessel at the then current market prices
163  at the ports of delivery and redelivery, respectively. The
164  Charterers shall ensure that all spare parts listed in the
165 inventory and used during the Charter Periodare
166  replaced at their expense prior to redelivery of the
167  Vessel.
 
168  10. Maintenance and Operation
169 (a)(i)Maintenance and Repairs - During the Charter
170  Period the Vessel shall be in the full possession
171  and at the absolute disposal for all purposes of the
172  Charterers and under their complete control in
173  every respect. The Charterers shall maintain the
174  Vessel, her machinery, boilers, appurtenances and
175  spare parts in a good state of repair, in efficient
176  operating condition and in accordance with good
177  commercial maintenance practice and, except as
178  provided for in Clause 14(l), if applicable, at their
179  own expense they shall at all times keep the
180  Vessel’s Classification Class fully up to date with the Classification
181   Society indicated in Box 10 and maintain all other
182   necessary certificates in force at all times.
183   (ii) New Class and Other Safety Requirements - In the
184   event of any improvement, structural changes or
185   new equipment becoming necessary for the
186   continued operation of the Vessel by reason of new
187   class requirements or by compulsory legislation, the costs of compliance shall be for the Charterers’ account.
188   costing (excluding the Charterers’ loss of time)
189   more than the percentage stated in Box 23, or if
190   Box 23 is left blank, 5 per cent. of the Vessel’s
191   insurance value as stated in Box 29, thenthe
192   extent, if any, to which the rate of hire shall be varied
193   and the ratio in which the cost of compliance shall
194   be shared between the parties concerned in order
195   to achieve a reasonable distribution thereof as
196   between the Owners and the Charterers having
197    regard, inter alia, to the length of the period
198   remaining under this Charter shall, in the absence
199   of agreement, be referred to the dispute resolution
200   method agreed in Clause 30.

201   (iii) Financial Security - The Charterers shall maintain
202   financial security or responsibility in respect of third
203   party liabilities as required by any government,
204   including federal, state or municipal or other division
205   or authority thereof, to enable the Vessel, without
206   penalty or charge, lawfully to enter, remain at, or
207   leave any port, place, territorial orcontiguous
208   waters of any country, state or municipality in
209   performance of this Charter without any delay. This
210   obligation shall apply whether or not such
211   requirements have been lawfully imposed by such
212   government or division or authority thereof.
213   The Charterers shall make and maintain all arrange-
214   ments by bond or otherwise as may be necessary to
215   satisfy such requirements at the Charterers’ sole
216   expense and the Charterers shall indemnify the Owners
217   against all consequences whatsoever (including loss of
218   time) for any failure or inability to do so.
219   (b) Operation of the Vessel - The Charterers shall at
220   their own expense and by their own procurement man,
221   victual, navigate, operate, supply, fuel and, whenever
222   required, repair the Vessel during the CharterPeriod
223   and they shall pay all charges and expenses of every
224   kind and nature whatsoever incidental to their use and
225   operation of the Vessel under this Charter, including
226   annual flag State fees of the Flag State and any foreign general
227   municipality and/or state taxes. The Master, officers
228   and crew of the Vessel shall be the servants of the Charterers
229   for all purposes whatsoever, even if for any reason
230   appointed by the Owners.
231   Charterers shall comply with the regulations regarding
232   officers and crew in force in the country of the Vessel’s
233   flag or any other applicable law.
234   (c) The Charterers shall keep the Owners and the
235   mortgagee(s) advised of the intended employment,
236   planned dry-docking and major repairs of the Vessel,
237   as reasonably required.
238   (d) Flag and Name of Vessel – During the Charter
239   Period, the Charterers shall have the liberty to paint the
240   Vessel in their own colours, install and display their
241   funnel insignia and fly their own house flag. The
 
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242  Charterers shall also have the liberty, with the Owners’
243  consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, to
244  change the flag and/or the name of the Vessel during
245  the Charter Period (with all fees, costs and expenses arising in relation thereto for the Charterers’ account). Painting and re-painting, instalment
246  and re-instalment, registration and re-registration, if
247  required by the Owners, shall be at the Charterers’
248  expense and time.
249  (e) Changes to the Vessel – See Clause 53.1(j). Subject to Clause 10(a)(ii),
250  the Charterers shall make no structural changes in the
251  Vessel or changes in the machinery, boilers, appurten-
252  ances or spare parts thereof without in  each  instance
253  first securing the Owners’ approval thereof. If the Owners
254  so agree, the Charterers shall, if the Owners so require,
255  restore the Vessel to its former condition beforethe
256  termination of this Charter.
257  (f) Use of the Vessel’s Outfit, Equipment and
258  Appliances - The Charterers shall have the use of all
259  outfit, equipment, and appliances on board the Vessel
260  at the time of delivery, provided the same or their
261  substantial equivalent shall be returned to the Owners
262  on redelivery in the same good order and condition as
263  when received, ordinary wear and tear excepted. The
264  Charterers shall from time to time during the Charter
265  Period replace, renew or substitute such itemsof equipment as shall be so
266 damaged or worn as to be unfit for use. The Charterers
267  are to procure that all repairs to or replacement of any
268  damaged, worn or lost parts or equipment be effected
269  in such manner (both as regards workmanship and
270  quality of materials) as not to diminish the value of the
271  Vessel. Title of any equipment so replaced, renewed or substituted shall vest in and remain with the Owners. The Charterers have the right to fit additional
272  equipment at their expense and risk but the Charterers
273  shall remove such equipment at the end of the period if
274  requested by the Owners. See also Clause 53.1(j). Any equipment including radio
275  equipment on hire on the Vessel at time of delivery shall
276  be kept and maintained by the Charterers and the
277  Charterers shall assume the obligations and liabilities
278  of the Owners under any lease contracts inconnection
279  therewith and shall reimburse the Owners for all
280  expenses incurred in connection therewith, also for any
281  new equipment required in order to comply with radio
282  regulations.
 
283  (g) Periodical Dry-Docking - The Charterers shall dry-
284  dock the Vessel and clean and paint her underwater
285  parts whenever the same may be necessary, but not
286 less than once during the period stated in Box 19 or, if
287  Box 19 has been left blank, every sixty (60) calendar
288  months after delivery or such other period as may be
289  required by the Classification Society or flag State.
 
290  11. Hire (See Clause 36)
291  (a) The Charterers shall pay hire due to the Owners
292  punctually in accordance with the terms of this Charter
293  in respect of which time shall be of theessence.
 
294 (b) The Charterers shall pay to the Owners for the hire
295  of the Vessel a lump sum in the amount indicated in
296  Box 22 which shall be payable not later than every thirty
297   (30) running days in advance, the first lump sum being
298   payable on the date and hour of the Vessel’s delivery to
299   the Charterers. Hire shall be paid continuously
300   throughout the Charter Period.
 
301   (c) Payment of hire shall be made in cash without
302   discount in the currency and in the manner indicated in
303   Box 25 and at the place mentioned in Box 26.
 
304   (d) Final payment of hire, if for a period of less than
305   thirty (30) running days, shall be calculated proportionally
306   according to the number of days and hours remaining
307   before redelivery and advance payment to be effected
308   accordingly.
 
309   (e) Should the Vessel be lost or missing, hire shall
310   cease from the date and time when she was lost or last
311   heard of. The date upon which the Vessel is to be treated
312   as lost or missing shall be ten (10) days after the Vessel
313   was last reported or when the Vessel is postedas
314   missing by Lloyd’s, whichever occurs first. Any hire paid
315   in advance to be adjusted accordingly.
 
316   (f) Any delay in payment of hire shall entitle the
317   Owners to interest at the rate per annum asagreed
318   in Box 24. If Box 24 has not been filled in, the three months
319   Interbank offered rate in London (LIBOR or its successor)
320   for the currency stated in Box 25, as quoted by the British
321   Bankers’ Association (BBA) on the date when the hire
322   fell due, increased by 2 per cent., shallapply.
 
323   (g) Payment of interest due under sub-clause 11(f)
324   shall be made within seven (7) running days of the date
325   of the Owners’ invoice specifying the amount payable
326   or, in the absence of an invoice, at the time of the next
327   hire payment date.
 
328   12. Mortgage (See Clause 62)
329   (only to apply if Box 28 has been appropriately filled in)
330   *)(a) The Owners warrant that they have not effected
331   any mortgage(s) of the Vessel and that they shall not
332   effect any mortgage(s) without the prior consent of the
333   Charterers, which shall not be unreasonablywithheld.
 
334   *) (b) The Vessel chartered under this Charter is financed
335   by a mortgage according to the Financial Instrument.
336   The Charterers undertake to  comply, and provide such 
337   information and documents  to  enable  the  Owners  to
338   comply, with all such instructions or directions in regard
339   to the employment, insurances, operation, repairs and 
340   maintenance of the Vessel as laid down in theFinancial 
341   Instrument or as may be directed from time to time during
342   the currency of the Charter by the mortgagee(s) in
343   conformity with the Financial Instrument. The Charterers
344   confirm that, for this purpose,  they  have  acquainted
345   themselves with all relevant terms, conditions and
346   provisions of the  Financial  Instrument  and  agree  to 
347   acknowledge this in writing in any form that may be 
348   required by the mortgagee(s). The Owners warrantthat
349   they have not effected any mortgage(s) other than stated
350   in Box 28 and that they shall not agree to any
351   amendment of the mortgage(s) referred to in Box 28 or
352   effect any other mortgage(s) without the prior consent
353   of the Charterers, which shall not be unreasonably
354   withheld.
 
355   *) (Optional, Clauses 12(a) and 12(b) are alternatives;
356   indicate alternative agreed in Box 28).
 
357   13. Insurance and Repairs (See also Clause 39)
 

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358  (a) During the Charter Period the Vessel shall be kept
359  insured in accordance with Clause 39 andby the Charterers at their expense against hull
360  and machinery, war and Protection and Indemnity risks
361  (and any risks against which it is compulsory to insure
362  for the operation of the Vessel, including but not limited to maintaining
363  financial security in accordance with sub-clause
364  10(a)(iii)) in such form as the Owners shall inwriting
365  approve, which approval shall not be un-reasonably
366  withheld. Such insurances shall be arranged by the
367  Charterers to protect the interests of both the Owners
368  and the Charterers and the Owners’ Financiers mortgagee(s) (if any), and
369  The Charterers shall be at liberty to protect under such
370  insurances the interests of any managers they may
371  appoint provided such manager has entered into a manager’s undertaking in form and substance acceptable to the Owners and the Owners’ Financiers (if any). Insurance policies shall cover the Owners, the mortgagee(s) (if any), the appointed managers, and
372  the Charterers according to their respective interests.
373  Subject to the provisions of the agreed loss payable clauses, Financial Instrument, if
374  any, and the approval of the Owners and the insurers,
375  the Charterers shall effect all insured repairs and shall
376  undertake settlement and reimbursement from the
377  insurers of all costs in connection with such repairs as
378  well as insured charges, expenses and liabilities to the
379  extent of coverage under the insurances herein provided
380  for.
381  The Charterers also to remain responsible for and to
382  effect repairs and settlement of costs and expenses
383  incurred thereby in respect of all other repairs not
384  covered by the insurances and/or not exceeding any
385  possible franchise(s) or deductibles provided for in the
386  insurances.
387  All time used for repairs under the provisions of sub-
388  clause 13(a) and for repairs of latent defects according
389  to Clause 3(c) above, including any deviation, shall be
390  for the Charterers’ account.

391  (b) If the conditions of the above insurances permit
392  additional insurance to be placed by the parties, such
393  cover shall be limited to the amount for each party set
394  out in Box 30 and Box 31, respectively. The Ownersor
395  the Charterers as the case may be shall immediately
396  furnish the other partyOwners with particulars ofany additional
397  insurance effected, including copies of any cover notes
398  or policies and the written consent of the insurers of
399  any such required insurance in any case where the
400  consent of such insurers is necessary.
401  (c) The Charterers shall upon the request of the
402  Owners, provide information and promptly execute such
403  documents as may be reasonably required to enable the Owners to
404  comply with the insurance provisions of the Financial
405  Instrument (if any).
406  (d) Subject to the provisions of the Financial Instru-
407  ments and Clause 43, if any, should the Vessel become a Total Loss, an actual,
408  constructive, compromised or agreed total loss under
409   the insurances required under sub-clause 13(a), all
410   insurance payments for such loss shall be paid to the
411   Owners (or, if applicable, the Owners’ Financiers) in accordance with the agreed loss payable clauses. who shall distribute the moneys between the
412   Owners and the Charterers according to their respective
413   interests. The Charterers undertake to notify the Owners and the Owners’ Financiers,
414   and the mortgagee(s), if any, of any occurrences in
415   consequence of which the Vessel is likely to become a
416   tTotal lLoss. as defined in this Clause.

417   (e) The Owners shall upon the request of the
418   Charterers, promptly execute such documents as may
419   be required to enable the Charterers to abandon the
420   Vessel to insurers and claim a constructive totalloss.
 
421   (f) For the purpose of insurance coverage against hull
422   and machinery and war risks under the provisions of
423   sub-clause 13(a), the value of the Vessel is the sum
424   indicated in Clause 39.Box 29.
 
425   14. Insurance, Repairs and Classification
 
426   (Optional, only to apply if expressly agreed and stated
427   in Box 29, in which event Clause 13 shall be considered
428   deleted).
429   (a) During the Charter Period the Vessel shall be kept
430   insured by the Owners at their expense against hull and
431   machinery and war risks under the form of policy or
432   policies attached hereto. The Owners and/or insurers
433   shall not have any right of recovery orsubrogation
434   against the Charterers on account of loss of or any 435   damage to the Vessel or her machinery or appurt-436   enances covered by such insurance, or on account of
437   payments made to discharge claims against or liabilities
438   of the Vessel or the Owners covered by such insurance.
439   Insurance policies shall cover the Owners andthe
440   Charterers according to their respectiveinterests.
 
441   (b) During the Charter Period the Vessel shall be kept
442   insured by the  Charterers  at  their  expense  against
443   Protection and Indemnity risks (and any risksagainst 
444   which it is compulsory to insure for the operation of the
445   Vessel, including maintaining financial security in
446   accordance with sub-clause 10(a)(iii)) in such form as
447   the Owners shall in writing approve which approval shall
448   not be unreasonably withheld.
 
449  (c) In the event that any act or negligence of the  450 Charterers shall vitiate any of the insurance herein 451 provided, the Charterers shall pay to the Owners all
452 losses and indemnify the Owners against all claims and 453 demands which would otherwise have been covered by 454 such insurance.
 
455   (d) The Charterers shall, subject to the approval of the
456   Owners or Owners’ Underwriters, effect all insured
457   repairs, and the Charterers shall undertake settlement
458   of all miscellaneous expenses in connection with such
459   repairs as well as all insured charges, expensesand
460   liabilities, to the extent of coverage under the insurances
461   provided for under the provisions of sub-clause 14(a).
462   The Charterers to be secured reimbursement through
463   the Owners’ Underwriters for such expenditures upon
464   presentation of accounts.
 
465   (e) The Charterers to remain responsible for and to
466   effect repairs and settlement of costs and expenses
 
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467  incurred thereby in respect of all other repairs not
468  covered by the insurances and/or not exceeding any
469  possible franchise(s) or deductibles provided for in the
470  insurances.
 
471  (f) All time used for repairs under the provisions of
472  sub-clauses 14(d) and 14(e) and for repairs of latent
473  defects according to Clause 3 above, including any
474  deviation, shall be for the Charterers’ account and shall
475  form part of the Charter Period.
476  The Owners shall not be responsible for any expenses
477 as are incident to the use and operation of the Vessel 478 for such time as may be required to make such repairs.
 
479  (g) If the conditions of the above insurances permit 
480  additional insurance to be placed by the parties such
481  cover shall be limited to the amount for each party set
482  out in Box 30 and Box 31, respectively. The Owners or
483  the Charterers as the case may  be  shallimmediately
484  furnish the other party with particulars of any additional
485 insurance effected, including copies of any cover notes
486  or policies and the written consent of the insurers of
487  any such required insurance in any case wherethe
488  consent of such insurers is necessary.
 
489  (h) Should the Vessel become an actual, constructive,
490  compromised or agreed total loss under the insurances
491  required under sub-clause 14(a), all insurance payments
492  for such loss shall be paid to the Owners, whoshall
493  distribute the moneys between themselves and the
494  Charterers according to their respective interests.
 
495  (i) If the Vessel becomes an actual, constructive,
496  compromised or agreed total loss under the insurances
497 arranged by the Owners in accordance with sub-clause 498 14(a), this Charter shall terminate as of the date of such 499 loss.
 
500  (j) The Charterers shall upon the request of the
501  Owners, promptly execute such documents as may be
502  required to enable the Owners to abandon the Vessel
503  to the insurers and claim a constructive total loss.
 
504  (k) For the purpose of insurance coverage against hull
505  and machinery and war risks under the provisions of
506  sub-clause 14(a), the value of the Vessel is the sum
507  indicated in Box 29.
 
508  (l) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-clause
509  10(a), it is agreed that under the provisions of Clause
510  14, if applicable, the Owners shall keep the Vessel’s
511  Class fully up to date with the Classification Society
512  indicated in Box 10 and maintain all other necessary
513  certificates in force at all times.
 
514  15. Redelivery (See Clauses 41 and 42)
515  At the expiration of the Charter Period the Vessel shall
516  be redelivered by the Charterers to the Owners at a
517  safe and ice-free port or place as indicated in Box 16, in
518  such ready safe berth as the Owners may direct. The
519  Charterers shall give the Owners not less than thirty
520  (30) running days’ preliminary notice of expecteddate,
521  range of ports of redelivery or port or place of redelivery
522  and not less than fourteen (14) running days’ definite
523  notice of expected date and port or place of redelivery.
524  Any changes thereafter in the Vessel’s position shall be
525  notified immediately to the Owners.
526  The Charterers warrant that they will not permit the
527  Vessel to commence a voyage (including anypreceding
528   ballast voyage) which cannot reasonably be expected
529   to be completed in time to allow redelivery of the Vessel
530   within the Charter Period. Notwithstanding the above,
531   should the Charterers fail to redeliver the Vessel within
532   The Charter Period, the Charterers shall pay the daily
533   equivalent to the rate of hire stated in Box 22 plus 10
534   per cent. or to the market rate, whichever is the higher,
535   for the number of days by which the Charter Period is
536   exceeded. All other terms, conditions and provisions of
537   this Charter shall continue to apply.
538   Subject to the provisions of Clause 10, the Vessel shall
539   be redelivered to the Owners in the same or as good
540   structure, state, condition and class as that in which she
541   was delivered, fair wear and tear not affecting class
542   excepted.
543   The Vessel upon redelivery shall have her survey cycles
544   up to date and trading and class certificates valid for at
545   least the number of months agreed in Box 17.
 
546   16. Non-Lien
547   The Charterers will not suffer, nor permit to be continued,
548   any lien or encumbrance incurred by them or their
549   agents, which might have priority over the title and
550   interest of the Owners in the Vessel. The Charterers
551   further agree to fasten to the Vessel in a conspicuous
552   place and to keep so fastened during the Charter Period
553   a notice reading as follows:
554   “This Vessel is the property of (name of Owners). It is
555   under charter to (name of Charterers) and by the terms
556   of the Charter Party neither the Charterers nor the
557   Master have any right, power or authority to create, incur
558   or permit to be imposed on the Vessel any lien
559   whatsoever.”
 
560   17. Indemnity (See Clauses 38.3, 39.14, 39.15, 39.16, 39.17, 41.4, 44, 53.1(j), 57 and 58)
561   (a) The Charterers shall indemnify the Owners against
562   any loss, damage or expense incurred by the Owners
563   arising out of or in relation to the operation of the Vessel
564   by the Charterers, and against any lien of whatsoever
565   nature arising out of an event occurring duringthe
566   Charter Period. If the Vessel be arrested or otherwise
567   detained by reason of claims or liens arising out of her
568   operation hereunder by the Charterers, the Charterers
569   shall at their own expense take all reasonable steps to
570   secure that within a reasonable time the Vessel is
571   released, including the provision of bail.
572   Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the
573   Charterers agree to indemnify the Owners against all
574   consequences or liabilities arising from the Master,
575   officers or agents signing Bills of Lading or other
576   documents.
 
577   (b) If the Vessel be arrested or otherwise detained by
578   reason of a claim or claims against the Owners, the 
579   Owners shall at their own expense take all reasonable
580   steps to secure that within a reasonable time the Vessel
581   is released, including the provision of bail.
582   In such circumstances the Owners shall indemnify the
583   Charterers against any loss, damage or expense
584   incurred by the Charterers (including hire paid under
585   this Charter) as a direct consequence of such arrest or
586   detention.
 
587   18. Lien
588   The Owners to shall have a lien upon all cargoes, sub-hire
589   and sub-freights belonging or due to the Charterers or
 
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590  any sub-charterers and any Bill of Lading freight forall
591  claims under this Charter., and the Charterers to have a
592  lien on the Vessel for all moneys paid in advance and
593  not earned.
594  19. Salvage
595  All salvage and towage performed by the Vessel shall
596  be for the Charterers’ benefit and the cost of repairing
597  damage occasioned thereby shall be borne by the
598  Charterers.
 
599  20. Wreck Removal
600  In the event of the Vessel becoming a wreck or
601  obstruction to navigation the Charterers shall indemnify
602  the Owners against any sums whatsoever which the
603  Owners shall become liable to pay and shall pay in
604  consequence of the Vessel becoming a wreck or
605  obstruction to navigation.
 
606  21. General Average
607  The Owners shall not contribute to General Average.
 
608  22. Assignment, Sub-Charter and Sale (See Clause 62) 
609  (a) The Charterers  shall  not  assign  this  Charter  nor
610  sub-charter the Vessel on a bareboat basis except with
611  the prior consent in writing of the Owners, which shall
612  not be unreasonably withheld, and subject to such terms
613  and conditions as the Owners shall approve.
 
614  (b) The Owners shall not sell the Vessel during the  
615  currency of this Charter except with the priorwritten
616  consent of the Charterers, which shall not be unreason-
617  ably withheld, and subject to the buyer accepting an
618  assignment of this Charter.
 
619  23. Contracts of Carriage
620  *) (a) The Charterers are to procure that all documents
621  issued during the Charter Period evidencing the terms
622  and conditions agreed in respect of carriage of goods
623  shall contain a paramount clause incorporatingany 
624 legislation relating to carrier’s liability for cargo
625  compulsorily applicable in the trade; if no such legislation
626  exists, the documents shall incorporate the Hague-Visby
627  Rules. The documents shall also contain the New Jason
628  Clause and the Both-to-Blame Collision Clause.
 
629  *) (b) The Charterers are to procure that all passenger
630  tickets issued during the Charter Period for the carriage
631  of passengers and their luggage under this Charter shall
632  contain a paramount clause incorporating any legislation
633  relating to carrier’s liability for passengers andtheir
634  luggage compulsorily applicable in the trade; if no such
635 legislation exists, the passenger tickets shall incorporate
636  the Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of
637  Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974, and any
638  protocol thereto.
639  *) Delete as applicable.
 
640  24. Bank Guarantee
641  (Optional, only to apply if Box 27 filled in)
642  The Charterers undertake to furnish, before delivery of
643  the Vessel, a first class bank guarantee or bond in the
644  sum and at the place as indicated in Box 27 as guarantee
645  for full performance of their obligations underthis
646  Charter.
 
647  25. Requisition/Acquisition
648  (a) In the event of the Requisition for Hire of the Vessel
649  by any governmental or other competent authority
650  (hereinafter referred to as “Requisition for Hire”)
651   irrespective of the date during the Charter Period when
652   “Requisition for Hire” may occur and irrespective of the
653   length thereof and whether or not it be for an indefinite
654   or a limited period of time, and irrespective of whether it
655   may or will remain in force for the remainder ofthe
656   Charter Period, this Charter shall not be deemed thereby
657   or thereupon to be frustrated or otherwise terminated
658   and the Charterers shall continue to pay the stipulated
659   hire in the manner provided by this Charter until the time
660   when the Charter would have terminated pursuant to
661   any of the provisions hereof. always provided however
662   that in the event of “Requisition for Hire” any Requisition
663   Hire or compensation received or receivable bythe
664   Owners shall be payable to the Charterers during the
665   remainder of the Charter Period or the period of the
666   “Requisition for Hire” whichever be the shorter.
667   (b) In the event of the Owners being deprived of their
668   ownership in the Vessel by any Compulsory Acquisition
669   of the Vessel or requisition for title by any governmental
670   or other competent authority (hereinafter referred to as
671   “Compulsory Acquisition”), then, irrespective of the date
672   during the Charter Period when “Compulsory
673   Acquisition” may occur, this Charter shall be deemed
674   terminated as of the date of such “Compulsory
675   Acquisition”. In such event Charter Hire to be considered
676   as earned and to be paid up to the date and time of
677   such “Compulsory Acquisition”.
 
678   26. War
 
679   (a) Subject to the provisions of the Financial Instruments (if any) FfFor the purpose of this Clause, the words “War
680   Risks” shall include any war (whether actual or
681   threatened), act of war, civil war, hostilities, revolution,
682   rebellion, civil commotion, warlike operations, the laying
683   of mines (whether actual or reported), acts of piracy,
684   acts of terrorists, acts of hostility or malicious damage,
685   blockades (whether imposed against all vessels or
686   imposed selectively against vessels of certain flags or
687   ownership, or against certain cargoes or crews or
688   otherwise howsoever), by any person, body, terrorist or
689   political group, or the Government of any state
690   whatsoever, which may be dangerous or are likely to be
691   or to become dangerous to the Vessel, her cargo, crew
692   or other persons on board the Vessel.
 
693  (b) The Vessel, unless the written consent of the
694  Owners be first obtained and adequate insurances are obtained (such adequacy to be deteremined by the Owners (acting reasonably)), shall not continue to or go
695   through any port, place, area or zone (whether of land
696   or sea), or any waterway or canal, where it reasonably
697   appears that the Vessel, her cargo, crew or other
698   persons on board the Vessel, in the reasonable
699   judgement of the Owners, may be, or are likely to be,
700   exposed to War Risks. Should the Vessel be within any
701   such place as aforesaid, which only becomes danger-
702   ous, or is likely to be or to become dangerous, after her
703   entry into it, the Owners shall have the right to require
704   the Vessel to leave such area.
 
705   (c) The Vessel shall not load contraband cargo, or to
706   pass through any blockade, whether such blockade be
707   imposed on all vessels, or is imposed selectively in any
708   way whatsoever against vessels of certain flagsor
709   ownership, or against certain cargoes or crews or
 
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710  otherwise howsoever, or to proceed to an area where
711  she shall be subject, or is likely to be subject to
712  a belligerent’s right of search and/or confiscation.
 
713  (d) If the insurers of the war risks insurance, when
714  Clause 14 is applicable, should require payment of
715  premiums and/or calls because, pursuant to the
716  Charterers’ orders, the Vessel is within, or is due to enter
717  and remain within, any area or areas which are specified
718  by such insurers as being subject to additional premiums
719  because of War Risks, then such premiums and/or calls
720  shall be reimbursed by the Charterers to the Owners at
721  the same time as the next payment of hire isdue.
 
722  (e) The Charterers shall have the liberty:
723  (i) to comply with all orders, directions, recommend-
724  ations or advice as to departure, arrival, routes,
725  sailing in convoy, ports of call, stoppages,
726  destinations, discharge of cargo, delivery, or in any
727  other way whatsoever, which are given by the
728  Government of the Nation under whose flag the
729  Vessel sails, or any other Government, body or
730  group whatsoever acting with the power to compel
731  compliance with their orders or directions;
 
732  (ii) to comply with the orders, directions or recom-
733  mendations of any war risks underwriters who have
734  the authority to give the same under the terms of
735  the war risks insurance;
 
736  (iii) to comply with the terms of any resolution of the
737  Security Council of the United Nations, any
738  directives of the European Community, the effective
739  orders of any other Supranational body which has
740  the right to issue and give the same, andwith
741  national laws aimed at enforcing the same to which
742   the Owners are subject, and to obey the orders
743  and directions of those who are charged with their
744  enforcement.
 
745  (f) In the event of outbreak of war (whether there be a
746  declaration of war or not) (i) between any two or more
747  of the following countries: the United States of America;
748  Russia; the United Kingdom; France; and the People’s
749  Republic of China, (ii) between any two or more of the
750  countries stated in Box 36, both the Owners and the
751  Charterers shall have the right to cancel this Charter,
752  whereupon the Charterers shall redeliver the Vessel to
753  the Owners in accordance with Clause 15, if the Vessel
754  has cargo on board after discharge thereofat
755  destination, or if debarred  under this Clause from
756  reaching or entering it at a near, open and safe port as
757  directed by the Owners, or if the Vessel has no cargo
758  on board, at the port at which the Vessel then is or if at
759  sea at a near, open and safe port as directed by the
760  Owners. In all cases hire shall continue to be paid in
761  accordance with Clause 11 and except as aforesaid all
762  other provisions of this Charter shall apply until
763  redelivery the end of the Charter Period.
 
764 27. Commission
765  The Owners to pay a commission at the rate indicated
766  in Box 33 to the Brokers named in Box 33 on any hire
767  paid under the Charter. If no rate is indicated in Box 33,
768  the commission to be paid by the Owners shall cover
769  the actual expenses of the Brokers and a reasonable
770  fee for their work.
771  If the full hire is not paid owing to breach of the Charter
772   by either of the parties the party liable therefor shall
773   indemnify the Brokers against their loss of commission.
774   Should the parties agree to cancel the Charter, the
775   Owners shall indemnify the Brokers against any loss of
776   commission but in such case the commission shall not
777   exceed the brokerage on one year’s hire.
 
778   28. Termination (See Clauses 41, 42 and 47)
779   (a) Charterers’ Default
780   The Owners shall be entitled to withdraw the Vessel from
781   the service of the Charterers and terminate the Charter
782   with immediate effect by written notice to the Charterers if:
 
783   (i) the Charterers fail to pay hire in accordance with
784   Clause 11.   However, where there is a failure to
785   make punctual payment of hire due to oversight,
786   negligence, errors or omissions on the part of the
787   Charterers or their bankers, the Owners shall give
788   the Charterers written notice of the number of clear
789   banking days stated in Box 34 (as recognisedat
790   the agreed place of payment) in which to rectify
791   the failure, and when so rectified  within  such
792   number of days following the Owners’ notice, the
793   payment shall stand as regular andpunctual.
794   Failure by the Charterers to pay hire within the
795   number of days stated in Box 34 of their receiving
796   the Owners’ notice as provided herein, shall entitle
797   the Owners to withdraw the Vessel from the service
798   of the Charterers and terminate the Charter without
799   further notice;
 
800   (ii) the Charterers fail to comply with the requirements of:
801   (1) Clause 6 (Trading Restrictions)
 
802   (2) Clause 13(a) (Insurance and Repairs)
803   provided that the Owners shall have the option, by
804   written notice to the Charterers, to give the
805   Charterers a specified number of days grace within
806   which to rectify the failure without prejudice to the
807   Owners’ right to withdraw and terminate under this
808   Clause if the Charterers fail to comply with such
809   notice;
 
810   (iii) the Charterers fail to rectify any failure to comply
811   with the requirements of sub-clause 10(a)(i)
812   (Maintenance and Repairs) as soon as practically
813   possible after the Owners have requested them in
814   writing so to do and in any event so that the Vessel’s
815   insurance cover is not prejudiced.
 
816   (b) Owners’ Default
817   If the Owners shall by any act or omission be in breach
818   of their obligations under this Charter to the extent that
819   the Charterers are deprived of the  use of  the  Vessel
820   and such breach continues for a period of fourteen (14)
821   running days after written notice thereof has been given
822   by the Charterers to the Owners, the Charterersshall
823   be entitled to terminate this Charter with immediate effect
824   by written notice to the Owners.
 
825   (c) Loss of Vessel
826   This Charter shall be deemed to be terminated if the
827   Vessel becomes a total loss or is declared as a
828   constructive or compromised or arranged total loss. For
829   the purpose of this sub-clause, the Vessel shall not be
830   deemed to be lost unless she  has  either  becomean
831   actual total loss or agreement has been reached with
832   her underwriters in respect of her constructive,
833   compromised or arranged total loss or if such agreement
 
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834  with her underwriters is not reached it is adjudged by a
835  competent tribunal that a constructive loss of the Vessel
836  has occurred.
 
837  (d) Either party shall be entitled to terminatethis  
838  Charter with immediate effect by written notice to the
839  other party  in the event of an order being made or
840  resolution passed for the winding up, dissolution,
841  liquidation or bankruptcy of the other party (otherwise
842  than for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation)
843  or if a receiver is appointed, or if it suspends payment,
844  ceases to carry on business or makes any special
845  arrangement or composition with its creditors.
 
846  (e) The termination of this Charter shall be without
847  prejudice to all rights accrued due between the parties
848  prior to the date of termination and to any claim that
849  either party might have.
 
850  29. Repossession (See also Clauses 41, 42 and 47) In the event the Vessel is due for redelivery pursuant to Clause 41 or Owners have made a request for redelivery of the Vessel in accordance with the applicable provisions of Clause 42.1,
851  In the event of the termination of this Charterin
852  accordance with the applicable provisions of Clause 28,
853  the Owners shall have the right to repossess the Vessel
854  from the Charterers at her current or next port of call, or
855  at a port or place convenient to them without hindrance
856  or interference by the Charterers, courts orlocal
857  authorities. Pending physical repossession of the Vessel
858  in accordance with this Clause 29, the Charterers shall
859 hold the Vessel as gratuitous bailee only to the Owners and the Charterers shall procure that the master and crew follow the directions of the Owners .
860  The Owners shall arrange for an authorised represent-
861  ative to board the Vessel as soon as reasonably
862  practicable following the termination of the Charter. The
863  Vessel shall be deemed to be repossessed bythe
864  Owners from the Charterers upon the boarding of the
865  Vessel by the Owners’ representative. All arrangements
866  and expenses relating to the settling ofwages,
867  disembarkation and repatriation of the Charterers’
868  Master, officers and crew shall be the sole responsibility
869  of the Charterers.
 
870  30. Dispute Resolution (See Clause 65)
871   *)    (a) This Contract shall be governed by and construed
872  in accordance with  English law and  any dispute arising
873  out of or in connection with this Contract shall be referred
874  to arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration
875  Act 1996 or any statutory modification or re-enactment
876  thereof save to the extent necessary to give effectto
877  the provisions of this Clause.
878  The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with
879   the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA)
880  Terms current at the time when the arbitration proceed-
881  ings are commenced.
882  The reference shall be to three arbitrators.    A party 
883  wishing to refer a dispute to arbitration shall appoint its
884  arbitrator and send notice of such appointment in writing
885  to the other party requiring the other party to appoint its
886  own arbitrator within 14 calendar days of that notice and
887  stating that it will appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator
888  unless the other party appoints its own arbitrator and
889  gives notice that it has done so within the 14 days
890  specified. If the other party does not appoint its own
891   arbitrator and give notice that it has done so within the
892   14 days specified, the party referring a dispute to
893   arbitration may, without the requirement of any further
894   prior notice to the other party, appoint its arbitrator as
895   sole arbitrator and shall advise the other party
896   accordingly.  The award of a sole arbitrator shall be
897   binding on both parties as if he had been appointed by
898   agreement.
899   Nothing herein shall prevent the parties agreeing in
900   writing to vary these provisions to provide for the
901   appointment of a sole arbitrator.
902   In cases where neither the claim nor any counterclaim
903   exceeds the sum of US$50,000 (or such other sum as
904   the parties may agree) the arbitration shall be conducted
905    in accordance with the LMAA Small Claims Procedure
906   current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are
907   commenced.
 
908   *) (b) This Contract shall be governed by and construed
909   in accordance with Title 9 of the United States Code
910   and the Maritime Law of the United States and any
911   dispute arising out of or in connection with this Contract
912   shall be referred to three persons at New York, one to
913   be appointed by each of the parties hereto, and the third
914   by the two so chosen; their decision or that of any two
915   of them shall be final, and for the purposes of enforcing
916   any award, judgement may be entered on an award by
917   any court of competent jurisdiction.  The proceedings
918   shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of the
919   Society of Maritime Arbitrators, Inc.
920   In cases where neither the claim nor any counterclaim
921   exceeds the sum of US$50,000 (or such other sum as
922   the parties may agree) the arbitration shall be conducted
923   in accordance with the Shortened Arbitration Procedure
924   of the Society of Maritime Arbitrators, Inc.  current at
925   the time when the arbitration proceedings arecommenced.
 
926  *) (c) This Contract shall be governed by and construed 927 in accordance with the laws of the place mutually agreed 928 by the parties and any dispute arising out of orin
929   connection with this Contract shall be referred to
930   arbitration at a mutually agreed place, subject to the
931   procedures applicable there.
 
932   (d) Notwithstanding (a), (b) or (c) above, the parties
933   may agree at any time to refer to mediation any
934   difference and/or dispute arising out of or in connection
935   with this Contract.
936   In the case of a dispute in respect of which arbitration
937   has been commenced under (a), (b) or (c) above, the
938   following shall apply:-
 
939   (i) Either party may at any time and from time to time
940   elect to refer the dispute or part of the dispute to
941   mediation by service on the other party of a written
942   notice (the “Mediation Notice”) calling on the other
943   party to agree to mediation.
 
944   (ii) The other party shall thereupon within 14 calendar
945   days of receipt of the Mediation Notice confirm that
946   they agree to mediation, in which case the parties
947   shall thereafter agree a mediator within afurther
948   14 calendar days, failing which on  the  application
949   of either party a mediator will be appointed promptly
950   by the Arbitration Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) or such
951   person as the Tribunal may designate forthat
952   purpose. The mediation shall be conducted in such
953   place and in accordance with such procedureand
 
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BARECON 2001 Standard Bareboat Charter

954  on such terms as the parties may agree or, in the
955  event of  disagreement, as  may be set by the
956  mediator.
 
957  (iii) If the other party does not agree to mediate, that
958  fact may be brought to the attention of the Tribunal
959  and may be taken into account by the Tribunal when
960  allocating the costs of the arbitration as between
961  the parties.
 
962  (iv) The mediation shall not affect the right of either
963  party to seek such relief or take such steps as it
964  considers necessary to protect its interest.
 
965  (v) Either party may advise the Tribunal that they have
966  agreed to mediation. The arbitration procedure shall
967  continue during the conduct of the mediation but
968  the Tribunal may take the mediation timetable into
969  account when setting the timetable for steps in the
970  arbitration.
 
971  (vi) Unless otherwise agreed or specified in the
972  mediation terms, each party shall bear its own costs
973  incurred in the mediation and the parties shall share
974  equally the mediator’s costs and expenses.
975   (vii) The mediation process shall be without prejudice
976   and confidential and no information or documents
977   disclosed during it shall be revealed to the Tribunal
978   except to the extent that they are disclosable under
979   the law and procedure governing thearbitration.
980   (Note: The parties should be aware that the mediation
981   process may not necessarily interrupt time limits.)
 
982   (e) If Box 35 in Part I is not appropriately filled in, sub-clause
983   30(a) of this Clause shall apply. Sub-clause 30(d) shall
984   apply in all cases.
985   *) Sub-clauses 30(a), 30(b) and 30(c) arealternatives;
986   indicate alternative agreed in Box 35.
 
987   31. Notices (See Clause 46)
988   (a) Any notice to be given by either party to the other
989    party shall be in writing and may be sent by fax, telex,
990   registered or recorded mail or by personalservice.
 
991   (b) The address of the Parties for service of such
992   communication shall be as stated in Boxes 3 and 4 993 respectively.
 
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PART III
PROVISIONS TO APPLY FOR NEWBUILDING VESSELS ONLY
(Optional, only to apply if expressly agreed and stated in Box 37)

1.     Specifications and Building Contract
2      (a) The Vessel shall be constructed in accordance with
3      the Building Contract (hereafter called “the Building
4      Contract”) as annexed to this Charter, made between the
5      Builders and the Owners and in accordance with the
6      specifications and plans annexed thereto, such Building 
7      Contract, specifications and plans having been counter-
8      signed as approved by the Charterers.
 
9      (b) No change shall be made in the Building Contract or
10    in the specifications or plans of the Vessel as approved by
11    the Charterers as aforesaid, without the Charterers’
12    consent.
 
13    (c) The Charterers shall have the right to send their
14    representative to the Builders’ Yard to inspect the Vessel
15    during the course of her construction to satisfy themselves
16    that construction is in accordance with suchapproved
17    specifications and plans as referred to undersub-clause
18    (a) of this Clause.
 
19    (d) The Vessel shall be built in accordance with the
20    Building Contract and shall be of the description set out
21    therein. Subject to the provisions of sub-clause 2(c)(ii)
22    hereunder, the Charterers shall be bound to accept the
23    Vessel from the Owners, completed and constructed in
24    accordance with the Building Contract, on the date of
25    delivery by the Builders. The Charterers undertake that
26   having accepted the Vessel they will not thereafter raise 27 any claims against the Owners in respect of the Vessel’s 28 performance or specification or defects, if any.
29    Nevertheless, in respect of any repairs, replacements or
30    defects which appear within the first 12 months from
31    delivery by the Builders, the Owners shall endeavour to
32   compel the Builders to repair, replace or remedy any defects 33 or to recover from the Builders any expenditure incurred in  34 carrying out such repairs, replacements or remedies.
35    However, the Owners’ liability to the Charterers shall be
36    limited to the extent the Owners have a valid claim against
37    the Builders under the guarantee clause of theBuilding
38    Contract (a copy whereof has been supplied to the
39    Charterers). The Charterers shall be bound to accept such
40   sums as the Owners are reasonably able to recover under 41  this Clause and shall make no further claim on the Owners 42  for the difference between the amount(s) so recovered and 43 the actual expenditure on repairs, replacementor
44    remedying defects or for any loss of time incurred.
45    Any liquidated damages for physical defects or deficiencies
46    shall accrue to the account of the party stated in Box 41(a)
47    or if not filled in shall be shared equally between the parties.
48    The costs of pursuing a claim or claims against the Builders
49    under this Clause (including any liability tothe Builders)
50    shall be borne by the party stated in Box 41(b) or if not
51    filled in shall be shared equally between the parties.
 
52    2. Time and Place of Delivery
53    (a) Subject to the Vessel having completedher
54    acceptance trials including trials of cargo equipment in 
55    accordance with the Building Contract and specifications
56    to the satisfaction of the Charterers, the Owners shall give
57    and the Charterers shall take delivery of the Vessel afloat
58    when ready for delivery and properly documented at the
59    Builders’ Yard or some other safe andreadily accessible
60    dock, wharf or place as may be agreed between the parties
61    hereto and the Builders. Under the Building Contract the
62     Builders have estimated that the Vessel will be ready for
63     delivery to the Owners as therein provided but the delivery
64     date for the purpose of this Charter shall be the date when
65     the Vessel is in fact ready for delivery by the Builders after
66     completion of trials whether that be before or after as
67     indicated in the Building Contract. The Charterers shall not
68     be entitled to refuse acceptance of delivery of the Vessel
69     and upon and after such acceptance, subject to Clause
70     1(d), the Charterers shall not be entitled to make any claim
71     against the Owners in respect of any conditions,
72     representations or warranties, whether  express  or  implied, 73 as to the seaworthiness of the Vessel or in respect of delay 74 in delivery.
 
75     (b) If for any reason other than a default by the Owners 
76     under the Building Contract, the Builders become entitled
77     under that Contract not to deliver the Vessel to the Owners,
78     the Owners shall upon giving to the Charterers written
79 notice of Builders becoming so entitled, be excused from 80   giving delivery of the Vessel to the Charterers and upon 81 receipt of such notice by the Charterers this Charter shall 82 cease to have effect.
 
83     (c) If for any reason the Owners become entitled under
84     the Building Contract to reject the Vessel the Owners shall,
85     before exercising such right of rejection, consultthe
86     Charterers and thereupon
 
87     (i) if the Charterers do not wish to take delivery of the Vessel
88     they shall inform the Owners within seven (7) running days
89     by notice in writing and upon receipt by the Owners of such
90     notice this Charter shall cease to have effect; or
 
91     (ii) if the Charterers wish to take delivery of the Vessel
92     they may by notice in writing within seven (7) running days
93     require the Owners to negotiate with the Builders as to the
94     terms on which delivery should be taken and/or refrain from
95     exercising their right to rejection and upon receipt of such
96     notice the Owners shall commence such negotiations and/
97     or take delivery of the Vessel from the Builders and deliver
98     her to the Charterers;
 
99     (iii) in no circumstances shall the Charterers be entitled to
100   reject the Vessel unless the Owners are able to reject the
101   Vessel from the Builders;
 
102   (iv) if this Charter terminates under sub-clause (b) or (c) of
103   this Clause, the Owners shall thereafter not be liable to the
104   Charterers for any claim under or arising out of this Charter
105   or its termination.
 
106   (d) Any liquidated damages for delay in delivery under the
107   Building Contract and any costs incurred in pursuing a claim
108   therefor shall accrue to the account of the party stated in
109   Box 41(c) or if not filled in shall be shared equally between
110   the parties.
 
111   3. Guarantee Works
112   If not otherwise agreed, the Owners authorise the
113   Charterers to arrange for the guarantee works to be
114   performed in accordance with the building contract terms,
115   and hire to continue during the period of guarantee works.
116   The Charterers have to advise the Owners about the
117   performance to the extent the Owners may request.
 
118   4. Name of Vessel
119   The name of the Vessel shall be mutually agreed between
120   the Owners and the Charterers and the Vessel shall be
 
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121  painted in the colours, display the funnel insignia and fly
122  the house flag as required by the Charterers.
 
123  5. Survey on Redelivery
124  The Owners and the Charterers shall appoint surveyors
125  for the purpose of determining and agreeing in writing the
126  condition of the Vessel at the time of re-delivery.
127  Without prejudice to Clause 15 (Part II), the Charterers
128   shall bear all survey expenses and all other costs, if any,
129   including the cost of docking and undocking, if required,
130   as well as all repair costs incurred. The Charterers shall
131   also bear all loss of time spent in connection with any
132   docking and undocking as well as repairs, which shall be
133   paid at the rate of hire per day or pro rata.
 
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PART V
HIRE/PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(Optional, only to apply if expressly agreed and stated in Box 42)

1      On expiration of this Charter and provided the Charterers
2      have fulfilled their obligations according to Part I and II
3      as well as Part III, if applicable, it is agreed, that on
4      payment of the final payment of hire as per Clause 11
5      the Charterers have purchased the Vessel with
6      everything belonging to her and the Vessel is fully paid
7      for.
8      In the following paragraphs the Owners are referred to
9      as the Sellers and the Charterers as the Buyers.
10    The Vessel shall be delivered by the Sellers and taken
11    over by the Buyers on expiration of the Charter.
12    The Sellers guarantee that the  Vessel,  at  the  time  of
13    delivery, is free from all  encumbrances  and  maritime
14
    liens or any debts whatsoever other than those arising
15
    from anything  done or not done  by the Buyers or any
16    existing mortgage agreed not to be paid off by the time
17    of delivery. Should any claims, which have been incurred
18    prior to the time of delivery be made against the Vessel,
19    the Sellers hereby  undertake to indemnify the Buyers 
20    against all consequences of such claims to the extent it
21    can be proved that the Sellers are responsible for such
22    claims. Any taxes, notarial, consular and other charges
23    and expenses connected with the purchase and
24    registration under Buyers’ flag, shall be for Buyers’
25    account. Any taxes, consular and other charges and
26    expenses connected with closing of the Sellers’ register,
27     shall be for Sellers’ account.
28     In exchange for payment of  the last month’s  hire 29     instalment the Sellers shall furnish the Buyers with a
30     Bill of Sale duly  attested and legalized, together with a 31     certificate setting out the  registered encumbrances, if  32     any. On delivery of the Vessel the Sellers shall provide 33     for deletion of the Vessel from the Ship’s Register and 34     deliver a certificate of deletion to the Buyers.
35     The Sellers shall, at the time of delivery, hand to the
36     Buyers all classification certificates (for hull, engines,
37     anchors, chains, etc.), as well as all plans which may
38     be in Sellers’ possession.
39     The Wireless Installation and Nautical Instruments,
40     unless on hire, shall be included in the sale without any
41     extra payment.
42     The Vessel with everything belonging to her shall be at
43     Sellers’ risk and expense until she is delivered to the 
44     Buyers, subject to the conditions of this Contract and
45     the Vessel with everything belonging to her shall be
46     delivered and taken over as she is at the time of delivery,
47     after which the Sellers  shall  have no responsibility for
48     possible faults or deficiencies of any description.
49     The Buyers undertake to pay for the repatriation of the
50     Master, officers and other personnel if appointed by the
51     Sellers to the port where the Vessel entered the Bareboat
52     Charter as per Clause 3 (Part II) or to pay the equivalent
53     cost for their journey to any other place.
 
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PART IV
PROVISIONS TO APPLY FOR VESSELS REGISTERED IN A BAREBOAT CHARTER REGISTRY
(Optional, only to apply if expressly agreed and stated in Box 43)

1      1. Definitions
2     For the purpose of this PART V, the following terms shall 3 have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
4      “The Bareboat Charter Registry” shall mean the registry 5         of the State whose flag the Vessel will fly and in which   6       the Charterers are registered as the bareboat charterers 7 during the period of the Bareboat Charter.
8      “The Underlying Registry” shall mean the registry of the
9state in which the Owners of the Vessel are registered
10    as Owners and to which jurisdiction and control of the
11    Vessel will revert upon termination of the Bareboat
12    Charter Registration.

13    2. Mortgage
14   The Vessel chartered under this Charter is financed by
15    a mortgage and the provisions of Clause 12(b)  (Part II) 16 shall apply.
17     3.Termination of Charter by Default
18     If the Vessel chartered under this Charter is registered
19     in a Bareboat Charter Registry as stated in Box 44, and
20     if the Owners shall default in the payment of any amounts
21     due under the mortgage(s) specified in Box 28, the
22     Charterers shall, if so required by the mortgagee, direct
23     the Owners to re-register the Vessel in the Underlying
24     Registry as shown in Box 45.
25     In the event of the Vessel being deleted from the
26     Bareboat Charter Registry as stated in Box 44, due to a
27     default by the Owners in the payment of  any amounts  28 due under the mortgage(s), the Charterers shall have
29     the right to terminate this Charter forthwith and without
30prejudice to any other claim they may have against the
31     Owners under this Charter.
 
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ADDITIONAL CLAUSES TO BARECON 2001

CHARTER PERIOD
 
32.1
The period of this Charter (the “Charter Period”) shall, subject to the terms of this Charter, continue for a period of sixty (60) months starting from the Commencement Date.
 
32.2
Notwithstanding the fact that the Charter Period shall commence on the Commencement Date, this Charter shall be:
 
(a)
in full force and effect; and
 
(b)
valid, binding and enforceable against the parties hereto,
 
with effect from the date hereof until the end of the Charter Period (subject to the terms of this Charter).
 
CANCELLATION
 
33.1
If:
 
(a)
the Vessel is not delivered by the Charterers as sellers to the Owners as buyers under the MOA by the Cancelling Date (or such later date as the parties to the MOA may agree); or
 
(b)
the MOA expires, is cancelled, terminated, rescinded or suspended or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect for any reason (in whole or in part),
 
then this Charter shall immediately terminate and be cancelled (without prejudice to Clause 57 (Indemnities) and without the need for either the Owners or the Charterers to take any action whatsoever), provided that the Owners shall be entitled to retain all fees and expenses paid by the Charterers pursuant to Clause 44 (Fees and Expenses) (and without prejudice to Clause 44 (Fees and Expenses) and any clause of the MOA, if such fees have not been paid, the Charterers shall forthwith pay such fees and expenses to the Owners in accordance with Clause 44 (Fees and Expenses)), save that if the Charter is terminated and/or the Vessel not delivered under the MOA for a reason solely related to a default of the Owners, then the Charterers shall not be obliged to pay the Arrangement Fee (and if the Arrangement Fee has already been paid at such time, the Owners shall refund the Arrangement Fee to the Charterers within a reasonable time). Any such payment by the Charterers under this Clause shall be irrevocable and unconditional and is acknowledged by the Charterers to be proportionate as to amount, having regard to the legitimate interest of the Owners, in protecting against the Owners’ risk of the Charterers failing to perform its obligations under this Charter. For the avoidance of doubt, the termination of the Charter shall not prejudice the operation of any provision of any Leasing Document which is expressed to survive the termination or cancellation of this Charter.
 
DELIVERY AND CHARTER OF VESSEL

34.1
This Charter is part of a transaction involving the sale, purchase and charter back of the Vessel and constitutes one of the Leasing Documents.
 
34.2
The obligation of the Owners to charter the Vessel to the Charterers hereunder is subject to and conditional upon:

 
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(a)
no Termination Event or Potential Termination Event having occurred and being continuing on the date of this Charter and on the Commencement Date;
 
(b)
the representations and warranties contained in Clause 48 (Representations and Warranties)
being true and correct on the date hereof and on the Commencement Date;
 
(c)
the Delivery occurring on or before the Cancelling Date; and
 
(d)
the Owners having received from the Charterers:
 

(i)
on or before the Prepositioning Date, the documents or evidence set out in Part A of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to them; and
 

(ii)
on the Commencement Date and prior to or simultaneously with the Owners executing a dated and timed copy of the protocol of delivery and acceptance evidencing delivery of the Vessel under the MOA and a dated and timed copy of the Acceptance Certificate, the documents or evidence set out in Part B of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to them,
 
and if any of the documents listed in sub-paragraph (d) above are not in the English language then they shall be accompanied by an English translation where required by the Owners.
 
34.3
On delivery to and acceptance by the Owners (in their capacity as buyers) of the Vessel from the Charterers (in their capacity as sellers) under the MOA, the Vessel shall be deemed to have been delivered to, and accepted without reservation by, the Charterers under this Charter and the Charterers shall become and be entitled to the possession and use of the Vessel on and subject to the terms and conditions of this Charter on the same day as the delivery date of the Vessel under the MOA.
 
34.4
On Delivery, as evidence of the commencement of the Charter Period, the Charterers shall sign and deliver to the Owners, the Acceptance Certificate. The Charterers shall be deemed to have accepted the Vessel under this Charter, and the commencement of the Charter Period having started, on Delivery even if, for whatever reason, the Acceptance Certificate is not signed.

34.5
The Charterers shall not be entitled for any reason whatsoever to refuse to accept delivery of the Vessel under this Charter once the Vessel has been delivered to and accepted by the Owners (in their capacity as buyers) from the Charterers (in their capacity as sellers) under the MOA, and the Owners shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses whatsoever or howsoever arising including without limitation, any loss of profit or any loss or otherwise:
 
(a)
resulting directly or indirectly from any defect or alleged defect in the Vessel or any failure of the Vessel; or

(b)
arising from any delay in the commencement of the Charter Period or any failure of the Charter Period to commence.
 
34.6
The Owners shall not be obliged to deliver the Vessel to the Charterers with any bunkers and unused lubricating oils and hydraulic oils and greases in storage tanks and unopened drums of the Vessel except for such items which are already on the Vessel on Delivery. The Owners shall not be responsible for the fitness, quality or quantity of any such bunkers and unused lubricating oils and hydraulic oils and greases and the Charterers shall make no claim against Owners in respect of the same.


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34.7
The Charterers shall procure receipt by the Owners of the conditions subsequent set out in Part C of Schedule 2 in a form and substance satisfactory to the Owners within the time periods permitted therein.
 
QUIET ENJOYMENT
 
35.1
Provided that no Potential Termination Event, Termination Event or Total Loss has occurred, the Owners hereby agree not to disturb or interfere in any way whatsoever with the Charterers’ lawful use, possession and quiet enjoyment of the Vessel during the Charter Period.
 
CHARTERHIRE AND ADVANCE CHARTERHIRE
 
36.1
In consideration of the Owners agreeing to charter the Vessel to the Charterers under this Charter at the request of the Charterers, the Charterers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree to pay to the Owners the Charterhire, the Advance Charterhire and all other amounts payable under this Charter in accordance with the terms of this Charter.

36.2
The Charterers shall pay to the Owners on the Commencement Date, an amount which is equal to the difference between the Purchase Price and the Financing Amount as of the Commencement Date (the “Advance Charterhire”). The Charterers shall be deemed to have paid the Advance Charterhire to the Owners on the Commencement Date by the Owners (as buyers under the MOA) setting off an amount equal to the Advance Charterhire against a corresponding amount of the Purchase Price payable by the Owners to the Charterers (as sellers) under the MOA.
 
36.3
The Advance Charterhire shall not bear interest and shall be non-refundable.
 
36.4
Following Delivery and commencing from the Commencement Date, the Charterers shall pay Charterhire in arrears in quarterly instalments on each Payment Date. Each instalment shall consist of:

(a)
a capital element of Charterhire (the “Fixed Charterhire”) which shall be in an amount equivalent to 1/20*(Financing Amount less the Expiry Owners’ Costs); and
 
(b)
a variable element of Charterhire (the “Variable Charterhire”) which shall be calculated by applying the aggregate of:
 
  (i)
the applicable Interest Rate for the relevant Hire Period; and

  (ii)
the Margin,
 
to the Owners’ Costs on the immediately preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the First Payment Date only, on the Commencement Date) for the Hire Period ending on the relevant Payment Date by reference to the actual number of days elapsed in that Hire Period.

36.5
Charterhire shall be payable in arrears on the following dates (each a “Payment Date”):
 
(a)
the first instalment of Charterhire shall be payable on the date falling three (3) months after the Commencement Date (the “First Payment Date”); and


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(b)
each subsequent instalment of Charterhire (other than the last instalment of Charterhire) shall be payable quarterly thereafter, with the final instalment of Charterhire payable on the last day of the Charter Period,
 
such that there are a total of twenty (20) Payment Dates during the Charter Period.
 
36.6
Payment of Charterhire on any Payment Date shall be made in same day available funds and received by the Owners by not later than 4.00 pm (Shanghai time). Any payment of Charterhire which is due to be made on a Payment Date which is not also a Business Day shall be made on the previous Business Day instead.
 
36.7
Time of payment of the Charterhire and any other payments by the Charterers under this Charter shall be of the essence of this Charter.
 
36.8
All payments of the Charterhire and any other moneys payable hereunder shall be made in Dollars.
 
36.9
All payments of the Charterhire and any other moneys payable hereunder shall be payable by the Charterers to the Owners’ designated bank account as the Owners may notify the Charterers in writing from time to time.
 
36.10
Payment of the Charterhire and any other amounts under this Charter shall be at the Charterers’ risk until receipt by the Owners.
 
36.11
The Vessel shall not at any time be deemed off-hire and the Charterers’ obligation to pay the Charterhire and any other amounts payable under this Charter (including but not limited to the Termination Sum) in Dollars shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and shall not be affected by any circumstances of any nature whatsoever including but not limited to:
 
(a)
(except in the case of the Advance Charterhire) any set off, counterclaim, recoupment, defence, claim or other right which the Charterers may at any time have against the Owners or any other person for any reason whatsoever including, without limitation, any act, omission or breach on the part of the Owners under this Charter or any other agreement at any time existing between the Owners and the Charterers;
 
(b)
any change, extension, indulgence or other act or omission in respect of any indebtedness or obligation of the Charterers, or any sale, exchange, release or surrender of, or other dealing in, any security for any such indebtedness or obligation;
 
(c)
any title defect or encumbrance or any dispossession of the Vessel by title paramount or otherwise;
 
(d)
any defect in the seaworthiness, condition, value, design, merchantability, operation or fitness for use of the Vessel or the ineligibility of the Vessel for any particular trade;
 
(e)
the Total Loss or any damage to or forfeiture or court marshall’s or other sale of the Vessel if the Termination Sum or any part thereof remains due;
 
(f)
any libel, attachment, levy, detention, sequestration or taking into custody of the Vessel or any restriction or prevention of or interference with or interruption or cessation in, the use or possession thereof by the Charterers;


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(g)
any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, dissolution, liquidation or similar proceedings by or against the Charterers and any other Obligors;

(h)
any invalidity, unenforceability, lack of due authorization or other defects, or any failure or delay in performing or complying with any of the terms and provisions of this Charter or any of the Leasing Documents by any party to this Charter or any other person;
 
(i)
any enforcement or attempted enforcement by the Owners of their rights under this Charter or any of the Leasing Documents executed or to be executed pursuant to this Charter;

(j)
any loss of use of the Vessel due to deficiency or default or strike of officers or crew, fire, breakdown, damage, accident, defective cargo or any other cause which would or might but for this provision have the effect of terminating or in any way affecting any obligation of the Charterers under this Charter; or
 
(k)
any prevention, delay, deviation or disruption in the use of the Vessel resulting from the wide outbreak of any viruses (including the 2019 novel coronavirus), including but not limited to those caused by:
 

(i)
closure of ports;
 

(ii)
prohibitions or restrictions against the Vessel calling at or passing through certain ports;
 

(iii)
restriction in the movement of personnel and/or shortage of labour affecting the operation of the Vessel or the operation of the ports (including stevedoring operations);


(iv)
quarantine regulations affecting the Vessel, its cargo, the crew members or relevant port personnel;
 

(v)
fumigation or cleaning of the Vessel; or
 

(vi)
any claims raised by any sub-charterer or manager of the Vessel that a force majeure event or termination event (or any other analogous event howsoever called) has occurred under the relevant charter agreement or management agreement (as the case may be) of the Vessel as a result of the outbreak of such viruses.
 
Nothing contained in this Section 36.11 shall be deemed to hinder or prevent the Charterers from pursuing any claim the Charterers may have at law against the Owner for damages for the Owner’s breach of its express obligations under this Charter.
 
36.12
All stamp duty, value added tax (for the avoidance of doubt, including without limitation, goods and services tax), withholding or other taxes and import and export duties and all other similar types of charges which may be levied or assessed on or in connection with:
 
(a)
the operation of this Charter in respect of the hire and all other payments to be made pursuant to this Charter and the remittance thereof to the Owners; and
 
(b)
the import, export, purchase, delivery and re-delivery of the Vessel,
 
shall be borne by the Charterers (for the avoidance of doubt, the above excludes any income tax or any tax arising from the Owners’ shares by competent tax authorities in their domicile, which shall be borne by the Owners). The Charterers shall pay, if applicable, value added tax and other similar tax levied on any Charterhire and other payments payable under this Charter by addition to, and at the time of payment of, such amounts.


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CHANGES TO INTEREST RATE, DEFAULT INTEREST
 
37.1
If, in relation to any determination of the Interest Rate prior to a Screen Rate Replacement Event:
 
(a)
the Owners determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding) that by reason of circumstances affecting the Relevant Interbank Market generally, adequate and fair means do not or will not exist for ascertaining LIBOR at the beginning of that Hire Period or the same does not reflect the cost of funding of the Owners; and
 
(b)
the Owners determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding) that by reason of circumstances affecting the Relevant Interbank Market generally, deposits in Dollars in the required amount for the 3-month period commencing on the first day of that Hire Period are not available to it in the Relevant Interbank market or from whatever sources it may select to obtain funds for that Hire Period,
 
the Owners shall promptly notify the Charterers accordingly.
 
37.2
Immediately following the notification referred to in Clause 37.1 above, the Owners and the Charterers, shall negotiate in good faith with a view to agreeing upon a substitute basis for determining the Interest Rate for that Hire Period.
 
37.3
If a substitute basis is not so agreed pursuant to Clause 37.2 above or after the occurrence of a Screen Rate Replacement Event but prior to the making of any necessary amendment or waiver in accordance with Clause 37.4 below, the Interest Rate shall be the rate per annum equal to the cost certified by the Owners (expressed as an annual rate of interest) of funding the Owners’ Costs during the relevant Hire Period (as reasonably determined by the Owners).

37.4
On or at any time after the occurrence of a Screen Rate Replacement Event, the Owners are entitled to make any amendment or waiver to the terms of the Leasing Documents (at the Charterers’ cost) which relates to:
 
(a)
providing for the use of a Replacement Benchmark in relation to Dollars in place of (or in addition to) that Screen Rate; and
 
(b)
 
  (i)
aligning any provision of any Leasing Document to the use of that Replacement Benchmark;

  (ii)
enabling that Replacement Benchmark to be used for the calculation of the Interest Rate under this Charter (including, without limitation, any consequential changes required to enable that Replacement Benchmark to be used for the purposes of this Charter);
 
  (iii)
implementing market conventions applicable to that Replacement Benchmark;
 
  (iv)
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  (v)
adjusting the pricing to reduce or eliminate, to the extent reasonably practicable, any transfer of economic value from one Party to another as a result of the application of that Replacement Benchmark (and if any adjustment or method for calculating any adjustment has been formally designated, nominated or recommended by the Relevant Nominating Body, the adjustment shall be determined on the basis of that designation, nomination or recommendation),
 
and pending any such amendment or waiver and the Replacement Benchmark being utilised under the Leasing Documents to calculate the Interest rate, Clause 37.3 shall apply to the calculation of the Interest Rate.
 
37.5
If the Charterers fail to make any payment due under this Charter on the due date, they shall pay additional interest on such late payment at a rate which is equal to two per cent. (2%) per annum above the aggregate of (i) the applicable Interest Rate for the relevant Hire Period and
(ii) the Margin which shall apply prior to, during or following Delivery and shall accrue on a daily basis from the date on which such payment became due up to and excluding the date of payment thereof, and the Charterers and the Owners agree that such default rate is proportionate as to amount, having regard to the legitimate interest of the Owners, in protecting against the Owners’ risk of the Charterers failing to perform its obligations under this Charter.
 
37.6
All interest (including default interest) and any other payments under this Charter which are of an annual or periodic nature shall accrue from day to day and shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a three hundred and sixty (360) days’ year.
 
POSSESSION OF VESSEL
 
38.1
The Charterers shall not, without the prior written consent of the Owners, assign, mortgage or pledge the Vessel or any interest therein and shall not permit the creation or existence of any Security Interest thereon (including for any monies paid in advance and not earned, and for any claims for damages arising from any breach by the Owners of this Charter and other amounts due to the Charterers under this Charter) except for the Permitted Security Interests.
 
38.2
The Charterers shall promptly notify any party (including without limitation, any sub-charterer) (as the Owners may request) in writing that the Vessel is the property of the Owners and the Charterers shall provide the Owners with a copy of such written notification.
 
38.3
If the Vessel is arrested, seized, impounded, forfeited, detained or taken out of their possession or control (whether or not pursuant to any distress, execution or other legal process), the Charterers shall procure the immediate release of the Vessel (whether by providing bail or procuring the provision of security or otherwise do such lawful things as the circumstances may require) and shall immediately notify the Owners of such event and shall indemnify the Owners against all documented losses, costs or charges incurred by the Owners by reason thereof in re- taking possession or otherwise in re-acquiring the Vessel.
 
38.4
The Charterers shall pay and discharge or cause any sub-charterer of the Vessel to pay and discharge all obligations and liabilities whatsoever which have given or may give rise to liens on or claims enforceable against the Vessel. The Charterers shall take all reasonable steps to prevent (and shall procure that a sub-charterer shall take all steps to prevent) an arrest of the Vessel.


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INSURANCE
 
39.1
The Charterers shall procure that insurances for the Vessel are effected:
 
(a)
in Dollars;

(b)
in the case of fire and usual hull and machinery, marine risks and war risks (including blocking and trapping), on an agreed value basis of at least the higher of (i) one hundred per cent (100%) of then applicable Fair Market Value of the Vessel and (ii) one hundred and twenty per cent (120%) of the then prevailing Owners’ Costs;
 
(c)
in the case of oil pollution liability risks, for an aggregate amount equal to the higher of (i) US$1,000,000,000 or (ii) 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 Vessel and with a protection and indemnity club which is a member of the International Group of Protection and Indemnity Clubs;
 
(e)
through brokers approved by the Owners and with first class international insurers and/or underwriters acceptable to the Owners and having a Standard & Poor’s rating of BBB+ or above, a Moody’s rating of A or above or an AM Best rating of A- or above or, in the case of war risks, through a protection and indemnity club which meets the requirements of paragraph (d) above; and
 
(f)
otherwise on terms and in form acceptable to the Owners.
 
39.2
In addition to the terms set out in Clause 13(a) (Insurance and Repairs), the Charterers shall procure that the Obligatory Insurances shall:
 
(a)
subject always to paragraph (b), name the Owners and the Charterers as the only named assureds unless the interest of every other named assured or co-assured 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 they have 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 them); and

  (ii)
in respect of any Obligatory Insurances for protection and indemnity risks, to any recoveries they are entitled to make by way of reimbursement following discharge of any third party liability claims made specifically against them,
 
and every other named assured or co-assured has undertaken in writing to the Owners or the Owners’ Financiers (if any) (in such form as they may require) that any deductible shall be apportioned between the Charterers and every other named assured or co-assured (save for the Owners or the Owners’ Financiers (if any)) in proportion to the gross claims made by or paid to each of them (provided that in the event they do not agree to this, the Charterers agree that they shall be responsible for bearing such deductible portion) and that they shall do all things necessary and provide all documents, evidence and information reasonably required to enable the Owners and the Owners’ Financiers (if any) in accordance with the terms of the loss payable clause, to collect or recover any moneys which at any time become payable in respect of the Obligatory Insurances;


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(b)
whenever the Owners require in respect of any Owners’ Financiers:
 
  (i)
in respect of fire and other usual marine risks and war risks, name (or be amended to name) the same as additional named assured for their rights and interests, warranted no operational interest and with full waiver of rights of subrogation against such Owners’ Financier, but without such financiers thereby being liable to pay (but having the right to pay) premiums, calls or other assessments in respect of such insurance;
 
  (ii)
in relation to protection and indemnity risks, name (or be amended to name) the same as additional insured or co-assured for their rights and interests to the extent permissible under the relevant protection and indemnity club rules; and
 
  (iii)
name the Owners’ Financiers (if any) and the Owners as respectively the first ranking loss payee and the second ranking loss payee (and in the absence of any Owners’ Financiers, the Owners as first ranking loss payee) in accordance with the terms of the relevant loss payable clauses approved by the Owners’ Financiers and the Owners with such directions for payment in accordance with the terms of such relevant loss payable clause, as the Owners and the Owners’ Financiers (if any) may specify;
 
(c)
provide that all payments by or on behalf of the insurers under the Obligatory Insurances to the Owners and/or the Owners’ Financiers (as applicable) shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, deduction or condition whatsoever;
 
(d)
provide that such Obligatory Insurances shall be primary without right of contribution from other insurances which may be carried by the Owners or the Owners’ Financiers (if any);
 
(e)
provide that the Owners and/or the Owners’ Financiers (if any) may make proof of loss if the Charterers fail to do so; and
 
(f)
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 Owners and/or the Owners’ Financiers (if any), or if any Obligatory Insurance is allowed to lapse for non-payment of premium, such cancellation, change or lapse shall not be effective with respect to the Owners and/or the Owners’ Financiers (if any) for thirty (30) days after receipt by the Owners and/or the Owners’ Financiers (if any) of prior written notice from the insurers of such cancellation, change or lapse.
 
39.3
The Charterers shall:
 
(a)
at least ten (10) days prior to Delivery (or such shorter period agreed by the parties), notify in writing the Owners of the terms and conditions of all Insurances;
 
(b)
at least seven (7) days before the expiry of any Obligatory Insurance or otherwise before the change of appointment of any brokers (or other insurers) and any protection and indemnity or war risks association through which Obligatory Insurances are taken from time to time pursuant to this Clause 39 (Insurance), notify the Owners of the brokers (or other insurers) and any protection and indemnity or war risks association through or with whom the Charterers propose to renew or obtain that Obligatory Insurance and of the proposed terms of such renewed or new insurance cover and obtain the Owners’ approval to such matters;


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(c)
at least two (2) days before the expiry of any Obligatory Insurance, procure that such Obligatory Insurance is renewed or to be renewed on its expiry date in accordance with the provisions of this Charter;
 
(d)
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 or the effective date of the new insurance and protection and indemnity cover notify the Owners in writing of the terms and conditions of the renewal; and
 
(e)
as soon as practicable after the expiry of any Obligatory Insurance and within thirty (30) days after such expiry, deliver to the Owners a letter of undertaking as required by this Charter in respect of such Insurances for the Vessel as renewed pursuant to Clause 39.3 together with copies of the relevant policies or cover notes or entry certificates duly endorsed with the interest of the Owners and/or the Owners’ Financiers (if any).
 
39.4
The Charterers shall ensure that all insurance companies and/or underwriters, and/or insurance brokers (if any) provide the Owners with copies (or upon the Owners’ request, originals) of policies, cover notes and certificates of entry relating to the Obligatory Insurances which they are to effect or renew and letter or letters of undertaking in a form required by the Owners or the Owners’ Financiers (if any) and including undertakings by the insurance companies and/or underwriters that:

(a)
they will have endorsed on each policy, immediately upon issuance, a loss payable clause and a notice of assignment complying with the provisions of this Charter and the Financial Instruments;

(b)
they will hold the benefit of such policies and such insurances, to the order of the Owners and/or the Owners’ Financiers (if any) and/or such other party in accordance with the said loss payable clause;

(c)
they will advise the Owners and the Owners’ Financiers (if any) promptly of any material change to the terms of the Obligatory Insurances of which they are aware;
 
(d)
they will notify the Owners and the Owners’ Financiers (if any) not less than fourteen (14) days before the expiry of the Obligatory Insurances, in the event of their not having received notice of renewal instructions from the Charterers and, in the event of their receiving instructions to renew, they will promptly notify the Owners and the Owners’ Financiers (if any) of the terms of the instructions; and
 
(e)
if any of the Obligatory Insurances form part of any fleet cover, the Charterers shall procure that the insurance broker(s), or leading insurer, as the case may be, undertakes to the Owners and the Owners’ Financiers (if any) that such insurance broker or insurer will not set off against any sum recoverable in respect of a claim relating to the Vessel under such Obligatory Insurances any premiums due in respect of any other vessel under any fleet cover of which the Vessel forms a part or any premium due for other insurances, they waive any lien on the policies, or any sums received under them, which they might have in respect of such premiums, and they will not cancel such Obligatory Insurances by reason of non-payment of such premiums or other amounts, and will arrange for a separate policy to be issued in respect of the Vessel forthwith upon being so requested by the Owners or the Owners’ Financiers (if any) and where practicable.


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39.5
The Charterers shall ensure that any protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations in which the Vessel is entered provides the Owners and the Owners’ Financiers (if any) with:
 
(a)
a copy of the certificate of entry for the Vessel as soon as such certificate of entry is issued; and

(b)
a copy of the letter or letters of undertaking in such form as may be required by the Owners or the Owners’ Financiers (if any) or in such association’s standard form.
 
39.6
The Charterers shall ensure that all policies relating to the Obligatory Insurances are deposited with the approved brokers (if any) through which the insurances are effected or renewed.
 
39.7
The Charterers shall procure that all premiums or other sums payable in respect of the Obligatory Insurances are punctually paid.
 
39.8
The Charterers shall ensure that any guarantees required by a protection and indemnity or war risks association are promptly issued and remain in full force and effect.
 
39.9
The Charterers shall neither 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 and, in particular:
 
(a)
the Charterers shall procure that all necessary action is taken and all requirements are complied with which may from time to time be applicable to the Obligatory Insurances, and (without limiting the obligations contained in this Clause) ensure that the Obligatory Insurances are not made subject to any exclusions or qualifications to which the Owners have not given their prior approval (unless such exclusions or qualifications are made in accordance with the rules of a protection and indemnity association which is a member of the International Group of Protection and Indemnity Clubs);
 
(b)
the Charterers shall not make or permit any changes relating to the classification or the classification society of the Vessel or, subject to procuring the provision of a replacement manager’s undertaking in substantially the same form as the Manager’s Undertaking, any changes to the manager or operator of the Vessel unless such changes have, if required, first been approved by the underwriters of the Obligatory Insurances and the Owners or the Owners’ Financiers (if any);
 
(c)
the Charterers shall procure that all quarterly or other voyage declarations which may be required by the protection and indemnity risks association in which the Vessel 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) are made and the Charterers shall promptly provide the Owners with copies of such declarations and a copy of its valid certificate of financial responsibility; and
 
(d)
the Charterers shall not employ the Vessel, 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.


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39.10
The Charterers shall not make or agree to any material alteration to the terms of any Obligatory Insurance nor waive any right relating to any Obligatory Insurance without the prior written consent of the Owners.

39.11
The Charterers shall not settle, compromise or abandon any claim under any Obligatory Insurance for Total Loss or for a Major Casualty, and shall do all things necessary and provide all documents, evidence and information to enable the Owners to collect or recover any moneys which at any time become payable in respect of the Obligatory Insurances.
 
39.12
The Charterers shall provide the Owners with copies of all communications between the Charterers and:
 
(a)
the approved brokers;
 
(b)
the approved protection and indemnity and/or war risks associations; and
 
(c)
the approved insurers and/or underwriters, which relate directly or indirectly to:

  (i)
prior to the occurrence of a continuing Termination Event, a Major Casualty or a Total Loss; and
 
  (ii)
at any time after the occurrence of a Termination Event and while it is continuing, any material communications whatsoever relating to the insurances of the Vessel.
 
39.13
The Charterers shall promptly provide the Owners (or any persons which they may designate) with any information which the Owners may request for the purpose of:
 
(a)
obtaining or preparing any report from an independent marine insurance broker as to the adequacy of the Insurances (including but not limited to the report obtained under Clause 39.16); or
 
(b)
effecting, maintaining or renewing any such insurances as are referred to in Clause 13(a) (Insurance and Repairs) or this Clause 39 or dealing with or considering any matters relating to any such insurances;
 
39.14
The Charterers shall upon demand fully indemnify the Owners (including if requested by the Owners, make direct payment to the relevant insurer or broker for the same) in respect of all premiums and other expenses which are incurred by:
 
(a)
the Owners in connection with or with a view to effecting, maintaining or renewing an innocent owners interest insurance and an innocent owners additional perils insurance or any similar protective shipowner insurance that is taken out in respect of the Vessel; and/or
 
(b)
the Owners’ Financiers (if any) in connection with or with a view to effecting, maintaining or renewing a mortgagee’s interest insurance, a mortgagee’s additional perils insurance, all protection and indemnity insurance that is taken out in respect of the Vessel,
 
in each case as referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) above, in such an amount as the Owners consider reasonable and on such other terms, through such insurers and generally in such manner as the Owners or the Owners’ Financiers (as the case may be) may from time to time consider appropriate.


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39.15
The Charterers shall be solely responsible for and indemnify the Owners in respect of all loss or damage to the Vessel (insofar as the Owners shall not be reimbursed by the proceeds of any insurance in respect thereof) however caused occurring at any time or times before physical possession thereof is retaken by the Owners, with only reasonable wear and tear to the Vessel excepted.

39.16
The Charterers shall reimburse or indemnify the Owners for any expenses reasonably incurred by the Owners in obtaining a detailed report signed by an independent firm of marine insurance brokers approved by the Owners dealing with the Obligatory Insurances and stating the opinion of such firm as to the adequacy of the Obligatory Insurances:
 
(a)
when an agreed form of such detailed report satisfactory to the Owners is obtained as a condition precedent requirement under Part A of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) of this Charter;
 
(b)
when the Owners procure the issuance of such detailed report no more than once every calendar year, unless a Termination Event has occurred in which case such reports may be procured at the Charterer’s cost at any such time; and
 
(c)
further from time to time upon the Owners’ demand where, in the Owners’ opinion, at any time during the Charter Period there has been a material change in the terms of the Insurances and/or a change in the circumstances which would materially adversely affect the adequacy of the Obligatory Insurances.
 
39.17
The Charterers shall:
 
(a)
keep the Vessel insured at their expense against such other risks (not including loss of hire or earnings risks) which the Owners and the Owners’ Financiers (if any) consider reasonable for a prudent shipowner or operator to insure against for trading, management, operational and/or safety purposes at the relevant time (as notified by the Owners) and which risks are, at that time, generally insured against as market practice by owners or operators of vessels similar to the Vessel and having regard to the availability of such cover in the insurance market at that time; and
 
(b)
upon demand fully indemnify the Owners in respect of all premiums and other expenses incurred by the Owners in respect of any other insurances which the Owners deem necessary (acting reasonably) and takes out in respect of the Vessel.
 
WARRANTIES RELATING TO VESSEL
 
40.1
It is expressly agreed and acknowledged that the Owners are not the manufacturer or original supplier of the Vessel but that the Owners (in their capacity as buyers) have purchased the Vessel from the Charterers (in their capacity as sellers) pursuant to the MOA at the request of the Charterers, for the purpose of then chartering the Vessel to the Charterers hereunder and that no condition, term, warranty or representation of any kind is or has been given to the Charterers by or on behalf of the Owners in respect of the Vessel (or any part thereof).

40.2
All conditions, terms or warranties express or implied by the law relating to the specifications, quality, description, merchantability or fitness for any purpose of the Vessel (or any part thereof) or otherwise are hereby expressly excluded.


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40.3
The Charterers agree and acknowledge that the Owners shall not be liable for any claim, loss, damage, expense or other liability of any kind or nature caused directly or indirectly by the Vessel or by any inadequacy thereof or the use or performance thereof or any repairs thereto or servicing thereof and the Charterers shall not by reason thereof be released from any liability to pay any Charterhire or other payment due under this Charter.
 
TERMINATION AND REDELIVERY

41.1
Upon termination of the leasing of the Vessel under this Charter pursuant to Clause 47.2, the Charterers shall be obliged to pay the Owners the Termination Sum on the Termination Date and it is hereby agreed by the parties hereto that:
 
(a)
without prejudice to Clause 42.2, the obligation to pay the Termination Sum is a continuing obligation and shall survive the termination of the leasing of the Vessel under this Charter and shall continue in full force and effect until irrevocably and unconditionally paid in full;
 
(b)
payment of the Termination Sum is deemed to be proportionate as to amount, having regard to the legitimate interest of the Owners, in protecting against the Owners’ risk of the Charterers failing to perform its obligations under this Charter; and

(c)
the Termination Sum shall, depending on the nature of the Termination Event(s) on the basis of which the Owners serve a Termination Notice, be either an obligation to pay damages following acceptance by the Owners of a breach of condition by the Charterers or an obligation to pay an agreed sum in specified circumstances which do not involve a breach of contract by the Charterers.
 
41.2
If the Charterers fail to make any payment of the Termination Sum on the Termination Date, Clause 37.5 shall apply and the Owners shall be entitled to exercise their rights under Clause 42.
 
41.3
Concurrently with the unconditional and irrevocable payment of the Termination Sum in full pursuant to the terms of this Charter, this Charter shall terminate and the Owners shall (save in the event of Total Loss or in the event that the Vessel has been sold or contracted to be sold pursuant to Clause 42), at the cost of the Charterers, transfer the legal and beneficial ownership of the Vessel on an “as is where is” basis to the Charterers or their nominees free from all mortgages, encumbrances, liens, debts or any claims whatsoever incurred or permitted by the Owners (save for those liens, encumbrances and debts incurred by the Charterers or arising out of or in connection with this Charter), and shall execute a bill of sale and a protocol of delivery and acceptance evidencing the same and such sale shall be completed otherwise in accordance with Clause 56.1(a) and 56.1(b).

41.4
The Charterers hereby undertake to indemnify the Owners against any documented claims incurred in relation to the Vessel prior to such transfer of ownership. Any taxes, notarial, consular and other costs, charges and expenses connected with closing of the Owners’ register shall be for the Charterers’ account.
 
41.5
On natural expiration of this Charter, unless the Purchase Option Price is paid by the Charterers in accordance with Clause 56, the Charterers shall re-deliver the Vessel to the Owners in accordance with Clause 41.6 and shall ensure that they have fulfilled their obligations under this Charter and made payment of all Charterhire and all other moneys pursuant to the terms of this Charter. In such case, the Charterers shall give the Owners not less than 20 running days’ preliminary notice of expected date and port or place of redelivery and not less than 3 running days’ definite notice of expected date and port or place of redelivery. Any changes thereafter in the Vessel’s position shall be notified immediately to the Owners.


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41.6
If the Charterers are required to redeliver the Vessel to the Owners pursuant to the terms of this Charter, the Vessel shall be redelivered and taken over safely afloat at a safe and accessible berth or anchorage in such location as the Owners may require (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall exclude any war listed area declared by the Joint War Committee). The Charterers shall ensure that, at the time of redelivery to the Owners, the Vessel:

(a)
be in an equivalent class as she was as at the Commencement Date and without any recommendations or conditions and with valid, unextended certificates for not less than three (3) months and free of average damage affecting the Vessel’s classification and in the same or as good structure, state, condition and classification as that in which she was deemed on the Commencement Date, fair wear and tear not affecting the Vessel’s classification excepted;

(b)
has passed her 5-year special survey (if applicable), and subsequent second intermediate surveys and drydock (if applicable) at the Charterers’ time and expense without any recommendations or conditions:
 
  (i)
to the satisfaction of the Approved Classification Society; and
 
  (ii)
in the case of the 5-year special survey, to the reasonable satisfaction of an Owners’ Surveyor appointed at the cost of the Charterers;
 
(c)
has her survey cycles up-to-date and trading and class certificate valid for at least the number of months agreed in Box 17;
 
(d)
be re-delivered to the Owners together with all spare parts and spare equipment as were on board at the time of Delivery, and any such spare parts and spare equipment on board at the time of re-delivery shall be taken over by the Owners free of charge;
 
(e)
be free of any cargo and Security Interest (save for the Security Interests granted pursuant to the Financial Instruments, if any);
 
(f)
be free of any crew and officers unless otherwise instructed by the Owners;
 
(g)
be free of any charter or other employment (unless the Owners wish to retain the continuance of any prevailing charter or as otherwise agreed by the Owners in their absolute discretion); and
 
(h)
have such amount of bunkers on board the Vessel as would be sufficient to enable the Vessel to sail to the nearest bunker port in compliance with all bunkering fuel content regulations then applicable in such place of redelivery.
 
41.7
The Charterers warrant that they will not permit (or request any sub-charterer not to) the Vessel to commence a voyage (including any preceding ballast voyage) which cannot reasonably be expected to be completed in time to allow redelivery of the Vessel within any time period required by this Clause 41 (Termination and Redelivery). Notwithstanding the above, should the Charterers fail to redeliver the Vessel within any time period required by this Clause 41 (Termination and Redelivery), the Charterers shall pay the daily equivalent to the rate of Charterhire plus five per cent. (5%) or to the then applicable BCI rate, whichever is the higher, for the number of days by which the Charter Period is exceeded.


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41.8
If the Charterers are required to redeliver the Vessel to the Owners under the terms of this Charter, the Owners shall be entitled to appoint surveyors (the “Owners’ Surveyor”) (but at Charterers’ cost) for the purpose of determining and agreeing in writing the condition of the Vessel at the time of such redelivery. The Charterers shall provide the Owners’ Surveyor with all such facilities and access to the Vessel as may be required to enable the Owners’ Surveyor to conduct its survey of the Vessel and shall take all such actions as may be reasonably recommended by the Owners’ Surveyor to ensure that the Vessel shall be redelivered in accordance with Clause 41.6.
 
41.9
The Owners shall not be obliged to accept redelivery of the Vessel until the Owners are reasonably satisfied that all conditions for the redelivery of the Vessel under this Charter are met, and the Vessel shall (if the redelivery is at the end of the Charter Period) continue to be on-hire under the terms of this Charter until such redelivery. The Owners reserve all rights to recover from the Charterers any costs, expense and/or liabilities incurred or suffered by them (including without limitation, the costs of any repairs which may be required to restore the Vessel to the condition required by Clause 41.6 as a result of the Vessel not being redelivered in accordance with the terms of this Charter.

41.10
The Owners shall, at the time of the redelivery of the Vessel, take over all bunkers, lubricating oil, unbroached provisions, paints, ropes, other consumable stores and spare parts in the Vessel at no cost to the Owners.
 
– SALE OF VESSEL BY THE OWNERS IN THE EVENT OF NON-PAYMENT OF TERMINATION SUM
 
42.1
The Charterers agree that should the Termination Sum not be paid on the Termination Date:
 
(a)
save as required to comply with this Clause 42.1, the Charterers’ right to possess and operate the Vessel shall immediately cease and (without in any way affecting the Charterers’ obligation to pay the Charterer the Termination Sum and comply with its other obligations under this Charter) the Charterers shall hold the Vessel as gratuitous bailee only to the Owners, the Charterers shall procure that the master and crew follow the orders and directions of the Owners and the Charterers shall, upon the Owners’ request (at Owners’ sole discretion), be obliged to immediately (and at the Charterers’ own cost) redeliver the Vessel to the Owners at such ready and nearest safe port or location as the Owners may require and for the avoidance of doubt, any such redelivery shall not extinguish the Owners’ right to recover the Termination Sum from the Charterers under this Charter;

(b)
the Owners shall be entitled (at Owners’ sole discretion) to operate the Vessel as they may require and may create whatsoever interests thereon, including without limitation charterparties or any other form of employment contracts provided that the Earnings of the Vessel during such period less its operational expenses (the “Net Trading Proceeds”) shall be applied against the Termination Sum and any other amounts payable under the Leasing Documents pursuant to Clause 64 provided that if such use of the Vessel results in the Owners suffering a loss then such losses shall be included in the indemnities contained in Clause 57 and be added to the Termination Sum; and

(c)
the Owners shall be entitled (at Owners’ sole discretion) to immediately thereafter sell the Vessel to any person on such terms as they deem fit, subject to the right of the Charterers to have a period of 45 days from the Termination Date (the “Nomination Period”) to first nominate or identify a purchaser for the Vessel (a “Nominated Purchaser”) and the Owners shall sell the Vessel to such Nominated Purchaser subject to all of the following conditions being satisfied:


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  (i)
the Nominated Purchaser is acceptable to the Owners (such acceptability not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and
 
  (ii)
the price to be paid by the Nominated Purchaser (after deducting any commissions, taxes and other costs of sale) is equal to or more than the applicable Termination Sum (unless otherwise agreed by the Owners in their absolute discretion) unless the shortfall is paid by any Obligor or member of the Group on or before such sale,
 
and any net sale proceeds (after deducting all fees, taxes, disbursements and any other documented costs and expenses incurred by the Owners in connection with such sale) (the “Net Sales Proceeds”) derived from any such sale to a Nominated Purchaser or any other person shall be applied towards reduction of the Termination Sum in accordance with Clause 64 (General Application of Proceeds). If the Net Sales Proceeds are not sufficient to settle the Termination Sum in full, the Charterers shall remain liable to pay the shortfall and default interest shall continue to accrue on the unpaid portion of the Termination Sum in accordance with Clause 37.5.
 
42.2
Notwithstanding Clause 42.1, the Owners may, by written notice to the Charterers at any time after the expiry of the Nomination Period, elect to retain the Vessel instead of selling the Vessel instead of selling the Vessel under Clause 42.1(c) above (with such option to elect to retain the Vessel to take effect from such date as they may nominate after the Termination Date (regardless of date of the notice)), and in doing so, the Owners shall first obtain the Fair Market Value of the Vessel (after deducting any commissions, taxes and costs which would be likely to be incurred in connection with a sale of the Vessel) and if the Fair Market Value (less such deductions) of the Vessel as at the date of such nomination is less than the Termination Sum as at such date, the Charterers shall immediately pay the difference to the Owners upon the Owners’ demand. If the Fair Market Value of the Vessel (subject to the aforesaid deductions) exceeds the Termination Sum as at such date, the Owners shall within twenty five days (of the date of the notice) pay the difference to the Charterers.
 
TOTAL LOSS
 
43.1
Throughout the Charter Period, the Charterer shall bear the full risk of any Total Loss of or any other damage to the Vessel howsoever arising. If the Vessel becomes a Total Loss after Delivery, the Charterer shall, subject to Clause 43.2, pay the Termination Sum to the Owners on the Total Loss Payment Date. Upon such receipt by the Owners of the Termination Sum, this Charter shall terminate (without prejudice to any provision of this Charter expressed to survive termination) but until such receipt, the Charterers shall remain liable to make all payments of Charterhire and all other amounts to the Owners under this Charter, notwithstanding that the Vessel has become a Total Loss.
 
43.2
Any Total Loss Proceeds unconditionally received by the Owners (or the Owners’ Financiers in accordance with the terms of the relevant loss payable clause) shall be applied in accordance with Clause 64 and shall satisfy the obligation of the Charterers to pay the Termination Sum to the extent received by the Owners or the Owners’ Financiers in accordance with the terms of the relevant loss payable clause). The obligation of the Charterers to pay the Termination Sum shall remain unaffected and exist regardless of whether any of the insurers have agreed or refused to meet or has disputed in good faith, the claim for Total Loss.


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43.3
If the Total Loss Proceeds unconditionally received by the Owners or the Owners’ Financiers in accordance with the terms of the relevant loss payable clause) are less than the Termination Sum, the Charterers shall pay such shortfall to the Owner on the Total Loss Payment Date.

43.4
The Owners shall have no obligation to supply to the Charterers with a replacement vessel following the occurrence of a Total Loss.
 
FEES AND EXPENSES
 
44.1

The Charterers shall pay to the Owners a non-refundable arrangement fee (the “Arrangement Fee”) in the amount and at the times agreed in the Fee Letter.
 
44.2
All costs and expenses including, but not limited to legal costs, expenses and other disbursements incurred by the Owners and each of their legal counsels in relation to preparing, negotiating and executing this Charter and the Leasing Documents and/or any Financial Instruments, shall be for the account of the Charterers (regardless of whether the transaction contemplated by the Leasing Documents actually completes).
 
44.3
If:
 
(a)
the Charterers request an amendment, waiver or consent;
 
(b)
the Charterers make a request to re-register the Vessel in another Flag State; or
 
(c)
an amendment is required to address the fact that the Screen Rate is not or is likely not to be available for Dollars,
 
the Charterers shall, on demand, reimburse the Owners for the amount of all reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Owners in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any amounts the Owners have to pay under the terms of the Financial Instruments).

44.4
All documented costs and expenses incurred by the Owners in relation to the acquisition, registration of title of the Vessel in the Owners’ name in the Flag State together with any and all fees (including but not limited to any vessel registration and tonnage fees and the Owners’ initial and ongoing registration and maintenance costs if required to be registered as a foreign maritime entity or the appointment of resident agents under the laws of the Flag State) payable by the Owners to register, maintain and/or renew such registration, shall be for the account of the Charterers. Without prejudice to the foregoing, if the Flag State requires the Owners to establish a physical presence or office in the jurisdiction of such Flag State, all fees, costs and expenses payable by the Owners to establish and maintain such physical presence or office shall be for the account of the Charterers. The Charterers shall promptly provide the Owners with evidence of payment of the annual register (including but not limited to the Owners’ being registered as a foreign maritime entity)/tonnage tax amounts payable to the Flag State or any other aforesaid costs, expenses and/or taxes when the same fall due.
 
44.5
All reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Owners in relation to the transfer of title of the Vessel by the Owners to the Charterers and the re-delivery of the Vessel by the Charterers to the Owners pursuant to Clause 41 (Termination and Redelivery) shall be for the account of the Charterers.


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44.6
The Charterers shall, on demand, pay to the Owners the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Owners in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Leasing Document, including, without limitation, any action brought by the Owners to arrest or recover possession of the Vessel, and with any proceedings instituted by or against the Owners as a consequence of it entering into a Leasing Document or enforcing those rights.

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NO WAIVER OF RIGHTS
 
45.1
No neglect, delay, act, omission or indulgence on the part of either Party in enforcing the terms and conditions of this Charter or any other Leasing Document (to which they are party to) shall prejudice the strict rights of that Party or be construed as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right of either party preclude any other or further exercise thereof.
 
45.2
No right or remedy conferred upon either Party by this Charter or any other Leasing Document shall be exclusive of any other right or remedy provided for herein or by law and all such rights and remedies shall be cumulative.

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NOTICES
 
Any notice, certificate, demand or other communication to be served, given, made or sent under or in relation to this Charter shall be in English and in writing and (without prejudice to any other valid method or giving, making or sending the same) shall be deemed sufficiently given or made or sent if sent by registered post or by email to the following respective address:
 
(a)
to the Owners:
c/o CMB Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
   
21F, China Merchants Bank Building No. 1088 Lujiazui Ring Road Shanghai
   
China 200120
   
    Attention: Xiao Yue
   
Email:
xiao_yue@cmbchina.com/
    zyzlsceb@cmbchina.com
    Tel: +86-21-61061534
   
(b)
to the Charterers:
Patriot Shipping Co.
c/o Seanergy Management Corp.
154 Vouliagmenis Avenue,
16674 Glyfada, Athens, Greece
    Attention: Mr. Stavros Gyftakis
    Email:
legal@seanergy.gr and
    finance@seanergy.gr
    Tel:
+30 210 8913520
 
or, if a party hereto changes its address or email address, to such other address (or email address) as that party may notify to the other.
 
TERMINATION EVENTS
 
47.1
The Owners and the Charterers hereby agree that any of the following events shall constitute a Termination Event:


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(a)
the Charterers or the Guarantor fails to pay or the Owners do not receive on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Leasing Document, unless such failure to pay is caused by a technical error and payment is made within three (3) Business Days of its due date;

(b)
the Charterers breach or omit to observe or perform or procure the performance of any of the undertakings in Clauses 34.7, 50.1(f), Clause 51, Clause 52, 53.1(b), 53.1(c), 53.1(d), 53.1(g) or 53.1(h);
 
(c)
the Charterers fail to obtain and/or maintain the Insurances required under Clause 39 (Insurance) in accordance with the provisions thereof (or any insurer in respect of such Insurances cancels the Insurances or disclaims liability with respect thereto);
 
(d)
any Obligor commits any other breach of, or omits to observe or perform, any of their other obligations or undertakings in any Leasing Document (other than a breach referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) above) or any Approved Manager that is not a member of the Group breaches any provision of, or omits to observe or perform, any of their obligations or undertakings in any Manager’s Undertaking unless such breach or omission is in the reasonable opinion of the Owners, remediable and the relevant Obligor or Approved Manager remedies such breach or omission to the satisfaction of the Owners (acting reasonably) within ten (10) Business Days of the earlier of (i) the date of the notice thereof from the Owners or (ii) upon the relevant Obligor or Approved Manager becoming aware of the same;
 
(e)
any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of an Obligor, in or pursuant to any Leasing Document to which it is a party, proves to be, in the opinion of the Owners, untrue or misleading when it is made;
 
(f)
any of the following occurs in relation to any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor:

  (i)
any Financial Indebtedness is not paid when due or not paid within any applicable grace period;
 
  (ii)
any Financial Indebtedness 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) and following the expiry of any applicable grace period;
 
  (iii)
any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness is cancelled or suspended by any of its creditors as a result of an event of default (however described) and following the expiry of any applicable grace period;
 
  (iv)
any of its creditors becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described) and following the expiry of any applicable grace period; 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 such Obligors or member of the Group ceases to be available or becomes capable of being terminated or declared due and payable or cash cover is required or becomes capable of being required, as a result of any termination event or event of default (howsoever defined) and following the expiry of any applicable grace period,


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provided that no Termination Event will occur under this paragraph (f) in respect of the Guarantor if the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness falling within sub-paragraphs (i) to (v) above is less than US$5,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies);
 
(g)
any of the following occurs in relation to any Obligor:
 
  (i)
it becomes unable to pay its debts as they fall due;

  (ii)
any administrative or other receiver is appointed over all or a substantial part of its assets unless as part of a solvent reorganisation which has been approved in writing by the Owners;

  (iii)
it makes any formal declaration of bankruptcy or any formal statement to the effect that it is insolvent or likely to become insolvent or a winding up or administration order is made in relation to it, or its members or directors of pass a resolution to the effect that it should be wound up, placed in administration or cease to carry on business or it makes any formal statement to the effect that it is reasonably likely to become insolvent;
 
  (iv)
a petition is filed in any Relevant Jurisdiction for its winding up or administration, or the appointment of a provisional liquidator over it;
 
  (v)
it petitions a court, or presents any proposal for, any form of judicial or non-judicial suspension or deferral of payments, reorganisation of its debt (or certain of its debt) or arrangement with all or a substantial proportion (by number or value) of their creditors or of any class of them or any such suspension or deferral of payments, reorganisation or arrangement is effected by court order, contract or otherwise;
 
  (vi)
any meeting of its members or directors is summoned to authorise or take any action of a type described in paragraphs (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above;

  (vii)
in a country other than England and Wales, any event occurs or any procedure is commenced which, in the opinion of the Owners, is similar to any of the foregoing described in paragraphs (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above;
 
  (viii)
any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution (or any analogous process in any jurisdiction) affects any of its asset or assets (other than a Total Loss of the Vessel) provided that no Termination Event will occur under this sub-paragraph (viii) in respect of the Guarantor unless the relevant event would have or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
  (ix)
it fails to comply with or pay any sum due from it under any final judgment or any final order made or given by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction; or
 
  (x)
if it suspends or ceases to carry on all or a material part of its business;
 
(h)
any consent, approval, authorisation, license or permit necessary to enable the Charterers to operate or charter the Vessel or to enable any Obligor or any Approved Manager to (i) comply with any provision of a Leasing Document to which it is a party or (ii) ensure that the obligations of that Obligor or Approved Manager under such Leasing Document are legal, valid, binding or enforceable, is not granted, expires without being renewed, is revoked or becomes, at the relevant time, expressly liable to or otherwise subject to automatic revocation or any condition of such a consent, approval, authorisation, license or permit is not fulfilled or waived within any applicable grace period (resulting in such consent, approval, authorisation, licence or permit being, at the relevant time, subject to automatic revocation or expiration);


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(i)
any event or circumstance occurs which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(j)
an Obligor suspends or ceases carrying on its business;
 
(k)
the Security Interest constituted by any Security Document is in any way imperilled or in jeopardy or this Charter or any Leasing Document or any Security Interest created by a Security Document:

  (i)
is cancelled, terminated, rescinded or suspended or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect for any reason or no longer constitutes valid, binding and enforceable obligations of any party to that document for any reason whatsoever; or
 
  (ii)
is amended or varied without the prior written consent of the Owners, except for any amendment or variation which is expressly permitted by this Charter or any other relevant Leasing Document;
 
(l)
any Obligor or any Approved Manager rescinds, repudiates (or purports to rescind or repudiates or purports to repudiate) a Leasing Document;
 
(m)
it is or has become:
 
  (i)
unlawful or prohibited, whether 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
 
  (ii)
contrary to, or inconsistent with, any regulation,
 
for any Obligor or Approved Manager to maintain or give effect to any of its obligations under any Leasing Document;

(n)
if it becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for the Owners to perform any of their obligations as contemplated by this Charter or any other Leasing Document to which they are a party;
 
(o)
any Termination Event (as defined in the Other Charter) occurs under the Other Charter;
 
(p)
if as a result of any Sanctions, the Owners or the Owners’ Financiers are prohibited from performing any of their obligations under the Leasing Documents, the Financial Instruments or the transactions contemplated under each of these respective documents;
 
(q)
if any Obligor:
 
  (i)
is or becomes 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;

  (iv)
has a Prohibited Person serving as a director, officer or employee;
 

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(r)
any lease, hire purchase agreement, charter or any other financing arrangement in respect of any Fleet Vessel is terminated, cancelled or repudiated by the relevant lessor or owner or financier as a consequence of any termination event or event of default (howsoever defined therein); or
 
(s)
a Change of Control in respect of the Charterers occurs without the prior written consent of the Owners.
 
47.2
Notwithstanding and without prejudice to Clause 33 (Cancellation), upon the occurrence of any Termination Event, the Owners may issue a written notice to the Charterers terminating this leasing of the Vessel under this Charter and demanding payment of the Termination Sum (the “Termination Notice”), whereupon the Charterers shall be obliged to pay the Termination Sum to the Owners on the date specified by the Owners in their sole discretion in the Termination Notice (the “Termination Date” but which shall be no earlier than the date falling twenty (20) Business Days after the date of the Termination Notice).
 
47.3
For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any action taken by the Owners following a Termination Event, the Charterers shall remain liable for the outstanding obligations on their part to be performed under this Charter including but not limited to all insurance, operational and maintenance covenants until such time as the Vessel is redelivered to the Owners in accordance with Clause 42, or the title is transferred to the Charterers in accordance with Clause 41.3 or the Vessel is sold in accordance with Clause 42.
 
47.4
vWithout limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other rights of the Owners, upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Charterers agree and acknowledge that the Owners shall have the sole and exclusive right and power to (i) settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any action, suit or proceeding relating to or pertaining to the Vessel and this Charter, (ii) make proof of loss, appear in and prosecute any action arising from any policy or policies of insurance maintained pursuant to this Charter, and settle, adjust or compromise any claims for loss, damage or destruction under, or take any other action in respect of, any such policy or policies and/or change or appoint a new manager for the Vessel and the appointment of any originally appointed manager may be terminated immediately without any recourse to the Owners.

47.5
Each Termination Event shall either be a breach of condition by the Charterers where it involves a breach of this Charter or any of the other Leasing Document by the Charterers or shall otherwise be an agreed terminating event, the occurrence of which gives rise to a right of the Owners to terminate the leasing of the Vessel under this Charter and to exercise its rights under this clause.

CLAUSE 47A – MANDATORY SALE
 
If there is a Change of Control of the Guarantor, the Charterers shall immediately notify the Charterers of the same and (unless the Owners otherwise agree in writing) the Charterers shall be required to purchase the Vessel from the Owners by the Charterers paying the Termination Sum to the Owners within thirty (30) days from the Change of Control and (upon such payment of the Termination Sum) this Charter shall terminate and title to the Vessel shall be transferred in accordance with the procedures set out in Clause 41.3.


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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
 
48.1
The Charterers represent and warrant to the Owners, save as otherwise stated in this Clause, as of the date hereof, and on each day henceforth until the last day of the Charter Period, as follows:
 
(a)
each of the Obligors and any Approved Manager which is a member of the Group is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation;
 
(b)
each Obligor and any Approved Manager which is a member of the Group has the corporate capacity and has taken all corporate actions to obtain and maintain all consents, approvals, authorisations, licenses or permits necessary or desirable for it:
 
  (i)
to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with and perform its obligations under each of the Leasing Documents to which it is a party; and
 
  (ii)
to make each of the Leasing Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its Relevant Jurisdictions;
 
(c)
all consents, approvals, authorisations, licences or permits referred to in Clause 48(b) remain in full force and effect and nothing has occurred which makes any of them liable to revocation;
 
(d)
each Leasing Document to which an Obligor and any Approved Manager which is a member of the Group, is a party constitutes such Obligor’s and Approved Manager’s legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against such party (and where expressed to be a deed, shall be enforceable as a deed) in accordance with its respective terms;
 
(e)
the entry into and performance by each Obligor and any Approved Manager which is a member of the Group, and the transactions contemplated by, each Leasing Document to which such Obligors and Approved Manager is a party do not and will not conflict with:
 
  (i)
any law or regulation applicable to it (including Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti- Bribery and Anti-Corruption Laws, Sanctions or laws relating to anti-trust or collusion and laws relating to human rights violation);
 
  (ii)
its constitutional documents; and
 
  (iii)
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;
 
(f)
the choice of governing law as stated in each Leasing Document and the agreement by the relevant parties thereto to refer disputes to the relevant courts or tribunals as stated in such Leasing Document are valid and binding against such parties;
 
(g)
under the laws of the Relevant Jurisdictions of each Obligor and Approved Manager which is a member of the Group it is not necessary for any of the Leasing Documents to which it is a party to be registered, filed, recorded, notarised or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration, notarial or similar taxes or fees be paid on or in relation to the Leasing Documents to which it is a party or the transactions contemplated by those Leasing Documents except payment of associated fees which registration, filings, taxes and fees will be made and paid promptly after the date of the relevant Leasing Documents to which it is a party;


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(h)
each Security Document to which an Obligor or Approved Manager which is a member of the Group is a party does now or, as the case may be, will upon execution and delivery create, the Security Interests it purports to create over any assets to which such Security Interest, by its terms, relates, and such Security Interests will, when created or intended to be created, be valid and effective;
 
(i)
no party has any Security Interest (other than the Permitted Security Interests) or any other interest, right or claim over, in or in relation to the Vessel, this Charter, any moneys payable under any Leasing Document or over any assets which are, the subject of the Security Interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents;
 
(j)
the obligations of each Obligor, under each Leasing Document to which it is a party, are the direct, general and unconditional obligations of such Obligor and rank at least pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated creditors of each Obligor save for any obligation which is mandatorily preferred by law and not by virtue of any contract;

(k)
all payments which an Obligor is liable to make under any Leasing Document to which such Obligor is a party may be made by such party without deduction or withholding for or on account of any tax payable under the laws of their jurisdiction of incorporation;
 
(l)
no Obligor has failed to pay all taxes applicable to, or imposed on or in relation to it, its business or if applicable, the Vessel;
 
(m)
no Obligor has breached any law or regulation which breach has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(n)
no Obligor or other member of the Group, nor any of their subsidiaries, directors or officers, affiliates or any employee, has engaged in any activity or conduct which would violate any Anti- Bribery and Anti-Corruption Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws in any applicable jurisdiction and each Obligor and Group member has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to prevent violation of such laws, regulations and rules;
 
(o)
no Obligor or other member of the Group, nor any of their subsidiaries, directors or officers, or to the best of their knowledge affiliates or employees, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any government official (which shall include without limitation, any officer or employee of a government or government owned or controlled entity or of a public international organisation or any person acting in an official capacity for and on behalf of the foregoing or any political party or party official or candidate for public office) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage;
 
(p)
no Environmental Claim has been made or threatened against any Obligor or any other member of the Group;
 
(q)
no Environmental Incident has occurred and no person has claimed that an Environmental Incident has occurred;
 
(r)
no Termination Event or Potential Termination Event has occurred or might reasonably be expected to result from the entry into and performance of this Charter or any other Leasing Document and 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;


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(s)
no 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) of or before any court, arbitral body or agency have been started or threatened against any Obligor which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(t)
the consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 49.1(a) are prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and give a true and fair view of (if audited) or fairly represent (if unaudited) the financial condition of the Guarantor as at the end of the period to which such financial statements relate;
 
(u)
since the date of the Original Financial Statements or as the case may be, the date of any more recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 49.1(a), there has been no material adverse change in the Guarantor’s or the Group’s business, assets or financial condition;
 
(v)
in relation to any information provided by any Obligor for the purposes of this Charter:
 
  (i)
such information 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;

  (ii)
any financial projections contained in such information have been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions, and
 
  (iii)
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;

(w)
no corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in Clause 47.1(g) or circumstances described in Clause 47.1(f) has been taken or exists or, to their knowledge, threatened in relation to an Obligor;
 
(x)
no Obligors, nor any of its 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 judgment, execution or other enforcement);
 
(y)
for the purposes of the Regulation, the centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Regulation) of each Obligor is situated in its jurisdiction of incorporation and it has no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Regulation) in any other jurisdiction;

(z)
no Obligor is a US Tax Obligor and none of them have established a place of business in the United States of America;
 
(aa)
no Obligor has established a place of business in the United Kingdom;
 
(bb)
no Obligor, Approved Manager which is a member of the Group, sub-charterer (to the best of its knowledge) and no member of the Group:
 
  (i)
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  (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;
 
(cc)
no Obligor nor its respective directors, member, officers and any member of the Group nor (to the best of its knowledge) any or any sub-charterer is in breach of applicable Sanctions, has been or is currently being investigated on compliance with Sanctions, have received notice or are aware of any claim, action, suit or proceeding against any of them with respect to Sanctions, or have taken any action to evade the application of Sanctions; and
 
(dd)
any factual information provided by the Charterers (or on their behalf) to the Owners was true and accurate as at the date it was provided or as the date at which such information was stated.
 
GENERAL INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
 
49.1
The Charterers undertake that they shall comply or procure compliance with the following information undertakings commencing from the date hereof and up to the last day of the Charter Period:
 
(a)
they will send to the Owners:
 
  (i)
as soon as possible, but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the end of each financial half year of the Charterers, the unaudited semi-annual management accounts of the Charterers;
 
  (ii)
as soon as possible, but in no event later than one hundred and fifty (150) days after the end of each financial year of the Charterers, the unaudited annual management accounts of the Charterers;
 
  (iii)
as soon as possible, but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the end of each financial half year of the Guarantor, the unaudited semi-annual consolidated financial accounts of the Guarantor;
 
  (iv)
as soon as possible, but in no event later than one hundred and fifty (150) days after the end of each financial year of the Guarantor, the audited annual consolidated financial accounts of the Guarantor;
 
(b)
they will procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 49.1(a) shall be certified by a duly authorised officer 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 and the financial statements of the Guarantor shall be provided together with a Compliance Certificate signed by an authorized signatory of the Guarantor certifying that the financial covenants referred to in Clause 51 have been complied with and setting out all relevant calculations and statements demonstrating compliance with such financial covenants;
 
(c)
they will promptly provide to the Owners, copies of all notices and minutes relating to any of their extraordinary shareholders’ meetings which are despatched to the shareholders or to their creditors or any class thereof and its constitutional documents where these have been amended or varied (to the extent not contrary to the other provisions of this Charter);


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(d)
they will provide the Owners promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of:
 
  (i)
any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations relating to any alleged or actual breach of any Sanctions or Anti-Money Laundering Laws which are current or pending against any Obligor, Approved Manager, sub-charterer or other member of the Group;
 
  (ii)
any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations relating to any other matters not referred to in paragraph (i) above (including proceedings or investigations relating to any alleged or actual breach of the ISM Code or of the ISPS Code) in relation to an Obligor; and
 
  (iii)
any Termination Event or Potential Termination Event that has occurred (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it);
 
(e)
they will, promptly upon a request by the Owners, supply to the Owners a certificate signed by an officer on its behalf certifying that no Termination Event or Potential Termination Event has occurred (or if a Termination Event or Potential Termination Event has occurred, specifying the nature of the Potential Termination Event or Termination Event (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it);
 
(f)
they will, as soon as practicable upon the request of the Owners, provide the Owners with any additional reasonable financial or other information relating to:
 
  (i)
themselves, any Obligor and/or the Vessel (including, but not limited to the condition and location of the Vessel, its Earnings and its Insurances);
 
  (ii)
details of the Vessel’s management and employment status and copies of all accurate, complete and up-to-date records and logs of all voyages made by the Vessel (but not more than once every twelve months);
 
  (iii)
the Security Interests relating to any Leasing Documents;
 
  (iv)
compliance of each Obligor and any Approved Manager with the terms of the Leasing Documents;
 
  (v)
the financial condition, business and operations of the Obligors; or
 
  (vi)
to any other matter relevant to, or to any provision of any Leasing Document to which it is a party,
 
which may reasonably be requested by the Owners at any time; and
 
(g)
they shall immediately notify the Owners in writing if any payments which they or any other Obligor, is liable to make under any Leasing Document is subject to deduction or withholding or any other tax whatsoever;


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GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS

50.1
The Charterers undertake that they shall comply or procure compliance with the following general undertakings commencing from the date hereof and up to the last day of the Charter Period:
 
(a)
they will, and will procure that each other Obligor and each Approved Manager which is a member of the Group shall, obtain and promptly renew or procure the provision or renewal of and provide copies of, from time to time, any necessary consents, approvals, authorisations, licenses or permits of any regulatory body or authority for the transactions contemplated under each Leasing Document to which any Obligor and each Approved Manager which is a member of the Group is a party (including without limitation the sale, chartering and operation of the Vessel);
 
(b)
they will at their own cost, and will procure and each other Obligor and each Approved Manager which is a member of the Group, will:
 
  (i)
ensure that any Leasing Document to they are a party validly creates the obligations and the Security Interests which such Leasing Document purports to create; and

  (ii)
without limiting the generality of paragraph (i), promptly register, file, record or enrol any Leasing Document to which they are a party with any court or authority in all Relevant Jurisdictions, pay any stamp duty, registration or similar tax in all Relevant Jurisdictions in respect of any Leasing Document to which they are a party, give any notice or take any other step which, is or has become necessary or desirable for any such Leasing Document to be valid, enforceable or admissible in evidence or to ensure or protect the priority of any Security Interest which such Leasing Document creates;
 
(c)
they will not, and will procure each other Obligor will not, create or permit to subsist any Security Interest over any of its assets which are, the subject of the Security Interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents, unless with the prior written approval of the Owners and save for Permitted Security Interests;
 
(d)
they will not, and will procure each Obligor will not, change the location of its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Regulation) from that stated in relation to it under 48.1(y) and it will create no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Regulation) in any other jurisdiction;
 
(e)
except with the Owners’ prior written consent, they will not, and will procure each other Obligor will not, make a substantial change to the general nature of their respective businesses from that carried on at the date of this Charter;
 
(f)
except with the Owners’ prior written consent or where expressly permitted under the Leasing Documents, they will not, and will procure that each other Obligors will not, enter into any merger, amalgamation, demerger, solvent reorganisation or corporate reconstruction other than an internal group reorganisation under which the (i) the Charterers and Guarantor each survive and (ii) the Charterers remain wholly and directly (or indirectly) wholly owned by the Guarantor (and if indirectly owned, any replacement shareholder of the Charterers has entered into Share Security over the shares in the Charterers in a form acceptable to the Owners);
 
(g)
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  (i)
enter into any borrowing except for loans from affiliates which are unsecured and fully subordinated to the Owners in a manner acceptable to the Owners and which are approved by the Owners in writing;
 
  (ii)
incur any liabilities or obligations to any party except for those reasonably incurred in the ordinary course of operating, chartering, repairing and maintaining the Vessel;
 
  (iii)
be the creditor in respect of any loan or any form of credit to any person;
 
  (iv)
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 they assume any liability of any other person other than any guarantee or indemnity given under the Leasing Documents;

  (v)
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 the Vessel, its Earnings or its Insurances; and
 
  (vi)
without prejudice to the above sub-paragraphs (i) to (vi), enter into any transaction (whether with another member of the Group or otherwise) which are, in any respect, less favourable than those which they could obtain an a bargain made at arms’ length; and

(h)
they will not, and shall procure that the Guarantor shall not, following the occurrence of a Termination Event which is continuing or where any of the following would result in the occurrence of a Potential Termination Event or Termination Event or suffering a net loss in respect of the preceding financial year:
 
  (i)
declare, make or pay any dividend, charge, fee or other distribution (or interest on any unpaid dividend, charge, fee or other distribution) (whether in cash or in kind) on or in respect of its shares (or any class of its shares);
 
  (ii)
repay or distribute any dividend or share premium reserve;
 
  (iii)
pay any management, advisory or other fee to or to the order of any of its shareholders; or
 
  (iv)
redeem, repurchase, defease, retire or repay any of their shares or resolve to do so.
 
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
 
51.1
The Charterers undertake that they shall procure that the Guarantor shall comply with the following financial covenants during the Charter Period:
 
(a)
On each Testing Date and for the relevant Accounting Period throughout the Charter Period:
 
  (i)
Cash and Cash Equivalents divided by the number of Fleet Vessels shall not be lower than $500,000; and
 
  (ii)
the Leverage Ratio shall not be more than 85 per cent.


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51.2
In this Clause 51 (Financial Covenants):

Accounting Information” means, (i) the annual audited financial statements of the Guarantor and (ii) the semi-annual unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor as provided to the Owners in accordance with Clause 49.1(a).
 
Accounting Period” means:
 
  (i)
the financial year of the Guarantor ending 31 December of each calendar year; or
 
  (ii)
the financial half year of the Guarantor ending 30 June of each calendar year,
 
in respect of which, in each case, the relevant Accounting Information is required to be delivered pursuant to Clause 49.1(a).

Cash and Cash Equivalents” shall be that shown in the balance sheet in the relevant Accounting Information and includes term deposits, restricted cash and amounts required by the Group’s lenders and lessors to be held for minimum liquidity purposes.
 
Fleet Market Value” means valuations of the Fleet Vessels calculated in accordance with the principles set out in the definition of Fair Market Value but using one Approved Valuer.
 
Fleet Vessels” means all vessels owned by the Guarantor and its subsidiaries.
 
Market Value Adjusted Total Assets” means, as at the date of calculation, the aggregate of the Market Value Adjusted Other Assets and the Total Current Assets.
 
Market Value Adjusted Other Assets” means, as at the date of calculation, the Fleet Market Value plus the book value (less depreciation and amortization computed in accordance with the applicable Accounting Information on a consolidated basis of all non-current assets of the Group (which, without limitation, shall exclude all Fleet Vessels)), as stated in the latest Accounting Information.
 
Total Current Assets” means, the aggregate of the cash, term deposits and marketable securities, trade and other receivables from persons (other than persons being members of the Group) realisable within 1 year such amount to be determined on a consolidated basis less any discounts, allowances and activated goodwill, in each case as shown in the applicable Accounting Information.
 
Net Debt” means, as at the date of calculation, the Total Debt less any cash, term-deposits restricted cash and cash equivalents, in each case as stated in the applicable Accounting Information.
 
Leverage Ratio” means, as at the date of calculation, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of Net Debt to Market Value Adjusted Total Assets.
 
Testing Date” means 30 June and 31 December of each financial year.
 
Total Debt” means, as at the date of calculation, the current portion of long-term debt, net of deferred finance costs and the long-term debt, net of current portion and deferred finance costs of the Group as shown in the applicable Accounting Information.


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51.3
The Charterers shall promptly notify the Owners if the Guarantor agrees to provide any more favourable financial covenants to a creditor than those that are set out in favour of the Owners under Clause 51.1 above (or to amend existing ones such that they place such creditor in a position which is comparatively more favourable in terms of the financial covenants than the position of the Owners) under any agreements entered into or to be entered into in connection with any Financial Indebtedness owed by the Guarantor or a Group member to a creditor. Such more favourable financial covenants shall be deemed as automatically incorporated into this Charter in favour of the Owners from the date of the financing agreements entered into in connection with such other Financial Indebtedness (in place of the financial covenants set out in Clause 51.1 or to supplement them, at the option of the Owners) and the Charterers agree that they will and shall procure that the Guarantor will promptly enter into such necessary documentation as may be required to amend and supplement (as applicable) this Charter and any applicable Leasing Document so as to record the incorporation of such more favourable financial covenants into this Charter and any applicable Leasing Document (as the case may be).

VALUATIONS
 
52.1
The Charterers undertake that they shall comply or procure compliance with the following undertakings commencing from the date hereof and up to the last day of the Charter Period:
 
(a)
they shall at their cost:
 
  (i)
provide to the Owners valuations of the Vessel (to be addressed to the Owners) to enable the Owners to determine the Initial Market Value of the Vessel; and
 
  (ii)
at least twice per calendar year (on each Testing Date) and at any time after the occurrence of a Potential Termination Event or Termination Event which is continuing if requested by the Owners, provide to the Owners valuations of the Vessel (or any other vessel over which additional Security Interests have been created in accordance with Clause 52.1(b)) (to be addressed to the Owners) to enable the Owners to determine the Fair Market Value of the Vessel or such other relevant vessel; and
 
(b)
if at any time, the Vessel’s Fair Market Value falls below an amount equivalent to one hundred and twenty per cent (120%) of the Owners’ Costs (the “LTV Breach”, and the said difference between the Fair Market Value and one hundred and twenty per cent (120%) of the Owners’ Costs shall be referred to as the “shortfall” for the purposes of this paragraph), the Charterers shall, promptly and in any event no later than the date falling thirty (30) days from the date which the valuations relating to the Vessel’s Fair Market Value are received by the Owners and in the Owners’ sole discretion, either:
 
  (i)
make payment in an amount such as to eliminate the shortfall which payment shall be deemed to be an advance payment of hire and credited against future instalment(s) of Fixed Charterhire (or part thereof) payable in inverse order of maturity of payments of Fixed Charterhire; and/or
 
 
(ii)
provide, or ensure that a third party has provided, additional Security Interests which, in the opinion of the Owners has a net realisable value at least equal to the shortfall and is acceptable to the Owners, and which is documented in such terms as the Owners may require.


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VESSEL UNDERTAKINGS
 
53.1
The Charterers undertake that they shall comply or procure compliance with the following Vessel and Sanctions related undertakings commencing from the date hereof and up to the last day of the Charter Period:
 
(a)
they will notify the Owners promptly upon becoming aware:
 
  (i)
that any Environmental Claim has been made against the Charterers or in connection with the Vessel, or that any Environmental Incident has occurred;

  (ii)
of any arrest or detention of the Vessel or any exercise of any lien on that Vessel or its Earnings or any requisition of the Vessel for hire;

  (iii)
any modification or alteration of the Vessel of a value in excess of the Major Casualty amount;
 
  (iv)
any casualty or occurrence as a result of which the Vessel has become or is, by the passing of time or otherwise, likely to become, a Major Casualty;
 
  (v)
that a Total Loss has occurred; and
 
  (vi)
any violation of Sanctions in relation to the Vessel,
 
and will keep the Owners fully up-to-date with all developments;
 
(b)
they will comply, and will procure that each other Obligor and each other member of the Group and (on a best efforts basis) any sub-charterer will comply, with all Sanctions and all laws and regulations relating to them, the Vessel and its construction, ownership, employment, operation, management and registration, including the ISM Code, the ISPS Code (including the maintenance of an ISSC), all Environmental Laws, all Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Laws and the laws of the Vessel’s registry, and in particular, they shall effect and maintain a sanctions compliance policy which, inter alia, implements the recommendations of the Sanctions Advisory, to ensure compliance with all such laws and regulations implemented from time to time, including, without limitation they will, and will procure that each other Obligors, each other member of the Group and each sub-charterer will:
 
  (i)
conduct their activities in a manner consistent with US and UN sanctions, as applicable;
 
  (ii)
have sufficient resources in place to ensure execution of and compliance with their own sanctions policies by their personnel, e.g., direct hires, contractors, and staff;
 
  (iii)
ensure subsidiaries and affiliates comply with the relevant policies, as applicable;

  (iv)
have relevant controls in place to monitor automatic identification system (AIS) transponders;
 
  (v)
have controls in place to screen and assess onboarding or offloading cargo in areas they determine to present a high risk;
 
  (vi)
have controls to assess authenticity of bills of lading, as necessary; and

  (vii)
have controls in place consistent with the Sanctions Advisory,
 

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(c)
without limiting Clause 53.1(b), they will procure that:
 

(i)
the Vessel shall not be constructed, operated, employed, managed, used by or for the benefit of a Prohibited Person;
 

(ii)
the Vessel shall not be employed in trading with any Prohibited Person or in any manner contrary to Sanctions;
 

(iii)
notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph (c), the Vessel shall not be permitted to call at any port in any Prohibited Country or any area or country where trading in such area or country would constitute or would be reasonably expected to constitute a breach of Sanctions;
 

(iv)
the Vessel 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 in any manner which would result or would reasonably be expected to result in any Obligor or the Owners becoming a Prohibited Person; and
 

(v)
that each charterparty in respect of the Vessel shall contain, for the benefit of the Owners, language which gives effect to the provisions of Clause 53.1(c) as regards Sanctions and of this Clause and which permits refusal of employment or voyage orders if compliance would result in a breach of Sanctions and which prohibits trading to any Prohibited Country;
 
(d)
they will, promptly notify the Owners and provide all information which may be relevant for the purposes of ascertaining whether the Obligors, the Approved Manager and any sub- charterer are in compliance with all laws and regulations and Sanctions applicable to and/or binding on them, and in particular, they shall notify the Owners in writing promptly upon being aware that any of the Charterers’ shareholders, directors, officers or employees is a Prohibited Person or has otherwise become a target of any Sanctions;

(e)
save with the Owners’ prior consent in writing, they shall not agree or enter into, and shall procure that each Approved Manager does not agree or enter into, any transaction, arrangement, document or do or omit to do anything which will have the effect of varying, amending, supplementing or waiving any term of the relevant Management Agreement which would result in an annual increase of the management fee to more than ten per cent. (10%) of the management fee payable under the relevant Management Agreement as at the date of this Charter;
 
(f)
they shall not:
 

(i)
change or appoint a manager of the Vessel other than an Approved Manager and provided that any such Approved Manager has (prior to accepting its appointment) entered into a Manager’s Undertaking in such form as may be acceptable to the Owners; or
 

(ii)
terminate or otherwise assign or transfer any Management Agreement unless with the prior approval in writing by the Owners such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed;


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(g)
with effect from and following Delivery, ensure that the Vessel will be registered in the Flag State under the name of the Owners;
 
(h)
the Vessel shall be classed with an Approved Classification Society upon Delivery at the highest classification available for vessels of its type and be free of all overdue conditions (unless special dispensation is obtained from class and insurers), and maintain such class during the Charter Period;

(i)
unless with the Owners’ prior written consent they shall not deactivate or lay up the Vessel;
 
(j)
save for the installation of scrubbers (which, once installed shall form part of the Vessel and shall not be removed at redelivery) they shall not make any structural change to the Vessel without the prior written consent of the Owners other than a structural change that is mandatorily required by any applicable law and regulation and the Charterers shall provide the Owners with at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice of the commencement of any such alterations (as well as notification of such alterations being completed promptly after such completion) and shall provide the Owners with all information (including without limitation, any plans for the proposed modifications, repairs, replacement, installation or alteration, valuation reports and confirmation of class from the Approved Classification Society) as the Owners may reasonably require for the purposes of determining their approval together with evidence that the Obligatory Insurances have been appropriately updated, and shall indemnify the Owners against all costs and expenses incurred by the Owners in connection with all such proposed modifications, repairs, replacement, installation or alteration of the Vessel and if such modification, repair or replacement or installation is approved or satisfies the requirements of this Clause, once effected, shall form part of the Vessel and shall not (unless requested by Owners) be removed at any redelivery;
 
(k)
they will procure that each Approved Manager shall, upon the request of the Owners at the expense of the Charterers, furnish the Owners with an inspection report setting out such matters relating to the condition of the Vessel as the Owners may require on an annual basis and if a Potential Termination Event or Termination Event occurs, at such other frequency as the Owners may otherwise require;
 
(l)
subject to the other terms of this Charter, the Charterers may freely sub-charter the Vessel save that the Owners’ prior written consent shall be required:
 

(i)
to any sub-bareboat or demise charter of the Vessel;
 

(ii)
to any Assignable Sub-Charter; and


(iii)
to any employment of the Vessel which does not permit a transfer of the registered ownership of the Vessel without the consent of the applicable sub-charterer;
 
(m)
they shall procure that:
 

(i)
all Earnings in connection with the Vessel are paid into the Operating Account;
 

(ii)
at all times during the Charter Period the Operating Account has a minimum credit balance of at least US$550,000; and
 

(iii)
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(n)
they shall, upon the request of the Owners and at the cost of the Charterers, on or before 31st July in each calendar year commencing from 1 January 2022, supply or procure the supply to the Owners all information necessary in order for the Owners to comply with its or any Owners’ Financiers’ obligations under the Poseidon Principles in respect of the preceding year, including, without limitation, all ship fuel oil consumption data required to be collected and reported in accordance with Regulation 22A of Annex VI and any Statement of Compliance relating to the Vessel for the preceding calendar year and, for the avoidance of doubt, such information shall be “Confidential Information” for the purposes of Clause 63 but the Charterers acknowledge that, in accordance with the Poseidon Principles, such information will form part of the information published regarding the Owners’ and/or Owners’ Financiers’ portfolio climate alignment.
 
INSPECTION OF VESSEL
 
54.1
Without prejudice to Clause 54.2 below, the Owners shall be entitled to inspect or survey the Vessel or instruct a duly authorized surveyor to carry out such survey on their behalf:

(a)
to ascertain the condition of the Vessel and satisfy themselves that the Vessel is being properly repaired and maintained;
 
(b)
in dry-dock if the Charterers have not dry-docked the Vessel in accordance with Clause 10(g) (Periodical Dry-docking);
 
(c)
as may be required for classification purposes; and
 
(d)
for any other commercial reason they consider necessary,
 
and in doing so, the Charterers shall afford the Owners or their authorised surveyor with all proper facilities in relation to such inspection or survey.
 
54.2
The Owners shall be entitled to exercise its rights of inspection or survey as described under Clause 54.1 (Inspection of Vessel) once a year (subject to provision of prior notice) without interference to the operation and trading of the Vessel save that upon the occurrence of a Termination Event or Potential Termination Event, the Owners shall have the right to inspect or survey the Vessel at any time (and for the avoidance of doubt, more than once a year).
 
54.3
The costs and fees for any inspection and survey permitted under this Clause shall be paid by the Charterers.
 
54.4
All time used in respect of inspection, survey or repairs pursuant to this Clause shall be for the Charterers’ account and form part of the Charter Period.
 
54.5
The Charterers shall also permit the Owners to inspect the Vessel’s log books or survey reports whenever requested and shall whenever required by the Owners furnish them with full information regarding any casualties or other accidents or material damage to the Vessel.
 
PURCHASE OPTION
 
55.1
The Charterers shall have the option (the “Purchase Option”) to purchase the Vessel on any Purchase Option Date (as hereinafter defined) specified in the Purchase Option Notice (as hereinafter defined) at the applicable Purchase Option Price, subject to the other terms of this Clause 55 (Purchase Option).


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55.2
The Purchase Option shall be exercisable only (unless otherwise agreed by the Owners):
 
(a)
upon the Charterers providing not less than forty five (45) days’ written notice (the “Purchase Option Notice”) to purchase the Vessel on a date specified therein (the “Purchase Option Date”) which Purchase Option Date shall, subject to Clause 60.1, fall on any anniversary of the Commencement Date on or after the second (2nd) anniversary of the Commencement Date or on the last day of the Charter Period (as the case may be) unless the Purchase Option Notice is served pursuant to a proposed Transfer by the Owners, in which case the Purchase Option Notice must be served by the Charterers within the time provided under Clause 62.4 (but regardless of whether this falls on or after the second (2nd) anniversary of the Commencement Date) and the Purchase Option Date specified in such Purchase Option Notice may fall on any Business Day being not less than thirty (30) days after the date of the relevant Purchase Option Notice; and
 
(b)
in the absence of the occurrence of a Termination Event that is continuing on or prior to either the date of the Purchase Option Notice or the Purchase Option Date.
 
55.3
The Purchase Option Notice shall each be signed by a duly authorised officer or attorney of the Charterers and, once delivered to the Owners, will in each case be irrevocable and the Charterers shall be bound to pay to the Owners the Purchase Option Price on the Purchase Option Date.
 
55.4
The sale of the Vessel pursuant to the Charterers’ exercise of the Purchase Option shall be conducted in accordance with Clause 56 (Sale of the Vessel).
 
SALE OF THE VESSEL
 
56.1
The sale of the legal and beneficial interest and title in the Vessel pursuant to the Charterers’ exercise of, as the case may be, the Charterers’ Purchase Option under Clause 55 (Purchase Option) or pursuant to Clause 41.3 shall be on an “as is where is” and subject to the following terms and conditions:
 
(a)
no condition, warranty or representation of any kind is or has been given by or on behalf of the Owners in respect of the Vessel or any part thereof, and accordingly the Charterers hereby confirm that they have not, in entering into this Charter, relied on any condition, warranty or representation by the Owners or any person on the Owners’ behalf, express or implied, whether arising by law or otherwise in relation to the Vessel or any part thereof, including, without limitation, warranties or representations as to the description, suitability, quality, merchantability, fitness for any purpose, value, state, condition, appearance, safety, durability, design or operation of any kind or nature of the Vessel or any part thereof, and the benefit of any such condition, warranty or representation by the Owners is hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waived by the Charterers to the extent permissible under applicable law, and the Charterers hereby also waive any rights which they may have in tort in respect of any of the matters referred to above and irrevocably agree that the Owners shall have no greater liability in tort in respect of any such matter than they would have in contract after taking account of all of the foregoing exclusions. No third party making any representation or warranty relating to the Vessel or any part thereof is the agent of the Owners nor has any such third party authority to bind the Owners thereby. Notwithstanding anything contained above, nothing contained herein is intended to obviate, remove or waive any rights or warranties or other claims relating thereto which the Charterers (or their nominee) or the Owners may have against the manufacturer or supplier of the Vessel or any third party;


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(b)
the Vessel shall be free from all registered mortgages, liens, encumbrances, claims and debts whatsoever incurred by the Owners (save for those liens, encumbrances and debts arising out of or in connection with this Charter or the Leasing Documents);
 
(c)
the Purchase Option Price or Termination Sum (as applicable) shall be paid by (or on behalf of) the Charterers to the Owners together with (without double counting) unpaid amounts of Charterhire, Breakfunding Costs (if applicable), default interest accruing under Clause 37.5 (if applicable), fees, expenses and any other moneys then owing by or accrued or due from the Charterers under this Charter; and
 
(d)
concurrently with the Owners receiving irrevocable payment of the Purchase Option Price or the Termination Sum (as applicable) and all other moneys payable under this Charter in full pursuant to the terms of this Charter, the Owners shall (save in the event of Total Loss) (at Charterers’ cost) transfer the legal and beneficial ownership of the Vessel on an “as is where is” basis to the Charterers or their nominees and shall (at Charterers’ cost) execute a bill of sale and a protocol of delivery and acceptance evidencing the same and any other document strictly necessary to transfer the title of the Vessel, as well as procure the relevant ship registry to issue a certificate of title or any other evidence provided in accordance with the practice of such registry showing that the Vessel shall be free from any registered mortgages in favour of the Owners, to the Charterers and the relevant ship registry of the Vessel under the Charterers’ flag of choice (and to the extent required for such purposes, the Vessel shall be deemed first to have been redelivered to the Owners). Any fees (including legal fees), costs or disbursements incurred by the Owners in connection with the Charterers’ exercise of the Purchase Option or transfer of the Vessel following payment of the Termination Sum shall be indemnified or reimbursed by the Charterers to the Owners upon the Owners’ demand on or prior to the Purchase Option Date or date of payment of the Termination Sum (as applicable).

INDEMNITIES
 
57.1
The Charterers shall pay such amounts to the Owners, on the Owners’ demand, in respect of all claims, expenses, liabilities, losses, taxes, fees (including but not limited to any vessel registration and tonnage fees) suffered or incurred by or imposed on the Owners arising from this Charter and any Leasing Document, whether prior to, during or after termination of the leasing of this Charter, including without limitation:
 
(a)
as a result of incorporating the Owners in the relevant jurisdiction selected by the Charterers or required for the purpose of flying the flag of the Vessel in a particular jurisdiction;
 
(b)
in connection with delivery, possession, performance, control, registration, repair, survey, insurance, maintenance, manufacture, purchase, ownership or operation of the Vessel (including but not limited to any social security contributions), or the financing or re-financing in relation to the Vessel obtained from the Owners’ Financiers;
 
(c)
in connection with the prevention or release of liens or detention of or requisition, use, operation, redelivery, sale or disposal of the Vessel (or any part of it) and/or whether prior to, during or after termination;
 
(d)
in connection with or following the occurrence of a Termination Event or Potential Termination Event (including without limitation, by reason thereof in re-taking possession or otherwise in acquiring the Vessel pursuant to Clause 38.3).


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Without prejudice to its generality, this Clause covers any claims, expenses, liabilities and losses which arise, or are asserted, under or in connection with any law relating to safety at sea, the ISM Code, the ISPS Code, the MARPOL Protocol, any Environmental Law or any Sanctions.
 
57.2
The Charterers hereby irrevocably agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Owners against all consequences or liabilities arising from the master, officers or agents signing bills of lading or other documents and any claim, expense, liability or loss incurred by the Owners in liquidating or employing deposits from the Owners’ Financiers or third parties to fund the acquisition of the Vessel pursuant to the MOA.
 
57.3
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (but subject and without prejudice to Clause 33 (Cancellation)) and without prejudice to any right to damages or other claim which the Charterers may have at any time against the Owners under this Charter, the indemnities provided by the Charterers in favour of the Owners shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any breach of the terms of this Charter or termination of this Charter pursuant to the terms hereof or termination of this Charter by the Owners.

57.4
All rights which the Charterers have at any time (whether in respect of this Charter or any other transaction) against any Obligors shall be fully subordinated to the rights of the Owners under the Leasing Documents and until the end of this Charter and unless the Owners otherwise direct, the Charterers shall not exercise any rights which it may have (whether in respect of this Charter or any other transaction) by reason of performance by it of its obligations under any Leasing Document or by reason of any amount becoming payable, or liability arising, under this Clause:
 
(a)
to be indemnified by any Obligor;
 
(b)
to claim any contribution from any third party providing security for, or any other guarantor of, any Obligor under any Leasing Document;
 
(c)
to take any benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of any Obligor under any Leasing Document or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, any Leasing Document by any Obligors;
 
(d)
to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any Obligor to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of any Leasing Document;
 
(e)
to exercise any right of set-off against any Obligor; and/or
 
(f)
to claim or prove as a creditor of any Obligor,
 
and if the Charterers receive any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to such rights it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent necessary to enable all amounts which may be or become payable to the Owners by any Obligor or in connection with any Leasing Document to be repaid in full on trust for the Owners and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to the Owners.
 
NO SET-OFF OR TAX DEDUCTION
 
58.1
All Charterhire and any payment made from the Charterers to enable the Owners to pay all amounts under a Leasing Document shall be paid punctually and:


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(a)
without any form of set-off, cross claim, condition or counterclaim;
 
(b)
free and clear of any tax deduction or withholding unless required by law; and
 
(c)
net of any bank charges or bank fees.
 
58.2
Without prejudice to Clause 58.1, if the Owners are required by law to make a tax deduction from any payment:
 
(a)
the Owners shall notify the Charterers as soon as they become aware of the requirement; and
 
(b)
the amount due in respect of the payment shall be increased by the amount necessary to ensure that the Owners receive and retain (free from any liability relating to the tax deduction) a net amount which, after the tax deduction, is equal to the full amount which they would otherwise have received.
 
58.3
The Charterers shall (within three (3) Business Days of demand by Owners) pay to the Owners an amount equal to any documented loss, liability or cost which the Owners (acting reasonably) determine will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered for or on account of tax by the Owners in respect of a Leasing Document.
 
58.4
Clause 58.3 shall not apply:
 
(a)
with respect to any tax assessed on the Owners under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Owners are incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which the Owners are treated as resident for tax purposes if that tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by the Owners; or
 
(b)
to the extent a loss, liability or cost is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 58.2.
 
58.5
Notwithstanding any other provision to this Charter, if any deduction or withholding or other tax is or will be required to be made by the Charterers or the Owners in respect of a payment to the Owners as a result of the Owners being incorporated in a particular jurisdiction, the Owners shall have the right to transfer their interest in the Vessel (and this Charter) to any person nominated by the Owners and all costs in relation to such transfer shall be for the account of the Charterers.
 
INCREASED COSTS

59.1
This Clause 59 applies if the Owners notify the Charterers that they consider that as a result of:
 
(a)
the introduction or alteration after the date of this Charter of a law or an alteration after the date of this Charter in the manner in which a law is interpreted or applied (disregarding any effect which relates to the application to payments under this Charter of a tax on the Owners’ 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 Owners allocates capital resources to their obligations under this Charter) which is introduced, or altered, or the interpretation or application of which is altered, after the date of this Charter, the Owners (or a parent company of them) has incurred or will incur an “increased cost”.


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59.2
In this Clause 59, “increased cost” means, in relation to the Owners:
 
(a)
an additional or increased cost incurred as a result of, or in connection with, the Owners or the Owners’ parent company having entered into, or being a party to, this Charter, or funding the acquisition of the Vessel pursuant to the MOA or performing their obligations under this Charter (including as a result of, or in connection with, incorporating itself in a particular jurisdiction as requested by the Charterers or in order to fly a particular flag in respect of the Vessel);

(b)
an additional or increased cost of funding or financing the acquisition of the Vessel pursuant to the MOA; or
 
(c)
a liability to make a payment or a return forgone, which is calculated by reference to any amounts received or receivable by the Owners under this Charter,
 
and for the purposes of this Clause, the Owners may in good faith allocate or spread costs an/or losses among their assets and liabilities (or any class of their assets and liabilities) on such basis as they consider appropriate.
 
59.3
Subject to the terms of Clause 59.1, the Charterers shall pay to the Owners, upon receipt of the Owners’ demand and any evidence thereto (where available to the Owners), the amounts which the Owners from time to time notify the Charterers to be necessary to compensate the Owners for the increased cost.
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
60.1
Unless otherwise expressly stated to the contrary in this Charter, any payment which is due to be made on a day which is not a Business Day shall be made on the preceding Business Day instead.

60.2
If, at any time, any provision of any Leasing Document is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions under the law of that jurisdiction nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
 
60.3
The Charterers waive any rights of sovereign immunity which they or any of their properties may enjoy in any jurisdiction and subjects itself to civil and commercial law with respect to their obligations under this Charter.
 
60.4
No term of this Charter is enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a party to this Charter.
 
60.5
This Charter and each other Leasing Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Charter or that Leasing Document, as the case may be.


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FATCA
 
61.1
Defined terms
 
For the purposes of this Clause 61, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

FATCA” means:
 
  (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 IRS, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.
 
FATCA Deduction” means a deduction or withholding from a payment under this Charter or the Leasing Documents required by or under FATCA.
 
FATCA Exempt Party” means a Relevant Party that is entitled under FATCA to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction.
 
FATCA Non-Exempt Party” means any Relevant Party who is not a FATCA Exempt Party.
 
IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor taxing authority or agency of the United States government.
 
Relevant Party” means any of the parties to this Charter and the Leasing Documents.
 
61.2
FATCA Information
 
(a)
Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Relevant Party shall, on the date of this Charter, and thereafter within ten (10) Business Days of a reasonable request by another Relevant Party:

  (i)
confirm to that other party whether it is a FATCA Exempt Party or is not a FATCA Exempt Party; and
 
  (ii)
supply to the requesting party (with a copy to all other Relevant Parties) such other form or forms (including IRS Form W-8 or Form W-9 or any successor or substitute form, as applicable) and any other documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA (including its applicable “pass thru percentage” or other information required under FATCA or other official guidance including intergovernmental agreements) as the requesting party reasonably requests for the purpose of the requesting party’s compliance with FATCA.
 
(b)
If a Relevant Party confirms to any other Relevant Party that it is a FATCA Exempt Party or provides an IRS Form W-8 or W-9 to showing 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, or that the said form provided has ceased to be correct or valid, that party shall so notify all other Relevant Parties or provide the relevant revised form, as applicable, reasonably promptly.


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(c)
Nothing in this Clause shall oblige any Relevant Party to do anything which would or, in its reasonable opinion, might constitute a breach of any law or regulation, any policy of that party, any fiduciary duty or any duty of confidentiality, or to disclose any confidential information (including, without limitation, its tax returns and calculations); provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall excuse any Relevant Party from providing a true, complete and correct IRS Form W-8 or W-9 (or any successor or substitute form where applicable). Any information provided on such IRS Form W-8 or W-9 (or any successor or substitute forms) shall not be treated as confidential information of such party for purposes of this paragraph.
 
(d)
If a Relevant Party fails to confirm its status or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with the provisions of this Charter or the provided information is insufficient under FATCA, 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 this Charter and the Leasing Documents as if it is a FATCA Non-Exempt Party; and
 
  (ii)
if that party failed to confirm its applicable passthru percentage then such party shall be treated for the purposes of this Charter and the Leasing Documents (and payments made thereunder) as if its applicable passthru percentage is 100%,
 
until (in each case) such time as the party in question provides sufficient confirmation, forms, documentation or other information to establish the relevant facts.
 
61.3
FATCA Deduction and gross-up by Relevant Party.
 
(a)
If the representation made by the Charterers under 48.1(z) proves to be untrue or misleading such that the Charterers are required to make a FATCA Deduction, the Charterers shall make the 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 the Charterers are required to make a FATCA Deduction then the Charterers shall increase the payment due from them to the Owners 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 Charterers shall promptly upon becoming aware that they must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or basis of a FATCA Deduction) notify the Owners accordingly. Within thirty (30) days of the Charterers making either a FATCA Deduction or any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, the Charterers shall deliver to the Owners evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Owners that the FATCA Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant governmental or taxation authority.

61.4
FATCA Deduction by Owners.
 
The Owners may make any FATCA Deduction they are required by FATCA to make, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and the Owners shall not be required to increase any payment in respect of which they make such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient for that FATCA Deduction.


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61.5
FATCA Mitigation.
 
Notwithstanding any other provision to this Charter, if a FATCA Deduction is or will be required to be made by any party under Clause 61.4 in respect of a payment to the Owners as a result of the Owners not being a FATCA Exempt Party, the Owners shall have the right to transfer their interest in the Vessel (and this Charter) to any person nominated by the Owners and all costs in relation to such transfer shall be for the account of the Charterers.
 
ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER AND REFINANCING
 
62.1
The Charterers shall not assign or transfer (whether by novation or otherwise) their rights and/or obligations under this Charter or any other Leasing Document without the prior written consent of the Owners.
 
62.2
The Charterers acknowledge that, at any time during the Charter Period:
 
(a)
the Owners (at their own cost) are entitled to enter into certain funding arrangements with the Owners’ Financiers in order to refinance the Financing Amount (or part thereof), which funding arrangements may be secured, inter alia, by the relevant Financial Instruments;
 
(b)
the Owners may do any of the following as security for the funding arrangements referred to in paragraph (a) above, in each case without consent of the Charterers (but after giving Charterers at least five (5) days prior written notice):
 
  (i)
execute a ship mortgage over the Vessel or any other Financial Instrument in favour of the Owners’ Financiers (provided that the Owners shall use reasonable endeavours to procure that the Owners’ Financiers enter into a quiet enjoyment letter on terms acceptable to the owners’ Financiers, Charterer and Owners);

  (ii)
assign their rights and interests to, in or in connection with this Charter and/or any other Leasing Document in favour of the Owners’ Financiers;
 
  (iii)
assign their rights and interests to, in or in connection with the Insurances, the Earnings and the Requisition Compensation of the Vessel in favour of the Owners’ Financiers; and

  (iv)
enter into any other document or arrangement which is necessary to give effect to such financing arrangements.
 
62.3
The Charterers undertake to comply, and provide such information and documents reasonably required to enable the Owners to comply, with all such instructions or directions in regard to the employment, insurances, operation, repairs and maintenance of the Vessel as laid down in any Financial Instrument or as may be directed from time to time during the currency of this Charter by the Owners’ Financiers in conformity with any Financial Instrument provided always that the same are no more onerous than set out under the Leasing Documents. The Charterers further agree and acknowledge for themselves all relevant terms, conditions and provisions of each Financial Instrument (if any) and agree to acknowledge this in writing in any form that may be reasonably required by the Owners’ Financiers. The Charterers further agree to enter into any required acknowledgements of assignments and other customary documents as may be required in connection with the Financing Documents.


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62.4
The Owners may procure a:
 
(a)
change in the registered ownership of the Vessel; and/or
 
(b)
assign or transfer by novation of any of its rights and obligations under any of the Leasing Documents (other than pursuant to Clause 62.2),
 
(any such event described in (a) and (b) above being a “Transfer”) to any affiliate or to another financial institution, trust, fund, leasing company or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in shipping loans, securities or other financial assets without the consent of the Charterers, provided that (other than in respect of a Transfer to an affiliate) the Owners shall give the Charterers at least 30 days prior written notice of their intention to effect a Transfer (a “Transfer Notice”). Within five (5) Business Days of the Owners serving a Transfer Notice on the Charterers, the Charterers may elect to serve a Purchase Option Notice on the Owners in accordance with Clause 55.2, following which the Charterers shall purchase the Vessel in accordance with the applicable terms of this Charter and the Owners shall not proceed with the relevant proposed Transfer (unless the Charterers fail to complete the purchase on the relevant Purchase Option Date in which case the Owners shall be free to effect such Transfer without reference to the Charterers and shall not be obliged to serve Transfer Notices for any future proposed Transfers). If the Charterers do not serve a Purchase Option Notice within the aforementioned five (5) Business Day period, then the Owners may proceed with the Transfer.
 
62.5
Any Transfer shall not in any manner whatsoever disturb or interfere with the Charterers’ lawful use, possession and quiet enjoyment of the Vessel during the Charter Period. The Charterers shall be liable to the applicable new owner of the Vessel for its performance of all obligations under this Charter (as novated) after any such Transfer and the Charterers shall procure that any party to a Leasing Document:
 
  (i)
becomes liable to the new of owner of the Vessel for its performance of all obligations pursuant to such Leasing Document; and

  (ii)
enters into all necessary documents or takes any necessary actions required for such Leasing Document and any Security Interest created thereunder remaining in full force and effect (or to be novated and/or re-executed) as from the completion of the relevant Transfer.

62.6
The Charterers agree and undertake to enter into any such usual documents and provide all necessary assistance as the Owners shall require to complete or perfect the any Transfer made pursuant to this Clause 62 (Assignment, Transfer and Re-financing).
 
CONFIDENTIALITY
 
The Parties agree to keep the terms and conditions of this Charter and any other Leasing Document (the “Confidential Information”) strictly confidential, provided that a Party may disclose Confidential Information in the following cases:
 
(a)
it is already known to the public or becomes available to the public other than through the act or omission of the disclosing Party;


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(b)
it is required to be disclosed under the applicable laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction or by a governmental order, any stock exchange and/or securities and exchange commission laws and regulations including but not limited to the US SEC Rule or the Nasdaq Rules, decree, regulation or rule;
 
(c)
in filings with a court or arbitral body in proceedings in which the Confidential Information is relevant and in discovery arising out of such proceedings;
 
(d)
to any other party to a Leasing Document;
 
(e)
to (or through) whom a Party assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Leasing Document (as permitted by the terms thereof);
 
(f)
to any of the following persons (on a need to know basis):
 
 
(i)
a shareholder or an Affiliate of either Party or a party referred to in paragraph (d);


(ii)
its board of directors, employees, its shareholders, auditors, third party managers, external counsels or accountants;
 

(iii)
professional advisers retained by a disclosing party;
 

(iv)
any rating agencies;
 

(v)
the Approved Classification Society;
 

(vi)
the ship registry of the Flag State; and
 

(vii)
in the case of the disclosing party being the Owners, persons advising on, providing or considering the provision of financing to the Owners or an Affiliate of the Owners,

provided that the disclosing party shall exercise due diligence to ensure that no such person shall disclose Confidential Information to any other party save for circumstances arising which are similar to those described under this Clause or such other circumstances as may be permitted by all Parties;
 
(g)
to any person which is a classification society or other entity which the Owners or the Owners’ Financiers have engaged to make the calculations necessary to enable the Owners and/or the Owners’ Financiers to comply with their reporting obligations under the Poseidon Principles; or
 
(h)
with the prior written consent of all Parties and if required by any Party, subject to a corresponding confidentiality undertaking obtained from the party to whom the Confidential Information is disclosed to.
 
GENERAL APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
 
64.1
Any Net Trading Proceeds, Net Sales Proceeds, Total Loss Proceeds, any proceeds realised by the Owners in connection with the enforcement of the Security Documents (unless otherwise specified in the Security Documents) and any proceeds received by the Owners from the Other Owner (as trustee for the Owners) shall be applied in the following order of application against amounts payable under the Leasing Documents:


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(a)
firstly, in or towards any amounts outstanding under the Leasing Documents other than the Termination Sum (including but not limited to any costs and expenses incurred in the enforcement of the Security Documents, to the extent these are not covered under the Termination Sum);
 
(b)
secondly, in or towards satisfaction of the Charterers’ obligation to pay the Termination Sum (or such portion of it that then remains unpaid) in any order of application in the amounts comprising the Termination Sum as the Owners may determine; and
 
(c)
thirdly, upon satisfaction in full of all amounts payable to the Owners under the Leasing Documents, in payment of any surplus to the Charterers, but subject always to the terms of the General Assignment.
 
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
 
65.1
This Charter, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, shall be governed by English law.

65.2
Any dispute arising out of or in connection with any Leasing Document (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of any Leasing Document or any non- contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with any Leasing Document) (a “Dispute”) shall be referred to arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996 or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof save to the extent necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Clause.
 
65.3
The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) Terms current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are commenced. The reference shall be to three (3) arbitrators. A Party wishing to refer the Dispute to arbitration shall appoint its arbitrator and send notice of such appointment in writing to the other Party requiring the other Party to appoint its own arbitrator within 14 calendar 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 a 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 binding on both Parties as if he had been appointed by agreement. Nothing herein shall prevent the Parties agreeing in writing to vary these provisions to provide for the appointment of a sole arbitrator.

65.4
In cases where neither the claim nor any counterclaim exceeds the sum of US$100,000 (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.
 
DEFINITIONS
 
66.1
In this Charter the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:
 
Acceptance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1 (Acceptance Certificate) to be signed by the Charterers at Delivery.


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Account Bank” means Alpha Bank S.A. or such other bank approved by the Owners.

Account Charge” means the document creating charge(s) over the Operating Account executed or to be executed by the Charterers in favour of the Owners.
 
Advance Charterhire” has the meaning as defined under Clause 36.2 of the Charter.
 
Affiliate” means in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.
 
Annex VI” means Annex VI of the Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (Marpol), as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto.

Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Laws” means the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 as amended and the rules and regulations thereunder, the UK Bribery Act of 2010, and/or any similar laws, rules or regulations issued, administered or enforced by the United States, United Kingdom, the European Union or any of its member states, or any other country or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Owners or any Obligors or their respective subsidiaries.

Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means all applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements, anti-money laundering statutes (including all applicable rules and regulations thereunder) and all applicable related or similar laws, rules, regulations or guidelines, of all jurisdictions including and without limitation, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China and which in each case are:
 
 
(a)
issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Charterers or any other Obligors or their respective subsidiaries;
 

(b)
of any jurisdiction in which the Charterers or any other Obligor conducts business; or
 

(c)
to which the Charterers or any other Obligor is subjected or subject to.

Approved Classification Society” means Bureau Veritas, Lloyds’ Register or any other classification society which is a member of the International Association of Classification Societies and approved by the Owners in writing.
 
Approved Commercial Manager” means Fidelity Marine Inc., Seanergy Management Corp. or any other reputable ship management company as may be approved by the Owners in writing prior to its appointment as commercial manager of the Vessel.

Approved Manager” means the Approved Commercial Manager or the Approved Technical Manager.
 
Assignable Sub-charter” means any charter or any other form of employment contract relating to the Vessel, whether or not already in existence with a duration exceeding or capable of exceeding 12 months (inclusive of options to renew).
 
Approved Technical Manager” means V Ships Limited (a Cyprus entity), V Ships Greece, Seanergy Shipmanagement Corp. or any other reputable ship management company as may be approved by the Owners in writing prior to its appointment as technical manager of the  Vessel (such approval from the Owners not to be required for the appointment of an entity controlled by the Guarantor).


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Approved Valuer” means Simpson Spence Young, Clarksons Platou, Maersk Broker, Arrow Shipbrokers, Howe Robinson, Braemar ACM Shipbroking, Barry Rogliano Salles or such other independent and reputable shipbroker nominated by the Charterers and approved by the Owners.

Arrangement Fee” has the meaning as defined under Clause 44.1.
 
Breakfunding Costs” means all breakfunding costs and expenses (excluding the margin) incurred or payable by the Owners when a repayment or prepayment under the relevant funding arrangement entered into by the Owners for the purpose of financing the Purchase Price (or any part thereof) does not fall on a Payment Date, a Purchase Option Date or a date specified by the Owners in any Termination Notice.
 
Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for business in the principal business centres of Shanghai, Singapore and Athens and/or:


(a)
in respect of a day on which a payment is required to be made or other dealing is due to take place under this Agreement in Dollars, a day on which banks are open in New York City; and
 

(b)
in respect of any Quotation Day or any date on which LIBOR or (if applicable) any Replacement Benchmark is to be determined, a day on which banks are open in London.

Cancelling Date” has the meaning given to such term under the MOA. “Change of Control” means:


(a)
the Guarantor ceases to own and/or control directly or indirectly, all of the shares and voting rights in the Charterers; and/or
 

(b)
the Guarantor ceases to be listed on Nasdaq.

Charter Period” means the period described in Clause 32.1 unless it is terminated earlier in accordance with the provisions of this Charter.
 
Charterhire” means each of, as the context may require, all of the instalments of hire payable hereunder on each applicable Payment Date comprising in each case both Fixed Charterhire and Variable Charterhire, as further detailed in Clause 36.
 
Commencement Date” means the date on which Delivery takes place.
 
Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3.
 
Delivery” means the physical and legal delivery of the Vessel from the Owners to the Charterers pursuant to the terms of this Charter.

Dollars” and “US$” mean the lawful currency for the time being of the United States of America.


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Earnings” means all moneys whatsoever which are now, or later become, payable (actually or contingently) to the Charterers and which arise out of the use or operation of the Vessel, including (but not limited to):
 

(a)
all freight, hire and passage moneys;


(b)
any compensation payable in the event of requisition of the Vessel for hire;
 

(c)
any remuneration for salvage and towage services;
 

(d)
any demurrage and detention moneys;
 

(e)
damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract for the employment of the Vessel;
 

(f)
all moneys which are at any time payable to the Charterers in relation to general average contribution; and
 

(g)
if and whenever the Vessel is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within paragraphs (a) to (f) 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 Vessel.
 
Environmental Claim” means any claim by any governmental, judicial or regulatory authority or any other person which arises out of an Environmental Incident or an alleged Environmental Incident or which relates to any Environmental Law and, for this purpose, “claim” includes a claim for damages, compensation, contribution, injury, fines, losses and penalties or any other payment of any kind, including in relation to clean-up and removal, 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.

Environmental Incident” means:
 

(a)
any release, emission, spill or discharge of Environmentally Sensitive Material whether within the Vessel or from the Vessel into any other vessel or into or upon the air, water, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water; or
 

(b)
any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, water, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water from a vessel other than the Vessel and which involves a collision between the Vessel and such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which the Vessel is actually or potentially liable to be arrested, attached, detained or injuncted and/or the Vessel and/or any Obligors and/or any operator or manager of the Vessel 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, water, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water otherwise than from the Vessel and in connection with which the Vessel is actually or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where any Obligors and/or any operator or manager of the Vessel is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action.


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Environmental Law” means any present or future law relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment, to conditions in the workplace, to the carriage, generation, handling, storage, use, release or spillage of Environmentally Sensitive Material or to actual or threatened releases of Environmentally Sensitive Material.

Environmentally Sensitive Material” means and includes all contaminants, oil, oil products, toxic substances and any other substance (including any chemical, gas or other hazardous or noxious substance) which is (or is capable of being or becoming) polluting, toxic or hazardous.

Expiry Owners’ Costs” means an amount equal to US$ 6,600,000.
 
Fair Market Value” means the value of the Vessel determined as follows:
 

(a)
subject to sub-paragraph (b) below, the arithmetic mean of the valuations shown by two (2) valuation reports prepared:
 
 
(i)
on a date no earlier than fifteen (15) days prior to the relevant date of valuation (except in the case of the Initial Market Value, in which cash such valuation reports shall be prepared on a date no earlier than fifteen (15) days prior to the Commencement Date);
 

(ii)
by Approved Valuers one nominated by the Owners and the other nominated by the Charterers;
 
 
(iii)
without physical inspection of the Vessel or other vessel; and
 

(iv)
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, without taking into account any charter whatsoever; and


(b)
if there is a discrepancy of five per cent. (5%) or more between the market valuations shown on the two valuation reports obtained pursuant to paragraph (a) above (using the lower valuation figure as the denominator), the arithmetic mean of the valuations shown by three (3) valuation reports each prepared on the same terms and conditions as set out under paragraph (a) above (except that the third valuation report additionally required under this sub-paragraph (b) shall be prepared by an Approved Valuer nominated by the Owners).
 
Fee Letter” mean the fee letter referred to under Clause 44.1 for payment of the Arrangement Fee.
 
Financial Indebtedness” means, in relation to a person (the “debtor”), a liability of the debtor:
 

(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;


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(d)
under a financial lease, a deferred purchase consideration arrangement (other than deferred payments for assets or services obtained on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business) or any other agreement having the commercial effect of a borrowing or raising of money by the debtor;
 

(e)
under any foreign exchange transaction, any interest or currency swap or any other kind of derivative transaction entered into by the debtor or, if the agreement under which any such transaction is entered into requires netting of mutual liabilities, the liability of the debtor for the net amount; or


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

Financial Instruments” means the applicable loan or facility agreement entered into between the Owners (or their affiliate) and the Owners’ Financiers and any mortgage, deed of covenants, assignment in respect of this Charter, assignment in respect of the Guarantees, assignment in respect of Earnings, Insurances and Requisition Compensation, manager’s undertaking and subordination (including assignment of manager’s interests in the Insurances) or any other financial security instruments granted by the Owners to the Owners’ Financiers as security for the financing or refinancing of the Owners’ acquisition of the Vessel.

Financing Amount” shall have the same meaning as defined under the MOA. “First Payment Date” shall have the meaning as defined under 36.5(a).
 
Fixed Charterhire” shall have the meaning as defined under Clause 36.4(a).
 
Flag State” means the flag state named in Box 5 of this Charter or any other state or jurisdiction approved in writing by the Owners.
 
Fleet Vessel” means any ship or vessel (including, but not limited to, the Vessel and the Other Vessel) from time to time wholly leased, hired, chartered or financed under any lease, hire purchase agreement, charter or any other financing arrangement by affiliates of the Owners and/or the Other Owner to subsidiaries or affiliates of the Guarantor.
 
GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America or such other accounting principles as agreed by both Parties.

General Assignment” means the assignment agreement executed or to be executed between the Charterers and the Owners in respect of the Vessel, pursuant to which the Charterers shall, inter alia, assign its rights under:
 

(a)
the Earnings, Insurances, Requisition Compensation in respect of the Vessel; and
 
 
(b)
any Assignable Sub-charter, in favour of the Owners.
 
Group” means the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries (whether directly or indirectly owned) for the time being.


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Guarantee” means the guarantee executed by the Guarantor in favour of the Owners on or about the date hereof.
 
Guarantor” means Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., a corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of the Republic of Marshall Islands.
 
Hire Period” means (i) in the case of the first Hire Period, the period commencing on the Commencement Date and ending on the First Payment Date; and (ii) in the case of each subsequent Payment Date, the period of commencing on the last day of the preceding Hire Period and ending on the next occurring Payment Date.

Holding Company” means, in relation to a person, any other person in relation to which (i) it is a Subsidiary or (ii) it is a Subsidiary of a Subsidiary.
 
IAPPC” means a valid international air pollution prevention certificate for the Vessel issued pursuant to the MARPOL Protocol.
 
Initial Market Value” means, in relation to the Vessel, the Fair Market Value of the Vessel as at a date no earlier than fifteen (15) days prior to the Commencement Date.
 
Insurances” means:
 

(a)
all policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of the Vessel in any protection and indemnity or war risks association, which are effected in respect of the Vessel or otherwise in relation to it whether before, on or after the date of this Charter; and
 

(b)
all rights and other assets relating to, or derived from, any of the foregoing, including any rights to a return of a premium and any rights in respect of any claim whether or not the relevant policy, contract of insurance or entry has expired on or before the date of this Charter.
 
Interest Rate” means:


(a)
subject to Clause 37.1, for any Hire Period of which the Quotation Day falls before the occurrence of a Screen Rate Replacement Event, LIBOR;
 

(b)
for any Hire Period of which the Quotation Day falls on or after the occurrence of a Screen Rate Replacement Event but before a Replacement Benchmark is implemented pursuant to Clause 37.4, in accordance with Clause 37.3 (unless otherwise agreed by the Owners); and
 

(c)
for any Hire Period of which the Quotation Day falls on or after a Replacement Benchmark is implemented pursuant to Clause 37.4, the rate of interest determined under the Replacement Benchmark.
 
ISM Code” means the International Safety Management Code (including the guidelines on its implementation), adopted by the International Maritime Organisation Assembly as Resolutions A.741 (18) and A.788 (19), as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (and the terms “safety management system”, “Safety Management Certificate” and “Document of Compliance” have the same meanings as are given to them in the ISM Code).


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ISPS Code” means the International Ship and Port Security Code as adopted by the Conference of Contracting Governments to the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974 on 13 December 2002 and incorporated as Chapter XI-2 of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974, as the same may be supplemented or amended from time to time.

ISSC” means a valid international ship security certificate for the Vessel issued pursuant to the ISPS Code.
 
Leasing Documents” means this Charter, the Guarantees, the MOA, the Fee Letter and the Security Documents and each, as the context may require, the “Leasing Document”.

LIBOR” means, in relation to a Hire Period:


(a)
the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time for dollars and for a period equal in length to the Hire Period; or
 

(b)
as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 37,
 
and if, in either case, that rate is less than zero, LIBOR shall be deemed to be zero.
 
Major Casualty” means any casualty to the Vessel in respect of which the claim or the aggregate of the claims against all insurers, before adjustment for any relevant franchise or deductible, exceeds US$1,000,000 or the equivalent in any other currency.

Management Agreement” means:


(a)
the technical management agreement dated 19 May 2021 and made between V Ships Limited and the Charterers;
 

(b)
the commercial management agreement dated 2 March 2015 and made between Fidelity Marine Inc. and Seanergy Management Corp. as amended by a first amendment dated 11 September 2015, a second amendment dated 24 February 2016, a third amendment dated 1 February 2018, a fourth amendment dated 28 June 2018 and as further amended from time to time), as acceded to by the Charterers pursuant to an accession letter dated 19 May 2021; and/or
 

(c)
such other management agreement for the technical and/or commercial management of the Vessel as may be subsequently entered into in respect of the Vessel by the Charterers with an Approved Manager.
 
Manager’s Undertaking” means, in relation to an Approved Manager, a letter of undertaking to be executed by that Approved Manager in favour of the Owners subordinating the rights of that Approved Manager against the Vessel and the Charterers to the rights of the Owners.
 
Margin” means three point fifty per cent. (3.50%) per annum.

MARPOL Protocol” means Annex VI (Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (as amended in 1978 and 1997).
 
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(a)
the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) of any Obligor or any member of the Group; or


(b)
the ability of any Obligor to perform its obligations under any Leasing Document to which it is a party; or


(c)
the validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of any Security Interests granted pursuant to, any of the Leasing Documents or the rights or remedies of the Owners under any of the Leasing Documents.
 
MOA” means the memorandum of agreement dated on or about the date of this Charter and made between the Owners (in their capacity as buyers) and the Charterers (in their capacity as sellers), pursuant to which the Charterers agree to sell and the Owners agree to purchase the Vessel upon the terms and conditions set out therein.

Net Sales Proceeds” has the meaning given to it under Clause 42.1(c). “Net Trading Proceeds” has the meaning given to it under Clause 42.1(b). “Nominated Purchaser” has the meaning given to it under Clause 42.1(c). “Nomination Period” has the meaning given to it under Clause 42.1(c).
 
Obligatory Insurances” means any insurances of the Vessel required to be effected by or on behalf of the Charterers pursuant to Clause 39.
 
Obligors” means:
 

(a)
the Charterers;
 

(b)
the Guarantor;
 

(c)
any Approved Manager which is an entity within the Group;


(d)
any sub-charterer of the Vessel which is an entity within the Group; and


(e)
any other party providing security for the Charterers’ obligations under this Charter pursuant to a Security Document or otherwise (except any Approved Manager or sub- charterer which are not entities within the Group).
 
Operating Account” means an interest bearing account with account number 960- 01- 5006034700 opened in the name of the Charterers with the Account Bank.

Original Financial Statements” means in relation to the Guarantor, its audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2020.

Original Jurisdiction” means, in relation to an Obligor, the jurisdiction under whose laws they are incorporated as at the date of this Charter.
 
Other Charter” means, in relation to the Other Vessel, the bareboat charterparty dated on or around the date of this Charter entered into between the Other Owner and the Other Charterer.


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Other Charterer” means Hellas Ocean Navigation Co. “Other Owner” means Sea 241 Leasing Co. Limited. “Other Vessel” means m.v. Hellasship.
 
Owners’ Costs” means, on any relevant date, (i) the Financing Amount minus (ii) the aggregate Fixed Charterhire which has been paid by the Charterers and received by the Owners as at such date.
 
Owners’ Financier” means any financier providing financing or refinancing facilities to the Owners or any affiliate of the Owners in respect of the Owners’ purchase and/or lease of the Vessel to the Charterers under the terms of the Leasing Documents.
 
Owners’ Surveyor” means the surveyor appointed by the Owners in accordance with Clause 7.

Party” means a party to this Charter, namely the Owners or the Charterers. “Payment Date” shall have the meaning as defined under Clause 36.5. “Permitted Security Interest” means:
 

(a)
any Security Interest created by a Security Document or a Financial Instrument;
 

(b)
any lien for unpaid master’s and crew’s wages in accordance with the ordinary course of operation of the Vessel or in accordance with usual reputable maritime practice;


(c)
any lien for salvage;
 

(d)
any lien for master’s disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of trading;
 

(e)
any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of the Vessel provided such liens do not secure amounts more than thirty (30) days overdue;
 

(f)
any Security Interest created in favour of a plaintiff or defendant in any action of the court or tribunal before whom such action is brought as security for costs and expenses where the Owners are prosecuting or defending such action in good faith by appropriate steps; and
 

(g)
Security Interests arising by operation of law in respect of taxes which are not overdue or for payment of taxes which are overdue for payment but which are being contested by the Owners or the Charterers in good faith by appropriate steps and in respect of which adequate reserves have been made,
 
provided that the foregoing have not arisen due to the default or omission of any Obligor.

Poseidon Principles” means the financial industry framework for assessing and disclosing the climate alignment of ship finance portfolios published in June 2019 as the same may be amended or replaced to reflect changes in applicable law or regulation or the introduction of or changes to mandatory requirements of the International Maritime Organisation from time to time.


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Potential Termination Event” means, an event or circumstance specified in Clause 47 (Termination Event) which would with the giving of any notice, the lapse of time, and/or a determination of the Owners, constitute a Termination Event.

Prepositioning Date” shall have the same meaning as defined under the MOA.
 
Prohibited Countries” means those countries and territories subject to country-wide or territory-wide Sanctions and/or trade embargoes from time to time during the Charter Period, in particular but not limited to pursuant to the U.S.’s Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
 
U.S. Department of Treasury (“OFAC”) or the United Nations.

Prohibited Person” means any person, entity or any other party which is (i) located, domiciled, resident or incorporated in a Prohibited Country, and/or (ii) subject to any sanction administrated by the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China and/or (iii) owned or controlled by or affiliated with persons, entities or any other parties as referred to in (i) and (ii).

Purchase Option” means the purchase option referred to in Clause 55.1. “Purchase Option Date” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 55.2. “Purchase Option Fee” means:
 

(a)
if the Purchase Option is exercised on the second (2nd) anniversary of the Commencement Date (or prior to it but only in accordance with Clause 62.4), two point five per cent. (2.50%) of the Owners’ Costs on that date;
 

(b)
if the Purchase Option is exercised on the third (3rd) anniversary of the Commencement Date, one point five per cent. (1.50%) of the Owners’ Costs on that date; and


(c)
if the Purchase Option is exercised on the fourth (4th) or fifth (5th) anniversary of the Commencement Date, zero per cent. (0%) of the Owners’ Costs on that date.
 
Purchase Option Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 55.2. “Purchase Option Price” means, in respect of any Purchase Option Date:
 

(a)
if the Purchase Option Date falls prior to the last day of the Charter Period, the aggregate of:

 
(i)
the Owners’ Costs prevailing as at the relevant Purchase Option Date;


(ii)
any Variable Charterhire accrued but unpaid as at the date of payment of the Purchase Option Price;


(iii)
any Purchase Option Fee;
 

(iv)
any Breakfunding Costs;


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(v)
any reasonable and documented legal or other costs incurred by the Owners in connection with the exercise of the Purchase Option under Clause 55 (Purchase Option); and


(vi)
aside from the amounts described under paragraphs (i) to (v) above, any other moneys due and owing under the Leasing Documents at the relevant Purchase Option Date;
 

(b)
if the Purchase Option Date falls on the last day of the Charter Period, the aggregate of:


(i)
the Expiry Owners’ Costs;
 

(ii)
any Charterhire accrued but unpaid as at the date of payment of the Purchase Option Price;
 

(iii)
any reasonable and documented legal or other costs incurred by the Owners in connection with the exercise of the Purchase Option under Clause 55 (Purchase Option); and
 

(iv)
aside from the amounts described under paragraphs (i) to (iv) above, any other moneys due and owing under the Leasing Documents at the relevant Purchase Option Date.

Purchase Price” has the meaning given to it in the MOA.
 
Quotation Day” means, in relation to any Hire Period, two (2) Business Days before the first day of that Hire Period unless market practice differs in the Relevant Interbank Market in which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the Owners in accordance with market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market.
 
Relevant Interbank Market” means the London interbank market or in the case of any Replacement Benchmark, any applicable replacement interbank market.
 
Relevant Jurisdiction” means, in relation to an Obligor:
 

(a)
its Original Jurisdiction;


(b)
any jurisdiction where any property owned by it and charged under a Leasing Document is situated;
 

(c)
any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; or
 

(d)
any jurisdiction whose laws govern the perfection of any of the Security Documents entered into by it creating a Security Interest.
 
Relevant Nominating Body” means any applicable central bank, regulator or other supervisory authority or a group of them, or any working group or committee sponsored or chaired by, or constituted at the request of, any of them or the Financial Stability Board.
 
Replacement Benchmark” means a benchmark rate which is:


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

(i)
the administrator of that Screen Rate; or


(ii)
any Relevant Nominating Body,
 
and if replacements have, at the relevant time, been formally designated, nominated or recommended under both paragraphs, the “Replacement Benchmark” will be the replacement under paragraph (ii) above;
 

(b)
in the opinion of the Owners, generally accepted in the international or any relevant domestic syndicated loan markets as the appropriate successor to that Screen Rate; or
 

(c)
in the opinion of the Owners, an appropriate successor to a Screen Rate.
 
Requisition Compensation” includes all compensation or other moneys payable by reason of any act or event such as is referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “Total Loss”.
 
Sanctions” means any sanctions, embargoes, freezing provisions, prohibitions or other restrictions relating to trading, doing business, investment, exporting, financing or making assets available (or other activities similar to or connected with any of the foregoing):


(a)
imposed by law or regulation of the United Kingdom, the Council of the European Union, the United Nations or its Security Council, the People’s Republic of China, the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong or the United States of America regardless of whether the same is or is not applicable or binding on any Obligor; or


(b)
otherwise imposed by any law or regulation which are applicable to and/or binding on any Obligor (which shall include without limitation, any extra-territorial sanctions imposed by law or regulation of the United States of America).

Sanctions Advisory” means the Sanctions Advisory for the Maritime Industry, Energy and Metals Sectors, and Related Communities issued May 14, 2020 by the US Department of the Treasury, Department of State and Coast Guard, as may be amended or supplemented, and any similar future advisory.
 
Screen Rate” means the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for dollars for the relevant period displayed on page LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Thomson Reuters screen (or any replacement Thomson Reuters page which displays that rate) or on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Thomson Reuters. If such page or service ceases to be available, the Owners may specify another page or service displaying the relevant rate.
 
Screen Rate Contingency Period” means twenty (20) days.
 
Screen Rate Replacement Event” means, in relation to a Screen Rate:
 

(a)
the methodology, formula or other means of determining that Screen Rate has, in the opinion of the Owners, materially changed;


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(b)
 
(i)
 

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

(B)
information is published in any order, decree, notice, petition or filing, however described, of or filed with a court, tribunal, exchange, regulatory authority or similar administrative, regulatory or judicial body which reasonably confirms that the administrator of that Screen Rate is insolvent,

provided that, in each case, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Screen Rate;


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

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

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

(c)
the administrator of that Screen Rate determines that that Screen Rate should be calculated in accordance with its reduced submissions or other contingency or fallback policies or arrangements and either:
 

(i)
the circumstance(s) or event(s) leading to such determination are not (in the opinion of the Owners) temporary; or
 

(ii)
that Screen Rate is calculated in accordance with any such policy or arrangement for a period no less than the Screen Rate Contingency Period; or
 

(d)
in the opinion of the Owners, that Screen Rate is otherwise no longer appropriate for the purposes of calculating interest under this Charter.
 
Security Documents” means:
 

(a)
the Account Charge;


(b)
the General Assignment;
 

(c)
the Shares Pledge;
 

(d)
each Manager’s Undertaking; and
 

(e)
any other security document conferring any Security Interest in respect of the obligations of the Charterers under or in connection with this Charter.


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Security Interest” means:


(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 security rights of a plaintiff under an action in rem; or


(c)
any other right which confers on a creditor or potential creditor a right or privilege to receive the amount actually or contingently due to it ahead of the general unsecured creditors of the debtor concerned; however this paragraph (c) does not apply to a right of set off or combination of accounts conferred by the standard terms of business of a bank or financial institution.

Shares Pledge” means a first priority pledge over the shares of the Charterers executed or to be executed by the Guarantor in favour of the Owners.
 
Specified Time” means 11.00am London time on the Quotation Day.

Statement of Compliance” means a Statement of Compliance related to fuel oil consumption pursuant to regulations 6.6 and 6.7 of Annex VI.

Subsidiary” means a subsidiary within the meaning of section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.

Termination Date” has the meaning given to it under Clause 47.2.

Termination Event” means any event described in Clause 47 (Termination Events). Termination Fee” means two per cent. (2.00%) of the Owners’ Costs as at the relevant date. “Termination Notice” has the meaning given to it under Clause 47.2.
 
Termination Sum” means, in respect of any date (such date being referred to as the “Relevant Date” for the purposes of this definition only), the aggregate of (without double counting amounts that may be included in more than one sub-paragraph below):


(a)
the Owners’ Costs prevailing as at the Relevant Date;
 

(b)
any Variable Charterhire accrued and unpaid as at the date of payment of the Termination Sum;
 

(c)
the Termination Fee (other than in connection with a payment of the Termination Sum following a Total Loss);


(d)
any Breakfunding Costs;
 

(e)
any and all evidenced and documented direct costs, losses and liabilities incurred by the Owners as a result of the early termination of the leasing under this Charter including but not limited to any legal costs, any agency or broker fees incurred in attempting to re-charter or otherwise dispose of the Vessel;
 

(f)
any and all documented costs, losses and liabilities incurred by the Owners in locating, repossessing, recovering, repositioning, berthing, insuring and maintaining the Vessel and/or in collecting any payments due under this Charter and/or in obtaining the due performance of the obligations of the Charterers under this Charter or the other Leasing Documents; and


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(g)
aside from the amounts described under paragraphs (a) to (f) above, any other moneys due and owing under the Leasing Documents at the Relevant Date including any default interest on amounts under (a) to (f) above.
 
Total Loss” means:


(a)
any expropriation, confiscation, requisition (other than a requisition for hire) or acquisition of the Vessel, 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;


(b)
any requisition for hire, arrest, condemnation, capture, seizure or detention of the Vessel (including any hijacking or theft but excluding any event specified in paragraph (a) of this definition) unless it is redelivered within sixty (60) days to the full control of the Owners or the Charterers; or

 
(c)
actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Vessel.
 
Total Loss Date” means, in relation to the Total Loss of the Vessel:


(a)
in the case of a Total Loss occurring under paragraph (a) of the definition of Total Loss, on the date on which the expropriation, confiscation, requisition or, as the case may be, the acquisition of the Vessel is completed by delivery of the Vessel to the relevant government or official authority or the person or persons claiming to be or to represent the relevant government or official authority;
 

(b)
in the case of a Total Loss occurring under paragraph (b) of the definition of Total Loss, the date falling on the expiration of such sixty (60) day period;
 

(c)
in the case of an actual loss of the Vessel, the date on which it occurred; and
 

(d)
in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Vessel, the earliest of:


(i)
the date when the Vessel was last heard of;


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


(iii)
the date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Charterers with the insurers in which the insurers agree to treat the Vessel as a Total Loss.

Total Loss Payment Date” means, following the occurrence of a Total Loss, the earlier of:


(a)
the date falling one hundred and fifty (150) days after the Total Loss Date or such later date as the Owners may agree; and
 

(b)
the date on which the Owners receive the Total Loss Proceeds.


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Total Loss Proceeds” means the proceeds of any policy or contract of insurance or any Requisition Compensation in each case arising in respect of a Total Loss.

Transfer” has the meaning given to it under Clause 62.4. “Transfer Notice” has the meaning given to it under Clause 62.4.
Treasury Transaction” means any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from any fluctuation in price or rate.
 
US” means the United States of America. “US Tax Obligor” means:
 

(a)
a person which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or
 

(b)
a person some or all of whose payments under the Leasing Documents are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.
 
Variable Charterhire” shall have the meaning as defined under Clause 36.4(b).
 
Vessel” means the bulker vessel named m.v. Patriotship and registered or to be registered under the name of the Owners under the Flag State upon Delivery.

66.2
In this Charter:

agreed form” means, in relation to a document, such document in a form agreed in writing between the Owners and the Charterers;
 
asset” includes every kind of property, asset, interest or right, including any present, future or contingent right to any revenues or other payment;
 
company” includes any partnership, joint venture and unincorporated association;
 
consent” includes an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, registration, notarisation and legalisation;
 
contingent liability” means a liability which is not certain to arise and/or the amount of which remains unascertained;
 
control” over a particular company means the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to:
 

(a)
cast, or control the casting of, fifty one per cent. (51%) or more of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of such company; or
 

(b)
appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the directors or other equivalent officers of such company; or
 

(c)
give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of such company with which the directors or other equivalent officers of such company are obliged to comply;


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document” includes a deed; also a letter or fax or email;

expense” means any kind of cost, charge or expense (including all legal costs, charges and expenses) and any applicable value added or other tax;
 
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;
 
legal or administrative action” means any legal proceeding or arbitration and any administrative or regulatory action or investigation;
 
liability” includes every kind of debt or liability (present or future, certain or contingent), whether incurred as principal or surety or otherwise;
 
months” shall be construed in accordance with Clause 66.3;
 
person” includes any company; any state, political sub-division of a state and local or municipal authority; and any international organisation;

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;
 
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 Clubs including pollution risks, extended passenger cover 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 6 of the International Hull Clauses (1/11/02 or 1/11/03), clause 8 of the Institute Time Clauses (Hulls) (1/10/83) or 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;

regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline whether or not having the force of law of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation; and
 
tax” includes any present or future tax, duty, impost, levy or charge of any kind which is imposed by any state, any political sub-division of a state or any local or municipal authority (including any such imposed in connection with exchange controls), and any connected penalty, interest or fine.
 
66.3
Meaning of “month”
 
A period of one or more “months” ends on the day in the relevant calendar month numerically corresponding to the day of the calendar month on which the period started (“the numerically corresponding day”), but:
 

(a)
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(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.

66.4
In this Charter:


(a)
references to a Leasing Document or any other document being in the form of a particular appendix or to any document referred to in the recitals include references to that form with any modifications to that form which the Owners approve;


(b)
references to, or to a provision of, a Leasing Document or any other document are references to it as amended or supplemented, whether before the date of this Charter or otherwise;
 

(c)
references to, or to a provision of, any law include any amendment, extension, re-enactment or replacement, whether made before the date of this Charter or otherwise; and
 

(d)
words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa.
 
66.5
A Potential Termination Event is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived and a Termination Event is “continuing” if it has not been waived.

66.6
Headings
 
In interpreting a Leasing Document or any provision of a Leasing Document, all clauses, sub- clauses and other headings in that and any other Leasing Document shall be entirely disregarded.


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EXECUTION PAGE

OWNERS
 
   
SIGNED BY
)
for and on behalf of
)
SEA 242 LEASING CO. LIMITED
) /s/ Zhou Ling
as attorney-in-fact
)
in the presence of
)
   
Witness’ signature: /s/ Xiao Jue
)
Witness’ name: Xiao Jue
)
Witness’ address: 22F, China Merchants Bank Building, NO. 1088 )
 
Lujiazui Ring Road, Shanghai, China
 
 
CHARTERERS
 
   
SIGNED BY
)
for and on behalf of
)
PATRIOT SHIPPING CO.
) /s/ Stavros Gyftakis
as attorney-in-fact
) Stavros Gyftakis
in the presence of
)
   
Witness’ signature:
) /s/ Maria Moschopoulou
Witness’ name:
) Maria Moschopoulou
Witness’ address:
) 154 Vouliagmenis Avenue
16674 Glyfada, Athens Greece
 


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SCHEDULE 1
ACCEPTANCE CERTIFICATE

PATRIOT SHIPPING CO. (the “Charterers”) hereby acknowledge that at [●] hours on [●], there was
delivered to, and accepted by, the Charterers the vessel known as m.v. “Patriotship” (the “Vessel”), registered in the name of SEA 242 LEASING CO. LIMITED (the “Owners”) under the flag of Marshall Islands with IMO number 9446441 under a charter dated [●] 2021 (the “Charter”) and made between the Owners and the Charterers and that Delivery (as defined in the Charter) thereupon took place and that, accordingly, the Vessel is and will be subject to all the terms and conditions contained in the Charter.
 
The Charterers warrant that the representations and warranties made by them in Clause 48 (Representations and Warranties) of the Charter remain correct and that no Termination Event or Potential Termination Event (each as defined in the Charter) has occurred at the date of this Acceptance Certificate.

   
Name:
 
Title:
 
for and on behalf of
 
PATRIOT SHIPPING CO.
 
Dated:
 


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SCHEDULE 2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT PART A

The following are the documents referred to in Clause 34.2(d)(i):

1
Corporate Authority
 
1.1
A copy of the constitutional documents of the Charterers and the Guarantor.
 
1.2
If required, a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors (or equivalent) of the Charterers and the Guarantor:

(a)
approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Leasing Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Leasing Documents to which it is a party;
 
(b)
authorizing a specified person or persons to execute the Leasing 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 dispatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or dispatched by it under, or in connection with, the Leasing Documents to which it is a party.
 
1.3
If required, a copy of the power of attorney of the Charterers and the Guarantor authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Leasing Documents to which it is a party.
 
1.4
If required, a specimen of the signature of each person authorized by the resolution referred to in paragraph 1.2 above.
 
1.5
If required, a copy of the resolutions signed by all the holder(s) of the issued shares of any Obligors, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by such Leasing Document.

1.6
A copy of a certificate of an officer or authorized signatory of the Charterers and the Guarantor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 2 Part A is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.

2
Leasing Documents
 
2.1
A duly executed original of each Leasing Document (except the Security Documents) and of each document to be delivered under each of them.
 
2.2
Agreed forms of the Security Documents and of each document to be delivered under each of them.
 
2.3
Evidence that the Operating Account has been opened and maintained with the Account Bank and there is a credit balance of at least US$550,000.


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3
Initial Market Value
 
Valuations of the Vessel, addressed to the Owners and dated not earlier than fifteen (15) days before the Commencement Date indicating the Initial Market Value.
 
4
Legal opinion
 
4.1
An agreed form legal opinion by English legal advisers to the Owners on such matters on the laws of England in relation to the applicable documents listed in paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 of Part A of this Schedule, in form and substance acceptable to the Owners.
 
4.2
Agreed forms of legal opinions by lawyers appointed by the Owners on such matters relating to the applicable documents listed in paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 of Part A of this Schedule, concerning the laws of the Republic of Liberia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Greece and such other relevant jurisdictions as the Owners may reasonably require, in form and substance acceptable to the Owners.

5
Vessel Insurances
 
5.1
Evidence that the Vessel is or will be on Delivery insured in the manner required under Clause 39.1.
 
5.2
Agreed form of letters of undertaking relating to insurances as set out in Clause 39.1 from the relevant insurer, insurance broker, protection and indemnity association or war risks association (as the case may be).
 
5.3
An insurance report by an insurance advisor appointed by the Owners (but at the cost of the Charterers) in an agreed form acceptable to the Owners.
 
6
Others

6.1
Evidence that the Arrangement Fee and all other fees, costs and expenses then due from the Charterers to the Owners under the Leasing Documents have been paid and received by the Owners.
 
6.2
A copy of the Management Agreement and any amendments thereto.

6.3
A copy of any Assignable Sub-Charter and any amendments thereto.

6.4
Copies of the Document of Compliance of the Approved Technical Manager.
 
6.5
Copies of the Vessel’s Safety Management Certificate (together with any other details of the applicable Safety Management System which the Owners require) and of any other documents required under the ISM Code and the ISPS Code (including without limitation an ISSC and IAPPC).
 
6.6
A copy of the Vessel’s class certificate evidencing that the Vessel maintains its classification with the Approved Classification Society and a copy of the confirmation of class issued within three (3) Business Days prior to the Commencement Date confirming that the Vessel is free of all recommendations and conditions.
 
6.7
Copies of the Original Financial Statements.


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6.8
Such evidence relating to the Obligors as the Owners may reasonably require for their (or their financiers) to be able to satisfy each of their “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in relation to the Leasing Documents.
 
6.9
A copy of any other consents, approvals, authorization or other document, opinion or assurance which the Owners consider to be reasonably desirable in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any of the Leasing Documents or for the validity and enforceability of such documents.
 
6.10
Such other documents as the Owners may reasonably require by giving notice to the Charterers.


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PART B

The following are the documents referred to in Clause 34.2(d)(ii):
 
1
Security Documents

1.1
A duly executed original of each of the Security Documents (and of each document to be delivered under each of them).
 
2
Vessel Documents

2.1
Documentary evidence that the Vessel is or will be:
 
(a)
permanently or provisionally registered in the name of the Owners under the Flag State;
 
(b)
in the absolute and unencumbered ownership of the Owners;

(c)
unconditionally delivered by the Charterers to the Owners pursuant to the terms of the MOA, where such documents shall include without limitation:

  (i)
a copy of the notarized and/or legalised (if required by the Flag State) copies of the bill of sale duly executed by the Charterers and stating that the Vessel is free from all mortgages, encumbrances and liens (whether maritime or otherwise) or any other debts whatsoever (and where executed by an attorney of the Charterers, together with such a copy of the notarized and/or legalised (if required by the Flag State) Charterers’ power of attorney); and

  (ii)
a copy of the protocol of delivery and acceptance duly executed by the Charterers and the Owners.
 
2.2
Any additional documents as may be required by the competent authorities of the Flag State for the purpose of registering the Vessel.
 
3
Others
 
3.1
Evidence that any fees, costs and expenses then due from the Charterers to the Owners under the Leasing Documents have been paid and received by, or will be paid and received by, the Owners, on Delivery of the Vessel.
 
3.2
Such other documents as the Owners may reasonably require by giving notice to the Charterers.


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PART C

The following are the documents referred to in Clause 34.7:
 
1
Security Interests
 
Not later than five (5) Business Days after the Commencement Date, documentary evidence that the Security Interests intended to be created by each of the Security Documents have been duly perfected under applicable law (as applicable).
 
2
Legal opinions

Not later than three (3) Business Days after the Commencement Date, issued signed copies of the legal opinions referred to in paragraph 4 of Part A of Schedule 2 of this Charter.

3
Insurances

3.1
Not later than ten (10) Business Days after the Commencement Date, receipt of copies of the executed letters of undertaking and certificates of entry (as the case may be) relating to insurances as set out in Clause 39.1 acknowledged by the relevant insurer, insurance broker, protection and indemnity association or war risks association (as the case may be), each in the agreed form under paragraph 5 of Part A of Schedule 2 of this Charter.

3.2
Not later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the Commencement Date, the signed insurance report in the form agreed under paragraph 5 of Part A of Schedule 2 of this Charter.

4
Others

4.1
No later than six (6) months after the Commencement Date, evidence that (if applicable) the Vessel has been permanently registered with the Flag State.


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SCHEDULE 3

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

To:
SEA 242 LEASING CO. LIMITED (the “Owner”)

From:
SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP. (the “Guarantor”)
 
  Date: [●]
          
RE:
THE BAREBOAT CHARTER (THE “CHARTER”) DATED [●]
 
1.
We refer to the Charter. This is a Compliance Certificate. Unless otherwise specified, terms defined in the Charter shall have the same meaning in this compliance certificate.

2.
We confirm that as calculated by reference to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the financial year ended [●],

  (a)
Cash and Cash Equivalents divided by the number of Fleet Vessels is not lower than $500,000; and

  (b)
the Leverage Ratio is not more than 85 per cent.
 
3.
[We confirm that, as at the date hereof, no Termination Event has occurred and is continuing which has not been waived or remedied at the date hereof]1

For and on behalf of
 
SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP.
 
   
   
Name(s):  
President
 


1 If this statement cannot be made, this compliance certificate should identify any Termination Event (as defined in the Charter) that is continuing and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it.



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