EX-10.7 8 tm2232741d1_ex10-7.htm EXHIBIT 10.7

 

Exhibit 10.7

 

Dated 16 December 2022

 

AMENDMENT TO TERM LOAN FACILITY

 

LEONARDO ONE, LTD.

as Borrower

 

and

 

NCL CORPORATION LTD.

as Guarantor

 

and

 

NCL INTERNATIONAL, LTD.

as Shareholder

 

and

 

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD.

as the Holding

 

and

 

The Banks and Financial Institutions

LISTED IN Schedule 1

as Lenders

 

and

 

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

BNP PARIBAS FORTIS S.A./N.V.

HSBC BANK PLC

KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH

CASSA DEPOSITI E PRESTITI S.P.A.

as Mandated Lead Arrangers

 

and

 

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

as Agent

and SACE Agent

 

and

 

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

as Security Trustee

 

SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT

 

relating to a facility agreement originally dated 12 April 2017 (as amended and restated by an amendment and restatement agreement dated 21 November 2017, as amended by a supplemental agreement dated 4 June 2020, as further amended and restated by an amendment and restatement agreement dated 17 February 2021, as further amended and restated by an amendment and restatement agreement dated 17 June 2021 and as further amended by a supplemental agreement dated 23 December 2021) 

in respect of the part financing of the 3,300 passenger cruise ship

 

m.v "NORWEGIAN PRIMA".

 

 

 

 

 

Index

 

Clause   Page
     
1 Definitions and Interpretation 2
2 Conditions Precedent 3
3 Representations 4
4 Amendments to Facility Agreement and other Finance Documents 4
5 Further Assurance 12
6 Costs, Expenses and Fees 12
7 Notices 12
8 Counterparts 12
9 Signing Electronically 12
10 Governing Law 12
11 Enforcement 13

 

Schedules  
   
Schedule 1 The Lenders 14
Part A The Tranche A Lenders 14
Part B The Tranche B Lenders 16
Part C The Tranche C Lenders 18
Schedule 2 Conditions Precedent 20
Schedule 3 Form of Effective Date Certificate 21
   
Execution  
   
Execution Pages 22

 

 

 

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made on 16 December 2022

 

Parties

 

(1)LEONARDO ONE, LTD., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda whose registered office is at 55 Park Place, Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda as borrower (the "Borrower")

 

(2)NCL CORPORATION LTD., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda with its registered office at 55 Park Place, Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda (the "Guarantor")

 

(3)NCL INTERNATIONAL, LTD., a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda and having its registered office at 55 Park Place, Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda (the "Shareholder")

 

(4)NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD., a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda with its registered office at 55 Park Place, Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda (the "Holding")

 

(5)THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 (The Lenders) as lenders (the "Lenders")

 

(6)CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, a French société anonyme having its registered office located at 12, Place des États-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France registered under number Siren 304 187 701 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre, France, BNP PARIBAS FORTIS S.A./N.V. of 3, Montagne du Parc, 1 KA1E, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH of Palmengartenstraße, 5-9 60325, Frankfurt, Germany, HSBC BANK PLC of Level 2, 8 Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ, United Kingdom and CASSA DEPOSITI E PRESTITI S.P.A. of Via Goito, 4 – 00185, Roma, Italy as mandated lead arrangers (the "Mandated Lead Arrangers")

 

(7)CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, a French société anonyme having its registered office located at 12, Place des États-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France registered under number Siren 304 187 701 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre, France as agent and SACE agent (the "Agent" and the "SACE Agent")

 

(8)CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, a French société anonyme having its registered office located at 12, Place des États-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France registered under number Siren 304 187 701 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre, France as security trustee (the "Security Trustee")

 

Background

 

(A)By the Original Facility Agreement, the Lenders agreed to make available to the Borrower a facility of (originally) the Dollar Equivalent of up to €640,000,000.00 and the amount of the SACE Premium (but not exceeding $868,108,108.11) for the purpose of assisting the Borrower in financing (a) the payment or reimbursement under the Shipbuilding Contract of all or part of 80% of the Final Contract Price up to the Eligible Amount and (b) reimbursement to the Borrower of 100% of the First Instalment of the SACE Premium paid by it to SACE and payment to SACE of 100% of the Second Instalment of the SACE Premium (as defined therein).

 

(B)Due to the unprecedented and extraordinary impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the cruise sector and cruise operators, the Original Facility Agreement was amended pursuant to an amendment agreement dated 4 June 2020 (the "2020 Amendment Agreement"), further amended and restated pursuant to an amendment and restatement agreement dated 17 February 2021 (the "February 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement"), and further amended and restated pursuant to an amendment and restatement agreement dated 17 June 2021 (the "June 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement"), pursuant to which the parties agreed to the temporary suspension of certain covenants under the Guarantee and addition of certain covenants under the Original Facility Agreement (as amended pursuant to the 2020 Amendment Agreement and the February 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement). Pursuant to such amendments, the amount of the Facility was increased to an Amended Maximum Loan Amount of $ 1,143,712,708.87.

 

 

 

 

(C)By a supplemental agreement dated 23 December 2021 and made between, amongst others, the Borrower, the Agent and the SACE Agent (the "December 2021 Amendment Agreement"), the Parties agreed to, inter alia, amend certain financial covenants and certain other provisions under the Original Facility Agreement (as amended by the 2020 Amendment Agreement, the February 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement and the June 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement) (as further defined below, the "Facility Agreement").

 

(D)The Parties have agreed to amend and supplement the Facility Agreement as set out in this Agreement for the purposes of, inter alia, amending certain financial covenants and certain other provisions under the Facility Agreement.

 

Operative Provisions

 

1Definitions and Interpretation

 

1.1Definitions

 

In this Agreement:

 

"Amended Facility Agreement" means the Facility Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Agreement.

 

"December 2022 Fee Letters" means any letter between the Agent (or the SACE Agent, as applicable) and any Obligor which sets out the fees payable in connection with the arrangements contemplated by this Agreement.

 

"December 2022 Finance Documents" means this Agreement and each December 2022 Fee Letter.

 

"Effective Date" means the date on which the Agent notifies the Borrower, the other Creditor Parties and SACE as to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent as provided in Clause 2.1 (Conditions Precedent).

 

"Facility Agreement" means the Original Facility Agreement, as amended from time to time, including as amended by the 2020 Amendment Agreement, as amended and restated by the February 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement, as further amended and restated by the June 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement and as further amended by the December 2021 Amendment Agreement and made between, amongst others, (i) the Borrower, (ii) the Lenders, (iii) the Mandated Lead Arrangers, (iv) the Agent and the SACE Agent and (v) the Security Trustee.

 

"Obligors" means the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Holding and the Shareholder.

 

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"Original Facility Agreement" means the facility agreement dated 12 April 2017 (as amended and restated by an amendment and restatement agreement dated 21 November 2017) and made between, amongst others, (i) the Borrower, (ii) the Lenders, (iii) the Mandated Lead Arrangers, (iv) the Agent and the SACE Agent and (v) the Security Trustee.

 

"Party" means a party to this Agreement.

 

"SACE" means SACE S.p.A., an Italian joint stock company (società per azioni) with a sole shareholder, whose registered office is located at Piazza Poli 37/42, 00187 Rome, Italy and registered with the Companies Registry of Rome under number 05804521002.

 

1.2Defined expressions

 

Defined expressions in the Facility Agreement and, with effect from the Effective Date, the Amended Facility Agreement, shall have the same meanings when used in this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise defined in this Agreement.

 

1.3Application of construction and interpretation provisions of Facility Agreement

 

Clause 1.2 (Construction of certain terms) of the Facility Agreement applies to this Agreement as if it were expressly incorporated in it with any necessary modifications.

 

1.4Designation as a Finance Document

 

The Borrower and the Agent designate this Agreement as a Finance Document.

 

1.5Third party rights

 

(a)Unless provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the "Third Parties Act") to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement other than SACE, who may enforce or enjoy the benefit of and rely on the provisions of this Agreement and the Amended Facility Agreement subject to the provisions of the Third Parties Act.

 

(b)Notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any person who is not a Party (other than SACE) is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time.

 

(c)For the avoidance of doubt and in accordance with clause 36.4 (Third party rights) of the Facility Agreement, nothing in this Clause 1.5 (Third party rights) shall limit or prejudice the exercise by SACE of its rights under this Agreement or the Finance Documents in the event that such rights are subrogated or assigned to it pursuant to the terms of the SACE Insurance Policy.

 

2Conditions Precedent

 

2.1The Effective Date cannot occur unless:

 

(a)the Agent has received (or on the instructions of all the Lenders, waived receipt of) all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent;

 

(b)save as disclosed in writing to the Agent and SACE prior to the date of this Agreement, the representations and warranties contained in Clause 3 (Representations) are true and correct on, and as of, each such time as if each was made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such time;

 

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(c)save as disclosed in writing to the Agent and SACE prior to the date of this Agreement, no Event of Default, event or circumstance specified in clause 18 (Events of Default) of the Facility Agreement which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default, event resulting in mandatory prepayment of the Loan pursuant to clause 16.3 (Mandatory prepayment – Sale and Total Loss) and clause 16.4 (Mandatory prepayment – SACE Insurance Policy) of the Facility Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the amendment of the Facility Agreement pursuant to this Agreement; and

 

(d)the Agent is satisfied that the Effective Date can occur and has not provided any instructions to the contrary informing the Parties that the Effective Date cannot occur.

 

2.2Upon fulfilment or waiver of the conditions set out in Clause 2.1 above, the Agent shall provide the Borrower and the Creditor Parties and SACE with a copy of the executed certificate in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Form of Effective Date Certificate) confirming that the Effective Date has occurred and such certificate shall be binding on all Parties.

 

2.3Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Agent in writing to the contrary before the Agent provides the certificate described in Clause 2.2 above, the Creditor Parties authorise (but do not require) the Agent to execute and provide such certificate. The Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such certificate.

 

3Representations

 

3.1Facility Agreement representations

 

On the date of this Agreement and on the Effective Date, each Obligor that is a party to the Facility Agreement makes each of the representations and warranties as set out in clause 11 (Representations and warranties) of the Amended Facility Agreement and updated with appropriate modifications to refer to the December 2022 Finance Documents.

 

3.2Finance Document representations

 

On the date of this Agreement and on the Effective Date, each Obligor (save for the Holding) makes the representations and warranties set out in the Finance Documents (other than the Facility Agreement) to which it is a party, as amended and supplemented by this Agreement and updated with appropriate modifications to refer to this Agreement, by reference to the circumstances then existing.

 

4Amendments to Facility Agreement and other Finance Documents

 

4.1Specific amendments to the Facility Agreement

 

With effect on and from the Effective Date the Facility Agreement shall be, and shall be deemed by this Agreement to be, amended as follows:

 

(a)In clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Facility Agreement, the following definitions shall be added in alphabetical order:

 

(i)"December 2022 Amendment Agreement" means the amendment to this Agreement dated 16 December 2022 between, amongst others, the Borrower, the Agent and the SACE Agent.

 

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(ii)"December 2022 Fee Letters" means any letter between the Agent (or the SACE Agent, as applicable) and any Obligor which sets out the fees payable in connection with the arrangements contemplated by the December 2022 Amendment Agreement.

 

(b)In clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Facility Agreement, the following definitions shall be deleted and replaced as follows:

 

(i)"Marina Facility Agreement" means, in respect of m.v. MARINA, a facility agreement originally dated 18 July 2008 (as amended by a supplemental agreement dated 25 October 2010, as further amended and restated by an amendment and restatement agreement dated 31 October 2014, as amended by a supplemental agreement dated 4 June 2020, as further amended and restated by an amendment and restatement agreement dated 17 February 2021, as further amended by a supplemental agreement dated 23 December 2021 and as further amended by a supplemental agreement dated 16 December 2022), as further amended, restated and supplemented from time to time.

 

(ii)"Riviera Facility Agreement" means, in respect of m.v. RIVIERA, a facility agreement originally dated 18 July 2008 (as amended by a supplemental agreement dated 25 October 2010, as amended by a side letter dated 29 March 2012, as amended and restated by an amendment and restatement agreement dated 31 October 2014, as amended by a framework agreement dated 31 January 2018, as amended by a supplemental agreement dated 4 June 2020, as further amended and restated by an amendment and restatement agreement dated 17 February 2021 as further amended by a supplemental agreement dated 23 December 2021 and as further amended by a supplemental agreement dated 16 December 2022), as further amended, restated and supplemented from time to time.

 

(iii)"Seven Seas Explorer Facility Agreement" means, in respect of m.v. SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER, a facility agreement originally dated 31 July 2013 (as amended and restated by an amendment and restatement agreement dated 31 October 2014, as amended by a supplemental agreement dated 4 June 2020, as further amended and restated pursuant to an amendment and restatement agreement dated 17 February 2021 as further amended by a supplemental agreement dated 23 December 2021 and as further amended by a supplemental agreement dated 16 December 2022), as further amended, restated and supplemented from time to time.

 

(iv)"Seven Seas Splendor Facility Agreement" means, in respect of m.v. SEVEN SEAS SPLENDOR, a facility agreement originally dated 30 March 2016 (as amended by a supplemental agreement dated 4 June 2020, as further amended and restated pursuant to an amendment and restatement agreement dated 17 February 2021 as further amended by a supplemental agreement dated 23 December 2021 and as further amended by a supplemental agreement dated 16 December 2022), as further amended, restated and supplemented from time to time.

 

(c)Clause 12.27 (New capital raises or financing) shall be deleted and replaced as follows:

 

"12.27 (New capital raises or financing)

 

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(a)Save as provided below:

 

(i)no new debt shall be raised and no new Financial Indebtedness shall be incurred by the Group (including, for the avoidance of doubt, inter-company loans);

 

(ii)no non-arm's length disposals of any asset relating to the Group fleet shall be made; and

 

(iii)no additional Security Interests securing existing Financial Indebtedness will be created or permitted to subsist by any Obligor (unless the Lenders benefit from this new security on a pari passu basis),

 

until 31 December 2023.

 

(b)The restrictions in paragraph (a) of this Clause 12.27 (New capital raises or financing) above shall not apply in relation to:

 

(i)any refinancing of any bond issuance of, or loan entered into by, the Group (A) which matures during such period or (B) where not maturing during such period, shall be on terms resulting, when taken as a whole, in an improvement of the ability of the Obligors to meet their obligations under the Finance Documents, which terms include any of the following: an extension of the repayment terms; or a decrease in the interest rate; or the conversion of such Financial Indebtedness from secured to unsecured or first to second priority;

 

(ii)any debt provided prior to 31 December 2023 to provide the Group with crisis and/or recovery related funding in respect of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic;

 

(iii)any debt being raised on or after 31 December 2023 to support the Group with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic made with the prior written consent of SACE;

 

(iv)any debt being raised to finance any instalment of a cruise vessel already contracted for or contracted for during such period or any refurbishment, maintenance, upgrade or lengthening of a cruise ship during such period (including without limitation any costs incurred by the owner of a cruise ship in connection therewith);

 

(v)any debt being raised to finance capital expenditure for projects which are already contracted for but in respect of which committed financing has not yet been obtained, and which, in each case has been (or will be) listed in the Information Package submitted to the Agent prior to the February 2021 Effective Date;

 

(vi)any extension or renewal of revolving credit facilities, and made with the prior written consent of SACE if any additional security is to be granted;

 

(vii)any new debt otherwise agreed by SACE; or

 

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(viii)any inter-company loan or operating arrangement which from an accounting perspective has the effect of an intercompany loan (an "intercompany arrangement") which:

 

(A)is existing as at the date of the February 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement; or

 

(B)is made among any Group members or any Group member with the Holding provided that:

 

(1)any inter-company arrangement is made solely for the purpose of regulatory or Tax purposes carried out in the ordinary course of business and on an arm's length basis; and

 

(2)the aggregate principal amount of any inter-company arrangements outstanding pursuant to sub-paragraph (b)(viii)(B) of this Clause 12.27 (New capital raises or financing) does not exceed fifty million Dollars ($50,000,000) at any time; or

 

(C)has been approved with the prior written consent of SACE;

 

(ix)any Permitted Security Interest;

 

(x)any Security Interest otherwise approved with the prior written consent of SACE;

 

(xi)any Financial Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business which in the aggregate does not exceed USD 40,000,000 during any twelve-month period, it being provided that:

 

(A)prior to 31 December 2022, this amount shall be increased to USD 150,000,000 for any Financial Indebtedness incurred to finance capital expenditure for Approved Projects; and

 

(B)if any part of such Financial Indebtedness allocated prior to 31 December 2022 to an Approved Project remains unused throughout the twelve-month period of year 2022, the surplus may be carried over to increase the relevant Financial Indebtedness throughout the twelve-month period of year 2023 for that Approved Project only;

 

(xii)without prejudice to Clauses 12.11 (Mergers) and 12.15 (Investments) and clause 11.13 (No merger etc.) of the Guarantee, the issuance of share capital by any Group member to another Group member; and

 

(xiii)any extension, renewal, replacement or upsizing in respect of the Term and Revolving Credit Facilities (including the granting of additional Security Interests),

 

and, for the avoidance of doubt, no debt or equity issuance shall be raised in respect of any form of merger, sub-division, amalgamation, restructuring, consolidation, winding-up, dissolution or anything analogous thereto or acquisition of any entity, share capital or obligations of any corporation or other entity.",

 

and the remaining clauses will be renumbered and all relevant cross references will be updated accordingly.

 

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4.2Specific Amendments to Guarantee

 

With effect on and from the Effective Date, the Guarantee shall be, and shall be deemed by this Agreement to be amended as follows:

 

(a)Clause 11.15 (Financial Covenants) shall be deleted and replaced as follows:

 

"11.15 Financial Covenants

 

(a)The Guarantor will not permit the Free Liquidity to be less than fifty million Dollars ($50,000,000) at any time, save that until 30 September 2026, this amount shall be increased to two hundred and fifty million Dollars ($250,000,000).

 

(b)The Guarantor will not permit the ratio of Total Net Funded Debt to Total Capitalization to be greater than 0.70:1.00 at any time, save that from 1 January 2023 until 30 September 2026, this ratio shall be computed in accordance with the table below.

 

(c)The Guarantor will not permit the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Debt Service for the Group at the end of any fiscal quarter, computed for the period of the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as at the end of the relevant fiscal quarter, to be less than 1.25:1.00 unless the Free Liquidity of the Group at all times during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as at the end of such fiscal quarter was equal to or greater than one hundred million Dollars ($100,000,000), save that from 1 January 2023 until 30 September 2026, this amount shall be increased to three hundred million Dollars ($300,000,000)."

 

   1Q
2023
  2Q
2023
  3Q
2023
  4Q
2023
  1Q
2024
  2Q
2024
  3Q
2024
  4Q
2024
  1Q
2025
  2Q
2025
  3Q
2025
  4Q
2025
  1Q
2026
  2Q
2026
  3Q
2026
 
Total Net Funded Debt to Total Capitalization =<  0,93  0,92  0,91  0,91  0,91  0,90  0,88  0,87  0,87  0,85  0,82  0,79  0,79  0.76  0.73 

 

(b)Clause 11.19 (New capital raises or financing) shall be deleted and replaced as follows:

 

" (a)Save as provided below:

 

(i)no new debt shall be raised and no new Financial Indebtedness shall be incurred by the Group (including, for the avoidance of doubt, inter-company loans);

 

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(ii)no non-arm's length disposals of any asset relating to the Group fleet shall be made; and

 

(iii)no additional Security Interests securing existing Financial Indebtedness will be created or permitted to subsist by any Obligor (unless the Lenders benefit from this new security on a pari passu basis),

 

until 31 December 2023.

 

(b)The restrictions in paragraph (a) above shall not apply in relation to:

 

(i)any refinancing of any bond issuance of, or loan entered into by, the Group (A) which matures during such period or (B) where not maturing during such period, which shall be on terms resulting, when taken as a whole, in an improvement of the ability of the Obligors to meet their obligations under the Finance Documents, which terms include any of the following: an extension of the repayment terms; a decrease in the interest rate; or the conversion of such Financial Indebtedness from secured to unsecured or first to second priority;

 

(ii)any debt provided prior to 31 December 2023 to provide the Group with crisis and/or recovery related funding in respect of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic;

 

(iii)any debt being raised on or after 31 December 2023 to support the Group with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic made with the prior written consent of SACE;

 

(iv)any debt being raised to finance any instalment of a cruise vessel already contracted for or contracted for during such period or any refurbishment, maintenance, upgrade or lengthening of a cruise ship during such period (including without limitation any costs incurred by the owner of a cruise ship in connection therewith);

 

(v)any debt being raised to finance capital expenditure for projects which are already contracted for but in respect of which committed financing has not yet been obtained, and which, in each case has been (or will be) listed in the Information Package submitted to the Agent prior to the February 2021 Effective Date;

 

(vi)any extension or renewal of revolving credit facilities, and made with the prior written consent of SACE if any additional security is to be granted;

 

(vii)any new debt otherwise agreed by SACE;

 

(viii)any inter-company loan or operating arrangement which from an accounting perspective has the effect of an intercompany loan (an "intercompany arrangement") which:

 

(A)is existing as at the date of the February 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement; or

 

(B)is made among any Group members or any Group member with the Holding provided that:

 

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(1)any inter-company arrangement is made solely for the purpose of regulatory or Tax purposes carried out in the ordinary course of business and on an arm's length basis; and

 

(2)the aggregate principal amount of any inter-company arrangements pursuant to sub-paragraph (b)(viii)(B) of this Clause 11.19 (New capital raises or financing) does not exceed fifty million Dollars ($50,000,000) at any time; or

 

(C)has been approved with the prior written consent of SACE.

 

(ix)any Permitted Security Interest;

 

(x)any Security Interest otherwise approved with the prior written consent of SACE;

 

(xi)any Financial Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business which in the aggregate does not exceed USD 40,000,000 during any twelve-month period, it being provided that:

 

(A)prior to 31 December 2022, this amount shall be increased to USD 150,000,000 for any Financial Indebtedness incurred to finance capital expenditure for Approved Projects; and

 

(B)if any part of such Financial Indebtedness allocated to an Approved Project remains unused throughout the twelve-month period of year 2022, the surplus may be carried over to increase the relevant Financial Indebtedness throughout the twelve-month period of year 2023 for that Approved Project only;

 

(xii)without prejudice to clauses 12.11 (Mergers) and 12.15 (Investments) of the Loan Agreement and Clause 11.13 (No merger etc.), the issuance of share capital by any Group member to another Group member; and

 

(xiii)any extension, renewal, replacement or upsizing in respect of the Term and Revolving Credit Facilities (including the granting of additional Security Interests),

 

and, for the avoidance of doubt, no debt or equity issuance shall be raised in respect of any form of merger, sub-division, amalgamation, restructuring, consolidation, winding-up, dissolution or anything analogous thereto or acquisition of any entity, share capital or obligations of any corporation or other entity.",

 

and the remaining clauses will be renumbered and all relevant cross references will be updated accordingly.

 

(c)In schedule 2 (Regular Monitoring Requirements), all references to “monthly” or “bi-monthly” in the “Rhythm” column of the table set out therein shall be amended to include the subsequent wording:

 

", for the period starting from the February 2021 Effective Date and ending on 31 May 2023. With effect from 1 June 2023, quarterly.".

 

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4.3Guarantor confirmation

 

On the Effective Date the Guarantor confirms that:

 

(a)its Guarantee extends to the obligations of the Borrower under the Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement;

 

(b)the obligations of the relevant Obligors under the Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement are included in the Secured Liabilities (as defined in the Facility Agreement); and

 

(c)the Guarantee shall continue to be binding on each of the parties to it and have full force and effect in accordance with its original terms and the amendments to the Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement.

 

4.4Holding confirmation

 

On the Effective Date, the Holding confirms that, notwithstanding the amendments made to the Finance Documents pursuant to this Agreement, the undertakings given by Holding under the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms and the amendments to the Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement.

 

4.5Security confirmation

 

On the Effective Date, each Obligor confirms that:

 

(a)any Security Interest created by it under the Finance Documents extends to the obligations of the relevant Obligors under the Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement;

 

(b)the obligations of the relevant Obligors under the Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement are included in the Secured Liabilities (as defined in the Finance Documents to which they are a party);

 

(c)the Security Interests created under the Finance Documents continue in full force and effect on the terms of the respective Finance Documents; and

 

(d)to the extent that this confirmation creates a new Security Interest, such Security Interest shall be on the terms of the Finance Documents in respect of which this confirmation is given.

 

4.6Finance Documents to remain in full force and effect

 

The Finance Documents shall remain in full force and effect and, from the Effective Date:

 

(a)in the case of the Facility Agreement, as amended and supplemented pursuant to Clause 4.1 (Specific amendments to the Facility Agreement);

 

(b)in the case of the Guarantee, as amended and supplemented pursuant to Clause 4.2 (Specific Amendments to Guarantee);

 

(c)the Facility Agreement and the applicable provisions of this Agreement will be read and construed as one document;

 

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(d)the Guarantee and the applicable provisions of this Agreement will be read and construed as one document; and

 

(e)except to the extent expressly waived by the amendments effected by this Agreement, no waiver is given by this Agreement and the Lenders expressly reserve all their rights and remedies in respect of any breach of or other default under the Finance Documents.

 

5Further Assurance

 

Clause 12.20 (Further assurance) of the Amended Facility Agreement, applies to this Agreement as if it were expressly incorporated in it with any necessary modifications.

 

6Costs, Expenses and Fees

 

(a)Clause 10.11 (Transaction Costs) of the Amended Facility Agreement applies to this Agreement as if it were expressly incorporated in it with any necessary modifications.

 

(b)The Borrower shall pay to each of (i) the Agent for its own account, (ii) the Agent (for the account of each Lender) and (iii) the SACE Agent (for the account of SACE) such fees in the amount and at the times specified in the relevant December 2022 Fee Letters.

 

7Notices

 

Clause 32 (Notices) of the Amended Facility Agreement applies to this Agreement as if it were expressly incorporated in it with any necessary modifications.

 

8Counterparts

 

This Agreement 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 Agreement.

 

9Signing Electronically

 

The Parties acknowledge and agree that they may execute this Agreement and any variation or amendment to the same, by electronic instrument. The Parties agree that the electronic signatures appearing on the documents shall have the same effect as handwritten signatures and the use of an electronic signature on this Agreement shall have the same validity and legal effect as the use of a signature affixed by hand and is made with the intention of authenticating this Agreement, and evidencing the Parties' intention to be bound by the terms and conditions contained herein. For the purposes of using an electronic signature, the Parties authorise each other to conduct the lawful processing of personal data of the signers for contract performance and their legitimate interests including contract management.

 

10Governing Law

 

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

 

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11Enforcement

 

11.1Jurisdiction

 

(a)The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) (a "Dispute").

 

(b)The Obligors accept that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Obligor will argue to the contrary.

 

11.2Service of process

 

(a)Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each Obligor (other than an Obligor incorporated in England and Wales):

 

(i)irrevocably appoints Hannaford Turner LLP, currently of 107 Cheapside, London, UK, EC2V 6DN as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document; and

 

(ii)agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.

 

(b)If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process, the Borrower (on behalf of all the Obligors) must immediately (and in any event within 10 days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Agent. Failing this, the Agent may appoint another agent for this purpose.

 

This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

 

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Execution Pages

 

BORROWER

 

SIGNED by )  
duly authorised )  
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Daniel S. Farkas
LEONARDO ONE, LTD. )  
     
     
GUARANTOR    
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised )  
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Daniel S. Farkas
NCL CORPORATION LTD. )  
     
     
SHAREHOLDER    
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised )  
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Daniel S. Farkas
NCL INTERNATIONAL, LTD. )  
     
     
HOLDING    
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised )  
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Daniel S. Farkas
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE )  
HOLDINGS LTD. )  

 

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LENDERS    
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised ) /s/ Jérôme Leblond
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Anne-Laure Orange
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE )  
AND INVESTMENT BANK )  
     
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised ) /s/ Alain Vanden Haute, Business Management Financing Solutions Brussels
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Hendrik DeBoutte, Energy, Resources & Infrastructure
BNP PARIBAS FORTIS S.A./N.V )  
     
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised ) /s/ B. Behrends-Troost, Director
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Vardhaman Lodha, Associate
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH )  
     
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised )  
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Varsha Sharan
HSBC BANK PLC )  
     
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised )  
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Antonella Coppola
CASSA DEPOSITI E PRESTITI S.P.A. )  

 

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MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS    
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised ) /s/ Jérôme Leblond
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Anne-Laure Orange
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE )  
AND INVESTMENT BANK )  
     
      
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised ) /s/ Alain Vanden Haute, Business Management Financing Solutions Brussels
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Hendrik DeBoutte, Energy, Resources & Infrastructure
BNP PARIBAS FORTIS S.A./N.V )  
     
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised ) /s/ B. Behrends-Troost, Director
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Vardhaman Lodha, Associate
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH )  
     
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised )  
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Varsha Sharan
HSBC BANK PLC )  
     
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised )  
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Antonella Coppola
CASSA DEPOSITI E PRESTITI S.P.A. )  

 

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AGENT    
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised ) /s/ Jérôme Leblond
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Anne-Laure Orange
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND )  
INVESTMENT BANK )  
     
     
SACE AGENT    
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised ) /s/ Jérôme Leblond
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Anne-Laure Orange
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND )  
INVESTMENT BANK )  
     
     
SECURITY TRUSTEE    
     
SIGNED by )  
duly authorised ) /s/ Jérôme Leblond
for and on behalf of ) /s/ Anne-Laure Orange
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND )  
INVESTMENT BANK )  

 

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