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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Clause
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Page
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1.
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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5
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2.
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THE FACILITIES
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29
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3.
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PURPOSE
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30
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4.
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CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
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31
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5.
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UTILISATION
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33
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6.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF INCREMENTAL FACILITIES
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34
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7.
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REPAYMENT
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39
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8.
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PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
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40
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9.
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OPTIONAL RATE SWITCH
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44
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10.
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INTEREST
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44
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11.
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INTEREST PERIODS
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45
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12.
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CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
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46
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13.
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FEES
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48
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14.
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TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
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49
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15.
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INCREASED COSTS
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52
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16.
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OTHER INDEMNITIES
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54
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17.
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MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS
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55
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18.
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COSTS AND EXPENSES
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55
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19.
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SECURITY
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57
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20.
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GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
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58
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21.
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REPRESENTATIONS
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62
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22.
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INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
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67
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23.
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FINANCIAL COVENANTS
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72
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24.
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GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
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72
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25.
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VESSEL UNDERTAKINGS
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78
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26.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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86
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27.
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CHANGES TO THE LENDERS
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90
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28.
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CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS
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94
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29.
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ROLE OF THE AGENT, THE SECURITY AGENT AND THE MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS
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96
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30.
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CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES
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104
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31.
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SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
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105
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32.
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PAYMENT MECHANICS
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107
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33.
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SET-OFF
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109
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34.
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NOTICES
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109
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35.
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CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
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111
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36.
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PARTIAL INVALIDITY
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111
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37.
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REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
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112
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38.
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AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
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112
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39.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
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116
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40.
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CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES
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119
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41.
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COUNTERPARTS
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121
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42.
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CONFLICT
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121
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43.
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GOVERNING LAW
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122
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44.
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ENFORCEMENT
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122
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SCHEDULE 1 A THE ORIGINAL LENDERS
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123
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SCHEDULE 1B ORIGINAL BORROWERS, ORIGINAL VESSELS, TRANCHES AND INSTALMENTS
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124
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SCHEDULE 2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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125
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SCHEDULE 3 REQUESTS
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132
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SCHEDULE 4 FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
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135
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SCHEDULE 5 FORM OF ACCESSION LETTER
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137
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SCHEDULE 6 FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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138
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SCHEDULE 7 FORM OF VALUATION CERTIFICATE
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140
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SCHEDULE 8 FORM OF INCREMENTAL FACILITY NOTICE
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142
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SCHEDULE 9 FA ACT SECTION 3-12
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146
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EXECUTION PAGE
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147
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| (1) |
THE ENTITIES set out as owners of the Original Vessels in Schedule 1B (Original Borrowers, Original Vessels, Tranches and instalments), as joint and
several original borrowers (each an "Original Borrower" and together the "Original Borrowers");
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DHT HOLDINGS, INC., The Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, Marshall Islands as guarantor (the "Guarantor");
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ING BANK N.V. and NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE as coordinators (the "Coordinators");
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ING BANK, A BRANCH OF ING-DIBA AG and NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE as bookrunners (the "Bookrunners");
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ING BANK, A BRANCH OF ING-DIBA AG, NORDEA BANK ABP, FILIAL I NORGE, SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN AB (PUBL), ABN AMRO BANK N.V., OSLO BRANCH, DANISH SHIP FINANCE A/S AND and CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK as mandated lead arrangers (the "Mandated Lead Arrangers");
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1A as original lenders (the "Original Lenders");
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1A as original hedging banks (the "Original Hedging Banks");
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ING BANK N.V. as agent of the other Finance Parties (the "Agent"); and
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ING BANK N.V. as security agent of the other Finance Parties (the "Security Agent").
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| 1. |
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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| 1.1 |
Definitions
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| (a) |
for the Term Loan Facility, the period from and including the date of this Agreement up to and including 31 March 2023;
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| (b) |
for the Revolving Credit Facility, the period from and including the date of this Agreement up to and including the date falling three (3) months prior to the Maturity Date; and
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for any Incremental Facility, the period from and including the Establishment Date for that Incremental Facility up to and including the date falling three (3) months prior to the Maturity Date.
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relating to any Original Vessel, any Available Term Loan Facility Commitment and/or any Available Revolving Credit Facility Commitment pertaining to that Vessel; and
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relating to any Additional Vessel, any Available Incremental Facility Commitment pertaining to that Vessel.
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in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 BRRD, the relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time;
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in relation to the United Kingdom, the UK Bail-In Legislation; and
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in relation to any state other than such an EEA Member Country and the United Kingdom, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition of any Write-down and Conversion Powers contained in that
law or regulation.
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the interest which a Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of a Loan or Unpaid Sum,
had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period;
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the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the relevant market for the applicable Reference Rate for a period
starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.
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the average efficiency ratio of that Vessel for all voyages performed by it over that calendar year using ship fuel oil consumption data required to be collected and reported in accordance with Regulation 22A of Annex VI in respect of
that calendar year; and
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the climate alignment of that Vessel for such calendar year, in each case as calculated in accordance with the Poseidon Principles.
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The short-term interest rate target set by the US Federal Open Market Committee as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from time to time; or
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if that target is not a single figure, the arithmetic mean of:
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the upper bound of the short-term interest rate target range set by the US Federal Open Market Committee and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; and
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the lower bound of that target range.
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the Reference Rate (Term SOFR or SOFR as relevant) for that day; and
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the Central Bank Rate prevailing at close of business on that day.
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if any person or a group of persons acting in concert, gain direct or indirect control over the Guarantor; or
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there is a change of ownership in any of the Borrowers (direct or indirect) or a person other than the Guarantor controls the appointment of the board of directors for any Borrower.
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any Obligor or any of its advisers; or
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another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party directly or indirectly from any Obligor or any of its advisers, in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or
any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information but excludes information that:
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is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Finance Party of Clause 39 (Confidentiality); or
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is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any Obligor or any of its advisers; or
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is known by that Finance Party before the date the information is disclosed to it in accordance with (a) or (b) or is lawfully obtained by that Finance Party after that date, from a source which is, as far as that Finance Party is
aware, unconnected with any Obligor and which, in either case, as far as that Finance Party is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality.
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| (a) |
all freight, hire and passage moneys payable to a Borrower, including (without limitation) payments of any nature under any contract or any other agreement for the employment, use, possession, management and/or operation of a Vessel;
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any claim under any guarantees related to hire payable to a Vessel as a consequence of the operation of such Vessel;
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any compensation payable to a Borrower in the event of any requisition of a Vessel or for the use of such Vessel by any government authority or other competent authority;
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| (d) |
remuneration for salvage, towage and other services performed by a Vessel payable to a Borrower;
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| (e) |
demurrage and retention money receivable by a Borrower in relation to a Vessel;
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all moneys which are at any time payable under the Insurances in respect of loss of earnings from a Vessel;
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| (g) |
if and whenever a Vessel is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within paragraphs (a) to (f) above are pooled or shared with any other person, that proportion of the net receipts of the relevant pooling or sharing arrangement
which is attributable to such Vessel; and
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any other money which arise out of the use of or operation of a Vessel and moneys whatsoever due or to become due to a Borrower from third parties in relation to a Vessel.
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the pollution or protection of the environment or to the carriage of material which is capable of polluting the environment;
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| (b) |
harm to or the protection of human health;
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the conditions of the workplace; or
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any emission or substance capable of causing harm to any living organism or the environment.
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the proposed Establishment Date specified in the relevant Incremental Facility Notice; and
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the date on which the Agent executes the relevant Incremental Facility Notice.
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sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;
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| (b) |
any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of
any law or regulation referred to in paragraph (a) above; or
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| (c) |
any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other
jurisdiction.
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in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014; or
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in relation to a "passthru payment" described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraph (a) above, the first date from which such payment may become subject to a deduction or withholding required by FATCA.
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moneys borrowed;
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any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent;
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| (c) |
any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;
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| (d) |
the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease;
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| (e) |
receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);
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| (f) |
any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of a borrowing;
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| (g) |
any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value shall be
taken into account);
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| (h) |
any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; and
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| (i) |
the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h) above.
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in relation to a Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading "Incremental Facility Commitment" in the relevant Incremental Facility Notice and the amount of any other Incremental Facility Commitment transferred to it
under this Agreement; and
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in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Incremental Facility Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement, to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred pursuant to the term of this Agreement.
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if there are no amounts then outstanding, a Lender or Lenders whose Incremental Facility Commitments relating to that Incremental Facility aggregate more than sixty-six and two-thirds per cent (66 ⅔%) of the Total Incremental Facility
Commitments; or
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| (b) |
at any other time, a Lender or Lenders whose aggregate participations in the Incremental Facility Loans and any Available Incremental Facility Commitment relating to that Incremental Facility aggregate more than sixty-six and
two-thirds per cent (66 ⅔%) of the Incremental Facility Loans and the Available Incremental Facility Commitments relating to that Incremental Facility.
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the Total Incremental Facility Commitments;
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| (b) |
the Margin;
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| (c) |
the Additional Borrower to which that Incremental Facility is to be made available;
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| (d) |
the Additional Vessel being financed by that Incremental Facility; and
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| (e) |
such other terms approved by the Agent,
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either:
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the applicable Term SOFR (as of the Quotation Day) for the longest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; or
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if no such Term SOFR is available for a period which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan, SOFR for the day which is two US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day; and
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the applicable Term SOFR (as of the Quotation Day) for the shortest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan.
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any Original Lender being a Lender at the date of this Agreement;
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any New Lender which has become a Party in accordance with Clause 27 (Changes to the Lenders); and
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any Incremental Facility Lender which has become a Party in accordance with Clause 6 (Establishment of Incremental Facilities), which in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
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if there are no amounts then outstanding, a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments in aggregate is equal to or in excess of sixty-six and two-thirds per cent (66 ⅔%) of the Total Commitments; or
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at any other time, a Lender or Lenders whose participations in the Loans and any Available Vessel Commitments in aggregate is equal to or in excess of sixty-six and two- thirds per cent (66 ⅔%) of the Loans and Available Vessel
Commitments.
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in relation to the Term Loan Facility, one point ninety per cent (1.90%) per annum;
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in relation to the Revolving Credit Facility, one point ninety per cent (1.90%) per annum;
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| (c) |
in relation to any Incremental Facility, the percentage rate per annum specified as such in the Facility's Incremental Facility Notice.
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the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations or prospects of the Guarantor since the date at which its latest audited financial statements were prepared; or
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the ability of an Obligor to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents; or
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the validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of any Security granted or purporting to be granted pursuant to, any Finance Document; or
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if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business
Day; and
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if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month.
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before any Optional Rate Switch has occurred, the applicable Term SOFR as of the Quotation Day and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of a Loan;
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after any Optional Rate Switch has occurred, SOFR in relation to any day during the Interest Period of a Loan; or
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| (c) |
as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 12 (Changes to the calculation of interest),
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that is the target of any Sanctions Laws or is listed on any Sanctions List (whether designated by name or by reason of being included in a class of person);
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| (b) |
that is domiciled, organized, registered as located or having its place of business in, or is incorporated under the laws of, a territory or country which is the subject of Sanctions Laws;
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that is directly or indirectly owned (by fifty per cent (50%) or more) or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, a person referred to in paragraphs (a) and/or (b) above; or
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with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in a transaction with by any Sanctions Laws.
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in relation to a Lender being a Lender at the date of this Agreement, the amount set opposite its name under the heading "Revolving Credit Facility Commitment" in Schedule 1A (The Original Lenders)
and the amount of any other Revolving Credit Facility Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; and
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in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Revolving Credit Facility Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement, to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.
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a breach by an Obligor of any obligations under Clauses 22.4 (Information: miscellaneous) paragraph (d) or (f), 24.2 (Compliance with laws and Sanctions Laws)
(as relates to Sanctions Laws only), 24.17 (Use of proceeds and repayments), 25.7 (Notification of certain events) paragraph (e), or 25.8 (Operation of the Vessels) paragraph (d) (as relates to Sanctions Laws only);
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any mis-representations under Clause 21.25 (Sanctions); or
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an Obligor is or becomes a Restricted Party.
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the Vessels;
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the Earnings;
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the Shares;
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| (d) |
any Secured Hedging Agreement;
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| (e) |
any Intra Group Loans;
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| (f) |
the Insurances;
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the Earnings Accounts; and
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| (h) |
any Charterparty.
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all amounts which have become due for payment by the Obligors under the Finance Documents have been paid;
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| (b) |
no amount is owing or has accrued (without yet having become due for payment) under any of the Finance Documents;
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| (c) |
none of the Obligors have any future or contingent liability under any provision of this Agreement or the other Finance Documents; and
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| (d) |
the Agent and the other Finance Parties do not consider that there is a significant risk that any payment or transaction under a Finance Document would be set aside, or would have to be reversed or adjusted, in any present or possible
future proceeding relating to a Finance Document or any asset covered (or previously covered) by a Security created by a Finance Document.
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in relation to a Lender being a Lender at the date of this Agreement, the amount set opposite its name under the heading "Term Loan Facility Commitment" in Schedule 1A (The Original Lenders) and
the amount of any other Term Loan Facility Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; and
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in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Term Loan Facility Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement, to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.
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the actual, constructive, compromised, agreed, arranged or other total loss of such Vessel; and
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any expropriation, confiscation, requisition or acquisition of a 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 governmental or official authority (excluding a requisition for hire for a fixed period not exceeding one (1) year without any right to
extension) unless it is within one (1) month from the Total Loss Date redelivered to the full control of the relevant Borrower.
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in the case of an actual total loss of a Vessel, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when such Vessel was last heard of;
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in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of a Vessel, the earlier of: (i) the date on which a notice of abandonment is given to the insurers (provided a claim for total loss is admitted by such
insurers) or, if such insurers do not forthwith admit such a claim, at the date at which either a total loss is subsequently admitted by the insurers or a total loss is subsequently adjudged by a competent court of law or arbitration
panel to have occurred or, if earlier, the date falling three (3) months after notice of abandonment of such Vessel was given to the insurers; and (ii) the date of compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the relevant
Borrower with such Vessel's insurers in which the insurers agree to treat such Vessel as a total loss; or
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in the case of any other type of total loss, on the date (or the most likely date) on which it appears to the Agent that the event constituting the total loss occurred.
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the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Transfer Certificate; and
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the date on which the Agent executes the relevant Transfer Certificate.
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| (a) |
a Saturday or a Sunday; and
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| (b) |
a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (or any successor organisation) recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in US Government
securities.
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an Obligor which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or
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| (b) |
an Obligor some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.
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| (a) |
relating to any Original Vessel, the aggregate of the Loans outstanding under the Term Loan Facility and/or the Revolving Credit Facility pertaining to that Vessel; and
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| (b) |
relating to any Additional Vessel, the aggregate of the Incremental Facility Loans pertaining to that Vessel, and "Vessel Loan" means any of them.
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| (a) |
in relation to any Bail-In Legislation described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time, the powers described as such in relation to that Bail-In Legislation in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule;
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| (b) |
in relation to the UK Bail-In Legislation, any powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank,
investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into
shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or
any of the powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and
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| (c) |
in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation:
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any powers under that Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution,
to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person
or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation
that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and
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any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation.
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| 1.2 |
Construction
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| (a) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to:
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the "Agent", the "Security Agent", the "Coordinator", any "Mandated Lead Arranger",
any "Bookrunner", any "Finance Party", any "Lender", any "Incremental Facility Lender".
the "Hedging Banks", or any "Party" shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees;
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| (ii) |
a Lender's "cost of funds" in relation to its participation in a Loan is a reference to the average cost (determined either on an actual or a notional basis) which that Lender would incur if it were to fund, from whatever source(s) it
may reasonably select, an amount equal to the amount of that participation in that Loan for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan;
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| (iii) |
"assets" includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
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| (iv) |
a "Finance Document" or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated;
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| (v) |
"indebtedness" includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent;
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| (vi) |
a "person" includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium or partnership (whether or not having
separate legal personality);
|
| (vii) |
a "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 of any regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
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| (viii) |
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted;
|
| (ix) |
words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; and
|
| (x) |
a time of day is a reference to Oslo time unless specified otherwise.
|
| (b) |
Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
|
| (c) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.
|
| (d) |
A Default (other than an Event of Default) is "continuing" if it has not been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is "continuing" if it has not been
waived.
|
| (e) |
In case of conflict between this Agreement and any of the Security Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.
|
| 1.3 |
Blocking law
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| (a) |
Any provision of this Agreement or any other Finance Document relating to compliance with Sanctions Laws shall not apply to or in favour of any Finance Party if and to the extent that it would, in the reasonable opinion of that Finance
Party, result in a breach, by or in respect of that Finance Party, of any applicable Blocking Law.
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| (b) |
For the purpose of paragraph (a) above "Blocking Law" means:
|
| (i) |
any provision of Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/1996 of 22 November 1996 (or any law or regulation implementing such regulation in any member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom);
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| (ii) |
section 7 of the German Foreign Trade Regulation (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung); or
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| (iii) |
any other blocking or anti-boycott law of Germany, the European Union, the United Kingdom or in any other jurisdiction applicable to the relevant Finance Party.
|
| 2. |
THE FACILITIES
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| 2.1 |
The Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility
|
| (a) |
the Term Loan Facility consisting of up to ten (10) cross-collateralised Term Loan Tranches (one per Original Vessel) each in the maximum amount set out opposite each Original Vessel under the heading "Term Loan Facility" in Schedule
1B (Original Borrowers, Original Vessels, Tranches and instalments) hereto, in aggregate being USD 147,500,000; and
|
| (b) |
the Revolving Credit Facility consisting of up to nine (9) cross-collateralised Revolving Credit Facility Tranches (one per relevant Original Vessel) each in the maximum amount set out opposite each relevant Original Vessel under the
heading "Revolving Credit Facility" in Schedule 1B (Original Borrowers, Original Vessels, Tranches and instalments) hereto, in aggregate being USD 157,500,000, which may be incurred on a
revolving basis at any time within the applicable Availability Period provided that the amount drawn shall never exceed the Available Revolving Credit Facility Commitment.
|
| 2.2 |
The Incremental Facilities
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| (a) |
Subject to Clause 6 (Establishment of Incremental Facilities) and other terms of this Agreement, the Incremental Facility Lenders may make available to the Additional Borrowers up to three (3)
cross-collateralised Incremental Facilities (one per Additional Vessel) each in the maximum amount set out in the Incremental Facility Notice relating to that Incremental Facility and in aggregate for all Incremental Facilities not
exceeding USD 100,000,000, which may be incurred on a revolving basis at any time within the applicable Availability Period provided that the amount drawn shall never exceed the (subsequently reducing) Available Incremental Facility
Commitment.
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| (b) |
The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Incremental Facilities are uncommitted in all respects until such time the respective Incremental Facility is established according to the terms of this Agreement, and in any case the
establishment and participation in an Incremental Facility by an Incremental Facility Lender is fully subject to each such Lender's credit approval and other applicable internal approvals.
|
| 2.3 |
Finance Parties' rights and obligations
|
| (a) |
The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance
Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.
|
| (b) |
The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor shall
be a separate and independent debt.
|
| (c) |
A Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents. The rights of the Hedging Banks under any Secured Hedging Agreement shall be subordinated to the
rights of the other Finance Parties under the other Finance Documents.
|
| 2.4 |
Borrowers' liabilities and obligations
|
| (a) |
The liabilities and obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement shall be joint and several and shall not be affected by:
|
| (i) |
any Finance Document being or later becoming void, unenforceable or illegal as regards any other Borrower; or
|
| (ii) |
any Finance Party entering into any rescheduling, refinancing or other arrangement of any kind with any other Borrower; or
|
| (iii) |
any Finance Party releasing any other Borrower.
|
| (b) |
For so long as any Commitment is in force or any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents (including for the avoidance of doubt due to both the Original Facilities and any Incremental Facility established under this
Agreement), each Borrower shall remain a principal debtor for all amounts owing under any Finance Document (whether or not it is a party to that document) and no Borrower shall be construed to be a surety for the obligations of any
other Borrower under this Agreement.
|
| (c) |
For so long as any Commitment is in force or any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents, no Borrower shall:
|
| (i) |
claim any amount which may be due to it from any other Borrower whether in respect of a payment made, or matter arising out of, any Finance Document; or
|
| (ii) |
take or enforce any form of security from any other Borrower for such an amount; or
|
| (iii) |
set off such an amount against any sum due from it to any other Borrower; or prove or claim for such an amount in any liquidation, administration, arrangement or similar procedure involving any other Borrower.
|
| (d) |
To the extent the joint and several liabilities and obligations of the Borrowers are considered as guarantees, each Borrower, in its capacity as guarantor only, specifically waives all rights under the provisions of the FA Act not
being mandatory provisions and each Borrower's maximum liability hereunder, in its capacity as guarantor only, is limited to USD 490,000,000.
|
| 3. |
PURPOSE
|
| 3.1 |
Purpose
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall apply all amounts borrowed by them under the Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility towards:
|
| (i) |
refinancing of the Existing Facility; and
|
| (ii) |
the general corporate and working capital purpose of the Original Borrowers.
|
| (b) |
The Borrowers shall apply all amounts borrowed by them under an Incremental Facility for the purpose of:
|
| (i) |
part-financing (or refinancing as the case might be) the purchase price of the Additional Vessel being financed by that Incremental Facility; and
|
| (ii) |
the general corporate and working capital purpose of the Additional Borrower owning the Additional Vessel being financed by that Incremental Facility.
|
| 3.2 |
Monitoring
|
| 4. |
CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
|
| 4.1 |
Initial conditions precedent
|
| (a) |
The Finance Parties' obligations hereunder are subject to the Agent's receipt of all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 Part I (Conditions precedent to delivery of the first
Utilisation Request) and the Borrowers may not deliver a Utilisation Request for the initial Utilisation of the Original Facilities unless all such documents and other evidence are received by the Agent. The Agent shall notify
the Borrowers and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.
|
| (b) |
The Borrowers may not utilise any of the Original Facilities unless the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 Part II (Conditions precedent to a Utilisation
of the Original Facilities) at latest on the Utilisation Date, except those documents which specifically will only be available within another specified date, in a form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent shall
notify the Borrowers and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.
|
| (c) |
Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Agent in writing to the contrary before the Agent gives the notification described in paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the Lenders authorise (but do not require) the Agent to
give that notification. The Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification.
|
| (d) |
The Incremental Facility Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders' participation) in relation to any initial Utilisation of an Incremental Facility if:
|
| (i) |
on or before the Establishment Date, the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 Part III (Conditions Precedent to accession of an Additional Borrower)
relating to the Additional Borrower relevant for that Incremental Facility; and
|
| (ii) |
on or before the date for delivery of the Utilisation Request the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 Part IV (Conditions precedent to a Utilisation of an
Incremental Facility) relevant for that Incremental Facility, except those documents which specifically will only be available on the relevant Utilisation Date or within another specified date, in a form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent,
|
| (e) |
Other than to the extent that the Incremental Facility Majority Lenders under the relevant Incremental Facility notify the Agent in writing to the contrary before the Agent gives a notification described in paragraph (d) above, the
Lenders authorise (but do not require) the Agent to give that notification. The Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification.
|
| 4.2 |
Further conditions precedent
|
| (a) |
no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan;
|
| (b) |
all fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrowers pursuant to Clause 13 (Fees), Clause 18 (Costs and expenses) and any Fee Letters and otherwise
pursuant to this Agreement have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date; and
|
| (c) |
the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in all material respects.
|
| 4.3 |
Maximum number of Loans
|
| (a) |
The Term Loan Facility may be drawn in ten (10) Loans, one (1) per Term Loan Tranche.
|
| (b) |
No more than three (3) Loans may at any time be outstanding under any Tranche of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Incremental Facilities.
|
| 4.4 |
Form and content
|
| (a) |
be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent;
|
| (b) |
if required by the Agent, be in original; and
|
| (c) |
if required by the Agent, be certified, notarized, legalized or attested in a manner acceptable to the Agent.
|
| 4.5 |
Waiver of conditions precedent
|
| 5. |
UTILISATION
|
| 5.1 |
Delivery of a Utilisation Request
|
| 5.2 |
Completion of a Utilisation Request
|
| (a) |
the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the relevant Availability Period;
|
| (b) |
the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and
|
| (c) |
the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 11 (Interest Periods).
|
| 5.3 |
Currency and amount
|
| (a) |
The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be USD.
|
| (b) |
The aggregate amount of the Loans requested for the initial Utilisation of the Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility may not exceed the lesser of (i) the amount of each relevant Tranche and (ii) sixty per cent (60%) of
the Market Value of the Original Vessels relating to such Tranches as determined by valuations not being older than thirty (30) calendar days calculated from the proposed Utilisation Date.
|
| (c) |
The amount of each initial proposed Loan under an Incremental Facility must be in an amount which does not exceed the lower of (i) the Available Incremental Facility Commitment for that Incremental Facility (taking into account inter
alia the restrictions of Clause 6.5 (Restrictions on Incremental Facility Terms) paragraph (a)) at the proposed Utilisation Date and (ii) sixty per cent (60%) of the Market Value of the
Additional Vessel being financed by that Incremental Facility as determined by valuations not being older than thirty (30) calendar days calculated from the proposed Utilisation Date.
|
| (d) |
Any subsequent proposed Loans under any Revolving Credit Facility and any Incremental Facility must never exceed the Available Commitment for the relevant Tranche prior to the delivery of a Utilisation Request in respect of such
Loan.
|
| 5.4 |
Lenders' participation
|
| (a) |
If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each relevant Lender shall make its participation in a Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office.
|
| (b) |
The amount of each relevant Lender's participation in such Loan will be equal to the proportion that its Commitment under the relevant Facility bears to the Total Commitments under that Facility immediately prior to making the Loan.
|
| (c) |
The Agent shall notify each relevant Lender of the amount of a Loan and the amount of its participation in such Loan upon receipt of the relevant Utilisation Notice from the Borrowers.
|
| 5.5 |
Limitations on Utilisations
|
| (a) |
The initial Utilisation under this Agreement must relate to a simultaneous drawdown of all Tranches under the Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility to the extent necessary to settle all debt for the Existing Facility
at latest on the initial Utilisation Date.
|
| (b) |
No Utilisation of an Incremental Facility may take place before the initial Utilisation referred to in paragraph (a) above has taken place.
|
| 5.6 |
Cancellation of Commitments
|
| (a) |
The Term Loan Facility Commitments shall be cancelled as follows:
|
| (i) |
any Term Loan Facility Commitments which are un-utilised at the end of the applicable Availability Period shall be immediately cancelled;
|
| (ii) |
any part of a Term Loan Tranche outstanding after the Utilisation of a Loan pursuant to such Tranche shall be immediately cancelled; and
|
| (iii) |
in accordance with Clause 8 (Prepayment and cancellation).
|
| (b) |
The Revolving Credit Facility Commitments and any Incremental Facility Commitment shall be cancelled as follows:
|
| (i) |
in accordance with Clause 7.2 (Reduction);
|
| (ii) |
any Commitment which respectively are un-utilised at the end of the applicable Availability Period shall be immediately cancelled; and
|
| (iii) |
in accordance with Clause 8 (Prepayment and cancellation).
|
| 6. |
ESTABLISHMENT OF INCREMENTAL FACILITIES
|
| 6.1 |
Selection of Incremental Facility Lenders
|
| (a) |
Only an entity which is an Eligible Institution may be an Incremental Facility Lender.
|
| (b) |
The Lenders shall have the right of first refusal on whether to participate in any Incremental Facility on a pro rata basis and the Guarantor shall provide the Agent and each of the Lenders with a fifteen (15) Business Day prior
written notice of its intention to establish an Incremental Facility before contacting other Eligible Institutions.
|
| (c) |
Lenders choosing to participate in the Incremental Facility shall provide the Agent and the Guarantor with a written notice of its decision (subject to credit approval and other applicable internal approvals) within the Guarantor's
fifteen (15) Business Day notice period.
|
| (d) |
If Lenders choose to participate in an Incremental Facility, reasonable endeavours shall (taking into consideration the characteristics of the Additional Vessel proposed financed by the Incremental Facility, the market conditions and
other relevant circumstances at the prevailing time) be used to provide such Incremental Facility on similar commercial terms as the existing Facilities.
|
| 6.2 |
Delivery of Incremental Facility Notice
|
| 6.3 |
Completion of an Incremental Facility Notice
|
| (a) |
Each Incremental Facility Notice is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:
|
| (i) |
it sets out the Incremental Facility Terms applicable to the Incremental Facility to which it relates;
|
| (ii) |
the Incremental Facility Lenders and the Incremental Facility Commitments set out in that Incremental Facility Notice have been selected and allocated in accordance with Clause 6.1 (Selection of
Incremental Facility Lenders); and
|
| (iii) |
all terms of the Incremental Facility Notice comply with the applicable limits and terms of this Agreement and other Finance Documents.
|
| (b) |
Only one Incremental Facility may be requested in an Incremental Facility Notice.
|
| 6.4 |
Maximum number of Incremental Facilities
|
| 6.5 |
Restrictions on Incremental Facility Terms
|
| (a) |
Currency and Size:
|
| (i) |
Any Incremental Facility shall be denominated in USD.
|
| (ii) |
The Aggregate Total Incremental Facility Commitments shall not, at any time, exceed USD 100,000,000.
|
| (iii) |
The Total Incremental Facility Commitment for any Incremental Facility shall be in the minimum amount of USD 30,000.000.
|
| (b) |
Borrowers: Any Incremental Facility shall be available only to one (1) Additional Borrower.
|
| (c) |
Vessels: Any Incremental Facility may only finance one (1) Additional Vessel which meets the following requirements:
|
| (i) |
Type: VLCC;
|
| (ii) |
Size: between 275,000 and 325,000 dwt;
|
| (iii) |
Built: 2015 or younger;
|
| (iv) |
Yard: built at a reputable yard;
|
| (v) |
Owner: One hundred per cent (100%) owned by the Additional Borrower acting as Borrower under the relevant Incremental Facility; and
|
| (vi) |
Other: Vessel otherwise being compliant with all requirements, including but not limited to class, flag and management, applicable to Vessels under the terms of this Agreement and other
Finance Documents.
|
| (d) |
No procurement of breach: Satisfaction of any Incremental Facility Conditions Precedent shall not breach any term of any Finance Document.
|
| 6.6 |
Conditions to establishment
|
| (a) |
The establishment of an Incremental Facility will only be effected in accordance with Clause 6.7 (Establishment of Incremental Facility) if:
|
| (i) |
the Establishment Date occurs on a date no later than 31 December 2027;
|
| (ii) |
on the date of the Incremental Facility Notice and on the Establishment Date:
|
| (A) |
no Default is continuing or would result from the establishment of the proposed Incremental Facility; and
|
| (B) |
the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in all material respects;
|
| (iii) |
the Additional Borrower for the Incremental Facility has, at latest by the Establishment Date, acceded as Borrower in accordance with Clause 28.2 (Additional Borrowers);
|
| (iv) |
each Incremental Facility Lender fulfils the requirements of Clause 6.1 (Selection of Incremental Facility Lenders);
|
| (v) |
the Agent has received in form and substance satisfactory to it:
|
| (A) |
the Incremental Facility Conditions Precedent referred to in Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent) sub-paragraph (d)(i);
|
| (B) |
such documents (if any) as are reasonably necessary as a result of the establishment of that Incremental Facility to maintain the effectiveness of the Security, guarantees, indemnities and other assurance against loss provided to the
Finance Parties pursuant to the Finance Documents; and
|
| (C) |
any applicable Incremental Facility Supplemental Security; and
|
| (b) |
The Agent shall notify the Obligors and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied under sub-paragraph (a)(v) above.
|
| (c) |
Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Agent in writing to the contrary before the Agent gives the notification described in paragraph (b) above, the Lenders authorise (but do not require) the Agent to give
that notification. The Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification.
|
| 6.7 |
Establishment of Incremental Facility
|
| (a) |
If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met the establishment of an Incremental Facility is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Incremental Facility
Notice. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Incremental Facility Notice appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Incremental Facility Notice.
|
| (b) |
The Agent shall only be obliged to execute an Incremental Facility Notice delivered to it once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations
in relation to the establishment of the relevant Incremental Facility.
|
| (c) |
On the Establishment Date for any Incremental Facility:
|
| (i) |
subject to the terms of this Agreement the Incremental Facility Lenders make available a loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Incremental Facility Commitments specified in the Incremental Facility Notice which will
be available to the Additional Borrower specified in the Incremental Facility Notice;
|
| (ii) |
each Incremental Facility Lender shall assume all the obligations of a Lender corresponding to the Incremental Facility Commitment (the "Assumed Incremental Facility Commitment") specified
opposite its name in the Incremental Facility Notice as if it had been an Original Lender in respect of that Incremental Facility Commitment;
|
| (iii) |
each of the Obligors and each Incremental Facility Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another as the Obligors and that Incremental Facility Lender would have assumed and/or acquired
had that Incremental Facility Lender been an Original Lender in respect of the Assumed Incremental Facility Commitment;
|
| (iv) |
each Incremental Facility Lender and each of the other Finance Parties shall assume obligations towards one another and acquire rights against one another as that Incremental Facility Lender and those Finance Parties would have
assumed and/or acquired had the Incremental Facility Lender been an Original Lender in respect of the Assumed Incremental Facility Commitment;
|
| (v) |
all Incremental Facilities and all Incremental Facility Lenders' rights shall rank pari passu with respectively all other Facilities and the other Lenders and benefit with the same priority
for all Security; and
|
| (vi) |
all terms of this Agreement and other Finance Documents, whether specifically relating to Incremental Facilities or with general relevance shall apply to any Incremental Facility, unless specified to the contrary in this Agreement;
and
|
| (vii) |
each Incremental Facility Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender".
|
| 6.8 |
Notification of establishment
|
| 6.9 |
Incremental Facility fees
|
| (a) |
commitment fee in accordance with Clause 13.1 (Commitment fee); and
|
| (b) |
any other fees in amounts and at such times agreed in separate Fee Letters.
|
| 6.10 |
Incremental Facility costs and expenses
|
| 6.11 |
Prior amendments binding
|
| 6.12 |
Limitation of responsibility
|
| (a) |
an "Existing Lender" were references to all the Lenders immediately prior to the Establishment Date;
|
| (b) |
the "New Lender" were references to an "Incremental Facility Lender"; and
|
| (c) |
a "re-transfer" and "re-assignment" were references respectively to a "transfer" and "assignment".
|
| 7. |
REPAYMENT
|
| 7.1 |
Repayment of Loans
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall repay each Loan outstanding under the Term Loan Facility by consecutive quarterly repayment instalments on each Scheduled Repayment Date, each in an amount as set out in Schedule 1B (Original Borrowers, Original Vessels, Tranches and instalments).
|
| (b) |
Each Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility and any Incremental Facility shall (i) be repaid, reduced and cancelled (as relevant) according to Clause 7.2 (Reduction) and (ii) otherwise will
on the last day of its Interest Period (which date is to align with the Scheduled Repayment Dates, meaning that all Loans have coinciding Repayment Dates and dates for interest payment (unless otherwise agreed for the Interest Periods
according to the terms of this Agreement)), shall automatically be renewed with a new Interest Period of three (3) Months without the need for any Utilisation Request, unless the Borrowers instruct otherwise in writing to the Agent. Any
such renewed Loan will only be made available as long as all other requirements under this Agreement for the availability of that Loan (as relevant) in the same amount as the renewed Loan are fulfilled on the Utilisation Date, including
but not limited to the terms of Clause 4 (Conditions of utilisation) and this Clause 7 (Repayment).
|
| (c) |
If the Borrowers in accordance with paragraph (b) above give instructions that any such Loan shall not automatically be renewed, and the date for payment of such existing Loan falls on the same date as the Utilisation Date of a new
Loan, the Agent shall set off the amounts against each other, and only the net amount (if any) shall be payable by the Borrowers.
|
| (d) |
Each Loan relating to a Vessel shall be settled in full at latest on the date that Vessel reaches twenty (20) years of age.
|
| (e) |
Any Outstanding Indebtedness is due and payable to the Agent for the account of the Finance Parties on the Maturity Date.
|
| 7.2 |
Reduction
|
| (a) |
The Available Commitment for each Incremental Facility shall be repaid, reduced and cancelled in consecutive and equal quarterly instalments on each Scheduled Repayment Date starting three (3) months following the respective Drawdown
Date, following a twenty (20) year age adjusted profile (counted as from the original delivery date of respective Additional Vessel).
|
| (b) |
Any Available Commitment for any Tranche under the Revolving Credit Facility or Incremental Facility relating to a Vessel shall automatically be cancelled in its entirety on the date that Vessel reaches twenty (20) years of age.
|
| (c) |
The reductions described in this Clause 7.2 shall be effective regardless of any Loan having been made or not.
|
| (d) |
(i) If, as a result of a scheduled reduction under paragraph (a) above becoming effective, the outstanding Loans under a Tranche exceeds the Available Commitment for that Tranche, any such excess amount shall be repaid by the
Borrowers on the Scheduled Repayment Date coinciding with the date of the relevant scheduled reduction and (ii) if, as a result of a total cancellation and reduction under paragraph (b) above becoming effective, all Loans relating to
such Vessel shall be repaid in its entirety on the next Scheduled Repayment Date.
|
| 7.3 |
Re-borrowing
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers may not re-borrow any part of the Term Loan Facility which is repaid or prepaid.
|
| (b) |
The Borrowers may re-borrow any part of the Revolving Credit Facility and Incremental Facilities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as long as the outstanding Loans under the relevant Tranche do not exceed the respective
Available Commitment at that time.
|
| 8. |
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
|
| 8.1 |
Voluntary cancellation
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers may, if they give the Agent not less than five (5) Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part of any Facility or Tranche. Any cancellation under
this Clause 8.1 (Voluntary cancellation) shall be in the minimum amount of USD 1,000,000 and reduce the relevant Commitments of the Lenders proportionately and may not be reinstated.
|
| (b) |
Any amount outstanding after a cancellation under the Revolving Credit Facility and/or an Incremental Facility that exceeds the respective relevant Available Revolving Credit Facility Commitment (as reduced) and/or the Available
Incremental Facility Commitment (as reduced), as the case may be, must immediately be repaid in connection with the cancellation.
|
| 8.2 |
Voluntary prepayment of Loans
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers may, if they give the Agent not less than five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior written notice, prepay the whole or any part of a Loan (but, if in part, being an amount
that reduces the amount of the Loans by a minimum amount of USD 1,000,000 or multiples thereof). The Borrowers shall in its notice of the prepayment designate which Loan or Facility which the prepayment relates to.
|
| (b) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below, any prepayment under this Clause 8.2 (Voluntary prepayment of Loans) shall be applied against the Loan or Facility as determined by the Borrowers and described
in the relevant prepayment notice.
|
| (c) |
The Borrowers shall have the option to apply the voluntary prepayment against any scheduled instalments of any Term Loan Tranche, provided that the Borrowers have given five (5) Business Days' prior notice to the Agent.
|
| 8.3 |
Illegality
|
| (a) |
that Lender may, at its discretion, at any time notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event and the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the other Finance Parties of the same;
|
| (b) |
upon the Agent notifying the Borrowers, the Commitment, or the relevant part of the Commitment, of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and
|
| (c) |
the Borrowers shall repay that Lender's participation in the relevant Loan on the last day of the Interest Period for that Loan occurring after the Agent has notified the Borrowers or, if earlier, the date specified by the relevant
Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law (including any general license or other exception pursuant to Sanctions Laws)).
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| 8.4 |
Total Loss or sale of a Vessel
|
| (a) |
If a Vessel is sold or suffers a Total Loss the then outstanding Vessel Loans and any Available Vessel Commitments pertaining to that Vessel shall be respectively prepaid and cancelled in its entirety.
|
| (b) |
Any prepayment and cancellation under this Clause 8.4 (Total Loss or sale of a Vessel) shall:
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| (i) |
in case of a sale, be made on or before the date on which the sale is completed by transfer of title of that Vessel to the buyer; or
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| (ii) |
in the case of a Total Loss, on the earlier of the date falling one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Total Loss Date and the receipt by the Agent of the proceeds of Insurance relating to such Total Loss (or in the event of a
requisition for title of a Vessel, immediately after the occurrence of such requisition of title),
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| 8.5 |
Market Value
|
| (a) |
If the aggregate Market Value of the Vessels (then serving as collateral hereunder) is less than one hundred and thirty-five per cent (135%) of the Loans the Borrowers shall, unless otherwise agreed with the Agent (on behalf of the
Lenders) within fifteen (15) Business Days calculated from the occurrence of such non-compliance, either:
|
| (i) |
prepay the Loans or a part of the Loans (as the case may be) required to restore the aforesaid ratio; or
|
| (ii) |
provide the Lenders with such additional security, in form and substance satisfactory to all Lenders (it being understood that cash collateral in USD in an aggregate amount sufficient to restore the aforesaid ratio shall be deemed
acceptable and be valued at par).
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| (b) |
Unless otherwise requested by the Borrowers and agreed in writing by all Lenders any prepayment (or cancellation as relevant) under this Clause 8.5 (Market Value) shall be applied on a pro
rata basis between the Vessels and further distributed in the following internal order between each Vessel's Vessel Loans:
|
| (i) |
for the Vessel Loans of any Original Vessel with outstanding Loans under both the Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility, (A) firstly, towards any outstanding Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility on a pro rata, and
thereafter (B) secondly, against the remaining instalments and balloon of the Loan relating to such Vessel under the Term Loan Facility in inverse order of maturity, and thereafter, (C) thirdly, towards cancellation of any Available
Vessel Commitments pertaining to such Vessel; and
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| (ii) |
for the Vessel Loans of any Additional Vessel, (A) firstly, towards any outstanding Loans under the Incremental Facility on a pro rata basis against the remaining instalments and balloon in inverse order of maturity, and thereafter,
(B) secondly, towards cancellation of any Available Vessel Commitments pertaining to such Vessel.
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| 8.6 |
Change of Control
|
| (a) |
the Borrowers shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event whereupon the Agent shall notify the Lenders;
|
| (b) |
a Lender shall not be obliged to fund any Utilisation; and
|
| (c) |
the Agent shall, with thirty (30) Business Days prior written notice to the Borrowers cancel the Total Commitments and require the Borrowers to prepay all of the Outstanding Indebtedness in full.
|
| 8.7 |
Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender
|
| (a) |
If:
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| (i) |
any sum payable to any Lender by the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor is required to be increased under paragraph (c) of Clause 14.2 (Tax gross-up); or
|
| (ii) |
any Lender claims indemnification from the Borrowers under Clause 14.3 (Tax indemnity) or Clause 15.1 (Increased costs),
|
| (b) |
On receipt of a notice of cancellation referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.
|
| (c) |
On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Borrowers have given notice of cancellation under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Borrowers in that notice), the Borrowers shall repay that
Lender's participation in the Loans.
|
| (d) |
The replacement of a Lender pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be subject to the following conditions:
|
| (i) |
the Borrowers shall have no right to replace the Agent;
|
| (ii) |
neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find a replacement Lender; and
|
| (iii) |
in no event shall the Lender replaced under paragraph (a) above be required to pay or surrender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents.
|
| 8.8 |
Restrictions
|
| (a) |
Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 8 (Prepayment and cancellation) shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement,
shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment.
|
| (b) |
Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty.
|
| (c) |
The Borrowers may not re-borrow any part of any Loan which is prepaid according to this Clause 8 (Prepayment and cancellation).
|
| (d) |
The Borrowers shall not repay or prepay all or any part of a Loan or cancel all or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.
|
| (e) |
No amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.
|
| (f) |
If the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 8 (Prepayment and cancellation) it shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Borrowers or the affected Lender, as appropriate.
|
| (g) |
Unless otherwise specified herein, mandatory prepayments or cancellations of the Facilities shall be applied firstly on a pro rata basis between the respective Facilities and then, secondly, in an inverse order against the remaining
instalments including the balloon.
|
| 9. |
OPTIONAL RATE SWITCH
|
| 9.1 |
Optional Rate Switch
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers may in their sole discretion one (1) time during the lifetime of the Facilities freely chose to switch the Reference Rate from Term SOFR to SOFR by delivering a duly executed Optional Rate Switch Notice at latest five
(5) Business Days before the end of the nearest ending current Interest Period for any of the Loans (an "Optional Rate Switch").
|
| (b) |
Provided that the Optional Rate Switch Notice complies with the requirements of this Agreement and accrued interest is paid according to Clause 10.2 (payment of interest), the Optional Rate
Switch shall take effect from the first day in the next Interest Period for the Loans meaning that the use of Term SOFR will be replaced by SOFR as Reference Rate from that date (the "Optional Rate
Switch Date").
|
| (c) |
Any Optional Rate Switch shall be binding and applicable for all existing Loans, all undrawn Commitments and any Incremental Facilities established after the Optional Rate Switch.
|
| 9.2 |
Notification by Agent
|
| 10. |
INTEREST
|
| 10.1 |
Calculation of interest
|
| (i) |
Margin; and
|
| (ii) |
applicable Reference Rate.
|
| 10.2 |
Payment of interest
|
| 10.3 |
Default interest
|
| (a) |
If a Borrower or the Guarantor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of the actual payment (both before and after
judgment), at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is two hundred basis points higher than the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a part of the Loan in
the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Agent (acting reasonably) above the Margin. Any interest accruing under this Clause 10.3 (Default
interest) shall be immediately payable by the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor on demand by the Agent.
|
| (b) |
If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan for which Term SOFR is the applicable Reference Rate which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to such Loan:
|
| (i) |
the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that Loan; and
|
| (ii) |
the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest Period shall be two (2) per cent higher than the rate which would have applied if the overdue amount had not become due.
|
| (c) |
Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable.
|
| 10.4 |
Notification of rates of interest
|
| (a) |
The Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Lenders and the Borrowers of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.
|
| (b) |
The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of each Funding Rate relating to a Loan.
|
| (c) |
This Clause 10.4 shall not require the Agent to make any notification to any Party on a day which is not a Business Day.
|
| 11. |
INTEREST PERIODS
|
| 11.1 |
Selection of Interest Periods
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers may select an Interest Period for a Loan under the Term Loan Facility of three (3) Months or any such other periods as all Lenders may agree in the relevant Utilisation Request.
|
| (b) |
The Interest Period for any Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility and any Incremental Facility shall be three (3) Months, however so that the first Interest Period for any such Loan shall be shortened to the extent necessary so
that it ends on the next Scheduled Repayment Date.
|
| (c) |
In respect of any Loan already utilised under the Term Loan Facility, the Borrowers may select an Interest Period for such Loan in a Selection Notice on the following terms:
|
| (i) |
each Selection Notice for a Loan is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Agent by the Borrowers not later than 12:00 noon Oslo time on the date falling three (3) Business Days prior to the last day of the current Interest Period;
and
|
| (ii) |
the Borrowers may select an Interest Period for a Loan under the Term Loan Facility of a period three (3) Months or any other periods as all Lenders may agree.
|
| (d) |
If the Borrowers fail to deliver a Selection Notice to the Agent in accordance with paragraph (c) above, the relevant Interest Period will be three (3) Months.
|
| (e) |
An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Maturity Date.
|
| (f) |
The first Interest Period for a Loan shall start on the relevant Utilisation Date and each subsequent Interest Period shall start on the last day of its preceding Interest Period.
|
| 11.2 |
Non-Business Days
|
| 12. |
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
|
| 12.1 |
Absence of quotations
|
| (a) |
Interpolated Term SOFR: If Term SOFR is the applicable Reference Rate and no Term SOFR is available for the Interest Period of a Loan, the applicable Reference Rate shall be the Interpolated
Term SOFR for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan.
|
| (b) |
Central Bank Rate: If the applicable Reference Rate (Term SOFR or SOFR) is not available, as relevant on any day during, the Interest Period of a Loan and in case of Term SOFR it is not
possible to calculate the Interpolated Term SOFR, the applicable Reference Rate shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of (i) the arithmetic mean of the Central Bank Rate for the relevant days in the Interest
Period of the Loan(s), provided that the Central Bank Rate applicable to the day falling five (5) days prior to the last day of the relevant Interest Period shall be deemed to be the Central Bank Rate for the final five (5) days of that
Interest Period and (ii) the applicable Central Bank Rate Adjustment.
|
| 12.2 |
Interest calculation if no Term SOFR, SOFR or Central Bank Rate
|
| 12.3 |
Market disruption
|
| 12.4 |
Cost of funds
|
| (a) |
If this Clause 12.4 applies, the rate of interest on each Lender's share of the relevant Loan for the relevant Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:
|
| (i) |
the Margin; and
|
| (ii) |
in respect of each relevant Lender, the rate notified to the Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable and in any event within 2 Business Days before the date on which interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period,
to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum its cost of funds relating to its participation in that Loan.
|
| (b) |
If this Clause 12.4 applies and the Agent or the Borrowers so require, the Agent and the Borrowers shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty (30) days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for
determining the rate of interest.
|
| (c) |
Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall, with the prior consent of all Lenders and the Borrowers, be binding on all Parties.
|
| (d) |
If an alternative basis is not agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above, the Borrowers shall have the option to (i) cancel and prepay the relevant Loan(s) according to Clause 8.1 (Voluntary
cancellation) and 8.2 (Voluntary prepayment of Loans) or (ii) continue to pay interest calculated under Clause 12.4 (Cost of funds). For the
avoidance of doubt, Clause 38.3 (Changes to Reference Rates) shall in any event apply if and when relevant according to its terms.
|
| (e) |
The Borrower shall continue to pay interest calculated under Clause 12.4 (Cost of funds) as long as no agreed substitute basis for determining the rate of interest has been implemented.
|
| (f) |
If this Clause 12.4 applies and:
|
| (i) |
a Lender's Funding Rate is less than the Market Disruption Rate; or
|
| (ii) |
a Lender does not supply a quotation by the time specified in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) above,
|
| 12.5 |
Notification of market disruption
|
| 12.6 |
Break Costs
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by the Borrowers on a day other than the
last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum.
|
| (b) |
Each relevant Finance Party shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they become, or may become, payable.
|
| 13. |
FEES
|
| 13.1 |
Commitment fee
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each relevant Lender) a fee in USD computed at the rate of forty per cent (40%) of the relevant Margin per annum and calculated on the undrawn portion of the Total Commitments
during the relevant Availability Period.
|
| (b) |
The accrued commitment fee is payable (i) quarterly in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter, (ii) on the last day of the relevant Availability Period and (iii) if cancelled in full, on the cancelled amount at the time the
cancellation is effective.
|
| 13.2 |
Other fees
|
| 14. |
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
|
| 14.1 |
Definitions
|
| 14.2 |
Tax gross-up
|
| (a) |
All payments by the Obligors under the Finance Documents shall be made free and clear of any Tax Deduction or any other governmental or public payment imposed by the laws of any jurisdiction from which or through which such payment
is made, unless a Tax Deduction or withholding is required by law.
|
| (b) |
The Borrowers shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the
Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Obligors.
|
| (c) |
If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by any Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would
have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
|
| (d) |
If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.
|
| (e) |
Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment
evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
|
| 14.3 |
Tax indemnity
|
| (a) |
The Obligors shall (within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which that Protected Party determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly)
suffered for or on account of Tax by that Protected Party in respect of a Finance Document.
|
| (b) |
Paragraph (a) above shall not apply:
|
| (i) |
with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party:
|
| (A) |
under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or
|
| (B) |
under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party's Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,
|
| (ii) |
to the extent a loss, liability or cost:
|
| (A) |
is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 14.2 (Tax gross- up); or;
|
| (B) |
relates to a FATCA Deduction to be made by a Party.
|
| (c) |
A Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph (a) above shall promptly notify the Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall notify the Borrowers.
|
| (d) |
A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this Clause 14.3 (Tax indemnity), notify the Agent.
|
| 14.4 |
Tax Credit
|
| (a) |
a Tax Credit is attributable either to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, or to that Tax Payment; and
|
| (b) |
that Finance Party has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit,
|
| 14.5 |
Stamp taxes
|
| 14.6 |
VAT
|
| (a) |
All amounts set out or expressed in a Finance Document to be payable by any Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for a supply or supplies for VAT purposes shall be deemed to be exclusive
of any VAT which is chargeable on such supply or supplies, that Party shall pay to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of such VAT (and
such Finance Party shall promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to such Party).
|
| (b) |
Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance Party for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Finance Party for the full amount of such cost or
expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that such Finance Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.
|
| 14.7 |
FATCA Information
|
| (a) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within ten (10) Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party:
|
| (i) |
confirm to that other Party whether it is:
|
| (A) |
a FATCA Exempt Party; or
|
| (B) |
not a FATCA Exempt Party; and
|
| (ii) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA (including its applicable "passthru payment percentage" or other information required under the US Treasury Regulations or
other official guidance including intergovernmental agreements) as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with FATCA; and
|
| (iii) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with any other law, regulation, or exchange
of information regime.
|
| (b) |
If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to sub-paragraph (a)(i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that
other Party reasonably promptly.
|
| (c) |
Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything, and paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:
|
| (i) |
any law or regulation;
|
| (ii) |
any fiduciary duty; or
|
| (iii) |
any duty of confidentiality.
|
| (d) |
If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (a) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c)
above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments made under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested confirmation,
forms, documentation or other information.
|
| 14.8 |
FATCA Deduction
|
| (a) |
Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a
FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction.
|
| (b) |
Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction) notify the Party to whom it is making the payment and, in addition,
shall notify the Borrowers and the Agent shall notify the other Finance Parties.
|
| 14.9 |
Secured Hedging Agreements
|
| 15. |
INCREASED COSTS
|
| 15.1 |
Increased costs
|
| (a) |
Subject to Clause 15.3 (Exceptions) the Borrowers shall, within three (3) Business Days of a demand by the Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs
incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of
|
| (i) |
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation;
|
| (ii) |
compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; or
|
| (iii) |
the implementation or application of, or compliance with:
|
| (A) |
the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity
risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on 16 December 2010, each as amended, supplemented
or restated;
|
| (B) |
the rules for global systemically important banks contained in "Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement rules text" published by the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated (together with (A) collectively referred to as "Basel III");
|
| (C) |
Directive 2013/36/EU of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directive 2006/48/EC and
2006/49/EC ("CRD IV");
|
| (D) |
Regulation (EU) no. 575/2013 of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending regulation (EU) No. 648/2012 ("CRR");
|
| (E) |
any law or regulation that implements or applies to Basel III, CRD IV or CRR; and
|
| (F) |
any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to Basel III or "Basel IV".
|
| (b) |
In this Agreement "Increased Costs" means:
|
| (i) |
a reduction in the rate of return from the Facilities or on a Finance Party's (or its Affiliate's) overall capital;
|
| (ii) |
an additional or increased cost; or
|
| (iii) |
a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,
|
| 15.2 |
Increased cost claims
|
| (a) |
A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 15.1 (Increased costs) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrowers.
|
| (b) |
Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs.
|
| 15.3 |
Exceptions
|
| (a) |
Clause 15.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is:
|
| (i) |
attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor;
|
| (ii) |
attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;
|
| (iii) |
compensated for by Clause 14.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 14.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely
because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 14.3 (Tax indemnity) applied); or
|
| (iv) |
attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation.
|
| (b) |
In this Clause 15.3 (Exceptions), a reference to a "Tax Deduction" has the same meaning given to the term in Clause 12.1 (Definitions).
|
| 16. |
OTHER INDEMNITIES
|
| 16.1 |
Currency indemnity
|
| (a) |
If any sum due from the Obligors under the Finance Documents (a "Sum"), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the "First Currency") in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the "Second Currency") for the purpose of:
|
| (i) |
making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor;
|
| (ii) |
obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,
|
| (b) |
Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.
|
| 16.2 |
Other indemnities
|
| (a) |
the occurrence of any Event of Default or Sanctions Event;
|
| (b) |
a failure by the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of Clause 31 (Sharing among the Finance Parties);
|
| (c) |
funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested by the Borrowers in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement;
|
| (d) |
a third party claim related to the Finance Documents, the Obligors or the Vessels, hereunder any Environmental Claims or any non-compliance by any Obligor, the Technical Manager, the Commercial Manager and/or any Charterer with
applicable laws including Sanctions Laws;
|
| (e) |
any claim, action, civil penalty or fine against, any settlement, and any other kind of loss or liability, and all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements) incurred by the Agent or any other
Finance Party as a result of conduct of any Obligor or any of their partners, directors, officers, employees, agents or advisors, in relation to any Sanctions Laws; or
|
| (f) |
a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrowers,
|
| 16.3 |
Indemnity to the Agent and the Security Agent
|
| (a) |
investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default or Sanctions Event; or
|
| (b) |
acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised.
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| 17. |
MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS
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| 17.1 |
Mitigation
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| (a) |
Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Borrowers, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to,
any of Clause 8.3 (Illegality), Clause 14 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 15 (Increased costs) including
(but not limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.
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| (b) |
Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under the Finance Documents.
|
| 17.2 |
Limitation of liability
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 17.1 (Mitigation).
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| (b) |
A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 17.1 (Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it.
|
| 18. |
COSTS AND EXPENSES
|
| 18.1 |
Transaction expenses
|
| (a) |
this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; and
|
| (b) |
any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.
|
| 18.2 |
Amendment and enforcement costs
|
| (a) |
responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with a request or requirement for any amendment, waiver or consent;
|
| (b) |
the granting of any release, waiver or consent under the Finance Documents;
|
| (c) |
any amendment or variation of a Finance Document; and
|
| (d) |
the enforcement of, or the preservation, protection or maintenance of, or attempt to preserve or enforce, any of the rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents.
|
| 18.3 |
Agent's and Security Agent's management time
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| 19. |
SECURITY
|
| 19.1 |
Security
|
| (a) |
The obligations and liabilities of the Borrowers and the Guarantor under the Finance Documents, whether present and future, actual or contingent, whether as primary obligor or as guarantor, including (without limitation) the
Borrowers' obligation to repay the Loans together with all unpaid interest, default interest, commissions, charges, expenses and any other derived liability whatsoever of the Borrowers towards the Finance Parties in connection with this
Agreement or any Secured Hedging Agreement, shall at any time until all amounts due to the Finance Parties under any Finance Document have been paid and/or repaid in full, be secured on a cross-collateralized basis by the following
security:
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| (i) |
the Mortgages;
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| (ii) |
the Guarantee;
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| (iii) |
the Assignment Agreements;
|
| (iv) |
any Intra Group Loans Assignment Agreements;
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| (v) |
the Pledges of Shares, including but not limited to, any customary power of attorney for sale of the Shares and signed but undated letters of resignation from each director;
|
| (vi) |
if relevant, any Charterparty Assignment; and
|
| (vii) |
any other document that may have been or shall from time to time hereafter be executed as Security for the Borrowers' obligations under or pursuant to the Finance Documents.
|
| (b) |
The Security Documents shall rank with first priority.
|
| 19.2 |
Perfection etc.
|
| 19.3 |
Further assignment of Earnings, Charterparty and Intra Group Loans
|
| (a) |
In the event that a Borrower enters into a Charterparty, the relevant Borrower shall prior to the relevant commencement date, or if not practical, promptly thereafter assign such Charterparty (if legally possible and required by any
Lender) or (if not legally possible to assign such charter or contract) any Earnings accruing thereunder in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties).
|
| (b) |
In the event that any of the Obligors enter into any Intra Group Loans, the relevant Obligor shall prior to the relevant commencement date assign by way of an Intra Group Loans Assignment Agreement such claims the relevant Obligor
may have thereunder in favour of the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties).
|
|
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19.4 |
Security – Secured Hedging Agreement
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers' and/or the Guarantor's obligations and liabilities under any Secured Hedging Agreement, whether present and future, actual or contingent, whether as primary obligor or as guarantor, together with all unpaid interest,
default interest, commissions, charges, expenses and any other derived liability whatsoever of the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor towards a Hedging Bank in connection with any Secured Hedging Agreement, shall at any time until all
amounts due to a Hedging Bank under any Secured Hedging Agreement have been paid and/or repaid in full, be secured by the Security Documents and the guarantee liabilities of the Guarantor pursuant to Clause 20 (Guarantee and indemnity), however on subordinated basis to the rights of the other Finance Parties as per Clause 32.5 (Partial Payments).
|
| (b) |
The relevant Hedging Bank shall immediately upon execution of a master agreement in respect of a Secured Hedging Agreement inform the Security Agent and provide a copy of the relevant master agreement to the Security Agent. The
relevant Obligor shall also take such steps as the Security Agent may require to perfect the assignment over the Borrowers' and/or the Guarantor's rights under the relevant Secured Hedging Agreement as per the relevant Assignment
Agreement or such other form approved by the Agent. Further, each Hedging Bank shall keep the Security Agent updated on any transactions made under a Secured Hedging Agreement.
|
| 20. |
GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
|
| 20.1 |
Guarantee and indemnity
|
| (a) |
guarantees to each Finance Party punctual performance by the Borrowers of all the Borrowers' obligations under the Finance Documents.
|
| (b) |
undertakes with each Finance Party that whenever the Borrowers do not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, it shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it was the principal obligor; and
|
| (c) |
agrees with each Finance Party that if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal, it will, as an independent and primary obligation, indemnify that Finance Party immediately on demand against any
cost, loss or liability it incurs as a result of the Borrowers not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability, invalidity or illegality, have been payable by it under any Finance Document on the date when it would have
been due. The amount payable by the relevant Guarantor under this indemnity will not exceed the amount it would have had to pay under this Clause 20 (Guarantee and indemnity) if the amount
claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee;
|
| 20.2 |
Continuing guarantee
|
| 20.3 |
Reinstatement
|
| 20.4 |
Waiver of defences
|
| (a) |
any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, the Borrowers or other person;
|
| (b) |
the release of the Borrowers or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of the Borrowers;
|
| (c) |
the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, a Borrower or other person or any non-presentation or
non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
|
| (d) |
any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of the Borrowers or any other person;
|
| (e) |
any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Finance Document or any other document or security including without limitation any change in the
purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security;
|
| (f) |
any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or
|
| (g) |
any insolvency or similar proceedings.
|
| 20.5 |
Immediate recourse
|
| 20.6 |
Appropriations
|
| (a) |
refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by that Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and
order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and the Guarantor shall not be entitled to the benefit of the same; and
|
| (b) |
hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the Guarantor or on account of the Guarantor's liability under this Clause 20 (Guarantee and indemnity).
|
| 20.7 |
Deferral of the Guarantor's rights
|
| (a) |
to be indemnified by the Borrowers;
|
| (b) |
to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of the Borrowers' obligations under the Finance Documents;
|
| (c) |
to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with,
the Finance Documents by any Finance Party;
|
| (d) |
to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring the Borrowers to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which the Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 20.1 (Guarantee and indemnity);
|
| (e) |
to exercise any right of set-off against the Borrowers; and/or
|
| (f) |
to claim or prove as a creditor of the Borrowers in competition with any Finance Party.
|
| 20.8 |
Additional security
|
| 20.9 |
Norwegian FA Act
|
| 20.10 |
Guarantee limitations
|
| 21. |
REPRESENTATIONS
|
| 21.1 |
Status
|
| (a) |
Each Obligor is a corporation or company, duly incorporated, with good standing and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
|
| (b) |
Each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.
|
| (c) |
No Obligor is a US Tax Obligor.
|
| (d) |
In accordance with the FA Act section 3-12 (2) and the Norwegian Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018/23 (in No: hvitvaskingsloven) section 13 (1) the Obligors confirm that the information set out
in Schedule 9 (KYC information – FA Act section 3-12) is true and accurate as of the date of this Agreement.
|
| 21.2 |
Binding obligations
|
| (a) |
The obligations expressed to be assumed by the relevant Obligor in each Finance Document are, subject to any general principles of law limiting its obligations which are specifically referred to in any legal opinion delivered
pursuant to Clause 4 (Conditions of Utilisation), legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.
|
| (b) |
Save as provided herein or therein and/or as have been or shall be completed prior to a Utilisation Date, no registration, filing, payment of tax or fees or other formalities are necessary or desired to render the Finance Documents
enforceable against the Obligors, and in respect of the Vessels, for the Mortgages to constitute valid and enforceable first priority mortgage over the Vessels.
|
| 21.3 |
Non-conflict with other obligations
|
| (a) |
any law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to it, or any order, judgment, decree or permit to which it is subject, including any law, statute, rule or regulation implemented to combat money laundering and bribery;
|
| (b) |
its or any of its Subsidiaries' constitutional documents; or
|
| (c) |
any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or any of its Subsidiaries' assets.
|
| 21.4 |
Power and authority
|
| (a) |
Each Obligor has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party
and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents and Transaction Documents.
|
| (b) |
All necessary corporate, shareholder and other action have been taken by each Obligor to approve and authorize the execution of the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents, the compliance with the provisions thereof and the
performance of its obligations thereunder.
|
| (c) |
Each Borrower acts for its own account by entering into the Finance Documents and obtaining the Facilities.
|
| 21.5 |
Validity and admissibility in evidence
|
| (a) |
to enable each Obligor lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
|
| (b) |
to make the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation; and
|
| (c) |
in connection with each Obligor's business and ownership of assets,
|
| 21.6 |
Governing law and enforcement
|
| (a) |
The choice of Norwegian law and any other applicable law respectively as the governing law of the Finance Documents will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
|
| (b) |
Any judgment obtained in Norway and/or any other applicable jurisdiction in relation to a Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in the relevant Obligor's jurisdiction of incorporation.
|
| 21.7 |
Insolvency
|
| 21.8 |
Deduction of Tax
|
| 21.9 |
No filing or stamp taxes
|
| 21.10 |
No default
|
| (a) |
No Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of a Utilisation.
|
| (b) |
No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries') assets are
subject which has or might have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
| 21.11 |
No misleading information
|
| (a) |
Any factual information provided by any Obligor or otherwise relevant to matters contemplated by the Finance Documents was true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which
it is stated.
|
| (b) |
The financial information provided by any Obligor has been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions.
|
| (c) |
Nothing has occurred or been omitted and no information has been given or withheld that results in the information provided by any Obligor being incomplete, untrue or misleading in any material respect.
|
| 21.12 |
Financial statements
|
| (a) |
Its Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
|
| (b) |
Its Original Financial Statements fairly represent its financial condition and operations (consolidated in the case of the Guarantor) during the relevant financial year.
|
| (c) |
There has been no material adverse change in its business or financial condition (or the business or consolidated financial condition of any Obligor) since the date of delivery of its latest financial statements.
|
| 21.13 |
Pari passu ranking
|
| 21.14 |
No proceedings pending or threatened
|
| 21.15 |
Title
|
| 21.16 |
No security
|
| 21.17 |
No immunity
|
| 21.18 |
Ranking of Security Documents
|
| 21.19 |
Taxation
|
| (a) |
No Obligor is overdue in the filing of any Tax returns.
|
| (b) |
To the best of its knowledge and belief, no claims or investigations are being, or are reasonably likely to be, made or conducted against any Obligor with respect to Taxes which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect
on its ability to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents.
|
| (c) |
The relevant Obligor is resident for Tax purposes only in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, unless the Agent shall have been otherwise informed in writing.
|
| 21.20 |
Environmental compliance
|
| 21.21 |
Environmental Claims
|
| 21.22 |
ISM Code and ISPS Code compliance
|
| 21.23 |
The Vessels
|
| (a) |
in the absolute ownership of the relevant Borrower free and clear of all encumbrances (other than current crew wages and the Mortgage and a security created pursuant to any of the Security Documents) and the relevant Borrower will be
the sole, legal and beneficial owner of such Vessel;
|
| (b) |
registered in the name of the relevant Borrower with the relevant Approved Ship Registry under the laws and flag applicable for the relevant Approved Ship Registry;
|
| (c) |
operationally seaworthy in every way and fit for service; and
|
| (d) |
classed with ABS, Lloyd's Register, DNV or such other IACS classification society as approved by the Agent (on behalf of the Majority Lenders), free of all overdue recommendations/conditions of class.
|
| 21.24 |
Financial Indebtedness
|
| 21.25 |
Sanctions
|
| (a) |
Each Obligor, their respective directors, officers, and employees, and to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful inquiry), each of their Affiliates, their joint ventures, and their respective directors,
officers, employees, agents or representatives has been and is in compliance with Sanctions Laws.
|
| (b) |
No Obligor, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees is, nor is, to the Obligor's best knowledge and belief (having made due and careful inquiry), any of its Affiliates and their joint ventures, and their respective
directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives:
|
| (i) |
a Restricted Party, does not act directly or indirectly on behalf of, or for the benefit of, a Restricted Party, or is involved in any transaction through which it is likely to become a Restricted Party; or
|
| (ii) |
subject to or involved in any inquiry, claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation against it with respect to Sanctions Laws by any Sanctions Authority or has received notice of or is aware of any such inquiry, claim, action,
suit, proceeding or investigation.
|
| (c) |
None of the Vessels are a vessel with which any person is prohibited or restricted from dealing with under any Sanctions Laws.
|
| 21.26 |
Anti-bribery, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering
|
| 21.27 |
Shares
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers are wholly owned indirect or direct Subsidiaries of the Guarantor (unless and until the Shares are transferred and the Loans are prepaid in accordance with this Agreement).
|
| (b) |
The Shares are fully paid, non-assessable and not subject to any option to purchase or similar rights. The constitutional documents of each Borrower do not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of those Shares on creation or
enforcement of any of the Secured Assets. There are no agreements in force which provide for the issue or allotment of, or grant any person the right to call for the issue or allotment of, any share or loan capital of any Borrower
(including any option or right of pre-emption or conversion).
|
| 21.28 |
Charterparty
|
| 21.29 |
Repetition
|
| (a) |
The Repeating Representations being each of the representations set out in Clause 21 (Representations) subject to paragraph (b) below, are deemed to be made by each Obligor by reference to the
facts and circumstances then existing on the date of a Utilisation Request and the first day of each Interest Period and on the date of delivery of each Compliance Certificate (or, if no such Compliance Certificate is forwarded, on each
day such certificate should have been forwarded to the Agent at the latest).
|
| (b) |
The representations set out in Clauses 21.7 (Insolvency) until and including 21.9 (No filing or stamp taxes), 21.14 (No
proceedings pending or threatened) and 21.19 (Taxation) are not repeating and shall only be made by each Obligor by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing on the date of
a Utilisation Request.
|
| 22. |
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
|
| 22.1 |
Financial statements
|
| (a) |
as soon as they are available and public, but in any event with one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of its financial year;
|
| (i) |
the audited consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor for that financial year;
|
| (ii) |
the unaudited management accounts (profit and loss statement and balance sheet) of the Borrowers for that financial year;
|
| (b) |
as soon as they are available and public, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the last day of each quarter the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor for that financial quarter;
|
| (c) |
as soon as they are available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of its financial year, the financial projections of the Guarantor on an annual basis; and
|
| (d) |
such other financial and other information of any Obligor as the Lenders shall reasonably require from time to time (including but not limited to in relation to Sanctions Laws).
|
| 22.2 |
Compliance Certificate
|
| 22.3 |
Requirements as to financial statements
|
| (a) |
The Guarantor shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 22.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP, accounting practices and financial reference
periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of the Original Financial Statements for that Obligor unless, in relation to any set of financial statements, it notifies the Agent that there has been a change in GAAP, the
accounting practices or reference periods and its auditors (or, if appropriate, the auditors of the relevant Obligor) deliver to the Agent:
|
| (i) |
a description of any change necessary for those financial statements to reflect the GAAP, accounting practices and reference periods upon which that Obligor's Original Financial Statements were prepared; and
|
| (ii) |
sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the Agent, to enable the Lenders to determine whether Clause 23 (Financial covenants) has been complied with and
make an accurate comparison between the financial position indicated in those financial statements and that Obligor's Original Financial Statements.
|
| 22.4 |
Information: miscellaneous
|
| (a) |
all documents dispatched by the Borrowers and the Guarantor to their shareholders generally (or any class of them) or their creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched;
|
| (b) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any Obligor, and which might, if adversely determined, have a Material
Adverse Effect;
|
| (c) |
promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, business and operations of any Obligor as any Finance Party (through the Agent) may reasonably request, promptly, such information about the Vessels'
classification records and status as the Agent may reasonably request;
|
| (d) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any inquiry, claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation pursuant to Sanctions Laws by any Sanctions Authority against it, any of its direct or indirect owners, Affiliates,
any of their joint ventures or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives, as well as information on what steps are being taken with regards to answer or oppose such;
|
| (e) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, any details of any material claims or amendments under any Transaction Document (other than Finance Documents); and
|
| (f) |
promptly upon becoming aware that it, any of its direct or indirect owners, Affiliates, any of their joint ventures or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives has become or is likely to
become a Restricted Party.
|
| 22.5 |
Notification of default
|
| (a) |
Each of the Borrowers and the Guarantor shall notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) and any Sanctions Event promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.
|
| (b) |
Promptly upon a request by the Agent, the Borrowers shall supply to the Agent a certificate signed by two of its directors or senior officers on its behalf certifying that no Default is continuing (or if a Default is continuing,
specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) and that no Sanctions Event has occurred.
|
| 22.6 |
Notification of Environmental Claims
|
| (a) |
if any Environmental Claim has been commenced or (to the best of its knowledge and belief) is threatened against the Borrowers (or any of its Affiliates), any Charterers, the Technical Manager or the Vessels; and
|
| (b) |
of any fact and circumstances which will or are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any of the Borrowers (or any of their Affiliates), any Charterers, the Technical Manager or
the Vessels,
|
| 22.7 |
Market Value
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall arrange for, at its own expense, the Market Value of each Vessel individually to be determined on a quarterly basis.
|
| (b) |
The Borrowers shall forward the market valuations obtained pursuant to paragraph (a) above to the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) together with the Valuation Certificate within ten (10) days after the end of each financial
quarter and such valuations shall be issued no more than thirty (30) days prior to the date provided to the Agent.
|
| (c) |
Should the Agent reasonably assume that a Default has occurred or may occur, or should a Vessel be sold or suffer a Total Loss, the Agent may arrange, or require the Borrowers to arrange, additional determinations of the Market Value
of the Vessels at such frequency as the Agent (on behalf of Finance Parties) may request and at the Borrowers' expense.
|
| 22.8 |
"Know your customer" checks
|
| (a) |
If:
|
| (i) |
the Agent's or any Lender's internal requirements or any laws or regulations applicable to it at any time;
|
| (ii) |
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;
|
| (iii) |
any change in the status of the Borrowers or the Guarantor after the date of this Agreement; or
|
| (iv) |
a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,
|
| (b) |
Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself) in order for the Agent to carry out and be
satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.
|
| (c) |
The Guarantor shall, by not less than ten (10) Business Days' prior written notice to the Agent, notify the Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) of its intention to request that one of its Subsidiaries becomes an
Additional Borrower pursuant to Clause 28.2 (Additional Borrowers).
|
| (d) |
Following the giving of any notice pursuant to paragraph (c) above, if the accession of such Additional Borrower obliges the Agent or any Lender to comply with "know your customer" or similar identification procedures in
circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Guarantor shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is
reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Agent or such Lender or any prospective new Lender to carry out and be
satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the accession of such Subsidiary to this Agreement as an Additional Borrower.
|
| (e) |
The Lenders to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all applicable "know your customer" requirements.
|
| (f) |
Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, the Parties authorise and empower the Agent to collect, hold and circulate (on a need to know basis) any documentation and other information relating to "know your customer" or
similar identification procedures requested or delivered by any Party under the terms of this Agreement or any other Finance Document.
|
| 22.9 |
Disclosure of information
|
| 23. |
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
|
| 23.1 |
Financial covenants - the Guarantor
|
| (a) |
unencumbered consolidated Cash of minimum the higher of (i) six per cent (6%) of the Total Interest Bearing Debt and (ii) USD 30,000,000;
|
| (b) |
Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth of at least USD 300,000,000, but in any event the Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall at all times be no less than twenty-five per cent (25%) of the Value Adjusted Total Assets; and
|
| (c) |
a positive Working Capital.
|
| 23.2 |
Amended financial covenants – Obligors
|
| 24. |
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
|
| 24.1 |
Authorisations
|
| 24.2 |
Compliance with laws and Sanctions Laws
|
| (a) |
Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that each of their Affiliates, the Technical Manager, the Commercial Manager and any Charterer, and to the best of each Obligor's knowledge the Subsidiaries' respective officers, directors,
employees, is, and shall remain:
|
| (i) |
in compliance with all laws, directives, regulations, decrees, rulings and such analogous rules:
|
| (A) |
to which it or its business may be subject; and
|
| (B) |
applicable to any Vessel, its ownership, employment, operation, management and registration,
|
| (ii) |
in compliance with any Environmental Permits; and
|
| (b) |
Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that any Affiliate, the Technical Manager, the Commercial Manager and any Charterer comply in all respect with all Sanctions Laws and the laws of the Approved Ship Registry.
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| (c) |
Each Obligor shall institute and maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance by the Obligors and each of their Subsidiaries with applicable Sanctions Laws.
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| (d) |
Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that none of them, nor any officer, employee or director will, take any action or make any omission that results, or is reasonably likely to result, in it or any Finance Party becoming a
Restricted Party or a breach of Sanctions Laws by any Finance Party.
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| (e) |
Each Obligor and parties acting on its behalf shall observe and abide with any law, official requirement or other regulatory measure or procedure implemented to combat (i) money laundering (as defined in Article 1 of the Directive
(EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 (as amended, supplemented and/or replaced from time to time)) and (ii) bribery and corrupt practices.
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| 24.3 |
Negative pledge
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| (a) |
The Borrowers shall not create or permit to subsist any Security over the Vessels or any of its assets.
|
| (b) |
The Obligors shall not create or permit to subsist any Security over the Shares or any Intra Group Loans.
|
| (c) |
The Borrowers shall not:
|
| (i) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by any Obligor;
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| (ii) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms;
|
| (iii) |
enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or
|
| (iv) |
enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect,
|
| (d) |
Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Security listed below:
|
| (i) |
any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any Obligor in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances, hereunder any rights of pledge and set-off in relation to a cash
pool arrangement approved in advance by the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties);
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| (ii) |
any lien (including but not limited to maritime liens defined as such pursuant to applicable law) arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of trading and securing obligations not more than thirty (30) days overdue;
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| (iii) |
any Security entered into pursuant to any Finance Document;
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| (iv) |
any cash collateral from an Obligor to any Hedging Bank as security (for its own account) for any transaction to be entered into between that Hedging Bank and a Borrower and/or the Guarantor under a Secured Hedging Agreement, and any
cash collateral so placed by an Obligor with a Hedging Bank shall be released, discharged and (if required) deregistered immediately after evidence of registration of the Mortgages on both of the Vessels;
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| (v) |
arising under any retention of title, hire purchase or conditional sale arrangement or arrangements having similar effect in respect of goods supplied to a Borrower in the ordinary course of trading on arm's length terms and on the
supplier's standard and usual terms;
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| (vi) |
if any Obligors hold bank accounts in the Netherlands, any Security arising under general banking conditions of a financial institution in the Netherlands with whom an Obligor holds a bank account; or
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| (vii) |
security consented to in advance in writing by the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties).
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| 24.4 |
Disposals, loans and acquisitions
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| (a) |
whether by a single transaction or a series of related or unrelated transactions and whether at the same time or over a period of time, sell, transfer, lease out (except for the Bareboat Charters), grant options, grant rights of
first refusal or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of its undertakings, assets, including but not limited to the Vessels, or revenues (present or future) or agree to do so unless the Borrowers comply with the provisions of
Clause 8.4 (Total Loss or Sale of a Vessel) or such steps otherwise are made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; or
|
| (b) |
acquire or replace any material asset or acquire any shares; or
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| (c) |
charter in any vessel or make any investment other than in the normal course of business related to the operation of the Vessels; or
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| (d) |
incur any Financial Indebtedness other than in the normal course of business related to the operation of the Vessels, provided, however, that the Borrowers shall be entitled to obtain Intra Group Loans from the Guarantor as long as
such loans are unsecured and fully subordinated to the Borrowers' obligations under the Finance Documents and pledged/assigned to the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) under an Intra Group Loans Assignment Agreement, provided
that payment of interest and principal thereunder is allowed so long as (i) such payment of interest and/or principal is made from funds being available for distribution of dividends from the respective Borrower, and (ii) there is no
Default hereunder and no Default will occur as a result of such payment or distribution; or
|
| (e) |
make or grant any loans, guarantees or any other form of financial support other than in the normal course of business.
|
| 24.5 |
Merger
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| 24.6 |
Shareholding
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall remain wholly owned indirect or direct Subsidiaries of the Guarantor unless transferred in accordance with this Agreement (unless and until the Shares are transferred and the Loans are prepaid in accordance with
this Agreement);
|
| (b) |
The Guarantor shall inform the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) of any intended sale of any Shares, and any such sale will be subject to prepayment in accordance with Clause 8.6 (Change of
Control); and
|
| (c) |
no Borrower shall purchase, cancel, redeem or increase any of its issued shares or share capital.
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| 24.7 |
Change of business
|
| 24.8 |
Title
|
| 24.9 |
Insurances – general
|
| 24.10 |
Earnings Accounts
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall maintain the Earnings Accounts with the Account Bank and ensure that all Earnings are paid to the Earnings Accounts without delays or deduction.
|
| (b) |
The amounts in the Earnings Accounts shall be freely available to the Borrowers until and unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, whereupon the Earnings Accounts shall be blocked with no rights for the Borrowers to
make withdrawals or otherwise dispose over the Earnings Accounts without the prior written consent of the Agent.
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| 24.11 |
Derivative transactions
|
| 24.12 |
Distribution restrictions and subordination of inter-company debt
|
| (a) |
No Obligor shall (i) distribute any dividends, or make other distributions to its shareholders and/or (ii) buy-back its own common stock and convertible notes if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will
occur as a result of such payment, distribution or buy-back, or after giving effect to such distribution, the Borrowers or the Guarantor is not in compliance with the financial covenants or other representations or covenants of this
Agreement.
|
| (b) |
All (i) Intra Group Loans to the Borrowers, and (ii) claims of the Guarantor or other relevant Affiliate against the Borrowers shall always be unsecured and fully subordinated to the obligations of the Borrowers under the Finance
Documents, provided that payment of such claims is allowed so long as (i) such payment of interest and/or principal is made from funds being available for distribution of dividends from the respective Borrower, and (ii) there is no
Default under any of the Finance Documents and no Default will occur as a result of such payment or distribution.
|
| (c) |
All amounts owed to the Technical Managers and/or Commercial Managers (provided the Technical Managers and/or Commercial Managers are Affiliates of the Borrowers or the Guarantor) shall always be unsecured and fully subordinated to
the obligations of the Borrowers under the Finance Documents any of the Finance Documents, provided that payment of such claims is allowed so long as there is no Default any of the Finance Documents and no Default will occur as a result
of such payment or distribution.
|
| (d) |
All agreements and transactions entered into between the members of the Group and their affiliates shall be entered into and made on arm's length terms.
|
| 24.13 |
Transaction Documents
|
| 24.14 |
Taxation
|
| 24.15 |
No change of name etc.
|
| (a) |
the end of its fiscal year;
|
| (b) |
its nature of business;
|
| (c) |
(applicable for the Borrowers only) its constitutional documents;
|
| (d) |
its legal name;
|
| (e) |
its type of organization; or
|
| (f) |
its jurisdiction,
|
| 24.16 |
US Tax Obligor
|
| 24.17 |
Use of proceeds and repayments
|
| (a) |
No proceeds of any advance of a Loan shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a Restricted Party nor shall they otherwise be applied in a manner or for a purpose prohibited by Sanctions Laws.
|
| (b) |
No Borrower shall, and shall procure that no other Obligor shall, repay or prepay any Loan or any part thereof or fund all or any part of any payment under the Finance Documents out of proceeds from funds or assets that:
|
| (i) |
constitute property of, or that are beneficially owned directly or indirectly by, any Restricted Party;
|
| (ii) |
is obtained or derived from transactions with or relating to any Restricted Party or transactions in violation of Sanctions Laws; or
|
| (iii) |
in any manner that would cause any Lender or the Agent to be in violation of Sanctions Laws.
|
| 24.18 |
Listing
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| 25. |
VESSEL UNDERTAKINGS
|
| 25.1 |
General
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| 25.2 |
Insurance – Vessels
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall maintain or ensure that the Vessels are insured against such risks, including but not limited to, hull and machinery, protection & indemnity (including cover for pollution liability as normally adopted by the
industry for similar units for an amount not less than USD 1,000,000,000, and freight, demurrage and defence cover), hull interest, freight interest (dependent upon the level of the Hull and Machinery policy), loss of hire and war risk
insurances (including blocking and trapping, confiscation, terrorism, hijacking and piracy), in such amounts, on such terms and placed through first class insurance brokers with such first class insurers as the Agent shall approve (not
to be unreasonably withheld), and always subject to the Nordic Marine Insurance Plan of 2013 latest version.
|
| (b) |
The insured value of each Vessel shall be at least equal to the Market Value of such Vessel and the aggregate insurance value, except for protection & indemnity and Loss of Hire, shall be at least one hundred and twenty per cent
(120%) of the Loans plus any Available Vessel Commitments. Furthermore, the (i) hull and machinery insurance for each Vessel shall at all times cover at least eighty per cent (80%) of the insurable value (Hull and Machinery and Hull
Interest) of such Vessel and (ii) aggregate hull and machinery insurance of all the Vessels shall cover at least one hundred per cent (100%) of the Loans plus any Available Vessel Commitments (while the remaining cover may be taken out
by way of Hull and Freight Interest insurances). The deductible of the Hull and Machinery insurance shall never be higher than such amount as the Agent may from time to time approve.
|
| (c) |
The Borrowers shall procure that the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) is noted as first priority mortgagee in the insurance contracts, together with the confirmation from the underwriters, or confirmations from
insurance brokers confirming this on behalf of underwriters, to the Security Agent thereof that the notice of assignment with regards to the Insurances and the loss payable clauses are noted in the insurance contracts and that standard
letters of undertaking/cover notes/policies/certificates of entry are executed by the insurers and/or the insurance broker(s). The loss payable clause shall be in excess of USD 3,000,000.
|
| (d) |
The Borrowers shall within fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the relevant Utilisation Date inform the Agent of with whom the Insurances will be placed and on what main terms they will be effected, and within reasonable time prior
to the expiry date of the relevant Insurances, the Borrowers shall procure the delivery to the Agent of a certificate from the insurance broker(s) through whom the Insurances referred to in paragraph (a) above have been renewed and
taken out in respect of the Vessels with insurance values as required by paragraph (b) above, that such Insurances are in full force and effect and that the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) have been noted as first
priority mortgagee by the relevant insurers.
|
| (e) |
The Borrowers shall allow for the Agent (and the Agent shall do so if required by any Lender) to take out for the Borrowers' accounts a Mortgagee's Interest Insurance and a Mortgagee's Interest - Additional Perils Pollution Insurance
covering one hundred and twenty per cent (120%) of the Loans plus any Available Vessel Commitments.
|
| (f) |
The Agent may also for the account of the Borrowers take out such other Insurances as the Finance Parties may reasonably require considering the trading and flag of the Vessels.
|
| (g) |
If any of the Insurances referred to in paragraph (a) above form part of a fleet cover, the Borrowers shall procure, except for protection & indemnity (where the Borrowers shall procure to obtain standard market undertakings in
favour of the Security Agent with respect to protection & indemnity from the insurers or the insurance broker), that the insurers or the insurer broker shall undertake to the Security Agent that they shall neither set-off against
any claims in respect of the Vessels any premiums due in respect of other units under such fleet cover or any premiums due for other insurances, nor cancel this Insurance for reason of non-payment of premiums for other units under such
fleet cover or of premiums for such other insurances, and shall undertake to issue a separate policy in respect of the Vessels if and when so requested by the Security Agent.
|
| (h) |
The Borrowers shall procure that the Vessels always are employed in conformity with the terms of the instruments of Insurances (including any warranties expressed or implied therein) and comply with such requirements as to extra
premium or otherwise as the insurers may prescribe.
|
| (i) |
The Borrowers will not make any material change to the insurances described under paragraph (a) above without the prior written consent of the Agent.
|
| (j) |
The Borrowers shall pay for an insurance opinion commissioned by the Agent to be prepared by an independent insurance consultant, in form and contents acceptable to the Agent.
|
| 25.3 |
Flag, ownership, name and registry
|
| (a) |
Each Borrower shall remain the sole owner of its Vessel and shall keep its Vessel registered in an Approved Ship Registry.
|
| (b) |
The Borrowers may:
|
| (i) |
change the name of a Vessel;
|
| (ii) |
move a Vessel to another Approved Ship Registry;
|
| (iii) |
subject to the relevant Vessel being registered with another Approved Ship Registry, arrange for dual registration of the Vessel in the Bareboat Registry if this is required under the terms of the contract of employment for that
Vessel; or
|
| (iv) |
subject to the Agent's (on behalf of the Majority Lenders) written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) move any Vessel to any other ship registry,
|
| (c) |
On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the Borrowers undertake to ensure that (i) the bareboat registration of each relevant Vessel in the Bareboat Registry is immediately terminated and
deleted, and the original registration in the Approved Ship Registry re-activated and/or (ii) each Bareboat Charter is terminated, should the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) so require.
|
| 25.4 |
Classification and repairs
|
| (a) |
so as to maintain its class with ABS, Lloyd's Register, DNV GL or another IACS classification society approved by the Agent, free of overdue recommendations/conditions of class; and
|
| (b) |
so as to comply with the laws and regulations (statutory or otherwise) applicable to units registered under the flag state of the Vessels or to vessels trading to any jurisdiction to which the Vessels may trade from time to time;
|
| (c) |
not, without the prior written consent of the Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), change the classification society of the Vessels; and
|
| (d) |
not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, conduct modifications, repairs or remove parts which may reduce the value of the Vessels.
|
| 25.5 |
Inspections and class records
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall procure that the Agent's surveyor at the Borrowers' cost, is permitted to inspect the condition of the Vessels once a year, if so requested by the Agent, and at any time required by a Lender (at such Lender's
cost), provided always that such arrangement shall not interfere with the operation of the Vessels and subject to satisfactory indemnities approved by the P&I insurers.
|
| (b) |
The Borrowers shall instruct the classification society to give the Agent access to class records and other information from the classification society in respect of the Vessels, by sending a written instruction in such form and
substance as the Agent may require. The Agent shall also be granted electronic access to class records.
|
| 25.6 |
Surveys
|
| 25.7 |
Notification of certain events
|
| (a) |
any accident to a Vessel involving repairs where the costs will or is likely to exceed five per cent (5%) of the insurance value of such Vessel;
|
| (b) |
any requirement or recommendation made by any insurer or classification society or by any competent authority which is not, or cannot be, complied with immediately;
|
| (c) |
any exercise or purported exercise of any arrest or lien on the Vessels, their Earnings or the Insurances;
|
| (d) |
any occurrence as a result of which a Vessel has become or is, by the passing of time or otherwise, likely to become a Total Loss;
|
| (e) |
the details of any claim, inquiry, action, suit, proceeding or investigation pursuant to Sanctions Laws against it, or any of its direct or indirect owners, Subsidiaries, and any of its respective directors, officers, employees,
agents or representatives, as well as information on what steps are being taken to answer or oppose such;
|
| (f) |
any of its direct or indirect owners, Subsidiaries, or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives becoming a Restricted Party; and
|
| (g) |
any claim for a material breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code being made against the Borrowers or the Technical Manager or otherwise in connection with the Vessels.
|
| 25.8 |
Operation of the Vessels
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall procure that the Vessels are managed by the Technical Manager pursuant to a Technical Management Agreement and the Commercial Manager pursuant to the Commercial Management Agreement and shall not, without the
prior written consent of the Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), change or allow the change of the technical or commercial management of the Vessels.
|
| (b) |
The Borrowers may subject to the Agent's written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) change the technical or commercial management of the Vessels to respectively another Technical Manager or Commercial Manager by
notifying the Agent in writing ten (10) Business Days in advance of such change.
|
| (c) |
The Borrowers shall procure that each of the Technical Manager and the Commercial Manager signs, executes and deliver a Manager's Undertaking in such form as the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) reasonably may require.
|
| (d) |
The Borrowers shall, and shall procure that the Technical Manager shall, comply, or procure the compliance with all Sanctions Laws and in all material respects with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws, the laws of
the Approved Ship Registry, the United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and all other laws or regulations relating to the Vessel, their ownership, operation and management or to the business of the Borrowers and the Technical Manager
and shall not employ the Vessels nor allow their employment:
|
| (i) |
In any Sanctioned Country or in any manner contrary to law or regulation in any relevant jurisdiction including but not limited to the ISM Code;
|
| (ii) |
directly or indirectly by or for the benefit of any Restricted Party or in any manner contrary to any Sanctions Laws; and
|
| (iii) |
in the event of hostilities in any part of the world (whether war is declared or not), in any zone which is declared a war zone by any government or by the war risk insurers of the Vessels unless the Borrowers have (at their own
expense) effected any special, additional or modified insurance cover which shall be necessary or customary for first class unit owners within the territorial waters of such country at such time and has provided evidence of such cover
to the Agent.
|
| (e) |
Without limitation to the generality of this Clause 25.8 (Operation of the Vessels), the Borrowers and the Technical Manager shall comply or procure compliance, with, as applicable, all
requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) of 1974 as adopted, amended or replaced from time to time including, but not limited to, the ISM Code or the ISPS Code. The Vessels shall not under any
circumstances carry any nuclear waste/material.
|
| 25.9 |
ISM Code compliance
|
| (a) |
procure that the Vessels remain subject to a SMS;
|
| (b) |
procure that a valid and current SMC is maintained for the Vessels;
|
| (c) |
procure that the Technical Manager maintains a valid and current DOC;
|
| (d) |
immediately notify the Agent in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the SMC of the Vessels or of the DOC of the Technical Manager; and
|
| (e) |
immediately notify the Agent in writing of any "accident" or "major nonconformity", each as those terms is defined in the Guidelines in the application of the IMO International Safety Management Code issued by the International
Chamber of Shipping and International Shipping Federation.
|
| 25.10 |
Environmental compliance
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall, and shall to the extent reasonably possible procure that the Technical Manager and any Charterers shall, comply in all respects with all Environmental Laws applicable to any of them or the Vessels, including
without limitation, requirements relating to manning and establishment of financial responsibility and to obtain and comply with all Environmental Permits applicable to any of them and/or the Vessels.
|
| (b) |
Each Vessel shall throughout the lifetime of the relevant Vessel have a Green Passport available.
|
| (c) |
The Obligors shall procure that the Vessels and any other vessel owned or controlled by the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries, including where any such vessel is sold to an intermediary with the intention of being scrapped,
dismantled or recycled, is recycled at a recycling yard which conducts it recycling business in a socially and environmentally responsible manner in accordance with the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally
Sound Recycling of Ships (2009) and/or the EU Ship Recycling Regulation (2013).
|
| 25.11 |
Poseidon Principles
|
| 25.12 |
Arrest
|
| (a) |
all liabilities which give or may give rise to maritime or possessory liens on or claims enforceable against the Vessels, the Earnings or the Insurances;
|
| (b) |
all tolls, taxes, dues, fines, penalties and other amounts charged in respect of the Vessels, the Earnings or the Insurances; and
|
| (c) |
all other outgoings whatsoever in respect of the Vessels, the Earnings and the Insurances,
|
| 25.13 |
Chartering
|
| (a) |
The Borrowers shall procure that any Charterparty entered into for a Vessel shall be entered into and made on arm's length terms.
|
| (b) |
The Borrowers shall not:
|
| (i) |
without the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of the Agent (acting on the instructions of all Lenders), let a Vessel on bareboat charter for any period except for the chartering of any Vessel under
Bareboat Charters in connection with the Vessel's dual registration in the Bareboat Registry according to Clause 25.3; or
|
| (ii) |
without the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders), terminate, cancel, amend or supplement any Charterparty in any material respect, nor
assign such Charterparty to any other person.
|
| (c) |
The Borrowers shall notify the Agent promptly in writing (but without any requirement for consent from the Agent) of any agreement related to the chartering and operation of a Vessel (such as pool agreements and time charter
contracts) other than those covered by sub-paragraph (b)(i) above exceeding thirty-six (36) months.
|
| (d) |
The Borrowers shall arrange for assignment of any employment contract of any nature if the duration exceeds thirty-six (36) months to the extent relevant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and only if contractually and legally
possible (the Borrowers having made reasonable commercial efforts to obtain such assignment).
|
| 26. |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
| 26.1 |
Non-payment
|
| (a) |
its failure to pay is caused by administrative or technical error in the banking system; and
|
| (b) |
payment is made within three (3) Business Days of its due date.
|
| 26.2 |
Financial covenants
|
| 26.3 |
Other obligations
|
| 26.4 |
Misrepresentation
|
| 26.5 |
Cross default
|
| (a) |
Any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period.
|
| (b) |
Any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).
|
| (c) |
Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any Obligor as a result of an event of default (however described).
|
| (d) |
Any creditor of any Obligor becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).
|
| (e) |
No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 26.5 (Cross default) if the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness falling within paragraphs (a)
to (d) above is less than USD 1,000,000 in respect of the Borrowers and USD 5,000,000 of the Guarantor.
|
| 26.6 |
Insolvency
|
| (a) |
Any Obligor is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due, suspends making payments on any of its debts or, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its
creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness.
|
| (b) |
The value of the assets of any Obligor is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities).
|
| (c) |
A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of any Obligor.
|
| 26.7 |
Insolvency proceedings
|
| (a) |
the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Obligor;
|
| (b) |
a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any Obligor;
|
| (c) |
the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Obligor or any of their assets; or
|
|
(d)
|
enforcement of any Security over any assets of any Obligor,
|
| 26.8 |
Creditors' process
|
| 26.9 |
Unlawfulness
|
| 26.10 |
Repudiation
|
| (a) |
An Obligor or a Bareboat Charterer repudiates a Transaction Document or evidences an intention to repudiate a Transaction Document.
|
| (b) |
Any Transaction Document ceases to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable or effective.
|
| 26.11 |
Material adverse change
|
| 26.12 |
Cessation of business
|
| 26.13 |
Insurances
|
| 26.14 |
Failure of security
|
| 26.15 |
Litigation
|
| 26.16 |
Breach of the terms of a Secured Hedging Agreement
|
| 26.17 |
Sanctions
|
| (a) |
An Obligor or any of their Affiliates, their joint ventures, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives becomes a Restricted Party.
|
| (b) |
An act or omission of an Obligor or any of their Affiliates, their joint ventures, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives causes a breach of Sanctions Laws by any Finance Party.
|
| 26.18 |
Acceleration
|
| (a) |
cancel the Total Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled;
|
| (b) |
declare that all or part of a Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable;
|
| (c) |
declare that all or part of a Loan be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the instructions of the Majority Lenders; and/or
|
| (d) |
exercise or direct the Security Agent to exercise any or all of its rights, remedies, powers or discretions under the Finance Documents.
|
| 27. |
CHANGES TO THE LENDERS
|
| 27.1 |
Assignments and transfers by the Lenders
|
| (a) |
Subject to this Clause 27 (Changes to the Lenders), a Lender (the "Existing Lender") may assign, sub-participate and/or transfer any of its rights
and/or obligations under any Finance Document to another Eligible Institution (the "New Lender").
|
| (b) |
The consent of the Borrowers is required for an assignment or transfer by an Existing Lender, unless the assignment or transfer is:
|
| (i) |
to another Lender or an Affiliate or a related fund of a Lender;
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| (ii) |
to a Central Bank, Federal Reserve or to another state-owned entity;
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| (iii) |
to any sub-participant where the Existing Lender retains all its obligations in respect of the transferred, assigned or participated amounts; or
|
| (iv) |
made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing or a Sanctions Event has occurred.
|
| (c) |
The consent of the Borrowers to an assignment or a transfer must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Borrowers shall be deemed to have given their consent five (5) Business Days after that Lender has requested them in
writing to do so unless consent is expressly refused by the Borrowers within that time.
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| 27.2 |
Conditions of assignment or transfer
|
| (a) |
An assignment or a transfer requiring the Borrowers' consent shall only be effective:
|
| (i) |
on receipt by the Agent of:
|
| (A) |
written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) that the New Lender shall assume the same obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if it was an Existing Lender;
and
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| (B) |
all required "know your customer" documentation,
|
| (ii) |
on the New Lender's payment of a transfer fee of USD 5,000 to the Agent; and
|
| (iii) |
if the Commitment that is to be transferred to the New Lender is in the minimum amount of USD 10,000,000 (or, if less, such amount constituting the Total Commitment of that transferring Lender).
|
| (b) |
A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 27.4 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with.
|
| (c) |
If:
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| (i) |
a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and
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| (ii) |
as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, the Borrowers or the Guarantor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under
Clause 14 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 15 (Increased Costs),
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| (d) |
Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate, confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the
requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the transfer or assignment becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as
the Existing Lender would have been had it remained a Lender.
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| 27.3 |
Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders
|
| (a) |
Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:
|
| (i) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents;
|
| (ii) |
the financial condition of any Obligor;
|
| (iii) |
the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or
|
| (iv) |
the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document,
|
| (b) |
Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:
|
| (i) |
has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not
relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and
|
| (ii) |
will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
|
| (c) |
Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:
|
| (i) |
accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 27 (Changes to the Lenders); or
|
| (ii) |
support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise.
|
| 27.4 |
Procedure for transfer
|
| (a) |
Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 27.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly
completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate
appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer Certificate.
|
| (b) |
The Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under
all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender.
|
| (c) |
Subject to Clause 27.6 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date:
|
| (i) |
to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further
obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the "Discharged Rights and Obligations");
|
| (ii) |
each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender
have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender;
|
| (iii) |
the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Existing
Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each
other under the Finance Documents; and
|
| (iv) |
the New Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender".
|
| 27.5 |
Copy of Transfer Certificate to the Borrowers
|
| 27.6 |
Pro rata interest settlement
|
| (a) |
any interest or fees in respect of the relevant participation which are expressed to accrue by reference to the lapse of time shall continue to accrue in favour of the Existing Lender up to but excluding the Transfer Date ("Accrued Amounts") and shall become due and payable to the Existing Lender (without further interest accruing on them) on the last day of the current Interest Period (or, if the Interest Period is
longer than three (3) Months, on the next of the dates which falls at three (3) Monthly intervals after the first day of that Interest Period); and
|
| (b) |
the rights assigned or transferred by the Existing Lender will not include the right to the Accrued Amounts, so that, for the avoidance of doubt:
|
| (i) |
when the Accrued Amounts become payable, those Accrued Amounts will be payable to the Existing Lender; and
|
| (ii) |
the amount payable to the New Lender on that date will be the amount which would, but for the application of this Clause 27.6 (Pro rata interest settlement), have been payable to it on that
date, but after deduction of the Accrued Amounts.
|
| 27.7 |
Securitisation
|
| (a) |
Keep bank accounts where requested by the Agent and procure that the Earnings are paid to any such account; and
|
| (b) |
Procure that the Insurances according to Clause 25.2 (Insurance – Vessels) are placed with insurers of the requisite rating;
|
| 27.8 |
Security over Lenders' rights
|
| (a) |
any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and
|
| (b) |
in the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as Security for those
obligations or securities,
|
| (a) |
release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or
|
| (b) |
require any payments to be made by an Obligor or grant to any person any more extensive rights than those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.
|
| 28. |
CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS
|
| 28.1 |
Assignments and transfer by Obligors
|
| 28.2 |
Additional Borrowers
|
| (a) |
Subject to compliance with the provisions of Clause 22.8 ("Know your customer" checks) and the below requirements, the Guarantor may request that one of its Subsidiaries becomes a Borrower.
|
| (b) |
That Subsidiary shall become a Borrower on the date the Agent executes the related Accession Letter if:
|
| (i) |
the Subsidiary:
|
| (A) |
is a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor; and
|
| (B) |
is (or shall as the case might be) become the owner of the Additional Vessel to be financed by the Incremental Facility being established in connection with the Subsidiary's accession as Borrower;
|
| (ii) |
it is incorporated in the same jurisdiction as an existing Borrower and the Majority Lenders approve the addition of that Subsidiary or otherwise if all the Lenders approve the addition of that Subsidiary (in each case such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
|
| (iii) |
the Guarantor and that Subsidiary deliver to the Agent a duly completed and executed Accession Letter;
|
| (iv) |
the Guarantor confirms that no Default is continuing or would occur as a result of that Subsidiary becoming an Additional Borrower; and
|
| (v) |
the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence referred to in Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent) sub-paragraph (d)(i) in relation to that Additional Borrower, each in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
|
| (c) |
The Agent shall notify the Obligors and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the documents and other evidence listed in Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent) sub-paragraph (d)(i).
|
| (d) |
Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Agent in writing to the contrary before the Agent gives the notification described in paragraph (c) above, the Lenders authorise (but do not require) the Agent to give
that notification. The Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification.
|
| 28.3 |
Repetition of Representations
|
| 29. |
ROLE OF THE AGENT, THE SECURITY AGENT AND THE MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS
|
| 29.1 |
Appointment of the Agent
|
| (a) |
Each other Finance Party appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents and each Lender, the Hedging Banks and the Agent appoints the Security Agent to act as its security agent and security
trustee for the purpose of the Security Documents.
|
| (b) |
Each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Lenders authorises the Agent to perform the duties, obligations and responsibilities and to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent under or
in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions. The Agent shall be released from the restrictions of section l8l alt. 2 BGB (German Civil Code).
|
| (c) |
Except where the context otherwise requires, references in this Clause 29 (Role of the Agent, the Security Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers) to the "Agent"
shall mean the Agent and the Security Agent individually and collectively.
|
| 29.2 |
Instructions
|
| (a) |
The Agent shall:
|
| (i) |
unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent in accordance with any instructions given to it by:
|
| (A) |
all Lenders if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is an all Lender decision;
|
| (B) |
the Incremental Facility Majority Lenders if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is an Incremental Facility Majority Lender decision; and
|
| (C) |
in all other cases, the Majority Lenders; and
|
| (ii) |
not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from acting) in accordance with sub-paragraph (i) above.
|
| (b) |
The Agent shall be entitled to request instructions, or clarification of any instruction, from the Majority Lenders (or, if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is a decision for any other Lender or group of Lenders,
from that Lender or group of Lenders) as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion. The Agent may refrain from acting unless and until it receives any such
instructions or clarification that it has requested.
|
| (c) |
Save in the case of decisions stipulated to be a matter for any other Lender or group of Lenders under the relevant Finance Document and unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions given to the Agent
by the Majority Lenders shall override any conflicting instructions given by any other Parties and will be binding on all Finance Parties.
|
| (d) |
The Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with any instructions of the Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, any Lender or group of Lenders) until it has received any indemnification and/or security that it may in its
discretion require (which may be greater in extent than that contained in the Finance Documents and which may include payment in advance) for any cost, loss or liability (together with any associated VAT) which it may incur in complying
with those instructions.
|
| (e) |
In the absence of instructions from the Majority Lenders, (or, if appropriate, any Lender or group of Lenders), the Agent may act (or refrain from acting) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders.
|
| (f) |
The Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender or the Hedging Banks (without first obtaining that Lender's consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document.
|
| 29.3 |
Duties of the Agent
|
| (a) |
The Agent's duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature.
|
| (b) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below, the Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Agent for that Party by any other Party.
|
| (c) |
Without prejudice to Clause 27.5 (Copy of Transfer Certificate to the Borrowers), paragraph (b) above shall not apply to any Transfer Certificate or any Assignment Agreement.
|
| (d) |
Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party.
|
| (e) |
If the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties.
|
| (f) |
If the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers) under this Agreement, it shall promptly notify the
other Finance Parties.
|
| (g) |
The Agent shall have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in the Finance Documents to which it is expressed to be a party (and no others shall be implied).
|
| 29.4 |
Role of the Mandated Lead Arrangers
|
| 29.5 |
No fiduciary duties
|
| (a) |
Nothing in any Finance Document constitutes the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person, save as set out in Clause 29.1 (Appointment of the Agent)
(a).
|
| (b) |
Neither the Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arranger shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.
|
| 29.6 |
Business with any Obligor
|
| 29.7 |
Rights and discretions
|
| (a) |
The Agent may:
|
| (i) |
rely on any representation, communication, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
|
| (ii) |
assume that:
|
| (A) |
any instructions received by it from the Majority Lenders, any Lenders or any group of Lenders are duly given in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents; and
|
| (B) |
unless it has received notice of revocation, that those instructions have not been revoked; and
|
| (iii) |
rely on a certificate from any person:
|
| (A) |
as to any matter of fact or circumstance which might reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of that person; or
|
| (B) |
to the effect that such person approves of any particular dealing, transaction, step, action or thing,
|
| (b) |
The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders and the Hedging Banks) that:
|
| (i) |
no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 26.1 (Non-payment));
|
| (ii) |
any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or any group of Lenders has not been exercised; and
|
| (iii) |
any notice or request made by the Guarantor (other than a Utilisation Request or Selection Notice) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Obligors.
|
| (c) |
The Agent may engage and pay for the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts.
|
| (d) |
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (c) above or paragraph (e) below, the Agent may at any time engage and pay for the services of any lawyers to act as independent counsel to the Agent (and so separate from any lawyers
instructed by the Lenders or any Hedging Bank) if the Agent in its reasonable opinion deems this to be necessary.
|
| (e) |
The Agent may rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts (whether obtained by the Agent or by any other Party) and shall not be liable for any
damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of its so relying.
|
| (f) |
The Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its officers, employees and agents and the Agent shall not:
|
| (i) |
be liable for any error of judgment made by any such person; or
|
| (ii) |
be bound to supervise, or be in any way responsible for, any loss incurred by reason of misconduct, omission or default on the part of any such person,
|
| (g) |
Unless a Finance Document expressly provides otherwise the Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement.
|
| (h) |
Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arrangers is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would, or might in its reasonable opinion, constitute a
breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.
|
| (i) |
Notwithstanding any provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, the Agent is not obliged to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties, obligations or
responsibilities or the exercise of any right, power, authority or discretion if it has grounds for believing the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against, or security for, such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it.
|
| 29.8 |
Responsibility for documentation
|
| (a) |
the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Agent, any Mandated Lead Arranger, an Obligor or any other person in or in connection with any Finance Document or the transactions
contemplated in the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;
|
| (b) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance
Document; or
|
| (c) |
any determination as to whether any information provided or to be provided to any Finance Party is non-public information the use of which may be regulated or prohibited by applicable law or regulation relating to insider dealing or
otherwise.
|
| 29.9 |
No duty to monitor
|
| (a) |
whether or not any Default has occurred;
|
| (b) |
as to the performance, default or any breach by any Party of its obligations under any Finance Document; or
|
| (c) |
whether any other event specified in any Finance Document has occurred.
|
| 29.10 |
Exclusion of liability
|
| (a) |
Without limiting paragraph (b) below (and without prejudice to any other provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the liability of the Agent and/or the Security Agent), neither the Agent nor the Security Agent will be
liable for:
|
| (i) |
any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value, or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of taking or not taking any action under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its
gross negligence or wilful misconduct;
|
| (ii) |
exercising, or not exercising, any right, power, authority or discretion given to it by, or in connection with, any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of,
under or in connection with, any Finance Document, other than by reason of its gross negligence or wilful misconduct; or
|
| (iii) |
without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) above, any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever, (but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent
or the Security Agent (as the case might be)) arising as a result of:
|
| (A) |
any act, event or circumstance not reasonably within its control; or
|
| (B) |
the general risks of investment in, or the holding of assets in, any jurisdiction,
|
| (b) |
No Party (other than the Agent and/or the Security Agent as relevant) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of respectively the Agent and/or the Security Agent in respect of any claim it might have against
the Agent and/or the Security Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of respectively the Agent and/or the Security
Agent may rely on this Clause.
|
| (c) |
The Agent and/or the Security Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by the Agent and/or the Security Agent if
respectively the Agent and/or the Security Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Agent
and/or the Security Agent for that purpose.
|
| (d) |
Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent or the Security Agent or any Mandated Lead Arranger to carry out:
|
| (i) |
any "know your customer" or other checks in relation to any person; or
|
| (ii) |
any check on the extent to which any transaction contemplated by this Agreement might be unlawful for any Lender,
|
| (e) |
Without prejudice to any provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the Agent's and/or the Security Agent's liability, any liability of the Agent and/or the Security Agent arising under or in connection with any Finance
Document shall be limited to the amount of actual loss which has been suffered (as determined by reference to the date of default of the Agent and/or the Security Agent or, if later, the date on which the loss arises as a result of such
default) but without reference to any special conditions or circumstances known to the, as relevant, Agent or Security Agent at any time which increase the amount of that loss. In no event shall the Agent and/or the Security Agent be
liable for any loss of profits, goodwill, reputation, business opportunity or anticipated saving, or for special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages, whether or not the Agent and/or the Security Agent has been advised of the
possibility of such loss or damages.
|
| 29.11 |
Lenders' indemnity to the Agent and Security Agent
|
| 29.12 |
Resignation of the Agent
|
| (a) |
The Agent may resign as Agent and/or Security Agent and appoint one of its Affiliates as successor by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Borrowers.
|
| (b) |
Alternatively, the Agent may resign as Agent and/or Security Agent by giving thirty (30) days' notice to the other Finance Parties and the Borrowers, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with the Borrowers) may
appoint a successor Agent and/or Security Agent.
|
| (c) |
If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent and/or Security Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above within twenty (20) days after notice of resignation was given, the retiring Agent (after consultation with the
Borrowers) may appoint a successor Agent and/or Security Agent.
|
| (d) |
The retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as
Agent under the Finance Documents.
|
| (e) |
The Agent's resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor.
|
| (f) |
Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation as Agent and/or Security Agent (as the case may be) in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain entitled to the benefit
of this Clause 29 (Role of the Agent, the Security Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers) (and any agency fees for the account of the retiring Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be
payable on) that date). Any successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party.
|
| (g) |
After consultation with the Borrowers, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the Agent, require it to resign as Agent and/or Security Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above. In this event, the Agent shall resign as Agent
and/or Security Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above.
|
| (h) |
The Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above (and, to the extent applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to appoint a successor Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) above) if on or after the date which is three (3)
months before the earliest FATCA Application Date relating to any payment to the Agent under the Finance Documents, either:
|
| (i) |
the Agent fails to respond to a request under Clause 14.7 (FATCA Information) and a Lender reasonably believes that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or
after that FATCA Application Date;
|
| (ii) |
the information supplied by the Agent pursuant to Clause 14.7 (FATCA Information) indicates that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA
Application Date; or
|
| (iii) |
the Agent notifies the Borrowers and the Lenders that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;
|
| 29.13 |
Confidentiality
|
| (a) |
In acting as agent for the Finance Parties, the Agent shall be regarded as acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or departments.
|
| (b) |
If information is received by another division or department of the Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it.
|
| 29.14 |
Relationship with the Lenders
|
| (a) |
Subject to Clause 27.6 (Pro rata interest settlement), the Agent may treat the person shown in its records as Lender at the opening of business (in the place of the Agent's principal office as
notified to the Finance Parties from time to time) as the Lender acting through its Facility Office:
|
| (i) |
entitled to or liable for any payment due under any Finance Document on that day; and
|
| (ii) |
entitled to receive and act upon any notice, request, document or communication or make any decision or determination under any Finance Document made or delivered on that day,
|
| (b) |
Any Lender may by notice to the Agent appoint a person to receive on its behalf all notices, communications, information and documents to be made or despatched to that Lender under the Finance Documents. Such notice shall contain the
address, e-mail and any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means (and, in each case, the department or officer, if any, for whose attention communication is to be made) and be treated as
a notification of a substitute address, e- mail, department and officer by that Lender for the purposes of Clause 34.2 (Addresses) and Clause 34.5 (Electronic
communication) and the Agent shall be entitled to treat such person as the person entitled to receive all such notices, communications, information and documents as though that person were that Lender.
|
| 29.15 |
Credit appraisal by the Lenders and the Hedging Banks
|
| (a) |
the financial condition, status and nature of each Obligor;
|
| (b) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance
Document;
|
| (c) |
whether that Lender or Hedging Banks have recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the
Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and
|
| (d) |
the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information provided by the Agent, any Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any
other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.
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| 29.16 |
Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent
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| 30. |
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES
|
| (a) |
interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;
|
| (b) |
oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or
|
| (c) |
oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.
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| 31. |
SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
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| 31.1 |
Payments to Finance Parties
|
| (a) |
the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days, notify details of the receipt or recovery to the Agent;
|
| (b) |
the Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt or recovery been received or made by the Agent and distributed in accordance with
Clause 32 (Payment mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and
|
| (c) |
the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the "Sharing Payment") equal to such receipt or recovery less any amount
which the Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause 32.5 (Partial payments).
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| 31.2 |
Redistribution of payments
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| 31.3 |
Recovering Finance Party's rights
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| 31.4 |
Reversal of redistribution
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| (a) |
each Sharing Finance Party shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to the Agent for the account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an amount as is
necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to pay) (the "Redistributed Amount");
and
|
| (b) |
as between the relevant Obligor and each relevant Sharing Finance Party, an amount equal to the relevant Redistributed Amount will be treated as not having been paid by that Obligor.
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| 31.5 |
Exceptions
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| (a) |
This Clause 31 (Sharing among the Finance Parties) shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and
enforceable claim against the relevant Obligor.
|
| (b) |
A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings, if:
|
| (i) |
it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings; and
|
| (ii) |
that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable having received notice and did not take separate legal or arbitration
proceedings.
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| 32. |
PAYMENT MECHANICS
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| 32.1 |
Payments to the Agent
|
| (a) |
On each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, that Obligor or Lender shall make the same available to the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for
value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.
|
| (b) |
Payment shall be made to such account with such bank as the Agent specifies.
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| 32.2 |
Distributions by the Agent
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| 32.3 |
Distributions to an Obligor
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| 32.4 |
Clawback
|
| (a) |
Where a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to
establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum.
|
| (b) |
If the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the
Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost of funds.
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| 32.5 |
Partial payments
|
| (a) |
If the Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations of that Obligor under the
Finance Documents in the following order:
|
| (i) |
first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Agent and Security Agent under the Finance Documents (other than a Secured Hedging Agreement);
|
| (ii) |
secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;
|
| (iii) |
thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement;
|
| (iv) |
fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents (other than a Secured Hedging Agreement); and
|
| (v) |
fifthly, in or towards any periodic payments and any other amounts due but unpaid under any Secured Hedging Agreement.
|
| (b) |
The Agent shall, if so directed by all Lenders, vary the order set out in sub-paragraphs (a)(i) to (iv) above.
|
| (c) |
Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by an Obligor.
|
| 32.6 |
No set-off by the Obligors
|
| 32.7 |
Business Days
|
| (a) |
Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
|
| (b) |
During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.
|
| 32.8 |
Currency of account
|
| (a) |
Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, USD is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any Finance Document.
|
| (b) |
Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
|
| (c) |
Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than USD shall be paid in that other currency.
|
| 32.9 |
Change of currency
|
| (a) |
Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then:
|
| (i) |
any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the
Agent (after consultation with the Borrowers); and
|
| (ii) |
any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the
Agent (acting reasonably).
|
| (b) |
If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Borrowers) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted
conventions and market practice in the London interbank market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.
|
| 33. |
SET-OFF
|
| 34. |
NOTICES
|
| 34.1 |
Communications in writing
|
| 34.2 |
Addresses
|
| (a) |
in the case of the Obligors;
|
| (b) |
in the case of the Security Agent and Agent, that identified with its name below,
|
| (c) |
to each Lender and other Finance Party at such details as it has informed the Agent of in writing,
|
| 34.3 |
Delivery
|
| (a) |
Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will, unless otherwise stated herein, only be effective:
|
| (i) |
if by way of email, when actually received in readable form; or
|
| (ii) |
if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address;
|
| (b) |
Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with the
Agent's signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Agent shall specify for this purpose).
|
| (c) |
All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the Agent.
|
| (d) |
Any communication or document made or delivered to any of the Obligors in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors.
|
| 34.4 |
Notification of address and e-mail
|
| 34.5 |
Electronic communication
|
| (a) |
Any communication to be made between the Agent and the other Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means as an accepted form of communication unless and until the
relevant Party notifies the Agent to the contrary.
|
| (b) |
The Parties agree to:
|
| (i) |
notify the Agent in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by electronic communication; and
|
| (ii) |
notify the Agent in writing of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them.
|
| (c) |
Subject to paragraph (d) below, any electronic communication made between the Parties will be effective only when actually received in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Party to the Agent only if
it is addressed in such a manner as the Agent shall specify for this purpose.
|
| (d) |
The Finance Parties confirm that they have consented to the use of the Agent's Debtdomain systems as an accepted method of communication under and in connection with the Finance Documents and agree that the Debtdomain system will be
the primary method of communication between the Agent and the other Finance Parties until and unless the Agent notifies them of a replacing system of communication. The Finance Parties acknowledge that a communication via Debtdomain (or
replacing system) will be effective once the communication is posted to Debtdomain (or replacing system) by the Agent.
|
| 34.6 |
English language
|
| (a) |
Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English.
|
| (b) |
All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be:
|
| (i) |
in English; or
|
| (ii) |
if not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.
|
| 35. |
CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
|
| 35.1 |
Accounts
|
| 35.2 |
Certificates and Determinations
|
| 35.3 |
Day count convention
|
| 36. |
PARTIAL INVALIDITY
|
| 37. |
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
|
| 38. |
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
|
| 38.1 |
Required consents
|
| (a) |
Subject to Clause 38.2 (Exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Guarantor and any such amendment or waiver
will be binding on all Parties.
|
| (b) |
The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause 38 (Amendments and waivers).
|
| (c) |
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of Clause 29.7 (Rights and discretions), the Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the services of lawyers in determining the
consent level required for and effecting any amendment, waiver or consent under this Agreement.
|
| (d) |
Each Obligor agrees to any such amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause 38 (Amendments and waivers) which is agreed to by the Guarantor. This includes any amendment or waiver which would,
but for this paragraph (d), require the consent of all or any of the Borrowers and/or Obligors.
|
| 38.2 |
Exceptions
|
| (a) |
An amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates to:
|
| (i) |
an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents;
|
| (ii) |
a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable;
|
| (iii) |
any change of currency;
|
| (iv) |
an increase in or an extension of any Commitment;
|
| (v) |
an extension of an Availability Period;
|
| (vi) |
Clause 2.3 (Finance Parties' rights and obligations), Clause 27 (Changes to the Lenders) or this Clause 38 (Amendments
and waivers);
|
| (vii) |
the release, nature or scope or any other change of the guarantee and indemnity granted under Clause 20 (Guarantee and indemnity);
|
| (viii) |
governing law and jurisdiction;
|
| (ix) |
change to any provisions in respect of Sanctions Laws, Sanctions Authority, Restricted Party (and any other elements relating to sanctions);
|
| (x) |
the manner in which any payment and proceeds are being applied;
|
| (xi) |
the nature or scope or any other change to the Security Documents or the Security granted thereunder;
|
| (xii) |
the definition of "Majority Lenders" or "Incremental Facility Majority Lenders" in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);
|
| (xiii) |
any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders;
|
| (xiv) |
a change to any Obligor or any change to the definition "Change of Control";
|
| (xv) |
the joint and several liability of the Obligors and/or the nature or scope of the joint and several liability of the Obligors; or
|
| (xvi) |
release of any Security created by the Security Documents unless permitted under the Finance Documents or undertaken by the Agent acting on instruction of the Majority Lenders following an Event of Default which is continuing;
|
| (b) |
An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent or any Mandated Lead Arranger (each in their capacity as such) may not be effected without the consent of the Agent or, as the case may be, the relevant
Mandated Lead Arranger.
|
| (c) |
Clause 38.1 (Required consent) and the above paragraph (a) – (b) shall not apply to any Secured Hedging Agreement which shall be amended solely according to its terms and with only consent
required by the relevant Obligor(s) and the Hedging Bank being parties thereto and any amendment or waiver of any other Finance Document which relates to the rights or obligations of a Hedging Bank (each in its capacity as such) may not
be effected without the consent of the relevant Hedging Bank.
|
| 38.3 |
Changes to reference rates
|
| (a) |
Subject to Clause 38.2 (Exceptions) paragraph (b), if a Published Rate Replacement Event has occurred in relation to any Published Rate, any amendment or waiver which relates to:
|
| (i) |
providing for the use of a Replacement Reference Rate in place of that Published Rate; and
|
| (A) |
aligning any provision of any Finance Document to the use of that Replacement Reference Rate;
|
| (B) |
enabling that Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the calculation of interest under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any consequential changes required to enable that Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the
purposes of this Agreement);
|
| (C) |
implementing market conventions applicable to that Replacement Reference Rate;
|
| (D) |
providing for appropriate fallback (and market disruption) provisions for that Replacement Reference Rate; or
|
| (E) |
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 Reference Rate (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),
|
| (b) |
If any Lender fails to respond to a request for an amendment or waiver described in paragraph (a) above within ten (10) Business Days (or such longer time period in relation to any request which the Borrowers and the Agent may agree)
of that request being made:
|
| (i) |
its Commitment(s) shall not be included for the purpose of calculating the Total Commitments under the relevant Facility/ies when ascertaining whether any relevant percentage of Total Commitments has been obtained to approve that
request; and
|
| (ii) |
its status as a Lender shall be disregarded for the purpose of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve that request.
|
| (c) |
In this Clause 38.3:
|
| (a) |
Term SOFR for any Quoted Tenor;
|
| (b) |
SOFR;
|
| (c) |
Central Bank Rate; or
|
| (d) |
any replacement Reference Rate to the extent that it has previously replaced any Published Rate pursuant to this clause.
|
| (a) |
the methodology, formula or other means of determining that Published Rate has, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrowers materially changed;
|
| (A) |
the administrator of that Published 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 Published Rate is insolvent,
|
| (ii) |
the administrator of that Published Rate publicly announces that it has ceased or will cease to provide that Published Rate permanently or indefinitely and, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide
that Published Rate;
|
| (iii) |
the supervisor of the administrator of that Published Rate publicly announces that such Published Rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely discontinued; or
|
| (iv) |
the administrator of that Published Rate or its supervisor announces that that Published Rate may no longer be used.
|
| (c) |
the administrator of that Published Rate (or the administrator of an interest rate which is a constituent element of that Published Rate) determines that that Published 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 Majority Lenders and the Obligors) temporary; or
|
| (ii) |
that Published Rate is calculated in accordance with any such policy or arrangement for a period no less than 20 days; or
|
| (d) |
in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrowers, that Published Rate is otherwise no longer appropriate for the purposes of calculating interest under this Agreement.
|
| (a) |
formally designated, nominated or recommended as the replacement for a Published Rate by:
|
| (i) |
the administrator of that Published Rate (provided that the market or economic reality that such reference rate measures is the same as that measured by that Published Rate); or
|
| (ii) |
any Relevant Nominating Body,
|
| (b) |
in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrowers, generally accepted in the international or any relevant domestic syndicated loan markets as the appropriate successor to a Published Rate; or
|
| (c) |
in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrowers, an appropriate successor to a Published Rate.
|
| 39. |
CONFIDENTIALITY
|
| 39.1 |
Confidential information
|
| 39.2 |
Disclosure of Confidential Information
|
| (a) |
to any of its Affiliates and related funds any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and representatives and any of its insurers, reinsurers, insurance brokers, reinsurance brokers
and other credit risk protection providers such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in
writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information, except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional
obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information;
|
| (b) |
to any person:
|
| (i) |
to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents and to any of that person's Affiliates, related funds,
representatives and professional advisers;
|
| (ii) |
with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to,
one or more Finance Documents and/or the Obligors and to any of that person's Affiliates, related funds, representatives and professional advisers;
|
| (iii) |
appointed by any Finance Party or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf (including, without
limitation, any person appointed under paragraph (b) of Clause 29.14 (Relationship with the Lenders));
|
| (iv) |
who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) above;
|
| (v) |
to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or
pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;
|
| (vi) |
to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes;
|
| (vii) |
to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise creates a security interest (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 27.8 (Security over Lenders' rights);
|
| (viii) |
who is a Party; or
|
| (ix) |
with the consent of the Obligors;
|
| (A) |
in relation to sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality undertaking except that there shall be no requirement for a confidentiality
undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information;
|
| (B) |
in relation to sub-paragraph (iv) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the
Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information; and
|
| (C) |
in relation to sub-paragraphs (b)(v), (b)(vi) and (b)(vii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be
price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of that Finance Party, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances;
|
| (c) |
to any person appointed by that Finance Party or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without
limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in
this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master confidentiality undertaking for Use With
Administration/ Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Obligors and the relevant Finance Party;
|
| (d) |
to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry out its normal rating activities in relation to the Finance Documents
and/or the Obligors if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information;
|
| (e) |
as set out in Clause 27.7 (Securitisation) of this Agreement.
|
| 39.3 |
Disclosure to numbering service providers
|
| (a) |
Any Finance Party may disclose to any national or international numbering service provider appointed by that Finance Party to provide identification numbering services in respect of this Agreement, the Facilities and/or the Obligors
the following information:
|
| (i) |
name of the Obligors;
|
| (ii) |
country of domicile of the Obligors;
|
| (iii) |
place of incorporation of the Obligors;
|
| (iv) |
date of this Agreement;
|
| (v) |
the names of the Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers;
|
| (vi) |
date of each amendment and restatement of this Agreement;
|
| (vii) |
amount of Total Commitments;
|
| (viii) |
currencies of the Facilities;
|
| (ix) |
type of Facilities;
|
| (x) |
ranking of Facilities;
|
| (xi) |
the Maturity Date;
|
| (xii) |
changes to any of the information previously supplied pursuant to sub- paragraphs (i) to (xi) above; and
|
| (xiii) |
such other information agreed between such Finance Party and the Borrowers,
|
| (b) |
The Parties acknowledge and agree that each identification number assigned to this Agreement, the Facilities and/or the Obligors by a numbering service provider and the information associated with each such number may be disclosed to
users of its services in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of that numbering service provider.
|
| (c) |
The Obligors represent that none of the information set out in sub-paragraphs (i) to (xiii) of paragraph (a) above is, nor will at any time be, unpublished price-sensitive information.
|
| 39.4 |
Agent's publication
|
| 39.5 |
Entire agreement
|
| 39.6 |
Inside information
|
| 39.7 |
Notification of disclosure
|
| (a) |
of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to sub-paragraph (b)(v) of Clause 39.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information), except where such disclosure
is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
|
| (b) |
upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 39 (Confidentiality).
|
| 39.8 |
Continuing obligations
|
| (a) |
the date on which all amounts payable by the Obligors under or in connection with this Agreement have been paid in full and all Commitments have been cancelled or otherwise cease to be available; and
|
| (b) |
the date on which such Finance Party otherwise ceases to be a Finance Party.
|
| 40. |
CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES
|
| 40.1 |
Confidentiality and disclosure
|
| (a) |
The Agent and each Obligor agree to keep each Funding Rate confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by paragraphs (b) and (c) below.
|
| (b) |
The Agent may disclose:
|
| (i) |
any Funding Rate to the relevant Borrower pursuant to Clause 10.4 (Notifications); and
|
| (ii) |
any Funding Rate to any person appointed by it to provide administration services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents to the extent necessary to enable such service provider to provide those services if the service
provider to whom that information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other
form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Agent and the relevant Lender.
|
| (c) |
The Agent and each Obligor may disclose any Funding Rate to:
|
| (i) |
any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives if any person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given pursuant to this sub-paragraph (i) is
informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the
confidentiality of that Funding Rate or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to it;
|
| (ii) |
any person to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock
exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation if the person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be
no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Agent or the relevant Obligor, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;
|
| (iii) |
any person to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes if the person to whom that Funding
Rate is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Agent or the relevant Obligor, as the
case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; and
|
| (iv) |
any person with the consent of the relevant Lender.
|
| 40.2 |
Related obligations
|
| (a) |
The Agent and each Obligor acknowledge that each Funding Rate is or may be price- sensitive information and that its use may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing
and market abuse and the Agent and each Obligor undertake not to use any Funding Rate for any unlawful purpose.
|
| (b) |
The Agent and each Obligor agree (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the relevant Lender:
|
| (i) |
of the circumstances of any disclosure made pursuant to sub-paragraph (c)(ii) of Clause 40.1 (Confidentiality and disclosure) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons
referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
|
| (ii) |
upon becoming aware that any information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 40 (Confidentiality of Funding Rates)
|
| 40.3 |
No Event of Default
|
| 41. |
COUNTERPARTS
|
| 42. |
CONFLICT
|
| 42.1 |
Conflict
|
| 42.2 |
Contractual recognition of bail-in
|
| (a) |
any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):
|
| (i) |
a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;
|
| (ii) |
a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and
|
| (iii) |
a cancellation of any such liability; and
|
| (b) |
a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.
|
| 43. |
GOVERNING LAW
|
| 44. |
ENFORCEMENT
|
| 44.1 |
Jurisdiction
|
| (a) |
The courts of Norway, the venue to be Oslo District Court (in Norwegian: Oslo tingrett) have jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including
a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement (a "Dispute")).
|
| (b) |
The Parties agree that the courts of Norway are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.
|
| (c) |
This Clause 44.1 (Jurisdiction) is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only. As a result, no Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other
courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
|
| 44.2 |
Service of process
|
| (a) |
irrevocably appoints DHT Management AS, Haakon VIIs gate 1, P.O. Box 2039 Vika, 0125 Oslo, Norway as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the Norwegian courts in connection with any Finance Document;
|
| (b) |
agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Borrower and/or Guarantor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned, and
|
| (c) |
consents to the service of process to any such proceedings before the Norwegian courts by delivering of a copy of the process to DHT Management AS' from time to time officially registered address in Norway.
|
|
#
|
Name:
|
Title:
|
Term Loan
Facility
Commitment:
|
Revolving Credit
Facility
Commitment:
|
Commitment:
|
|
1.
|
ING Bank N.V.
|
Coordinator,
Agent and Security Agent
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
2.
|
ING Bank, a branch of ING- DiBa AG
|
Original Lender, Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Original
Hedging Bank
|
USD 35,061,475.41
|
USD 37,438,524.59
|
USD 72,500,000
|
|
3.
|
Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge
|
Coordinator, Original Lender, Mandated Lead Arranger
and Bookrunner
|
USD 35,061,475.41
|
USD 37,438,524.59
|
USD 72,500,000
|
|
4.
|
Nordea Bank Abp
|
Original Hedging Bank
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
5.
|
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)
|
Original Lender, Mandated Lead Arranger and Original
Hedging Bank
|
USD 19,344,262.30
|
USD 20,655,737.70
|
USD 40,000,000
|
|
6.
|
ABN AMRO Bank
N.V., Oslo Branch
|
Original Lender and Mandated
Lead Arranger
|
USD 19,344,262.30
|
USD 20,655,737.70
|
USD 40,000,000
|
|
7.
|
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
|
Original Hedging Bank
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
8.
|
Danish Ship Finance A/S
|
Original Lender, Mandated Lead Arranger
and Original Hedging Bank
|
USD 19,344,262.30
|
USD 20,655,737.70
|
USD 40,000,000
|
|
9.
|
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
|
Original Lender and Mandated
Lead Arranger
|
USD 19,344,262.30
|
USD 20,655,737.70
|
USD 40,000,000
|
|
Total Commitments:
|
Up to USD 147,500,000
|
Up to USD 157,500,000
|
Up to USD 305,000,000
|
||
|
#
|
Original Borrower
|
Original Vessel
|
Built
|
Type
|
Term Loan Facility
(USD)
|
Revolving Credit
Facility
(USD)
|
Total Loans (USD)
|
Quarterly instalments for Term Loan Facility
(USD)1
|
|
1.
|
DHT Mustang, Inc. (MI)
|
"DHT Mustang", IMO no.
9823003 (HK)
|
08.10.2018
|
VLCC
|
15,000,000
|
25,000,000
|
40,000,000
|
625,000
|
|
2.
|
DHT Bronco, Inc. (MI)
|
"DHT Bronco", IMO no.
9822994 (HK)
|
01.08.2018
|
VLCC
|
15,000,000
|
25,000,000
|
40,000,000
|
625,000
|
|
3.
|
DHT Puma Limited (MI)
|
"DHT Puma",
IMO no.
9728837 (HK)
|
31.08.2016
|
VLCC
|
15,000,000
|
20,000,000
|
35,000,000
|
625,000
|
|
4.
|
DHT Panther Limited (MI)
|
"DHT Panther", IMO no.
9722900 (HK)
|
05.08.2016
|
VLCC
|
15,000,000
|
20,000,000
|
35,000,000
|
625,000
|
|
5.
|
DHT Lion Limited (MI)
|
"DHT Lion", IMO no. 9722895
(HK)
|
15.03.2016
|
VLCC
|
15,000,000
|
20,000,000
|
35,000,000
|
625,000
|
|
6.
|
DHT Leopard Limited (MI)
|
"DHT Leopard", IMO no.
9733961 (HK)
|
04.01.2016
|
VLCC
|
15,000,000
|
20,000,000
|
35,000,000
|
625,000
|
|
7.
|
Samco Iota Ltd. (CI)
|
"DHT Taiga",
IMO no.
9590888 (HK)
|
24.09.2012
|
VLCC
|
15,000,000
|
10,000,000
|
25,000,000
|
625,000
|
|
8.
|
Samco Theta Ltd. (CI)
|
"DHT
Sundarbans", IMO no.
9590876 (HK)
|
16.05.2012
|
VLCC
|
15,000,000
|
10,000,000
|
25,000,000
|
625,000
|
|
9.
|
Samco Kappa Ltd. (CI)
|
"DHT
Redwood", IMO
no. 9528940 (HK)
|
25.10.2011
|
VLCC
|
15,000,000
|
7,500,000
|
22,500,000
|
625,000
|
|
10.
|
Samco Epsilon Ltd. (CI)
|
"DHT China",
IMO no.
9315161 (HK)
|
16.05.2007
|
VLCC
|
12,500,000
|
-
|
12,500,000
|
625,000
|
|
Total (USD)
|
147,500,000
|
157,500,000
|
305,000,000
|
6,250,000
|
||||
| 1. |
Relating to each of the Borrowers and the Guarantor
|
| (a) |
Certified copies of the constitutional documents of the relevant company;
|
| (b) |
Certificate of incorporation, extract from the relevant company registry and/or updated certificate of good standing;
|
| (c) |
A certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the relevant company:
|
| (i) |
approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
|
| (ii) |
authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and
|
| (iii) |
authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
|
| (d) |
Certified copies of the resolutions of the Borrowers' shareholder(s) approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party, if applicable.
|
| (e) |
A copy of the passports of any Director of the relevant company and of each other person signing any Finance Documents, and specimen of the signature of such persons if not evidenced by the passport copy;
|
| (f) |
An original Power of Attorney (notarised and legalised if requested by the Agent);
|
| (g) |
Evidence of any shareholders owning more than 25% of the Guarantor based on latestpublicly available filings;
|
| (h) |
A copy of the Original Financial Statements of the Guarantor; and
|
| (i) |
A certificate of an authorised signatory (including any authorised director, secretary, treasurer or chief financial officer) of the relevant company setting out the name of the Directors of the relevant Obligor certifying that
each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.
|
| 2. |
Authorisations
|
| 3. |
Finance Documents
|
| (a) |
The Agreement; and (All Finance Documents to be delivered in original unless otherwise approved by the Agent).
|
| 4. |
Legal opinions
|
| (a) |
A legal opinion from the legal advisers to the Agent in the relevant jurisdiction, substantially in the form distributed to and approved by all Lenders prior to signing this Agreement; and
|
| (b) |
Any such other favourable legal opinions in form and substance satisfactory to all Lenders from lawyers appointed by the Agent on matters concerning all relevant jurisdictions.
|
| 5. |
Other documents and evidence
|
| (a) |
Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 44.2 (Service of process), if not an Obligor, has accepted its appointment;
|
| (b) |
A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor accordingly) in connection with the entry into
and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document;
|
| (c) |
Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrowers pursuant to Clause 13 (Fees), Clause 18 (Costs and expenses) and any Fee
Letters have been paid or will be paid by the date hereof; and
|
| (d) |
Any other documents as reasonably requested by the Agent, hereunder any additional documentation required for any Finance Party to comply with their "know your customer" requirements.
|
| 1. |
Relating to each of the Borrowers and the Guarantor
|
| 2. |
Authorisations
|
| 3. |
Finance Documents
|
| (a) |
The Mortgages;
|
| (b) |
The Assignment Agreements;
|
| (c) |
A notice of assignment of Insurances and acknowledgement thereof or standard letters of undertaking;
|
| (d) |
A notice of assignment of Earnings (if applicable) and acknowledgement thereof;
|
| (e) |
A notice of assignment of claims under any Secured Hedging Agreements (if applicable) and acknowledgments thereof;
|
| (f) |
The Pledges of Shares with the notices, transcripts, share certificates and other evidence required thereunder.
|
|
(g)
|
Any Intra Group Loans Assignment Agreements with the notices, the acknowledgements, transcripts and evidence required thereunder;
|
| (h) |
Any Charterparty Assignment; and
|
| (i) |
A notice of assignment of Charterparty and acknowledgement thereof.
|
| 4. |
Documents relating to the relevant Vessel
|
| (a) |
If relevant, copy of the Shipbuilding Contract and/or copy of the MOA with any amendments or additions;
|
| (b) |
If relevant, a copy of the Builder Certificate and/or Bill of Sale (as applicable under the relevant Shipbuilding Contract or MOA);
|
| (c) |
If relevant, a copy of the Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance under the relevant Shipbuilding Contract or MOA;
|
| (d) |
Copies of insurance policies/cover notes documenting that insurance cover has been taken out in respect of the Vessel in accordance with Clause 24.2 (Insurance - Vessels), and evidencing
that the Agent's Security in the insurance policies have been noted in accordance with the relevant notices as required under the Assignment Agreement;
|
| (e) |
A copy of any Charterparty, hereunder any Bareboat Charter;
|
| (f) |
The Letter of Undertaking;
|
| (g) |
A copy of the current DOC;
|
| (h) |
A copy of any Technical Management Agreement;
|
| (i) |
A copy of any Commercial Management Agreement;
|
| (j) |
A copy of updated confirmations of class (or equivalent) in respect of the Vessel from the relevant classification society, confirming that the Vessel is classed in accordance with Clause 23.4 (Classification
and repairs), free of extensions and overdue recommendations;
|
| (k) |
A copy of the Vessel's current SMC;
|
| (l) |
A copy of the Vessel's ISSC;
|
| (m) |
A copy of the Vessel's IAPPC;
|
| (n) |
A Green Passport or an equivalent document in respect of the relevant Vessel; and
|
| (o) |
Updated Valuation Certificates, including valuations fulfilling requirements for Market Value from one (or more as relevant) Approved Broker(s) in respect of the Vessel issued no more than thirty (30) days prior to the Utilisation
Date.
|
| (p) |
Evidence (by way of transcript of registry) that the Vessel is registered in the name of the relevant Borrower in an Approved Ship Registry acceptable to the Agent, and if relevant, bareboat registered in the Bareboat Registry,
that the Mortgage has been, or will in connection with Utilisation of the Loan be, executed and recorded with its intended first priority against the Vessel, hereunder if relevant in the Bareboat Registry, and that no other
encumbrances, maritime liens, mortgages or debts whatsoever are registered against the Vessel.
|
| 5. |
Legal opinions
|
| (a) |
A legal opinion from the legal advisers to the Agent in the relevant jurisdiction, substantially in the form distributed to and approved by all Lenders; and
|
| (b) |
Any such other favourable legal opinions in form and substance satisfactory to all Lenders from lawyers appointed by the Agent on matters concerning all relevant jurisdictions.
|
| 6. |
Other documents and evidence
|
| (a) |
Evidence that any process agent referred to in the Security Documents, if not a Party to this Agreement, has accepted its appointment;
|
| (b) |
A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrowers accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of
the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document;
|
| (c) |
The Utilisation Request at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Utilisation Date;
|
| (d) |
If relevant, evidence that all instalments due under the relevant Shipbuilding Contract prior to the Utilisation Date have been paid;
|
| (e) |
A favourable opinion from the Agent's insurance consultants at the expense of the Borrowers confirming that the required insurances have been placed and are acceptable to the Agent and that the underwriters are acceptable to the
Agent;
|
| (f) |
A Compliance Certificate confirming compliance with the financial covenants as set out in Clause 22 (Financial covenants);
|
| (g) |
Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrowers pursuant to Clause 12 (Fees), Clause 17 (Costs and expenses) and any Fee
Letters have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date;
|
| (h) |
Any agreements in respect of Intra Group Loans and evidence that they are subordinated to the obligations of the Borrowers under the Finance Documents;
|
| (i) |
Manager's Undertakings from the Technical Manager and the Commercial Manager in such form as the Agent may reasonably require;
|
| (j) |
A letter from the Guarantor confirming that there have been no Material Adverse Effect and that there is no Default; and
|
| (k) |
Any other documents as reasonably requested by the Agent, hereunder any additional documentation required for any Finance Party to comply with their "know your customer" requirements.
|
| (a) |
The conditions precedent set out in Schedule 2 Part I (Conditions precedent to delivery of the first Utilisation Request) with any necessary and logical adjustments for the Accession Letter
and the Additional Borrower.
|
| (b) |
Any other documents or other evidence reasonably requested by the Agent.
|
| (a) |
Establishment of the Incremental Facility and receipt of documents and evidence according to Clause 6 (Establishment of Incremental Facilities);
|
| (b) |
The conditions precedent set out in Schedule 2 Part II (Conditions precedent to a Utilisation of the Original Facilities) with any necessary and logical adjustments for the Incremental
Facility; and
|
| (c) |
Any other documents or other evidence reasonably requested by the Agent.
|
| From: | [●] | |
| To: |
ING BANK N.V. | |
| Date: |
| 1. |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this Utilisation Request.
|
| 2. |
We wish to borrow a Loan on the following terms:
|
|
Proposed Utilisation Date:
|
[●] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the
next Business Day)
|
|
Facility:
|
[●]
|
|
[Tranche]
|
[●]
|
|
Amount:
|
[●]
|
|
Interest period:
|
[3 Months]
|
| 3. |
We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.
|
| 4. |
The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to [account/●].
|
| 5. |
This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
|
| From: | [●] | |
| To: |
ING BANK N.V. as Agent
|
|
| Dated: |
| 1. |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Selection Notice. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Selection Notice unless given a different meaning in this Selection Notice.
|
| 2. |
We refer to the [Description of Loan] with an Interest Period ending on [●].
|
| 3. |
We request that the next Interest Period for this Loan is [●].
|
| 4. |
This Selection Notice is irrevocable.
|
| From: | [●] | |
| To: |
ING BANK N.V. as Agent | |
| Dated: |
| 1. |
We refer to the Agreement. This is an Optional Rate Switch Notice. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this notice unless given a different meaning herein.
|
| 2. |
We hereby request the Agent to switch the Reference Rate for all Loans (which shall apply also for all future Loans and Incremental Facilities whether or not established at the date hereof) from Term SOFR to SOFR starting as of
[the first day in the next Interest Period for the Loans].
|
| 3. |
The Interest Period on each of the Loans shall be [three (3) Months].
|
| 4. |
This Optional Rate Switch Notice is irrevocable.
|
| To: | ING BANK N.V. as Agent | |
| From: | [The Existing Lender] (the "Existing Lender") and [The New Lender] (the "New Lender") | |
| Dated: |
| 1. |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Transfer Certificate.
|
| 2. |
We refer to Clause 26.4 (Procedure for transfer):
|
| (a) |
The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by novation all or part of the Existing Lender's Commitment, rights and obligations referred to in the Schedule in accordance with
Clause 26.4 (Procedure for transfer).
|
| (b) |
The proposed Transfer Date is [●].
|
| (c) |
The Facility Office and address, e-mail and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 33.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule.
|
| 3. |
The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender's obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 26.3 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders).
|
| 4. |
This Transfer Certificate 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 Transfer Certificate.
|
| 5. |
This Transfer Certificate is governed by Norwegian law.
|
| 6. |
This Transfer Certificate has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Transfer Certificate.
|
|
[Existing Lender]
|
[New Lender]
|
|
By:
|
By:
|
| To: |
ING BANK N.V. as Agent | |
| From: |
[Additional Borrower] and DHT Holdings, Inc. | |
| Dated: |
| 1. |
We refer to the Agreement. This letter (the "Accession Letter") shall take effect as an Accession Letter for the purposes of the Agreement. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same
meaning in this Accession Letter unless given a different meaning in this Accession Letter.
|
| 2. |
[Additional Borrower] agrees to become an Additional Borrower and to be bound by the terms of the Agreement and the other Finance Documents as Borrower pursuant to Clause 28.2 (Additional Borrowers) of the Agreement, including for the avoidance of doubt to be bound by the terms of Clause 2.4 (Borrowers' liabilities and obligations)
and Clause 2.5 (Financial Contracts Act).
|
| 3. |
[Additional Borrower] is a company duly incorporated under the laws of [name of relevant jurisdiction] and is a limited liability company with
registered address at [●].
|
| 4. |
The Guarantor confirms that no Default is continuing or would occur as a result of [Additional Borrower] becoming an Additional Borrower.
|
| 5. |
Clause 33.2 (Addresses) of the Agreement apply for [Additional Borrower's] administrative details for the purposes of the Agreement.
|
| 6. |
This Accession Letter shall be deemed to be a Finance Document.
|
| 7. |
This Accession Letter is governed by Norwegian law with legal venue as set out in Clause 43 (Enforcement) of the Agreement.
|
|
.....................................
|
.....................................
|
|
authorised signatory for
|
authorised signatory for
|
|
[Additional Borrower]
|
DHT Holdings, Inc.
|
|
as Additional Borrower
|
as Guarantor
|
|
To:
|
ING BANK N.V. as Agent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From:
|
[ ]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date:
|
|
| 1. |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate.
|
| 2. |
We confirm that as of [insert date] the Guarantor has on a consolidated basis:
|
| a) |
Minimum Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth
|
| Requirement: |
Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth of at least USD 300,000,000, but the Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall in any event minimum 25% of the Value Adjusted Total Assets
|
|
|
In Compliance
|
Yes/No
|
| b) |
Minimum Cash
|
|
Requirement:
|
The higher of USD 30,000,000 and 6% of the Total Interest Bearing Debt | |
|
Minimum Cash*
|
USD ……………./……% | |
|
Total Interest Bearing Debt*
|
USD……………../ ……% |
|
In Compliance
|
Yes/No |
| c) |
Working Capital
|
|
Requirement:
|
Positive | |
|
|
||
|
Current Assets
|
USD..........,..less |
|
Current Debt
|
USD……………. | |
|
|
||
|
In Compliance
|
Yes/No |
| 3. |
We confirm that no Default is continuing.
|
| To: | ING BANK N.V. as Agent | |
| From: | [●] | |
| Date: |
| 1. |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Valuation Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Valuation Certificate.
|
| 2. |
We confirm that the Market Value of the Vessels are [●]% and is thereby in compliance with Clause 8.5 (Market Value) (setting out that the Market Value shall not fall below 135%). The Market
Value for the Vessels are as follows:
|
|
Name of Vessel:
|
Valuation from [Approved Broker]
|
Valuation from [Approved Broker]
|
Average Market Value:
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Please see attached hereto relevant supporting documentation and calculations to ensure compliance with Clauses 22.7 (Market Value) and Clause 8.5 (Market
Value):
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By:
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Name:
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Title: [authorised signatory]
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| To: | ING BANK N.V. as Agent and Security Agent | |
| From: | [●] as Additional Borrower; | |
| DHT Holdings, Inc. as Guarantor; and | ||
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the entities listed in the Schedule as Incremental Facility Lenders (the "Incremental Facility Lenders")
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| Dated: |
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We refer to the Agreement. This is an Incremental Facility Notice which shall take effect as an Incremental Facility Notice for the purposes of the Agreement and other Finance Documents. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same
meaning in this Incremental Facility Notice unless given a different meaning herein.
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We refer to Clause 6.7 (Establishment of Incremental Facility) of the Agreement.
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We request the establishment of an Incremental Facility with the following Incremental Facility Terms:
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Total Incremental Facility Commitments:
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Margin:
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Additional Borrower to which the Incremental Facility is to be made available:
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Additional Vessel being financed by the Incremental Facility:
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Additional Vessel
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Built (yard)
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Built
(year)
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Type
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Market Value
per [date]
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"[Name]", IMO no.
[number] ([flag])
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[●]
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[●]
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[●]
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[●]
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The proposed Establishment Date is [●].
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The Additional Borrower and the Guarantor each confirms that:
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each of:
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the Incremental Facility Terms set out above; and
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any fees payable in connection with the Incremental Facility,
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[Incremental Facility Conditions Precedent];
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[the Incremental Facility Lenders and the Incremental Facility Commitments set out in this Incremental Facility Notice have been selected and allocated in accordance with Clause 6.1 (Selection of
Incremental Facility Lenders) of the Agreement;]; and
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each condition specified in paragraph (a) of Clause 6.6 (Conditions to establishment) of the Agreement is satisfied on the date of this Incremental Facility Notice.
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Each Incremental Facility Lender agrees to assume and will assume all of the obligations corresponding to the Incremental Facility Commitment set opposite its name in the Schedule as if it had been an Original Lender under the
Agreement in respect of that Incremental Facility Commitment.
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On the Establishment Date each Incremental Facility Lender becomes party to the relevant Finance Documents as a Lender.
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Each Incremental Facility Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Lenders' obligations referred to in Clause 6.12 (Limitation of responsibility) of the Agreement.
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Each Incremental Facility Lender confirms that, as from the Establishment Date for this Incremental Facility, it agrees and accepts to be bound by the terms of the Agreement and other Finance Documents as Party in capacity as
"Incremental Facility Lender" and "Lender" and undertakes to perform all the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in such capacities as if it had been an original party to the Agreement and, if relevant, other Finance Documents.
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This Incremental Facility Notice is irrevocable.
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This Incremental Facility Notice shall be deemed to be a Finance Document.
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This Incremental Facility Notice is governed by Norwegian law with legal venue as set out in Clause 43 (Enforcement) of the Agreement.
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Name of Incremental
Facility Lender:
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Administrative details:
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Incremental Facility
Commitment:
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1.
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[●]
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[●]
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[●]
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2.
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[●]
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[●]
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[●]
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3.
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[●]
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[●]
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[●]
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4.
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[●]
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[●]
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[●]
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5.
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[●]
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[●]
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[●]
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6.
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[●]
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[●]
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[●]
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7.
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[●]
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[●]
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[●]
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8.
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[●]
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[●]
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[●]
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Total Commitments:
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Up to USD [●]
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Obligor
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Name and organization number:
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Organisation form:
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Address:
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Name of general manager and directors (or persons holding an equivalent position):
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Borrowers
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DHT Mustang, Inc. (no. 89339)
DHT Bronco, Inc. (no. 89337)
DHT Puma Limited (no, 77003)
DHT Panther Limited (no. 77005)
DHT Lion Limited (no. 77004)
DHT Leopard Limited (no. 77006)
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Marshall Islands corporation limited by shares
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The Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, Marshall Islands
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Director: Erik Andreas Lind
President: Svein Moxnes Harfjeld
Treasurer: Laila Cecilie Halvorsen
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Borrowers
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Samco Iota Ltd. (no. 239276)
Samco Theta Ltd. (no. 239259)
Samco Kappa Ltd. (no. 213860)
Samco Epsilon Ltd. (no. 132064)
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Cayman Island exempted company limited by shares
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c/o Ocorian Trust (Cayman) Limited
P. O. Box 1350 Windward 3 Regatta Office Park Grand Cayman KY1- 1108
Cayman Islands
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Director: Erik Andreas Lind
President: Svein Moxnes Harfjeld
Treasurer: Laila Cecilie Halvorsen
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Guarantor
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DHT Holdings, Inc. (no. 39572)
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Marshall Islands corporation limited by shares
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The Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, Marshall Islands
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Directors: Erik Andreas Lind (chairman), Joseph Howland Pyne, Einar Michael Steimler, Jeremy Rafael Kramer, Sophie Rossini and Iman Hill
CEO/President: Svein Moxnes Harfjeld
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Borrower:
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Borrower:
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DHT Mustang, Inc.
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DHT Bronco, Inc.
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By: /s/ Laila C. Halvorsen
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By: /s/ Laila C. Halvorsen
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Name: Laila C. Halvorsen
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Name: Laila C. Halvorsen
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Title: Attorney-in-Fact
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Title: Attorney-in-Fact |
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Borrower:
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Borrower:
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DHT Puma Limited
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DHT Panther Limited
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By: /s/ Laila C. Halvorsen
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By: /s/ Laila C. Halvorsen
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Name: Laila C. Halvorsen
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Name: Laila C. Halvorsen
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| Title: Attorney-in-Fact | Title: Attorney-in-Fact |
| Borrower: | Borrower: |
| DHT Lion Limited | DHT Leopard Limited |
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By: /s/ Laila C. Halvorsen
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By: /s/ Laila C. Halvorsen
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Name: Laila C. Halvorsen
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Name: Laila C. Halvorsen
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| Title: Attorney-in-Fact | Title: Attorney-in-Fact |
| Borrower: | Borrower: |
| Samco Iota Ltd. | Samco Theta Ltd. |
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By: /s/ Laila C. Halvorsen
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By: /s/ Laila C. Halvorsen
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Name: Laila C. Halvorsen
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Name: Laila C. Halvorsen
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| Title: Attorney-in-Fact | Title: Attorney-in-Fact |
| Borrower: | Borrower: |
| Samco Kappa Ltd. | Samco Epsilon Ltd. |
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By: /s/ Laila C. Halvorsen
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By: /s/ Laila C. Halvorsen
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Name: Laila C. Halvorsen
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Name: Laila C. Halvorsen
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| Title: Attorney-in-Fact | Title: Attorney-in-Fact |
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Guarantor:
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DHT Holdings, Inc.
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By: /s/ Laila C. Halvorsen
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Name: Laila C. Halvorsen
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Title: Attorney-in-Fact
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Coordinator, Agent and Security Agent:
ING Bank N.V.
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Original Lender, Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Original Hedging Bank: ING Bank, a branch of ING-DiBa AG
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By:
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/s/ Sunniva Kinsella |
By:
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/s/ Sunniva Kinsella | ||
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Name: Sunniva Kinsella
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Name: Sunniva Kinsella
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| Title: Attorney-in-fact | Title: Attorney-in-fact | ||||
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Coordinator, Original Lender, Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner: Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge
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Original Hedging Bank:
Nordea Bank Abp
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By:
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/s/ Sunniva Kinsella |
By:
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/s/ Sunniva Kinsella | ||
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Name: Sunniva Kinsella
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Name: Sunniva Kinsella
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| Title: Attorney-in-fact | Title: Attorney-in-fact | ||||
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Original Lender, Mandated Lead Arranger and Original Hedging Bank: Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)
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Original Lender and Mandated Lead Arranger:
ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Oslo Branch
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By:
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/s/ Sunniva Kinsella |
By:
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/s/ Sunniva Kinsella | ||
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Name: Sunniva Kinsella
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Name: Sunniva Kinsella
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| Title: Attorney-in-fact | Title: Attorney-in-fact | ||||
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Original Hedging Bank:
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
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Original Lender, Mandated Lead Arranger and Original Hedging Bank:
Danish Ship Finance A/S
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By:
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/s/ Sunniva Kinsella |
By:
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/s/ Sunniva Kinsella | ||
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Name: Sunniva Kinsella
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Name: Sunniva Kinsella
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| Title: Attorney-in-fact | Title: Attorney-in-fact | ||||
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Original Lender and Mandated Lead Arranger:
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
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By:
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/s/ Sunniva Kinsella | ||
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Name: Sunniva Kinsella
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| Title: Attorney-in-fact | |||
| DHT MANAGEMENT AS | |||
| By: | /s/ Laila C. Halvorsen | ||
| Name: Laila C. Halvorsen | |||
| Title: CEO | |||