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CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
as Lender, Swap Provider, Agent and Security Agent
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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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AGREEMENT OF THE FINANCE PARTIES
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7
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3.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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7
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4.
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REPRESENTATIONS
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8
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5.
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AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF FACILITIES AGREEMENT
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8
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6.
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FURTHER ASSURANCE
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10
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7.
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COSTS AND EXPENSES
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11
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8.
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NOTICES
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11
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9.
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COUNTERPARTS
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12
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10.
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GOVERNING LAW
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12
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11.
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ENFORCEMENT
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12
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SCHEDULE 1 PART I CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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13
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SCHEDULE 2 EFFECTIVE DATE NOTCE
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SCHEDULE 3 AMENDED AND RESTATED FACILITY AGREEMENT
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| (1) |
DHT TIGER LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands with limited liability and with its registered office at Trust Company, Ajeltake Road,
Ajeltake Islands, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960 as borrower (the "Borrower");
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| (2) |
DHT HOLDINGS, INC., a company incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands with its registered office at Trust Company, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Islands, Majuro,
Marshall Islands MH96960 as guarantor (the " Guarantor");
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| (3) |
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed at Schedule 1 to the Amended and Restated Facility Agreement as lenders (together the "Original Lenders"
and each an "Original Lender")
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| (4) |
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, a French "société anonyme" having a share capital of EUR7,851,636,342, acting as agent through its registered office at
12, place des Etats-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France and registered under the number siren 304187701 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre, France (in that capacity, the "Agent");
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| (5) |
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, a French "société anonyme" having a share capital of EUR7,851,636,342, acting as agent through its registered office at 12,
place des Etats-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France and registered under the number siren 304187701 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre, France (in that capacity, the "Swap
Provider"); and
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| (6) |
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, a French "société anonyme" having a share capital of EUR7,851,636,342, acting as agent through its registered office at 12,
place des Etats-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France and registered under the number siren 304187701 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre, France (in that capacity, the "Security
Agent").
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| (A) |
Pursuant to a term loan facility agreement dated 22 June 2015 (as amended and supplemented from time to time prior to the date of this Agreement, the "Original Facility Agreement") originally made between the Borrower and Samco Gamma Ltd. (the "Released Borrower") as original borrowers (together, the "Original Borrowers"), the Guarantor, the Lenders, the Agent, the Swap Bank and the Security Agent, the Lenders agreed to make available to the Original Borrowers a USD 90,000,000 term loan facility for
the purposes set out therein (the "Original Facility").
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| (B) |
The outstanding amount of the Loan under the Original Facility as at the date of this Agreement is USD33,109,027.88 (the "Existing Outstanding Loan ").
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| (C) |
By an ISDA Master Agreement and schedule thereto dated 22 June 2015 the Original Borrowers agreed terms for hedging their exposure to interest rate fluctuations under the Original Facility Agreement (together
with any and all Confirmations exchanged thereunder, the "Existing Master Agreement"). As at the date of this Agreement, no Transactions nor Confirmations (each as defined in the Existing Master
Agreement) have been entered into.
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| (D) |
The obligations of the Original Borrowers under the Original Facility Agreement and Existing Master Agreement were originally secured by, inter alia:
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| (i) |
a Hong Kong ship mortgage and deed of covenant collateral thereto dated 18 April 2016 over the vessel mv "DHT SCANDINAVIA" (ex "SAMCO SCANDINAVIA") having IMO number 9315147 (the "Released Vessel") registered in the name of the Released Borrower under Hong Kong flag (the "DHT Scandinavia Mortgage");
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| (ii) |
a Hong Kong ship mortgage and deed of covenant collateral thereto each dated 16 January 2017 (registered with the Hong Kong Shipping Registry at 11:05 on 16 January 2017) (the "DHT
Tiger Mortgage") over the VLCC mv "DHT Tiger" having IMO number 9733959 and registered in the name of the Borrower under Hong Kong flag (the "Vessel" and, together with the Released Vessel,
the " Vessels");
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| (iii) |
assignments over the Vessels' earnings, insurances, any charters and requisition compensation;
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| (iv) |
a guarantee and indemnity dated 22 June 2015 granted by the Guarantor (the "Existing Guarantee");
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| (v) |
first priority pledges of all issued shares in each of the Original Borrowers;
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| (vi) |
first priority charges over certain bank accounts of the Original Borrowers;
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| (vii) |
a first priority charge over proceeds under the Existing Master Agreement (the "Existing Master Agreement Proceeds Deed"); and
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| (viii) |
written undertakings, each dated 16 January 2017, from each of the Commercial Manager and the Technical Manager of the Vessel in respect of, inter alia, the subordination of such managers' claims against the
Borrower.
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| (E) |
By a deed of release dated 21 October 2020, the Security Agent (acting for and on behalf of the Lenders) agreed to: (i) the release of the Released Borrower, together with certain other existing security
parties, from their obligations under certain security documents relating to the Released Borrower and the Released Vessel and (ii) the release of the DHT Scandinavia Mortgage pursuant to a mortgage discharge dated 21 October 2020
(together the "2020 Released Security").
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| (F) |
Following the release of the Released Borrower and the 2020 Released Security, the Borrower's obligations under the Original Facility Agreement, as at the date of this Agreement, continue to be secured by:
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the Existing Guarantee;
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the Existing Master Agreement Proceeds Deed;
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first priority charge dated 22 June 2015 over all issued shares in the Borrower;
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the DHT Tiger Mortgage (including the deed of covenant) in respect of the Vessel;
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an assignment dated 16 January 2017 over the Vessel's earnings, insurances, any charters and requisition compensation;
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| (F) |
a first priority French law account pledge (Nantissement de Solde de Comptes Bancaires) dated 16 January 2017 over the Borrower's Earnings Account and Retention Account,
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| (G) |
In connection with a term sheet agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders, the Borrower has requested the Lenders to amend and restate the Original Facility Agreement in order to refinance the Existing
Outstanding Loan and to finance the general corporate and working capital purposes of the Guarantor (the "Requested Refinancing).
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| (H) |
This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions upon which the Lenders and the other Finance Parties agree, with effect on and from the Effective Date, to the amendment and restatement of the Original Facility
Agreement on the terms of the Amended and Restated Facility Agreement (as appended hereto).
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| 1. |
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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| 1.1 |
Definitions
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| 1.2 |
Construction
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| 1.3 |
Form and content
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| (a) |
be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent;
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| (b) |
if required by the Agent, be in original; and
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| (c) |
if required by the Agent, be certified, notarized, legalized or attested in a manner acceptable to the Agent.
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| 1.4 |
Agreed forms of new and supplemental Finance Documents
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| 1.5 |
Designation as a Finance Document
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| 1.6 |
Third party rights
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| 2. |
AGREEMENT OF THE FINANCE PARTIES
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| 2.1 |
Agreement of the Finance Parties
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| 2.2 |
Effective Date
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| 3. |
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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| 3.1 |
Conditions Precedent
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| 3.2 |
Following the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Lenders will only be obliged to advance the Additional Advance if on the date of the relevant Drawdown Request and on the proposed Drawdown Date:
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no Default is continuing or would result from the advance of the Additional Advance; and
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the representations made by the Borrower and the Guarantor under Clause 18 (Representations) of the Amended and Restated Facility Agreement are true in all material
respects.
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| 3.3 |
Effective Date
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The Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders in writing when it has received all the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 1 (Conditions Precedent) of this Agreement in a form and substance
satisfactory to it other than any that have been waived by the Agent at such time (such notice which shall be in the form set out in Schedule 2 and confirming the occurrence of the Effective Date, being the " Effective Date Notice").
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| (b) |
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 Clause 3.3(a) 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.
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| 3.4 |
Conditions Subsequent
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| 4. |
REPRESENTATIONS
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| 4.1 |
Facilities Agreement representations
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| 4.2 |
Finance Document representations
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| 5. |
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF FACILITIES AGREEMENT
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| 5.1 |
Specific amendment to the Original Facilities Agreement
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| 5.2 |
Amendments to Finance Documents
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the definition of, and references throughout each of the Finance Documents to, the Facilities Agreement shall be construed as if the same referred to the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement; and
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| (b) |
by construing references throughout each of the Finance Documents to "this Agreement", "this Deed" and other like expressions as if the same referred to such Finance Documents as amended by this Agreement.
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| 5.3 |
Obligor confirmation
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confirms its acceptance of the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement; and
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| (b) |
agrees that it is bound as a Security Party (as defined in the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement).
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| 5.4 |
Security confirmation
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any Security created by it under the Finance Documents extends to the obligations of the Security Parties under the Finance Documents as amended and restated by this Agreement;
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| (b) |
the obligations of the Security Parties under the Amended and Restated Facility Agreement are included as Indebtedness (as defined in the Security Documents to which it is a party); and
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| (c) |
the Security created under the Finance Documents continues in full force and effect on the terms of the respective Finance Documents.
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| 5.5 |
Finance Documents to remain in full force and effect
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Save for the Existing Master Agreement which is to be terminated with effect on and from the Effective Date in accordance with Clause 5.6 of this Agreement, with effect on and from the Effective Date, the
Finance Documents shall remain in full force and effect:
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in the case of the Facilities Agreement, as amended and restated pursuant to Clause 5.1 (Specific amendments to the Facilities
Agreement);
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| (ii) |
in the case of the Finance Documents other than the Facilities Agreement, as amended by the amendments to such Finance Documents contained or referred to in Clause 5.2 (Amendments
to Finance Documents);
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| (iii) |
the Facilities Agreement and the applicable provisions of this Agreement will be read and construed as one document;
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| (iv) |
each Finance Document other than the Facilities Agreement and the applicable provisions of this Agreement will be read and construed as one document; and
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| (b) |
Each Obligor confirms, agrees and undertakes, that with effect on and from the Effective Date each and all Remaining Security and the guarantees and indemnities provided and/or created by each Obligor in favour
of the Secured Parties under the Facilities Agreement and the other Finance Documents shall, as amended by the amendments to such Finance Documents contained or referred to in Clause 5.2 (Amendments to Finance Documents), continue in full
force and effect as security for the Obligors’ obligations and liabilities under the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement and the other Finance Documents.
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| 5.6 |
Termination of Existing Master Agreement
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no Transactions have been entered into nor any Confirmations exchanged under the Existing Master Agreement since the date on which it was originally entered into by the Borrower and the Swap Provider;
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| (b) |
the Existing Master Agreement together with all rights, obligations of the Borrower and the Swap Provider thereunder shall be terminated with effect on and from the Effective Date; and
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all references in the Facilities Agreement and in any of the Finance Documents to "Master Agreement" shall be construed on and from the Effective Date as references to the New Master Agreement which shall
replace the Existing Master Agreement in all respects.
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| 6. |
FURTHER ASSURANCE
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| 6.1 |
Further assurance
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| (a) |
to create, perfect, vest in favour of the Security Agent or protect the priority of the Security or any right or any kind created or intended to be created under or evidenced by the Finance Documents as amended
and/or restated by this Agreement (which may include the execution of a mortgage, charge, assignment or other Security over all or any of the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Transaction Security) or for the
exercise of any rights, powers and remedies of the Security Agent, any Receiver or the Secured Parties provided by or pursuant to the Finance Documents as amended and/or restated by or pursuant to this Agreement or by law; and/or
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| (b) |
to confer on the Security Agent or confer on the Secured Parties Security over any property and assets of that Obligor located in any jurisdiction equivalent or similar to the Security intended to be conferred
by or pursuant to the Finance Documents as amended and/or restated by or pursuant to this Agreement.
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| 6.2 |
Additional corporate action
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COSTS AND EXPENSES
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| 8. |
NOTICES
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| 9. |
COUNTERPARTS
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| 10. |
GOVERNING LAW
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ENFORCEMENT
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| 11.1 |
Jurisdiction
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The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement
or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) (a "Dispute").
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| (b) |
The Obligors accept that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Obligor will argue to the contrary.
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This Clause 11.1 (Jurisdiction) is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. As a result, no Secured Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with
jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Secured Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
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| 11.2 |
Service of process
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Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each Obligor (other than an Obligor incorporated in England and Wales):
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irrevocably appoints Wikborg Rein UK Limited of 30 Cannon Street, London, England EC4M 6XH as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any
Finance Document; and
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agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
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If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process, the Borrower (on behalf of all the Obligors) must immediately (and in any event within
7 days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Agent. Failing this, the Agent may appoint another agent for this purpose.
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Obligors
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A copy of the constitutional documents of each Obligor.
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| (b) |
A copy certificate of good standing in respect of each Obligor.
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| (c) |
A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each Obligor:
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approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute, deliver and perform the Finance Documents to which it
is a party;
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| (ii) |
authorising a specified person or persons to execute this Agreement and the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and
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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 this Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.
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| (d) |
To the extent not included in the resolution in paragraph 1 (c) above, an original of the power of attorney of any Obligor authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it
is a party (notarially attested and legalised if required).
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| (e) |
To the extent required, a copy of a resolution signed by the shareholder of each Obligor, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which the relevant Obligor is a
party.
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| (f) |
Specimen signatures or copy of the passport of the persons authorised to sign the relevant Finance Documents on behalf of each Obligor.
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| (g) |
An original certificate of a duly authorised officer of each Obligor certifying:
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that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 1 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a time no earlier than the Effective Date;
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| (ii) |
setting out the names of the directors, officers and shareholders of that Security Party and the proportion of shares held by the Guarantor; and
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| (iii) |
in relation to each Obligor, that borrowing or guaranteeing or securing, as appropriate, the Loan would not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing, security or similar limit binding on it to be exceeded.
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| (h) |
Where such registration is required or permitted under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction, evidence that the names of the directors, officers and shareholders of each Obligor are duly registered in the
companies registry or other registry in the country of incorporation of that Obligor.
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| 2. |
Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements
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Payment of accrued unpaid interest and any break costs under the Original Facility
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| 4. |
Vessel documents
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any charterparty or other contract of employment of the Vessel which will be in force on the Effective Date;
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| (b) |
the Management Agreements for the Vessel;
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| (c) |
the Vessel's current Safety Construction, Safety Equipment, Safety Radio and Load Line Certificates;
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| (d) |
evidence of the Vessel's current Certificate of Financial Responsibility issued pursuant to the United States Oil Pollution Act 1990;
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the Vessel's current SMC;
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| (f) |
the ISM Company's current DOC for the Vessel;
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the Vessel's current ISSC;
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the Vessel's current IAPPC;
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the Vessel's current Tonnage Certificate;
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Vessel valuations for the determination of the Vessel's Fair Market Value as at the Effective Date
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Evidence of Borrower' s title to the Vessel and registration of DHT Tiger Mortgage
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| 7. |
Evidence of insurance
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| 8. |
Confirmation of class
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| 9. |
Finance Documents
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this Agreement;
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| (b) |
the New Master Agreement;
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| (c) |
each New Security Document;
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| (d) |
the Fee Letter setting out the fees to be paid to the Agent and the Security Agent;
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| (e) |
any other Finance Document reasonably requested by the Agent.
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| 10. |
Fees
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| 11. |
Other Documents
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A copy of any other authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.
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| 12. |
Legal opinions
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| (i) |
Schjodt LLP as to English law;
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| (ii) |
Poles, Tublin Stratakis & Gonzalez, LLP as to Marshall Islands law;
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| (iii) |
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP as to French law;
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Holman Fenwick Willan LLP as to Hong Kong law;
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| 13. |
Hong Kong Companies Ordinance registrations
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From:
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Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as Agent
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To:
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DHT Tiger Limited
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1.
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Occurrence of Effective Date
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2.
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First Interest Period
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Yours faithfully.
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Duly authorised
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For and on behalf of
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CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
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Acknowledged and agreed
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Duly authorised
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For and on behalf of
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DHT TIGER LIMITED
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29 November 2022
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between
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DHT Tiger Limited (as Borrower)
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DHT Holdings, Inc. (as Guarantor)
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The Financial Institutions listed in Schedule 1 (as Original Lenders)
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Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as Agent)
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Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as Swap Provider)
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Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as Security Agent)
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SECTION 1
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INTERPRETATION
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5
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1.
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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5
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SECTION 2
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THE LOAN
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27
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2.
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THE LOAN
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27
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3.
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PURPOSE
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28
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SECTION 3
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LOAN UTILISATION
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28
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4.
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ADVANCE
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28
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SECTION 4
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REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
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30
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5.
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REPAYMENT
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30
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6.
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ILLEGALITY, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
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30
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SECTION 5
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COSTS OF UTILISATION
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32
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7.
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INTEREST
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32
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8.
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INTEREST PERIODS
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34
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9.
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CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
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35
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10.
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FEES
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37
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SECTION 6
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ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
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37
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11.
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TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
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37
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12.
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INCREASED COSTS
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41
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13.
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OTHER INDEMNITIES
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43
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14.
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MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS
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45
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15.
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COSTS AND EXPENSES
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45
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SECTION 7
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SECURITY AND APPLICATION OF MONEYS
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47
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16.
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SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND APPLICATION OF MONEYS
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47
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17.
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GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
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51
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SECTION 8
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REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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55
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18.
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REPRESENTATIONS
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55
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19.
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INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
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60
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20.
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FINANCIAL COVENANTS
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63
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21.
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GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
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64
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22.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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70
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SECTION 9
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CHANGES TO PARTIES
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76
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23.
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CHANGES TO THE LENDERS
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76
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24.
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NO CHANGES TO THE SECURITY PARTIES
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81
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SECTION 10
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THE FINANCE PARTIES
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81
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25.
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ROLE OF THE AGENT AND THE SECURITY AGENT
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81
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26.
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CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES
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91
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27.
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SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
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91
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SECTION 11
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ADMINISTRATION
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93
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28.
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PAYMENT MECHANICS
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93
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29.
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SET-OFF
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96
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30.
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NOTICES
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97
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31.
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CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
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99
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32.
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PARTIAL INVALIDITY
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99
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33.
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REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
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99
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34.
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AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
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99
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35.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
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104
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36.
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COUNTERPARTS
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107
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37.
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NO RIGHTS AS SURETY
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107
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38.
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BAIL-IN
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107
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SECTION 12
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GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
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109
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39.
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GOVERNING LAW
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109
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40.
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ENFORCEMENT
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109
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Schedule 1 THE ORIGINAL LENDERS
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111
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Schedule 2 FORM OF DRAWDOWN REQUEST
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Schedule 3 FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
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113
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Schedule 4 FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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115
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Dated
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29 November 2022
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| (1) |
DHT Tiger Limited, a company incorporated under the law of the Marshall Islands with limited liability and with registered address at Trust Company, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro,
Marshall Islands, MH96960, and registered as a non-Hong Kong company under Companies Ordinance (Cap.622 of the laws of Hong Kong) having a place of business at 27th Floor, Alexandra House, 18 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong (the "Borrower"); and
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| (2) |
DHT Holdings, Inc., a company incorporated under the law of Marshall Islands, with registered address at Trust Company, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960 (the "Guarantor"); and
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| (3) |
The Financial Institutions listed in Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders), each acting through its Facility Office (together the "Original Lenders" and each an "Original Lender"); and
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| (4) |
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, a French "société anonyme" having a share capital of EUR7,851,636,342, acting as agent through its registered office at 12, place des Etats-Unis, CS
70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France and registered under the number siren 304187701 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre, France (in that capacity, the "Agent"); and
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| (5) |
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, a French "société anonyme" having a share capital of EUR7,851,636,342, acting as swap provider through its registered office at 12, place des
Etats-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France and registered under the number siren 304187701 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre, France (in that capacity, the "Swap Provider");
and
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| (6) |
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, a French "société anonyme" having a share capital of EUR7,851,636,342, acting as security agent through its registered office at 12, place des
Etats-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France and registered under the number siren 304187701 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre, France (in that capacity, the "Security Agent").
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| (A) |
The Borrower is the registered owner of the Vessel which is registered under Hong Kong flag.
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| (B) |
In order to refinance certain Existing Indebtedness of the Borrower in respect of the Vessel and to finance the general corporate and working capital purposes of the Guarantor, each of the Original Lenders has agreed to advance to the
Borrower its Commitment (aggregating, with all the other Commitments, up to the lesser of (i) $37,500,000 and (ii) 50% of the Fair Market Value of the Vessel) on the terms and conditions as set out in this Agreement and the 2022 Amending
and Restating Agreement.
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| SECTION 1 |
INTERPRETATION
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| 1. |
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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| 1.1 |
Definitions
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| (a) |
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 the Loan or an Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of the 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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| (b) |
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 Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business
Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.
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| (a) |
cash in hand legally and beneficially owned by the Guarantor on a consolidated basis; and
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| (b) |
cash deposits legally and beneficially owned by the Guarantor on a consolidated basis and which are deposited with (i) the Agent (ii) any other deposit taking institution having a rating of at least A from Standard & Poor's Rating
Services or the equivalent with any other principal credit rating agency in the United States of America or Europe or (iii) any other bank or financial institution approved by the Agent, which in each case:
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| (i) |
is free from any Encumbrance, other than pursuant to the Security Documents;
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| (ii) |
is otherwise at the free and unrestricted disposal of the Guarantor on a consolidated basis; and
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| (a) |
any investments in marketable debt obligations issued or guaranteed by (i) a government or (ii) an instrumentality or agency of a government and in respect of (i) and (ii) having a short-term credit rating of either A-1 or higher by
Standard & Poor's Rating Services or the equivalent with any other principal credit rating agency in the United States of America or Europe, maturing within one year after the relevant date of calculation and not convertible or
exchangeable to any other security;
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| (b) |
commercial paper (debt obligations) not convertible or exchangeable to any other security;
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| (i) |
for which a recognised trading market exists;
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| (ii) |
which is issued by an issuer incorporated in the United States of America, the United Kingdom or Norway;
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| (iii) |
which matures within one year after the relevant date of calculation; and
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| (iv) |
which has a short-term credit rating of at least A-1 or higher by Standard & Poor's Rating Services or the equivalent with any other principal credit rating agency in the United States of America or Europe;
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| (c) |
any investment in money market funds which:
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| (i) |
have a short-term credit rating of either A-1 or higher by Standard & Poor's Rating Services or the equivalent with any other principal credit rating agency in the United States of America or Europe;
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| (ii) |
invest substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in paragraphs (a) to (b) above; and
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| (iii) |
can be turned into Cash on not more than 5 Business Days' notice; or
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| (d) |
any other debt security approved by the Agent (acting on the instruction of the Majority Lenders),
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| (a) |
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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| (b) |
if that target is not a single figure, the arithmetic mean of:
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| (i) |
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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| (ii) |
the lower bound of that target range.
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| (A) |
the SOFR for such US Government Securities Banking Days; and
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| (b) |
the Central Bank Rate prevailing at close of business on such US Government Securities Banking Days.
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| (a) |
in relation to an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading "Commitment" in Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it
under this Agreement; and
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| (b) |
in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement,
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| (a) |
any Security Party , any other member of the Group or any of its advisers; or
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| (b) |
another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party directly or indirectly from any Security Party, any other member of the Group or any of its advisers,
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| (i) |
is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Finance Party of Clause 35 (Confidentiality); or
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| (ii) |
is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any Security Party ,any other member of the Group or any of its advisers; or
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| (iii) |
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 Security Party or any other member of the Group 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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| (i) |
receivables in relation to Tax;
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| (ii) |
exceptional items and other non-operating items; and
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| (iii) |
insurance claims.
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| (a) |
which has failed to make its participation in the Loan available (or has notified the Agent or the Borrower (which has notified the Agent) that it will not make its participation in the Loan available) by the Effective Date; or
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| (b) |
which has otherwise rescinded or repudiated a Finance Document; or
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| (c) |
with respect to which an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing,
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| (i) |
its failure to pay is caused by:
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| (A) |
administrative or technical error; or
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| (B) |
a Disruption Event; and
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| (ii) |
the Lender is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually obliged to make the payment in question.
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| (a) |
a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Loan (or otherwise in order for the
transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or
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| (b) |
the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing that, or any other Party:
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(i)
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from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or
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| (ii) |
from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,
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| (a) |
any release, emission, spill or discharge into the Vessel or into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water of Environmentally Sensitive Material within or from the Vessel; or
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| (b) |
any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water from a vessel other than the Vessel and which
involves a collision between the Vessel and such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which the Vessel is actually or potentially liable to be arrested, attached, detained or
injuncted and/or the Vessel and/or any Security Party and/or any operator or manager of the Vessel is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; or
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| (c) |
any other incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water otherwise than from the Vessel and in
connection with which the Vessel is actually or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where any Security Party and/or any operator or manager of the Vessel is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or
administrative action, other than in accordance with an Environmental Approval.
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| (i) |
the Fair Market Value (in respect of the Vessel) or the market value as established in accordance with the procedure described in the definition of "Fair Market Value" (in respect of other vessels); and
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| (ii) |
the book value of the Vessel.
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| (a) |
sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;
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| (b) |
any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred
to in (a); or
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| (c) |
any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in (a) or (b) with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.
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| (a) |
in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014;
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| (b) |
in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (which relates to "gross proceeds" from the disposition of property of a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January
2017; or
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| (c) |
in relation to a "passthru payment" described in section 147l(d)(7) of the Code not falling within (a) or (b), 1 January 2017,
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| (a) |
moneys borrowed;
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| (b) |
any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit or bill discounting facility (or dematerialised equivalent);
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| (c) |
any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, nates, 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 of purchase agreement) of a type not referred to in any other paragraph of this definition having the commercial effect of a borrowing;
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| (g) |
any Treasury Transaction (and, when calculating the value of that Treasury Transaction, only the marked to market value (or, if any actual amount is due as a result of the termination or close-out of that Treasury Transaction, that
amount) shall be taken into account);
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| (h) |
any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution;
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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 (a) to (h).
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| (a) |
is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);
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| (b) |
becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due;
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| (c) |
makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors;
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| (d) |
institutes or has instituted against it, by a regulator, supervisor or any similar official with primary insolvency, rehabilitative or regulatory jurisdiction over it in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organisation or the
jurisdiction of its head or home office, a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors' rights, or a petition is presented
for its winding-up or liquidation by it or such regulator, supervisor or similar official;
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| (e) |
has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors' rights, or a petition is presented for its
winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition is instituted or presented by a person or entity not described in (d) and:
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| (i) |
results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation; or
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| (ii) |
is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within 60 days of the institution or presentation thereof;
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| (f) |
has a resolution passed for its winding-up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);
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| (g) |
seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially all its assets (other than, for so long as
it is required by law or regulation not to be publicly disclosed, any such appointment which is to be made, or is made, by a person or entity described in (d));
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| (h) |
has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all its assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied, enforced or sued on or against all or substantially all its assets and
such secured party maintains possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within 30 days thereafter;
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| (i) |
causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which, under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of the events specified in (a) to (h); or
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| (a) |
either:
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| (i) |
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 the Loan; or
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| (ii) |
if no such Term SOFR is available for a period which is less than the Interest Period of the Loan, SOFR for the day which is two US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day; and
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| (b) |
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 the Loan.
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| (a) |
the principle that equitable remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of a court and the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to insolvency, reorganisation and other laws generally affecting the rights of creditors;
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| (b) |
the time barring of claims under the Limitation Acts, the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for or indemnify a person against non-payment of UK stamp duty may be void and defences of set-off or counterclaim; and
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| (c) |
similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction; and
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| (a) |
any Original Lender; and
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| (b) |
any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a Party as a Lender in accordance with Clause 23 (Changes to the Lenders),
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| (a) |
the master services agreement for the administrative and commercial management of the Vessel dated 1 January 2020 (as supplemented by addendum no. 1 thereto dated 21 December 2020) between, among others, the Guarantor, the Borrower and
DHT Management SAM; and
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| (b) |
the administrative and commercial services agreement dated 1 November 2019 between DHT Management SAM and DHT Management AS; and
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| (c) |
the ship management agreement dated 16 September 2015 for the technical management of the Vessel between the Borrower and the Technical Manager.
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| (a) |
in relation to the commercial management of the Vessel, the Commercial Manager; and
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| (b) |
in relation to the technical management of the Vessel, the Technical Manager,
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| (a) |
they will remain the commercial or technical managers of the Vessel (as the case may be); and
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| (b) |
they will not, without the prior written consent of the Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), subcontract or delegate the commercial or technical management of the Vessel (as the case may be) to any third party
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| (c) |
the interests of the Managers in the Insurances will be assigned to the Security Agent with first priority; and
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| (d) |
(following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing) all claims of the Managers against the Borrower shall be subordinated to the claims of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents.
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| (a) |
the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any Security Party; or
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| (b) |
the ability of any Security Party to perform its obligations under any Finance Document; or
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| (c) |
the validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of any Encumbrance granted or purporting to be granted pursuant to any of, the Finance Documents or the rights or remedies of any Finance Party under any of the Finance
Documents.
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| (a) |
any Encumbrance which has the prior written approval of the Agent;
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| (b) |
any Encumbrance arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of trading and not as a result of any default or omission by a Security Party;
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| (c) |
any liens for current crews' wages and salvage and liens incurred in the ordinary course of trading the Vessel up to an aggregate amount at any time not exceeding $1,000,000.
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| (a) |
the applicable Term SOFR as of the Quotation Day and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan; or
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| (b) |
as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 9.1 (Absence of Quotations),
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| (a) |
its Original Jurisdiction;
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| (b) |
any jurisdiction where any asset subject to or intended to be subject to a Security Document to be executed by it is situated;
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| (c) |
any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; and
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| (d) |
the jurisdiction whose laws govern the perfection of any of the Security Documents entered into by it.
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| (a) |
an actual, constructive, arranged, agreed or compromised total loss of the Vessel; or
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| (b) |
the requisition for title or compulsory acquisition of the Vessel by any government or other competent authority (other than by way of requisition for hire); or
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| (c) |
the capture, seizure, arrest, detention, hijacking, theft, condemnation as prize, confiscation or forfeiture of the Vessel (not falling within (b)), unless the Vessel is released and returned to the possession of the Borrower
within six months after the capture, seizure, arrest, detention, hijacking, theft, condemnation as prize, confiscation or forfeiture in question.
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| (a) |
in the case of an actual Total Loss of the Vessel, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when the Vessel was last heard of;
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| (b) |
in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged Total Loss of the 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 six (6) months after notice of abandonment of the Vessel was given to the insurers; and (ii) the date of compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Borrower
with the Vessel's insurers in which the insurers agree to treat the Vessel as a Total Loss; or
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| (c) |
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 from the evidence available to it that the event constituting the Total Loss occurred.
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| (a) |
the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Assignment Agreement or Transfer Certificate; and
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| (b) |
the date on which the Agent executes the relevant Assignment Agreement or Transfer Certificate.
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| (a) |
all benefits derived by the Security Agent from Clause 16 (Security and Application of Moneys); and
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| (b) |
all benefits arising under (including, without limitation, all proceeds of the enforcement of) each of the Security Documents,
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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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| (a) |
a Security Party which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or
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| (b) |
a Security Party same 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) |
any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and
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| (b) |
any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in (a), or imposed elsewhere.
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| 1.2 |
Construction
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| (a) |
any "Lender", any "Borrower", the "Guarantor", the "Agent", the "Swap Provider", any "Secured Party", the "Security Agent", any "Finance Party"
or any "Party" shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assignees and permitted transferees;
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| (b) |
"assets" includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
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| (c) |
a "Finance Document", a "Security Document", a "Relevant Document" or any other document is a reference to that
Finance Document, Security Document, Relevant Document or other document as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated from time to time;
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| (d) |
a "group of Lenders" includes all the Lenders;
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| (e) |
"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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| (f) |
a "person" includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium or partnership or other entity
(whether or not having separate legal personality);
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| (g) |
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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| (h) |
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted from time to time; and
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| (i) |
a time of day (unless otherwise specified) is a reference to London time.
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| 1.3 |
Headings
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| 1.4 |
Defined terms
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| 1.5 |
Default
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| 1.6 |
Currency symbols and definitions
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| 1.7 |
Third party rights
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| 1.8 |
Offer letter
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| SECTION 2 |
THE LOAN
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| 2. |
THE LOAN
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| 2.1 |
Amount
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| 2.2 |
Finance Parties' rights and obligations
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| 2.2.1 |
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.
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| 2.2.2 |
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 a Security Party shall be a separate
and independent debt.
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| 2.2.3 |
A Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents.
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| 3. |
PURPOSE
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| 3.1 |
Purpose
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| 3.2 |
Monitoring
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| SECTION 3 |
LOAN UTILISATION
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| 4. |
ADDITIONAL ADVANCE
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| 4.1 |
Delivery of a Drawdown Request
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| 4.2 |
Completion of a Drawdown Request
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| 4.2.1 |
it is signed by an authorised signatory of the Borrower;
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| 4.2.2 |
the proposed Drawdown Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period; and
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| 4.2.3 |
the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 8 (Interest Periods).
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| 4.3 |
Lenders' participation
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| 4.3.1 |
Subject to Clauses 2 (The Loan) and 3 (Purpose) of this Agreement and clause 3 (Conditions Precedent) 0f the 2022 Amending and Restating Agreement, each Lender shall make its participation in the Additional Advance available by
the Drawdown Date through its Facility Office.
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| 4.3.2 |
The amount of each Lender's participation in the Additional Advance will be equal to the proportion borne by its Commitment to the Total Commitments.
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| 4.4 |
Cancellation of Additional Advance
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| SECTION 4 |
REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
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| 5. |
REPAYMENT
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| 5.1 |
Consolidation of the Additional Advance
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| 5.2 |
Repayment of the Loan
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| 5.3 |
Reborrowing
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| 6. |
ILLEGALITY, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
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| 6.1 |
Illegality
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| (a) |
that Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event;
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| (b) |
upon the Agent notifying the Borrower in writing, the Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and
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| (c) |
the Borrower shall repay (i) that Lender's participation in the Loan on the last day of its current Interest Period or, if earlier, the date specified by that Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent and notified by the Agent to
the Borrower (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law) and (ii) any amounts then due and payable under the Master Agreement as a result of such repayment and in this regard the Swap Provider
shall close out the relevant Treasury Transaction in relation to the portion of the Loan which is repaid and advise the Borrower of the amounts so due and payable.
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| 6.2 |
Voluntary prepayment of the Loan
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| (a) |
they give the Agent not less than ten (10) Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice;
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| (b) |
they pay to the Agent any amounts due and payable as specified in Clause 6.6 (Restrictions) and, any amounts then due and payable under the Master Agreement as a result of such voluntary
prepayment and in this regard the Swap Provider shall close out the relevant Treasury Transaction in relation to the portion of the Loan which is prepaid and advise the Borrower of the amounts so due and payable; and
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| (c) |
any prepayment under this Clause 6.2 shall be applied in prepayment of the remaining Repayment Instalments and the Balloon Amount on a pro rata basis.
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| 6.3 |
Right of cancellation and prepayment in relation to a single Lender
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| 6.3.1 |
If:
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| (a) |
any sum payable to any Lender by the Borrower is required to be increased under Clause 11.2(b) (Tax gross-up); or
|
| (b) |
any Lender claims indemnification from the Borrower under Clause 11.3 (Tax indemnity) or Clause 12.1 (Increased costs),
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| 6.3.2 |
On receipt of a notice referred to in Clause 6.3.1 in relation to a Lender, the Commitment(s) of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.
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| 6.3.3 |
On the last day of the Interest Period in respect of the Loan which ends after the Borrower has given notice under Clause 6.3.1 in relation to a Lender (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Borrower in that notice), the
Borrower shall repay (i) that Lender's participation in the Loan together with all interest and other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents and (ii) any amounts then due and payable under the Master Agreement as a result of such
repayment and in this regard the Swap Provider shall close out the relevant Treasury Transaction in relation to the portion of the Loan which is repaid and advise the Borrower of the amounts so due and payable.
|
| 6.4 |
Mandatory prepayment on sale or Total Loss
|
| 6.5 |
Right of cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender
|
| 6.6 |
Restrictions
|
| 6.6.1 |
Any notice of prepayment or cancellation given under this Clause 6 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant prepayment or cancellation
is to be made and the amount of that prepayment or cancellation.
|
| 6.6.2 |
Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs and subject to Clause 6.2 (Voluntary prepayment of the Loan)
and Clause 6.4 (Mandatory prepayment on sale or Total Loss), without premium or penalty.
|
| 6.6.3 |
The Borrower shall not repay, prepay or cancel all or any part of the Loan except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.
|
| 6.6.4 |
No amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.
|
| 6.6.5 |
If the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 6 it shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to the Borrower or the affected Lender, as appropriate.
|
| 6.7 |
Master Agreement
|
| SECTION 5 |
COSTS OF UTILISATION
|
| 7. |
INTEREST
|
| 7.1 |
Calculation of interest
|
| (a) |
Margin; and
|
| (b) |
Reference Rate.
|
| 7.2 |
Payment of interest
|
| 7.3 |
Default interest
|
| 7.3.1 |
If the Borrower fails to pay any amount payable by them under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a
rate which is two per cent per annum higher than the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest
Periods, each of a duration selected by the Agent. Any interest accruing under this Clause 7.3 shall be immediately payable by the Borrower on demand by the Agent.
|
| 7.3.2 |
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.
|
| 7.4 |
Notification of rates of interest
|
| 7.5 |
Fixed Rate Option
|
| 7.5.1 |
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Clause 7 and subject to the terms of this Clause 7.5, the Borrower shall have the option to enter into one or more Treasury Transactions under the Master Agreement to hedge their
interest rate risk in respect of all or any part of the Loan by means of a fixed floating interest rate swap. If the Borrower wishes to exercise such option they shall notify the Agent and the Swap Provider in writing not less than
five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as the Agent and the Swap Provider may agree) prior to the end of the current Interest Period applicable to the Loan of their desire to exercise such option and of the amount of the Loan
which the Borrower wishes such Treasury Transaction to apply to. The Swap Provider shall enter into one or more Treasury Transactions with the Borrower pursuant to the Master Agreement to hedge the interest rate risk for the Loan or
part thereof specified by the Borrower. Where the Swap Provider enters into one or more Treasury Transactions pursuant to the Master Agreement under this Clause, the terms and conditions of each Treasury Transaction will be specified
in a Confirmation sent by the Swap Provider to the Borrower in relation to the Loan or part thereof that the Borrower wish the fixed rate to apply to. The Master Agreement shall be for a term ending on the Termination Date.
|
| 7.5.2 |
Neither the Swap Provider nor the Borrower may terminate or close out any Treasury Transaction under the Master Agreement (in whole or in part) except:
|
| (a) |
in accordance with Clauses 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 or 6.7 above;
|
| (b) |
in the case of termination or closing out by a Swap Provider, if the Agent serves notice under Clause 22.2 (Acceleration) or, having served notice under Clause 22.2 (Acceleration), makes a demand or in case of enforcement of any
Security in accordance with its terms; or
|
| (c) |
in the case of termination or closing out by a Swap Provider:
|
| (i) |
upon the occurrence of an event described in Clause 22.1.6 (Insolvency) or Clause 22.1.7 (Insolvency proceedings) of this Agreement; or
|
| (ii) |
in case of non-payment by the Borrower of any amount due and payable under the relevant Master Agreement (subject to any applicable grace period provided for under the Master Agreement).
|
| 7.5.3 |
If the Swap Provider or the Borrower terminates or closes out a Treasury Transaction in respect of the Master Agreement (in whole or in part) in accordance with this clause, it shall promptly notify the Agent of that termination or
close out;
|
| 7.5.4 |
If the Swap Provider is entitled to terminate or close out any Treasury Transaction in respect of the Master Agreement under Clause 7.5.2 above, the Swap Provider shall promptly terminate or close out such transaction following a
request to do so by the Security Agent;
|
| 7.5.5 |
The Swap Provider may only suspend making payments under a Treasury Transaction in respect of the Master Agreement if the Borrower is in breach of its payment obligations under any transaction in respect of that Master Agreement.
|
| 7.5.6 |
The Swap Provider consents to, and acknowledges notice of, the charging or assigning by way of security by the Borrower pursuant to the Master Agreement Proceeds Charge of its rights under the Master Agreement to which it is party
in favour of the Security Agent;
|
| 7.5.7 |
Any such charging or assigning by way of security under any relevant Master Agreement Proceeds Charge is without prejudice to, and after giving effect to, the operation of any set-off or payment or close-out netting in respect of
any amounts owing under any Master Agreement
|
| 7.5.8 |
The Security Agent shall not be liable for the performance of the Borrower's obligations under a Master Agreement.
|
| 7.5.9 |
Save pursuant to the Master Agreement Proceeds Charge, the Borrower shall not assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under a Master Agreement without the consent of the Security Agent.
|
| 7.5.10 |
For the avoidance of any doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Swap Provider is not under any obligation to enter into any Master Agreement with the Borrower and any Swap Provider may decide in
its sole and absolute discretion to enter into or not enter into any Master Agreement with the Borrower.
|
| 8. |
INTEREST PERIODS
|
| 8.1 |
Selection of Interest Periods
|
| (a) |
each notice is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Agent by the Borrower not later than 11.00 a.m. on the Quotation Day;
|
| (b) |
if the Borrower fails to give a notice in accordance with Clause 8.1(a), the relevant Interest Period will, subject to Clauses 8.2 (Interest Periods to meet Repayment Dates) and 8.3 (Non-Business Days), be three months;
|
| (c) |
subject to this Clause 8, the Borrower may select an Interest Period of (i) three months or any other period agreed between the Borrower and the Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders) or (ii) less than one month if
necessary to ensure that the Loan has an Interest Period ending on a Repayment Date; and
|
| (d) |
an Interest Period shall not extend beyond the Termination Date;
|
| (e) |
the first Interest Period in respect of the Loan shall start on the Effective Date and shall end on the date falling three months thereafter;
|
| (f) |
the first Interest Period in respect of the Additional Advance shall start on the Drawdown Date and shall be consolidated with, and shall end on the same date as, the current Interest Period for the remainder of the Loan and
thereafter all Interest Periods shall run concurrently; and
|
| (g) |
each Interest Period (other than the first Interest Period and the first Interest Period in respect of the Additional Advance) in respect of the Loan shall start on the last day of the preceding Interest Period and end on the date
which numerically corresponds to the Effective Date or the last day of the preceding Interest Period in the relevant calendar month except that, if there is no numerically corresponding date in that calendar month, the Interest Period
shall end on the last Business Day in that month.
|
| 8.2 |
Interest Periods to meet Repayment Dates
|
| 8.3 |
Non-Business Days
|
| 9. |
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
|
| 9.1 |
Absence of quotations
|
| (a) |
Interpolated Term SOFR: If 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 no Term SOFR is available for the Interest Period of a Loan and 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 days in the Interest Period of the Loan, 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.
|
| 9.2 |
Interest Calculation if no Term SOFR or Central Bank Rate
|
| 9.3 |
Market disruption
|
| 9.4 |
Cost of funds
|
| (a) |
If this Clause 9.4 applies, the rate of interest on each Lender's share of the Loan for the relevant Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:
|
| (i) |
the applicable Margin; and
|
| (ii) |
the rate notified to the Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable and in any event within 2 Business Days of the first day of that Interest Period (or, if earlier, on the date falling 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 9.4 applies and the Agent or the Borrower so requires, the Agent and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty 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 the Lenders and the Borrower, be binding on all Parties.
|
| 9.4.1 |
If an alternative basis is not agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above, the Borrower shall have the option to (i) prepay the relevant Commitment together with Break Costs and the remaining Repayment Instalments in respect of the
Loan and the Balloon Amount shall each be reduced pro rata or (ii) continue to pay interest calculated under Clause 9.3 (Cost of funds).
|
| 9.5 |
Break Costs
|
| 9.5.1 |
The Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of the Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by the Borrower on a day prior to the last
day of an Interest Period for the Loan or Unpaid Sum.
|
| 9.5.2 |
Each Lender 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.
|
| 10. |
FEES
|
| 10.1 |
Upfront fee
|
| SECTION 6 |
ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
|
| 11. |
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
|
| 11.1 |
Definitions
|
| 11.2 |
Tax gross-up
|
| (a) |
the Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that it or any other Security Party 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 Borrower and any such other Security Party in writing;
|
| (b) |
if a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by the Borrower or any other Security Party, the amount of the payment due from the Borrower or that other Security Party 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;
|
| (c) |
if the Borrower or any other Security Party is required to make a Tax Deduction, the Borrower shall (and shall procure that such other Security Party 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;
|
| (d) |
within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Borrower making that Tax Deduction shall (and shall procure that such other Security Party shall) deliver to the
Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority;
|
| (e) |
The Agent and the Lenders shall cooperate with the Borrower and the Guarantor to the extent that it is reasonable to do so to complete any procedural formalities necessary for the Borrower or the Guarantor to make payments to the
Lenders without a Tax Deduction.
|
| 11.3 |
Tax indemnity
|
| 11.3.1 |
The Borrower shall (within three 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.
|
| 11.3.2 |
Clause 11.3.1 shall not apply:
|
| (a) |
with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party:
|
| (i) |
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
|
| (ii) |
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,
|
| (b) |
to the extent a loss, liability or cost:
|
| (i) |
is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 11.2 (Tax gross-up); or
|
| (ii) |
relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party.
|
| 11.3.3 |
A Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim under Clause 11.3.1 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 Borrower in
writing.
|
| 11.3.4 |
A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from the Borrower under this Clause 11.3, notify the Agent.
|
| 11.4 |
Tax Credit
|
| (a) |
a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax Payment was required; and
|
| (b) |
that Finance Party has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit,
|
| 11.5 |
Stamp taxes
|
| 11.6 |
VAT
|
| 11.6.1 |
All amounts expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party or any Security Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive
of any VAT which is chargeable on that supply, and accordingly, subject to Clause 11.6.2, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party or any Security Party under a Finance Document and such
Finance Party is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, that Party or Security Party must pay to such 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 the VAT (and such Finance Party must promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to the Borrower).
|
| 11.6.2 |
If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the "Supplier") to any other Finance Party (the "Recipient") under a Finance
Document, and any Party other than the Recipient (the "Relevant Party") is required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the
Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the Recipient in respect of that consideration):
|
| (a) |
(where the Supplier is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must also pay to the Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of
the VAT. The Recipient must (where this Clause 11.6.2(a) applies) promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the Recipient reasonably
determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply; and
|
| (b) |
(where the Recipient is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must promptly, following demand from the Recipient, pay to the Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on
that supply but only to the extent that the Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT.
|
| 11.6.3 |
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.
|
| 11.6.4 |
Any reference in this Clause 11.6 to any Party shall, at any time when such Party is treated as a member of a group for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the
representative member of such group at such time (the term "representative member" to have the same meaning as in the Value Added Tax Act 1994).
|
| 11.6.5 |
In relation to any supply made by a Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document, if reasonably requested by such Finance Party, that Party must promptly provide such Finance Party with details of that Party's VAT
registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Finance Party's VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.
|
| 11.7 |
FATCA information
|
| 11.7.1 |
Subject to Clause 11.7.3, each Party shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party:
|
| (a) |
confirm to that other Party whether it is:
|
| (i) |
a FATCA Exempt Party; or
|
| (ii) |
not a FATCA Exempt Party;
|
| (b) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with FATCA; and
|
| (c) |
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.
|
| 11.7.2 |
If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to Clause 11.7.l(a)(i) 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.
|
| 11.7.3 |
Clause 11.7.1 shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything, and Clause 11.7.l(c) shall not oblige any other Party to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:
|
| (a) |
any law or regulation;
|
| (b) |
any fiduciary duty; or
|
| (c) |
any duty of confidentiality.
|
| 11.7.4 |
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 Clause 11.7.l(a) or 12.7.l(b) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where
Clause 11.7.3 applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested
confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.
|
| 11.8 |
FATCA Deduction
|
| 11.8.1 |
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.
|
| 11.8.2 |
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 Borrower and the Agent in writing and the Agent shall notify the other Finance Parties.
|
| 12. |
INCREASED COSTS
|
| 12.1 |
Increased costs
|
| (a) |
a reduction in the rate of return from the Loan or on a Finance Party's (or its Affiliate's) overall capital;
|
| (b) |
an additional or increased cost; or
|
| (c) |
a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,
|
| (a) |
the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel Ill: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel Ill: International framework for
liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended,
supplemented or restated;
|
| (b) |
the rules for global systemically important banks contained in "Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement - Rules text" published by the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and
|
| (c) |
any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to "Basel Ill".
|
| 12.2 |
Increased cost claims
|
| 12.2.1 |
A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 12.1 (Increased costs) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrower in writing.
|
| 12.2.2 |
Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs.
|
| 12.3 |
Exceptions
|
| (a) |
attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by the Borrower;
|
| (b) |
attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;
|
| (c) |
compensated for by Clause 11.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 11.3 but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in Clause 11.3 applied);
|
| (d) |
attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation; or
|
| (e) |
attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with the "International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in
June 2004 in the form existing on the Effective Date (but excluding any amendment arising out of Basel III) ("Basel Il") or any other law or regulation which implements Basel Il (whether such implementation, application or compliance
is by a government, regulator, Finance Party or any of its Affiliates).
|
| 13. |
OTHER INDEMNITIES
|
| 13.1 |
Currency indemnity
|
| 13.1.1 |
If any sum due from the Borrower or the Guarantor 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:
|
| (a) |
making or filing a claim or proof against the Borrower or the Guarantor (as the case may be), or
|
| (b) |
obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,
|
| 13.1.2 |
The Borrower and the Guarantor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.
|
| 13.2 |
Other indemnities
|
| 13.2.1 |
The Borrower shall, within five Business Days of written demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any duly documented cost, loss or liability incurred by that Finance Party as a result of:
|
| (a) |
the occurrence of any Event of Default which is continuing;
|
| (b) |
a failure by the Borrower 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 27 (Sharing among the Finance Parties);
|
| (c) |
funding, or making arrangements to fund, the Loan following the Effective Date but the Loan not being funded by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default or
negligence by a Finance Party alone); or
|
| (d) |
the Loan (or part of the Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower.
|
| 13.2.2 |
The Borrower shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party, each Affiliate of a Finance Party and each officer or employee of a Finance Party or its Affiliate (each such person for the purposes of this Clause 13.2 an "Indemnified Person") against any and all duly documented cost, loss or liability reasonably incurred by that Indemnified Person pursuant to or in connection with any litigation, arbitration or
administrative proceedings or regulatory enquiry, in connection with or arising out of the entry into and the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents, having the benefit of any Encumbrance constituted by the Finance
Documents or which relates to the condition or operation of, or any incident occurring in relation to, the Vessel, unless such cost, loss or liability is caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of that Indemnified Person.
|
| 13.2.3 |
Subject to any limitations set out in Clause 13.2.2, the indemnity in that Clause shall cover any duly documented cost, loss or liability reasonably incurred by each Indemnified Person in any jurisdiction:
|
| (a) |
arising or asserted under or in connection with any law relating to safety at sea, the ISM Code, any Environmental Law or any Sanctions; or
|
| (b) |
in connection with any Environmental Claim.
|
| 13.3 |
Indemnity to the Agent
|
| (a) |
any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:
|
| (i) |
investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; or
|
| (ii) |
acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; or
|
| (iii) |
instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under this Agreement; and
|
| (b) |
any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Agent (otherwise than by reason of the Agent's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) in acting as Agent under the Finance Documents.
|
| 13.4 |
Indemnity to the Security Agent
|
| (a) |
any failure by the Borrower to comply with their obligations under Clause 15 (Costs and Expenses);
|
| (b) |
acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
|
| (c) |
the taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the Security Documents;
|
| (d) |
the exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions, authorities and remedies vested in the Security Agent and each Receiver and Delegate by the Finance Documents or by law;
|
| (e) |
any default by any Security Party in the performance of any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Finance Documents; or
|
| (f) |
acting as Security Agent, Receiver or Delegate under the Finance Documents or which otherwise relates to any of the Charged Property (otherwise, in each case, than by reason of the relevant Security Agent's, Receiver's or
Delegate's gross negligence or wilful misconduct).
|
| 13.5 |
Indemnity survival
|
| 14. |
MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS
|
| 14.1 |
Mitigation
|
| 14.2 |
Limitation of liability
|
| 15. |
COSTS AND EXPENSES
|
| 15.1 |
Transaction expenses
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| (a) |
the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution, syndication and perfection of this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement;
|
| (b) |
the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution and perfection of any other Finance Documents executed after the Effective Date;
|
| (c) |
any other document which may at any time be required by a Finance Party to give effect to any Finance Document or which a Finance Party is entitled to call for or obtain under any Finance Document (including, without limitation,
any valuation of the Vessel); and
|
| (d) |
any discharge, release or reassignment of any of the Security Documents.
|
| 15.2 |
Amendment costs
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| 15.3 |
Enforcement and preservation costs
|
| 15.4 |
Other costs
|
| SECTION 7 |
SECURITY AND APPLICATION OF MONEYS
|
| 16. |
SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND APPLICATION OF MONEYS
|
| 16.1 |
Security Documents
|
| (a) |
a guarantee and indemnity from the Guarantor;
|
| (b) |
first and second priority charges of all the issued shares of the Borrower;
|
| (c) |
first and second preferred and/or priority statutory mortgages over the Vessel together, if applicable with collateral deeds of covenants;
|
| (d) |
first and second priority deeds of assignment of the Insurances, Earnings, any Charters and Requisition Compensation of the Vessel from the Borrower;
|
| (e) |
the Managers' Undertakings;
|
| (f) |
a first and second priority account security deed in respect of all amounts from time to time standing to the credit of the Accounts; and
|
| (g) |
a first priority deed of charge over the Master Agreement Proceeds.
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| 16.2 |
Earnings and Retention Account
|
| 16.3 |
Earnings and minimum balance
|
| 16.4 |
Transfers to Retention Account
|
| (a) |
one-third of the amount of the Repayment Instalment in respect of the Loan due on the next Repayment Date (which shall be deemed to be the day for that transfer if that day is a Repayment Date); and
|
| (b) |
the amount of interest in respect of the Loan due on the next Interest Payment Date (which shall be deemed to be the day for that transfer if that day is an Interest Payment Date) divided by the number of months between the last
Interest Payment Date (or, if none, the Effective Date in respect of the Loan) and that next Interest Payment Date; and
|
| (c) |
one-third of any liabilities due under the Master Agreement (other than any payment as a result of termination or closing out) on the next Repayment Date,
|
| 16.5 |
Additional payments to Retention Account
|
| 16.6 |
Application of Retention Account
|
| (a) |
on each Repayment Date in respect of the Loan, the amount of the Repayment Instalment then due;
|
| (b) |
on each Interest Payment Date in respect of the Loan, the amount of interest then due; and
|
| (c) |
on each Repayment Date, the amount of any liabilities then due under the Master Agreement other than any payment as a result of termination or closing out,
|
| 16.7 |
Borrower's obligations not affected
|
| 16.8 |
Release of surplus
|
| 16.9 |
Restriction on withdrawal
|
| 16.10 |
Relocation of Accounts
|
| 16.11 |
Access to information
|
| 16.12 |
Statements
|
| 16.13 |
Application after acceleration
|
| 16.14 |
Application of moneys by Security Agent
|
| (a) |
pursuant to a sale or other disposition of the Vessel or any right, title or interest in the Vessel; or
|
| (b) |
by way of payment of any sum in respect of the Insurances, Earnings or Requisition Compensation; or
|
| (c) |
by way of transfer of any sum from any of the Accounts; or
|
| (d) |
otherwise under or in connection with any Security Document,
|
| (a) |
first, any unpaid fees, costs, expenses and default interest due to the Agent and the Security Agent (and, in the case of the Security Agent, to any Receiver or Delegate) under all or any of the Finance Documents, such application
to be apportioned between the Agent and the Security Agent pro rata to the aggregate amount of such items due to each of them;
|
| (b) |
second, any unpaid fees, costs, expenses (including any sums paid by the Lenders under Clause 25.10 (Indemnity)) of the Lenders due under this Agreement, such application to be apportioned
between the Lenders pro rata to the aggregate amount of such items due to each of them;
|
| (c) |
third, any accrued but unpaid default interest due to the Lenders under this Agreement, such application to be apportioned between the Lenders pro rata to the aggregate amount of such default interest due to each of them;
|
| (d) |
fourth, any other accrued but unpaid interest due to the Lenders under this Agreement, such application to be apportioned between the Lenders pro rata to the aggregate amount of such interest due to each of them;
|
| (e) |
fifth, any principal of the Loan due and payable but unpaid under this Agreement, such application to be apportioned between the Lenders pro rata to the aggregate amount of such principal due to each of them; and
|
| (f) |
sixth, any other sum due and payable to any Finance Party but unpaid under all or any of the Finance Documents, such application to be apportioned between the Finance Parties pro rata to the aggregate amount of any such sum due to
each of them;
|
| 16.15 |
Retention on account
|
| 16.16 |
Additional security
|
| 16.16.1 |
If at any time the Security Cover Ratio is less than the Relevant Percentage (the "VTL Coverage"), the Borrower shall, within 10 Business Days of the Agent's request, at the Borrower's
option:
|
| (a) |
pay to the Security Agent or to its nominee a cash deposit in dollars in the amount of the shortfall (with the value of such deposit to be the face amount of the deposit) to be secured in favour of the Security Agent as additional
security for the payment of the Indebtedness; or
|
| (b) |
give to the Security Agent other additional security in amount and form acceptable to the Security Agent in its discretion (with the value of such additional security to be determined conclusively by appropriate advisers appointed
by the Agent (in the case of other charged assets) and determined by the Agent in its discretion (in all other cases)); or
|
| (c) |
prepay the Loan in the amount of the shortfall to ensure that the Security Cover Ratio is at least equal to or more than the Relevant Percentage.
|
| 16.16.2 |
Clauses 5.2 (Reborrowing), 6.2(c) (Voluntary prepayment of the Loan) and 6.6 (Restrictions) shall apply,
mutatis mutandis, to any prepayment made under this Clause 16.16 and the value of any additional security provided shall be determined by the Agent as specified in Clause 16.16.1(a) and Clause 16.16.1(b). The cost of any such
valuations or determinations shall be borne by the Borrower.
|
| 16.16.3 |
The VTL Coverage shall be tested quarterly throughout the Facility Period on the basis of one Vessel valuation, prepared by an Approved Shipbroker and to be delivered by no later than 10 days after the end of each fiscal quarter
of the Borrower's financial year . Save as provided for in Schedule 1 para 5 of the 2022 Amending and Restating Agreement, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent at its own cost and expense the valuation required to evidence the Fair
Market Value together with each Compliance Certificate delivered to the Agent under Clause 19.2.1.
|
| 16.16.4 |
If, at any time after the Borrower has provided additional security in accordance with the Agent's request under this Clause 16.16, the Agent shall determine when testing compliance with the VTL Coverage that all or any part of
that additional security may be released without resulting in a shortfall in the VTL Coverage, then, provided that no Default is continuing, the Security Agent shall effect a release of all or any part of that additional security in
accordance with the Agent's instructions, but this shall be without prejudice to the Agent's right to make a further request under this Clause 16.16 should the value of the remaining security subsequently merit it.
|
| 17. |
GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
|
| 17.1 |
Guarantee and indemnity
|
| (a) |
guarantees to each Finance Party punctual performance by each other Security Party of all that Security Party's obligations under the Finance Documents;
|
| (b) |
undertakes with each Finance Party that whenever another Security Party does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, the Guarantor shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it 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 a Security Party not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability, invalidity or illegality, have been payable by it under any Finance Document on the date when it
would have been due. The amount payable by the Guarantor under this indemnity will not exceed the amount it would have had to pay under this Clause 17 if the amount claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee.
|
| 17.2 |
Continuing Guarantee
|
| 17.3 |
Reinstatement
|
| 17.4 |
Waiver of defences
|
| (a) |
any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Security Party or other person;
|
| (b) |
the release of any other Security Party or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any Security Party or any other member of the Group;
|
| (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, any Security Party or other person or any non-presentation or
non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
|
| (d) |
any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of a Security Party or any other person;
|
| (e) |
any amendment, novation, supplement, extension restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of a Finance Document or any other document or security including, without limitation, any change in
the purpose of, any extension of or increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security;
|
| (f) |
any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or
|
| (g) |
any insolvency or similar proceedings.
|
| 17.5 |
Guarantor intent
|
| 17.6 |
Immediate recourse
|
| 17.7 |
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 17.
|
| 17.8 |
Deferral of Guarantor's rights
|
| 17.8.1 |
Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Security Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the Agent otherwise directs, the Guarantor will not exercise
any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents or by reason of any amount being payable, or liability arising, under this Clause 17:
|
| (a) |
to be indemnified by a Security Party;
|
| (b) |
to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Security Party's obligations under the Finance Documents;
|
| (c) |
to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the 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 any Security Party to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which the Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 17.1 (Guarantee and indemnity);
|
| (e) |
to exercise any right of set-off against any Security Party; and/or
|
| (f) |
to claim or prove as a creditor of any Security Party in competition with any Finance Party.
|
| 17.8.2 |
If the Guarantor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to such rights it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent necessary to enable all amounts which may be or become payable to the
Finance Parties by the Security Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents to be repaid in full on trust for the Finance Parties and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to the Agent or as the Agent may direct for
application in accordance with Clause 28 (Payment mechanics).
|
| 17.9 |
Additional security
|
| SECTION 8 |
REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
| 18. |
REPRESENTATIONS
|
| 18.1 |
Representations
|
| 18.1.1 |
Status
|
| (a) |
is a limited liability corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation;
|
| (b) |
has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted; and
|
| (c) |
has not established a place of business in England nor (other than the Borrower) registered as a non-Hong Kong company under Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong).
|
| 18.1.2 |
Binding obligations
|
| (a) |
the obligations expressed to be assumed by each of the Security Parties in each of the Relevant Documents to which it is a party are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations; and
|
| (b) |
(without limiting the generality of Clause 18.1.2(a)) each Security Document to which it is a party creates the security interests which that Security Document purports to create and those security interests are valid and
effective.
|
| 18.1.3 |
Non-conflict with other obligations
|
| (a) |
any law or regulation applicable to such Security Party;
|
| (b) |
the constitutional documents of such Security Party or of any other member of the Group; or
|
| (c) |
any agreement or instrument binding upon such Security Party or any other member of the Group or any of such Security Party's or any other member of the Group's assets or constitute a default or termination event (however
described) under any such agreement or instrument.
|
| 18.1.4 |
Power and authority
|
| (a) |
Each of the Security Parties 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 Relevant Documents to which it is or will be a party
and the transactions contemplated by those Relevant Documents.
|
| (b) |
No limit on the powers of any Security Party will be exceeded as a result of the borrowing, grant of security or giving of guarantees or indemnities contemplated by the Relevant Documents to which it is a party.
|
| 18.1.5 |
Validity and admissibility in evidence
|
| (a) |
to enable each of the Security Parties lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Relevant Documents to which it is a party or to enable each Finance Party to enforce and exercise all its
rights under the Relevant Documents; and
|
| (b) |
to make the Relevant Documents to which any Security Party is a party admissible in evidence in its Relevant Jurisdictions,
|
| 18.1.6 |
Governing law and enforcement
|
| (a) |
The choice of governing law of any Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in the Relevant Jurisdictions of each relevant Security Party.
|
| (b) |
Any judgment obtained in relation to any Finance Document in the jurisdiction of the governing law of that Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in the Relevant Jurisdictions of each relevant Security Party.
|
| 18.1.7 |
Insolvency
|
| 18.1.8 |
No filing or stamp taxes
|
| 18.1.9 |
Deduction of Tax
|
| 18.1.10 |
No default
|
| (a) |
No Event of Default and, on the Effective Date and on the Drawdown Date, no Default is continuing or is reasonably likely to result from the advance of the Loan or the entry into, the performance of, or any transaction contemplated
by, any of the Relevant Documents.
|
| (b) |
No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes (or, with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination or any combination of any of the foregoing, would constitute) a default
or termination event (howsoever described) under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on any of the Security Parties or any other member of the Group or to which its assets are subject which has or is likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
|
| 18.1.11 |
No misleading information
|
| (a) |
Any factual information provided by any Security Party was true and accurate in all material respects as at the date the information is expressed to be given.
|
| (b) |
Any financial projection or forecast provided by Security Party has been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions and was fair (as at the date of the relevant report or
document containing the projection or forecast) and arrived at after careful consideration.
|
| (c) |
All material information provided to a Finance Party by or on behalf of any of the Security Parties or any other member of the Group on or before the Effective Date and not superseded before that date is accurate and not misleading
in any material respect and all projections provided to any Finance Party on or before the Effective Date have been prepared in good faith on the basis of assumptions which were reasonable at the time at which they were prepared and
supplied; and
|
| (d) |
All other written information provided by any of the Security Parties or any other member of the Group (including its advisers) to a Finance Party was true, complete and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was
provided and is not misleading in any respect.
|
| 18.1.12 |
Financial statements
|
| (a) |
The Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
|
| (b) |
The Original Financial Statements fairly represent the Guarantor's financial condition and results of operations for the relevant financial quarter.
|
| (c) |
There has been no material adverse change in any Security Party's assets, business or financial condition (or the assets, business or consolidated financial condition of the Guarantor, in the case of the Guarantor since the date of
the Original Financial Statements.
|
| (d) |
The Guarantor's most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1 (Financial statements):
|
| (i) |
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP as applied to the Original Financial Statements; and
|
| (ii) |
give a true and fair view of (if audited) or fairly represent (if unaudited) its consolidated financial condition as at the end of, and consolidated results of operations for, the period to which they relate.
|
| (e) |
Since the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1 (Financial statements) there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets or financial
condition of any of the Security Parties or any other member of the Group.
|
| 18.1.13 |
No proceedings pending or threatened
|
| 18.1.14 |
No breach of laws
|
| 18.1.15 |
Environmental laws
|
| (a) |
Each of the Security Parties is in compliance with Clause 21.3 (Environmental compliance) and to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry) no circumstances
have occurred which would prevent such compliance in a manner or to an extent which has or is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
| (b) |
No Environmental Claim has been commenced or (to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) is threatened against any of the Security Parties where that claim has or is likely, if determined against
that Security Party, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
| 18.1.16 |
Taxation
|
| (a) |
None of the Security Parties is materially overdue in the filing of any Tax returns or is overdue in the payment of any amount in respect of Tax of $1,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) or more.
|
| (b) |
To the best of its knowledge and belief, no claims or investigations are being, or are likely to be, made or conducted against any of the Security Parties with respect to Taxes such that a liability of, or claim against, any of the
Security Parties of $1,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) or more is likely to arise.
|
| (c) |
Each of the Security Parties is resident for Tax purposes only in its Original Jurisdiction unless the Agent have received notification in writing to the contrary from any such Security Party.
|
| 18.1.17 |
Anti-corruption law
|
| 18.1.18 |
No Encumbrance
|
| (a) |
No Encumbrance exists over all or any of the Charged Property save for Permitted Encumbrances.
|
| (b) |
The Borrower has no Financial Indebtedness outstanding other than as permitted by this Agreement.
|
| 18.1.19 |
Pari passu ranking
|
| 18.1.20 |
No adverse consequences
|
| (a) |
It is not necessary under the laws of the Relevant Jurisdictions of any of the Security Parties:
|
| (i) |
in order to enable any Finance Party to enforce its rights under any Finance Document; or
|
| (ii) |
by reason of the execution of any Finance Document or the performance by it of its obligations under any Finance Document,
|
| (b) |
No Finance Party is or will be deemed to be resident, domiciled or carrying on business in any of the Relevant Jurisdictions of any of the Security Parties by reason only of the execution, performance and/or enforcement of any
Finance Document.
|
| 18.1.21 |
Disclosure of material facts
|
| 18.1.22 |
Completeness of Relevant Documents
|
| 18.1.23 |
No Immunity
|
| 18.1.24 |
Money laundering
|
| 18.1.25 |
Sanctions
|
| (a) |
None of the Security Parties or any Affiliate of any of them, or any of their respective officers, directors or, to their knowledge, any of their employees, agents or affiliates is a Prohibited Person.
|
| (b) |
Each of the Security Parties and each Affiliate of any of them is in compliance with all Sanctions.
|
| 18.2 |
Repetition
|
| 19. |
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
|
| 19.1 |
Financial statements
|
| (a) |
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each of its financial years its audited consolidated financial statements for that financial year; and
|
| (b) |
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal quarter during each of its financial years, its unaudited quarterly financial statements (comprising unaudited quarterly
consolidated income statements and quarterly consolidated balance sheets) for that fiscal quarter; and
|
| (c) |
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each of its financial years its consolidated financial projections for, at least, the subsequent financial year.
|
| 19.2 |
Compliance Certificate
|
| 19.2.1 |
The Guarantor shall supply to the Agent, with each set of its annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1(a) (Financial statements) and each set of its quarterly financial
statements delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1(b) (Financial statements), a Compliance Certificate (including supporting schedules) setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to
compliance with Clause 20 (Financial Covenants) as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up.
|
| 19.2.2 |
Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by the Authorised Officers of the Guarantor.
|
| 19.3 |
Requirements as to financial statements
|
| (a) |
shall be certified by an Authorised Officer of the Guarantor as giving a true and fair view of (in the case of annual financial statements), or fairly representing (in other cases), its financial condition as at the date as at
which those financial statements were drawn up;
|
| (b) |
shall be prepared using GAAP, accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of the Original Financial Statements 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 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 the Original Financial Statements were prepared; and
|
| (ii) |
sufficient information, in form and substance as may be required by the Agent, to enable the Agent to determine whether Clause 20 (Financial Covenants) has been complied with and make an accurate comparison between the financial
position indicated in those financial statements and the Original Financial Statements.
|
| 19.4 |
Information: miscellaneous
|
| (a) |
if the Agent so requests, at the same time as they are dispatched copies of all documents dispatched by the Borrower to its shareholders generally (or any class of them) or dispatched by the Borrower or any other Security Party to
its creditors generally (or any class of them);
|
| (b) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any Security Party and which, if adversely determined, are likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect;
|
| (c) |
promptly, such information as the Security Agent may require about the Charged Property and compliance of the Security Parties with the terms of any Security Documents including without limitation cash flow analyses and details of
the operating costs of either Vessel; and
|
| (d) |
promptly on request, such further information regarding the financial condition, assets and operations of any Security Party (including any requested amplification or explanation of any item in the financial statements, budgets or
other material provided by any Security Party under this Agreement and an up to date copy of its shareholders' register (or equivalent in its Original Jurisdiction)) as any Finance Party through the Agent may reasonably request.
|
| 19.5 |
Notification of default
|
| 19.5.1 |
The Borrower and the Guarantor shall notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.
|
| 19.5.2 |
Promptly upon a request by the Agent, the Borrower shall supply to the Agent a certificate signed by its Authorised 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).
|
| 19.6 |
"Know your customer" checks
|
| 19.6.1 |
If:
|
| (a) |
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the Effective Date;
|
| (b) |
any change in the status of a Security Party after the Effective Date; or
|
| (c) |
a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,
|
| 19.6.2 |
Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is 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.
|
| 19.7 |
Poseidon Principles
|
| 19.7.1 |
The Borrower shall, upon the request of a Lender and at the cost of the Borrower on or before the 31st July in each calendar year supply or procure the supply to the Agent of all information necessary in order for the Lender to
comply with its obligations under the Poseidon Principles in respect of the preceding year, including, without limitation, all ship fuel oil consumption data required to be collected and reported in accordance with Regulation 22A of
Annex IV and any Statement of Compliance, in each case relating to the Vessel for the preceding calendar year and each Lender shall at any time have the right to obtain such information from third parties, provided always that no
Lender shall publicly disclose such information with the identity of the Vessel without the prior written consent of the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, such information shall be "Confidential Information" under this Agreement,
but the Borrower acknowledges that, in accordance with the Poseidon Principles, such information will form part of the information published regarding the portfolio climate alignment by each Lender being a signatory to the Poseidon
Principles.
|
| 20. |
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
|
| 20.1 |
The Guarantor
|
| (a) |
Minimum Liquidity: consolidated Cash and Cash Equivalents of at least the higher of (i) $30,000,000 and (ii) six per cent (6 %) of the Total Interest Bearing Debt; and
|
| (b) |
Minimum Net Worth: a Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth of at least $300,000,000; and
|
| (c) |
Minimum Equity Ratio: an Equity Ratio of the Guarantor of not less than twenty five per cent (25%); and
|
| (d) |
Minimum Working Capital: a Working Capital for the Guarantor greater than zero.
|
| 20.2 |
Financial testing
|
| 20.3 |
Most favoured lender status
|
| (a) |
If at any time, the Guarantor or the Borrower shall agree to (or amend, or modify) any financial covenant with any of its other creditors and such financial covenant is not contained in this Agreement and/or would be more
beneficial to the Finance Parties than any analogous financial covenant contained in this Agreement, then:
|
| (i) |
the Guarantor shall promptly inform the Agent thereof in reasonable detail;
|
| (ii) |
such additional financial covenant shall be deemed incorporated mutatis mutandis by reference into this Agreement, effective as of the date when such additional financial covenant became effective between the Guarantor and/or the
Borrower and its other creditor(s); and
|
| (iii) |
the Security Parties shall enter into any additional agreement, amendment or addendum to this Agreement as requested by the Agent in order to evidence the incorporation of such additional financial covenant.
|
| (b) |
Any additional financial covenant incorporated into this Agreement shall:
|
| (i) |
remain unchanged in this Agreement notwithstanding any waiver of such additional financial covenant by any other creditor(s);
|
| (ii) |
be deemed automatically amended in this Agreement to reflect any subsequent amendments made to such additional financial covenant with such other creditor(s); and
|
| (iii) |
be deemed deleted from this Agreement at such time as such additional financial covenant is deleted or otherwise removed from the agreement between the relevant Security Party and its other creditor(s).
|
| 21. |
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
|
| 21.1 |
Authorisations
|
| (a) |
obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and
|
| (b) |
supply certified copies to the Agent of,
|
| (i) |
enable any Security Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
|
| (ii) |
ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any Finance Document; and
|
| (iii) |
enable any Security Party to carry on its business where failure to do so has or is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
| 21.2 |
Compliance with laws
|
| 21.2.1 |
The Borrower and the Guarantor shall comply (and shall procure that each other Security Party, each other member of the Group and each Affiliate of any of them shall comply), in all respects with all laws to which it may be
subject, if (except as regards Sanctions, to which Clause 21.2.2 applies, and anti-corruption laws, to which Clause 21.5 applies) failure so to comply has or is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
| 21.2.2 |
The Borrower and the Guarantor shall comply (and shall procure that each other Security Party, each other member of the Group and each Affiliate of any of them shall comply) in all respects with all Sanctions.
|
| 21.3 |
Environmental compliance
|
| (a) |
comply with all Environmental Laws;
|
| (b) |
obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Approvals; and
|
| (c) |
implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law,
|
| 21.4 |
Environmental Claims
|
| (a) |
any Environmental Claim against any of the Security Parties which is current, pending or threatened; and
|
| (b) |
any facts or circumstances which are likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any of the Security Parties,
|
| 21.5 |
Anti-corruption law
|
| 21.5.1 |
The Borrower and the Guarantor shall not (and shall procure that no other Security Party will) directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Loan for any purpose which would breach the Bribery Act 2010, the United States Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or other similar legislation in other jurisdictions.
|
| 21.5.2 |
The Borrower and the Guarantor shall (and shall procure that each other Security Party shall):
|
| (a) |
conduct its businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws; and
|
| (b) |
maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
|
| 21.5.3 |
Sanctions
|
| (a) |
directly or indirectly, use any of the proceeds of the Loan or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any person to finance or facilitate any activity or transaction with a Prohibited Person or in a
Sanctioned Country or in any other manner that would cause any party hereto to be in breach of any Sanctions;
|
| (b) |
fund any payment under the Loan from proceeds derived, directly or indirectly, from any activity or transaction with a Prohibited Person or in a Sanctioned Country or which would otherwise cause any party hereto to be in breach of
any Sanctions.
|
| (c) |
use the Vessel for the benefit of a Prohibited Person, including, but not limited to selling, chartering or leasing to a Prohibited Person, in trading to or from a Sanctioned Country, in any manner contrary to Sanctions or in any
manner that creates a risk that the Vessel will become the subject of Sanctions.
|
| 21.6 |
Taxation
|
| 21.6.1 |
The Borrower and the Guarantor shall (and shall procure that each other Security Party shall) pay and discharge all Taxes imposed upon it or its assets within the time period allowed without incurring penalties unless and only to
the extent that:
|
| (a) |
such payment is being contested in good faith;
|
| (b) |
|
| (c) |
adequate reserves are being maintained for those Taxes and the costs required to contest them which have been disclosed in its latest financial statements delivered to the Agent under Clause 19.1 (Financial
statements); and
|
| (d) |
such payment can be lawfully withheld.
|
| 21.6.2 |
Neither either Borrower nor the Guarantor may change its residence for Tax purposes.
|
| 21.7 |
Evidence of good standing
|
| 21.8 |
Pari passu ranking
|
| 21.9 |
Negative pledge
|
| 21.9.1 |
The Borrower will not create nor permit to subsist any Encumbrance over any of its assets and the Guarantor shall not create or permit to subsist any Encumbrance over any of its assets which are the subject of a Security Document.
|
| 21.9.2 |
The Borrower will not:
|
| (a) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by a Security Party;
|
| (b) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms;
|
| (c) |
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
|
| (d) |
enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect,
|
| 21.9.3 |
Clauses 21.9.1 and 21.9.2 do not apply to any Encumbrance, which is a Permitted Encumbrance.
|
| 21.10 |
Disposals
|
| 21.11 |
Arm's length basis
|
| 21.12 |
Merger
|
| 21.13 |
Change of business
|
| 21.14 |
No other business
|
| 21.15 |
No acquisitions
|
| 21.16 |
No change of ownership
|
| 21.17 |
Executive Management
|
| 21.18 |
Consent to charters
|
| 21.19 |
No borrowings
|
| 21.20 |
No substantial liabilities
|
| 21.21 |
No loans or credit
|
| 21.22 |
No guarantees or indemnities
|
| 21.23 |
Dividends
|
| (a) |
pay dividends (or make any other distributions to its shareholders), or
|
| (b) |
buy-back its own common stock; or
|
| (c) |
enter into any derivative transactions having the same effect as a distribution;
|
| (i) |
no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed transaction, and
|
| (ii) |
after giving effect to such transaction, the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries remain in full compliance with the provisions of this Agreement (including those set out in Clause 20 (Financial
Covenants).
|
| 21.24 |
Inspection of records
|
| 21.25 |
No change in Relevant Documents
|
| 21.26 |
Further assurance
|
| 21.26.1 |
The Borrower and the Guarantor shall procure that each other Security Party shall promptly do all such acts or execute all such documents (including assignments, transfers, mortgages, charges, notices and instructions) as the
Security Agent may specify (and in such form as the Security Agent may require in favour of the Security Agent or its nominee(s)):
|
| (a) |
to perfect any Encumbrance created or intended to be created under or evidenced by the Security Documents (which may include the execution of a mortgage, charge, assignment or other Encumbrance over all or any of the assets which
are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Security Documents) or for the exercise of any rights, powers and remedies of the Security Agent or the Finance Parties provided by or pursuant to the Finance Documents or by law;
|
| (b) |
to confer on the Security Agent or confer on the Finance Parties an Encumbrance over any property and assets of the Borrower or that other Security Party as located in any jurisdiction equivalent or similar to the Encumbrance
intended to be conferred by or pursuant to the Security Documents; and/or
|
| (c) |
to facilitate the realisation of the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Security Documents.
|
| 21.26.2 |
The Borrower and the Guarantor shall (and shall procure that each other Security Party shall) take all such action as is available to it (including making all filings and registrations) as may be necessary for the purpose of the
creation, perfection, protection or maintenance of any Encumbrance conferred or intended to be conferred on the Security Agent or the Finance Parties by or pursuant to the Finance Documents.
|
| 21.27 |
No dealings with Master Agreement
|
| 21.28 |
Change of place of business and registration as non-Hong Kong company
|
| 22. |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
| 22.1 |
Events of Default
|
| 22.1.1 |
Non-payment
|
| (a) |
its failure to pay is caused by:
|
| (i) |
administrative or technical error; or
|
| (ii) |
a Disruption Event; and
|
| (b) |
payment is made within three Business Days of its due date.
|
| 22.1.2 |
Other specific obligations
|
| (a) |
Any requirement of Clause 20 (Financial Covenants) is not satisfied provided that no Event of Default shall occur under this Clause 22.1.3(a) if the failure to comply is remedied within five
Business Days of the earlier of (i) the Agent giving notice to the Borrower and (ii) the Borrower or the Guarantor becoming aware of the failure to comply.
|
| (b) |
A Security Party does not comply with any obligation in a Finance Document relating to the Insurances or with Clause 16.16 (Additional security).
|
| 22.1.3 |
Other obligations
|
| (a) |
A Security Party does not comply with any provision of a Finance Document (other than those referred to in Clause 22.1.1 (Non-payment) and Clause 22.1.2 (Other
specific obligations).
|
| (b) |
No Event of Default under this Clause 22.1.3 will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within ten Business Days of the earlier of (i) the Agent giving notice to the Borrower and (ii) the Borrower
becoming aware of the failure to comply.
|
| 22.1.4 |
Misrepresentation
|
| 22.1.5 |
Cross default
|
| (a) |
is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period; or
|
| (b) |
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); or
|
| (c) |
is capable of being declared by a creditor to be due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result an event of default (howsoever described).
|
| 22.1.6 |
Insolvency
|
| (a) |
A Security Party 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 a Security Party is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities).
|
| (c) |
A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of a Security Party. If a moratorium occurs, the ending of the moratorium will not remedy any Event of Default caused by that moratorium.
|
| 22.1.7 |
Insolvency proceedings
|
| (a) |
the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration, bankruptcy or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of a Security Party;
|
| (b) |
a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of a Security Party;
|
| (c) |
the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager, or trustee or other similar officer in respect of a Security Party or any of its assets; or
|
| (d) |
enforcement of any Encumbrance over any assets of a Security Party,
|
| 22.1.8 |
Creditors' process
|
| 22.1.9 |
Unlawfulness and invalidity
|
| (a) |
It is or becomes unlawful for a Security Party to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any Encumbrance created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents ceases to be effective.
|
| (b) |
Any obligation or obligations of any Security Party under any Finance Documents are not (subject to the Legal Reservations) or cease to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable and the cessation individually or cumulatively
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Lenders under the Finance Documents.
|
| (c) |
Any Finance Document ceases to be in full force and effect or any Encumbrance created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents ceases to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable or effective or is alleged by a
party to it (other than a Finance Party) to be ineffective.
|
| 22.1.10 |
Cessation of business
|
| 22.1.11 |
Change in ownership or control of the Borrower
|
| 22.1.12 |
Expropriation
|
| 22.1.13 |
Repudiation and rescission of agreements
|
| (a) |
A Security Party rescinds or repudiates a Finance Document or evidences an intention to rescind or repudiate a Finance Document.
|
| (b) |
Subject to Clause 22.1.13(c), any party to any of the Relevant Documents that is not a Finance Document rescinds or repudiates that Relevant Document in whole or in part where to do so has or is, in the opinion of the Majority
Lenders, likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
| (c) |
Any of the Management Agreements is terminated, cancelled or otherwise ceases to remain in full force and effect at any time prior to its contractual expiry date and is not immediately replaced by a similar agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Majority Lenders.
|
| 22.1.14 |
Conditions subsequent
|
| 22.1.15 |
Revocation or modification of Authorisation
|
| 22.1.16 |
Loss of Vessel
|
| (a) |
the Vessel is insured in accordance with the Security Documents and a claim for Total Loss is available under the terms of the relevant insurances; and
|
| (b) |
no insurer has refused to meet or has disputed the claim for Total Loss and it is not apparent to the Agent in its discretion that any such refusal or dispute is likely to occur; and
|
| (c) |
payment of all insurance proceeds in respect of the Total Loss is made in full to the Security Agent within 120 days of the occurrence of the casualty giving rise to the Total Loss in question or such longer period as the Agent may
in its discretion agree.
|
| 22.1.17 |
Challenge to registration
|
| 22.1.18 |
War
|
| 22.1.19 |
Master Agreement termination
|
| 22.1.20 |
Notice of determination
|
| 22.1.21 |
Litigation
|
| 22.1.22 |
Material adverse change
|
| 22.1.23 |
Sanctions
|
| (a) |
Any of the Security Parties or any Affiliate of any of them becomes a Prohibited Person or becomes owned or controlled by, or acts directly or indirectly on behalf of, a Prohibited Person or any of such persons becomes the owner or
controller of a Prohibited Person.
|
| (b) |
Any breach of article 21.5.3 (Sanctions).
|
| (c) |
Any of the Security Parties, any other member of the Group or any Affiliate of any of them is not in compliance with all Sanctions.
|
| 22.1.24 |
Shareholding in Guarantor
|
| 22.2 |
Acceleration
|
| (a) |
by notice to the Borrower cancel the Total Commitments, at which time they shall immediately be cancelled;
|
| (b) |
by notice to the Borrower declare that the Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents are immediately due and payable, at which time they shall become immediately
due and payable;
|
| (c) |
by notice to the Borrower declare that the Loan is payable on demand, at which time it 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.
|
| SECTION 9 |
CHANGES TO PARTIES
|
| 23. |
CHANGES TO THE LENDERS
|
| 23.1 |
Assignments and transfers by the Lenders
|
| (a) |
Subject to this Clause 23, a Lender (the "Existing Lender") may:
|
| (i) |
assign any of its rights; or
|
| (ii) |
transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations,
|
| (b) |
Any assignment or transfer shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000.
|
| (c) |
Subject to Clause 23.1 (d) below, the consent of the Guarantor is required for an assignment or transfer by an Existing Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and provided that the Guarantor's consent
shall be deemed to have been given on the expiry of five (5) Business Days after the relevant Lender has requested the Guarantor's consent in writing unless the Guarantor has expressly refused its consent within such five (5)
Business Day period.
|
| (d) |
The consent of the Guarantor shall not be required for an assignment or transfer by an Existing Lender where the assignment or transfer is:
|
| (i) |
to another Lender or an Affiliate or a related fund of a Lender;
|
| (ii) |
to a reputable shipping bank which has a minimum rating of "BBB" at Standard & Poor or "Baa" at Moody's;
|
| (iii) |
to a Central Bank, Federal Reserve or to another state-owned entity;
|
| (iv) |
to any sub-participant where the Existing Lender retains all its obligations in respect of the transferred, assigned or participated amounts; or
|
| (v) |
made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing or a Sanctions Event has occurred.
|
| 23.2 |
Conditions of assignment or transfer
|
| 23.2.1 |
An assignment will only be effective on:
|
| (a) |
receipt by the Agent of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) that the New Lender will assume the same obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if
it was an Original Lender; and
|
| (b) |
performance by the Agent of all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to such assignment to a New Lender, the completion of which the Agent shall promptly
notify to the Existing Lender and the New Lender.
|
| 23.2.2 |
A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 23.5 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with.
|
| 23.2.3 |
If:
|
| (a) |
a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and
|
| (b) |
as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, the Borrower would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 11 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) or Clause 12 (Increased Costs),
|
| 23.2.4 |
Each New Lender 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.
|
| 23.3 |
Assignment or transfer fee
|
| 23.4 |
Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders
|
| 23.4.1 |
Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:
|
| (a) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Relevant Documents or any other documents;
|
| (b) |
the financial condition of any Security Party;
|
| (c) |
the performance and observance by any Security Party of its obligations under the Relevant Documents or any other documents; or
|
| (d) |
the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any of the Relevant Documents or any other document,
|
| 23.4.2 |
Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:
|
| (a) |
has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Security Party 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 of the Relevant Documents; and
|
| (b) |
will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Security Party and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
|
| 23.4.3 |
Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:
|
| (a) |
accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 23; or
|
| (b) |
support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Security Party of its obligations under the Relevant Documents or otherwise.
|
| 23.5 |
Procedure for transfer
|
| 23.5.1 |
Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 23.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with Clause 23.5.3 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 Clause 23.2.l(b), 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.
|
| 23.5.2 |
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.
|
| 23.5.3 |
Subject to Clause 23.9 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date:
|
| (a) |
to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents the Borrower and the Guarantor and the Existing Lender shall be released from
further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another shall be cancelled (being the "Discharged Rights and Obligations");
|
| (b) |
the Borrower and the Guarantor 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 the Borrower and the
Guarantor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of the Borrower and the Guarantor and the Existing Lender;
|
| (c) |
the Agent, the Security Agent, 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 Original 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 Security Agent and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under
this Agreement; and
|
| (d) |
the New Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender".
|
| 23.6 |
Procedure for assignment
|
| 23.6.1 |
Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 23.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) an assignment may be effected in accordance with Clause 23.6.3 when the Agent executes an otherwise
duly completed Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to Clause 23.6.2, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Assignment Agreement
appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Assignment Agreement.
|
| 23.6.2 |
The Agent shall only be obliged to execute an Assignment Agreement 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 similar checks under all
applicable laws and regulations in relation to the assignment to such New Lender.
|
| 23.6.3 |
Subject to Clause 23.9 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date:
|
| (a) |
the Existing Lender will assign absolutely to the New Lender its rights under the Finance Documents and in respect of any Encumbrance created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents and expressed to be
the subject of the assignment in the Assignment Agreement;
|
| (b) |
the Existing Lender will be released from the obligations (the "Relevant Obligations") expressed to be the subject of the release in the Assignment Agreement (and any corresponding
obligations by which it is bound in respect of any Encumbrance created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents); and
|
| (c) |
the New Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender" and will be bound by obligations equivalent to the Relevant Obligations.
|
| 23.6.4 |
Lenders may utilise procedures other than those set out in this Clause 23.6 to assign their rights under the Finance Documents (but not, without the consent of the relevant Security Party or unless in accordance with Clause 23.5
(Procedure for transfer), to obtain a release by that Security Party from the obligations owed to that Security Party by the Lenders nor the assumption of equivalent obligations by a New Lender) provided
that they comply with the conditions set out in Clause 23.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer).
|
| 23.7 |
Copy of Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement to Borrower
|
| 23.8 |
Security over Lenders' rights
|
| 23.8.1 |
any charge, assignment or other Encumbrance to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and
|
| 23.8.2 |
in the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Encumbrance 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 Encumbrance for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or
|
| (b) |
require any payments to be made by a Security Party other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.
|
| 23.9 |
Pro rata interest settlement
|
| 23.9.1 |
If the Agent has notified the Lenders that it is able to distribute interest payments on a "pro rata basis" to Existing Lenders and New Lenders then (in respect of any transfer pursuant to Clause 23.5 (Procedure for transfer) or
any assignment pursuant to Clause 23.6 (Procedure for assignment) the Transfer Date of which is after the date of such notification and is not on the last day of an Interest Period):
|
| (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 months, on the next of the dates which falls at three 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 23.9, have been payable to it on that date, but after deduction of the Accrued Amounts.
|
| 23.9.2 |
In this Clause 23.9 references to "Interest Period" shall be construed to include a reference to any other period for accrual of fees.
|
| 24. |
NO CHANGES TO THE SECURITY PARTIES
|
| 24.1 |
No assignment or transfer by Security Parties
|
| SECTION 10 |
THE FINANCE PARTIES
|
| 25. |
ROLE OF THE AGENT AND THE SECURITY AGENT
|
| 25.1 |
Appointment of the Agent
|
| 25.1.1 |
Each of the Lenders appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents and each of the Lenders and the Agent appoints the Security Agent to act as its security agent for the purpose of the
Security Documents.
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| 25.1.2 |
Each of the Lenders authorises the Agent and each of the Lenders and the Agent authorises the Security Agent to perform the duties, obligations and responsibilities and to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions
specifically given to the Agent or the Security Agent (as the case may be) under or in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions.
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| 25.1.3 |
The Swap Provider appoints the Security Agent to act as its security agent for the purpose of the Security Documents and authorises the Security Agent to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given
to the Security Agent under or in connection with the Security Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions.
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| 25.1.4 |
Except in Clause 25.13 (Replacement of the Agent) or where the context otherwise requires, references in this Clause 25 to the "Agent" shall mean
the Agent and the Security Agent individually and collectively and references in this Clause 25 to the "Finance Documents" or to any "Finance Document"
shall not include the Master Agreement.
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| 25.2 |
Instructions
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| 25.2.1 |
The Agent shall:
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| (a) |
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:
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| (i) |
all Lenders if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is an all Lender decision; and
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| (ii) |
in all other cases, the Majority Lenders; and
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| (b) |
not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from acting) in accordance with Clause 25.2.1(a).
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| 25.2.2 |
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 and the Agent may refrain from acting unless and until it
receives any such instructions or clarification that it has requested.
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| 25.2.3 |
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.
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| 25.2.4 |
The Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with any instructions of 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 east, loss or liability which it may incur in complying with those instructions.
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| 25.2.5 |
In the absence of instructions, the Agent may act (or refrain from acting) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders.
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| 25.2.6 |
The Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first obtaining that Lender's consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document. This Clause 25.2.6 shall not apply to any legal or
arbitration proceeding relating to the perfection, preservation or protection of rights under the Finance Documents or the enforcement of the Finance Documents.
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| 25.3 |
Duties of the Agent
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| 25.3.1 |
The Agent's duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature.
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| 25.3.2 |
Subject to Clause 25.3.3, 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.
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| 25.3.3 |
Without prejudice to Clause 23.7 (Copy of Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement to Borrower), Clause 25.3.2 shall not apply to any Transfer Certificate or any Assignment Agreement.
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| 25.3.4 |
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.
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| 25.3.5 |
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 Finance Parties.
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| 25.3.6 |
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 Security Agent) under this Agreement it shall promptly notify the other
Finance Parties.
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| 25.3.7 |
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).
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| 25.4 |
No fiduciary duties
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| 25.4.1 |
Subject to Clause 25.11 (Trust) which relates to the Security Agent only, nothing in any Finance Document constitutes the Agent as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person.
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| 25.4.2 |
The Agent shall not be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.
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| 25.5 |
Business with Security Parties and the Group
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| 25.6 |
Rights and discretions of the Agent
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| 25.6.1 |
The Agent may:
|
| (a) |
rely on any representation, communication, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
|
| (b) |
assume that:
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| (i) |
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
|
| (ii) |
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,
|
| 25.6.2 |
The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders or security agent for the Finance Parties (as the case may be)) that:
|
| (a) |
no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 22.1 (Events of Default));
|
| (b) |
any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Majority Lenders has not been exercised; and
|
| (c) |
any notice or request made by the Borrower (other than a Drawdown Request) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Security Parties.
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| 25.6.3 |
The Agent may engage and pay for the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts.
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| 25.6.4 |
Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 25.6.3 or Clause 25.6.5, 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) if the Agent in its opinion deems this to be desirable.
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| 25.6.5 |
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.
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| 25.6.6 |
The Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its officers, employees and agents and the Agent shall not:
|
| (a) |
be liable for any error of judgment made by any such person; or
|
| (b) |
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,
|
| 25.6.7 |
Unless a Finance Document expressly provides otherwise the Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it believes it has received as agent under this Agreement.
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| 25.6.8 |
Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 25.6.7, the Agent:
|
| (a) |
may disclose; and
|
| (b) |
on the written request of the Borrower or the Majority Lenders shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, disclose,
|
| 25.6.9 |
Notwithstanding any other prov1s1on of any Finance Document to the contrary, the Agent is not obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a
fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.
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| 25.6.10 |
The Agent is not obliged to disclose to any Finance Party any details of the rate notified to the Agent by any Lender or the identity of any such Lender for the purpose of Clause 9.2 (Market
Disruption).
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| 25.6.11 |
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 assured to it.
|
| 25.7 |
Responsibility for documentation
|
| (a) |
the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Agent, a Security Party or any other person given in or in connection with any Relevant Document or the transactions
contemplated in the Relevant Documents; or
|
| (b) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Relevant Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of or in connection with any Relevant
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.
|
| 25.8 |
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.
|
| 25.9 |
Exclusion of liability
|
| 25.9.1 |
Without limiting Clause 25.9.2 (and without prejudice to any other provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the liability of the Agent) the Agent shall not be liable for:
|
| (a) |
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 or any Encumbrance created
or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct;
|
| (b) |
exercising, or not exercising, any right, power, authority or discretion given to it by, or in connection with, any Finance Document, any Encumbrance created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents or
any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with, any Finance Document or any Encumbrance created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security
Documents;
|
| (c) |
any shortfall which arises on the enforcement or realisation of the Trust Property; or
|
| (d) |
without prejudice to the generality of Clauses 25.9.l(a), 25.9.l(b) and 25.9.l(c), any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of:
|
| (i) |
any act, event or circumstance not reasonably within its control; or
|
| (ii) |
the general risks of investment in, or the holding of assets in, any jurisdiction,
|
| 25.9.2 |
No Party (other than the Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that
officer, employee or agent in relation to any Relevant Document and any officer, employee or agent of the Agent may rely on this Clause.
|
| 25.9.3 |
The 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 if the 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 for that purpose.
|
| 25.9.4 |
Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent to carry out:
|
| (a) |
any "know your customer" or other checks in relation to any person;
|
| (b) |
any check on the extent to which any transaction contemplated by this Agreement might be unlawful for any Lender,
|
| 25.9.5 |
Without prejudice to any prov1s1on of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the Agent's liability, any liability of the Agent arising under or in connection with any Finance Document or any Encumbrance created or expressed
to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents shall be limited to the amount of actual loss which has been finally judicially determined to have been suffered (as determined by reference to the date of default of the 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 Agent at any time which increase the amount of that loss. In no event shall
the 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 has been advised of the possibility
of such loss or damages.
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| 25.10 |
Lenders' indemnity to the Agent
|
| 25.10.1 |
Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the Agent and every
Receiver and Delegate, within three Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of them (otherwise than by reason of the relevant Agent's, Receiver's or Delegate's gross negligence or wilful
misconduct) in acting as Agent, Receiver or Delegate under, or exercising any authority conferred under, the Finance Documents (unless the relevant Agent, Receiver or Delegate has been reimbursed by a Security Party pursuant toa
Finance Document).
|
| 25.10.2 |
Subject to Clause 25.10.3, the Borrower shall immediately on demand reimburse any Lender for any payment that Lender makes to the Agent pursuant to Clause 25.10.1
|
| 25.10.3 |
Clause 25.10.2 shall not apply to the extent that the indemnity payment in respect of which the Lender claims reimbursement relates to a liability of the Agent to a Security Party.
|
| 25.11 |
Trust
|
| (a) |
the Security Agent and any Delegate may indemnify itself or himself out of the Trust Property against all liabilities, costs, fees, damages, charges, losses and expenses sustained or incurred by it or him in relation to the
taking or holding of any of the Trust Property or in connection with the exercise or purported exercise of the rights, trusts, powers and discretions vested in the Security Agent or any Delegate by or pursuant to the Security
Documents or in respect of anything else done or omitted to be done in any way relating to the Security Documents;
|
| (b) |
the other Finance Parties acknowledge that the Security Agent shall be under no obligation to insure any property nor to require any other person to insure any property and shall not be responsible for any loss which may be
suffered by any person as a result of the lack or insufficiency of any insurance;
|
| (c) |
the Finance Parties agree that the perpetuity period applicable to the trusts declared by this Agreement shall be the period of 125 years from the Effective Date;
|
| (d) |
the Security Agent shall not be liable for any failure, omission, or defect in perfecting the security constituted or created by any Finance Document including, without limitation, any failure to register the same in accordance
with the provisions of any of the documents of title of any Security Party to any of the assets thereby charged or effect or procure registration of or otherwise protect the security created by any Security Document under any
registration laws in any jurisdiction and may accept without enquiry such title as any Security Party may have to any asset;
|
| (e) |
the Security Agent shall not be under any obligation to hold any title deed, Finance Document or any other documents in connection with the Finance Documents or any other documents in connection with the property charged by any
Finance Document or any other such security in its own possession or to take any steps to protect or preserve the same, and may permit any Security Party to retain all such title deeds, Finance Documents and other documents in its
possession; and
|
| (f) |
save as otherwise provided in the Finance Documents, all moneys which under the trusts therein contained are received by the Security Agent may be invested in the name of or under the control of the Security Agent in any
investment for the time being authorised by English law for the investment by trustees of trust money or in any other investments which may be selected by the Security Agent, and the same may be placed on deposit in the name of or
under the control of the Security Agent at such bank or institution (including the Security Agent) and upon such terms as the Security Agent may think fit.
|
| 25.12 |
Resignation of the Agent
|
| 25.12.1 |
The Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates as successor by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Borrower.
|
| 25.12.2 |
Alternatively the Agent may resign by giving 30 days' notice to the other Finance Parties and the Borrower, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with the Borrower) may appoint a successor Agent.
|
| 25.12.3 |
If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent in accordance with Clause 25.12.2 within 20 days after notice of resignation was given, the retiring Agent (after consultation with the Borrower) may appoint a
successor Agent.
|
| 25.12.4 |
If the Agent wishes to resign because it has concluded that it is no longer appropriate for it to remain as agent and the Agent is entitled to appoint a successor Agent under Clause 26.12.3, the Agent may (if it concludes that it
is necessary to do so in order to persuade the proposed successor Agent to become a party to this Agreement as Agent) agree with the proposed successor Agent amendments to this Clause 25 consistent with then current market practice
for the appointment and protection of corporate trustees together with any reasonable amendments to the agency fee payable under this Agreement which are consistent with the successor Agent's normal fee rates and those amendments
will bind the Parties.
|
| 25.12.5 |
The retiring Agent shall, 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. The Guarantor shall, within three Business Days of demand, reimburse the retiring Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) properly incurred by it in making available such documents
and records and providing such assistance.
|
| 25.12.6 |
The Agent's resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor and (in the case of the Security Agent) the transfer of all the Trust Property to that successor.
|
| 25.12.7 |
Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents (other than its obligations under Clause 25.12.5) but shall remain entitled to the
benefit of Clause 13.3 (Indemnity to the Agent) and this Clause 25 (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.
|
| 25.12.8 |
The Agent shall resign in accordance with Clause 25.12.2 (and, to the extent applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to appoint a successor Agent pursuant to Clause 25.12.3) if on or after the date which is three months
before the earliest FATCA Application Date relating to any payment to the Agent under the Finance Documents, either:
|
| (a) |
the Agent fails to respond toa request under Clause 11.7 (FATCA information) and the Guarantor or 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;
|
| (b) |
the information supplied by the Agent pursuant to Clause 11.7 (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
|
| (c) |
the Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders in writing that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;
|
| 25.13 |
Replacement of the Agent
|
| 25.13.1 |
After consultation with the Borrower, the Majority Lenders may, by giving 30 days' notice to the Agent (or, at any time the Agent is an Impaired Agent, by giving any shorter notice determined by the Majority lenders) replace the
Agent by appointing a successor Agent.
|
| 25.13.2 |
The retiring Agent shall (at its own cost if it is an Impaired Agent and otherwise at the expense of the Lenders) 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 function as Agent under the Finance Documents.
|
| 25.13.3 |
The appointment of the successor Agent shall take effect on the date specified in the notice from the Majority Lenders to the retiring Agent. As from this date, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation
in respect of the Finance Documents (other than its obligations under Clause 25.13.2 but shall remain entitled to the benefit of Clause 13.3 (Indemnity to the Agent) and this Clause 25 (and
any agency fees for the account of the retiring Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be payable on) that date).
|
| 25.13.4 |
Any successor Agent 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.
|
| 25.14 |
Confidentiality
|
| 25.14.1 |
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.
|
| 25.14.2 |
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.
|
| 25.15 |
Relationship with the Lenders
|
| 25.15.1 |
Subject to Clause 23.9 (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:
|
| (a) |
entitled to or liable for any payment due under any Finance Document on that day; and
|
| (b) |
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,
|
| 25.15.2 |
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 dispatched to that Lender under the Finance Documents. Such notice shall contain
the address, fax number and (where communication by electronic mail or other electronic means is permitted under Clause 30.6 (Electronic communication)) electronic mail address and/or 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, fax number, electronic mail address, department and officer by that Lender for the purposes of Clause 30.2 (Addresses) and Clause 30.6.1(b) (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.
|
| 25.16 |
Credit appraisal by the Lenders
|
| (a) |
the financial condition, status and nature of each Security Party;
|
| (b) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Relevant Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any
Relevant Document;
|
| (c) |
whether that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Relevant Document, the transactions contemplated by the Relevant
Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of under or in connection with any Relevant Document; and
|
| (d) |
the right or title of any person in or to, or the value or sufficiency of any part of the Charged Property, the priority of any Encumbrance created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents or the
existence of any Encumbrance affecting the Charged Property.
|
| 25.17 |
Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent
|
| 26. |
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, rem1ss1on 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.
|
| 27. |
SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
|
| 27.1 |
Payments to Finance Parties
|
| (a) |
the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three 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 28 (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 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 28.6 (Partial payments).
|
| 27.2 |
Redistribution of payments
|
| 27.3 |
Recovering Finance Party's rights
|
| 27.4 |
Reversal of redistribution
|
| 27.4.1 |
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
|
| 27.4.2 |
as between the relevant Security Party and each relevant Sharing Finance Party, an amount equal to the relevant Redistributed Amount will be treated as not having been paid by that Security Party.
|
| 27.5 |
Exceptions
|
| 27.5.1 |
This Clause 27 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 Security Party.
|
| 27.5.2 |
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:
|
| (a) |
it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings; and
|
| (b) |
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.
|
| SECTION 11 |
ADMINISTRATION
|
| 28. |
PAYMENT MECHANICS
|
| 28.1 |
Payments to the Agent
|
| 28.1.1 |
On each date on which a Security Party or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document (other than the Master Agreement), that Security Party or that Lender shall make the same available to the Agent 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.
|
| 28.1.2 |
Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency with such bank as the Agent specifies.
|
| 28.2 |
Distributions by the Agent
|
| 28.3 |
Distributions to a Security Party
|
| 28.4 |
Clawback and pre-funding
|
| 28.4.1 |
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.
|
| 28.4.2 |
Unless Clause 28.4.3 applies, 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.
|
| 28.4.3 |
If the Agent has notified the Lenders that it is willing to make available amounts for the account of the Borrower before receiving funds from the Lenders then if and to the extent that the Agent does so but it proves to be the
case that it does not then receive funds from a Lender in respect of a sum which it paid to the Borrower:
|
| (a) |
the Agent shall notify the Borrower of that Lender's identity and the Borrower to whom that sum was made available shall on demand refund it to the Agent; and
|
| (b) |
the Lender by whom those funds should have been made available or, if that Lender fails to do so, the Borrower to whom that sum was made available, shall on demand pay to the Agent the amount (as certified by the Agent) which
will indemnify the Agent against any funding cost incurred by it as a result of paying out that sum before receiving those funds from that Lender.
|
| 28.5 |
Impaired Agent
|
| 28.5.1 |
If, at any time, the Agent becomes an Impaired Agent, a Security Party or a Lender which is required to make a payment under the Finance Documents to the Agent in accordance with Clause 28.1 (Payments
to the Agent) may instead either:
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| (a) |
pay that amount direct to the required recipient(s); or
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| (b) |
if in its absolute discretion it considers that it is not reasonably practicable to pay that amount direct to the required recipient(s), pay that amount or the relevant part of that amount to an interest- bearing account held
with an Acceptable Bank in relation to which no Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, in the name of the Security Party or the Lender making the payment (the "Paying Party") and
designated as a trust account for the benefit of the Party or Parties beneficially entitled to that payment under the Finance Documents (the "Recipient Party" or "Recipient Parties").
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| 28.5.2 |
All interest accrued on the amount standing to the credit of the trust account shall be for the benefit of the Recipient Party or the Recipient Parties pro rata to their respective entitlements.
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| 28.5.3 |
A Party which has made a payment in accordance with this Clause 28.5 shall be discharged of the relevant payment obligation under the Finance Documents and shall not take any credit risk with respect to the amounts standing to
the credit of the trust account.
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| 28.5.4 |
Promptly upon the appointment of a successor Agent in accordance with Clause 25.13 (Replacement of the Agent), each Paying Party shall (other than to the extent that that Party has given
an instruction pursuant to Clause 28.5.5) give all requisite instructions to the bank with whom the trust account is held to transfer the amount (together with any accrued interest) to the successor Agent for distribution to the
relevant Recipient Party or Recipient Parties in accordance with Clause 28.2 (Distributions by the Agent).
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| 28.5.5 |
A Paying Party shall, promptly upon request by a Recipient Party and to the extent:
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| (a) |
that it has not given an instruction pursuant to Clause 28.5.4; and
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| (b) |
that it has been provided with the necessary information by that Recipient Party,
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| 28.6 |
Partial payments
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| 28.6.1 |
If the Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by a Security Party under the Finance Documents (other than the Master Agreement), the Agent shall apply that payment towards
the obligations of that Security Party under the Finance Documents (other than the Master Agreement) in the following order:
|
| (a) |
first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Agent or the Security Agent under the Finance Documents;
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| (b) |
secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;
|
| (c) |
thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; and
|
| (d) |
fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.
|
| 28.6.2 |
The Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the order set out in Clauses 28.6.1(b) to 28.6.1(d).
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| 28.6.3 |
Clauses 28.6.1 and 28.6.2 will override any appropriation made by a Security Party.
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| 28.7 |
No set-off by Security Parties
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| 28.8 |
Business Days
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| 28.8.1 |
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).
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| 28.8.2 |
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.
|
| 28.9 |
Currency of account
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| 28.9.1 |
Subject to Clauses 28.9.2 to 28.9.5, dollars is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from a Security Party under any Finance Document.
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| 28.9.2 |
A repayment or payment of all or part of the Loan or an Unpaid Sum shall be made in the currency in which the Loan or Unpaid Sum is denominated on its due date.
|
| 28.9.3 |
Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in respect of which the interest is payable was denominated when that interest accrued.
|
| 28.9.4 |
Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
|
| 28.9.5 |
Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than dollars shall be paid in that other currency.
|
| 28.10 |
Control account
|
| 28.11 |
Change of currency
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| 28.11.1 |
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:
|
| (a) |
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 Borrower); and
|
| (b) |
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.
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| 28.11.2 |
If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Agent (and after consultation with the Borrower) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and
market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.
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| 29. |
SET-OFF
|
| 29.1 |
Set-off
|
| 29.2 |
Master Agreement rights
|
| 30. |
NOTICES
|
| 30.1 |
Communications in writing
|
| 30.2 |
Addresses
|
| (a) |
in the case of the Borrower, that identified with its name below on the signature page;
|
| (b) |
in the case of the Guarantor, that identified with its name below on the signature page;
|
| (c) |
in the case of each Lender, that notified in writing to the Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party;
|
| (d) |
in the case of the Swap Provider, that identified with its name below on the signature page; and
|
| (e) |
in the case of the Agent or the Security Agent, that identified with its name below on the signature page,
|
| 30.3 |
Delivery
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| 30.3.1 |
Any communication or document made or delivered by one Party to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:
|
| (a) |
if by way of email, when actually received in readable form; or
|
| (b) |
if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address;
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| 30.3.2 |
Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent or the Security Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Agent or the Security Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention
of the department or officer identified with the Agent's or the Security Agent's signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Agent or the Security Agent shall specify for this purpose).
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| 30.3.3 |
All notices from or to a Security Party (save in respect of the Master Agreement) shall be sent through the Agent.
|
| 30.3.4 |
Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with this Clause 30.3, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day.
|
| 30.4 |
Notification of address and email address
|
| 30.5 |
Communication when Agent is Impaired Agent
|
| 30.6 |
Electronic communication
|
| 30.6.1 |
Any communication to be made between any two Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means to the extent that those two Parties agree that, unless and until
notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication and if those two Parties:
|
| (a) |
notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and
|
| (b) |
notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them by not less than five Business Days' notice.
|
| 30.6.2 |
Any electronic communication made between those two 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 or the Security Agent only if
it is addressed in such a manner as the Agent or the Security Agent shall specify for this purpose.
|
| 30.6.3 |
Any electronic communication which becomes effective, in accordance with Clause 30.6.2, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day.
|
| 30.7 |
English language
|
| (a) |
in English; or
|
| (b) |
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.
|
| 31. |
CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
|
| 31.1 |
Accounts
|
| 31.2 |
Certificates and determinations
|
| 31.3 |
Day count convention
|
| 32. |
PARTIAL INVALIDITY
|
| 33. |
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
|
| 34. |
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
|
| 34.1 |
Required consents
|
| 34.1.1 |
Subject to Clause 34.2 (Exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents (other than the Master Agreement) may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the
Borrower and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.
|
| 34.1.2 |
The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause 34.
|
| 34.1.3 |
Without prejudice to the generality of Clauses 25.6.3, 25.6.4 and 25.6.5 (Rights and discretions of the Agent), 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.
|
| 34.2 |
Exceptions
|
| 34.2.1 |
An amendment, waiver or (in the case of a Security Document) a consent of, or in relation to, any term of any Finance Document that has the effect of changing or which relates to:
|
| (a) |
the definition of "Majority Lenders" in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);
|
| (b) |
an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents;
|
| (c) |
a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable;
|
| (d) |
a change in currency of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents;
|
| (e) |
an increase in any Commitment, an extension of the Availability Period or any requirement that a cancellation of Commitments reduces the Commitments of the Lenders rateably;
|
| (f) |
a change to the Borrower or a change to the Guarantor;
|
| (g) |
any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders;
|
| (h) |
Clause 2.2 (Finance Parties' rights and obligations), Clause 23 (Changes to the Lenders), this Clause 34, Clause 39 (Governing Law) or Clause 40.1 (Jurisdiction of English courts);
|
| (i) |
(other than as expressly permitted by the provisions of any Finance Document) the nature or scope of:
|
| (i) |
any Guarantee;
|
| (ii) |
the Charged Property; or
|
| (iii) |
the manner in which the proceeds of enforcement of the Security Documents are distributed; or
|
| (j) |
the release of any Guarantee or of any Encumbrance created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents unless permitted under this Agreement or any other Finance Document or relating to a sale or disposal of
an asset which is the subject of any Encumbrance created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents where such sale or disposal is expressly permitted under this Agreement or any other Finance Document;
|
| 34.3 |
Other Exceptions
|
| 34.3.1 |
An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent or the Security Agent (each in their capacity as such) may not be effected without the consent of the Agent or the Security Agent as the case may be.
|
| 34.3.2 |
An amendment or waiver to a Finance Document that has the effect of amending or waiving the rights or obligations of the Swap Provider may not be effected without the prior written consent of the Swap Provider.
|
| 34.4 |
Excluded Commitments
|
| (a) |
any Defaulting Lender fails to respond to a request for a consent, waiver, amendment of or in relation to any term of any Finance Document or any other vote of Lenders under the terms of this Agreement within a period agreed by
the Agent after consultation with the Borrower; or
|
| (b) |
any Lender which is not a Defaulting Lender fails to respond to such a request (other than an amendment, waiver or consent referred to in Clauses 34.2.1(b), 34.2.1(c) and 34.2.1(e) (Exceptions))
or other or such a vote within a period agreed by the Agent after consultation with the Borrower, then:
|
| (i) |
its Commitment(s) shall not be included for the purpose of calculating the Total Commitments when ascertaining whether any relevant percentage (including, for the avoidance of doubt, unanimity) 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.
|
| 34.5 |
Changes to reference rates
|
| (a) |
Subject to Clause 34.3 (Other exceptions), 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
|
| (ii) |
|
| (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 20 Business Days (or such longer time period in relation to any request which the Borrower 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 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 34.5:
|
| (a) |
SOFR; or
|
| (b) |
the Term SOFR for any Quoted Tenor.
|
| (a) |
the methodology, formula or other means of determining that Published Rate has, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors, materially changed;
|
| (b) |
|
| (i) |
|
| (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; or
|
| (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 Obligors, 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 Obligors, 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 Obligors, an appropriate successor to a Published Rate.
|
| 35. |
CONFIDENTIALITY
|
| 35.1 |
Confidential Information
|
| 35.2 |
Disclosure of Confidential Information
|
| 35.2.1 |
to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider
appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this Clause 35.2.1 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;
|
| 35.2.2 |
to any person:
|
| (a) |
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 or which succeeds (or which may potentially succeed) it as Agent
or Security Agent and, in each case, to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;
|
| (b) |
with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference
to, one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Security Parties and to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;
|
| (c) |
appointed by any Finance Party or by a person to whom Clause 35.2.2(a) or 35.2.2(b) applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf (including,
without limitation, any person appointed under Clause 25.15.2 (Relationship with the Lenders));
|
| (d) |
who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in Clause 35.2.2(a) or 35.2.2(b);
|
| (e) |
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;
|
| (f) |
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;
|
| (g) |
to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 23.8 (Security over Lenders' rights);
|
| (h) |
who is a Party; or
|
| (i) |
with the consent of the Borrower;
|
| (i) |
in relation to Clauses 35.2.2(a), 35.2.2(b) and 35.2.2(c), 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;
|
| (ii) |
in relation to Clause 35.2.2(d), 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;
|
| (iii) |
in relation to Clauses 35.2.2(e), 35.2.2(f) and 35.2.2(g), 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 reasonable opinion of that Finance Party, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances; and
|
| 35.2.3 |
to any person appointed by that Finance Party or by a person to whom Clause 35.2.2(a) or 35.2.2(b) 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 Clause 35.2.3 if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking; and
|
| 35.2.4 |
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 Security Parties and/or the Group if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that same or all of such Confidential Information may be
price- sensitive information. Any Lender may also disclose the size and term of the Loan and the name of each of the Security Parties to any investor or a potential investor in a securitisation (or similar transaction of broadly
equivalent economic effect) of that Lender's rights or obligations under the Finance Documents.
|
| 35.3 |
Entire agreement
|
| 35.4 |
Inside information
|
| 35.5 |
Notification of disclosure
|
| (a) |
of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to Clause 35.2.2(e) (Disclosure of Confidential Information) except where such disclosure is made to any of
the persons referred to in that Clause 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 35.
|
| 35.6 |
Continuing obligations
|
| (a) |
the date on which all amounts payable by the Security Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been paid in full and the Loan has been cancelled or otherwise ceases to be available; and
|
| (b) |
the date on which such Finance Party otherwise ceases to be a Finance Party.
|
| 36. |
COUNTERPARTS
|
| 37. |
NO RIGHTS AS SURETY
|
| (a) |
exercise any rights of subrogation in relation to any rights, security or moneys held or received or receivable by a Finance Party or any other person; or
|
| (b) |
exercise any right of contribution from any other Borrower or any other Security Party under any Finance Document; or
|
| (c) |
exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim against any other Borrower or any other Security Party; or
|
| (d) |
receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment, distribution, security or indemnity from any other Borrower or any other Security Party; or
|
| (e) |
unless so directed by the Agent (when the Borrower will prove in accordance with such directions), claim as a creditor of any other Borrower or any other Security Party in competition with any Finance Party
|
| 38. |
BAIL-IN
|
| 38.1 |
Contractual Recognition of Bail-In
|
| 38.1.1 |
Notwithstanding any other term of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding between the Parties, each Party acknowledges and accepts that any liability of any Party to any other Party under or in
connection with the Finance Documents may be subject to Bail-In Action by the relevant Resolution Authority and acknowledges and accepts to be bound by the effect of:
|
| (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.
|
| 38.2 |
Bail-in Definitions
|
| (a) |
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;
|
| (b) |
in relation to the United Kingdom, the UK Bail-In Legislation; and
|
| (c) |
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;
|
| (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;
|
| (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
|
| (c) |
in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation:
|
| (i) |
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
|
| (ii) |
any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation.
|
| SECTION 12 |
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
|
| 39. |
GOVERNING LAW
|
| 40. |
ENFORCEMENT
|
| 40.1 |
Jurisdiction of English courts
|
| 40.1.1 |
The courts of England have exclusive 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 or any
non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) (a "Dispute"). Each Party agrees that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to
settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.
|
| 40.1.2 |
This Clause 40.1 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,
any Finance Party may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
|
| 40.2 |
Service of process
|
| 40.2.1 |
Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Borrower and the Guarantor:
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| (a) |
irrevocably appoints Wikborg Rein UK Limited of 30 Cannon Street, London, EC4M 6XH, England as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document; and
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agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Borrower or the Guarantor (as the case may be) of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
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| 40.2.2 |
If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process or terminates its appointment as agent for service of process, the Borrower or the Guarantor (as the case
may be) must immediately (and in any event within five days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Agent. Failing this, the Agent may appoint another agent for this purpose.
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Name and address of Original Lender
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Commitment
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Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
12, place des Etats-Unis
CS 70052
92547 Montrouge Cedex
France
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$37,500,000
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| From: |
DHT Tiger Limited
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| To: |
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
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Proposed Drawdown Date:
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[ ] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)
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Currency of Drawing:
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dollars
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Amount:
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[ ]
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Interest Period:
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[3 months]
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Yours faithfully
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authorised signatory for
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DHT Tiger Limited
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| To: |
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as Agent and as Security Agent]
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| From: |
[The Existing Lender] (the "Existing Lender") and [The New Lender] (the "New
Lender")
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| 1. |
We refer to the Loan Agreement. This agreement (the "Agreement") shall take effect as a Transfer Certificate for the purposes of the Loan Agreement. Terms defined in the Loan Agreement have the same meaning in this Agreement
unless given a different meaning in this Agreement.
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| 2. |
We refer to Clause 23.5 (Procedure for transfer) of the Loan Agreement:
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| (a) |
The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by novation and in accordance with Clause 23.5 (Procedure for transfer) all of the
Existing Lender's rights and obligations under the Loan Agreement and the other Finance Documents which relate to that portion of the Existing Lender's Commitment(s) and participations in the Loan under the Loan Agreement as
specified in the Schedule.
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| (b) |
The proposed Transfer Date is [ ].
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| (c) |
The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 30.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule.
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| 3. |
The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender's obligations set out in Clause 23.4.1(c) (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders).
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| 4. |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement.
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| 5. |
This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
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| 6. |
This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
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| Note: |
The execution of this Transfer Certificate may not transfer a proportionate share of the Existing Lender's interest in any Encumbrance created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security
Documents in all jurisdictions. It is the responsibility of the New Lender to ascertain whether any other documents or other formalities are required to perfect a transfer of such a share in any jurisdiction and, if so, to arrange
for execution of those documents and completion of those formalities.
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| [Existing Lender] |
[New Lender] |
| By: |
By: |
| To: |
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
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| From: |
DHT Holdings, Inc.
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| 1. |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate.
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| 2. |
We confirm that on a consolidated basis for the Guarantor:
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| (a) |
the Guarantor's consolidated Cash and Cash Equivalent is $[ ] being higher than (i) $30,000,000 and (ii) six per cent (6%) of the Total Interest Bearing Debt as per the attached calculations; and
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| (b) |
the Guarantor's Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth is $[ ] being higher than $300,000,000 as per the attached calculations; and
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| (c) |
the Equity Ratio of the Guarantor is [ ]% being not less than twenty five per cent (25%) as per the attached calculations; and
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| (d) |
the Working Capital of the Guarantor is $[ ] and is therefore greater than zero as per the attached calculations.
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| 3. |
Attached is one valuation in respect of the Vessel from an Approved Shipbroker which evidence a Fair Market Value of $[] therefore the Security Cover Ratio of at least [135]% is satisfied.
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| 4. |
Attached is one valuation from an Approved Shipbroker evidencing the fair market value of all the vessels currently in the Guarantor's fleet.
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| 5. |
[We confirm that no Default is continuing.]1
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Signed:
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[
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Director/Chief Financial Officer
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Director
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Of
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of
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DHT Holdings, Inc.
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DHT Holdings, Inc.
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The Borrower
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DHT Tiger Limited
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)
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)
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By:
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)
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Title: Attorney in fact
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)
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Address: Haakon VII's gate 1, POB 2039
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)
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Vika, 0125 Oslo, Norway
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)
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Email: lch@dhtankers.com
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)
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Department/Officer:
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)
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The Guarantor
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DHT Holdings, Inc.
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)
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)
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By:
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)
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Title: Attorney in fact
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)
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Address: Haakon VII's gate 1, POB 2039
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)
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Vika, 0125 Oslo, Norway
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)
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Email: lch@dhtankers.com
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)
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Department/Officer:
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)
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The Agent
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Crédit Agricole Corporate and
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)
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Investment Bank
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)
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By:
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)
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Title: Attorney in fact
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)
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Address: 12, place des Etats-Unis, CS 70052,
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) |
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92547 Montrouge Cedex, France
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)
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Attention:
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Clémentine COSTIL / Romy ROUSSEL / Ludovic TRAVERT
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Phone:
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+33(0)1.41.89.90.47/+33(0)1.41.89.06.12/+33(0)1.41.89.15.51
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Email:
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clementine.costil@ca-cib.com / romy.roussel@ca-cib.com / ludovic.travert@ca-cib.com
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Security Agent
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Crédit Agricole Corporate and
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)
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Investment Bank
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)
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By:
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)
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Title: Attorney in fact
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)
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Address: 12, place des Etats-Unis, CS 70052,
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) |
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92547 Montrouge Cedex, France
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)
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)
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Attention:
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Clémentine COSTIL / Romy ROUSSEL / Ludovic TRAVERT
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Phone:
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+33(0)1.41.89.90.47/+33(0)1.41.89.06.12/+33(0)1.41.89.15.51
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Email:
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clementine.costil@ca-cib.com / romy.roussel@ca-cib.com / ludovic.travert@ca-cib.com
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The Original Lenders
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Crédit Agricole Corporate and
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)
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Investment Bank
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)
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By:
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)
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Title: Attorney in fact
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Attention:
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Mathieu GAGNEZ / Anne-Laure ORANGE
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Phone:
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33 (0)1.41.89.12.07 / +33 (0)1.41.89.10.65
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Email:
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mathieu.gagnez@ca-cib.com / anne-laure.orange@ca-cib.com
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The Swap Provider
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CréditAgricole Corporate and
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)
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Investment Bank
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)
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By:
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)
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Title: Attorney in fact
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)
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Address: 12, place des Etats-Unis, CS 70052,
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) |
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92547 Montrouge Cedex, France
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)
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)
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OBLIGORS
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For and on behalf of
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DHT TIGER LIMTIED
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(as Borrower)
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By:
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/s/ Jonathan C Page | |
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Name: Jonathan C Page
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Title: Attorney in fact
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For and on behalf of
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DHT HOLDINGS, INC.
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(as Guarantor)
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By:
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/s/ Jonathan C Page | |
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Name: Jonathan C Page
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Title: Attorney in fact
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FINANCE PARTIES
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For and on behalf of
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CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
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(as Agent)
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By:
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/s/ Anne-Laure Orange |
By:
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/s/ Mathieu Gagnez | ||
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Name: Anne-Laure Orange
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Name: Mathieu Gagnez
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Title: Attorney in fact
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Title: Attorney in fact
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For and on behalf of
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CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
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(Lender)
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By:
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/s/ Anne-Laure Orange |
By:
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/s/ Mathieu Gagnez | ||
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Name: Anne-Laure Orange
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Name: Mathieu Gagnez
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Title: Attorney in fact
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Title: Attorney in fact
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For and on behalf of
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CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
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(as Security Agent)
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By:
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/s/ Anne-Laure Orange |
By:
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/s/ Mathieu Gagnez | ||
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Name: Anne-Laure Orange
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Name: Mathieu Gagnez
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Title: Attorney in fact
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Title: Attorney in fact
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For and on behalf of
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CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
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(as Swap Provider)
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By:
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/s/ Michel Recio |
By:
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/s/ Thomas Roudie | ||
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Name: Michel Recio
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Name: Thomas Roudie
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||||
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Title: Attorney in fact
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Title: Attorney in fact
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