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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 9 Months Ended
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17 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES In September 2005, the Company entered into a 15-year lease for office space in New York, New York for which there was a free rental period from September 1, 2005 to July 31, 2006. The monthly straight-line rental expense from September 1, 2005 to August 31, 2020 is $39. As a result of the straight-line rent calculation generated by the free rent period and the tenant work credit, the Company had a deferred rent credit at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 of $619 and $657, respectively. Rent expense under this lease for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $117 for each period. Rent expense under this lease for the nine months ended September 30, 2011and 2010 was $350 for each period. Future minimum rental payments on the above lease for the next five years and thereafter are as follows: $129 for the remainder of 2011, $518 annually for 2012 through 2014, $529 for 2015 and a total of $2,568 for the remaining term of the lease. Effective April 4, 2011, the Company entered into a seven-year sub-sublease agreement for additional office space in New York, New York. The term of the sub-sublease commenced June 1, 2011, with a free base rental period until October 31, 2011. Following the expiration of the free base rental period, the monthly base rental payments will be $82 per month until May 31, 2015 and thereafter will be $90 per month until the end of the seven-year term. Pursuant to the sub-sublease agreement, the sublessor is obligated to contribute $472 toward the cost of the Company’s alterations to the sub-subleased office space. The Company has also entered into a direct lease with the over-landlord of such office space that will commence immediately upon the expiration of such sub-sublease agreement, for a term covering the period from May 1, 2018 to September 30, 2025; the direct lease provides for a free base rental period from May 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018. Following the expiration of the free base rental period, the monthly base rental payments will be $186 per month from October 1, 2018 to April 30, 2023 and $204 per month from May 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. For accounting purposes, the sub-sublease agreement and direct lease agreement with the landlord will constitute one lease agreement. As a result of the straight-line rent calculation generated by the free rent period and the tenant work credit, the monthly straight-line rental expense for the term of the entire lease from June 1, 2011 to September 30, 2025 will be $130. The Company had a deferred rent credit at September 30, 2011 of $991. Rent expense pertaining to this new lease for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 was $389 and $519, respectively. Future minimum rental payments on the above lease for the next five years and thereafter are as follows: $82 for the remainder of 2011, $982 annually for 2012 through 2014, $1,037 for 2015 and a total of $18,658 for the remaining term of the lease. The remaining vessel that the Company has agreed to purchase from Metrostar, the Genco Spirit, is expected to be delivered during the fourth quarter of 2011 for a remaining purchase price of $29,925.

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