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Guarantee: The Guarantor hereby guarantees the
maximum amount of 50% (fifty per cent) of the combined actual and estimated values of the Emission Allowances (as defined in each Management Agreement Addenda) for each Vessel at any time during the duration of the respective technical
management agreement or the Management Agreement Addendum or after their termination as long as any Emission Allowances remain due from the Owners (or their nominee) to V.Ships under such respective technical management agreement or
Management Agreement Addendum, as may be applicable.
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Payment Demand and Terms of Payment: If any of the
Owners (or its nominee, as may be applicable pursuant to the provisions of the respective Management Agreement Addendum) fails for whatever reason to remit the 50% (fifty per cent) of the required Emissions Allowances when due to V.Ships in accordance with the provisions of the respective Management Agreement Addendum, V.Ships shall notify the Guarantor in writing of the manner in which such Owner has failed to
perform and demand that payment be made by the Guarantor under this Guarantee specifying the bank account V.Ships wish to receive payment ( “Payment Demand”).
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The Guarantor shall within twenty (20) Greek business days after receipt of such Payment Demand, make payment in-full of the respective amount due to
the bank account specified in the Payment Demand.
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Waivers: This is an on demand, unconditional and
irrevocable Guarantee and not merely a surety. Therefore, the Guarantor hereby waives (a) any right to assert any counterclaim or other defenses before payment and to exercise any right to set-off; (b) any right to require that any action
or proceeding be brought against each of the Owners or any other person in advance of payment.
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No delay of V.Ships in the exercise of or failure to exercise any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such rights, a waiver of any other
rights or a release of the Guarantor from any obligations hereunder.
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Termination: This Guarantee shall terminate in
relation to each Owner on the date that the obligations of that Owner to make payment of all Emissions Allowances under the Management Agreement Addendum is fulfilled, regardless of a termination of the respective technical management
agreement or the respective Management Agreement Addendum for the relevant Vessel.
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Representations and warranties: The Guarantor represents and warrants that:
(a) it is an entity duly organised and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the corporate power and
authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of this Guarantee;
(b) no authorisation, approval, consent or order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental body having jurisdiction over
the Guarantor is required on the part of the Guarantor for execution and delivery of this Guarantee; and
(c) this Guarantee, when executed and delivered, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Guarantor.
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Miscellaneous: This Guarantee shall be binding upon
the Guarantor, its successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by V.Ships, its successors and assigns.
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This Guarantee shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and shall be refeed to arbitration in London in accordance with
the Arbitration Act 1966 and any amendment thereto or substitution therefor. More specific provisions in relation to the arbitration proceedings as described in the respective technical management Agreement for the relevant Vessel, shall
apply mutatis mutandis for this Guarantee.
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For and on behalf of the
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For and on behalf of the
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Guarantor
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V. Ships Greece Ltd.
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Name:
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Name:
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Title:
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Title:
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