Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Press Release dated May 7, 2018
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10.1
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Senior Secured Term Loan Facilities and Revolving Credit, dated as of April 24, 2018, among ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Oslo Branch, Nordea Bank AB (Publ), filial i Norge, ING Bank, a branch of ING-DiBa AG, DNB Bank ASA, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Danish Ship Finance A/S, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, DVB Bank SE, Swedbank AB, DHT Mustang, Inc., DHT Bronco, Inc., DHT Puma Limited, DHT Panther Limited, DHT Lion Limited, DHT Leopard Limited, Samco Theta Ltd., Samco Iota Ltd., Samco Kappa Ltd., DHT Hawk, Inc., Samco Epsilon Ltd., DHT Falcon, Inc., DHT Condor, Inc., ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and DHT Holdings, Inc.
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DHT Holdings, Inc. | |||
(Registrant) | |||
Date: May 9, 2018
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By:
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/s/ Eirik Ubøe | |
Name: Eirik Ubøe | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | |||
USD in mill. (except per share)
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Q1 2018
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Q4 2017
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Q3 2017
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Q2 2017
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Q1 2017
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2017
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2016
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Adjusted Net Revenue1
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46.2
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56.6
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54.8
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59.6
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70.7
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241.8
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290.7
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Adjusted EBITDA
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24.0 | 33.5 | 31.4 | 36.7 | 50.6 | 152.1 | 209.4 |
Net income/(Loss)
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(9.2)
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(7.5)2
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(5.1)
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4.8
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14.32
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6.62
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9.32
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EPS – basic
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(0.06)
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(0.05)
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(0.04)
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0.04
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0.15
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0.05
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0.10
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EPS – diluted3
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(0.06)
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(0.05)
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(0.04)
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0.04
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0.15
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0.05
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0.10
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Interest Bearing Debt
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764.4
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786.2
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826.0
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841.1
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674.6
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786.2
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701.5
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Cash
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69.8
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77.3
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86.5
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104.0
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72.2
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77.3
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109.34
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Dividend5
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0.02
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0.02
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0.02
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0.02
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0.08
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0.14
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0.58
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Spot Exposure6
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70.7%
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73.6%
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67.9%
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63.5%
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58.1%
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66.4%
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57.8%
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Unscheduled off hire6
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0.1%
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0.1%
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0.3%
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0.2%
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0.2%
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0.2%
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1.8%
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Scheduled off hire6
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0.7%
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0.3%
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2.7%
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2.8%
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2.4%
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2.0%
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1.7%
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Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter of $24.0 million. Net loss for the quarter of $9.2 million or loss of $0.06 per basic share.
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The Company’s VLCCs achieved time charter equivalent earnings of $21,400 per day in the first quarter of 2018 of which the Company’s VLCCs on time-charter earned $25,000 per day and the Company’s VLCCs operating in the spot market achieved $20,200 per day (after adoption of IFRS 15 as per January 1, 2018).
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For the quarter the Company generated positive cash flow from operations after payment of ordinary debt amortization and drydocking costs.
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So far in the second quarter of 2018, 55% of the available VLCC spot days have been booked at an average rate of $14,200 per day.
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For the first quarter of 2018, the Company will return $2.9 million to shareholders in the form of a cash dividend of $0.02 per share, payable on May 30, 2018 for shareholders of record as of May 21, 2018.
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In April 2018 the Company entered into a $485 million secured credit facility agreement with a six year tenor for the refinancing of 13 of the Company’s VLCCs. The new credit facility will bear interest at a rate equal to Libor + 2.40% and will have a 20-year repayment profile.
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In April 2018, the Company also entered into an agreement with ABN Amro to increase the Company’s revolving credit facility to $57.0 million from the current availability of $43.4 million. The revolving credit is currently undrawn.
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On April 27, 2018 the Company took delivery of the first of its two VLCC newbuildings from DSME. The vessel is named DHT Stallion. The second newbuilding from DSME will be delivered in May 2018 while the two newbuildings from HHI are expected to be delivered in June 2018 and September 2018.
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DHT has a fleet of 27 VLCCs, 24 in the water and three under construction scheduled for delivery in 2018, as well as two Aframaxes. The total dwt of the fleet is 8,590,740. Six of the VLCCs and one of the Aframaxes are on time charters. For more details on the fleet, please refer to our web site: http://dhtankers.com/index.php?name=About_DHT%2FFleet.html.
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USD in thousands except per share
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Q1 2018
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Q4 2017
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Q3 2017
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Q2 2017
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Q1 2017
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2017
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2016
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Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Revenue
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|||||||
Shipping revenues
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79,911
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92,244
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84,374
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86,335
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92,100
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355,052
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356,010
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Voyage expenses
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(33,721)
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(35,619)
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(29,594)
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(26,701)
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(21,387)
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(113,301)
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(65,349)
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Adjusted Net Revenue
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46,191
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56,625
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54,780
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59,634
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70,712
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241,751
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290,661
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Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA
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|||||||
Net income/(loss) after tax
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(9,213)
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(7,514)
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(5,067)
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4,836
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14,346
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6,602
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9,260
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Income tax expense/(income)
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18
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(2)
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55
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39
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40
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131
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95
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Other financial (income)/expenses
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(92)
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253
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81
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(460)
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(318)
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(443)
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40
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Fair value (gain)/loss on derivative financial instruments
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(359)
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(435)
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(478)
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(521)
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(719)
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(2,154)
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(3,235)
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Interest expense
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10,244
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10,664
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10,586
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9,902
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8,956
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40,109
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35,070
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Interest income
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(71)
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(41)
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(28)
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(36)
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(35)
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(140)
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(66)
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Share of profit from associated companies
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(258)
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(172)
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(235)
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(208)
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(187)
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(802)
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(649)
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(Profit)/loss, sale of vessel
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46
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3,257
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-
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228
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55
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3,540
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(138)
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Impairment charges
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-
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1,053
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-
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-
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7,487
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8,540
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84,700
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Depreciation and amortization
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23,674
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26,417
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26,468
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22,940
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20,933
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96,758
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84,340
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Adjusted EBITDA
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23,990
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33,479
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31,382
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36,720
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50,559
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152,141
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209,415
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Note
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March 31, 2018
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December 31, 2017
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ASSETS
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Current assets
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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69,761
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77,292
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Accounts receivable and accrued revenues
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2, 8
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35,286
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42,212
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Capitalized voyage expenses
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2
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1,291
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-
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Prepaid expenses
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5,505
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3,197
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Bunkers, lube oils and consumables
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22,003
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23,675
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Asset held for sale
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-
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20,762
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Total current assets
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$
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133,845
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167,137
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Non-current assets
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Vessels and time charter contracts
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5
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$
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1,422,261
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1,444,146
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Advances for vessels under construction
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5
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132,237
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114,759
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Other property, plant and equipment
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459
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464
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Investment in associated company
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4,294
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3,992
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Total non-current assets
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$
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1,559,252
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1,563,360
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TOTAL ASSETS
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$
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1,693,096
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1,730,497
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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Current liabilities
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|||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
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$
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17,519
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17,427
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Derivative financial liabilities
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187
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545
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Current portion long term debt
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4
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55,824
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65,053
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Total current liabilities
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$
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73,531
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83,026
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Non-current liabilities
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|||||
Long term debt
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4
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708,620
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721,151
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Other non-current liabilities
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$
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435
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428
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Total non-current liabilities
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$
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709,055
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721,579
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TOTAL LIABILITIES
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$
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782,585
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804,605
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Stockholders' equity
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|||||
Stock
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6, 7
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$
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1,436
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1,424
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Additional paid-in capital
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6, 7
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1,147,005
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1,140,794
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Accumulated deficit
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2
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(238,906)
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(222,087)
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Translation differences
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129
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85
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|||
Other reserves
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846
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5,676
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Total stockholders equity
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$
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910,511
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925,892
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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$
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1,693,096
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1,730,497
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1Q 2018
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1Q 2017
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Note
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Jan. 1 - Mar. 31 2018
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Jan. 1 - Mar. 31 2017
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Shipping revenues
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2
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$
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79,911
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92,100
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Operating expenses
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|||||
Voyage expenses
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2
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(33,721)
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(21,387)
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Vessel operating expenses
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(17,238)
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(13,873)
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|||
Depreciation and amortization
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5
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(23,674)
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(20,933)
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Impairment charge
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5
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-
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(7,487)
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Profit /( loss), sale of vessel
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5
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(46)
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(55)
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General and administrative expense
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(4,963)
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(6,280)
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Total operating expenses
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$
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(79,642)
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(70,016)
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Operating income/(loss)
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$
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270
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22,084
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||
Share of profit from associated companies
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258
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187
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|||
Interest income
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71
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35
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|||
Interest expense
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(10,244)
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(8,956)
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|||
Fair value gain/(loss) on derivative financial instruments
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359
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719
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|||
Other financial income/(expenses)
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92
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318
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|||
Profit/(loss) before tax
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$
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(9,195)
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14,386
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||
Income tax expense
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(18)
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(40)
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|||
Net income/(loss) after tax
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$
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(9,213)
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14,346
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||
Attributable to the owners of parent
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$
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(9,213)
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14,346
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||
Basic net income/(loss) per share
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(0.06)
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0.15
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|||
Diluted net income/(loss) per share
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(0.06)
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0.15
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|||
Weighted average number of shares (basic)
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143,044,483
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94,134,052
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Weighted average number of shares (diluted)
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143,044,483
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112,617,393
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|||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
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|||||
Profit/(loss) for the period
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$
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(9,213)
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14,346
|
||
Other comprehensive income:
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|||||
Items that will not be reclassified to income statement:
|
|||||
Remeasurement of defined benefit obligation (loss)
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-
|
-
|
|||
Total
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$
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-
|
-
|
||
Items that may be reclassified to income statement:
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|||||
Exchange gain (loss) on translation of foreign currency
|
|||||
denominated associate and subsidiary
|
44
|
65
|
|||
Total
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$
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44
|
65
|
||
Other comprehensive income
|
$
|
44
|
65
|
||
Total comprehensive income for the period
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$
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(9,169)
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14,411
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||
Attributable to the owners of parent
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$
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(9,169)
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14,411
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Q1 2018
|
Q1 2017
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Note
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Jan. 1 - Mar. 31, 2018
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Jan. 1 - Mar. 31, 2017
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CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|||||
Net income / (loss)
|
2
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$
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(9,213)
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14,346
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|
Items included in net income not affecting cash flows
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26,224
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31,471
|
|||
Depreciation
|
5
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23,674
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20,933
|
||
Impairment charge
|
5
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-
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7,487
|
||
Amortization of debt issuance costs
|
1,727
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1,879
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|||
(Profit) / loss, sale of vessel
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5
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46
|
55
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||
Fair value (gain) / loss on derivative financial instruments | (359) | (719) | |||
Compensation related to options and restricted stock
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1,393
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2,275
|
|||
(Gain) / loss purchase of convertible bond
|
-
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(253)
|
|||
Share of profit in associated companies
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(258)
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(187)
|
|||
Income adjusted for non-cash items
|
$
|
17,011
|
45,817
|
||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
|
364
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(4,428)
|
|||
Accounts receivable and accrued revenues
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2, 8
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(511)
|
1,992
|
||
Capitalized voyage expenses
|
2
|
597
|
-
|
||
Prepaid expenses
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(2,307)
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(1,251)
|
|||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
907
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3,784
|
|||
Deferred shipping revenues
|
-
|
(1,109)
|
|||
Bunkers, lube oils and consumables
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1,672
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(7,844)
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|||
Pension liability
|
7
|
-
|
|||
Net cash provided by operating activities
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$
|
17,375
|
41,389
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||
CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|||||
Investment in vessels
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(1,715)
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(6,046)
|
|||
Investment in vessels under construction
|
5
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(17,479)
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(63,871)
|
||
Sale of vessels
|
20,715
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23,339
|
|||
Investment in property, plant and equipment
|
(69)
|
(87)
|
|||
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
|
$
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1,452
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(46,666)
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CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
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|||||
Cash dividends paid
|
7
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(2,871)
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(7,570)
|
||
Issuance of long term debt
|
4
|
-
|
(624)
|
||
Scheduled repayment of long-term debt
|
4
|
(14,824)
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(11,620)
|
||
Repayment of long-term debt, sale of vessels
|
4
|
(8,663)
|
(12,024)
|
||
Net cash used in financing activities
|
$
|
(26,359)
|
(31,837)
|
||
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
(7,531)
|
(37,114)
|
|||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
77,292
|
109,295
|
|||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
69,761
|
72,182
|
||
Specification of items included in operating activities:
|
|||||
Interest paid
|
6,717
|
8,017
|
|||
Interest received
|
71
|
35
|
Paid-in
|
||||||||||||||
Additional
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Retained
|
Translation
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Note
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Shares
|
Stock
|
Capital
|
Earnings
|
Differences
|
Reserves
|
Equity
|
|||||||
Balance at January 1, 2017
|
93,433,804
|
$
|
934
|
$
|
881,097
|
$
|
(205,195)
|
$
|
(108)
|
$
|
8,283
|
$
|
685,011
|
|
Net income/(loss) after tax
|
14,346
|
14,346
|
||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income
|
65
|
65
|
||||||||||||
Total comprehensive income
|
14,346
|
65
|
14,411
|
|||||||||||
Cash dividends declared and paid
|
(7,570)
|
(7,570)
|
||||||||||||
Purchase of convertible bonds
|
(760)
|
(760)
|
||||||||||||
Compensation related to options and restricted stock
|
1,189,099
|
12
|
7,173
|
(4,910)
|
2,275
|
|||||||||
Balance at March 31, 2017
|
94,622,903
|
$
|
946
|
$
|
887,509
|
$
|
(198,419)
|
$
|
(43)
|
$
|
3,373
|
$
|
693,367
|
Paid-in
|
||||||||||||||
Additional
|
Retained
|
Translation
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Note
|
Shares
|
Stock
|
Capital
|
Earnings
|
Differences
|
Reserves
|
Equity
|
|||||||
Balance at January 1, 2018, as previously reported
|
142,417,407
|
$
|
1,424
|
$
|
1,140,794
|
$
|
(222,087)
|
$
|
85
|
$
|
5,676
|
$
|
925,892
|
|
Impact of change in accounting policy
|
2
|
(4,734)
|
(4,734)
|
|||||||||||
Adjusted balance at January 1, 2018
|
142,417,407
|
1,424
|
1,140,794
|
(226,821)
|
85
|
5,676
|
921,158
|
|||||||
Net income/(loss) after tax
|
(9,213)
|
(9,213)
|
||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income
|
-
|
44
|
44
|
|||||||||||
Total comprehensive income
|
(9,213)
|
44
|
(9,169)
|
|||||||||||
Cash dividends declared and paid
|
(2,871)
|
(2,871)
|
||||||||||||
Compensation related to options and restricted stock
|
1,155,136
|
12
|
6,211
|
(4,829)
|
1,393
|
|||||||||
Balance at March 31, 2018
|
143,572,543
|
$
|
1,436
|
$
|
1,147,005
|
$
|
(238,906)
|
$
|
129
|
$
|
846
|
$
|
910,511
|
Balance at
|
Adjustments
|
Balance att
|
|
$ in thousands
|
December 31, 2017
|
due to IFRS 15
|
January 1, 2018
|
ASSETS
|
|||
Accounts receivable and accrued revenues
|
42,212
|
(7,437)
|
34,775
|
Capitalized voyage expenses
|
-
|
1,888
|
1,888
|
LIABILITIES
|
|||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
17,427
|
(815)
|
16,613
|
EQUITY
|
|||
Accumulated deficit
|
(222,087)
|
(4,734)
|
(226,821)
|
Balance at March 31, 2018
|
|||
Adjustments
|
Balance without
|
||
$ in thousands
|
As reported
|
due to IFRS 15
|
adoption of IFRS 15
|
ASSETS
|
|||
Accounts receivable and accrued revenues
|
35,286
|
3,694
|
38,980
|
Capitalized voyage expenses
|
1,291
|
(1,291)
|
-
|
LIABILITIES
|
|||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
17,519
|
384
|
17,903
|
EQUITY
|
|||
Accumulated deficit
|
(238,906)
|
2,019
|
(236,887)
|
For the period ended March 31, 2018
|
|||
Adjustments
|
Balance without
|
||
$ in thousands
|
As reported
|
due to IFRS 15
|
adoption of IFRS 15
|
Shipping revenues
|
79,911
|
(3,743)
|
76,168
|
Voyage expenses
|
(33,721)
|
1,028
|
(32,693)
|
Net income/(loss) after tax
|
(9,213)
|
(2,715)
|
(11,928)
|
For the period ended March 31, 2018
|
|||
Adjustments
|
Balance without
|
||
$ in thousands
|
As reported
|
due to IFRS 15
|
adoption of IFRS 15
|
Net income / (loss)
|
(9,213)
|
(2,715)
|
(11,928)
|
Accounts receivable and accrued revenues
|
(511)
|
3,743
|
3,232
|
Capitalized voyage expenses
|
597
|
(597)
|
-
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
907
|
(431)
|
476
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
17,375
|
-
|
17,375
|
|
Margin
|
Q2
|
Q3-Q4
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ in thousands
|
above
Libor
|
2018
|
2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
Thereafter
|
Total
|
ABN Amro Credit Facility *
|
2.60%
|
2,283
|
3,941
|
7,882
|
7,882
|
96,371
|
|
118,360
|
Nordea Samco Credit Facility
|
2.50%
|
5,008
|
10,015
|
200,177
|
|
|
|
215,199
|
Credit Agricole Credit Facility
|
2.19%
|
1,649
|
3,299
|
6,597
|
6,597
|
6,597
|
42,925
|
67,665
|
Danish Ship Finance Credit Facility
|
2.25%
|
1,300
|
1,300
|
2,600
|
39,000
|
|
|
44,200
|
Nordea/DNB Credit Facility
|
2.25%
|
625
|
1,250
|
2,500
|
40,000
|
|
|
44,375
|
Nordea/DNB Credit Facility
|
2.75%
|
434
|
869
|
8,251
|
|
|
|
9,554
|
Nordea BW VLCC Acquisition Credit Facility
|
2.40%
|
4,200
|
8,400
|
16,800
|
16,800
|
16,800
|
109,483
|
172,483
|
ABN Amro Revolving Credit Facility **
|
2.50%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Senior Notes
|
|
|
|
105,826
|
|
|
|
105,826
|
Total
|
|
15,499
|
29,073
|
350,634
|
110,280
|
119,769
|
152,408
|
777,663
|
Unamortized upfront fees bank loans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,695)
|
Difference amortized cost/notional amount convertible note
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,523)
|
Total interest bearing debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
764,444
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth of $300 million
|
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth shall be at least 25% of value adjusted total assets
|
|
●
|
Unencumbered consolidated cash of at least the higher of (i) $30 million and (ii) 6% of our gross interest bearing debt
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth of $300 million
|
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth shall be at least 25% of value adjusted total assets
|
|
●
|
Unencumbered consolidated cash of at least the higher of (i) $30 million and (ii) 6% of our gross interest bearing debt
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth of $200 million
|
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth shall be at least 25% of value adjusted total assets
|
|
●
|
Unencumbered consolidated cash of at least the higher of (i) $20 million and (ii) 6% of our gross interest bearing debt
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth of $300 million
|
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth shall be at least 25% of value adjusted total assets
|
|
●
|
Unencumbered consolidated cash of at least the higher of (i) $30 million and (ii) 6% of our gross interest bearing debt
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth of $300 million
|
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth shall be at least 25% of value adjusted total assets
|
|
●
|
Unencumbered consolidated cash of at least the higher of (i) $30 million and (ii) 6% of our gross interest bearing debt
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth of $300 million
|
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth shall be at least 25% of value adjusted total assets
|
|
●
|
Unencumbered consolidated cash of at least the higher of (i) $30 million and (ii) 6% of our gross interest bearing debt
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth of $300 million
|
|
●
|
Value adjusted* tangible net worth shall be at least 25% of value adjusted total assets
|
|
●
|
Unencumbered consolidated cash of at least the higher of (i) $30 million and (ii) 6% of our gross interest bearing debt
|
Cost of Vessels
|
Depreciation, impairment and amortization*
|
|||
$ in thousands
|
$ in thousands
|
|||
At January 1, 2018
|
1,810,158
|
At January 1, 2018
|
366,012
|
|
Additions
|
1,715
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
23,600
|
|
Retirement **
|
(1,244)
|
Retirement **
|
(1,244)
|
|
At March 31, 2018
|
1,810,629
|
At March 31, 2018
|
388,368
|
Carrying Amount
|
|
$ in thousands
|
|
At January 1, 2018
|
1,444,146
|
At March 31, 2018
|
1,422,261
|
Cost of vessels under construction
|
|
$ in thousands
|
|
At January 1, 2018
|
114,759
|
Additions
|
17,479
|
At March 31, 2018
|
132,237
|
Carrying Amount
|
|
$ in thousands
|
|
At January 1, 2018
|
114,759
|
At March 31, 2018
|
132,237
|
Vessels under construction
$ in thousands
|
March 31, 2018
|
January 1, 2018
|
Not later than one year
|
202,094
|
218,565
|
Later than one year and not later than three years
|
-
|
-
|
Later than three years and not later than five years
|
-
|
-
|
Total
|
202,094
|
218,565
|
Common stock
|
Preferred stock
|
||||
Issued at March 31, 2018
|
143,572,543
|
-
|
|||
Shares to be issued assuming conversion of
|
|||||
convertible notes*
|
20,904,879
|
||||
Numbers of shares authorized for issue
|
|||||
at March 31, 2018
|
250,000,000
|
1,000,000
|
|||
Par value
|
$ 0.01
|
$ 0.01
|
Payment date
|
Total Payment
|
Per common share
|
February 28, 2018
|
$2.9 million
|
$0.02
|
Total payment as per March 31, 2018
|
$2.9 million
|
$0.02
|
Payment date
|
Total Payment
|
Per common share
|
December 6, 2017
|
$2.8 million
|
$0.02
|
August 31, 2017
|
$2.8 million
|
$0.02
|
May 31, 2017
|
$10.1 million
|
$0.08
|
February 22, 2017 | $7.6 million | $0.08 |
Total payment as per December 31, 2017 | $23.3 million | $0.20 |
Clause
|
|
Page |
1.
|
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
|
9
|
1.1
|
Definitions
|
9
|
1.2
|
Construction
|
25
|
2.
|
THE FACILITIES
|
26
|
2.1
|
The Facilities
|
26
|
2.2
|
Finance Parties’ rights and obligations
|
26
|
2.3
|
Borrowers’ liabilities and obligations
|
27
|
2.4
|
Financial Agreements Act
|
27
|
3.
|
PURPOSE
|
28
|
3.1
|
Purpose
|
28
|
3.2
|
Monitoring
|
29
|
4.
|
CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
|
29
|
4.1
|
Initial conditions precedent
|
29
|
4.2
|
Further conditions precedent
|
29
|
4.3
|
Maximum number of Loans
|
29
|
4.4
|
Form and content
|
30
|
4.5
|
Waiver of conditions precedent
|
30
|
5.
|
UTILISATION
|
31
|
5.1
|
Delivery of a Utilisation Request
|
31
|
5.2
|
Completion of a Utilisation Request
|
31
|
5.3
|
Currency and amount
|
31
|
5.4
|
Lenders’ participation
|
31
|
5.5
|
Cancellation of Commitments
|
31
|
6.
|
REPAYMENT
|
33
|
6.1
|
Repayment of Loans
|
33
|
6.2
|
Re-borrowing
|
33
|
7.
|
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
|
34
|
7.1
|
Voluntary cancellation
|
34
|
7.2
|
Voluntary prepayment of Loans
|
34
|
7.3
|
Illegality
|
34
|
7.4
|
Total Loss or sale of a Vessel
|
34
|
7.5
|
Market Value
|
35
|
7.6
|
Change of Control
|
35
|
7.7
|
Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender
|
35
|
7.8
|
Restrictions
|
36
|
8.
|
INTEREST
|
37
|
8.1
|
Calculation of interest
|
37
|
8.2
|
Payment of interest
|
37
|
8.3
|
Default interest
|
37
|
8.4
|
Notification of rates of interest
|
38
|
9.
|
INTEREST PERIODS
|
38
|
9.1
|
Selection of Interest Periods
|
38
|
9.2
|
Non-Business Days
|
38
|
10.
|
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
|
38
|
10.1
|
Obligation of Reference Banks to quote
|
38
|
10.2
|
Quotations by Reference Bank
|
38
|
10.3
|
Market disruption
|
39
|
10.4
|
Notification of market disruption
|
39
|
10.5
|
Suspension of Utilisation
|
39
|
10.6
|
Negotiation of alternative rate of interest
|
39
|
10.7
|
Application of agreed alternative rate of interest
|
39
|
10.8
|
Alternative rate of interest in absence of agreement
|
39
|
10.9
|
Notice of prepayment
|
40
|
10.10
|
Prepayment
|
40
|
10.11
|
Break Costs
|
40
|
11.
|
FEES
|
40
|
11.1
|
Commitment fee
|
40
|
11.2
|
Arrangement Fee
|
40
|
11.3
|
Agency Fee
|
40
|
12.
|
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
|
41
|
12.1
|
Definitions
|
41
|
12.2
|
Tax gross-up
|
41
|
12.3
|
Tax indemnity
|
41
|
12.4
|
Tax Credit
|
42
|
12.5
|
Stamp taxes
|
42
|
12.6
|
VAT
|
42
|
12.7
|
FATCA Information
|
43
|
12.8
|
FATCA Deduction
|
44
|
12.9
|
Secured Hedging Agreements
|
44
|
13.
|
INCREASED COSTS
|
44
|
13.1
|
Increased costs
|
44
|
13.2
|
Increased cost claims
|
45
|
13.3
|
Exceptions
|
45
|
14.
|
OTHER INDEMNITIES
|
45
|
14.1
|
Currency indemnity
|
45
|
14.2
|
Other indemnities
|
46
|
14.3
|
Indemnity to the Agent and Security Agent
|
46
|
15.
|
MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS
|
47
|
15.1
|
Mitigation
|
47
|
15.2
|
Limitation of liability
|
47
|
16.
|
COSTS AND EXPENSES
|
47
|
16.1
|
Transaction expenses
|
47
|
16.2
|
Amendment and enforcement costs
|
47
|
17.
|
SECURITY
|
49
|
17.1
|
Security
|
49
|
17.2
|
Perfection etc.
|
49
|
17.3
|
Further assignment of Earnings, Charterparty and Intra Group Loans
|
49
|
17.4
|
Security – Secured Hedging Agreement
|
50
|
17.5
|
Parallel Debt
|
50
|
18.
|
GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
|
51
|
18.1
|
Guarantee and indemnity
|
51
|
18.2
|
Continuing guarantee
|
51
|
18.3
|
Reinstatement
|
51
|
18.4
|
Waiver of defences
|
52
|
18.5
|
Immediate recourse
|
52
|
18.6
|
Appropriations
|
52
|
18.7
|
Deferral of the Guarantor’s rights
|
53
|
18.8
|
Additional security
|
53
|
18.9
|
Norwegian Financial Agreements Act
|
53
|
18.10
|
Guarantee Limitations
|
54
|
19.
|
REPRESENTATIONS
|
56
|
19.1
|
Status
|
56
|
19.2
|
Binding obligations
|
56
|
19.3
|
Non-conflict with other obligations
|
56
|
19.4
|
Power and authority
|
56
|
19.5
|
Validity and admissibility in evidence
|
57
|
19.6
|
Governing law and enforcement
|
57
|
19.7
|
Insolvency
|
57
|
19.8
|
Deduction of Tax
|
57
|
19.9
|
No filing or stamp taxes
|
57
|
19.10
|
No default
|
58
|
19.11
|
No misleading information
|
58
|
19.12
|
Financial statements
|
58
|
19.13
|
Pari passu ranking
|
58
|
19.14
|
No proceedings pending or threatened
|
58
|
19.15
|
Title
|
58
|
19.16
|
No security
|
58
|
19.17
|
No immunity
|
59
|
19.18
|
Ranking of Security Documents
|
59
|
19.19
|
Taxation
|
59
|
19.20
|
Environmental compliance
|
59
|
19.21
|
Environmental Claims
|
59
|
19.22
|
ISM Code and ISPS Code compliance
|
59
|
19.23
|
The Vessels
|
60
|
19.24
|
Financial Indebtedness
|
60
|
19.25
|
Sanctions
|
60
|
19.26
|
Shares
|
60
|
19.27
|
Repetition
|
61
|
20.
|
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
|
61
|
20.1
|
Financial statements
|
61
|
20.2
|
Compliance Certificate
|
61
|
20.3
|
Requirements as to financial statements
|
61
|
20.4
|
Information: miscellaneous
|
62
|
20.5
|
Notification of default
|
62
|
20.6
|
Notification of Environmental Claims
|
63
|
20.7
|
Market Value
|
63
|
20.8
|
“Know your customer” checks
|
63
|
20.9
|
Disclosure of information
|
64
|
21.
|
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
|
64
|
21.1
|
Financial covenants - the Guarantor
|
64
|
21.2
|
Amended financial covenants – Obligors
|
65
|
22.
|
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
|
65
|
22.1
|
Authorisations
|
65
|
22.2
|
Compliance with laws
|
65
|
22.3
|
Negative pledge
|
65
|
22.4
|
Disposals, loans and acquisitions
|
66
|
22.5
|
Merger
|
67
|
22.6
|
Shareholding
|
67
|
22.7
|
Change of business
|
67
|
22.8
|
Title
|
67
|
22.9
|
Insurances – general
|
67
|
22.10
|
Earnings Accounts
|
68
|
22.11
|
Derivative transactions
|
68
|
22.12
|
Distribution restrictions and subordination of inter-company debt
|
68
|
22.13
|
Transaction Documents
|
68
|
22.14
|
Taxation
|
69
|
22.15
|
No change of name etc.
|
69
|
22.16
|
Sanctions
|
69
|
22.17
|
US Tax Obligor
|
69
|
22.18
|
Use of Proceeds and repayments
|
69
|
22.19
|
Listing
|
70
|
23.
|
VESSEL UNDERTAKINGS
|
70
|
23.1
|
General
|
70
|
23.2
|
Insurance – Vessels
|
70
|
23.3
|
Flag, name and registry
|
71
|
23.4
|
Classification and repairs
|
72
|
23.5
|
Inspections and class records
|
72
|
23.6
|
Surveys
|
72
|
23.7
|
Notification of certain events
|
73
|
23.8
|
Operation of the Vessels
|
73
|
23.9
|
ISM Code compliance
|
74
|
23.10
|
Environmental compliance
|
74
|
23.11
|
Arrest
|
74
|
23.12
|
Chartering
|
75
|
24.
|
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
75
|
24.1
|
Non-payment
|
75
|
24.2
|
Financial covenants
|
75
|
24.3
|
Other obligations
|
75
|
24.4
|
Misrepresentation
|
76
|
24.5
|
Cross default
|
76
|
24.6
|
Insolvency
|
76
|
24.7
|
Insolvency proceedings
|
76
|
24.8
|
Creditors’ process
|
77
|
24.9
|
Unlawfulness
|
77
|
24.10
|
Repudiation
|
77
|
24.11
|
Material adverse change
|
77
|
24.12
|
Cessation of business
|
77
|
24.13
|
Insurances
|
77
|
24.14
|
Failure of security
|
77
|
24.15
|
Litigation
|
77
|
24.16
|
Breach of the terms of a Secured Hedging Agreement
|
77
|
24.17
|
Sanctions
|
78
|
24.18
|
Acceleration
|
78
|
25.
|
CHANGES TO THE LENDERS
|
79
|
25.1
|
Assignments and transfers by the Lenders
|
79
|
25.2
|
Conditions of assignment or transfer
|
79
|
25.3
|
Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders
|
80
|
25.4
|
Procedure for transfer
|
81
|
25.5
|
Copy of Transfer Certificate to the Borrowers
|
81
|
25.6
|
Pro rata interest settlement
|
81
|
25.7
|
Securitisation
|
82
|
25.8
|
Security over Lenders’ rights
|
82
|
26.
|
CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS
|
83
|
26.1
|
Assignments and transfer by Obligors
|
83
|
27.
|
ROLE OF THE AGENT, THE SECURITY AGENT AND THE MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS
|
84 |
27.1
|
Appointment of the Agent
|
84
|
27.2
|
Instructions
|
84
|
27.3
|
Duties of the Agent
|
85
|
27.4
|
Role of the Mandated Lead Arrangers
|
85
|
27.5
|
No fiduciary duties
|
85
|
27.6
|
Business with any Obligor
|
86
|
27.7
|
Rights and discretions
|
86
|
27.8
|
Responsibility for documentation
|
87
|
27.9
|
No duty to monitor
|
87
|
27.10
|
Exclusion of liability
|
88
|
27.11
|
Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent
|
89
|
27.12
|
Resignation of the Agent
|
89
|
27.13
|
Confidentiality
|
90
|
27.14
|
Relationship with the Lenders
|
90
|
27.15
|
Credit appraisal by the Lenders and the Hedging Banks
|
91
|
27.16
|
Reference Banks
|
91
|
27.17
|
Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent
|
92
|
28.
|
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES OR THE HEDGING BANKS
|
|
92 | ||
29.
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SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
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29.1
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Payments to Finance Parties
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92
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29.2
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Redistribution of payments
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92
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29.3
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Recovering Finance Party’s rights
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92
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29.4
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Reversal of redistribution
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93
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29.5
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Exceptions
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93
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30.
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PAYMENT MECHANICS
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94
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30.1
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Payments to the Agent
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94
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30.2
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Distributions by the Agent
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94
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30.3
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Distributions to an Obligor
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94
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30.4
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Clawback
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94
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30.5
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Partial payments
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94
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30.6
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No set-off by the Obligors
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95
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30.7
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Business Days
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95
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30.8
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Currency of account
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95
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30.9
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Change of currency
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95
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30.10
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Disruption to payment systems etc.
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96
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31.
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SET-OFF
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96
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32.
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NOTICES
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97
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32.1
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Communications in writing
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97
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32.2
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Addresses
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97
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32.3
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Delivery
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97
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32.4
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Notification of address, e-mail and fax number
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98
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32.5
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Electronic communication
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98
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32.6
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English language
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98
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33.
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CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
|
99
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33.1
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Accounts
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99
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33.2
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Certificates and Determinations
|
99
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33.3
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Day count convention
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99
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34.
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PARTIAL INVALIDITY
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99
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35.
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REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
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99
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36.
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AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
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99
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36.1
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Required consents
|
99
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36.2
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Exceptions
|
99
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37.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
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100
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37.1
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Confidential information
|
100
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37.2
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Disclosure of Confidential Information
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100
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37.3
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Disclosure to numbering service providers
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102
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37.4
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Entire agreement
|
103
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37.5
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Inside information
|
103
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37.6
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Notification of disclosure
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103
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37.7
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Continuing obligations
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103
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38.
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CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES AND REFERENCE BANK QUOTATIONS
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104
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38.1
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Confidentiality and disclosure
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104
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38.2
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Related obligations
|
105
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38.3
|
No Event of Default
|
105
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39.
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COUNTERPARTS
|
105
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40.
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CONFLICT
|
105
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40.1
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Conflict
|
105
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40.2
|
Contractual recognition of bail-in
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105
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41.
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GOVERNING LAW
|
107
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42.
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ENFORCEMENT
|
107
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42.1
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Jurisdiction
|
107
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42.2
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Service of process
|
107
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(1) |
THE COMPANIES, each incorporated with limited liability, all with the registered address of either The Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, Marshall Islands (if incorporated in the Marshall Islands) or Estera Trust (Cayman) Limited, Clifton House, 75 Fort Street, PO Box 1350, Grand Cayman KY1-1108, Cayman Islands (if incorporated in the Cayman Islands), as set out in Schedule 1B (Borrowers, Vessels and Tranches), as joint and several borrowers (each a “Borrower” and together the “Borrowers”) ;
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(2) |
DHT HOLDINGS, INC., The Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH96960, Marshall Islands as guarantor (the “Guarantor”);
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(3) |
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., OSLO BRANCH, acting through its offices at Olav V’s gate 5, 0161 Oslo, Norway, NORDEA BANK AB (PUBL), FILIAL I NORGE acting through its offices at Essendrops gate 7,0368 Oslo, Norway, ING BANK, a branch of ING–DiBa AG acting through its offices at Hamburger Allee 1, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, DNB BANK ASA acting through its offices at Dronning Eufemias gate 30, 0191 Oslo, Norway and CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK acting through its offices at 12 place des Etats-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France as bookrunners and mandated lead arrangers DANISH SHIP FINANCE A/S acting through its offices at Sankt Annae Plads 3, 1250 Copenhagen, Denmark and SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN AB acting through its offices at Filipstad brygge 1, 0250 Oslo, Norway as mandated lead arrangers (the “Mandated Lead Arrangers”);
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(4) |
DVB BANK SE acting through its offices at Haakon VIIs gt. 1, 0125 Oslo, Norway and SWEDBANK AB acting through its offices at Filipstad brygge 1, 0250 Oslo, Norway as lead arrangers (the “Lead Arrangers”);
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(5) |
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1A as lenders (the “Original Lenders”);
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(6) |
One or more of the Lenders and any of their affiliates as hedging banks (the “Hedging Banks”);
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(7) |
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., acting through its offices at Daalesingel 71 ,3511 SW Utrecht, The Netherlands as agent of the other Finance Parties (the “Agent”); and
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(8) |
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as security agent of the other Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks (the “Security Agent”).
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1. |
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1 |
Definitions
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(a) |
in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, the relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time; and
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(b) |
in relation to any other state, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition of any Write-down and Conversion Powers contained in that law or regulation.
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(a) |
the interest (excluding margin) which a Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of a Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period;
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(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 London 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) |
any Obligor 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 Obligor 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 37 (Confidentiality); or
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(ii) |
is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any Obligor or any of its advisers; or
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(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
|
(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 Facilities (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) |
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,
|
(a) |
all freight, hire and passage moneys payable to a Borrower, including (without limitation) payments of any nature under any contract or any other agreement for the employment, use, possession, management and/or operation of a Vessel;
|
(b) |
any claim under any guarantees related to hire payable to a Vessel as a consequence of the operation of such Vessel;
|
(c) |
any compensation payable to a Borrower in the event of any requisition of a Vessel or for the use of such Vessel by any government authority or other competent authority;
|
(d) |
remuneration for salvage, towage and other services performed by a Vessel payable to a Borrower;
|
(e) |
demurrage and retention money receivable by a Borrower in relation to a Vessel;
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(f) |
all moneys which are at any time payable under the Insurances in respect of loss of earnings from a Vessel;
|
(g) |
if and whenever a Vessel is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within paragraphs (a) to (f) above are pooled or shared with any other person, that proportion of the net receipts of the relevant pooling or sharing arrangement which is attributable to such Vessel; and
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(h) |
any other money which arise out of the use of or operation of a Vessel and moneys whatsoever due or to become due to a Borrower from third parties in relation to a Vessel.
|
(a) |
the pollution or protection of the environment or to the carriage of material which is capable of polluting the environment;
|
(b) |
harm to or the protection of human health;
|
(c) |
the conditions of the workplace; or
|
(d) |
any emission or substance capable of causing harm to any living organism or the environment.
|
(a) |
sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;
|
(b) |
any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in paragraph (a) above; or
|
(c) |
any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.
|
(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;
|
(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 2019; or
|
(c) |
in relation to a “passthru payment” described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) above, 1 January 2019, or
|
(a) |
moneys borrowed;
|
(b) |
any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent;
|
(c) |
any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;
|
(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;
|
(e) |
receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);
|
(f) |
any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of a borrowing;
|
(g) |
any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value shall be taken into account);
|
(h) |
any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; and
|
(i) |
the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h) above.
|
(a) |
any Original Lender; and
|
(b) |
any New Lender which has become a Party in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Lenders),
|
(a) |
the applicable Screen Rate at 11:00 GMT hours on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in USD and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan; or
|
(b) |
as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 10 (Changes to the calculation of interest),
|
(a) |
if there are no amounts then outstanding, a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 662/3 % of the Total Commitments; or
|
(b) |
at any other time, a Lender or Lenders whose participations in the Loans and any Available Revolving Facility Credit Commitment aggregate more than 662/3 % of the Loans.
|
(a) |
the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations or prospects of the Guarantor since the date at which its latest audited financial statements were prepared; or
|
(b) |
the ability of an Obligor to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents or any Secured Hedging Agreement; or
|
(c) |
the validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of any Security granted or purporting to be granted pursuant to, any Finance Document or any Secured Hedging Agreement; or
|
(d) |
the right or remedy of a Finance Party or a Hedging Bank in respect of a Finance Document or any Secured Hedging Agreement.
|
(a) |
if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day;
|
(b) |
if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month.
|
(a) |
(other than where paragraph (b) below applies) as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could borrow funds in the London interbank market in USD for the relevant period were it to do so by asking for and then accepting interbank offers for deposits in reasonable market size in that currency and for that period; or
|
(b) |
if different, as the rate (if any and applied to the relevant Reference Bank and the relevant currency and period) which contributors to the Screen Rate are asked to submit to the relevant administrator, and, if such rate is below zero, Reference Bank Rate will be deemed to be zero.
|
(a) |
that is listed on any Sanctions List (whether designated by name or by reason of being included in a class of person);
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(b) |
that is domiciled, registered as located or having its main place of business in, or is incorporated under the laws of, a country which is subject to Sanctions Laws which attach legal effect to being domiciled, registered as located in, having its main place of business in and/or being incorporated under the laws of such country;
|
(c) |
that is directly or indirectly owned or controlled (by 50% or more) by or acting on behalf at the direction or for the benefit of a person referred to in paragraphs (a) and/or (b) above; or
|
(d) |
with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in a transaction with by any Sanctions Laws.
|
(a) |
in relation to an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading “Revolving Credit Facility Commitment” in Schedule 1A (The Original Lenders) and the amount of any other Revolving Credit Facility Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement;
|
(b) |
in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Revolving Credit Facility Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement,
|
(a) |
the Vessels;
|
(b) |
the Earnings;
|
(c) |
the Shares;
|
(d) |
any Secured Hedging Agreement;
|
(e) |
any Intra Group Loans;
|
(f) |
the Insurances;
|
(g) |
the Earnings Accounts; and
|
(h) |
any Charterparty.
|
(a) |
all amounts which have become due for payment by the Borrowers under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement have been paid;
|
(b) |
no amount is owing or has accrued (without yet having become due for payment) under any of the Finance Documents or any Secured Hedging Agreement;
|
(c) |
none of the Obligors have any future or contingent liability under any provision of this Agreement, the other Finance Documents or any Secured Hedging Agreement; and
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(d) |
the Agent, the other Finance Parties or any Hedging Bank do not consider that there is a significant risk that any payment or transaction under a Finance Document or any Secured Hedging Agreement would be set aside, or would have to be reversed or adjusted, in any present or possible future proceeding relating to a Finance Document or any Secured Hedging Agreement or any asset covered (or previously covered) by a Security created by a Finance Document.
|
(a) |
in relation to an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading “Term Loan Facility Commitment” in Schedule 1A (The Original Lenders) and the amount of any other Term Loan Facility Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement;
|
(b) |
in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Term Loan Facility Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement,
|
(a) |
the actual, constructive, compromised, agreed, arranged or other total loss of such Vessel; and
|
(b) |
any expropriation, confiscation, requisition or acquisition of a Vessel, whether for full consideration, a consideration less than its proper value, a nominal consideration or without any consideration, which is effected by any government or official authority or by any person or persons claiming to be or to represent a governmental or official authority (excluding a requisition for hire for a fixed period not exceeding one (1) year without any right to extension) unless it is within one (1) month from the Total Loss Date redelivered to the full control of the relevant Borrower.
|
(a) |
in the case of an actual total loss of a Vessel, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when such Vessel was last heard of;
|
(b) |
in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of a Vessel, the earlier of: (i) the date on which a notice of abandonment is given to the insurers (provided a claim for total loss is admitted by such insurers) or, if such insurers do not forthwith admit such a claim, at the date at which either a total loss is subsequently admitted by the insurers or a total loss is subsequently adjudged by a competent court of law or arbitration panel to have occurred or, if earlier, the date falling three (3) months after notice of abandonment of such Vessel was given to the insurers; and (ii) the date of compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the relevant Borrower with such Vessel’s insurers in which the insurers agree to treat such Vessel as a total loss; or
|
(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 that the event constituting the total loss occurred.
|
(a) |
the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Transfer Certificate; and
|
(b) |
the date on which the Agent executes the relevant Transfer Certificate.
|
(a) |
an Obligor which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or
|
(b) |
an Obligor some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.
|
(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; and
|
(b) |
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.
|
1.2 |
Construction
|
(a) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to:
|
(i) |
the “Agent”, the “Security Agent”, any “Mandated Lead Arranger”, any “Finance Party”, any “Lender”, the “Hedging Banks”, or any “Party” shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees;
|
(ii) |
“assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
|
(iii) |
a “Finance Document”, “Secured Hedging Agreement” or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document, that Secured Hedging Agreement or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated;
|
(iv) |
“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;
|
(v) |
a “person” includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality);
|
(vi) |
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;
|
(vii) |
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted;
|
(viii) |
words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; and
|
(ix) |
a time of day is a reference to Oslo time unless specified otherwise.
|
(b) |
Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
|
(c) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.
|
(d) |
A Default (other than an Event of Default) is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has not been waived.
|
(e) |
In case of conflict between this Agreement and any of the Security Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.
|
2. |
THE FACILITIES
|
2.1 |
The Facilities
|
(a) |
the Term Loan Facility consisting of up to thirteen (13) cross-collateralised Term Loan Tranches (one per Existing Vessel and Newbuilding Vessel) up to the amount set out opposite each Vessel under the heading “Maximum Available Term Loan” in Schedule 1B (Borrowers, Vessels, Tranches), but always subject to Clause 2.1 (c) below;
|
(b) |
the Revolving Credit Facility in the amount of USD 100,000,000, which may be incurred on a revolving basis at any time within the Availability Period in the amount set out opposite each Vessel under the heading “Maximum Available RCF” in Schedule 1B (Borrowers, Vessels, Tranches) provided that the amount drawn shall never exceed the Available Revolving Credit Facility Commitment, and always subject to Clause 2.1 (c) below.
|
(c) |
Provided, however, that the maximum aggregate available amount under the Tranches shall never exceed:
|
(i) |
in respect of the Existing Vessels the lesser of (A) USD 304,197,158 of Term Loan Tranches and USD 78,002,842 of Revolving Credit Facility Tranches, and (B) sixty per cent (60 %) of the aggregate Market Value of the Existing Vessels, and
|
(ii) |
in respect of the Newbuilding Vessels the lesser of (A) USD 80,802,842 of Term Loan Tranches and USD 21,997,158 of Revolving Credit Facility Tranches, and (B) sixty five per cent (65 %) of the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Newbuilding Vessels.
|
2.2 |
Finance Parties’ rights and obligations
|
(a) |
The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.
|
(b) |
The rights of each Finance Party or the Hedging Banks under or in connection with the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor shall be a separate and independent debt.
|
(c) |
A Finance Party or the Hedging Banks may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement. The rights of the Hedging Banks under any Secured Hedging
|
2.3 |
Borrowers’ liabilities and obligations
|
(a) |
The liabilities and obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement shall be joint and several and shall not be affected by:
|
(i) |
any Finance Document being or later becoming void, unenforceable or illegal as regards any other Borrower; or
|
(ii) |
any Finance Party entering into any rescheduling, refinancing or other arrangement of any kind with any other Borrower; or
|
(iii) |
any Finance Party releasing any other Borrower.
|
(b) |
For so long as any Commitment is in force or any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents, each Borrower shall remain a principal debtor for all amounts owing under any Finance Document to which it is party and no Borrower shall be construed to be a surety for the obligations of any other Borrower under this Agreement.
|
(c) |
For so long as any Commitment is in force or any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents, no Borrower shall:
|
(i) |
claim any amount which may be due to it from any other Borrower whether in respect of a payment made, or matter arising out of, any Finance Document; or
|
(ii) |
take or enforce any form of security from any other Borrower for such an amount; or
|
(iii) |
set off such an amount against any sum due from it to any other Borrower; or
|
2.4 |
Financial Agreements Act
|
(a) |
§ 29 (as the Agent and/or any Finance Party and/or the Hedging Banks shall be entitled to exercise all its rights under the relevant Finance Document and applicable law in order to secure payment. Such rights shall include the right to set-off any credit balance in any currency, on any bank account the Borrower might have with each of the Finance Parties or the Hedging Banks individually against the amount due);
|
(b) |
§ 63 (1) – (2) (to be notified of an Event of Default hereunder and to be kept informed thereof);
|
(c) |
§ 63 (3) (to be notified of any extension granted to a Borrower in payment of principal and/or interest);
|
(d) |
§ 63 (4) (to be notified of a Borrower’s bankruptcy proceedings or debt reorganisation proceedings and/or any application for the latter);
|
(e) |
§ 65 (3) (that its consent is required for it to be bound by amendments to the Finance Documents or any Secured Hedging Agreement that may be detrimental to its interest);
|
(f) |
§ 67 (2) (about any reduction of its liabilities hereunder, since no such reduction shall apply as long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement);
|
(g) |
§ 67 (4) (that its liabilities under a Finance Documents shall lapse after ten (10) years, as it shall remain liable hereunder as long as any amount is outstanding under any of the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement);
|
(h) |
§ 70 (as it shall not have any right of subrogation into the rights of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement until and unless the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks shall have received all amounts due or to become due to them under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement);
|
(i) |
§ 71 (as the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks shall have no liability first to make demand upon or seek to enforce remedies against a specific Borrower or any other security interest provided in respect of a specific Borrower’s liabilities under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement before demanding payment under or seeking to enforce its guarantee obligations in the relevant Finance Document);
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(j) |
§ 72 (as all interest and default interest due under any of the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement shall be secured by its obligations hereunder);
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(k) |
§ 73 (1) – (2) (as all costs and expenses related to a termination event or an Event of Default under this Agreement shall be secured by its guarantee obligations hereunder); and
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(l) |
§ 74 (1) – (2) (as it shall not make any claim against any other Borrower for payment by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement until and unless the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks first shall have received all amounts due or to become due to them under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement).
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3. |
PURPOSE
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3.1 |
Purpose
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(a) |
under the Term Loan Facility (i) towards the part financing of the refinancing costs of the Existing Vessels and (ii) towards the part financing of the delivery costs with respect to the Newbuilding Vessels (it being understood that proceeds of the Term Loan Facility related to the Newbuilding Vessels may be used to cover any amount already paid by the Guarantor in connection therewith); and
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(b) |
under the Revolving Credit Facility (i) towards the part financing of the refinancing costs of the Existing Vessels (ii) and towards the part financing of the delivery costs with respect to the Newbuilding Vessels (it being understood that proceeds of the Revolving Credit Facility related to the Newbuilding Vessels may be used to cover any amount already paid by the Guarantor in connection therewith) and (iii) for general corporate purposes.
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3.2 |
Monitoring
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4. |
CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
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4.1 |
Initial conditions precedent
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(a) |
The Finance Parties’ obligations hereunder are subject to the Agent’s receipt of all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) Part I. The Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.
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(b) |
The Borrowers may not deliver a Utilisation Request unless the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) Part II, except those documents which specifically will only be available on the relevant Utilisation Date or within another specified date, in a form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.
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(c) |
Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Agent in writing to the contrary before the Agent gives the notification described in paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) above, the Lenders authorise (but do not require) the Agent to give that notification. The Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification.
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4.2 |
Further conditions precedent
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(a) |
no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; and
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(b) |
the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in all material respects.
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4.3 |
Maximum number of Loans
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(a) |
The Term Loan Facility may be drawn in thirteen (13) Loans, one per Term Loan Tranche.
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(b) |
Only five (5) Loans may be outstanding at any time under the Revolving Credit Facility.
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(c) |
Any new Loan to be drawn under the Revolving Credit Facility shall never exceed the Available Revolving Credit Facility Commitment prior to the delivery of a Utilisation Request in respect of such Loan.
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4.4 |
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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4.5 |
Waiver of conditions precedent
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5. |
UTILISATION
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5.1 |
Delivery of a Utilisation Request
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5.2 |
Completion of a Utilisation Request
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(a) |
the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the relevant Availability Period;
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(b) |
the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and
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(c) |
the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).
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5.3 |
Currency and amount
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(a) |
The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be USD.
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(b) |
The amount of a proposed Loan under the Term Loan Facility must be an amount which does not exceed the lesser of (x) the Term Loan Facility Commitment and (y) the relevant Tranche.
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(c) |
The amount of a proposed Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility must be in the minimum amount of USD 5,000,000 (or integral multiples thereof) and shall not exceed the Available Revolving Credit Facility Commitment.
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5.4 |
Lenders’ participation
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(a) |
If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender shall make its participation in a Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office.
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(b) |
The amount of each Lender’s participation in such Loan will be equal to the proportion that its Commitment bears to the Total Commitments immediately prior to making a Loan.
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(c) |
The Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of a Loan and the amount of its participation in such Loan upon receipt of the relevant Utilisation Notice from the Borrowers.
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5.5 |
Cancellation of Commitments
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(a) |
The Term Loan Facility Commitment shall be cancelled as follows:
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(i) |
any Term Loan Facility Commitment which are un-utilised at the end of the applicable Availability Period shall be immediately cancelled;
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(ii) |
any part of a Term Loan Tranche un-utilised after the Utilisation of a Loan pursuant to such Tranche shall be immediately cancelled; and
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(iii) |
in accordance with Clause 7 (Prepayment and cancellation).
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(b) |
Cancellations of the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment shall be made as described in Clause 7 (Prepayment and cancellation).
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6. |
REPAYMENT
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6.1 |
Repayment of Loans
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(a) |
The Borrowers shall repay each Loan outstanding under the Term Loan Tranche by consecutive quarterly repayment instalments commencing (i) in respect of the Existing Vessels on 30 September 2018 and (ii) in respect of the Newbuilding Vessels 3 months after the relevant Utilisation Date, each in an amount as set out in Schedule 1C (Repayment Schedule) hereto. Should a Tranche be reduced as per Clause 2.1 (The Facilities) not to exceed 60% or 65% (as the case may be) of the Market Value of the relevant Vessel at the relevant Delivery Date, the repayment instalments set out in Schedule 1C (Repayment Schedule) shall be reduced accordingly and the Agent shall provide an updated Schedule 1C (Repayment Schedule) to the Finance Parties and the Obligors.
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(b) |
Following the Utilisation or cancellation of the last Tranche, the instalments of all Tranches shall, if requested by the Borrower, be consolidated by the due date of the next instalments of any previous drawn Tranche to fall due on the next Repayment Date of the last drawn Tranche, and thereafter be repaid as one Loan in the aggregate amounts of the instalments and balloon payments of the Tranches (it being understood that a reference to “Tranche” in this sub-clause shall not be a reference to a Tranche under the Revolving Credit Facility).
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(c) |
Always subject to Clause 4 (Conditions of utilisation), each Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility will on the last day of its Interest Period automatically be renewed with a new Interest Period of three (3) Months without the need for any Utilisation Request, unless the Borrowers instruct otherwise in writing to the Agent
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(d) |
If the Borrowers in accordance with sub-clause (c) above give instructions that a Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility shall not automatically be renewed, and the date for payment of such existing Loan falls on the same date as the Utilisation Date of a new Loan, the Agent shall set off the amounts against each other, and only the net amount (if any) shall be payable by the Borrowers. Such instructions shall be given by the Borrowers at the latest three (3) Business Days prior to the renewal date.
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(e) |
Any Outstanding Indebtedness is due and payable to the Agent for the account of the Finance Parties on the Maturity Date.
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6.2 |
Re-borrowing
|
(a) |
The Borrowers may not re-borrow any part of the Term Loan Facility which is repaid or prepaid.
|
(b) |
Any repayments or prepayments of the Loans outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility Tranches may be re-borrowed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as long as the outstanding Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility Tranches do not exceed the Available Revolving Credit Facility Commitment.
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7. |
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
|
7.1 |
Voluntary cancellation
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7.2 |
Voluntary prepayment of Loans
|
(a) |
The Borrowers may, if they give the Agent not less than five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior written notice, prepay the whole or any part of a Loan (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces the amount of the Loans by a minimum amount of USD 1,000,000 or multiples thereof).
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(b) |
Any prepayment under this Clause 7.2 (Voluntary prepayment of Loans) shall be applied pro-rata against each Loan outstanding under the Term Loan Tranches and reduce the remaining instalments (excluding the balloon) on a pro-rata basis.
|
(c) |
The Borrowers have the option to apply the voluntary prepayment against any scheduled instalments of any Term Loan Tranche, provided that the Borrowers have given ten (10) Business Days’ prior notice to the Agent and subject to the Majority Lenders consent (not to be unreasonable withheld).
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7.3 |
Illegality
|
(a) |
that Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event;
|
(b) |
upon the Agent notifying the Borrowers, the Commitment, or the relevant part of the Commitment, of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and
|
(c) |
the Borrowers shall repay that Lender’s participation in the relevant Loan on the last day of the Interest Period for that Loan occurring after the Agent has notified the Borrowers or, if earlier, the date specified by the relevant Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law).
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7.4 |
Total Loss or sale of a Vessel
|
(a) |
If a Vessel is sold or suffers a Total Loss:
|
(i) |
the Term Loan Facility shall be prepaid in the amount outstanding pursuant to the respective Vessel’s Term Loan Tranche as set out in Schedule 1C (Repayment Schedule) hereto; and
|
(ii) |
the Revolving Credit Facility shall be reduced and/or cancelled with the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility Tranche in respect of the Vessel sold or lost, and any
|
7.5 |
Market Value
|
(a) |
If the aggregate Market Value of the Vessels (then serving as collateral hereunder) is less than 135% of the Loans the Borrowers shall, unless otherwise agreed with the Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) within fifteen (15) Business Days, either
|
(i) |
prepay the Loans or a part of the Loans (as the case may be) required to restore the aforesaid ratio; or
|
(ii) |
provide the Lenders with such additional security, in form and substance satisfactory to all Lenders (it being understood that cash collateral in USD shall be deemed acceptable and be valued at par).
|
(b) |
Any prepayment under this Clause 7.5 (Market Value) shall first be applied against the Facilities pro rata based on the total amounts of the Loan outstanding under each Facility. The amounts prepaid in respect of the Term Loan Facility, shall be applied against the remaining instalments and balloon under each such Facility in inverse order of maturity.
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7.6 |
Change of Control
|
(a) |
the Borrowers shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event;
|
(b) |
a Lender shall not be obliged to fund any Utilisation;
|
(c) |
the Agent shall, with thirty (30) Business Days prior written notice to the Borrowers (unless another notice period is set by the Majority Lenders) (x) cancel the Total Commitments, and (y) require the Borrowers to prepay all or parts of the Outstanding Indebtedness in full..
|
7.7 |
Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender
|
(a) |
If:
|
(i) |
any sum payable to any Lender by the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor is required to be increased under paragraph (c) of Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up); or
|
(ii) |
any Lender claims indemnification from the Borrowers under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) or Clause 13.1 (Increased costs),
|
(b) |
On receipt of a notice of cancellation referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.
|
(c) |
On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Borrowers have given notice of cancellation under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Borrowers in that notice), the Borrowers shall repay that Lender’s participation in the Loans.
|
(d) |
The replacement of a Lender pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be subject to the following conditions:
|
(i) |
the Borrowers shall have no right to replace the Agent;
|
(ii) |
neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find a replacement Lender; and
|
(iii) |
in no event shall the Lender replaced under paragraph (a) above be required to pay or surrender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents.
|
7.8 |
Restrictions
|
(a) |
Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7 (Prepayment and cancellation) shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment.
|
(b) |
Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty.
|
(c) |
The Borrowers may not re-borrow any part of the Term Loan Facility which is prepaid.
|
(d) |
The Borrowers shall not repay or prepay all or any part of a Loan or cancel all or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.
|
(e) |
No amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.
|
(f) |
If the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 7 (Prepayment and cancellation) it shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Borrowers or the affected Lender, as appropriate.
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8. |
INTEREST
|
8.1 |
Calculation of interest
|
(a) |
The rate of interest on a Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:
|
(i) |
Margin; and
|
(ii) |
LIBOR.
|
(b) |
It is not possible to calculate the effective interest rate on a Loan in advance. The Lenders are nevertheless, according to the FA Act obliged to give a representative example. LIBOR for 3 (three) months was at 17 April 2018 2.35509 % p.a. and provided unaltered LIBOR and Margin of 240 basis points per annum for the duration of the Facilities, fees agreed hereunder and Utilisation of the Total Commitment on 18 April 2018, the effective interest rate will be 5.19% p.a.
|
(c) |
Interest shall be calculated on the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year.
|
8.2 |
Payment of interest
|
8.3 |
Default interest
|
(a) |
If the Borrower or Guarantor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of the actual payment (both before and after judgment), , at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is two hundred basis points higher than the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a part of the Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Agent (acting reasonably) above the Margin. Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 (Default interest) shall be immediately payable by the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor on demand by the Agent.
|
(b) |
If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to such Loan:
|
(i) |
the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that Loan; and
|
(ii) |
the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest Period shall be two (2) per cent higher than the rate which would have applied if the overdue amount had not become due.
|
(c) |
Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable.
|
8.4 |
Notification of rates of interest
|
9. |
INTEREST PERIODS
|
9.1 |
Selection of Interest Periods
|
(a) |
The Borrowers may select an Interest Period for a Loan in the relevant Utilisation Request (however for the Revolving Credit Facility always taking into consideration Clause 6.1 (Repayment of Loans) (b)).
|
(b) |
In respect of any Loan already utilised under the Term Loan Facility, the Borrowers may select an Interest Period for such Loan in a Selection Notice on the following terms:
|
(i) |
each Selection Notice for a Loan is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Agent by the Borrowers not later than 12:00 noon Oslo time on the date falling three (3) Business Days prior to the last day of the current Interest Period; and
|
(ii) |
if the Borrowers fail to deliver a Selection Notice to the Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above, the relevant Interest Period will be three (3) Months.
|
(c) |
The Borrowers may select an Interest Period of three (3) Months or any such other periods as all Lenders may agree.
|
(d) |
An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Maturity Date.
|
(e) |
The first Interest Period for a Loan shall start on the relevant Utilisation Date and each subsequent Interest Period shall start on the last day of its preceding Interest Period.
|
9.2 |
Non-Business Days
|
10. |
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
|
10.1 |
Obligation of Reference Banks to quote
|
10.2 |
Quotations by Reference Bank
|
10.3 |
Market disruption
|
(a) |
no rate is quoted on Reuters Page Libor 01 and 02 or more of the Reference Banks do not, before 1.00 p.m. (London time) on the Quotation Day for an Interest Period, provide quotations to the Agent in order to fix LIBOR; or
|
(b) |
at least 1 Business Day before the start of an Interest Period, Lenders having Commitments amounting to more than 50 per cent. of the Total Commitments notify the Agent that LIBOR fixed by the Agent would not accurately reflect the cost to those Lenders of funding their respective Loan or Loans (or any part of them) during the Interest Period in the London interbank market at or about 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Day for the Interest Period; or
|
(c) |
at least 1 Business Day before the start of an Interest Period, the Agent is notified by a Lender (for the purposes of this Clause 10 (Changes to calculation of interest) the “Affected Lender”) that for any reason it is unable to obtain Dollars in the London interbank market in order to fund its Loan or Loans (or any part of it) during that Interest Period.
|
10.4 |
Notification of market disruption
|
10.5 |
Suspension of Utilisation
|
10.6 |
Negotiation of alternative rate of interest
|
10.7 |
Application of agreed alternative rate of interest
|
10.8 |
Alternative rate of interest in absence of agreement
|
10.9 |
Notice of prepayment
|
10.10 |
Prepayment
|
10.11 |
Break Costs
|
(a) |
The Borrowers shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by the Borrowers on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for a Loan or Unpaid Sum.
|
(b) |
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 accrue.
|
11. |
FEES
|
11.1 |
Commitment fee
|
(a) |
The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each Lender) a fee in USD computed at the rate of forty per cent (40 %) of the Margin per annum and calculated on the undrawn portion of the Total Commitments from the date of this Agreement until the expiry of the relevant Availability Period.
|
(b) |
The accrued commitment fee is payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter and on the last day of the relevant Availability Period.
|
11.2 |
Arrangement Fee
|
11.3 |
Agency Fee
|
12. |
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
|
12.1 |
Definitions
|
12.2 |
Tax gross-up
|
(a) |
All payments by the Obligors under the Finance Documents shall be made free and clear of any Tax Deduction or any other governmental or public payment imposed by the laws of any jurisdiction from which or through which such payment is made, unless a Tax Deduction or withholding is required by law.
|
(b) |
The Borrowers shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Obligors.
|
(c) |
If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by any Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
|
(d) |
If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.
|
(e) |
Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
|
12.3 |
Tax indemnity
|
(a) |
The Obligors shall (within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which that Protected Party
|
(b) |
Paragraph (a) above shall not apply:
|
(i) |
with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party:
|
(A) |
under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or
|
(B) |
under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party’s Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,
|
(ii) |
to the extent a loss, liability or cost:
|
(A) |
is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up); or;
|
(B) |
relates to a FATCA Deduction to be made by a Party.
|
(c) |
A Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph (a) above shall promptly notify the Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall notify the Borrowers.
|
(d) |
A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity), notify the Agent.
|
12.4 |
Tax Credit
|
(a) |
a Tax Credit is attributable either to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, or to that Tax Payment; and
|
(b) |
that Finance Party has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit,
|
12.5 |
Stamp taxes
|
12.6 |
VAT
|
(a) |
All amounts set out or expressed in a Finance Document to be payable by any Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for a supply or supplies for VAT purposes shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is
|
(b) |
Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance Party for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Finance Party for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that such Finance Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.
|
12.7 |
FATCA Information
|
(a) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within ten (10) Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party:
|
(i) |
confirm to that other Party whether it is:
|
(A) |
a FATCA Exempt Party; or
|
(B) |
not a FATCA Exempt Party; and
|
(ii) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA (including its applicable “passthru payment percentage” or other information required under the US Treasury Regulations or other official guidance including intergovernmental agreements) as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with FATCA.
|
(iii) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with any other law, regulation, or exchange of information regime
|
(b) |
If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) (i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly.
|
(c) |
Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything , and paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:
|
(i) |
any law or regulation;
|
(ii) |
any fiduciary duty; or
|
(iii) |
any duty of confidentiality.
|
(d) |
If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (a) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments made under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.
|
12.8 |
FATCA Deduction
|
(a) |
Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction.
|
(b) |
Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction) notify the Party to whom it is making the payment and, in addition, shall notify the Borrowers and the Agent shall notify the other Finance Parties.
|
12.9 |
Secured Hedging Agreements
|
13. |
INCREASED COSTS
|
13.1 |
Increased costs
|
(a) |
Subject to Clause 13.3 (Exceptions) the Borrowers shall, within three (3) Business Days of a demand by the Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of
|
(i) |
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation;
|
(ii) |
compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; or
|
(iii) |
the implementation or application of, or compliance with:
|
(A) |
the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems”, “Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring” and “Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on 16 December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated;
|
(B) |
the rules for global systemically important banks contained in “Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement rules text” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated (together with (A) collectively referred to as “Basel III”);
|
(C) |
Directive 2013/36/EU of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directive 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC (“CRD IV”);
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(D) |
Regulation (EU) no. 575/2013 of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending regulation (EU) No. 648/2012 (“CRR”).
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(E) |
any law or regulation that implements or applies to Basel III, CRD IV or CRR; and
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(F) |
any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to Basel III.
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(b) |
In this Agreement “Increased Costs” means:
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(i) |
a reduction in the rate of return from the Facilities or on a Finance Party’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital;
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(ii) |
an additional or increased cost; or
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(iii) |
a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,
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13.2 |
Increased cost claims
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(a) |
A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers.
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(b) |
Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs.
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13.3 |
Exceptions
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(a) |
Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is:
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(i) |
attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor;
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(ii) |
attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;
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(iii) |
compensated for by Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) applied); or
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(iv) |
attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation.
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(b) |
In this Clause 13.3 (Exceptions), a reference to a “Tax Deduction” has the same meaning given to the term in Clause 12.1 (Definitions).
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14. |
OTHER INDEMNITIES
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14.1 |
Currency indemnity
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(a) |
If any sum due from the Obligors under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of:
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(i) |
making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor;
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(ii) |
obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,
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(b) |
Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.
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14.2 |
Other indemnities
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(a) |
the occurrence of any Event of Default;
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(b) |
a failure by the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of Clause 29 (Sharing among the Finance Parties);
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(c) |
funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested by the Borrowers in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement;
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(d) |
a third party claim related to the Finance Documents, the Obligors or the Vessels, hereunder any Environmental Claims or any non-compliance by any Obligor, the Technical Manager, the Commercial Manager and/or any Charterer with applicable laws including Sanctions Laws;
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(e) |
any claim, action, civil penalty or fine against, any settlement, and any other kind of loss or liability, and all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements) incurred by the Agent or any other Finance Party as a result of conduct of any Obligor or any of their partners, directors, officers, employees, agents or advisors, in relation to any Sanctions Laws; or
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(f) |
a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrowers,
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14.3 |
Indemnity to the Agent and Security Agent
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(a) |
investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; or
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(b) |
acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised.
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15. |
MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS
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15.1 |
Mitigation
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(a) |
Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Borrowers, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 7.3 (Illegality), Clause 12 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased costs) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.
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(b) |
Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under the Finance Documents.
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15.2 |
Limitation of liability
|
(a) |
The Borrowers shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation).
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(b) |
A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it.
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16. |
COSTS AND EXPENSES
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16.1 |
Transaction expenses
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(a) |
this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; and
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(b) |
any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.
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16.2 |
Amendment and enforcement costs
|
(a) |
responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with a request or requirement for any amendment, waiver or consent;
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(b) |
the granting of any release, waiver or consent under the Finance Documents;
|
(c) |
any amendment or variation of a Finance Document; and
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(d) |
the enforcement of, or the preservation, protection or maintenance of, or attempt to preserve or enforce, any of the rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents.
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17. |
SECURITY
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17.1 |
Security
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(a) |
the Mortgages;
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(b) |
the Guarantee;
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(c) |
the Assignment Agreements;
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(d) |
any Deed of Assignment;
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(e) |
the Pledge of Accounts;
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(f) |
any Intra Group Loans Assignment Agreements;
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(g) |
the Pledges of Shares in all Borrowers, including customary power of attorney for sale of the Shares and signed but undated letters of resignation from each director; and
|
17.2 |
Perfection etc.
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17.3 |
Further assignment of Earnings, Charterparty and Intra Group Loans
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17.4 |
Security – Secured Hedging Agreement
|
17.5 |
Parallel Debt
|
(a) |
In this Clause:
|
(i) |
Corresponding Debt means any amount which the Obligors owe to a Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents.
|
(ii) |
Parallel Debt means any amount which the Obligors owe to the Security Agent under this Clause.
|
(b) |
The Borrowers irrevocably and unconditionally undertake to pay to the Security Agent, as creditor in its own right and not as representative of the other Finance Parties, amounts equal to, and in the currency or currencies of, its Corresponding Debt.
|
(c) |
The Parallel Debt of the Borrowers:
|
(i) |
shall become due and payable at the same time as its Corresponding Debt;
|
(ii) |
is independent and separate from, and without prejudice to, its Corresponding Debt.
|
(d) |
For purposes of this Clause, the Security Agent:
|
(i) |
is the independent and separate creditor of each Parallel Debt;
|
(ii) |
acts in its own name and not as agent, representative or trustee of the Finance Parties and its claims in respect of each Parallel Debt shall not be held on trust; and
|
(iii) |
shall have the independent and separate right to demand payment of each Parallel Debt in its own name (including, without limitation, through any suit, execution, enforcement of security, recovery of guarantees and applications for and voting in any kind of insolvency proceeding).
|
(e) |
The Parallel Debt of the Borrowers shall be (a) decreased to the extent that its Corresponding Debt has been irrevocably and unconditionally paid or discharged, and (b) increased to the extent to that its Corresponding Debt has increased, and the Corresponding Debt of the Borrowers shall be (x) decreased to the extent that its Parallel Debt has been irrevocably and unconditionally paid or discharged, and (y) increased to the
|
(f) |
All amounts received or recovered by the Security Agent in connection with this Clause, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall be applied in accordance with Clause 30.5 (Partial payments).
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18. |
GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
|
18.1 |
Guarantee and indemnity
|
(a) |
guarantees to each Finance Party and the Hedging Banks punctual performance by the Borrowers of all the Borrowers’ obligations under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement.
|
(b) |
undertakes with each Finance Party and the Hedging Banks that whenever the Borrowers do not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document and any Secured Hedging Agreement, it shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it was the principal obligor; and
|
(c) |
agrees with each Finance Party and the Hedging Banks 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 or Hedging Banks immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability it incurs as a result of the Borrowers not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability, invalidity or illegality, have been payable by it under any Finance Document and any Secured Hedging Agreement 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 18 (Guarantee and indemnity) if the amount claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee;
|
18.2 |
Continuing guarantee
|
18.3 |
Reinstatement
|
18.4 |
Waiver of defences
|
(a) |
any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, the Borrowers or other person;
|
(b) |
the release of the Borrowers or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of the Borrowers;
|
(c) |
the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, a Borrower or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
|
(d) |
any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of the Borrowers or any other person;
|
(e) |
any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Finance Document or any Secured Hedging Agreement or any other document or security including without limitation any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document, any Secured Hedging Agreement or other document or security;
|
(f) |
any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document, any Secured Hedging Agreement or any other document or security; or
|
(g) |
any insolvency or similar proceedings.
|
18.5 |
Immediate recourse
|
18.6 |
Appropriations
|
(a) |
refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by that Finance Party or Hedging Banks (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 18 (Guarantee and indemnity).
|
18.7 |
Deferral of the Guarantor’s rights
|
(a) |
to be indemnified by the Borrowers;
|
(b) |
to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of the Borrowers’ obligations under the Finance Documents or any Secured Hedging Agreement;
|
(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 or the Hedging Banks under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement by any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks;
|
(d) |
to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring the Borrowers to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which the Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 18.1 (Guarantee and indemnity);
|
(e) |
to exercise any right of set-off against the Borrowers; and/or
|
(f) |
to claim or prove as a creditor of the Borrowers in competition with any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks.
|
18.8 |
Additional security
|
18.9 |
Norwegian Financial Agreements Act
|
(a) |
§ 29 (as the Agent and/or any Finance Party and/or the Hedging Banks shall be entitled to exercise all its rights under this Agreement and applicable law in order to secure payment.
|
(b) |
§ 63 (1) – (2) (to be notified of an Event of Default hereunder and to be kept informed thereof);
|
(c) |
§ 63 (3) (to be notified of any extension granted to the Borrowers in payment of principal and/or interest);
|
(d) |
§ 63 (4) (to be notified of the Borrowers’ bankruptcy proceedings or debt reorganisation proceedings and/or any application for the latter);
|
(e) |
§ 65 (3) (that its consent is required for it to be bound by amendments to the Finance Documents or any Secured Hedging Agreement that may be detrimental to its interest);
|
(f) |
§ 67 (2) (about any reduction of its liabilities hereunder, since no such reduction shall apply as long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement);
|
(g) |
§ 67 (4) (that its liabilities hereunder shall lapse after ten (10) years, as it shall remain liable hereunder as long as any amount is outstanding under any of the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement);
|
(h) |
§ 70 (as it shall not have any right of subrogation into the rights of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement until and unless the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks shall have received all amounts due or to become due to them under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement);
|
(i) |
§ 71 (as the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks shall have no liability first to make demand upon or seek to enforce remedies against the Borrowers or any other Security Interest provided in respect of the Borrowers’ liabilities under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement before demanding payment under or seeking to enforce its guarantee obligations hereunder);
|
(j) |
§ 72 (as all interest and default interest due under any of the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement shall be secured by its obligations hereunder);
|
(k) |
§ 73 (1) – (2) (as all costs and expenses related to a termination event or an Event of Default under this Agreement shall be secured by its guarantee obligations hereunder); and
|
(l) |
§ 74 (1) – (2) (as it shall not make any claim against the Borrowers for payment by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement until and unless the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks first shall have received all amounts due or to become due to them under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement).
|
18.10 |
Guarantee Limitations
|
19. |
REPRESENTATIONS
|
19.1 |
Status
|
(a) |
Each Obligor is a company, duly incorporated, validly existing and, if relevant in good standing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
|
(b) |
Each Obligor and each of its Subsidiaries have the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.
|
(c) |
No Obligor is a US Tax Obligor.
|
19.2 |
Binding obligations
|
(a) |
The obligations expressed to be assumed by the relevant Obligor in each Finance Document are, subject to any general principles of law limiting its obligations which are specifically referred to in any legal opinion delivered pursuant to Clause 4 (Conditions of Utilisation), legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.
|
(b) |
Save as provided herein or therein and/or as have been or shall be completed prior to a Utilisation Date, no registration, filing, payment of tax or fees or other formalities are necessary or desired to render the Finance Documents enforceable against the Obligors, and in respect of the Vessels, for the Mortgages to constitute valid and enforceable first priority mortgage over the Vessels.
|
19.3 |
Non-conflict with other obligations
|
(a) |
any law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to it, or any order, judgment, decree or permit to which it is subject, including any law, statute, rule or regulation implemented to combat money laundering and bribery;
|
(b) |
its or any of its Subsidiaries’ constitutional documents; or
|
(c) |
any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets.
|
19.4 |
Power and authority
|
(a) |
Each Obligor has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents and Transaction Documents.
|
(b) |
All necessary corporate, shareholder and other action have been taken by each Obligor to approve and authorize the execution of the Finance Documents and the Transaction
|
(c) |
Each Borrower acts for its own account by entering into the Finance Documents and obtaining the Facilities.
|
19.5 |
Validity and admissibility in evidence
|
(a) |
to enable each Obligor lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
|
(b) |
to make the Finance Documents and the Transaction Documents admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation; and
|
(c) |
in connection with each Obligor’s business and ownership of assets,
|
19.6 |
Governing law and enforcement
|
(a) |
The choice of Norwegian law and any other applicable law respectively as the governing law of the Finance Documents will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
|
(b) |
Any judgment obtained in Norway and/or any other applicable jurisdiction in relation to a Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in the relevant Obligor’s jurisdiction of incorporation.
|
19.7 |
Insolvency
|
19.8 |
Deduction of Tax
|
19.9 |
No filing or stamp taxes
|
19.10 |
No default
|
(a) |
No Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of a Utilisation.
|
(b) |
No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries’) assets are subject which has or might have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
19.11 |
No misleading information
|
(a) |
Any factual information provided by any Obligor or otherwise relevant to matters contemplated by the Finance Documents was true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which it is stated.
|
(b) |
The financial information provided by any Obligor has been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions.
|
(c) |
Nothing has occurred or been omitted and no information has been given or withheld that results in the information provided by any Obligor being incomplete, untrue or misleading in any material respect.
|
19.12 |
Financial statements
|
(a) |
Its Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
|
(b) |
Its Original Financial Statements fairly represent its financial condition and operations (consolidated in the case of the Guarantor) during the relevant financial year.
|
(c) |
There has been no material adverse change in its business or financial condition (or the business or consolidated financial condition of any Obligor) since the date of delivery of its latest financial statements.
|
19.13 |
Pari passu ranking
|
19.14 |
No proceedings pending or threatened
|
19.15 |
Title
|
19.16 |
No security
|
19.17 |
No immunity
|
19.18 |
Ranking of Security Documents
|
19.19 |
Taxation
|
(a) |
No Obligor is overdue in the filing of any Tax returns.
|
(b) |
To the best of its knowledge and belief, no claims or investigations are being, or are reasonably likely to be, made or conducted against any Obligor with respect to Taxes which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on its ability to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents.
|
(c) |
The relevant Obligor is resident for Tax purposes only in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, unless the Agent shall have been otherwise informed in writing.
|
19.20 |
Environmental compliance
|
19.21 |
Environmental Claims
|
19.22 |
ISM Code and ISPS Code compliance
|
19.23 |
The Vessels
|
(a) |
in the absolute ownership of the relevant Borrower free and clear of all encumbrances (other than current crew wages and the Mortgage and a security created pursuant to any of the Security Documents) and the relevant Borrower will be the sole, legal and beneficial owner of such Vessel;
|
(b) |
registered in the name of the relevant Borrower with the relevant Approved Ship Registry under the laws and flag applicable for the relevant Approved Ship Registry, and (in respect of DHT China) as long as employed under the Bareboat Charter, be bareboat registered in the Bareboat Registry;
|
(c) |
operationally seaworthy in every way and fit for service; and
|
(d) |
classed with ABS, Lloyd’s Register, DNV GL or such other IACS classification society as approved by the Agent, free of all overdue recommendations/conditions of class.
|
19.24 |
Financial Indebtedness
|
19.25 |
Sanctions
|
(a) |
Each Obligor, their respective directors, officers, and employees, and to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful inquiry), each of their Affiliates, their joint ventures, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives and each Vessel has been and is in compliance with Sanctions Laws;
|
(b) |
No Obligor, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees is, nor is, to the Obligor’s best knowledge and belief (having made due and careful inquiry), any of its Affiliates and their joint ventures, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives or Vessels:
|
(i) |
a Restricted Party, does not act directly or indirectly on behalf of a Restricted Party, or is involved in any transaction through which it is likely to become a Restricted Party; or
|
(ii) |
subject to or involved in any inquiry, claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation against it with respect to Sanctions Laws by any Sanctions Authority.
|
19.26 |
Shares
|
19.27 |
Repetition
|
20. |
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
|
20.1 |
Financial statements
|
(a) |
as soon as they are available and public, but in any event with 120 days after the end of its financial year;
|
(i) |
the audited consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor for that financial year;
|
(ii) |
the unaudited management accounts (profit and loss statement and balance sheet) of the Borrowers for that financial year;
|
(b) |
as soon as they are available and public, but in any event within 90 days after the last day of each quarter the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor for that financial quarter;
|
(c) |
as soon as they are available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of its financial year, the financial projections of the Guarantor on an annual basis; and
|
(d) |
such other financial and other information of any Obligor as the Lenders shall reasonably require from time to time (including but not limited to in relation to Sanctions Laws).
|
20.2 |
Compliance Certificate
|
20.3 |
Requirements as to financial statements
|
(a) |
The Guarantor shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP, accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of the Original Financial Statements for that Obligor unless, in relation to any set of financial statements, it notifies the Agent that there has been a change in GAAP, the accounting practices or
|
(i) |
a description of any change necessary for those financial statements to reflect the GAAP, accounting practices and reference periods upon which that Obligor’s Original Financial Statements were prepared; and
|
(ii) |
sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the Agent, to enable the Lenders to determine whether Clause 21 (Financial covenants) has been complied with and make an accurate comparison between the financial position indicated in those financial statements and that Obligor’s Original Financial Statements.
|
20.4 |
Information: miscellaneous
|
(a) |
all documents dispatched by the Borrowers and the Guarantor to their shareholders generally (or any class of them) or their creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched;
|
(b) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any Obligor, and which might, if adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect;
|
(c) |
promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, business and operations of any Obligor as any Finance Party (through the Agent) may reasonably request, promptly, such information about the Vessels’ classification records and status as the Agent may reasonably request;
|
(d) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any inquiry, claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation pursuant to Sanctions Laws by any Sanctions Authority against it, any of its direct or indirect owners, Affiliates, any of their joint ventures or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents,representatives or any of the Vessels, as well as information on what steps are being taken with regards to answer or oppose such;
|
(e) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, any details of any material claims or amendments under any Transaction Document (other than Finance Documents); and
|
(f) |
promptly upon becoming aware that it, any of its direct or indirect owners, Affiliates, any of their joint ventures or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives has become or is likely to become a Restricted Party.
|
20.5 |
Notification of default
|
(a) |
Each of the Borrowers and the Guarantor shall notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.
|
(b) |
Promptly upon a request by the Agent, the Borrowers shall supply to the Agent a certificate signed by two of its directors or senior officers on its behalf certifying that no Default is continuing (or if a Default is continuing, specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).
|
20.6 |
Notification of Environmental Claims
|
(a) |
if any Environmental Claim has been commenced or (to the best of its knowledge and belief) is threatened against the Borrowers (or any of its Affiliates), any Charterers, the Technical Manager or the Vessels; and
|
(b) |
of any fact and circumstances which will or are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any of the Borrowers (or any of their Affiliates), any Charterers, the Technical Manager or the Vessels,
|
20.7 |
Market Value
|
(a) |
The Borrowers shall arrange for, at its own expense, the Market Value of the Vessels to be determined on a quarterly basis.
|
(b) |
The Borrowers shall forward the market valuations obtained pursuant to sub-clause (a) above to the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) together with the Valuation Certificate within ten (10) days after the end of each financial quarter and such valuations shall be issued no more than thirty (30) days prior to the date provided to the Agent.
|
(c) |
Should the Agent reasonably assume that a Default has occurred or may occur, or should a Vessel be sold or suffer a Total Loss, the Agent may arrange, or require the Borrowers to arrange, additional determinations of the Market Value of the Vessels at such frequency as the Agent (on behalf of Finance Parties) may request and at the Borrowers’ expense.
|
20.8 |
“Know your customer” checks
|
(a) |
If:
|
(i) |
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;
|
(ii) |
any change in the status of the Borrowers or the Guarantor after the date of this Agreement; or
|
(iii) |
a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,
|
(b) |
Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself) in order for the Agent to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.
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(c) |
In addition, the Lender and/or the Agent may require such other documentation and information as it deems necessary and/or advisable in order to comply with customer due diligence as required by the Danish Act on Measures to Prevent Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism.
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(d) |
The Lenders to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all applicable know your customer requirements.
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20.9 |
Disclosure of information
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21. |
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
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21.1 |
Financial covenants - the Guarantor
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(a) |
unencumbered consolidated Cash of minimum the higher of (i) six per cent (6 %) of the Total Interest Bearing Debt and (ii) USD 30,000,000;
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(b) |
a Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth of at least USD 300,000,000, but in any event the Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall at all times be no less than twenty five per cent (25 %) of the Value Adjusted Total Assets; and
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(c) |
a positive Working Capital.
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21.2 |
Amended financial covenants – Obligors
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22. |
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
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22.1 |
Authorisations
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22.2 |
Compliance with laws
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(a) |
Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that their Affiliates, the Technical Manager, the Commercial Manager and any Charterer, shall comply in all material respects with all laws, directives, regulations, decrees, rulings and such analogous rules to which it or its business may be subject, as well as its constitutional documents.
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(b) |
Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that any Affiliate and their respective officers, employees and directors, the Technical Manager, the Commercial Manager and any Charterer comply in all respect with all Sanctions Laws and the laws of the Approved Ship Registry and the Bareboat Registry.
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(c) |
Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that none of them, nor any officer, employee or director will, take any action or make any omission that results, or is reasonably likely to result, in it or any Finance Party becoming a Restricted Party or a breach of Sanctions by any Finance Party.
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(d) |
Each Obligor and parties acting on its behalf shall observe and abide with any law, official requirement or other regulatory measure or procedure implemented to combat (i) money laundering (as defined in Article 1 of the Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 (as amended, supplemented and/or replaced from time to time)) and (ii) bribery and corrupt practices.
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22.3 |
Negative pledge
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(a) |
The Borrowers shall not create or permit to subsist any Security over the Vessels or any of its assets.
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(b) |
The Obligors shall not create or permit to subsist any Security over the Shares or any Intra Group Loans.
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(c) |
The Borrowers shall not:
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(i) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by any Obligor;
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(ii) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms;
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(iii) |
enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or
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(iv) |
enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect,
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(d) |
Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Security listed below:
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(i) |
any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any Obligor in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances, hereunder any rights of pledge and set-off in relation to a cash pool arrangement approved in advance by the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks);
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(ii) |
any lien (including but not limited to maritime liens defined as such pursuant to applicable law) arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of trading and securing obligations not more than thirty (30) days overdue;
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(iii) |
any Security entered into pursuant to any Finance Document;
|
(iv) |
any cash collateral from an Obligor to any Hedging Bank as security (for its own account) for any swap transaction to be entered into between that Hedging Bank and an Obligor under a Secured Hedging Agreement, and any cash collateral so placed by an Obligor with a Hedging Bank shall be released, discharged and (if required) deregistered immediately after evidence of registration of the Mortgages;
|
(v) |
arising under any retention of title, hire purchase or conditional sale arrangement or arrangements having similar effect in respect of goods supplied to a Borrower in the ordinary course of trading on arm’s length terms and on the supplier’s standard and usual terms; or
|
(vi) |
security consented to in advance in writing by the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties).
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22.4 |
Disposals, loans and acquisitions
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(a) |
whether by a single transaction or a series of related or unrelated transactions and whether at the same time or over a period of time, sell, transfer, lease out (except for the Bareboat Charter), grant options, grant rights of first refusal or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of its undertakings, assets, including but not limited to the Vessels, or revenues
|
(b) |
acquire or replace any material asset or acquire any shares; or
|
(c) |
charter in any vessel or make any investment other than in the normal course of business related to the operation of the Vessels; or
|
(d) |
incur any Financial Indebtedness other than in the normal course of business related to the operation of the Vessels, provided, however, that the Borrowers shall be entitled to obtain Intra Group Loans from the Guarantor as long as such loans are unsecured and fully subordinated to the Borrowers’ obligations under the Finance Documents and pledged/assigned to the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks) under an Intra Group Loans Assignment Agreement, provided that payment of interest and principal thereunder is allowed so long as (i) such payment of interest and/or principal is made from funds being available for distribution of dividends from the respective Borrower, and (ii) there is no Default hereunder and no Default will occur as a result of such payment or distribution; or
|
(e) |
make or grant any loans, guarantees or any other form of financial support other than in the normal course of business.
|
22.5 |
Merger
|
22.6 |
Shareholding
|
(a) |
The Guarantor shall inform the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks) of any intended sale of any Shares, and any such sale will be subject to prepayment in accordance with Clause 7.6 (Change of Control); and
|
(b) |
no Borrower shall purchase, cancel, redeem or increase any of its share capital.
|
22.7 |
Change of business
|
22.8 |
Title
|
22.9 |
Insurances – general
|
22.10 |
Earnings Accounts
|
22.11 |
Derivative transactions
|
22.12 |
Distribution restrictions and subordination of inter-company debt
|
(a) |
No Obligor shall (i) distribute any dividends, or make other distributions to its shareholders and/or (ii) buy-back its own common stock and convertible notes if a Default has occurred and is continuing or will occur as a result of such payment, distribution or buy-back, or after giving effect to such distribution, the Borrowers or the Guarantor is not in compliance with the Financial Covenants.
|
(b) |
All (i) Intra Group Loans to the Borrowers, and (ii) claims of the Guarantor against the Borrowers shall always be unsecured and fully subordinated to the obligations of the Borrowers under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreements, provided that payment of such claims is allowed so long as (i) such payment of interest and/or principal is made from funds being available for distribution of dividends from the respective Borrower, and (ii) there is no Default under any of the Finance Documents and/or any Secured Hedging Agreement and no Default will occur as a result of such payment or distribution.
|
(c) |
All amounts owed to the Technical Managers and/or Commercial Managers (provided the Technical Managers and/or Commercial Managers are Affiliates of the Borrowers or the Guarantor) shall always be unsecured and fully subordinated to the obligations of the Borrowers under the Finance Documents any of the Finance Documents and/or any Secured Hedging Agreement, provided that payment of such claims is allowed so long as there is no Default any of the Finance Documents and/or any Secured Hedging Agreement and no Default will occur as a result of such payment or distribution.
|
(d) |
All agreements and transactions entered into between the members of the Group and their affiliates shall be entered into and made on arm’s length terms.
|
22.13 |
Transaction Documents
|
22.14 |
Taxation
|
22.15 |
No change of name etc.
|
(a) |
the end of its fiscal year;
|
(b) |
its nature of business;
|
(c) |
(applicable for the Borrowers only) its constitutional documents;
|
(d) |
its legal name;
|
(e) |
its type of organization; or
|
(f) |
its jurisdiction
|
22.16 |
Sanctions
|
(a) |
in compliance with all laws or regulations:
|
(i) |
applicable to its business; and
|
(ii) |
applicable to the Ship, its ownership, employment, operation, management and registration,
|
(b) |
in compliance with any Environment Approvals; and
|
22.17 |
US Tax Obligor
|
22.18 |
Use of Proceeds and repayments
|
(a) |
No proceeds of any advance of a Loan shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a Restricted Party nor shall they otherwise be applied in a manner or for a purpose prohibited by Sanctions Laws or in a manner that is reasonably likely to result, in it or any Finance Party becoming a Restricted Party or a breach of Sanctions by any Finance Party.
|
(b) |
No Borrower shall, and shall procure that no other Obligor shall, repay or prepay any Loan or any part thereof or fund all or any part of any payment under the Finance Documents (x) out of proceeds from funds or assets that (i) constitute property of, or that are beneficially owned directly or indirectly by, any Restricted Party, (ii) is obtained or derived from transactions with or relating to any Restricted Party or transactions in violation of Sanctions or (y) in any manner that would cause any Lender or the Agent to be in violation of Sanctions.
|
22.19 |
Listing
|
23.1 |
General
|
23.2 |
Insurance – Vessels
|
(a) |
The Borrowers shall maintain or ensure that the Vessels are insured against such risks, including but not limited to, hull and machinery, protection & indemnity (including cover for pollution liability as normally adopted by the industry for similar units for an amount not less than USD 1,000,000,000, and freight, demurrage and defence cover), hull interest, freight interest, loss of hire and war risk insurances, including blocking and trapping, confiscation, terrorism and piracy, in such amounts, on such terms and placed through first class insurance brokers with such first class insurers as the Agent shall approve, and always subject to the Nordic Marine Insurance Plan of 2013 latest version.
|
(b) |
The insured value of each Vessel shall be at least equal to the Market Value of such Vessel and the aggregate insurance value, except for protection & indemnity and Loss of Hire, shall be at least hundred and twenty per cent (120%) of the Loans plus any Available Revolving Credit Facility Commitment. Furthermore, the (i) hull and machinery insurance for each Vessel shall at all times cover at least eighty per cent (80%) of the insurable value (Hull and Machinery and Hull Interest) of such Vessel and (ii) aggregate hull and machinery insurance of all the Vessels shall cover at least one hundred per cent (100%) of the Loans plus any Available Revolving Credit Facility Commitment (while the remaining cover may be taken out by way of Hull and Freight Interest insurances). The deductible of the Hull and Machinery insurance shall never be higher than such amount as the Agent may from time to time approve.
|
(c) |
The Borrowers shall procure that the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks) is noted as first priority mortgagee in the insurance contracts, together with the confirmation from the underwriters, or confirmations from insurance brokers confirming this on behalf of underwriters, to the Security Agent thereof that the notice of assignment with regards to the Insurances and the loss payable clauses are noted in the insurance contracts and that standard letters of undertaking/cover notes/policies/
|
(d) |
Within 15 days prior to the relevant Utilisation Date inform the Agent of with whom the Insurances will be placed and on what main terms they will be effected, and within reasonable time prior to the expiry date of the relevant Insurances, the Borrowers shall procure the delivery to the Agent of a certificate from the insurance broker(s) through whom the Insurances referred to in paragraph (a) above have been renewed and taken out in respect of the Vessels with insurance values as required by paragraph (b) above, that such Insurances are in full force and effect and that the Security Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks) have been noted as first priority mortgagee by the relevant insurers.
|
(e) |
The Borrowers shall allow for the Agent and/or any other Finance Party and/or any Hedging Bank to take out for the Borrowers’ accounts a Mortgagee’s Interest Insurance and a Mortgagee’s Interest - Additional Perils Pollution Insurance (covering one hundred and twenty per cent (120%) of the Loans plus any Available Revolving Credit Facility Commitment).
|
(f) |
The Agent may also for the account of the Borrowers take out such other Insurances as the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks may reasonably require considering the trading and flag of the Vessels.
|
(g) |
If any of the Insurances referred to in paragraph (a) above form part of a fleet cover, the Borrowers shall procure, except for protection & indemnity (where the Borrowers shall procure to obtain standard market undertakings in favour of the Security Agent with respect to protection & indemnity from the insurers or the insurance broker), that the insurers or the insurer broker shall undertake to the Security Agent that they shall neither set-off against any claims in respect of the Vessels any premiums due in respect of other units under such fleet cover or any premiums due for other insurances, nor cancel this Insurance for reason of non-payment of premiums for other units under such fleet cover or of premiums for such other insurances, and shall undertake to issue a separate policy in respect of the Vessels if and when so requested by the Security Agent.
|
(h) |
The Borrowers shall procure that the Vessels always are employed in conformity with the terms of the instruments of Insurances (including any warranties expressed or implied therein) and comply with such requirements as to extra premium or otherwise as the insurers may prescribe.
|
(i) |
The Borrowers will not make any material change to the insurances described under paragraph (a) above without the prior written consent of the Agent.
|
(j) |
The Borrowers shall pay for an insurance opinion commissioned by the Agent to be prepared by an independent insurance consultant, in form and contents acceptable to the Agent.
|
23.3 |
Flag, name and registry
|
23.4 |
Classification and repairs
|
(a) |
so as to maintain its class with ABS, Lloyd’s Register, DNV GL or another IACS classification society approved by the Agent, free of overdue recommendations/conditions of class;
|
(b) |
so as to comply with the laws and regulations (statutory or otherwise) applicable to units registered under the flag state of the Vessels or to vessels trading to any jurisdiction to which the Vessels may trade from time to time;
|
(c) |
not, without the prior written consent of the Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), change the classification society of the Vessels; and
|
(d) |
not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, conduct modifications, repairs or remove parts which may reduce the value of the Vessels.
|
23.5 |
Inspections and class records
|
(a) |
The Borrowers shall procure that the Agent’s surveyor at the Borrowers’ cost, is permitted to inspect the condition of the Vessels once a year, if so requested by the Agent, and at any time required by a Lender (at such Lender’s cost), provided always that such arrangement shall not interfere with the operation of the Vessels and subject to satisfactory indemnities approved by the P&I insurers.
|
(b) |
The Borrowers shall instruct the classification society to give the Agent access to class records and other information from the classification society in respect of the Vessels, by sending a written instruction in such form and substance as the Agent may require. The Agent shall also be granted electronic access to class records.
|
23.6 |
Surveys
|
23.7 |
Notification of certain events
|
(a) |
any accident to a Vessel involving repairs where the costs will or is likely to exceed five per cent (5%) of the insurance value of such Vessel;
|
(b) |
any requirement or recommendation made by any insurer or classification society or by any competent authority which is not, or cannot be, complied with immediately;
|
(c) |
any exercise or purported exercise of any arrest or lien on the Vessels, their Earnings or the Insurances;
|
(d) |
any occurrence as a result of which a Vessel has become or is, by the passing of time or otherwise, likely to become a Total Loss;
|
(e) |
the details of any claim, inquiry, action, suit, proceeding or investigation pursuant to Sanctions Laws against it, or any of its direct or indirect owners, Subsidiaries, and any of its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives or any of the Vessels as well as information on what steps are being taken to answer or oppose such;
|
(f) |
any of its direct or indirect owners, Subsidiaries, or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives becoming a Restricted Party;
|
(g) |
any cancellation of any Shipbuilding Contract; and
|
(h) |
any claim for a material breach of the ISM Code or the ISPS Code being made against the Borrowers or the Technical Manager or otherwise in connection with the Vessels.
|
23.8 |
Operation of the Vessels
|
(a) |
The Borrowers shall procure that the Vessels are managed by the Technical Manager pursuant to a Technical Management Agreement and shall not, without the prior written consent of the Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), change or allow the change of the technical management of the Vessels.
|
(b) |
The Borrowers shall procure that each of the Technical Manager and the Commercial Manager signs, executes and deliver a manager’s undertaking in such form as the Agent (on behalf of the Finance Parties) reasonably may require.
|
(c) |
The Borrowers shall, and shall procure that the Technical Manager shall, comply, or procure the compliance in all material respects with the ISM Code and the ISPS Code, all Environmental Laws, all Sanction Laws, the laws of the Approved Ship Registry, the Bareboat Registry, the United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and all other laws or regulations relating to the Vessels, their ownership, operation and management or to the business of the Borrowers and the Technical Manager and shall not employ the Vessels nor allow their employment:
|
(i) |
in any manner contrary to law or regulation in any relevant jurisdiction including but not limited to the ISM Code; and
|
(ii) |
in the event of hostilities in any part of the world (whether war is declared or not), in any zone which is declared a war zone by any government or by the war risk insurers of the Vessels unless the Borrowers have (at their own expense) effected
|
23.9 |
ISM Code compliance
|
(a) |
procure that the Vessels remain subject to a SMS;
|
(b) |
procure that a valid and current SMC is maintained for the Vessels;
|
(c) |
procure that the Technical Manager maintains a valid and current DOC;
|
(d) |
immediately notify the Agent in writing of any actual or threatened withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of the SMC of the Vessels or of the DOC of the Technical Manager; and
|
(e) |
immediately notify the Agent in writing of any “accident” or “major nonconformity”, each as those terms is defined in the Guidelines in the application of the IMO International Safety Management Code issued by the International Chamber of Shipping and International Shipping Federation.
|
23.10 |
Environmental compliance
|
(a) |
The Borrowers shall, and shall to the extent reasonably possible procure that the Technical Manager and any Charterers shall, comply in all respects with all Environmental Laws applicable to any of them or the Vessels, including without limitation, requirements relating to manning and establishment of financial responsibility and to obtain and comply with all Environmental Approvals applicable to any of them and/or the Vessels.
|
(b) |
Each Vessel shall throughout the lifetime of the relevant Vessel thereafter have a Green Passport available in respect of the relevant Vessel and have an inventory of hazardous materials (except DHT Hawk, DHT Condor and DHT Falcon). The Borrowers shall procure that the DHT Hawk, DHT Condor and DHT Falcon each have a Green Passport available and have an inventory of hazardous materials at the latest 6 months prior to being sold for demolition or taken out of commercial service.
|
(c) |
The Borrowers shall procure a safe sustainable and socially and environmentally responsible dismantling of any Vessel taken out of service.
|
23.11 |
Arrest
|
(a) |
all liabilities which give or may give rise to maritime or possessory liens on or claims enforceable against the Vessels, the Earnings or the Insurances;
|
(b) |
all tolls, taxes, dues, fines, penalties and other amounts charged in respect of the Vessels, the Earnings or the Insurances; and
|
(c) |
all other outgoings whatsoever in respect of the Vessels, the Earnings and the Insurances,
|
23.12 |
Chartering
|
(a) |
without the prior written consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of all Lenders), let a Vessel on bareboat charter for any period, except for DHT China under the Bareboat Charter and the Sub-Bareboat Charter;
|
(b) |
without the prior written consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders), enter into any other agreement related to the chartering and operation of a Vessel exceeding twenty four (24) months; or
|
(c) |
without the prior written consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders), terminate, cancel, amend or supplement any Charterparty in any material respect, nor assign such Charterparty to any other person.
|
24. |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
24.1 |
Non-payment
|
(a) |
its failure to pay is caused by administrative or technical error in the banking system; and
|
(b) |
payment is made within three (3) Business Days of its due date.
|
24.2 |
Financial covenants
|
24.3 |
Other obligations
|
24.4 |
Misrepresentation
|
24.5 |
Cross default
|
(a) |
Any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period.
|
(b) |
Any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).
|
(c) |
Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any Obligor as a result of an event of default (however described).
|
(d) |
Any creditor of any Obligor becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).
|
(e) |
No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 24.5 (Cross default) if the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above is less than USD 1,000,000 in respect of the Borrowers and USD 5,000,000 of the Guarantor.
|
24.6 |
Insolvency
|
(a) |
Any Obligor is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due, suspends making payments on any of its debts or, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness.
|
(b) |
The value of the assets of any Obligor is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities).
|
(c) |
A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of any Obligor.
|
24.7 |
Insolvency proceedings
|
(a) |
the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Obligor;
|
(b) |
a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any Obligor;
|
(c) |
the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Obligor or any of their assets; or
|
(d) |
enforcement of any Security over any assets of any Obligor,
|
24.8 |
Creditors’ process
|
24.9 |
Unlawfulness
|
24.10 |
Repudiation
|
(a) |
An Obligor or the Bareboat Charterer repudiates a Transaction Document or evidences an intention to repudiate a Transaction Document.
|
(b) |
Any Transaction Document ceases to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable or effective.
|
24.11 |
Material adverse change
|
24.12 |
Cessation of business
|
24.13 |
Insurances
|
24.14 |
Failure of security
|
24.15 |
Litigation
|
24.16 |
Breach of the terms of a Secured Hedging Agreement
|
24.17 |
Sanctions
|
(a) |
An Obligor or any of their Affiliates, their joint ventures, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives becomes a Restricted Party.
|
(b) |
An act or omission of an Obligor or any of their Affiliates, their joint ventures, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives causes a breach of Sanctions by any Finance Party.
|
24.18 |
Acceleration
|
(a) |
cancel the Total Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled;
|
(b) |
declare that all or part of a Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable;
|
(c) |
declare that all or part of a Loan be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the instructions of the Majority Lenders; and/or
|
(d) |
exercise or direct the Security Agent to exercise any or all of its rights, remedies, powers or discretions under the Finance Documents.
|
25. |
CHANGES TO THE LENDERS
|
25.1 |
Assignments and transfers by the Lenders
|
(a) |
to another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender;
|
(b) |
to a Central Bank, Federal Reserve or to another state-owned entity;
|
(c) |
to any sub-participant where the Existing Lender retains all its obligations in respect of the transferred, assigned or participated amounts; or
|
(d) |
made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing.
|
25.2 |
Conditions of assignment or transfer
|
(a) |
An assignment or a transfer requiring the Borrowers’ consent shall only be effective (i) on receipt by the Agent of (x) written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) that the New Lender shall assume the same obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if it was an Existing Lender and (y) all required know your customer documentation, (ii) on the New Lender’s payment of a transfer fee of USD 5,000 to the Agent and (iii) if the Commitment that is to be transferred to New Lender is in the minimum amount of USD 10,000,000 (or, if less, such amount constituting the Total Commitment of that transferring Lender).
|
(b) |
A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 25.4 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with.
|
(c) |
If:
|
(i) |
a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and
|
(ii) |
as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, the Borrowers or the Guarantor would be obliged to make a payment to the
|
(d) |
Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate, confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the transfer or assignment becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as the Existing Lender would have been had it remained a Lender.
|
25.3 |
Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders
|
(a) |
Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:
|
(i) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents;
|
(ii) |
the financial condition of any Obligor;
|
(iii) |
the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or
|
(iv) |
the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document,
|
(b) |
Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:
|
(i) |
has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and
|
(ii) |
will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
|
(c) |
Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:
|
(i) |
accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 25 (Changes to the Lenders); or
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(ii) |
support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise.
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25.4 |
Procedure for transfer
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(a) |
Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 25.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer Certificate.
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(b) |
The Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender.
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(c) |
Subject to Clause 25.6 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date:
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(i) |
to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”);
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(ii) |
each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender;
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(iii) |
the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an 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 Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and
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(iv) |
the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”.
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25.5 |
Copy of Transfer Certificate to the Borrowers
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25.6 |
Pro rata interest settlement
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(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
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(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:
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(i) |
when the Accrued Amounts become payable, those Accrued Amounts will be payable to the Existing Lender; and
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(ii) |
the amount payable to the New Lender on that date will be the amount which would, but for the application of this Clause 25.6 (Pro rata interest settlement), have been payable to it on that date, but after deduction of the Accrued Amounts.
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25.7 |
Securitisation
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(a) |
Keep bank accounts where requested by the Agent and procure that the Earnings are paid to any such account; and
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(b) |
Procure that the Insurances according to Clause 23.2 (Insurance – Vessels) are placed with insurers of the requisite rating;
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25.8 |
Security over Lenders’ rights
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(a) |
any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and
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(b) |
in the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as Security for those obligations or securities,
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(c) |
release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or
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(d) |
require any payments to be made by an Obligor or grant to any person any more extensive rights than those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.
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26. |
CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS
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26.1 |
Assignments and transfer by Obligors
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27. |
ROLE OF THE AGENT, THE SECURITY AGENT AND THE MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS
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27.1 |
Appointment of the Agent
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(a) |
Each other Finance Party and the Hedging Banks appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents and each Lender, the Hedging Banks and the Agent appoints the Security Agent to act as its security agent and security trustee for the purpose of the Security Documents.
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(b) |
Each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Lenders authorises the Agent to perform the duties, obligations and responsibilities and to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent under or in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions. The Agent shall be released from the restrictions of section 181 alt. 2 BGB (German Civil Code).
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(c) |
Except where the context otherwise requires, references in this Clause 27 (Role of the Agent, the Security Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers) to the “Agent” shall mean the Agent and the Security Agent individually and collectively.
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27.2 |
Instructions
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(a) |
The Agent shall:
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(i) |
unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Majority Lenders (or, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent); and
|
(ii) |
not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from acting) in accordance with paragraph (i) above.
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(b) |
The Agent shall be entitled to request instructions, or clarification of any instruction, from the Majority Lenders (or, if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is a decision for any other Lender or group of Lenders, from that Lender or group of Lenders) as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion. The Agent may refrain from acting unless and until it receives any such instructions or clarification that it has requested.
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(c) |
Save in the case of decisions stipulated to be a matter for any other Lender or group of Lenders under the relevant Finance Document and unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions given to the Agent by the Majority Lenders shall override any conflicting instructions given by any other Parties and will be binding on all Finance Parties.
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(d) |
The Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with any instructions of the Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, any Lender or group of Lenders) until it has received any indemnification and/or security that it may in its discretion require (which may be greater
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(e) |
In the absence of instructions from the Majority Lenders, (or, if appropriate, any Lender or group of Lenders), the Agent may act (or refrain from acting) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders.
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(f) |
The Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender or the Hedging Banks (without first obtaining that Lender’s consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document.
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27.3 |
Duties of the Agent
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(a) |
The Agent’s duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature.
|
(b) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below, the Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Agent for that Party by any other Party.
|
(c) |
Without prejudice to Clause 25.5 (Copy of Transfer Certificate to the Borrowers), paragraph (b) above shall not apply to any Transfer Certificate or any Assignment Agreement.
|
(d) |
Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party.
|
(e) |
If the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks.
|
(f) |
If the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers) under this Agreement, it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks.
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(g) |
The Agent shall have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in the Finance Documents to which it is expressed to be a party (and no others shall be implied).
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27.4 |
Role of the Mandated Lead Arrangers
|
27.5 |
No fiduciary duties
|
(a) |
Nothing in any Finance Document constitutes the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person, save as set out in Clause 27.1 (a).
|
(b) |
Neither the Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arranger shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.
|
27.6 |
Business with any Obligor
|
27.7 |
Rights and discretions
|
(a) |
The Agent may:
|
(i) |
rely on any representation, communication, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
|
(ii) |
assume that:
|
(A) |
any instructions received by it from the Majority Lenders, any Lenders or any group of Lenders are duly given in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents; and
|
(B) |
unless it has received notice of revocation, that those instructions have not been revoked; and
|
(iii) |
rely on a certificate from any person:
|
(A) |
as to any matter of fact or circumstance which might reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of that person; or
|
(B) |
to the effect that such person approves of any particular dealing, transaction, step, action or thing,
|
(b) |
The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders and the Hedging Banks) that:
|
(i) |
no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 24.1 (Non-payment));
|
(ii) |
any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or any group of Lenders has not been exercised; and
|
(iii) |
any notice or request made by the an Obligor (other than a Utilisation Request or Selection Notice) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Obligors.
|
(c) |
The Agent may engage and pay for the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts.
|
(d) |
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (c) above or paragraph (e) below, the Agent may at any time engage and pay for the services of any lawyers to act as independent counsel to the Agent (and so separate from any lawyers instructed by the Lenders or any Hedging Bank) if the Agent in its reasonable opinion deems this to be necessary.
|
(e) |
The Agent may rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts (whether obtained by the Agent or by any other Party) and shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of its so relying.
|
(f) |
The Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its officers, employees and agents.
|
(g) |
Unless a Finance Document expressly provides otherwise the Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement.
|
(h) |
Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arrangers is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would, or might in its reasonable opinion, constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.
|
(i) |
Notwithstanding any provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, the Agent is not obliged to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties, obligations or responsibilities or the exercise of any right, power, authority or discretion if it has grounds for believing the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against, or security for, such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
|
27.8 |
Responsibility for documentation
|
(a) |
the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Agent, any Mandated Lead Arranger, an Obligor or any other person in or in connection with any Finance Document or the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;
|
(b) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; or
|
(c) |
any determination as to whether any information provided or to be provided to any Finance Party or any Hedging Banks is non-public information the use of which may be regulated or prohibited by applicable law or regulation relating to insider dealing or otherwise.
|
27.9 |
No duty to monitor
|
(a) |
whether or not any Default has occurred;
|
(b) |
as to the performance, default or any breach by any Party of its obligations under any Finance Document; or
|
(c) |
whether any other event specified in any Finance Document has occurred.
|
27.10 |
Exclusion of liability
|
(a) |
Without limiting paragraph (b) below (and without prejudice to any other provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the liability of the Agent), the Agent will not be liable for:
|
(i) |
any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value, or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of taking or not taking any action under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct;
|
(ii) |
exercising, or not exercising, any right, power, authority or discretion given to it by, or in connection with, any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with, any Finance Document, other than by reason of its gross negligence or wilful misconduct; or
|
(iii) |
without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above, any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever, but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) arising as a result of:
|
(A) |
any act, event or circumstance not reasonably within its control; or
|
(B) |
the general risks of investment in, or the holding of assets in, any jurisdiction,
|
(b) |
No Party (other than the Agent) 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 Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of the Agent may rely on this Clause.
|
(c) |
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.
|
(d) |
Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent or any Mandated Lead Arranger to carry out:
|
(i) |
any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any person; or
|
(ii) |
any check on the extent to which any transaction contemplated by this Agreement might be unlawful for any Lender,
|
(e) |
Without prejudice to any provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the Agent’s liability, any liability of the Agent arising under or in connection with any Finance Document shall be limited to the amount of actual loss which has been suffered (as determined by reference to the date of default of the Agent 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.
|
27.11 |
Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent
|
27.12 |
Resignation of the Agent
|
(a) |
The Agent may resign as Agent and/or Security Agent and appoint one of its Affiliates as successor by giving notice to the other Finance Parties, the Hedging Banks and the Borrowers.
|
(b) |
Alternatively the Agent may resign as Agent and/or Security Agent by giving thirty (30) days’ notice to the other Finance Parties, the Hedging Banks and the Borrowers, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with the Borrowers) may appoint a successor Agent and/or Security Agent.
|
(c) |
If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent and/or Security Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above within 20 days after notice of resignation was given, the retiring Agent (after consultation with the Borrowers) may appoint a successor Agent and/or Security Agent.
|
(d) |
The retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent under the Finance Documents.
|
(e) |
The Agent’s resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor.
|
(f) |
Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation as Agent and/or Security Agent (as the case may be) in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain entitled to the benefit of this Clause 27 (Role of the Agent, the Security Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers) (and any agency fees for the
|
(g) |
After consultation with the Borrowers, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the Agent, require it to resign as Agent and/or Security Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above. In this event, the Agent shall resign as Agent and/or Security Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above.
|
(h) |
The Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above (and, to the extent applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to appoint a successor Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) above) if on or after the date which is three (3) months before the earliest FATCA Application Date relating to any payment to the Agent under the Finance Documents, either:
|
(i) |
the Agent fails to respond to a request under Clause 12.7 (FATCA Information) and a Lender reasonably believes that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;
|
(ii) |
the information supplied by the Agent pursuant to Clause 12.7 (FATCA Information) indicates that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; or
|
(iii) |
the Agent notifies the Borrowers and the Lenders that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;
|
27.13 |
Confidentiality
|
(a) |
In acting as agent for the Finance Parties and the Hedging Banks, the Agent shall be regarded as acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or departments.
|
(b) |
If information is received by another division or department of the Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it.
|
27.14 |
Relationship with the Lenders
|
(a) |
Subject to Clause 25.6 (Pro rata interest settlement), the Agent may treat the person shown in its records as Lender at the opening of business (in the place of the Agent’s principal office as notified to the Finance Parties from time to time) as the Lender acting through its Facility Office:
|
(i) |
entitled to or liable for any payment due under any Finance Document on that day; and
|
(ii) |
entitled to receive and act upon any notice, request, document or communication or make any decision or determination under any Finance Document made or delivered on that day,
|
(b) |
Any Lender may by notice to the Agent appoint a person to receive on its behalf all notices, communications, information and documents to be made or despatched to that Lender under the Finance Documents. Such notice shall contain the address, fax number and (where communication by electronic mail or other electronic means is permitted under Clause 32.5 (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 32.2 (Addresses) and sub-paragraph (a)(iii) of Clause 32.5 (Electronic communication) and the Agent shall be entitled to treat such person as the person entitled to receive all such notices, communications, information and documents as though that person were that Lender.
|
27.15 |
Credit appraisal by the Lenders and the Hedging Banks
|
(a) |
the financial condition, status and nature of each Obligor;
|
(b) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;
|
(c) |
whether that Lender or Hedging Banks have recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and
|
(d) |
the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information provided by the Agent, any Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.
|
27.16 |
Reference Banks
|
27.17 |
Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent
|
28. |
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES OR THE HEDGING BANKS
|
(a) |
interfere with the right of any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;
|
(b) |
oblige any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or
|
(c) |
oblige any Finance Party or the Hedging Banks to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.
|
29. |
SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
|
29.1 |
Payments to Finance Parties
|
(a) |
the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days, notify details of the receipt or recovery to the Agent;
|
(b) |
the Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt or recovery been received or made by the Agent and distributed in accordance with Clause 30 (Payment mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and
|
(c) |
the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the “Sharing Payment”) equal to such receipt or recovery less any amount which the Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause 30.5 (Partial payments).
|
29.2 |
Redistribution of payments
|
29.3 |
Recovering Finance Party’s rights
|
29.4 |
Reversal of redistribution
|
(a) |
each Sharing Finance Party shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to the Agent for the account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to pay) (the “Redistributed Amount”); and
|
(b) |
as between the relevant Obligor and each relevant Sharing Finance Party, an amount equal to the relevant Redistributed Amount will be treated as not having been paid by that Obligor.
|
29.5 |
Exceptions
|
(a) |
This Clause 29 (Sharing among the Finance Parties) shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and enforceable claim against the relevant Obligor.
|
(b) |
A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings, if:
|
(i) |
it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings; and
|
(ii) |
that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable having received notice and did not take separate legal or arbitration proceedings.
|
30. |
PAYMENT MECHANICS
|
30.1 |
Payments to the Agent
|
(a) |
On each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, that Obligor or Lender shall make the same available to the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.
|
(b) |
Payment shall be made to such account with such bank as the Agent specifies.
|
30.2 |
Distributions by the Agent
|
30.3 |
Distributions to an Obligor
|
30.4 |
Clawback
|
(a) |
Where a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum.
|
(b) |
If the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost of funds.
|
30.5 |
Partial payments
|
(a) |
If the Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations of that Obligor under the Finance Documents in the following order:
|
(i) |
first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Agent under the Finance Documents (other than a Secured Hedging Agreement);
|
(ii) |
secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;
|
(iii) |
thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement;
|
(iv) |
fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents (other than a Secured Hedging Agreement); and
|
(v) |
fifthly, in or towards any periodic payments and any other amounts due but unpaid under any Secured Hedging Agreement.
|
(b) |
The Agent shall, if so directed by the all Lenders, vary the order set out in sub-paragraphs (a) (i) to (iv) above.
|
(c) |
Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by an Obligor.
|
30.6 |
No set-off by the Obligors
|
30.7 |
Business Days
|
(a) |
Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
|
(b) |
During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.
|
30.8 |
Currency of account
|
(a) |
Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, USD is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any Finance Document.
|
(b) |
Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
|
(c) |
Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than USD shall be paid in that other currency.
|
(a) |
Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then:
|
(i) |
any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Agent (after consultation with the Borrowers); and
|
(ii) |
any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency
|
(b) |
If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Borrowers) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the London interbank market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.
|
30.10 |
Disruption to payment systems etc.
|
(a) |
the Agent may, and shall if requested to do so by the Borrowers, consult with the Borrowers with a view to agreeing with the Borrowers such changes to the operation or administration of the Facilities as the Agent may deem necessary in the circumstances;
|
(b) |
the Agent shall not be obliged to consult with the Borrowers in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no obligation to agree to such changes;
|
(c) |
the Agent may consult with the Finance Parties in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above but shall not be obliged to do so if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;
|
(d) |
any such changes agreed upon by the Agent and the Borrowers shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be binding upon the Parties as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 36 (Amendments and Waivers);
|
(e) |
the Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever (including, without limitation for negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with this Clause 30.10 (Disruption to payment systems etc.); and
|
(f) |
the Agent shall notify the Finance Parties of all changes agreed pursuant to paragraph (d) above.
|
31. |
SET-OFF
|
(a) |
A Finance Party may set off any matured or un-matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any matured or un-matured obligation owed by that Finance Party to that Obligor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.
|
(b) |
Each Obligor hereby agrees and accepts that this Clause 31 (Set-off) shall constitute a waiver of the provisions of Section 29 of the FA Act and further agrees and accepts, to the extent permitted by law that Section 29 of the FA Act shall not apply to this Agreement.
|
32. |
NOTICES
|
32.1 |
Communications in writing
|
32.2 |
Addresses
|
(a) |
in the case of the Obligors;
|
(b) |
in the case of the Security Agent and Agent, that identified with its name below,
|
32.3 |
Delivery
|
(a) |
Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:
|
(i) |
if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
|
(ii) |
if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address;
|
(b) |
Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with the Agent’s signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Agent shall specify for this purpose).
|
(c) |
All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the Agent.
|
(d) |
Any communication or document made or delivered to any of the Obligors in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors.
|
32.4 |
Notification of address, e-mail and fax number
|
32.5 |
Electronic communication
|
(a) |
Any communication to be made between the Agent and a Lender under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means, if the Agent and the relevant Lender:
|
(i) |
agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication;
|
(ii) |
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
|
(iii) |
notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them.
|
(b) |
Any electronic communication made between the Agent and a Lender will be effective only when actually received in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Lender to the Agent only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Agent shall specify for this purpose.
|
32.6 |
English language
|
(a) |
Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English.
|
(b) |
All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be:
|
(i) |
in English; or
|
(ii) |
if not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.
|
33. |
CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
|
33.1 |
Accounts
|
33.2 |
Certificates and Determinations
|
33.3 |
Day count convention
|
34. |
PARTIAL INVALIDITY
|
35. |
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
|
36. |
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
|
36.1 |
Required consents
|
(a) |
Subject to Clause 36.2 (Exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the relevant Obligors and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.
|
(b) |
The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause.
|
36.2 |
Exceptions
|
(a) |
An amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates to:
|
(i) |
an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents;
|
(ii) |
a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable; or
|
(iii) |
an increase in or an extension of any Commitment;
|
(iv) |
an extension of an Availability Period;
|
(v) |
Clause 2.2 (Finance Parties’ rights and obligations), Clause 7.3 (Illegality), Clause 25 (Changes to the Lenders) or this Clause 36 (Amendments and waivers);
|
(vi) |
the nature or scope of the guarantee and indemnity granted under Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity);
|
(vii) |
governing law and jurisdiction;
|
(viii) |
change to any provisions in respect of Sanctions;
|
(ix) |
the manner in which any payment and proceeds are being applied;
|
(x) |
any change to the Security Documents or the Security granted thereunder;
|
(xi) |
the definition of “Majority Lenders” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);
|
(xii) |
any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders;
|
(xiii) |
a change to any Obligor; or
|
(xiv) |
release of any Security created by the Security Documents, including but not limited to the Guarantee, unless permitted under the Finance Documents or undertaken by the Agent acting on instruction of the Majority Lenders following an Event of Default which is continuing;
|
(b) |
An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent or any Mandated Lead Arranger (each in their capacity as such) may not be effected without the consent of the Agent or, as the case may be, the relevant Mandated Lead Arranger.
|
(c) |
An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of a Hedging Bank (each in its capacity as such) may not be effected without the consent of the relevant Hedging Bank.
|
37. |
CONFIDENTIALITY
|
37.1 |
Confidential information
|
37.2 |
Disclosure of Confidential Information
|
(a) |
to any of its Affiliates and related funds any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and representatives such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information, except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the
|
(b) |
to any person:
|
(i) |
to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents and to any of that person’s Affiliates, related funds, representatives and professional advisers;
|
(ii) |
with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or the Obligors and to any of that person’s Affiliates, related funds, representatives and professional advisers;
|
(iii) |
appointed by any Finance Party or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf (including, without limitation, any person appointed under paragraph (b) of Clause 27.14 (Relationship with the Lenders);
|
(iv) |
who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in sub-paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above;
|
(v) |
to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;
|
(vi) |
to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes;
|
(vii) |
to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security Interest (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 25.8 (Security over Lenders’ rights);
|
(viii) |
who is a Party; or
|
(ix) |
with the consent of the Obligors;
|
(A) |
in relation to sub-paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality undertaking except that there shall be no requirement for a confidentiality undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information;
|
(B) |
in relation to sub-paragraph (b)(iv) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information; and
|
(C) |
in relation to sub-paragraphs (b)(v), (b)(vi) and (b)(vii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of that Finance Party, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances;
|
(c) |
to any person appointed by that Finance Party or by a person to whom sub-paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master confidentiality undertaking for Use With Administration/ Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Obligors and the relevant Finance Party;
|
(d) |
to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry out its normal rating activities in relation to the Finance Documents and/or the Obligors if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information;
|
(e) |
as set out in Clause 25.7 (Securitisation) of this Agreement.
|
37.3 |
Disclosure to numbering service providers
|
(a) |
Any Finance Party may disclose to any national or international numbering service provider appointed by that Finance Party to provide identification numbering services in respect of this Agreement, the Facilities and/or the Obligors the following information:
|
(i) |
name of the Obligors;
|
(ii) |
country of domicile of the Obligors;
|
(iii) |
place of incorporation of the Obligors;
|
(iv) |
date of this Agreement;
|
(v) |
the names of the Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers;
|
(vi) |
date of each amendment and restatement of this Agreement;
|
(vii) |
amount of Total Commitments;
|
(viii) |
currencies of the Facilities;
|
(ix) |
type of Facilities;
|
(x) |
ranking of Facilities;
|
(xi) |
the Final Maturity Date;
|
(xii) |
changes to any of the information previously supplied pursuant to sub-paragraphs (i) to (xi) above; and
|
(xiii) |
such other information agreed between such Finance Party and the Borrowers,
|
(b) |
The Parties acknowledge and agree that each identification number assigned to this Agreement, the Facilities and/or the Obligors by a numbering service provider and the information associated with each such number may be disclosed to users of its services in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of that numbering service provider.
|
(c) |
The Obligors represent that none of the information set out in sub-paragraphs (i) to (xiii) of paragraph (a) above is, nor will at any time be, unpublished price-sensitive information.
|
37.4 |
Entire agreement
|
37.5 |
Inside information
|
37.6 |
Notification of disclosure
|
(a) |
of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to sub-paragraph (b)(ii) of Clause 37.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information), except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
|
(b) |
upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 37 (Confidentiality).
|
37.7 |
Continuing obligations
|
(a) |
the date on which all amounts payable by the Obligors under or in connection with this Agreement have been paid in full and all Commitments have been cancelled or otherwise cease to be available; and
|
(b) |
the date on which such Finance Party otherwise ceases to be a Finance Party.
|
38. |
CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES AND REFERENCE BANK QUOTATIONS
|
38.1 |
Confidentiality and disclosure
|
(a) |
The Agent and each Obligor agree to keep each Funding Rate (and, in the case of the Agent, each Reference Bank Quotation) confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) below.
|
(b) |
The Agent may disclose:
|
(i) |
any Funding Rate (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, any Reference Bank Quotation) to the relevant Borrower pursuant to Clause 8.4 (Notification of rates of interest); and
|
(ii) |
any Funding Rate or any Reference Bank Quotation to any person appointed by it to provide administration services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents to the extent necessary to enable such service provider to provide those services if the service provider to whom that information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Agent and the relevant Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be.
|
(c) |
The Agent may disclose any Funding Rate or any Reference Bank Quotation, and each Obligor may disclose any Funding Rate, to:
|
(i) |
any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives if any person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given pursuant to this sub-paragraph (i) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to it;
|
(ii) |
any person to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation if the person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Agent or the relevant Obligor, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;
|
(iii) |
any person to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes if the person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Agent or the relevant Obligor , as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; and
|
(iv) |
any person with the consent of the relevant Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be.
|
(d) |
The Agent’s obligations in this Clause 38 (Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations) relating to Reference Bank Quotations are without prejudice to its obligations to make notifications under Clause 8.4 (Notification of rates of interest) provided that (other than pursuant to sub-paragraph (b)(i) above) the Agent shall not include the details of any individual Reference Bank Quotation as part of any such notification.
|
38.2 |
Related obligations
|
(a) |
The Agent and each Obligor acknowledge that each Funding Rate (and, in the case of the Agent, each Reference Bank Quotation) is or may be price-sensitive information and that its use may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and the Agent and each Obligor undertake not to use any Funding Rate or, in the case of the Agent, any Reference Bank Quotation for any unlawful purpose.
|
(b) |
The Agent and each Obligor agree (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the relevant Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be:
|
(i) |
of the circumstances of any disclosure made pursuant to sub-paragraph (c)(ii) of Clause 38.1 (Confidentiality and disclosure) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
|
(ii) |
upon becoming aware that any information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 38 (Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations)
|
38.3 |
No Event of Default
|
39. |
COUNTERPARTS
|
40. |
CONFLICT
|
40.1 |
Conflict
|
40.2 |
Contractual recognition of bail-in
|
(a) |
any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):
|
(i) |
a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;
|
(ii) |
a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and
|
(iii) |
a cancellation of any such liability; and
|
(b) |
a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.
|
41. |
GOVERNING LAW
|
42. |
ENFORCEMENT
|
42.1 |
Jurisdiction
|
(a) |
The courts of Norway, the venue to be Oslo District Court (in Norwegian: Oslo tingrett) have jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement (a “Dispute”).
|
(b) |
The Parties agree that the courts of Norway are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.
|
(c) |
This Clause 42.1 (Jurisdiction) is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only. As a result, no Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
|
42.2 |
Service of process
|
(a) |
irrevocably appoints DHT Management AS, Haakon VII’s gate 1, P.O. Box 2039 Vika, 0125 Oslo, Norway as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the Norwegian courts in connection with any Finance Document; and
|
(b) |
agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Borrower and/or Guarantor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
|
Name of Original Lender:
|
Commitment
|
ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Oslo Branch
|
USD 62,500,000
|
Nordea Bank AB (Publ), filial i Norge
|
USD 75,000,000
|
ING Bank, a branch of ING-DiBa AG
|
USD 62,500,000
|
DNB Bank ASA
|
USD 62,500,000
|
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
|
USD 62,500,000
|
Danish Ship Finance A/S
|
USD 45,000,000
|
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
|
USD 45,000,000
|
DVB Bank SE
|
USD 35,000,000
|
Swedbank AB
|
USD 35,000,000
|
Total Commitments:
|
Up to USD 485,000,000
|
#
|
Vessel name
|
Owner
|
Jurisdiction
|
Flag
|
Expected Delivery
Date
|
|||
1
|
DHT Mustang
|
DHT Mustang Inc.
|
Marshall Islands
|
HK
|
Q2-2018
|
|||
2
|
DHT Bronco
|
DHT Bronco Inc.
|
Marshall Islands
|
HK
|
Q1-2018
|
|||
3
|
DHT Puma
|
DHT Puma Ltd.
|
Marshall Islands
|
HK
|
-
|
|||
4
|
DHT Panther
|
DHT Panther Ltd.
|
Marshall Islands
|
HK
|
-
|
|||
5
|
DHT Lion
|
DHT Lion Ltd.
|
Marshall Islands
|
HK
|
-
|
|||
6
|
DHT Leopard
|
DHT Leopard Ltd.
|
Marshall Islands
|
HK
|
-
|
|||
7
|
DHT Sundarbans
|
Samco Theta Ltd.
|
Cayman Islands
|
HK
|
-
|
|||
8
|
DHT Taiga
|
Samco Iota Ltd.
|
Cayman Islands
|
HK
|
-
|
|||
9
|
DHT Redwood
|
Samco Kappa Ltd.
|
Cayman Islands
|
HK
|
-
|
|||
10
|
DHT Hawk
|
DHT Hawk Inc.
|
Marshall Islands
|
HK
|
-
|
|||
11
|
DHT China
|
Samco Epsilon Ltd.
|
Cayman Islands
|
RIF
|
-
|
|||
12
|
DHT Falcon
|
DHT Falcon Inc.
|
Marshall Islands
|
HK
|
-
|
|||
13
|
DHT Condor
|
DHT Condor Inc.
|
Marshall Islands
|
HK
|
-
|
|||
Split Facilities: | ||||||||||
#
|
Vessel name
|
Type
|
Built
|
Age*
|
Value**
|
Profile
|
Maximum
Loan Amount |
|
RCF***
|
Amortization:
Term Loan |
1
|
DHT Mustang
|
VLCC
|
28-9-2018
|
0.0
|
84,000,000
|
20.0
|
51,400,000
|
40,401,421
|
10,998,579
|
2,570,000
|
2
|
DHT Bronco
|
VLCC
|
31-7-2018
|
0.0
|
84,000,000
|
20.0
|
51,400,000
|
40,401,421
|
10,998,579
|
2,570,000
|
3
|
DHT Puma
|
VLCC
|
31-8-2016
|
1.6
|
78,300,000
|
20.0
|
47,323,694
|
37,197,364
|
10,126,331
|
2,570,000
|
4
|
DHT Panther
|
VLCC
|
5-8-2016
|
1.7
|
78,300,000
|
20.0
|
47,145,222
|
37,057,081
|
10,088,141
|
2,570,000
|
5
|
DHT Lion
|
VLCC
|
15-3-2016
|
2.0
|
76,700,000
|
20.0
|
46,145,778
|
36,271,498
|
9,874,280
|
2,570,000
|
6
|
DHT Leopard
|
VLCC
|
4-1-2016
|
2.2
|
76,000,000
|
20.0
|
45,638,917
|
35,873,095
|
9,765,822
|
2,570,000
|
7
|
DHT Sundarbans
|
VLCC
|
16-5-2012
|
5.9
|
60,900,000
|
20.0
|
36,301,250
|
28,533,503
|
7,767,747
|
2,570,000
|
8
|
DHT Taiga
|
VLCC
|
24-9-2012
|
5.5
|
62,500,000
|
20.0
|
37,215,028
|
29,251,751
|
7,963,277
|
2,570,000
|
9
|
DHT Redwood
|
VLCC
|
25-10-2011
|
6.4
|
58,300,000
|
20.0
|
34,866,333
|
27,405,630
|
7,460,703
|
2,570,000
|
10
|
DHT Hawk
|
VLCC
|
31-7-2007
|
10.7
|
39,500,000
|
20.0
|
23,979,528
|
18,848,385
|
5,131,143
|
2,570,000
|
11
|
DHT China
|
VLCC
|
16-5-2007
|
10.9
|
39,000,000
|
20.0
|
23,451,250
|
18,433,148
|
5,018,102
|
2,570,000
|
12
|
DHT Falcon
|
VLCC
|
28-12-2006
|
11.3
|
37,800,000
|
20.0
|
22,466,083
|
17,658,788
|
4,807,296
|
2,570,000
|
13
|
DHT Condor
|
VLCC
|
29-11-2004
|
13.3
|
31,500,000
|
20.0
|
17,666,917
|
17,666,917
|
2,570,000
|
|
5.5
|
806,800,000
|
20.0
|
485,000,000
|
385,000,000
|
100,000,000
|
33,410,000
|
Instalment
|
DHT Mustang
|
DHT Bronco
|
DHT Puma
|
DHT Panther
|
DHT Lion
|
DHT Leopard
|
DHT Sundarbans
|
DHT Taiga
|
DHT Redwood
|
DHT Hawk
|
DHT China
|
DHT Falcon
|
DHT Condor
|
|
#
|
TL 4 + RCF
|
TL 4 + RCF
|
TL 4 + RCF
|
TL 4 + RCF
|
TL 4 + RCF
|
TL 4 + RCF
|
TL 4 + RCF
|
TL 4 + RCF
|
TL 4 + RCF
|
TL 4 + RCF
|
TL 4 + RCF
|
TL 4 + RCF
|
TL
|
Total
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
47,323,694
|
47,145,222
|
46,145,778
|
45,638,917
|
36,301,250
|
37,215,028
|
34,866,333
|
23,979,528
|
23,451,250
|
22,466,083
|
17,666,917
|
382,200,000
|
1
|
-
|
51,400,000
|
46,681,194
|
46,502,722
|
45,503,278
|
44,996,417
|
35,658,750
|
36,572,528
|
34,223,833
|
23,337,028
|
22,808,750
|
21,823,583
|
17,024,417
|
426,532,500
|
2
|
51,400,000
|
50,757,500
|
46,038,694
|
45,860,222
|
44,860,778
|
44,353,917
|
35,016,250
|
35,930,028
|
33,581,333
|
22,694,528
|
22,166,250
|
21,181,083
|
16,381,917
|
470,222,500
|
3
|
50,757,500
|
50,115,000
|
45,396,194
|
45,217,722
|
44,218,278
|
43,711,417
|
34,373,750
|
35,287,528
|
32,938,833
|
22,052,028
|
21,523,750
|
20,538,583
|
15,739,417
|
461,870,000
|
4
|
50,115,000
|
49,472,500
|
44,753,694
|
44,575,222
|
43,575,778
|
43,068,917
|
33,731,250
|
34,645,028
|
32,296,333
|
21,409,528
|
20,881,250
|
19,896,083
|
15,096,917
|
453,517,500
|
5
|
49,472,500
|
48,830,000
|
44,111,194
|
43,932,722
|
42,933,278
|
42,426,417
|
33,088,750
|
34,002,528
|
31,653,833
|
20,767,028
|
20,238,750
|
19,253,583
|
14,454,417
|
445,165,000
|
6
|
48,830,000
|
48,187,500
|
43,468,694
|
43,290,222
|
42,290,778
|
41,783,917
|
32,446,250
|
33,360,028
|
31,011,333
|
20,124,528
|
19,596,250
|
18,611,083
|
13,811,917
|
436,812,500
|
7
|
48,187,500
|
47,545,000
|
42,826,194
|
42,647,722
|
41,648,278
|
41,141,417
|
31,803,750
|
32,717,528
|
30,368,833
|
19,482,028
|
18,953,750
|
17,968,583
|
13,169,417
|
428,460,000
|
8
|
47,545,000
|
46,902,500
|
42,183,694
|
92,005,222
|
41,005,778
|
40,498,917
|
31,161,250
|
32,075,028
|
29,726,333
|
18,839,528
|
18,311,250
|
17,326,083
|
12,526,917
|
420,107,500
|
9
|
46,902,500
|
46,260,000
|
41,541,194
|
41,362,722
|
40,363,278
|
39,856,417
|
30,518,750
|
31,432,528
|
29,083,833
|
18,197,028
|
17,668,750
|
16,683,583
|
11,884,417
|
411,755,000
|
10
|
46,260,000
|
45,617,500
|
40,898,694
|
40,720,222
|
39,720,778
|
39,213,917
|
29,876,250
|
30,790,028
|
28,441,333
|
17,554,528
|
17,026,250
|
16,041,083
|
11,241,917
|
403,402,500
|
11
|
45,617,500
|
44,975,000
|
40,256,194
|
40,077,722
|
39,078,278
|
38,571,417
|
29,233,750
|
30,147,528
|
27,798,833
|
16,912,028
|
16,383,750
|
15,398,583
|
10,599,417
|
395,050,000
|
12
|
44,975,000
|
44,332,500
|
39,613,694
|
39,435,222
|
38,435,778
|
37,928,917
|
28,591,250
|
29,505,028
|
27,156,333
|
16,269,528
|
15,741,250
|
14,756,083
|
9,956,917
|
386,697,500
|
13
|
44,332,500
|
43,690,000
|
38,971,194
|
38,792,722
|
37,793,278
|
37,286,417
|
27,948,750
|
28,862,528
|
26,513,833
|
15,627,028
|
15,098,750
|
14,113,583
|
9,314,417
|
378,345,000
|
14
|
43,690,000
|
43,047,500
|
38,328,694
|
38,150,222
|
37,150,778
|
36,643,917
|
27,306,250
|
28,220,028
|
25,871,333
|
14,984,528
|
14,456,250
|
13,471,083
|
8,671,917
|
369,992,500
|
15
|
43,047,500
|
42,405,000
|
37,686,194
|
37,507,722
|
36,508,278
|
36,001,417
|
26,663,750
|
27,577,528
|
25,228,833
|
14,342,028
|
13,813,750
|
12,828,583
|
8,029,417
|
361,640,000
|
16
|
42,405,000
|
41,762,500
|
37,043,694
|
36,865,222
|
35,865,778
|
35,358,917
|
26,021,250
|
26,935,028
|
24,586,333
|
13,699,528
|
13,171,250
|
12,186,083
|
7,386,917
|
353,287,500
|
17
|
41,762,500
|
41,120,000
|
36,401,194
|
36,222,722
|
35,223,278
|
34,716,417
|
25,378,750
|
26,292,528
|
23,943,833
|
13,057,028
|
12,528,750
|
11,543,583
|
6,744,417
|
344,935,000
|
18
|
41,120,000
|
40,477,500
|
35,758,694
|
35,580,222
|
34,580,778
|
34,073,917
|
24,736,250
|
25,650,028
|
23,301,333
|
12,414,528
|
11,886,250
|
10,901,083
|
6,101,917
|
336,582,500
|
19
|
40,477,500
|
39,835,000
|
35,116,194
|
34,937,722
|
33,938,278
|
33,431,417
|
24,093,750
|
25,007,528
|
22,658,833
|
11,772,028
|
11,243,750
|
10,258,583
|
5,459,417
|
328,230,000
|
20
|
39,835,000
|
39,192,500
|
34,473,694
|
34,295,222
|
33,295,778
|
32,788,917
|
23,451,250
|
24,365,028
|
22,016,333
|
11,129,528
|
10,601,250
|
9,616,083
|
4,816,917
|
319,877,500
|
21
|
39,192,500
|
38,550,000
|
33,831,194
|
33,652,722
|
32,653,278
|
32,146,417
|
22,808,750
|
23,722,528
|
21,373,833
|
10,487,028
|
9,958,750
|
8,973,583
|
4,174,417
|
311,525,000
|
22
|
38,550,000
|
37,907,500
|
33,188,694
|
33,010,222
|
32,010,778
|
31,503,917
|
22,166,250
|
23,080,028
|
20,731,333
|
9,844,528
|
9,316,250
|
8,331,083
|
3,531,917
|
303,172,500
|
23
|
37,907,500
|
37,265,000
|
32,546,194
|
32,367,722
|
31,368,278
|
30,861,417
|
21,523,750
|
22,437,528
|
20,088,833
|
9,202,028
|
8,673,750
|
7,688,583
|
2,889,417
|
294,820,000
|
24
|
37,265,000
|
36,622,500
|
31,903,694
|
31,725,222
|
30,725,778
|
30,218,917
|
20,881,250
|
21,795,028
|
19,446,333
|
8,559,528
|
8,031,250
|
7,046,083
|
2,246,917
|
286,467,500
|
Total:
|
286,467,500
|
1. |
Relating to each of the Borrowers and the Guarantor
|
(a) |
Certified copies of the constitutional documents of the relevant company;
|
(b) |
Certificate of Incorporation, extract from the relevant Company Registry and/or updated Certificate of Good Standing;
|
(c) |
A certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the relevant company:
|
(iii) |
approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement to which it is a party;
|
(iv) |
authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement to which it is a party on its behalf; and
|
(v) |
authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement to which it is a party.
|
(d) |
A copy of the passports of any Director of the relevant company and of each other person signing any Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement, and specimen of the signature of such persons if not evidenced by the passport copy;
|
(e) |
An original Power of Attorney (notarised and legalised if requested by the Agent);
|
(f) |
Evidence of any shareholders owning more than 25% of the Guarantor based on latest publicly available filings;
|
(g) |
A copy of the Original Financial Statements of the Guarantor; and
|
(h) |
A certificate of an authorised signatory (including any authorised director, secretary, treasurer or chief financial officer) of the relevant company setting out the name of the Directors of the relevant Obligor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.
|
2. |
Authorisations
|
3. |
Finance Documents
|
(a) |
The Agreement.
|
4. |
Vessel Documents
|
(a) |
Copy of each Shipbuilding Contract with any amendments or additions.
|
5. |
Legal opinions
|
(a) |
A legal opinion from the legal advisers to the Agent in the relevant jurisdiction, substantially in the form distributed to and approved by all Lenders prior to signing this Agreement; and
|
(b) |
Any such other favourable legal opinions in form and substance satisfactory to all Lenders from lawyers appointed by the Agent on matters concerning all relevant jurisdictions.
|
6. |
Other documents and evidence
|
(a) |
Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 42.2 (Service of process), if not an Obligor, has accepted its appointment;
|
(b) |
A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrowers and/or the Guarantor accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document;
|
(c) |
Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrowers pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees), Clause 16 (Costs and expenses) and any Fee Letters have been paid or will be paid by the date hereof; and
|
(d) |
Any other documents as reasonably requested by the Agent, hereunder any additional documentation required for any Finance Party to comply with their Know Your Customer requirements.
|
1. |
Relating to each of the Borrowers and the Guarantor
|
(a) |
Certified copies of the constitutional documents of the relevant company (unless already provided under Part I);
|
(b) |
Certificate of Incorporation (unless already provided under Part I) and an updated extract from the relevant Company Registry and/or updated Certificate of Good Standing;
|
(c) |
A certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the relevant company:
|
(i) |
approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement to which it is a party;
|
(ii) |
authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and
|
(iii) |
authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
|
(d) |
A copy of the passports of any Director of the relevant company and of each other person signing any Finance Documents, and specimen of the signature of such persons if not evidenced by the passport copy;
|
(e) |
An original Power of Attorney (notarised and legalised if requested by the Agent);
|
(f) |
Evidence of any shareholder owning more than 25% of the Guarantor; and
|
(g) |
A certificate of an authorised signatory (including any authorised director, secretary, treasurer or chief financial officer) of the relevant company setting out the name of the Directors of the relevant Obligor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.
|
2. |
Authorisations
|
3. |
Finance Documents
|
(a) |
The Mortgages;
|
(b) |
The Assignment Agreements;
|
(c) |
A Notice of Assignment of Insurances and acknowledgement thereof or standard letters of undertaking;
|
(d) |
A Notice of Assignment of Earnings and acknowledgement thereof;
|
(e) |
A Notice of Assignment of claims under any Secured Hedging Agreements (if applicable) and acknowledgments thereof;
|
(f) |
Any Deed of Assignment with any Notice of Assignment and acknowledgement thereof required thereunder;
|
(g) |
Any Intra Group Loans Assignment Agreements the notices, transcripts and evidence required thereunder;
|
(h) |
A Notice of Assignment of claims under any Intra Group Loan;
|
(i) |
The Pledge of Accounts with any notices and acknowledgements required thereunder; and
|
(j) |
The Pledges of Shares in all Borrowers with the notices, transcripts, share certificates and other evidence required thereunder.
|
4. |
Documents relating to the relevant Vessel
|
(a) |
A certified copy of the Builder Certificate and/or Bill of Sale (as applicable under the relevant Shipbuilding Contract);
|
(b) |
Copies of insurance policies/cover notes documenting that insurance cover has been taken out in respect of the Vessel in accordance with Clause 23.2 (Insurance - Vessels), and evidencing that the Agent’s Security in the insurance policies have been noted in accordance with the relevant notices as required under the Assignment Agreement;
|
(c) |
A certified copy of the Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance under the relevant Shipbuilding Contract;
|
(d) |
A certified copy of any Charterparty, hereunder the Bareboat Charter and the Sub-Bareboat Charter;
|
(e) |
The Letter of Undertaking;
|
(f) |
A copy of the current DOC;
|
(g) |
A copy of any Technical Management Agreement;
|
(h) |
A copy of any Commercial Management Agreement;
|
(i) |
A certified copy of updated confirmations of class (or equivalent) in respect of the Vessel from the relevant classification society, confirming that the Vessel are classed in accordance with Clause 23.4 (Classification and repairs), free of extensions and overdue recommendations;
|
(j) |
A copy of the Vessel’s current SMC;
|
(k) |
A copy of the Vessel’s ISSC;
|
(l) |
A Green Passport or an equivalent document in respect of the relevant Vessel; and
|
(m) |
Updated Valuation Certificates from one (or more) Approved Broker(s) in respect of the Vessel issued no more than thirty (30) days prior to the Utilisation Date.
|
(n) |
Evidence (by way of transcript of registry) that the Vessel is registered in the name of the relevant Borrower in an Approved Ship Registry acceptable to the Agent and bareboat registered in the Bareboat Registry (in respect of “DHT China”), that the Mortgage have been, or will in connection with Utilisation of the Tranche be, executed and recorded with their intended first priority against the Vessel, hereunder in the Bareboat Registry, and that
|
5. |
Legal opinions
|
(a) |
A legal opinion from the legal advisers to the Agent in the relevant jurisdiction, substantially in the form distributed to and approved by all Lenders;
|
(b) |
If any Secured Asset is situated in a jurisdiction other than Norway, or any Finance Document is subject to any other choice of law than Norwegian law, a legal opinion from the legal advisers to the Agent in the relevant jurisdiction, substantially in the form distributed to and approved by all Lenders; and
|
(c) |
Any such other favourable legal opinions in form and substance satisfactory to all Lenders from lawyers appointed by the Agent on matters concerning all relevant jurisdictions.
|
6. |
Other documents and evidence
|
(a) |
Evidence that any process agent referred to in the Security Documents, if not a Party to this Agreement, has accepted its appointment;
|
(b) |
A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrowers accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document;
|
(c) |
The Utilisation Request at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Utilisation Date;
|
(d) |
Evidence that all instalments due under the relevant Shipbuilding Contract prior to the Utilisation Date have been paid;
|
(e) |
A favourable opinion from the Agent’s insurance consultants at the expense of the Borrowers confirming that the required insurances have been placed and are acceptable to the Agent and that the underwriters are acceptable to the Agent;
|
(f) |
An original Compliance Certificate confirming that the Borrowers and the Guarantor are in compliance with the financial covenants as set out in Clause 21 (Financial covenants);
|
(g) |
Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrowers pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees), Clause 16 (Costs and expenses) and any Fee Letters have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date;
|
(h) |
Any agreements in respect of Intra Group Loans and evidence that they are subordinated to the obligations of the Borrowers under the Finance Documents and any Secured Hedging Agreement;
|
(i) |
Manager’s undertakings from the Technical Manager and the Commercial Manager in such form as the Agent may reasonably require; and
|
(j) |
Any other documents as reasonably requested by the Agent, hereunder any additional documentation required for any Finance Party to comply with their Know Your Customer requirements.
|
From:
|
[ ]
|
To:
|
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
|
Dated:
|
|
Dear Sirs
|
1. |
We wish to borrow a Loan on the following terms:
|
Proposed Utilisation Date:
|
[ ] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)
|
Facility:
Tranche:
Amount:
|
[ ]
[ ] (No need to specify in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility)
[ ] or, if less, the available [Term Loan Facility Commitment] [Revolving Credit Commitment]
|
2. |
We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.
|
3. |
The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to [account].
|
4. |
This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
|
From:
|
[ ]
|
To:
|
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
|
Dated:
|
|
Dear Sirs
|
1. |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Selection Notice. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Selection Notice unless given a different meaning in this Selection Notice.
|
2. |
We refer to the Loan in respect of the Tranche relevant to the Vessel [ ] with an Interest Period ending on [ ].
|
3. |
We request that the next Interest Period for this Loan is [ ].
|
4. |
This Selection Notice is irrevocable.
|
To:
|
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as Agent
|
From:
|
[The Existing Lender] (the “Existing Lender”) and [The New Lender] (the “New Lender”)
|
Dated:
|
|
1. |
DHT HOLDINGS INC. WITH SUBSIDIARIES – USD 485,000,000 Senior Secured Term
Loan Facilities and Revolving Credit Agreement
dated 24 April 2018 (the “Agreement”)
|
|
2. |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Transfer Certificate.
|
3. |
We refer to Clause 25.4 (Procedure for transfer):
|
(a) |
The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by novation all or part of the Existing Lender’s Commitment, rights and obligations referred to in the Schedule in accordance with Clause 25.4 (Procedure for transfer).
|
(b) |
The proposed Transfer Date is [ ].
|
(c) |
The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 32.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule.
|
4. |
The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender’s obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 25.3 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders).
|
5. |
This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Transfer Certificate.
|
6. |
This Transfer Certificate is governed by Norwegian law.
|
7. |
This Transfer Certificate has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Transfer Certificate.
|
[Existing Lender]
|
[New Lender]
|
By:
|
By:
|
This Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Agent and the Transfer Date is confirmed as [ ].
|
|
[Agent]
|
|
By: |
To:
|
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as Agent
|
From:
|
[ ]
|
Dated:
|
|
1. |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate.
|
2. |
We confirm that as of [insert date] the Guarantor has on a consolidated basis:
|
a) Minimum Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth
|
|||
Requirement:
|
Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth of at least USD 300,000,000, but the Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall in any event minimum 25 % of the Value Adjusted Total Assets
|
||
Value Adjusted Tangible Net Worth*
|
USD…………….
|
||
Value Adjusted Total Assets*
|
USD …………….
|
||
In Compliance
|
Yes/No
|
||
*) as per enclosed calculations
|
|||
b) Minimum Cash
|
|||
Requirement:
|
The higher of USD 30,000,000 and 6 % of the Total Interest Bearing Debt
|
||
Minimum Cash*
|
USD ……………./……..%
|
||
Total Interest Bearing Debt*
|
USD……………../……..%
|
||
*) as per enclosed calculations
|
|||
In Compliance
|
Yes/No
|
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c) Working Capital
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Requirement:
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Positive
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Current Assets
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USD……………., less
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Current Debt
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USD…………….
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In Compliance
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Yes/No
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1. |
DHT HOLDINGS INC. WITH SUBSIDIARIES – USD 485,000,000 Senior Secured Term
Loan Facilities and Revolving Credit Agreement
dated 24 April 2018 (the “Agreement”)
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2. |
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Valuation Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Valuation Certificate.
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3. |
We confirm that the Market Value of the Vessels are [ ]% and is thereby in compliance with Clause 7.5 (Market Value) (setting out that the Market Value shall not fall below 135%). The Market Value for the Vessels are as follows:
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Name of Vessel:
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Valuation from [Approved Broker]
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Valuation from [Approved Broker]
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Average Market Value:
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4. |
Please see attached hereto relevant supporting documentation and calculations to ensure compliance with Clauses 20.7 (Market Value) and Clause 7.5 (Market Value):
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Borrower: | Borrower: | ||||
DHT Mustang, Inc. | DHT Bronco, Inc. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe |
Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Borrower: | Borrower: | ||||
DHT Puma Limited | DHT Panther Limited | ||||
By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Borrower: | Borrower: | ||||
DHT Lion Limited | DHT Leopard Limited | ||||
By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Borrower: | Borrower: | ||||
Samco Theta Ltd. | Samco Iota Ltd. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Borrower: | Borrower: | ||||
Samco Kappa Ltd. | DHT Hawk, Inc. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Borrower: | Borrower: | ||||
Samco Epsilon Ltd. | DHT Falcon, Inc. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Borrower: | Guarantor: | ||||
DHT Condor, Inc. | DHT Holdings, Inc. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Original Lender, Bookrunner and Mandated Lead Arranger: | |||||
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. | |||||
By: |
/s/ Anita Gerdin
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Name:
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Anita Gerdin
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Original Lender, Bookrunner and Mandated Lead Arranger: | Original Lender, Bookrunner and Mandated Lead Arranger: | ||||
Nordea Bank AB (Publ), filial i Norge | ING Bank, a branch of ING-DiBa AG | ||||
By: |
/s/ Anita Gerdin
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By: |
/s/ Anita Gerdin
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Name:
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Anita Gerdin
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Name:
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Anita Gerdin
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Original Lender, Bookrunner and Mandated Lead Arranger: | Original Lender, Bookrunner and Mandated Lead Arranger | ||||
DNB Bank ASA | Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank | ||||
By: |
/s/ Anita Gerdin
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By: |
/s/ Anita Gerdin
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Name:
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Anita Gerdin
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Name:
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Anita Gerdin
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Original Lender and Mandated Lead Arranger | Original Lender and Mandated Lead Arranger | ||||
Danish Ship Finance A/S | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB | ||||
By: |
/s/ Anita Gerdin
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By: |
/s/ Anita Gerdin
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Name:
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Anita Gerdin
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Name:
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Anita Gerdin
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Original Lender and Lead Arranger: | Original Lender and Lead Arranger: | ||||
DVB Bank SE | Swedbank AB | ||||
By: |
/s/ Anita Gerdin
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By: |
/s/ Anita Gerdin
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Name:
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Anita Gerdin
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Name:
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Anita Gerdin
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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Agent and Security Agent: | |||||
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. | |||||
By: |
/s/ Anita Gerdin
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Name:
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Anita Gerdin
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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DHT MANAGEMENT AS | |||||
By: |
/s/ Eirik Ubøe
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Name:
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Eirik Ubøe
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Title:
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Attorney-in-Fact
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