EXHIBIT 4.13
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
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MOBIL EQUIPMENT FINANCE COMPANY INC.,
Charterer
QM TANKER CO., LLC,
Owner Participant
QM TANKER 1178 TRUST,
Owner Trust
DEUTSCHE ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (CAYMAN) LIMITED,
Managing Trustee
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
Pass Through Trustee and Loan Participant
and
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
Indenture Trustee
Dated as of December 5, 1997
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Lease Financing of One LR1 Crude Oil Tank Vessel
Hull No. 1178
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION................................................. 2
SECTION 2. COMMITMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS; CLOSING; FUNDING; TRANSACTION EXPENSES.......... 2
SECTION 3. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING BY THE CHARTERER....................................... 5
SECTION 4. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING BY THE PASS THROUGH TRUSTEE............................ 7
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING BY OWNER............................................... 13
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF............................................ 18
SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE OWNER
PARTICIPANT.................................................................. 22
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PASS THROUGH TRUSTEE................... 24
SECTION 9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TRUST
COMPANY AND OWNER TRUST...................................................... 25
SECTION 10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INDENTURE
TRUSTEE..................................................................... 28
SECTION 11. CHARTERER COVENANT.......................................................... 30
SECTION 12. OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS.............................................. 32
SECTION 13. INDEMNIFICATION............................................................. 38
SECTION 14. TRANSFER OF AN OWNER PARTICIPANT'S.......................................... 50
SECTION 15. MISCELLANEOUS............................................................... 52
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
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THIS PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, dated as of December 5, 1997, is among
MOBIL EQUIPMENT FINANCE COMPANY INC., a Delaware corporation ("Charterer"), QM
TANKER CO., LLC, a Cayman Islands limited life company ("Owner Participant"),
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a Massachusetts chartered trust company,
not in its individual capacity except to the extent expressly set forth herein
but solely as Pass Through Trustee under the Pass Through Trust Agreement ("Pass
Through Trustee"), QM TANKER 1178 TRUST, a trust created pursuant to the
Delaware Business Trust Act under the Trust Agreement, ("Owner Trust"), DEUTSCHE
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (CAYMAN) LIMITED, a Cayman Islands company (the "Trust
Company"), not in its individual capacity except to the extent expressly set
forth herein but solely as Managing Trustee under the Trust Agreement (in such
capacity, "Managing Trustee"), and STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a
Massachusetts chartered trust company, not in its individual capacity except to
the extent expressly set forth herein but solely as Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture. ("Indenture Trustee").
RECITALS:
A. The Owner Trust desires to finance its acquisition of the
Vessel Interest in part through the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
B. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Owner Trust desires to charter the Vessel Interest to the Charterer pursuant to
the Charter and the Charterer desires to charter the Vessel Interest from the
Owner Trust pursuant to the Charter and to sub-charter the Vessel Interest to
MSCL pursuant to the Initial Subcharter.
C. Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Owner Participant, the Trust Company and the Resident Trustee have entered into
the Trust Agreement, pursuant to which the Trust Company has agreed, among other
things, to act as the Managing Trustee, and to hold the Trust Estate as Managing
Trustee for the benefit of the Owner Participant on the terms specified therein,
subject, however, to the Lien created under the Indenture.
D. Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
U.K. Lessor has entered into the Construction Contract pursuant to which the
U.K. Lessor will pay the purchase contract price for the Vessel.
E. Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Owner Trust and the U.K. Lessor have entered into a Head Lease with respect to
the Vessel pursuant to which the U.K. Lessor agreed, among other things, to
lease the Vessel to the Owner Trust and the Owner Trust has agreed to lease the
Vessel from the U.K. Lessor on the terms specified therein.
F. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Owner Trust and the Charterer have entered into the Charter,
pursuant to which the Owner Trust agreed, among other things, to charter the
Vessel Interest to the Charterer and the Charterer has agreed to charter the
Vessel Interest from the Owner Trust on the terms specified therein.
G. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Owner Trust and the Indenture Trustee have entered into the
Indenture, pursuant to which the Owner Trust, for the benefit of the Loan
Participant, has agreed, among other things, to mortgage and pledge unto the
Indenture Trustee, all of the Owner Trust's right, title and interest in and to
the Indenture Estate.
H. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Pass Through Trustee, the Charterer and certain other Persons
have entered into the Pass Through Trust Agreement and the Pass Through Trust
Supplement pursuant to which, among other things, the Pass Through Certificates
will be issued.
I. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Guarantor has entered into the Guarantee whereby the Guarantor
will guaranty the Charterer's obligations hereunder and under the other
Operative Documents to which the Charterer is a party.
J. The Owner Participant desires to participate in the payment
of Owner's Cost by providing its Investment to the Owner Trust. The Pass
Through Trustee, as a Loan Participant, desires to participate in the payment of
Owner's Cost by purchasing the Secured Note from the Owner Trust.
Accordingly, in consideration of the premises and of other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION.
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For the purposes hereof, terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings assigned to them in Appendix A. References in this
Agreement to Sections, subsections, paragraphs, Schedules, Appendices and
Exhibits are to Sections, subsections and paragraphs in, and Schedules,
Appendices and Exhibits to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
SECTION 2. COMMITMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS; CLOSING;
FUNDING; TRANSACTION EXPENSES
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2.1 Commitment of Owner Participant. Subject to the terms and
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conditions of this Agreement, the Owner Participant agrees to participate in the
payment of Owner's Cost by making an equity investment (the "Investment") in the
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beneficial ownership of the Vessel
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Interest on or before the Closing Date in the amount shown on Schedule 2, and
shall take and cause the Owner Trust to take, on the Closing Date, the
respective actions specified in Sections 2.8 and 2.9 to be taken by the Owner
Participant and the Owner Trust.
2.2 Commitments of Pass Through Trustee; Secured Note. Subject to
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the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Pass Through Trustee, as a Loan
Participant, agrees to participate on the Closing Date in the payment of the
Owner's Cost for the Vessel Interest by purchasing the Secured Note from the
Owner Trust at a purchase price equal to a percentage of the aggregate principal
amount payable at maturity of the Secured Note set forth in Schedule 2 and shall
take and cause the Indenture Trustee to take, on the Closing Date, the
respective actions specified in Section 2.9 to be taken by the Pass Through
Trustee, as a Loan Participant, and the Indenture Trustee. The Secured Note
shall be issued to the Pass Through Trustee, as a Loan Participant, under and in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
2.3 Expiration of Commitments. Unless the Owner Participant shall
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agree to a later date, the Owner Participant's commitment to make the Investment
on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1 shall expire if the Closing Date
shall not have occurred before midnight on the Cut-off Date. Unless the Pass
Through Trustee, as Loan Participant, shall agree to a later date, the Pass
Through Trustee's commitment, as a Loan Participant, to purchase the Secured
Note pursuant to Section 2.2 shall expire if the Closing Date or purchase shall
not have occurred before midnight on the Cut-off Date.
2.4 Notice of Closing Dates. On or before the second Business Day
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prior to the Closing Date, the Charterer shall deliver to each Participant
written notice of the Closing Date, which notice shall contain (a) the date of
the Closing Date, (b) the amount of Owner's Cost with respect to the Vessel
Interest, (c) the amount of the Investment with respect to the Vessel Interest
and (d) the principal amount and purchase price of the Secured Note to be
purchased by the Pass Through Trustee, as a Loan Participant, on the Closing
Date; provided, however, that the funding of the Owner Participant's Investment
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or the funding of the purchase price for the Secured Note to be purchased by the
Pass Through Trustee, as a Loan Participant, on the Closing Date, as the case
may be, and the taking of the other actions contemplated to be taken hereby in
each case on the Closing Date shall be deemed a waiver of the requirement of
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notice of the Closing Date set forth in this Section 2.4.
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2.5 Time and Place of Closing. The closing on the Closing Date shall
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commence at 9:15 a.m., New York City time, at the offices of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
LLP, New York, New York, or at such other location in New York City as the
Charterer may specify in the notice of closing for the Closing Date delivered
pursuant to Section 2.4.
2.6 Delivery of Funds. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
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Agreement, on or before 9:15 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date, the
Owner Participant shall deliver to the Owner Trust by wire transfer of
immediately available funds an amount equal to the Investment to be made by the
Owner Participant on the Closing Date and the Pass Through Trustee, as a Loan
Participant, shall deliver to the Owner Trust by wire transfer of immediately
available funds an amount equal to the purchase price of the Secured Note to be
purchased by the Pass Through Trustee, as a Loan Participant, on the Closing
Date, in each case to the account of
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the Owner Trust specified in Schedule 1 or to such other account as shall be
specified in writing by the Owner Trust to the Owner Participant and the Pass
Through Trustee, as a Loan Participant, at least one Business Day prior to the
Closing Date, which amounts shall be held by the Owner Trust in trust, solely on
behalf of the Participant delivering or transferring such amount (and not as
part of the Trust Estate), until such Participant shall have instructed the
Owner Trust that such amount is available to be applied by the Owner Trust
pursuant to Section 2.7. No Participant shall be obligated to deliver such
instruction if the conditions to its participation set forth in Section 4 have
not been met to its satisfaction or waived by it.
2.7 Application of Funds by Owner Trust. On the Closing Date, upon
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receipt by the Owner Trust of (a) the amount of the Investment to be made by the
Owner Participant on the Closing Date, (b) the purchase price of the Secured
Note to be paid by the Pass Through Trustee, as a Loan Participant, on the
Closing Date, and (c) the instruction pursuant to Section 2.6 that each of such
amounts is available to be applied by the Owner Trust pursuant to this Section
2.7, the Owner Trust shall cause such funds to be deposited in such amounts and
in such accounts as may be specified by the Owner Participant by written
instructions.
2.8 Conclusion of U.K. Arrangements. (a) The parties acknowledge
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that prior to the Closing Date, the U.K. Financing was concluded by the
satisfaction of the conditions to the obligation of the U.K. Lessor to lease the
Vessel to the Owner Trust under the Head Lease.
2.9 Actions on Closing Date. Subject to satisfaction of the
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applicable conditions precedent set forth in Sections 3, 4 and 5, on the Closing
Date:
(a) the Owner Participant shall make the Investment required to be
made by it on the Closing Date;
(b) the Pass Through Trustee, as a Loan Participant, shall pay to the
Owner Trust the purchase price for the Secured Note required to be
purchased by it on the Closing Date, the Owner Trust shall execute and
deliver to the Indenture Trustee the Secured Note, and the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate and register the Secured Note and shall deliver
the Secured Note to the Pass Through Trustee, as a Loan Participant; and
(c) simultaneously therewith, the Owner Trust shall enter into the
Charter with the Charterer.
2.10 Transaction Expenses. (a) If the transactions contemplated by
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this Agreement are consummated, the Owner Trust shall as soon as practicable
after the Closing Date pay, or reimburse the Charterer for, all related
Transaction Expenses accrued to the Closing Date and not theretofore paid by the
Owner Trust, and the Owner Participant will provide to the Owner Trust funds
therefor and instructions with respect to the payment thereof; provided that the
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underwriting commissions of Salomon Brothers, Inc as Underwriter of the Pass
Through Certificates shall be paid by the Owner Trust in immediately available
funds on the Closing Date. If the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
to be consummated on the Closing
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Date are not consummated for any reason whatsoever, the Charterer shall be
obligated to pay or reimburse the Owner Participant for all Transaction
Expenses.
(b) Each of the Transaction Expenses shall be evidenced by
appropriate bills or invoices. The Charterer shall have the right to receive
and review any substantiation relating to any Transaction Expenses or such
ongoing expenses as it may reasonably request.
2.11 Authorization to Owner Trust. The Owner Participant agrees that
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on the Closing Date the receipt by the Owner Trust of an instruction from each
Participant pursuant to Section 2.6 making available the amount delivered by
such Participant to the Owner Trust shall constitute, without further act,
authorization and direction by such Participant to the Owner Trust to take the
actions contemplated to be taken by the Owner Trust on the Closing Date in the
Operative Documents, including, without limitation, the execution and delivery
of all other documents and instruments contemplated to be executed and delivered
by the Owner Trust on or prior to the Closing Date in the Operative Documents.
SECTION 3. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING BY THE CHARTERER__________
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The obligation of the Charterer pursuant to Section 2 to charter the
Vessel Interest from the Owner Trust and take the other actions contemplated by
Section 2 to be taken by it on the Closing Date are subject only to the
fulfillment on the Closing Date to the satisfaction of or waiver by the
Charterer of each of the following conditions precedent:
3.1 Closing Documents. Each of the following documents shall have
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been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto
(other than the Charterer or the Guarantor):
(a) this Agreement;
(b) the Charter;
(c) the Construction Contract;
(d) the Supervisory Agreement;
(e) the Head Lease;
(f) the Indenture;
(g) the Secured Note;
(h) the Guaranty;
(i) the Trust Agreement;
(j) the Pass Through Trust Agreement;
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(k) the Pass Through Trust Supplement;
(l) the Underwriting Agreement; and
(m) the Pass Through Trust Certificate
and each such document shall be in full force and effect on the
Closing Date, and an executed counterpart of each of the same shall have
been delivered to the Charterer (except that the original Secured Note
shall be delivered only to the Pass Through Trustee and the original Pass
Through Trust Certificate shall be delivered as instructed by the Pass
Through Trustee).
3.2 Legality, Etc. No change shall have occurred after November 21,
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1997 in Governmental Rules that, in the reasonable opinion of the Charterer,
would make it illegal or unduly burdensome for the Charterer, the Guarantor, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Pass Through Trustee or any
Participant to participate in any of the transactions contemplated by the
Operative Documents to be consummated on the Closing Date.
3.3 Event of Loss. No Event of Loss shall have occurred and no
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action or proceeding shall have been commenced that could result in an Event of
Loss.
3.4 Consents and Approvals. On the Closing Date, all Governmental
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Actions required to be taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from
any Governmental Authority which are required in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents and the Pass Through Trust
Agreement, or to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by the
Charterer and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of the Pass Through Trust
Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement, and the Operative Documents to which it
is a party, other than those constituting filings, recordings or other actions
of the types referred to in Section 4.12, shall have been duly taken, given or
obtained, as the case may be, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing
Date, shall not be subject to any pending proceedings or appeals
(administrative, judicial or otherwise) and shall be adequate to authorize the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Pass Through Trust
Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and the Operative Documents and the
performance by each of the Charterer and the Guarantor of its obligations under
such thereof to which it is a party, except such as may be required to be taken,
obtained, given, accomplished or renewed from time to time in connection with
the delivery, maintenance or operation of the Vessel or which are otherwise
required in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Pass Through
Trust Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and the Operative Documents which
have been applied for but which cannot be obtained, or which are not normally
applied for or taken, given or obtained, prior to the Closing Date, and which in
the normal course would be granted; provided that the failure to obtain such
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Governmental Actions, consents or approvals by the Closing Date would not
materially adversely affect the ability of (x) the Charterer to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, any other Operative Document, to which it is
or will be a party, or the Pass Through Trust Agreement or (y) the ability of
Guarantor to perform its obligations under the Guarantee.
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3.5 Representations and Warranties; Certificates. The
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representations and warranties of the Owner Participant, the Pass Through
Trustee, the Trust Company, the Owner Trust, and the Indenture Trustee contained
in Sections 7, 8, 9 and 10, respectively, shall be true and accurate on and as
of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent
that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date (in
which case the same shall be true and accurate as of such earlier date), and the
Charterer shall have received executed copies of each of the certificates
referred to in Section 4.8 and Section 4.9 (other than Sections 4.8(a) and (f)
and Sections 4.9(a) and (f)) required to be delivered on the Closing Date, which
certificates shall be dated the Closing Date.
3.6 Opinions. A signed original of each opinion referred to in
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Section 4.6 (other than Sections 4.6(a), 4.6(b) and 4.6(i)) shall have been
addressed to and delivered to the Charterer.
3.7 Litigation. There shall be no actions, suits, investigations or
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proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Charterer, threatened against
the Charterer, the Guarantor, the Owner Participant, the Pass Through Trustee,
the Owner Trust or the Indenture Trustee or the properties of any of such
Persons before any Governmental Authority to set aside, restrain, enjoin or
prevent the consummation of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby or by any of the other Operative Documents, the Pass Through Trust
Agreement or the Underwriting Agreement.
3.8 Sale of Pass Through Certificates. The Pass Through Certificates
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shall have been issued pursuant to the Pass Through Trust Agreement and sold
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Underwriters shall have
transferred to the Pass Through Trustee in immediately available funds an amount
equal to the purchase price for the Pass Through Certificates sold pursuant to
the Pass Through Trust Agreement.
SECTION 4. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING BY THE
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PASS THROUGH TRUSTEE
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The obligations of the Pass Through Trustee pursuant to Section 2 to
purchase the Secured Notes and to take the other actions contemplated by Section
2 to be taken by it on the Closing Date are subject only to the fulfillment on
the Closing Date to the satisfaction of (including, with respect to writings,
such writings being in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
addressee or the beneficiary thereof) or waiver by the Pass Through Trustee of
each of the following conditions precedent (other than in the case of the Pass
Through Trustee, Sections 4.8(e) and 4.9(e)), except that the obligations of
such Pass Through Trustee shall not be subject to such Pass Through Trustee's
own performance or, if the Pass Through Trustee shall have the power to cause
another Person to perform, the Pass Through Trustee's failure to cause such
performance:
4.1 Notice of Closing. The Participants shall have received the
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notice of closing for such Closing Date required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 2.4.
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4.2 Closing Documents. Each of the following documents shall have
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been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto:
(a) this Agreement;
(b) the Charter;
(c) the Construction Contract;
(d) the Supervisory Agreement;
(e) the Indenture;
(f) the Secured Note;
(g) the Trust Agreement; and
(h) the Parent Guarantee;
and each such document, the Lessor's Security Assignment, the Pass Through Trust
Agreement and the Pass Through Trust Supplement shall be in full force and
effect on the Closing Date, and no event or condition shall have occurred that,
with or without the lapse of time or the giving of notice, shall give any other
party thereto the right to terminate such document and an executed counterpart
(or a true, correct and complete copy) of each of the same shall have been
delivered to the Pass Through Trustee.
4.3 Legality, Etc. No change shall have occurred after November 21,
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1997 in Governmental Rules that, in the reasonable opinion of the Pass Through
Trustee, would make it illegal or unduly burdensome for the Trust Company, the
Resident Trustee, the Owner Trust, the Charterer, the Guarantor, the Indenture
Trustee, the Pass Through Trustee in its individual capacity or any Participant
to participate in any of the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Documents to be consummated on the Closing Date.
4.4 Event of Loss. No Event of Loss shall have occurred and no
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action or proceeding shall have been commenced that could result in an Event of
Loss.
4.5 [Reserved].
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4.6 Opinions. Opinions dated the Closing Date of the following
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counsel, each such opinion substantially in the form of the indicated Exhibit
hereto (with such changes to such form as contemplated by such Exhibit) and
addressed as provided in such Exhibit (or, in lieu of including the Underwriter
as an addressee, such counsel may deliver a reliance letter to the Underwriter),
shall have been executed and delivered by such counsel:
(a) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇., Esq., Managing Counsel, Corporate Finance
and Securities of the Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1;
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(b) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel to the Charterer and the
Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2;
(c) [reserved];
(d) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel to the Owner Participant,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4;
(e) Morris, James, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special Delaware counsel to
the Resident Trustee and the Owner Trust, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-5;
(f) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Calder, special Cayman Islands counsel to the Trust
Company and the Owner Trust, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-6;
(g) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to the Indenture Trustee, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-7;
(h) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ LLP counsel to the Pass Through Trustee,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-8;
(i) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP special New York counsel to the Owner
Participant, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-9; and
(j) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and May, special English counsel to the Owner
Participant, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-10.
4.7 Taxes. All Taxes, fees and other charges, if any, payable on or
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prior to the Closing Date in connection with the execution, delivery,
recordation and filing of all documents and instruments referred to in Section
4.12 below, this Agreement or any other Operative Document, or in connection
with the acquisition by the Owner Trustee on the Closing Date of the Vessel
Interest, the issuance and sale of the Secured Note and the Pass Through
Certificates and the subjecting of the Vessel Interest to the Lien of the
Indenture, shall have been duly paid in full by the Charterer.
4.8 Officer's Certificates. On the Closing Date, the following
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statements shall be true and the Pass Through Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
shall have received:
(a) an Officer's Certificate of the Charterer, dated the Closing
Date, stating that (A) the representations and warranties of the Charterer
contained in Section 6 are true and accurate on and as of the Closing Date
as though made on and as of such date except to the extent that such
representations and warranties specifically relate solely to an earlier
date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been
true and accurate on and as of such earlier date) and (B) each Operative
Document to which it is a party and the Pass Through Trust Agreement remain
in full force and effect with respect to it;
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(b) an Officer's Certificate of the Owner Participant, dated the
Closing Date, stating that (i) the representations and warranties of the
Owner Participant contained in Section 7 are true and accurate on and as of
the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date except to the extent
that such representations and warranties specifically relate solely to an
earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have
been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date); and (ii) each
Operative Document to which it is a party remains in full force and effect
with respect to it;
(c) an Officer's Certificate of each of the Trust Company and the
Managing Trustee, dated the Closing Date, stating that (i) the
representations and warranties of the Trust Company and the Managing
Trustee contained in Section 9 are true and accurate on and as of the
Closing Date as though made on and as of such date except to the extent
that such representations and warranties specifically relate solely to an
earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have
been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date); and (ii) each
Operative Document to which it is a party remains in full force and effect
with respect to it;
(d) an Officer's Certificate of the Indenture Trustee, dated the
Closing Date, stating that (i) the representations and warranties of the
Indenture Trustee contained in Section 10 are true and accurate on and as
of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date except to the
extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate solely
to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall
have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date); and (ii) each
Operative Document to which it is a party remains in full force and effect
with respect to it;
(e) an Officer's Certificate of the Pass Through Trustee, dated the
Closing Date, stating that (i) the representations and warranties of the
Pass Through Trustee contained in Section 8 are true and accurate on and as
of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date except to the
extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate solely
to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall
have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date); and (ii) each
of the Participation Agreement and the Pass Through Trust Agreement remain
in full force and effect with respect to it; and
(f) an Officer's Certificate of the Guarantor, dated the Closing Date,
stating that (i) the representations and warranties of the Guarantor
contained in Section 1.1 of the Guarantee are true and accurate on and as
of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date except to the
extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate solely
to an earlier date (in which are such representations and warranties shall
have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date); and (ii) each
of the Guarantee and the Pass Through Trust Agreement remains in full force
and effect with respect to it.
4.9 Resolutions, Etc. The Loan Participant and the Indenture Trustee
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shall have received the following, in each case in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to such Person:
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(a) a Secretary's or an Assistant Secretary's certificate of the
Charterer, dated the Closing Date, attaching and certifying as to (i)
resolutions of its Board of Directors duly authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance by the Charterer of each Operative Document to
which it is a party, and the Pass Through Trust Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby, certified to be in full force and effect
without modification as of the Closing Date, (ii) its charter documents,
(iii) its by-laws, and (iv) the incumbency and signature of persons
authorized to execute and deliver such documents on behalf of the
Charterer;
(b) a Secretary's or an Assistant Secretary's certificate of the Owner
Participant, dated the Closing Date, attaching and certifying as to (i)
resolutions of its Board of Directors duly authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance by the Owner Participant of each Operative
Document to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated thereby,
certified to be in full force and effect without modification as of the
Closing Date, (ii) its charter documents, (iii) its by-laws, and (iv) the
incumbency and signature of persons authorized to execute and deliver such
documents on behalf of the Owner Participant;
(c) a Secretary's or an Assistant Secretary's certificate of the Trust
Company, dated the Closing Date, attaching and certifying as to (i)
resolutions of its Board of Directors duly authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance by the Trust Company of each Operative Document to
which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated thereby, certified
to be in full force and effect without modification as of the Closing Date,
(ii) its charter documents, (iii) its by-laws, and (iv) the incumbency and
signature of persons authorized to execute and deliver such documents on
behalf of the Trust Company;
(d) a Secretary's or an Assistant Secretary's certificate of the
Indenture Trustee, dated the Closing Date, attaching and certifying as to
(i) resolutions of its Board of Directors duly authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance by the Indenture Trustee of each Operative
Document to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated thereby,
certified to be in full force and effect without modification as of the
Closing Date, (ii) its charter documents, (iii) its by-laws, and (iv) the
incumbency and signature of persons authorized to execute and deliver such
documents on behalf of the Indenture Trustee;
(e) a Secretary's or an Assistant Secretary's certificate of the Pass
Through Trustee, dated the Closing Date, attaching and certifying as to (i)
resolutions of its Board of Directors or an appropriate committee thereof
duly authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Pass
Through Trustee of the Pass Through Trust Agreement, the Pass Through Trust
Supplement and the Participation Agreement, and the transactions
contemplated thereby, certified to be in full force and effect without
modification as of the Closing Date, (ii) its charter documents, (iii) its
by-laws, and (iv) the incumbency and signature of persons authorized to
execute and deliver such documents on behalf of the Pass Through Trustee;
and
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(f) a Secretary's or an Assistant Secretary's certificate of the
Guarantor, dated the Closing Date, attaching and certifying as to (i)
resolutions of its Board of Directors duly authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance by the Guarantor of the Guarantee and its
obligations thereunder, certified to be in full force and effect without
modification as of the Closing Date, (ii) its charter documents, (iii) its
by-laws and (iv) the incumbency and signature of persons authorized to
execute and deliver the Guarantee on behalf of the Guarantor.
4.10 Litigation. There shall be no actions, suits, investigations or
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proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Owner Participant, the Owner
Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the Charterer, or the Guarantor threatened against
any of such Persons or the properties of any of such Persons before any
Governmental Authority to set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the
consummation of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or by any
of the other Operative Documents, the Pass Through Trust Agreement, the Pass
Through Trust Supplement or the Underwriting Agreement.
4.11 Consents and Approvals. On the Closing Date, all Governmental
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Actions which are required to have been taken, given, obtained, filed or
recorded, as the case may be, on or prior to the Closing Date by, from or with
any Governmental Authority, and all other consents, filings or approvals which
are required to have been taken, given, obtained, filed or recorded, as the case
may be, on or prior to the Closing Date by, from or with any other Person, in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents and the
Pass Through Trust Agreement, or to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by the Charterer, the Guarantor, the Owner Participant, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Pass Through Trustee of the Pass Through
Trust Agreement and each of the Operative Documents to which it is a party, or
the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability thereof as against the
Charterer or the Guarantor, other than those constituting filings, recordings or
other actions of the type referred to in Section 4.12, shall have been duly
taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, shall be in full force and effect
on the Closing Date, shall not be subject to any pending proceedings or appeals
(administrative, judicial or otherwise) and shall be adequate to authorize the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Pass Through Trust
Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and the Operative Documents and the
performance by the Charterer and the Guarantor of its obligations under such
thereof to which it is a party, except such as may be required to be taken,
obtained, given, accomplished or renewed from time to time in connection with
the maintenance or operation of the Vessel or which is otherwise required in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Pass Through Trust
Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and the Operative Documents which have
been applied for but which cannot be obtained, or which are not normally applied
for or taken, given or obtained, prior to the Closing Date, and which in the
normal course would be granted; provided that the failure to obtain such
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Governmental Actions, consents or approvals by the Closing Date would not
materially adversely affect the ability of (x) the Charterer to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, the Pass Through Trust Agreement or any other
Operative Document to which it is or will be a party or (y) the Guarantor to
perform its obligations under the Guarantee.
4.12 Title; Filings and Recordings. On the Closing Date, (a) [except
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as set forth in Schedule 4,] all filings and recordings and other action
necessary or advisable to perfect the
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security interest in the Indenture Estate created by the Indenture, shall have
been duly made, subject to requirements for filing continuation statements at
appropriate intervals and subject to Permitted Liens, and (b) no other action
shall be required to perfect such mortgage Lien and security interest.
4.13 Sale of Pass Through Certificates. The Charterer and the
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Guarantor shall have entered into the Underwriting Agreement, the Pass Through
Trust Agreement and the Pass Through Trust Supplement, and the Pass Through
Certificates shall have been issued pursuant to the Pass Through Trust Agreement
and sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Underwriters shall have
transferred to the Pass Through Trustee in immediately available funds an amount
equal to the purchase price for the Pass Through Certificates.
4.14 No Default Under Charter. No Charter Default or Charter
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Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
4.15 U.K. Closing. The Pass Through Trustee and Indenture Trustee
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shall have received copies of the executed Construction Contract, Head Lease,
Supervisory Agreement, and Lessee Support Agreement and each such document shall
have terms reasonably satisfactory to it.
4.16 Investment. The Owner Participant shall have made available to
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the Owner Trust the full amount of its Investment on the Closing Date pursuant
to Section 2.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING BY OWNER PARTICIPANT
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The obligations of the Owner Participant pursuant to Section 2 to
participate in the payment of Owner's Cost and to take the other actions
contemplated by Section 2 to be taken by it on the Closing Date are subject only
to the fulfillment on the Closing Date to the satisfaction of (including, with
respect to writings, such writings being in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the addressee or the beneficiary thereof) or waiver by the Owner
Participant of each of the following conditions precedent (other than (i) in the
case of the Owner Participant, Sections 5.6 (d) and (i)) except that the
obligations of the Owner Participant shall not be subject to the Owner
Participant's own performance or, if the Owner Participant shall have the power
to cause another Person to perform, the Owner Participant's failure to cause
such performance:
5.1 Notice of Closing. The Owner Participant shall have received the
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notice of closing for such Closing Date required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 2.4.
5.2 Closing Documents. Each of the following documents shall have
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been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto:
(a) this Agreement;
(b) the Charter;
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(c) the Construction Contract;
(d) the Supervisory Agreement;
(e) the Indenture;
(f) the Secured Note;
(g) the Trust Agreement; and
(h) the Guaranty;
and each such document, the Pass Through Trust Agreement and the Pass Through
Trust Supplement shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date, and no
event or condition shall have occurred that, with or without the lapse of time
or the giving of notice, shall give any other party thereto the right to
terminate such document and an executed counterpart (or a true, correct and
complete copy) of each of the same shall have been delivered to the Owner
Participant.
5.3 Legality, Etc. No change shall have occurred after November 24,
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1997 in Governmental Rules that, in the reasonable opinion of the Owner
Participant, would make it illegal or unduly burdensome for the Trust Company,
the Owner Trust, the Charterer, the Guarantor, the Indenture Trustee or any
Participant to participate in any of the transactions contemplated by the
Operative Documents to be consummated on the Closing Date.
5.4 Event of Loss. No Event of Loss shall have occurred and no
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action or proceeding shall have been commenced that could result in an Event of
Loss.
5.5 [Reserved]
5.6 Opinions. Opinions dated the Closing Date of the following
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counsel, each such opinion substantially in the form of the indicated Exhibit
hereto (with such changes to such form as contemplated by such Exhibit) and
addressed as provided in such Exhibit (or, in lieu of including the Underwriter
as an addressee, such counsel may deliver a reliance letter to the Underwriter),
shall have been executed and delivered by such counsel:
(a) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇., Esq., Managing Counsel, Corporate Finance
and Securities of the Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1;
(b) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel to the Charterer and the
Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2;
(c) [Reserved]
(d) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel to the Owner Participant,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4;
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(e) Morris, James, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special Delaware counsel to
the Resident Trustee and the Owner Trustee, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-5;
(f) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Calder, special Cayman Islands counsel to the Trust
Company and the Owner Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-6;
(g) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to the Indenture Trustee, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-7;
(h) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to the Pass Through Trustee,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-8;
(i) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special New York counsel to the Owner
Participant, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-9; and
(j) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and May, special English counsel to the Owner
Participant, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-10.
5.7 Taxes. All Taxes, fees and other charges, if any, payable on or
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prior to the Closing Date in connection with the execution, delivery,
recordation and filing of all documents and instruments referred to in Section
5.12 below, this Agreement or any other Operative Document, or in connection
with the acquisition by the Owner Trustee on the Closing Date of the Vessel
Interest, the issuance and sale of the Secured Note and the Pass Through
Certificates and the subjecting of the Vessel Interest to the Lien of the
Indenture, shall have been duly paid in full by the Charterer.
5.8 Officer's Certificates. On the Closing Date, the following
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statements shall be true and the Owner Participant and the Owner Trust shall
have received:
(a) an Officer's Certificate of the Charterer, dated the Closing Date,
stating that (A) the representations and warranties of the Charterer
contained in Section 6 are true and accurate on and as of the Closing Date
as though made on and as of such date except to the extent that such
representations and warranties specifically relate solely to an earlier
date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been
true and accurate on and as of such earlier date) and (B) each Operative
Document to which it is a party and the Pass Through Trust Agreement remain
in full force and effect with respect to it;
(b) an Officer's Certificate of each of the Trust Company and the
Managing Trustee, dated the Closing Date, stating that (i) the
representations and warranties of the Trust Company and the Owner Trust
contained in Section 9, as the case may be, are true and accurate on and as
of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date except to the
extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate solely
to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall
have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date); and (ii) each
Operative Document to which it is a party remains in full force and effect
with respect to it;
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(c) an Officer's Certificate of the Indenture Trustee, dated the
Closing Date, stating that (i) the representations and warranties of the
Indenture Trustee contained in Section 10 are true and accurate on and as
of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date except to the
extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate solely
to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall
have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date); and (ii) each
Operative Document to which it is a party remains in full force and effect
with respect to it;
(d) an Officer's Certificate of the Pass Through Trustee, dated the
Closing Date, stating that (i) the representations and warranties of the
Pass Through Trustee contained in Section 8 are true and accurate on and as
of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date except to the
extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate solely
to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall
have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date); and (ii) each
of the Participation Agreement, the Pass Through Trust Agreement and the
Pass Through Trust Supplement remain in full force and effect with respect
to it; and
(e) an Officer's Certificate of the Guarantor, dated the Closing Date,
stating that (i) the representations and warranties of the Guarantor
contained in Section 1.1 of the Guarantee are true and accurate on and as
of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date except to the
extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate solely
to an earlier date (in which are such representations and warranties shall
have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date); and (ii) the
Guarantee remains in full force and effect.
5.9 Resolutions, Etc. The Owner Participant and the Owner Trust
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shall have received the following, in each case in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Owner Participant:
(a) a Secretary's or an Assistant Secretary's certificate of the
Charterer, dated the Closing Date, attaching and certifying as to (i)
resolutions of its Board of Directors duly authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance by the Charterer of each Operative Document to
which it is a party, and the Pass Through Trust Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby, certified to be in full force and effect
without modification as of the Closing Date, (ii) its charter documents,
(iii) its by-laws, and (iv) the incumbency and signature of persons
authorized to execute and deliver such documents on behalf of the
Charterer;
(b) a Secretary's or an Assistant Secretary's certificate of the Trust
Company, dated the Closing Date, attaching and certifying as to (i)
resolutions of its Board of Directors duly authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance by the Trust Company of each Operative Document to
which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated thereby, certified
to be in full force and effect without modification as of the Closing Date,
(ii) its charter documents, (iii) its by-laws, and (iv) the incumbency and
signature of persons authorized to execute and deliver such documents on
its behalf;
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(c) a Secretary's or an Assistant Secretary's certificate of the
Indenture Trustee, dated the Closing Date, attaching and certifying as to
(i) resolutions of its Board of Directors duly authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance by the Indenture Trustee of each Operative
Document to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated thereby,
certified to be in full force and effect without modification as of the
Closing Date, (ii) its charter documents, (iii) its by-laws, and (iv) the
incumbency and signature of persons authorized to execute and deliver such
documents on behalf of the Indenture Trustee;
(d) a Secretary's or an Assistant Secretary's certificate of the Pass
Through Trustee, dated the Closing Date, attaching and certifying as to (i)
resolutions of its Board of Directors or an appropriate committee thereof
duly authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Pass
Through Trustee of the Pass Through Trust Agreement, the Pass Through Trust
Supplement, and the Participation Agreement, and the transactions
contemplated thereby, certified to be in full force and effect without
modification as of the Closing Date, (ii) its charter documents, (iii) its
by-laws, and (iv) the incumbency and signature of persons authorized to
execute and deliver such documents on behalf of the Pass Through Trustee;
and
(e) a Secretary's or an Assistant Secretary's certificate of the
Guarantor, dated the Closing Date, attaching and certifying as to (i)
resolutions of its Board of Directors duly authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance by the Guarantor of the Guarantee and its
obligations thereunder, certified to be in full force and effect without
modification as of the Closing Date, (ii) its charter documents, (iii) its
by-laws and (iv) the incumbency and signature of persons authorized to
execute and deliver the Guarantee on behalf of the Guarantor.
5.10 Litigation. There shall be no actions, suits, investigations or
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proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Owner Participant, the
Charterer, the Guarantor, the Owner Trust or the Indenture Trustee, threatened
against any of such Persons or the properties of any of such Persons before any
Governmental Authority to set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the
consummation of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or by any
of the other Operative Documents, the Pass Through Trust Agreement, the Pass
Through Trust Supplement or the Underwriting Agreement.
5.11 Consents and Approvals. On the Closing Date, all Governmental
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Actions which are required to have been taken, given, obtained, filed or
recorded, as the case may be, on or prior to the Closing Date by, from or with
any Governmental Authority, and all other consents, filings or approvals which
are required to have been taken, given, obtained, filed or recorded, as the case
may be, on or prior to the Closing Date by, from or with any other Person, in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents and the
Pass Through Trust Agreement, or to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by the Charterer, the Guarantor, the Owner Participant, the Owner
Trust, the Indenture Trustee or the Pass Through Trustee of the Pass Through
Trust Agreement and each of the Operative Documents to which it is a party, or
the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability thereof
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as against the Charterer or the Guarantor, other than those constituting
filings, recordings or other actions of the type referred to in Section 5.12,
shall have been duly taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, shall be in
full force and effect on the Closing Date, shall not be subject to any pending
proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial or otherwise) and shall be
adequate to authorize the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Pass Through Trust Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and the Operative
Documents and the performance by the Charterer and the Guarantor of its
obligations under such thereof to which it is a party, except such as may be
required to be taken, obtained, given, accomplished or renewed from time to time
in connection with the maintenance or operation of the Vessel or which is
otherwise required in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Pass
Through Trust Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and the Operative Documents
which have been applied for but which cannot be obtained, or which are not
normally applied for or taken, given or obtained, prior to the Closing Date, and
which in the normal course would be granted; provided that the failure to obtain
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such Governmental Actions, consents or approvals by the Closing Date would not
materially adversely affect the ability of (x) the Charterer to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, the Pass Through Trust Agreement or any other
Operative Document to which it is or will be a party or (y) the Guarantor to
perform its obligations under the Guarantee.
5.12 Title; Filings and Recordings. On or prior to the Closing Date,
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(a) all filings and recordings or other actions necessary or advisable to
perfect the security interest in the Indenture Estate created by the Indenture
(or arrangements therefor satisfactory to the Loan Participant), shall have been
duly made, subject to requirements for filing continuation statements at
appropriate intervals and subject to Permitted Liens, and (b) no other action
shall be required to perfect such security interest.
5.13 Sale of Pass Through Certificates. The Charterer and the
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Guarantor shall have entered into the Underwriting Agreement, the Pass Through
Trust Agreement and the Pass Through Trust Supplement, and the Pass Through
Certificates shall have been issued pursuant to the Pass Through Trust Agreement
and sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Underwriters shall have
transferred to the Pass Through Trustee in immediately available funds an amount
equal to the purchase price for the Pass Through Certificates.
5.14 No Default Under Charter. No Charter Default or Charter
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Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
5.15 Loans. The Pass Through Trustee shall have purchased the
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Secured Note required to be purchased by it on the Closing Date pursuant to
Section 2.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CHARTERER
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The Charterer represents and warrants to each of the other parties hereto
that:
6.1 Due Organization. The Charterer is a corporation duly organized,
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validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
and has the corporate power and authority to carry on its business as presently
conducted and as it is contemplated it will be conducted in connection with the
Vessel Interest, to own or hold under lease or charter its
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properties, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement,
each other Operative Document to which it is a party and the Pass Through Trust
Agreement. The Charterer has not failed to qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where failure so to qualify could reasonably be expected to
materially adversely affect its ability to perform any of its obligations under
this Agreement, any other Operative Document to which it is a party, the Pass
Through Trust Agreement or the Pass Through Trust Supplement.
6.2 Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the
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Charterer of this Agreement, each other Operative Document to which it is a
party, the Pass Through Trust Agreement and the Pass Through Trust Supplement
and of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Charterer and do
not and will not require the consent or approval of any shareholder of the
Charterer or any trustee or holder of any indebtedness or other obligation of
the Charterer.
6.3 Execution; Enforceability. The Pass Through Trust Agreement, the
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Pass Through Trust Supplement, this Agreement and each other Operative Document
to which the Charterer is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the
Charterer and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof and
thereof by the other parties hereto and thereto are legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Charterer, enforceable against the Charterer in accordance
with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or
similar laws affecting creditors' or lessors' rights generally and by the
application of general equitable principles which may limit the availability of
certain remedies.
6.4 No Violation. The execution and delivery by the Charterer of
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this Agreement, the Pass Through Trust Agreement, the Pass Through Trust
Supplement and each other Operative Document to which it is a party do not and
will not, and the performance by the Charterer of its obligations under each
thereof do not and will not, (i) violate or be inconsistent with its charter
documents or by-laws, (ii) contravene any Governmental Rule or Governmental
Action applicable to it, which, in the case of such performance, noncompliance
with which would materially adversely affect the Vessel Interest or the ability
of the Charterer to perform its obligations under the Operative Documents;
provided that no representation or warranty is made with respect to ERISA, (iii)
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contravene any provision of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Charterer is a
party or by which it or any of its properties are bound or (iv) result in or,
require the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon
any of its properties or assets.
6.5 Consents and Approvals. On the Closing Date, all Governmental
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Actions which are required to have been taken, given, obtained, filed or
recorded, as the case may be, on or prior to the Closing Date by, from or with
any Governmental Authority and all other consents, filings or approvals which
are required to have been taken, given, obtained, filed or recorded, as the case
may be, on or prior to the Closing Date by, from or with any other Person, in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Pass Through Trust
Agreement and the Operative Documents, or to authorize the execution, delivery
and performance by the Charterer and/or the Guarantor of the Guarantee, the Pass
Through Trust Agreement, the Pass Through Trust Supplement and the Operative
Documents to which either of them is a party, or the legality,
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validity, binding effect or enforceability thereof as against the Charterer or
the Guarantor, other than those constituting filings, recordings or other
actions of the types referred to in Section 6.7, have been duly taken, given or
obtained, as the case may be, are in full force and effect on the Closing Date,
are not subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial
or otherwise) and are adequate to authorize the consummation by the Charterer or
the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated by the Pass Through Trust
Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and the Operative Documents and the
performance by each of the Charterer and the Guarantor of its obligations under
such thereof to which it is a party, except such as may be required to be taken,
obtained, given, accomplished or renewed from time to time in connection with
the maintenance or operation of the Vessel Interest or which are otherwise
required in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Documents, which have been applied for but which cannot be obtained, or which
are not normally applied for or taken, given or obtained, prior to the Closing
Date, and which in the normal course would be granted, provided that the failure
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to obtain such Governmental Actions, consents and approvals by the Closing Date
would not materially adversely affect the ability of the Charterer to perform
its obligations under this Agreement, the Pass Through Trust Agreement or any
other Operative Document to which it is or will be a party.
6.6 Securities Act. Neither the Charterer nor any Person authorized
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on its behalf has directly or indirectly offered or sold the Pass Through
Certificates, or solicited any offer to acquire the same from, any Person other
than in a manner required by the Securities Act. Neither the Charterer nor any
Person authorized to act on its behalf will take any action which would subject
the issuance or sale of any interest in the Trust Estate or the Secured Note to
the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require the qualification
of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
6.7 Title; Filings and Recordings. On the Closing Date, (a) all
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filings and recordings and other action necessary or advisable to perfect the
security interest in the Indenture Estate created by the Indenture, shall have
been duly made, subject to requirements for filing continuation statements at
appropriate intervals and subject to Permitted Liens, and (b) no other action
shall be required to perfect such security interest.
6.8 Chief Place of Business. The chief place of business and chief
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executive office of the Charterer is in Fairfax, Virginia and the offices where
it keeps its records concerning the Vessel and its accounts and contract rights
are in Fairfax, Virginia.
6.9 Litigation. There is no action, suit, investigation or
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proceeding pending or, to the Actual Knowledge of the Charterer, threatened
against the Charterer or affecting it or its properties before any Governmental
Authority which, individually or in the aggregate (so far as the Charterer now
can reasonably foresee), is reasonably likely materially and adversely to affect
the consummation of the transactions under this Agreement, the Pass Through
Trust Agreement, the Pass Through Trust Supplement or any other Operative
Document to which it is or will be a party or the ability of the Charterer to
perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
6.10 No Default. No Charter Default or Charter Event of Default
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has occurred and is continuing.
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6.11 Event of Loss. No Event of Loss has occurred.
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6.12 Investment Company Act. The Charterer is not an "investment
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company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
6.13 No Brokers' Fees. Neither the Charterer nor any Person acting
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on its behalf has taken any actions the effect of which would be to cause the
Owner Trust, the Indenture Trustee or any Participant to be liable for any
brokers', finders' or agents' fees or commissions or costs of any nature or kind
claimed by or on behalf of brokers, finders or agents in respect of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement other than fees payable to the
Underwriter, all of which fees, commissions or costs are included in Transaction
Expenses or will be paid or indemnified against by the Charterer.
6.14 No Other Business or Liabilities. Except for activities
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and liabilities contemplated by Operative Documents and the U.K. Documents and
comparable documents relating to the Other Vessel and activities incidental
thereto, the Charterer has not engaged in any other business or activities or
incurred any liabilities.
6.15 Payment of Taxes, etc. All Taxes, fees and other charges
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payable on or prior to the Closing Date in connection with the execution,
delivery, recordation and filing of all documents and instruments, including the
Operative Documents, and the performance of the transactions contemplated by the
Operative Documents occurring on or prior to the Closing Date, have been paid in
full.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN ANY OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENT,
THE CHARTERER MAKES NOR SHALL THE CHARTERER BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE, AND THE
CHARTERER HEREBY DISCLAIMS, ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OTHER THAN THOSE
REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION, IN ANY OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF THE CHARTERER OR
EXPRESSLY MADE IN ANY OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENT, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO
THE DESIGN OR CONDITION OF THE VESSEL OR ANY PART THEREOF, THE MERCHANTABILITY
THEREOF OR THE FITNESS THEREOF FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, THE ABILITY OF THE
VESSEL TO PERFORM ANY FUNCTION, THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIALS OR WORKMANSHIP
THEREOF OR CONFORMITY THEREOF TO SPECIFICATIONS, OR THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF
ANY LATENT OR OTHER DEFECTS, WHETHER OR NOT DISCOVERABLE; PROVIDED THAT THE
FOREGOING SHALL NOT EXCUSE THE PERFORMANCE BY THE CHARTERER OF ITS OBLIGATIONS
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENT OR THE ▇▇▇▇ OF SALE.
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SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE OWNER PARTICIPANT
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The Owner Participant represents and warrants to each of the
other parties hereto that:
7.1 Due Organization. The Owner Participant is a Cayman Islands
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limited life company, duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands and has the
corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under
this Agreement and each other Operative Document to which it is a party.
7.2 Authorization; Execution; Enforceability. The execution,
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delivery and performance by the Owner Participant of this Agreement and each
other Operative Document to which it is a party and of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Owner Participant and do not and will not
require the consent or approval of any shareholder of the Owner Participant
which has not been obtained. This Agreement and each other Operative Document
to which the Owner Participant is a party have been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Owner Participant and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery hereof and thereof by the other parties hereto and
thereto, are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Owner Participant,
enforceable against the Owner Participant in accordance with their respective
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and by the application of general equitable
principles which may limit the availability of certain remedies. Any direction
given by the Owner Participant to the Owner Trust pursuant to the Trust
Agreement will have been duly authorized.
7.3 No Violation. The execution and delivery by the Owner
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Participant of this Agreement and each other Operative Document to which it is a
party do not and will not, and the performance by the Owner Participant of its
obligations under each thereof do not and will not, (i) violate or be
inconsistent with or in violation of its charter documents or by-laws, (ii)
contravene any Governmental Rule or Governmental Action applicable to it or,
except as set forth in Schedule 4, require any Governmental Action and (iii)
contravene any provision of, or constitute a default or require any consent
under, any indenture, mortgage, contract or other instrument to which the Owner
Participant is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
7.4 Owner Participant's Liens. There are no Owner Participant's
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Liens on the Trust Estate or the Indenture Estate, or on any part of either
thereof and the execution, delivery and performance by the Owner Participant of
the Operative Documents to which it is a party will not subject the Trust Estate
or the Indenture Estate to the Owner Participant's Liens.
7.5 Acquisition for Investment. The Owner Participant is acquiring
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its interest in the Trust Estate for its own account for investment and not with
a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of any such interest
(it being understood that at all times the
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disposition of its property shall remain within its control), except that the
Owner Participant reserves the right to transfer or assign any of or all such
interest to the extent permitted by the terms of this Agreement and the Trust
Agreement.
7.6 Securities Act. Neither the Owner Participant nor any Person
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authorized by the Owner Participant has directly or indirectly offered or sold
any interest in the Trust Estate, the Trust Agreement or the Secured Note, or in
any similar security relating to the Vessel Interest, or in any security the
offering of which for the purposes of the Securities Act would be deemed to be
part of the same offering as the offering of the aforementioned securities to,
or solicited any offer to acquire any of the same from, any Person other than,
in the case of the Secured Note, the Loan Participant, and neither the Owner
Participant nor any Person authorized to act on its behalf will take any action
which would subject the issuance or sale of any interest in the Trust Estate or
the Secured Note to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require
the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act except to the
extent required under Section 15 hereof.
7.7 ERISA. The Owner Participant is not acquiring any part of its
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interest in the Trust Estate with the "plan assets" of any "employee benefit
plan" within the meaning of ERISA (or of any "plan" within the meaning of
Section 4975 of the Code), as interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service and
the U.S. Department of Labor in rules, regulations, releases, bulletins or as
interpreted under applicable case law.
7.8 Investment Company Act. Neither the Owner Participant nor any of
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its Affiliates is an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an
"investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
7.9 Litigation. There is no action, suit, investigation or
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proceeding pending or, to the Actual Knowledge of the Owner Participant,
threatened against the Owner Participant or its properties before any
Governmental Authority which, individually or in the aggregate (so far as the
Owner Participant now can reasonably foresee), is reasonably likely materially
and adversely to affect the ability of the Owner Participant to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or any other Operative Document to which it is
or will be a party.
7.10 No Default. No Indenture Default or Indenture Event of Default
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attributable to the Owner Participant has occurred and is continuing.
7.11 Federal Reserve Regulations. The Owner Participant is not
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engaged principally in, and does not have as one of its important activities,
the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System of the United States), and no part of the proceeds of
the Secured Note will be used by it to purchase or carry any such margin stock
or, assuming the accuracy of the representation set forth in Section 5.15, to
extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such
margin stock or for any purpose that violates, or is inconsistent with, the
provisions of Regulation G, T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System of the United States.
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7.12 No Brokers' Fees. Neither the Owner Participant nor any Person
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acting on its behalf has taken any actions the effect of which would be to cause
the Charterer or the Loan Participant to be liable for any brokers', finders' or
agents' fees or commissions or costs of any nature or kind claimed by or on
behalf of brokers, finders or agents in respect of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement not included in Transaction Expenses.
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
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THE PASS THROUGH TRUSTEE
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State Street Bank and Trust Company represents and warrants in its
individual capacity with respect to Sections 8.1, 8.2(a), 8.3, 8.4, 8.5(a), 8.6
and 8.7 and not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Pass
Through Trustee under the Pass Through Trust Agreement, with respect to Sections
8.2(b) and 8.5(b), to each of the other parties hereto that:
8.1 Due Organization. State Street Bank and Trust Company is a state
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chartered trust company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has the corporate power
and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement,
the Pass Through Trust Agreement and the Pass Through Trust Supplement.
8.2 Authorization; Execution; Enforceability. (a) This Agreement,
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the Pass Through Trust Agreement and the Pass Through Trust Supplement have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by State Street Bank and Trust Company,
in its individual capacity and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery hereof and thereof by the other parties hereto and thereto, are legal,
valid and binding obligations of State Street Bank and Trust Company in its
individual capacity (to the extent it is a party hereto or thereto in such
capacity), enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, receivership, moratorium or similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by the application of general
equitable principles which may limit the availability of certain remedies.
(b) This Agreement, the Pass Through Trust Agreement, the Pass Through
Trust Supplement and the Pass Through Certificates have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Pass Through Trustee and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery hereof and thereof by the other parties
hereto or thereto, are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Pass Through
Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, receivership, moratorium or similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and the application of general
equitable principles may limit the availability of certain remedies.
8.3 No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by State
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Street Bank and Trust Company of this Agreement, the Pass Through Trust
Agreement and the Pass Through Trust Supplement the purchase by the Pass Through
Trustee of the Secured Note pursuant to this Agreement and the issuance of the
Pass Through Certificates pursuant to the Pass Through Trust
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Agreement and Pass Through Trust Supplement are not and will not be inconsistent
with its constitutional documents or do not and will not contravene any
Governmental Rule of the United States of America or the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts governing with respect to its banking or trust powers, and will
not contravene any provision of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, contract or other instrument to which State Street Bank and Trust
Company, in its individual capacity, is a party, or by which it or any of its
properties are bound, or require any Governmental Action of the United States of
America or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts governing its banking or trust
powers.
8.4 Litigation. There is no action, suit, investigation or
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proceeding pending or, to the Actual Knowledge of State Street Bank and Trust
Company, threatened against it, whether in its individual capacity or as Pass
Through Trustee, before any Governmental Authority governing its banking or
trust powers which, individually or in the aggregate (so far as State Street
Bank and Trust Company now can reasonably foresee), is reasonably likely
materially and adversely to affect the ability of the Pass Through Trustee (in
either such capacity) to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the
Pass Through Trust Agreement (in either such capacity).
8.5 Pass Through Trustee's Liens. (a) There are no Pass Through
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Trustee's Liens attributable to State Street Bank and Trust Company in its
individual capacity on the Pass Through Trust Property or on any part thereof.
(b) There are no Pass Through Trustee's Liens on the Pass Through
Trust Property or any part thereof.
8.6 Securities Act. State Street Bank and Trust Company has not
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offered any interest in the Pass Through Certificates or any Secured Note or any
similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to acquire the same from,
anyone other than the Underwriter, and no responsible officer or responsible
employee of State Street Bank and Trust Company has knowledge of any such offer
or solicitation, except as set forth in the Operative Documents, the Pass
Through Trust Agreement and Underwriting Agreement.
SECTION 9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE TRUST COMPANY AND OWNER TRUST.
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The Trust Company, in its individual capacity, represents and warrants
with respect to Sections 9.1, 9.2 (other than clause (b)(ii) thereof), 9.3, 9.4
(other than clause (b) thereto), 9.5, 9.6 (other than clause (b) thereto), 9.7
(as specified therein), 9.8 and 9.10, and in its capacity as Managing Trustee
represents and warrants with respect to Sections 9.2(b), 9.4(b), 9.6 (b), 9.7
(as specified therein), 9.9, 9.10, 9.11 and 9.12 to each of the other parties
hereto that:
9.1 Due Organization. The Trust Company is a Cayman Islands company
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duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
Cayman Islands and has the corporate power and authority to enter into and
perform its obligations under the Trust Agreement, this Agreement and each other
Operative Document to which it is a party and assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by the Owner Participant of the Trust
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Agreement and upon due direction by the Owner Participant pursuant thereto, will
have the power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations as
Managing Trustee under the Trust Agreement, this Agreement and each other
Operative Document to which the Owner Trust is a party.
9.2 Authorization; Execution; Enforceability. (a) This Agreement,
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the Trust Agreement and each other Operative Document to which the Trust Company
is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trust
Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other
parties hereto and thereto, are legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Trust Company enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and by the application of general equitable
principles which may limit the availability of certain remedies.
(b) This Agreement and each other Operative Document to which the
Owner Trust is a party (i) have been (assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Owner Participant of the Trust Agreement and upon due direction
by the Owner Participant pursuant thereto) duly authorized, executed and
delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver
such Operative Document on behalf of the Managing Trustee, and (ii) assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto,
are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Owner Trust enforceable against
it in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may
be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and the
application of general equitable principles may limit the availability of
certain remedies and upon execution of the Secured Note by the Managing Trustee,
authentication thereof by the Indenture Trustee and delivery thereof against
payment or the giving of consideration therefor in accordance with the Indenture
and this Agreement, the Secured Note will be legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Owner Trust enforceable against it in accordance with their
respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and the application of general equitable
principles may limit the availability of certain remedies.
9.3 No Violation. (a) The execution and delivery by the Trust
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Company of the Trust Agreement and, to the extent it is a party hereto or
thereto in its individual capacity, this Agreement and each other Operative
Document, are not or will not be, and the performance by the Trust Company of
its obligations under each will not be, inconsistent with the charter documents
or by-laws of the Trust Company, do not and will not contravene any Cayman
Islands Governmental Rule governing its banking or trust powers relating to or
affecting its capacity to act as contemplated by the Trust Agreement or the
other Operative Documents to which it is a party and do not and will not
contravene any provision of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, contract or other instrument to which the Trust Company is a party or
by which it or any of its property is bound, or require any Cayman Islands
Governmental Action relating to or affecting its capacity to act as contemplated
by the Trust Agreement or the other Operative Documents to which it is or will
be a party.
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(b) The execution and delivery by the Owner Trust of each Operative
Document to which the Owner Trust is a party are not, and the performance by the
Owner Trust of its obligations under each will not be, inconsistent with the
charter documents or by-laws of the Trust Company, do not and will not
contravene any Cayman Islands Governmental Rule regulating its banking or trust
powers relating to or affecting its capacity to act as contemplated by the Trust
Agreement or the Owner Trust Documents and do not and will not contravene any
provision of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, contract
or other instrument to which the Owner Trust is a party or by which it or its
property is bound or require any Cayman Islands Government Action relating to or
affecting its capacity to act as contemplated by the Trust Agreement or the
Owner Trust Documents.
9.4 No Default. (a) No Indenture Default or Indenture Event of
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Default attributable to the Trust Company has occurred and is continuing.
(b) No Indenture Default or Indenture Event of Default attributable
to the Owner Trustee has occurred and is continuing.
9.5 Litigation. (a) There is no action, suit, investigation or
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proceeding pending or, to the Actual Knowledge of the Trust Company, threatened
against the Trust Company before any Governmental Authority which, individually
or in the aggregate (so far as the Trust Company now can reasonably foresee), is
reasonably likely materially and adversely to affect the ability of the Trust
Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Operative
Document to which it is a party.
(b) There is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or,
to the Actual Knowledge of the Trust Company, threatened against the Owner Trust
before any Governmental Authority.
9.6 Owner's Liens. (a) There are no Owner's Liens attributable to
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the Trust Company on the Trust Estate or the Indenture Estate, or on any part of
either thereof and the execution, delivery and performance by the Trust Company
of the Operative Documents to which the Trust Company is a party will not
subject the Trust Estate or the Indenture Estate to any the Owner's Liens.
(b) There are no Owner's Liens attributable to the Owner Trust on the
Trust Estate or the Indenture Estate, or on any part of either thereof and the
execution, delivery and performance by the Owner Trust of the Operative
Documents to which the Owner Trust is a party will not subject the Trust Estate
or the Indenture Estate to any the Owner's Liens.
9.7 Securities Act. None of the Trust Company, the Owner Trust or
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any Person authorized by either of the Trust Company or the Owner Trust to act
on its behalf, has directly or indirectly offered or sold any interest in the
Trust Estate or the Secured Note, or in any similar security relating to the
Vessel Interest, or in any security the offering of which for the purposes of
the Securities Act would be deemed to be part of the same offering as the
offering of the aforementioned securities (collectively, any "Security") to, or
solicited any offer to acquire any
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of the same from, any Person, other than, in the case of the Secured Note, the
Loan Participant, and none of the Trust Company, the Owner Trust or any Person
authorized by either of the Trust Company or Owner Trust to act on its behalf
will take any action other than the sale of the Secured Note to the Loan
Participant that would subject the issuance or sale of any interest in the Trust
Estate or the Secured Note to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act
or require the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act it
being understood that no Person has been authorized to act on behalf of the
Owner Trust or the Trust Company in connection with the issuance and sale of any
Security.
9.8 Chief Place of Business. The Trust Company's chief place of
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business, chief executive office and office where the documents, accounts and
records relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each
other Operative Document are kept are located in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
9.9 No Taxes Payable. Except for Taxes based upon the income of any
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Person, there are no Taxes payable in the jurisdiction in which the principal
place of business of the Trust Company is located in connection with the
execution, delivery, consummation or recordation of this Agreement and the other
Operative Documents or upon or with respect to the Trust Estate or the Indenture
Estate and, solely because the Trust Company is a Cayman Islands company with
its principal place of business in the Cayman Islands and to the extent that it
performs any of its duties as Managing Trustee in the Cayman Islands, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Operative
Documents (including, without limitation, the filing of financing statements
with respect thereto or the sale or transfer of the Vessel Interest).
9.10 Federal Reserve Regulations. The Owner Trust is not engaged
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principally in, and does not have as one of its important activities, the
business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System of the United States), and no part of the proceeds of
the Secured Note will be used by it to purchase or carry any such margin stock
or, assuming the accuracy of the representation set forth in Section 5.15, to
extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such
margin stock or for any purpose that violates, or is inconsistent with, the
provisions of Regulation G, T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System of the United States.
9.11 No Other Activities. The Owner Trust has not engaged in any
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business or activities other than those contemplated by the Operative Documents
and the U.K. Documents and activities incidental thereto.
SECTION 10. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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State Street Bank and Trust Company represents and warrants in its
individual capacity with respect to Sections 10.1, 10.2(a), 10.3, 10.4 and
10.5(a), and not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as
Indenture Trustee with respect to Sections 10.2(b) and 10.5(b), to each of the
other parties hereto that:
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10.1 Due Organization. State Street Bank and Trust Company is a
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state chartered trust company duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has the
corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under
this Agreement and each other Operative Document to which it is or will be a
party.
10.2 Authorization; Execution; Enforceability. (a) This Agreement
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and each other Operative Document to which State Street Bank and Trust Company,
in its individual capacity is a party have been, duly authorized, executed and
delivered by State Street Bank and Trust Company, in its individual capacity
and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof and thereof
by the other parties hereto and thereto, are legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Indenture Trustee in its individual capacity (to the extent
it is a party hereto or thereto in such capacity), enforceable against it in
accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation,
receivership, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally
and the application of general equitable principles may limit the availability
of certain remedies. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof
by the Owner Trust, the Secured Note issued on the Closing Date pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement and the Indenture on the Closing Date will have been
duly authenticated.
(b) This Agreement and each other Operative Document to which the
Indenture Trustee is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Indenture Trustee and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery hereof and thereof by the other parties hereto or thereto, are legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Indenture Trustee, enforceable against it
in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation,
receivership, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally
and the application of general equitable principles may limit the availability
of certain remedies.
10.3 No Violation. The execution and delivery by State Street Bank
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and Trust Company of this Agreement and each other Operative Document to which
it is a party are not and will not be, and the performance by it of its
obligations under each will not be, inconsistent with its charter documents or
do not and will not contravene any Governmental Rule of the United States of
America or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts governing with respect to its
banking or trust powers, and will not contravene any provision of, or constitute
a default under, any indenture, mortgage, contract or other instrument to which
State Street Bank and Trust Company, in its individual capacity, is a party, or
by which it or any of its properties are bound, or require any Governmental
Action of the United States of America or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
governing its banking or trust powers.
10.4 Litigation. There is no action, suit, investigation or
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proceeding pending or, to the Actual Knowledge of the Indenture Trustee,
threatened against the Indenture Trustee, whether in its individual capacity or
as Indenture Trustee, before any Governmental Authority governing its banking or
trust powers which, individually or in the aggregate (so far as the Indenture
Trustee now can reasonably foresee), is reasonably likely materially and
adversely to
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affect the ability of the Indenture Trustee (in either such capacity) to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or any other Operative Document to which it
is a party (in either such capacity).
10.5 Indenture Trustee's Liens. (a) There are no Indenture
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Trustee's Liens attributable to State Street Bank and Trust Company in its
individual capacity on the Indenture Estate or on any part thereof.
(b) There are no Indenture Trustee's Liens on the Indenture Estate or
any part thereof.
SECTION 11. CHARTERER COVENANTS
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The Charterer covenants and agrees that:
11.1 Maintenance of Corporate Existence, Etc. Subject to the
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provisions of Section 11.2, the Charterer shall at all times maintain its
corporate existence and preserve and keep in full force and effect its rights
and franchises, the loss of which would have a material adverse effect on the
financial condition of the Charterer or its ability to comply with its
obligations under the Operative Documents.
11.2 Merger, Consolidation, Sale, Etc. So long as the Secured Note
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remains Outstanding or any amounts due and owing by the Charterer with respect
thereto to the Holders thereof under the Pass Through Trust Agreement or any
other Operative Document remain unpaid and so long as the Charter Period shall
not have expired or been terminated, the Charterer shall not consolidate with or
merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease substantially all
of its assets as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(i) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
Charterer is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or
lease substantially all of the assets of the Charterer as an entirety shall
be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States
of America or any State or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly
assume all of the obligations of the Charterer under the Operative
Documents;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Charter
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(iii) after giving effect to any consolidation, merger, conveyance,
transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of the Charterer as an
entirety in accordance with this Section 11.3, the Guarantee shall remain
in full force and effect and shall constitute a full and unconditional
guaranty of the successor corporation's obligations under the Operative
Documents to which it is a party and the Pass Through Trust Agreement to
the same extent as the Charterer's obligations under such documents prior
to giving effect to
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any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease of
substantially all of the assets of the Charterer.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any conveyance, transfer or lease of
substantially all of the assets of the Charterer as an entirety in accordance
with this Section 11.2, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation
or into which the Charterer is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or
lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every
right and power of, the Charterer under this Agreement and the other Operative
Documents with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named
as the Charterer herein. No such conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially
all of the assets of the Charterer as an entirety shall have the effect of
releasing the Charterer or any successor corporation which shall theretofore
have become such in the manner prescribed in this Section 11.2 from its
liability hereunder.
11.3 Change in Name or Chief Place of Business. The Charterer shall
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give notice to the Owner Trust, the Owner Participant and the Indenture Trustee
promptly after any change in its name or chief place of business or chief
executive office.
11.4 Further Assurances. The Charterer, at its own cost and expense,
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will cause to be promptly and duly taken, executed, acknowledged and delivered
all such further acts, documents and assurances as the Owner Trust, the Owner
Participant, the Loan Participant or the Indenture Trustee reasonably may
request from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the intent and
purposes of this Agreement, the Pass Through Trust Agreement, the Pass Through
Trust Supplement and the other Operative Documents and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. The Charterer, at its own cost and expense,
will cause the Indenture and the Charter, any supplements or amendments thereto
and restatements thereof and all financing statements, fixture filings and other
documents, to be recorded or filed at such places and times and in such manner,
as may be necessary, advisable or as may be reasonably requested (x) by the
Owner Trust, the Owner Participant, the Pass Through Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee in order to establish, preserve and protect the interest of the Owner
Trust in and to the Vessel Interest and the Owner Trust's rights under this
Agreement and the other Operative Documents and (y) so long as any Secured Note
is Outstanding, by the Indenture Trustee, the Loan Participant or (unless the
Indenture Trustee objects thereto) the Owner Trust in order to establish,
preserve, protect and perfect the security interest of the Indenture Trustee in
the Indenture Estate granted or intended to be created under the Indenture and
the Indenture Trustee's rights under this Agreement and the other Operative
Documents, subject only to Permitted Liens. During the ninety (90) day period
prior to the fifth, tenth, fifteenth and twentieth anniversary of the Closing
Date the Charterer will cause to be prepared and delivered to the Managing
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an opinion of one or more legal counsel to the
effect set forth in clauses (x) and (y) above subject to exceptions and
qualifications similar to those taken in the opinions delivered as at the
Closing Date and such other exceptions and qualifications as are customary at
the time of giving such opinion.
11.5 Inspection. (a) The Charterer shall permit the Indenture
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Trustee, (and any authorized representatives of any thereof), at such Person's
risk (including, without limitation, as to personal injury and death) and
expense, including, without limitation, the cost and expense for
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such Person's transportation to and from the Vessel, and under conditions
reasonably acceptable to the Charterer and subject to Section 12.5 hereof, to
visit and inspect the Vessel, and have access to officers of the Charterer and,
so long as it is a subcharterer of the Vessel, MSCL, all upon reasonable notice
and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as may be
reasonably requested; provided, however, that (A) unless there is an existing
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Charter Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee may not make more than one (1)
such inspection in any calendar year without the Charterer's prior written
consent and (B) prior to any such inspection the Charterer shall have been
provided reasonable assurances than any Person conducting such inspection is
fully insured with respect thereto.
(b) No Person entitled to make any inspection or inquiry referred to
in this Section 11.5 shall have any duty to make such inspection or inquiry, or
shall incur any liability or obligation by reason of not making any such
inspection or inquiry.
11.6 Documentation of Vessels. The Charterer agrees that, at or
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before the time of delivery of the Vessel to the Owner Trust pursuant to the
Head Lease on the Delivery Date, the Charterer shall cause the Vessel to be
documented, on a provisional basis, in the name of the U.K. Lessor (but at the
Charterer's expense) under the laws and the flag of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islands and
shall cause the Vessel to be documented on a permanent basis in the name of the
U.K. Lessor promptly after the Delivery Date. The Charterer shall throughout
the Charter Period cause the documentation of the Vessel to be maintained in the
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islands (or in any other jurisdiction selected by the Charterer
provided such other jurisdiction provides substantially equivalent (or better)
protection for the rights of lessors, lenders and mortgagees for similar
transactions as the law of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islands), and shall not do or suffer or
permit to be done anything which would prevent the maintenance of the
documentation of the Vessel under the laws and the flag of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islands
(or such other jurisdiction) or which would constitute or result in a violation
of any applicable law or regulation of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islands (or such other
jurisdiction) non-compliance with which could create any material risk of or
danger of the sale, forfeiture or loss of any material part of or interest in
the Vessel, provided, however, that in the event the Vessel is documented in a
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jurisdiction other than the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islands, the Charterer shall make or cause
to be made all filings and recordings or other actions necessary or advisable to
establish the Indenture Trustee's and the Owner Trust's interest in the Vessel
Interest.
11.7 No Petition. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by both the
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Indenture Trustee and Owner Participant, the Charterer hereby agrees to the
fullest extent permitted by law that so long as the lien of the Indenture shall
not have been discharged, it will not at any time institute against the Owner
Trust, or join in the institution against the Owner Trust of any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any
United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
SECTION 12. OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
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12.1 Agreements of Owner Participant. The Owner Participant
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covenants and agrees that:
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(a) Discharge of Liens. The Owner Participant will not create or
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permit to exist at any time, and will, at its own cost and expense,
promptly take such action as may be necessary duly to discharge, or to
cause to be discharged, (i) all Owner Participant's Liens and (ii) all
Owner's Liens resulting from any act or failure to act by the Owner Trust
at the express direction of, or with express authorization from, the Owner
Participant on all or any part of the Vessel Interest, the Trust Estate,
the Indenture Estate, or title thereto or any interest therein. The Owner
Participant shall indemnify, protect, defend, save and keep harmless the
Charterer, the Loan Participant, and the Indenture Trustee from and against
any and all Claims that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against
such Person or the Vessel Interest arising out of or secured by the Owner
Participant's Liens or the Owner's Liens described in clause (ii) of the
preceding sentence.
(b) Cooperation with Charterer. The Owner Participant shall, to the
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extent reasonably so requested by the Charterer, cooperate with the
Charterer, at the Charterer's expense, to enable the Charterer to make the
filings and recordings listed in Schedule 3, including, without limitation,
at any time and from time to time, upon the request of the Charterer
promptly and duly executing and delivering, any and all such further
instruments and documents as the Charterer may reasonably request in order
to perform such covenants and to make such filings and recordings.
(c) Successor Owner Trustee. The Owner Participant shall not appoint
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or cause or allow to be appointed a successor to either Owner Trustee or an
additional or separate trustee under the Trust Agreement without the prior
written consent of the Charterer. The Owner Participant shall cause any
such successor, additional or separate trustee, simultaneously with its
assumption of duties in such capacity, to take all actions as may be
reasonably requested by the Indenture Trustee, the Pass Through Trustee or
the Charterer (including, without limitation, the filing of financing
statements), at the Charterer's expense, in order to establish, preserve,
protect and perfect its interest in and to the Vessel Interest and its
rights under this Agreement and the other Operative Documents and, so long
as any Secured Note is Outstanding, the security interest of the Indenture
Trustee in the Indenture Estate granted or intended to be created under the
Indenture and the Indenture Trustee's rights under this Agreement and the
other Operative Documents, subject only to Permitted Liens.
(d) Performance of Obligations. The Owner Participant will perform
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and comply with all obligations imposed on the Owner Participant pursuant
to the provisions of the Charter or the Indenture in accordance with the
terms and conditions of each thereof.
(e) Instructions to the Owner Trust. The Owner Participant will not
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instruct or otherwise direct the Owner Trust to take, or omit to take, any
action in violation of the express covenants and agreements of the Owner
Trust in any Operative Document. Subject to Section 5 hereof, the Owner
Participant will direct and instruct the Owner Trust to execute and deliver
the Operative Documents to which it is to be a party and to comply with its
obligations set forth therein. The Owner Participant will not
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unreasonably withhold its consent to or authorization of any consent
requested of the Owner Trust under the terms of any Operative Document
which by its terms is not to be unreasonably withheld by the Owner Trust.
(f) Termination of Trust Agreement. Prior to the expiration or
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earlier termination of the Charter pursuant to its terms, the Owner
Participant will not terminate or revoke, or consent to the termination or
revocation of, the Trust Agreement, or, prior to the release of the Lien of
the Indenture on the Indenture Estate, amend or modify such Trust Agreement
in any manner that would materially adversely affect the Indenture Estate
or limit in any material manner the rights of the Indenture Trustee set
forth therein.
(g) Election to Retain Title. If the Owner Trust shall elect to
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retain the Vessel Interest pursuant to Section 18(e) of the Charter, the
Owner Participant will cause the Owner Trust to perform its obligations
under Section 18(e) in accordance with the terms thereof.
(h) Additional Financings and Refundings. The Owner Participant
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shall, to the extent reasonably so requested by the Charterer, cooperate
with the Charterer, (i) to facilitate the issuance of Additional Notes
permitted by the provisions of Section 2.08(a) of the Indenture and (ii) to
refund or refinance the Secured Note then Outstanding in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture.
(i) Trustee's Fees. The Owner Participant shall pay the reasonable
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ongoing fees and expenses of the Managing Trustee, Delaware Trustee, the
Pass Through Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for acting as such to the
extent not included in the Transaction Expenses. The Owner Participant
shall have the right to receive and review any substantiation relating to
any such ongoing expense as it may reasonably request.
12.2 Agreements of Trust Company and Owner Trust. The Trust
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Company, in its individual capacity, covenants and agrees with respect to
Sections 12.2(a)(i) and 12.2(b) and the Owner Trust covenants and agrees
with respect to Sections 12.2(a)(ii), 12.2(c), 12.2(d), 12.2(e), 12.2(f),
12.2(g), 12.2(h), 12.2(i) and 12.2(j) that:
(a) Discharge of Liens. (i) The Trust Company will not create or
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permit to exist at any time, and will, at its own cost and expense,
promptly take such action as may be necessary duly to discharge all Owner's
Liens on all or any part of the Vessel Interest, the Trust Estate, the
Indenture Estate, or title thereto or any interest therein attributable to
it. Except for the Owner Participant's obligation pursuant to Section
13.1(a)(ii), the Trust Company shall indemnify, protect, defend, save and
keep harmless the Charterer, the Owner Participant, the Loan Participant
and the Indenture Trustee from and against any and all Claims that may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Person or the Vessel
Interest arising out of or secured by any such Lien.
(ii) The Owner Trust will not create or permit to exist at any
time, and will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take such action as
may be necessary duly to
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discharge all Owner's Liens on all or any part of the Vessel Interest, the
Trust Estate, the Indenture Estate, or title thereto or any interest
therein attributable to it.
(b) Change of Chief Place of Business. The Trust Company shall give
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notice to the Charterer, the Owner Participant and the Indenture Trustee
prior to any change in its chief place of business or chief executive
office, or the office where the records concerning the accounts, contract
rights or general intangibles relating to the transactions contemplated
hereby are kept.
(c) Cooperation with the Charterer. The Owner Trust shall, to the
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extent reasonably so requested by the Charterer, cooperate with the
Charterer, at the Charterer's expense, to enable the Charterer to make the
filings and recordings listed in Schedule 3, including, without limitation,
at any time and from time to time, upon the request of the Charterer
promptly and duly executing and delivering any and all such further
instruments, documents and financing statements (and continuation
statements related thereto) as the Charterer may request in order to
perform such covenants and to make such filings and recordings.
(d) Notice of Transfer of Assets. The Owner Trust shall not transfer
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any of the estates, properties, rights, powers, duties or trusts of the
Owner Trust to any successor trustee or to any additional or separate
trustee under the Trust Agreement without giving prior written notice of
such transfer to the Owner Participant, the Charterer, the Pass Through
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 11 of the
Trust Agreement.
(e) Certain Transfers; Termination. Except as expressly permitted
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hereby or by the terms of any other Operative Document or required by the
terms of the Head Lease, the Owner Trust will not transfer the Vessel
Interest to any Person prior to the expiration or earlier termination of
the Charter pursuant to its terms, other than a successor Owner Trust
appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 of the Trust
Agreement, or terminate the Trust Agreement or distribute all or any part
of the Trust Estate to any Person.
(f) Owner Trust's Activities. The Owner Trust will not incur any
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indebtedness for money borrowed, or enter into any other activity, except
as contemplated by the Operative Documents or as may be necessary or
advisable to carry out its obligations or enforce its rights thereunder.
(g) Notice of Indenture Event of Default. Promptly after the Owner
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Trust has Actual Knowledge that the Indenture Event of Default attributable
to the Owner Trust has occurred and is continuing, the Owner Trust shall
deliver to the Charterer a notice of such Indenture Event of Default which
is not also a Charter Event of Default describing the same in reasonable
detail and, together with such notice or as soon thereafter as possible, a
description of the action that the Owner Trust has taken, is taking and
proposes to take with respect thereto.
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(h) ERISA. The Owner Trust agrees that (i) it shall not permit any
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ERISA plan sponsored or maintained by it, any ERISA Affiliate or any PTE
90-24 Affiliate thereof to purchase or hold the Pass Through Certificate
and (ii) neither it nor any PTE 90-24 Affiliate thereof shall act in a
fiduciary capacity with respect to the purchase or holding by any ERISA
plan of the Pass Through Certificates, in the case of (i) or (ii) which
would constitute a non-exempt "prohibited transaction" within the meaning
of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
(i) Ownership for Tax Purposes. The Owner Trust will not take any
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position inconsistent with its ownership of the Vessel Interest for U.S.
federal, state, or local income tax purposes.
(j) U.K. Documents. Owner Trust will not consent to any amendment or
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modification to the U.K. Documents which would adversely affect the
Indenture Trustee, the holder of the Secured Note or the Pass Through
Trustee without the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee.
12.3 Agreements of Pass Through Trustee. The Pass Through
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Trustee covenants and agrees that:
(a) Transfer of Secured Note. Any sale, transfer or assignment
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(including, without limitation, a transfer pursuant to the exercise of
remedies with respect to any Secured Note) by the Pass Through Trustee of
any Secured Note or of all or any part of its interest hereunder or under
the Indenture shall be on the express condition that the purchaser,
transferee or assignee, as the case may be, shall agree to be bound by the
terms and provisions applicable to the Pass Through Trustee contained in
this Agreement, the Secured Note and the Indenture. The acceptance by any
person of the Secured Note shall constitute such Person's agreement to be
bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Indenture. The
Pass Through Trustee will not make any such sale, transfer or assignment to
any Person unless such Person delivers to the Charterer, the Owner Trust,
the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Participant (i) a written
representation and warranty by such Person (or an opinion of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Charterer, the Owner Trust and the Owner
Participant) that such sale, transfer or assignment to and the holding of
any such interest by, such Person (1) will not result in a "prohibited
transaction" as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, or (2) are covered by an exemption contained in ERISA or an
administrative exemption adopted thereunder and (ii) a written undertaking
by such Person that is substantially identical to the covenant made by the
Pass Through Trustee in this Section 13.3(a) (including this clause (ii)).
(b) Instructions to Indenture Trustee. The Pass Through Trustee will
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not instruct or otherwise direct the Indenture Trustee to take, or omit to
take, any action in violation of the express covenants and agreements of
the Indenture Trustee in any Operative Document.
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(c) ERISA. The Pass Through Trustee agrees that (i) it shall not
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permit any ERISA Plan sponsored or maintained by it, any ERISA Affiliate or
any PTE 90-24 Affiliate thereof to purchase or hold any Pass Through
Certificate and (ii) neither it nor any PTE 90-24 Affiliate thereof shall
act in a fiduciary capacity with respect to the purchase or holding by any
ERISA Plan of the Pass Through Certificates, in the case of (i) or (ii)
which would constitute a non-exempt "prohibited transaction" within the
meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
12.4 Agreements of Indenture Trustee. State Street Bank and
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Trust Company, in its individual capacity, to the extent set forth herein, and
as Indenture Trustee, covenant and agree, as follows:
(a) Discharge of Liens. State Street Bank and Trust Company covenants
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and agrees in its individual capacity that it will not create or permit to
exist at any time, and will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take
such action as may be necessary to discharge, all of Indenture Trustee's
Liens on all or any part of any Vessel Interest, the Trust Estate or
Indenture Estate, or title thereto or any interest therein. The Indenture
Trustee shall indemnify, protect, defend, save and keep harmless the
Charterer, the Owner Participant, the Loan Participant and the Owner Trust
from and against any and all Claims imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against such Person arising out of the Indenture Trustee's Lien.
(b) Cooperation With the Charterer. The Indenture Trustee shall, to
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the extent reasonably requested by the Charterer, cooperate with the
Charterer, at the Charterer's expense, to enable the Charterer to perform
the Indenture Trustee's covenants contained in Section 11.5 and to make the
filings and recordings listed in Schedule 3, including, without limitation,
at any time and from time to time, upon request of the Charterer promptly
and duly executing and delivering any and all such further instruments,
documents and financing statements (and continuation statements related
thereto) as the Charterer may request in order to perform such covenants
and to make such filings and recordings.
(c) Original Charter. Except to the extent otherwise required by the
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Indenture and so long as it remains as Indenture Trustee, State Street Bank
and Trust Company agrees in its individual capacity that it will maintain
possession of the version of the Charter identified in a receipt therefor
executed by the Indenture Trustee as the original executed counterpart of
the Charter.
(d) Performance of Obligations. The Indenture Trustee will perform
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and comply with the provisions of the Indenture which, upon satisfaction of
any applicable conditions set forth therein, require payment or the
tendering of performance to the Charterer.
12.5 Confidentiality. Each of the parties hereto agrees that all
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matters relating to this Agreement, the other Operative Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be kept strictly confidential, including,
without limitation, the substance of its commercial terms,
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and any disclosure of such matters shall be made only with the prior written
consent of the other parties hereto. The obligations set forth in this Section
shall survive any termination or rescission of this Agreement, the Operative
Documents, and the Pass Through Trust Agreement, as the case may be. Nothing in
this Section shall prevent, or require the consent of any party to, any
disclosure:
(a) required by the order of any court of competent jurisdiction;
(b) as may be required by any Governmental Rule or Governmental
Authority;
(c) by any party to its legal and other professional advisers, or in
the course of or for the purpose of any arbitration or court proceedings;
(d) of information which has otherwise become public information
through no breach of this Section 13.5 by the disclosing party or through
filings made with the SEC; or
(e) in the case of the Pass Through Trustee and Indenture Trustee as
may be reasonably necessary or desirable to perform its duties on behalf of
the holders of the Secured Notes and Pass Through Certificates.
12.6 Further Assurances. In the event of the sale of the Vessel
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pursuant to Clause 23 of the Head Lease, the Owner Participant, the Charterer
and the Indenture Trustee shall take such steps and sign such documents as may
reasonably be required by the Owner Trust to effect such sale.
SECTION 13. INDEMNIFICATION
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13.1 General Indemnification.
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(a) Indemnification. The Charterer agrees, whether or not any of the
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transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, to assume liability for,
and to indemnify, protect, save and keep harmless each Indemnitee, on an After-
Tax Basis, from and against any and all Claims that may be imposed on, incurred
by or asserted against any Indemnitee, whether or not such Indemnitee shall also
be indemnified as to any such Claim by any other Person, in any way relating to
or arising out of (i) the Vessel or the Vessel Interest or any part thereof,
(ii) the Operative Documents, the U.K. Documents, the Pass Through Trust
Agreement, the Pass Through Trust Supplement, or the transactions contemplated
thereby or the issuance of the Secured Note or the Pass Through Certificates,
(iii) the manufacture, financing, refinancing, design, construction, inspection,
purchase, ownership, acquisition, acceptance, rejection, delivery, nondelivery,
possession, transportation, charter, sub-charter, sub-sub-subcharter,
mortgaging, granting of a security interest in, preparation, installation,
condition, transfer of title, rental, use, operation, storage, maintenance,
modification, alteration, repair, assembly, sale, return, abandonment or other
application or disposition of all or any part of the Vessel or the Vessel
Interest or any interest therein, including, without limitation, (A) Claims or
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penalties arising from any violation of law or liability in tort (strict or
otherwise), (B) loss of or damage to any property or the environment (including,
without limitation, clean-up costs, response costs and costs of corrective
action) or death or injury to any Person, (C) latent or other defects, whether
or not discoverable, and (D) any claim for patent, trademark or copyright
infringement, (iv) any breach of or failure to perform or observe, or any other
breach of or failure to perform or observe, or any other non-compliance with,
any covenant, condition or agreement or other obligation to be performed by the
Charterer or the Guarantor under any Operative Document, or the falsity of any
representation or warranty of the Charterer or the Guarantor in any of the
Operative Documents or in any Officer's Certificate delivered by the Charterer
or the Guarantor or (v) any claim for premiums or other charges related to
insurance carried by Charterer in accordance with the provisions of Article 16
of the Charter; provided, however, that the Charterer shall not be required to
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indemnify any Indemnitee under this Section 13.1 for (1) any Claim to the extent
attributable to acts, events, circumstances or conditions which arise, occur or
exist after the earliest of: (I) the return of possession of the Vessel
Interest to the Owner Trust or its designee pursuant to the terms of the Charter
or (II) the payment by the Charterer of all amounts required to be paid under
the Charter following an Event of Loss with respect to the Vessel and (III) sale
of the Vessel or the Vessel Interest to a third party as contemplated by the
Operative Documents or the U.K. Documents if the Charter shall not be in effect
following such sale, (2) any Claim to the extent resulting from the willful
misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or of any member of its
Related Indemnity Group (other than willful misconduct or gross negligence
imputed to such Indemnitee as a matter of law without regard to any action or
inaction of such Indemnitee and solely by reason of its interest in the Vessel
Interest), (3) any Transaction Expense or any other expense or Claim expressly
provided under any of the Operative Documents to be paid or borne by such
Indemnitee (or any member of its Related Indemnity Group at its own expense or
for which such Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnity or reimbursement, (4) any
Claim to the extent resulting from the offer, sale, disposition or transfer by
such Indemnitee of all or part of its interest in the Vessel, the Vessel
Interest, the Secured Note, or the Trust Estate, other than any such transfer or
disposition (i) resulting from a continuing Charter Event of Default, (ii) in
connection with an Event of Loss, or (iii) to a successor Owner Trustee, and, in
each case, without duplication of any amounts recovered pursuant to the Charter,
(5) any Claim to the extent resulting from a breach by such Indemnitee (or any
member of its Related Indemnitee Group) of any of its representations,
warranties or covenants in the Pass Through Trust Agreement or in any of the
Operative Documents or in any Officer's Certificate delivered pursuant thereto,
or to the extent attributable to the non-compliance by any Indemnitee (or any
member of its Related Indemnitee Group) with the terms of the Operative
Documents or to the extent resulting from violation of law by such Indemnitee,
unless such violation of law is the result of the failure of any other party to
comply with its obligations under any Operative Document to which it is a party
(other than, in the case of the Owner Participant, such a failure by the Owner
Trustee as a result of the direction or instruction of the Owner Participant
and, in the case of the Loan Participant, such failure by the Indenture Trustee
as a result of the direction or instruction of (or a vote or consent in favor of
such direction or instruction by) the Loan Participant) or any member of its
Related Indemnitee Group, (6) any Claims in respect of Taxes (other than Taxes
required to be paid to indemnify such Indemnitee under this Section 13.1 on an
After-Tax Basis) whether or not the Charterer is obligated to indemnify for such
Taxes under Section 13.2, (7) any Claim principally resulting from any business,
transaction or other activity in which such Indemnitee or any member of such
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Indemnitee's Related Indemnitee Group is engaged, other than the transactions
contemplated hereby, by the Pass Through Trust Agreement or by any of the other
Operative Documents, except to the extent resulting solely from a Charter Event
of Default, (8) any Claim to the extent attributable to the authorization or
giving or withholding by such Indemnitee or any member of its Related Indemnitee
Group of any future amendments, supplements, waivers or consents with respect to
any Operative Document or the Pass Through Trust Agreement, other than such as
have been requested by the Charterer or Guarantor, or such that occur as a
result of a Charter Event of Default that shall have occurred and is continuing,
or such as are expressly required by any Operative Document or the Pass Through
Trust Agreement, (9) any Claim resulting from any Lien resulting from any Claim
against such Indemnitee or any member of such Indemnitee's Related Indemnitee
Group for which such Indemnitee or any member of such Indemnitee's Related
Indemnitee Group is not indemnified hereunder as a result of any other exclusion
under this Section 13.1, (10) any Claim resulting from any Indenture Event of
Default which is not occasioned by a Charter Event of Default or Charter
Default, (11) with respect to the Owner Trust, the Trust Company, the Resident
Trustee and the Owner Participant, any Claim resulting from the indemnity given
by the Owner Participant pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Trust Agreement or any
indemnification pursuant thereto, except to the extent that the indemnitee under
such Section 6.3 would be otherwise entitled to indemnification from the
Charterer under this Section 13.1, (12) any Claim of the Pass Through Trustee to
the extent that it is indemnified by the Charterer pursuant to the Pass Through
Trust Agreement, (13) Claims against such Indemnitee or any member of such
Indemnitee's Related Indemnitee Group resulting from a violation of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, other than, in the case of an Owner Participant, the
making and holding of its investment pursuant to this Participation Agreement or
the taking of any action at the request or direction of the Charterer, (14) any
claim which is an ordinary and usual operating or overhead expense of such
Indemnitee (or any member of its Related Indemnitee Group), (15) failure on the
part of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trust or the Pass Through Trustee, as
the case may be, to distribute in accordance with the terms of any Operative
Document any amounts received and distributable by it thereunder, (16) any Claim
that constitutes a Permitted Lien or to the extent resulting from the imposition
of any Lien which the Indemnitee is required to lift and discharge pursuant to
any Operative Document or that constitutes or arises from such Indemnitee's
exercise of its contest rights with respect to a Permitted Lien attributable to
such Indemnitee, (17) any Claim of such Indemnitee relating to or arising from
or in connection with, or based upon any inaccuracy, incompleteness or
misleading nature of any statement or representation or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any written information supplied or made
available by such Indemnitee or any member of its Related Indemnitee Group
specifically for inclusion in the preparation of any offering document or
registration statement relating to the offer, sale or disposition of any Secured
Notes or the Pass Through Certificates, or any omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; (18) any Claim of such Indemnitee (x) arising
out of its inability to invest in another transaction or for any other purpose
as a result of such Indemnitee's or any member of such Indemnitee's Related
Indemnitee Group participation or investment of funds in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (y) for which a payment of
Termination Value paid by a Charterer in accordance with the terms of the
Operative Documents is intended to compensate such Indemnitee or any member of
such Indemnitee's Related Indemnitee Group, (19) any Claim to the extent that
such Claim would not have arisen but for the appointment of a successor or an
additional Owner
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Trustee without the consent of the Charterer, (20) any Claim to the extent that
such Claim relates to amounts payable by an Owner Participant to the Indenture
Trustee in respect of the Secured Note with respect to any Premium thereon as a
result of a Indenture Event of Default which is not occasioned by a Charter
Event of Default or any Premium payable by the Charterer or the Owner
Participant pursuant to Section 3.06 of the Indenture, (21) any Claim arising
from the negligence or strict liability of such Indemnitee or any member of such
Indemnitee's Related Indemnitee Group to the extent indemnity therefor would be
in violation of applicable law or (22) any disputes between or among Indemnitees
or their respective Related Indemnitee Groups that arise from (A) a
misrepresentation by an Indemnitee or any member of its Related Indemnitee Group
or a failure by an Indemnitee or any member of its Related Indemnitee Group to
perform such Indemnitee's obligations, warranties and covenants under the
Operative Documents or (B) a dispute over the interpretation of the Operative
Documents that does not result from a Charter Event of Default.
(b) Notices. If the Charterer shall obtain knowledge of any action,
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suit, proceeding or written notice of any Claim indemnified against under this
Section 13.1, the Charterer shall give prompt notice thereof to the appropriate
Indemnitee or Indemnitees, as the case may be, and if any Indemnitee shall
obtain any such knowledge, such Indemnitee shall give prompt notice thereof to
the Charterer; provided that the failure of such Indemnitee to so notify the
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Charterer shall not affect the Charterer's indemnification obligations under
this Section 13.1 to such Indemnitee except to the extent of any damage to
Charterer resulting from such failure. With respect to any amount that the
Charterer is requested by an Indemnitee to pay by reason of this Section 13.1,
such Indemnitee shall, if so requested by the Charterer and prior to any
payment, submit such additional information in such Indemnitee's possession to
the Charterer as the Charterer may reasonably request properly to substantiate
the requested payment.
(c) Contests. Subject to the rights of insurers under policies of
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insurance maintained pursuant to Section 16 of the Charter, the Charterer shall
have the right, at its sole cost and expense, to investigate, and the right in
its sole discretion to defend or compromise, any Claim for which indemnification
is sought under this Section 13.1, and the Indemnitee shall cooperate, at the
Charterer's expense, with all reasonable requests of the Charterer in connection
therewith. The Charterer will provide the Indemnitee with such information not
within the control of such Indemnitee, as is in the Charterer's control or is
reasonably available to the Charterer, which such Indemnitee may reasonably
request and shall otherwise cooperate with such Indemnitee so as to enable such
Indemnitee to fulfill its obligations under this Section 13.1. Where the
Charterer or the insurers under a policy of insurance maintained by the
Charterer undertake the defense of an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim, no
additional legal fees or expenses of such Indemnitee in connection with the
defense of such claim shall be indemnified hereunder unless such fees or
expenses were incurred at the request of the Charterer or such insurers;
provided, however, that if (i) in the written opinion of counsel to such
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Indemnitee an actual or potential material conflict of interest exists where it
is advisable for such Indemnitee to be represented by separate counsel or (ii)
such Indemnitee has been indicted or otherwise charged in a criminal complaint
in connection with a Claim not excluded by Section 13.1(a) and such Indemnitee
informs the Charterer that such Indemnitee desires to be represented by separate
counsel, the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be
borne by the Charterer. Subject to the requirements of any policy of insurance,
an Indemnitee may participate
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at its own expense in any judicial proceeding controlled by the Charterer
pursuant to the preceding provisions; provided that such party's participation
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does not, in the reasonable opinion of the independent counsel appointed by the
Charterer or its insurers to conduct such proceedings, significantly interfere
with such control; and such participation shall not constitute a waiver of the
right to receive the indemnification provided in this Section 13.1.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (x) the Charterer
shall not under any circumstances be liable for the fees and expenses of more
than one counsel for each of (i) the Owner Participant, the Owner Trustees and
the Owner Trust (and their respective successors and permitted assigns, agents
and servants) and (ii) the Loan Participants and the Indenture Trustee (and
their respective successors and permitted assigns, agents and servants), and (y)
during the continuance of a specified Charter Event of Default, the Charterer
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shall not compromise any Claim without the consent of the applicable Indemnitee,
such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
(d) Insured Claims. In the case of any Claim indemnified by the
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Charterer hereunder which is covered by a policy of insurance maintained by the
Charterer (or any Affiliate thereof), each Indemnitee and each member of its
Related Indemnitee Group agrees to cooperate with the insurers in the exercise
of the insurers' rights to investigate, defend, or compromise such Claim to
retain the benefits of such insurance with respect to such Claim.
(e) Subrogation. Upon payment in full of any Claim by the Charterer
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pursuant to this Section 13.1 to or on behalf of an Indemnitee, the Charterer,
without any further action, shall be subrogated to any and all claims that such
Indemnitee may have in respect of the matters against which such indemnity was
given (other than claims under any insurance policies maintained by such
Indemnitee or any member of its Related Indemnitee Group ). Such Indemnitee
agrees to cooperate with the Charterer and to execute such further instruments
to permit the Charterer, at the Charterer's expense, to pursue such claims, to
the extent reasonably requested by the Charterer.
(f) Refunds. Upon receipt by any Indemnitee of a repayment or
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reimbursement of all or any part of any Claim for which the Charterer shall have
paid for any Indemnitee or any member of its Related Indemnitee Group or for
which the Charterer shall have reimbursed any Indemnitee or any member of its
Related Indemnitee Group pursuant to this Section 13.1, such Indemnitee shall
pay to the Charterer, as promptly as practicable after the receipt thereof, the
amount of such repayment or reimbursement plus any interest received by such
Indemnitee or any member of its Related Indemnitee Group on such amount plus the
amount of any tax savings realized directly or indirectly by such Indemnitee or
any member of its Related Indemnitee Group as a result of such payment made to
the Charterer.
(g) Payments; Verification. Any amount payable to any Indemnitee
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pursuant to this Section 13.1 shall be paid to such Indemnitee promptly upon
receipt of a written demand therefor from such Indemnitee, accompanied by a
written statement describing the basis for such indemnity and the computation of
the amount so payable and, if requested by the Charterer, such determination
shall be verified by a nationally recognized independent accounting firm
mutually acceptable to the Charterer and the Indemnitee at the Charterer's
expense, unless such accounting firm determines that the amount payable by the
Charterer is less than 95 percent (95%) of the
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amount shown on such written statement, in which case such verification shall be
at such Indemnitee's expense.
13.2 General Tax Indemnification.
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(a) Payment of Taxes. The Charterer agrees that each payment of Base
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Hire and Termination Value pursuant to the Charter shall be free of all
withholding with respect to Taxes of any nature whatsoever, and in the event
that the Charterer shall be required by applicable law to make any such
withholding for any such payment, (x) Base Hire and Termination Value payable
shall be increased so that after making all required withholdings the Tax
Indemnitee receives an amount equal to the Hire it would have received had such
withholdings not been made, (y) the Charterer shall make such withholdings and
(z) the Charterer shall pay the full amount withheld to the relevant taxing
authority in accordance with applicable law. If for any reason the Charterer is
required to make any payment to a taxing authority or to any Tax Indemnitee as a
result of the application of the preceding sentence or otherwise that relates to
or is a result of any Tax imposed on or with respect to any Tax Indemnitee which
Tax (in whole or in part) is not the responsibility of the Charterer under the
terms of this Section 13.2, then the Tax Indemnitee in respect of which such Tax
is an excluded Tax hereunder shall, within 30 days after receipt of notice of
payment of the Tax and appropriate payment documentation with respect thereto,
pay to the Charterer an amount which equals the amount paid by the Charterer
with respect to or as a result of such Tax that is not the responsibility of the
Charterer (including any expenses or other charges borne by the Charterer)
increased by (but subject to the proviso in Section 13.2(f)) the amount of tax
savings to such Tax Indemnitee attributable to the making of such payment to the
Charterer. Each Tax Indemnitee also agrees (subject to the proviso in Section
13.2(f)) to reimburse the Charterer for any amounts withheld for which such Tax
Indemnitee obtains a credit or refund, within 30 days after receipt of such
credit or refund.
Except as provided in Section 13.2(b), the Charterer agrees to pay,
and to indemnify, protect, defend, save and keep harmless each Tax Indemnitee,
on an After-Tax Basis, whether or not any or all of the transactions
contemplated hereby are consummated in whole or in part, from and against any
and all taxes, impositions, fees, levies, assessments, duties, withholdings,
governmental claims or other charges of any nature whatsoever (together with any
related interest, fines, penalties or additions to tax), including, without
limitation, rental, income, withholding, sales, use, transfer, leasing, personal
property, excise, receipts, franchise, value-added, stamp, filing, recording,
documentation or license taxes, however imposed or asserted, by any United
States federal, state or local government or taxing authority (including any
possession or territory thereof) or any foreign government or taxing authority
or subdivision thereof, or any international taxing authority or any subdivision
or taxing authority of any thereof (all the foregoing being herein collectively
called "Taxes" or, separately, a "Tax"), upon or with respect to (i) the Vessel
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Interest or any portion thereof or interest therein, (ii) the acquisition,
purchase, sale, financing, chartering, subchartering, sub-subchartering and sub-
sub-subchartering, ownership, maintenance, repair, modification, replacement,
removal, substitution, redelivery, alteration, insuring, control, use,
operation, manufacture, assembly, delivery, possession, repossession, location,
storage, importation, exportation, refinancing, refunding, transfer of title,
registration, reregistration, transfer of registration, return or other
disposition thereof of all or any part of the Vessel Interest or any portion
thereof or interest therein, (iii) the rental payments
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(including, without limitation, all Base Hire and Supplemental Hire), receipts
or earnings arising from the Vessel Interest or any portion thereof or interest
therein, or payable pursuant to the Charter, or any other payment or right to
receive payment pursuant to the Operative Documents or the Pass Through Trust
Agreement or Pass Through Certificate (including, without limitation, any
payment of principal, interest, discount or premium on or with respect to the
Secured Note), (iv) the Operative Documents and any other documents contemplated
hereby or thereby and amendments and supplements thereto, or the issuance,
refunding, refinancing or resetting of the Secured Note or the Pass Through
Certificate or any other document executed and delivered in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents or Pass
Through Trust Agreement or the interest of any Tax Indemnitee in any of the
foregoing, or the execution, amendment, issuance or delivery of any of the
foregoing, (v) the Indenture Estate or Trust Estate or Pass Through Trust or the
property, or the income or other proceeds received with respect to the property,
held by the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or the Owner Trustee under the
Trust Agreement, or (vi) otherwise arising out of, with respect to, or in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents, the
Pass Through Certificate, or the Pass Through Trust Agreement.
(b) Exclusions from General Tax Indemnity. The provisions of Section
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13.2(a) shall not apply to, and the Charterer shall have no liability to a Tax
Indemnitee under Section 13.2(a) with respect to:
(1) Taxes (other than such Taxes that are sales, use, rental,
property or ad valorem Taxes) imposed on, based on or measured by, net income,
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receipts, capital, net worth, excess profits or conduct of business which are
imposed by the United States federal, or any state or local government therein,
or any foreign or international taxing authority, including any franchise or
privilege Taxes, minimum Taxes, value added Taxes imposed in lieu of net income
Taxes, withholding Taxes (other than withholding Taxes resulting from either the
Owner Trust or Owner Participant not being a United States person for United
States federal income tax purposes), and any Taxes on or measured by any items
of tax preference;
(2) Taxes, including, without limitation, sales and transfer
Taxes, that result from any voluntary or involuntary transfer by such Tax
Indemnitee of any interest in the Owner Participant, the Vessel Interest, the
Trust Estate or any portion of any of the foregoing, or any interest arising out
of the Operative Documents or Pass Through Trust Agreement or the Secured Note
or Pass Through Certificate; provided, however, that this Section 13.2(b)(2)
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shall not apply to any transfer that (A) relates to the exercise of remedies in
connection with a Charter Event of Default; (B) results from a Event of Default
or from an Event of Loss; or (C) results from the replacement, removal or
substitution of all or any part of the Vessel Interest;
(3) Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction that would not have been
imposed on a Tax Indemnitee but for its activities in such jurisdiction
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unrelated to the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents or Pass
Through Trust Agreement;
(4) Taxes that result from (A) the willful misconduct or gross
negligence of such Tax Indemnitee, (B) the breach or inaccuracy by such Tax
Indemnitee of any of its representations, covenants and obligations under the
Operative Documents, (C) the failure of a Tax Indemnitee to file tax returns
properly and on a timely basis or to claim a deduction or credit to which it is
entitled (provided that such Tax Indemnitee shall not be obligated to claim a
deduction or credit if it requests but fails to receive an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or other independent counsel selected by such Tax Indemnitee and
reasonably acceptable to the Charterer that it is entitled to claim such
deduction or credit), or (D) the failure of a Tax Indemnitee to comply with
certification, reporting or other similar requirements of the jurisdiction
imposing such Tax; provided, however, that the exclusions set forth in
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subclauses (C) and (D) shall not apply if any such failure is the result of the
failure of the Charterer to (I) perform its obligations under Section 13.2(c),
or to perform its duties and responsibilities pursuant to any of the Operative
Documents, (II) timely and properly notify such Tax Indemnitee of the applicable
filing, certification, reporting or other similar requirements, or (III) provide
reasonable assistance in complying with any such requirement;
(5) Taxes which are attributable to any period or circumstance
occurring after the expiration or earlier termination of the Charter, except to
the extent attributable to (A) a failure of the Charterer to fully discharge its
obligations under the Charter, (B) Taxes imposed on or with respect to any
payments that are due after the expiration or earlier termination of the Charter
and which are attributable to a period or circumstance occurring prior to such
expiration or earlier termination or (C) Taxes that relate to events, matters or
circumstances occurring prior to such expiration or earlier termination;
(6) Taxes which are based on or measured by fees or compensation
received by the Owner Trustee for acting as Owner Trustee under the Trust
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee for acting as Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture or the Pass Through Trustee for acting as Pass Through Trustee under
the Pass Through Trust Agreement;
(7) other than with respect to the Owner Participant, Taxes to the
extent such Taxes would not have been imposed on a Tax Indemnitee if such Tax
Indemnitee were a United States person for United States federal income tax
purposes;
(8) any Tax that is being contested in accordance with the provisions
of Section 13.2(e) during the pendency of such contest, but only for so long as
such contest is continuing in accordance with such Section and payment is not
otherwise required pursuant to such Section;
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(9) Taxes as to which any Tax Indemnitee fails to comply with its
contest obligations under Section 13.2(e) in any material respect, but only to
the extent such failure materially impairs the Charterer's contest rights with
respect to the Taxes that are the subject of the contest and is not due to any
act or failure to act by the Charterer; provided, however, that this Section
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13.2(b)(9) shall not constitute a waiver by the Charterer of its rights, if any,
to assert and ▇▇▇ upon any claims it may have against the Tax Indemnitee by
reason of its failure to comply with its obligations under Section 13.2(e) of
this Agreement;
(10) Taxes imposed as a result of the trust described in the Trust
Agreement or the Pass Through Trust not being treated as a grantor trust or
other conduit entity for federal, state or local tax purposes;
(11) any Taxes with respect to a transferee or subsequent transferee
to the extent of the excess of such Taxes over the amount of the Taxes that
would have been imposed had there not been a transfer by the initial Tax
Indemnitee after the Closing Date of (i) an interest in the Owner Participant,
the Vessel Interest, or of a beneficial interest in the Trust Estate or any
portion of any of the foregoing, or (ii) any interest arising under any
Operative Document or Pass Through Trust Agreement or any Secured Note or Pass
Through Certificate;
(12) Taxes which have been included in Owner's Cost;
(13) any Taxes imposed as a result of, or in connection with, any
"prohibited transaction," within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code,
Section 406 or ERISA or any comparable laws of any governmental authority,
engaged in by any Tax Indemnitee other than, in the case of the Owner
Participant, the making and holding of its investment in the Interest or the
taking of any action at the request or direction of the Charterer;
(14) Taxes imposed on the Owner Trust resulting from a Lessor's Lien;
(15) Taxes resulting from an amendment to an Operative Document which
is not consented to by the Charterer in writing; or
(16) any Tax in the nature of an intangible tax or similar tax upon or
with respect to the value of the interest of the Indenture Estate or a
Certificateholder, as the case may be, in any of the Secured Note or Certificate
imposed by any government or taxing authority.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein or any other Operative
Document to the contrary, the Charterer acknowledges and agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Owner Participant and Owner Trust against any and all
withholding Taxes (inclusive of any interest and penalties imposed for any
failure to timely withhold such Taxes) imposed on or with respect to any amounts
paid to Loan Participant as an indemnified Tax for purposes of this Section
13.2,
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unless such withholding is due to (i) the Owner Trust not being a United
States person for United States federal income tax purposes, (ii) a failure of
the Owner Participant or the Owner Trustee to comply with any provision of the
Operative Documents (including Section 13.2(b)(4)) except if such failure is the
result of the failure of the Charterer to perform its obligations under Section
13.2(c) or (iii) the breach or inaccuracy of any representations, covenants or
obligations by the Owner Participant or Owner Trust under the Operative
Documents. If a Tax (including any related interest, fines, penalties or
addition to Tax) results from a failure of any Tax Indemnitee to comply with its
obligations under the Operative Documents or the Pass Through Trust Agreement
and the Charterer is required to indemnify another Tax Indemnitee against the
imposition of such Tax, then the Tax Indemnitee whose failure resulted in the
imposition of such Tax shall, within 30 days after receipt of notice of payment
of the Tax and appropriate payment documentation with respect thereto, pay to
the Charterer an amount which equals the amount paid by the Charterer with
respect to or as a result of such Tax (including any expenses or other charges
borne by the Charterer) increased by (but subject to the proviso in Section
13.2(f)) the amount of tax savings to such Tax Indemnitee attributable to the
making of such payment to the Charterer.
The provisions of this Section 13.2(b) shall not apply to any Taxes
imposed in respect of the receipt or accrual of any indemnity payment made by
the Charterer pursuant to this Section 13.2 hereof.
(c) Reports. If any report, return, certification or statement is
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required to be filed with respect to any Tax that is subject to indemnification
under this Section 13.2, the Charterer shall timely prepare and file the same
(except for (i) any report, return or statement relating to any Taxes described
in Section 13.2(b)(1) or any Taxes in lieu of or enacted in substitution for any
of the foregoing or (ii) any other report, return, certification or statement
which the Tax Indemnitee has notified the Charterer that the Tax Indemnitee
intends to prepare and file); provided that such Tax Indemnitee shall have
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furnished the Charterer, at the Charterer's expense, with such information
reasonably necessary to prepare and file such returns as is within such Tax
Indemnitee's control. The Charterer shall either file such report, return,
certification or statement (so as to show the ownership of the Vessel Interest
in the Owner Trust) and send a copy of such report, return, certification or
statement to the Owner Participant and the Owner Trust, or, where not so
permitted to file, shall notify the Owner Participant and the Owner Trust of
such requirement within a reasonable period of time prior to the due date for
filing (without regard to any applicable extensions) and prepare and deliver
such report, return, certification or statement to the Owner Participant and the
Owner Trust. In addition, within a reasonable time prior to the time such
report, return, certification or statement is to be filed the Charterer shall,
to the extent permitted by law, cause all ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of such Taxes to be made to
each Tax Indemnitee in care of the Charterer, make payment thereof and furnish
written evidence of such payment. The Charterer shall furnish promptly upon
written request such data, records and documents as any Tax Indemnitee may
reasonably require of the Charterer to enable such Tax Indemnitee to comply with
requirements of any taxing jurisdiction arising out of such Tax Indemnitee's
participation in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including,
without limitation, requirements relating to Taxes described in Section
13.2(b)(1).
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(d) Payments. Any Tax indemnified hereunder shall be paid directly
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when due to the applicable taxing authority if direct payment is permitted, or
shall be reimbursed to a Tax Indemnitee on demand if paid by such Tax Indemnitee
in accordance herewith. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 13.2, all
amounts payable to a Tax Indemnitee hereunder shall be paid promptly in
immediately available funds, but in no event later than the later of (i) 10 days
after the date of such demand or (ii) 10 days before the date the Tax to which
such amount payable hereunder relates is due or is to be paid (ignoring
extension of time) and shall be accompanied by a written statement (which
written statement shall, at the Charterer's request, be verified by a nationally
recognized independent accounting firm mutually acceptable to the Charterer and
the Tax Indemnitee, such verification to be at the Charterer's expense unless
such accountants determine that the amount payable by the Charterer is less than
ninety-five percent (95%) of the amount shown on such written statement, in
which event it will be paid by the Tax Indemnitee) describing in reasonable
detail the Tax and the computation of the amount payable. In the case of a Tax
subject to indemnification under this Section 13.2 which is properly subject to
a contest in accordance with Section 13.2(e), the Charterer (i) shall be
obligated to make any advances with respect to such Tax whenever required under
Section 13.2(e) and (ii) shall pay such Tax (in the amount finally determined to
be owing in such contest) prior to the latest time permitted by the relevant
taxing authority for timely payment after a Final Determination.
(e) Contests; Refunds. (i) In the event a taxing jurisdiction makes
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a claim with respect to any Tax for which a Charterer may be liable under this
Section 13.2 (a "Tax Claim"), the Charterer may cause the applicable Tax
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Indemnitee to contest such Tax Claim as set forth herein. In the event any Tax
Indemnitee receives notice of a Tax Claim or potential Tax Claim which may be
indemnified under this Section 13.2, such Tax Indemnitee shall promptly notify
the Charterer thereof. If requested by the Charterer in writing within 30 days
of receipt of such notice (or, if sooner, on or before the last date upon which
the contest of such Tax can be initiated, provided that the Tax Indemnitee's
notice to the Charterer discloses such date), such Tax Indemnitee shall, upon
receipt of an indemnity satisfactory to it for all reasonable costs, expenses,
losses, legal and accountants' fees and disbursements, and for all penalties,
fines, additions to tax and interest, and at the expense of the Charterer,
contest the imposition of any Tax Claim by (1) resisting payment thereof, if
such Tax Indemnitee in its reasonable discretion shall determine such course of
action to be appropriate, (2) not paying the same except under protest, if
protest is necessary and proper, or (3) if payment shall be made, using
reasonable efforts to obtain a refund thereof in appropriate administrative and
judicial proceedings, or both; provided, however, that in no event will such Tax
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Indemnitee be required to contest or continue to contest any Tax Claim unless
such Tax Indemnitee and the Owner Participant shall have reasonably determined
that the action to be taken will not result in any material risk of sale,
forfeiture or loss of, or the creation of any lien (except if the Charterer
shall have adequately bonded such lien, or otherwise made provision to protect
the interests of such Tax Indemnitee and the Owner Participant in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to such Tax Indemnitee and the Owner Participant) on,
the Vessel Interest, any part thereof or interest therein. If such contest
shall involve payment of the Tax Claim, the Charterer shall have advanced to
such Tax Indemnitee the amount of such payment plus interest, penalties and
additions to tax with respect thereto on an interest-free basis, and shall have
agreed to indemnify the Tax Indemnitee, on an After-Tax Basis, for any adverse
tax consequences resulting from such advance. If permitted by applicable law,
the Charterer may contest, at its own expense, the imposition of any Tax Claim
if
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the proviso in the second preceding sentence is satisfied. In any contest
controlled by the Tax Indemnitee, such Tax Indemnitee will consult with the
Charterer and permit the Charterer to participate in a reasonable manner in the
conduct of the contest.
A Tax Indemnitee shall not make, accept or enter into a settlement or
other compromise with respect to any Taxes indemnified pursuant to this Section
13.2 (which proceeding the Tax Indemnitee is required to continue), or forego or
terminate any such proceeding with respect to Taxes indemnified pursuant to this
Section 13.2, without the prior written consent of the Charterer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Tax Indemnitee refuses to contest any Tax
Claim or effects a settlement or compromise of any such Tax that the Tax
Indemnitee is required to contest or otherwise terminates any such contest
without such prior written consent of the Charterer, such Tax Indemnitee shall
be deemed to have waived its right to any indemnity payment by the Charterer
that would otherwise be payable by the Charterer pursuant to this Section 13.2
in respect of such Tax Claim.
(ii) Upon receipt by any Tax Indemnitee of a repayment or refund of
all or any part of any Tax which such Charterer shall have paid for, or
advanced to, such Tax Indemnitee or for which the Charterer shall have
reimbursed such Tax Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 13.2, such Tax
Indemnitee shall pay to the Charterer, as promptly as practicable after the
receipt thereof, the amount of such repayment or refund plus any interest
received by, or credited to, such Tax Indemnitee on such amounts net of Taxes
thereon plus the amount of any net tax savings actually realized by such Tax
Indemnitee as a result of the payment made to the Charterer; provided, however,
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that: (A) such Tax Indemnitee shall not be obligated to make such payment with
respect to any net tax savings to the extent that the amount of such payment
would exceed (x) all prior indemnity payments (excluding costs and expenses
incurred with respect to contests) made by the Charterer with respect to such
Tax pursuant to this Section 13.2 and less (y) the amount of all prior payments
by such Tax Indemnitee to the Charterer hereunder with respect to such Tax (but
any such excess shall be applied against, and reduce pro tanto, any future
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payment due such Tax indemnitee pursuant to this Section 13.2); and (B) if there
is (1) a subsequent loss of any such tax savings or refund realized by the Tax
Indemnitee or (2) a reduction of an amount otherwise payable to a Tax Indemnitee
hereunder as a result of any such tax savings or refund, such loss or reduction
shall be treated as a Tax for which the Charterer must indemnify such Tax
Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 13.2.
(f) Tax Savings. If, by reason of any payment made to or for the
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account of a Tax Indemnitee by the Charterer pursuant to this Section 13.2, such
Tax Indemnitee at any time realizes a reduction in any Taxes for which the
Charterer is not required to indemnify such Tax Indemnitee pursuant to this
Section 13.2 and which was not taken into account previously in computing such
payment by the Charterer to or for the account of such Tax Indemnitee, then such
Tax Indemnitee shall promptly pay to the Charterer an amount equal to such
actual reduction in Taxes, plus the amount of any additional reduction in Taxes
of such Tax Indemnitee attributable to the payment made by such Tax Indemnitee
to the Charterer pursuant to this sentence; provided, however, that: (A) such
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Tax Indemnitee shall not be obligated to make such payment with respect to any
net tax savings to the extent that the amount of such payment would exceed (x)
all prior indemnity payments (excluding costs and expenses incurred with respect
to
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contests) made by the Charterer with respect to such Tax pursuant to this
Section 13.2 and less (y) the amount of all prior payments by such Tax
Indemnitee to the Charterer hereunder with respect to such Tax (but any such
excess shall be applied against, and reduce pro tanto, any future payment due
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such Tax indemnitee pursuant to this Section 13.2); and (B) if there is a (i)
subsequent loss of any such tax savings or refund realized by the Tax Indemnitee
or (ii) a reduction of an amount otherwise payable to a Tax Indemnitee hereunder
as a result of any such tax savings or refund, such loss or reduction shall be
treated as a Tax for which the Charterer must indemnify such Tax Indemnitee
pursuant to this Section 13.2.
13.3 Special Indemnity Relating to U.K. Documents. The Charterer
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agrees to indemnify, protect, save and keep harmless the Indenture Trustee, the
Pass Through Trustee and each holder of a Secured Note (the "Special
Indemnitees") from any losses, liabilities or expenses (collectively, "Losses")
suffered or incurred by any Special Indemnitee resulting from the obligations
(the "U.K. Obligations") of the Owner Trust under the U.K. Documents including,
without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, Losses incurred as a
result of an insolvency proceeding of the Owner Trust resulting from the U.K.
Obligations or Losses resulting from the failure of the Indenture Trustee to
receive Assigned Hire when due as a result of the actions of any holder of a
U.K. Obligation.
13.4 No Guarantee. Nothing in Sections 13.1, 13.2 or 13.3 shall be
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construed as a guaranty by the Charterer of any residual value in the Vessel
Interest or as a guaranty of the Secured Note.
SECTION 14. TRANSFER OF AN OWNER PARTICIPANT'S
INTEREST.
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14.1 Restrictions on Transfer. Without the prior written consent of,
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so long as the Charter shall be in effect, the Charterer, and, so long as the
Lien of the Indenture shall be in effect, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Participant shall not, directly or indirectly, assign, convey or otherwise
transfer (whether by consolidation, merger, sale of assets or otherwise) any of
its right, title or interest in and to the Trust Estate, this Agreement, the
Trust Agreement or any other Operative Document except in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Section 14.
14.2 Permitted Transfers. The Owner Participant may transfer all or
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part of its right, title and interest in and to the Trust Estate (whether or not
the same shall then have been pledged or mortgaged under the Indenture, but
subject to the Lien of the Indenture if then in effect) and in and to this
Agreement and the other Operative Documents to any Person (a "Transferee") only
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in compliance with and upon satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) the Transferee shall be (i) a financial institution, leasing
company or other investor whose net worth at the time is at least
$25,000,000 (or the obligations of which are guaranteed by an entity whose
net worth at the time is at least $25,000,000 pursuant to a guarantee in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Charterer and the
Indenture Trustee), (ii) an Affiliate of the Owner Participant, or (iii) a
solvent entity formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands or any of the
states of the United States at
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least 50% of the equity interest in which is owned by one or more
Affiliates of the Guarantor; provided that in the case of Transferees under
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clauses (ii) or (iii) either (x) the Owner Participant shall guarantee the
obligations of such Transferee as Owner Participant under the Operative
Documents pursuant to a guarantee in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Charterer and the Indenture Trustee, or (y) such
Transferee shall have a net worth at the time of such transfer of at least
$25,000,000;
(b) no such transfer shall violate any provision of, or create a
relationship which would be in violation of, any applicable Governmental
Rules, including, without limitation, applicable securities laws, any
agreement to which the Owner Participant or the Transferee is a party or by
which it or any of its property is bound or any Governmental Actions;
(c) the Transferee shall enter into an agreement or agreements, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Charterer, the Owner
Trust and (if the Lien of the Indenture shall then be in effect) the
Indenture Trustee, whereby the Transferee shall confirm that it has the
requisite power and authority to enter into and to carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby and in each Operative Document to which
the Owner Participant is or will be a party, and that it shall be deemed a
party to each of such Operative Documents and shall agree to be bound by
all the terms of, and to undertake all the obligations of the transferor to
be performed on or after the date of such transfer contained in, each of
such Operative Documents, and whereby such Transferee shall make
representations and warranties reasonably requested by the Charterer, the
Owner Trust and the Indenture Trustee not exceeding the scope of the
representations and warranties contained in Section 7; provided that such
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Transferee delivers to the Charterer and the Indenture Trustee a written
representation and warranty (or an opinion of counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Charterer and the Indenture Trustee) that such transfer
to and ownership by such Transferee (1) will not result in a "prohibited
transaction" as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
or (2) are covered by an exemption contained in ERISA or an administrative
exemption thereunder;
(d) the transferring Owner Participant shall have provided 30 days
prior written notice of such transfer to the Indenture Trustee and the
Charterer, which notice shall specify (i) such information and be
accompanied by evidence as shall be reasonably necessary to establish
compliance with this Section 15 and Section 12.7 of the Trust Agreement
(ii) the name and address (for the purpose of giving notice as contemplated
by the Operative Documents) of the Transferee;
(e) the transferring Owner Participant shall pay or cause to be paid
all reasonable fees, expenses, disbursements and costs (including, without
limitation, legal and other professional fees and expenses) incurred by the
Owner Trust, the Loan Participant, the Indenture Trustee or the Charterer
in connection with any transfer pursuant to this Section 14;
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(f) the transferring Owner Participant or the Transferee shall have
delivered to the Charterer and, if the Lien of the Indenture shall then be
in effect, the Indenture Trustee, an opinion of counsel in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to each of them, as to the due
authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability of the agreement or
agreements referred to in clauses (c) and (g) of this Section 14.2, and as
to the matters referred to in clause (b) of this Section 14.2; and
(g) the transferring Owner Participant or the Transferee shall agree
by an instrument in writing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Charterer to indemnify the Charterer against any increased tax
indemnity obligations the Charterer may have as a result of such
conveyance.
14.3 Effect of Transfer. From and after any transfer effected in
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accordance with this Section 14, the Owner Participant making such transfer
shall be released, to the extent of the obligations assumed by the Transferee,
from its liability hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to which it
is or will be a party in respect of obligations to be performed on or after the
date of such transfer. Upon any transfer by the Owner Participant in accordance
with this Section 14, the Transferee shall be deemed an "Owner Participant" for
all purposes of the Operative Documents and each reference herein to the Owner
Participant making such transfer shall thereafter be deemed a reference to such
Transferee for all purposes, except as provided in the preceding sentence.
SECTION 15. MISCELLANEOUS.
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15.1 Survival. All agreements, representations, warranties and
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indemnities contained in this Agreement and the other Operative Documents and in
any agreement, document or certificate delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or
in connection herewith or therewith shall survive and continue in effect
following the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Operative
Documents and the participation by the Owner Participant and the Loan
Participant in the payment of Owner's Cost as contemplated hereby and by the
other Operative Documents.
15.2 Binding Effect. All agreements, representations, warranties and
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indemnities in this Agreement and the other Operative Documents and in any
agreement, document or certificate delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in
connection herewith or therewith shall bind the Person making the same and its
successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of each Person for whom
made and its successors and permitted assigns.
15.3 Notices. All communications, notices and consents provided for
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in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given in person or by courier
or by means of telecopy or other wire transmission (with request for assurance
of receipt in a manner typical with respect to communications of that type), or
mailed by registered or certified first class mail, return receipt requested,
addressed as set forth in Schedule 1 or at such other address as any such Person
may from time to time designate by notice duly given in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 15.3 to the other parties hereto. All such
communications, notices and consents
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given in such manner shall be deemed given when received in accordance with this
Section 15.3 (or when proffered to a Person if receipt is refused).
15.4 Counterpart Execution. This Agreement may be executed in any
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number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate
counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
15.5 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED
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BY, AND BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, BUT
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF BUT APPLYING
WHERE MANDATORILY APPLICABLE THE FEDERAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
15.6 Amendments, Supplements, Etc. (a) Neither this Agreement nor
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any of the terms hereof may be amended, supplemented, waived or modified orally,
but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which
enforcement of such change is sought.
(b) Prior to the Charter Termination Date, neither the Trust
Agreement nor the Indenture may be amended, waived, supplemented or modified to
permit any action contrary to, or disturb the Charterer's rights under, the
Charter, or otherwise adversely affect the Charterer's rights, or increase the
Charterer's obligations or liabilities, under any Operative Document without the
consent of the Charterer.
15.7 Headings; Table of Contents. The division of this Agreement
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into Sections, subsections and paragraphs, the provision of a table of contents
and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall
not affect the construction or interpretation hereof.
15.8 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement
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which may be determined by competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in
such jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of such invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating or rendering
unenforceable any remaining terms and provisions hereof, and any such invalidity
or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall
negotiate in good faith to replace such provision with an appropriate, legal
provision. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto hereby
waive any provision thereof that renders any term or provision hereof invalid or
unenforceable in any respect.
15.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the schedules and
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exhibits hereto), the Pass Through Trust Agreement, the Pass Through Trust
Supplement and the other Operative Documents, and all certificates, instruments
and other documents relating thereto delivered and to be delivered from time to
time pursuant to the Operative Documents and the Pass Through Trust Agreement,
supersede all agreements (other than any Operative Document) prior to the date
of this Agreement, written or oral, between or among any of the parties hereto
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relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, not including the
Joint Venture Agreement.
15.10 Limitation of Liability of Managing Trustee, Indenture Trustee
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and Pass Through Trustee. (a) It is expressly understood and agreed by and
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among all of the parties hereto that, except as otherwise expressly provided
herein or in any other Operative Document (other than the Trust Agreement), (i)
this Agreement is executed and delivered by the Managing Trustee not in its
individual capacity, except to the extent expressly set forth herein, but solely
as Managing Trustee for the Owner Trust under the Trust Agreement in the
exercise of the power and authority conferred and vested in it as the Managing
Trustee, (ii) certain of the representations, undertakings and agreements made
herein by the Managing Trustee are not personal representations, undertakings
and agreements, but are binding only on the Trust Estate and the Managing
Trustee, as trustee, (iii) except as set forth in the proviso to this sentence,
nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability of the
Trust Company or any incorporator or any past, present or future subscriber to
the capital stock of, or stockholder, officer or director of, the Trust Company
to perform any covenant, whether express or implied, contained herein, all such
liability, if any, being expressly waived by each of the other parties hereto
and by any Person claiming by, through or under any such party, and (iv) so far
as the Managing Trustee is concerned, each of the other parties hereto and any
Person claiming by, through or under any such party shall (other than with
respect to Claims arising from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the
Managing Trustee or its failure to distribute funds in accordance with the terms
of the Operative Documents) look solely to the Trust Estate and the Indenture
Estate for the performance of any obligation under any of the instruments
referred to herein; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this
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Section 15.10 to the contrary, the Trust Company shall be liable (A) in its
individual capacity and as Managing Trustee to the Owner Participant as
expressly set forth in the Trust Agreement, (B) in its individual capacity, in
respect of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Trust Company
made in its individual capacity as expressly set forth herein (including,
without limitation, Sections 9) or in any other Operative Document to which it
is a party or in any Officer's Certificate of the Trust Company delivered
pursuant hereto, and (C) in its individual capacity for the consequences of its
own gross negligence or willful misconduct or its failure to distribute funds in
accordance with the terms of the Operative Documents to which it is or will be a
party (including, without limitation, willful breach of contract).
(b) It is expressly understood and agreed by and among all of the
parties hereto that, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any
other Operative Document, (i) this Agreement is executed and delivered by State
Street Bank and Trust Company not in its individual capacity but solely as
trustee under the Indenture in the exercise of the power and authority conferred
and vested in it as such Indenture Trustee, (ii) certain of the representations,
undertakings and agreements made herein by the Indenture Trustee are not
personal representations, undertakings and agreements, but are binding only on
the Indenture Trustee, as trustee, (iii) except as set forth in the proviso to
this sentence, nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any
liability of State Street Bank and Trust Company or any incorporator or any
past, present or future subscriber to the capital stock of, or stockholder,
officer or director of, State Street Bank and Trust Company to perform any
covenant, whether express or implied, contained herein, all such liability, if
any, being expressly waived by each of the other parties
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hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under any such party, and (iv)
so far as the Indenture Trustee is concerned, each of the other parties hereto
and any Person claiming by, through or under any such party shall (other than
with respect to Claims arising from the willful misconduct or gross negligence
of the Indenture Trustee and for its failure to distribute funds in accordance
with the terms of the Operative Documents) look solely to the Indenture Trustee,
as trustee for the performance of any obligation under any of the instruments
referred to herein; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this
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Section 15.10 to the contrary, State Street Bank and Trust Company shall be
liable (A) in its individual capacity, in respect of the representations,
warranties and agreements of the Indenture Trustee made in its individual
capacity as expressly set forth herein (including, without limitation, in
Section 10) or in any other Operative Document to which it is a party or in any
Officer's Certificate made in its individual capacity delivered pursuant hereto,
and (B) in its individual capacity for the consequences of its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct and for its failure to use ordinary care to
disburse funds in accordance with any Operative Document to which it is or will
be a party.
(c) It is expressly understood and agreed by and among all of the
parties hereto that, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the
Pass Through Trust Agreement, (i) this Agreement is executed and delivered by
State Street Bank and Trust Company not in its individual capacity but solely as
trustee under the Pass Through Trust Agreement in the exercise of the power and
authority conferred and vested in it as such Pass Through Trustee, (ii) certain
of the representations, undertakings and agreements made herein by the Pass
Through Trustee are not personal representations, undertakings and agreements,
but are binding only on the Pass Through Trustee, as trustee, (iii) except as
set forth in the proviso to this sentence, nothing herein contained shall be
construed as creating any liability of State Street Bank and Trust Company or
any incorporator or any past, present or future subscriber to the capital stock
of, or stockholder, officer or director of, State Street Bank and Trust Company
to perform any covenant, whether express or implied, contained herein, all such
liability, if any, being expressly waived by each of the other parties hereto
and by any Person claiming by, through or under any such party, and (iv) so far
as the Pass Through Trustee is concerned, each of the other parties hereto and
any Person claiming by, through or under any such party shall (other than with
respect to Claims arising from the willful misconduct or negligence of the Pass
Through Trustee and for its failure to distribute funds in accordance with the
terms of the Pass Through Trust Agreement) look solely to the Pass Through
Trustee, as trustee for the performance of any obligation under any of the
instruments referred to herein; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything
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in this Section 15.10 to the contrary, State Street Bank and Trust Company shall
be liable (A) in its individual capacity, in respect of the representations,
warranties and agreements of the Pass Through Trustee made in its individual
capacity as expressly set forth herein (including, without limitation, in
Sections 8 and 11) or in the Pass Through Trust Agreement or in any Officer's
Certificate made in its individual capacity delivered pursuant hereto, and (B)
in its individual capacity for the consequences of its own negligence or willful
misconduct and for its failure to use ordinary care to disburse funds in
accordance with the Pass Through Trust Agreement.
15.11 Jurisdiction; Service of Process. Any legal action or
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proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any other Operative Document to
which any party hereto is a signatory or against any such party or against the
Indenture Estate or Trust Estate may be
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brought, at the option of any such party, in any of the courts in the State of
New York or the Federal courts of the United States of America located in the
City of New York, and each party hereto hereby unconditionally accepts the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts, expressly waiving any other
jurisdiction to which any such party may be entitled by reason of its present
and future domicile. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection it may
now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in
any of the aforesaid courts and any claim it may now or hereafter have that any
such action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party
hereto further irrevocably consents to the service of process out of any of the
aforesaid courts in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies
thereof by registered or certified mail to such party's address for notices
specified herein. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any
other manner permitted by law.
15.12 Instructions. By their respective execution and delivery of
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this Agreement, the Owner Participant and the Pass Through Trustee hereby
instruct the Owner Trust, the Managing Trustee and the Indenture Trustee to
execute and deliver this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have each caused this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first
above written.
CHARTERER: MOBIL EQUIPMENT FINANCE COMPANY INC.
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
OWNER PARTICIPANT: QM TANKER CO. LLC
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
MANAGING TRUSTEE: DEUTSCHE ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (CAYMAN) LIMITED, not in its
individual capacity except to the extent expressly
provided herein, but solely as Managing Trustee
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
OWNER TRUST: QM TANKER 1178 TRUST
By: DEUTSCHE ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (CAYMAN) LIMITED, not in
its individual capacity, except to the extent expressly
set forth herein, but solely as Managing Trustee
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
[PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT - 1178]
INDENTURE TRUSTEE: STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual capacity, except to the extent expressly set
forth herein, but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
PASS THROUGH TRUSTEE: STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual capacity, except to the extent expressly set
forth herein, but solely as Pass Through Trustee and
Loan Participant
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
[PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT - 1178]
APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS
SCHEDULE 1
to
Participation Agreement
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ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES AND PAYMENTS
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SCHEDULE 2
to
Participation Agreement
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INVESTMENT
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SCHEDULE 3
to
Participation Agreement
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CERTAIN FILINGS AND RECORDINGS
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A. Precautionary UCC-1 Financing Statements with regard to the Charter filed
with each of the following:
1. State Corporation Commission of Virginia
2. County Clerk's Office of Fairfax County, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇. UCC-1 Financing Statements with regard to the Indenture Estate filed with
the Secretary of State of Delaware.
C. Delivery of prescribed particulars of the charge created by the Owner Trust
under the Indenture together with an original of the Indenture to the
Registrar of Companies in England.
SCHEDULE 4
Exhibit ▇-▇
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Exhibit A-3
Exhibit A-4
Exhibit A-5
Exhibit A-6
Exhibit A-7
Exhibit A-8
Exhibit A-9
Exhibit A-10
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION................................................. 2
SECTION 2. COMMITMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS; CLOSING; FUNDING; TRANSACTION EXPENSES.......... 2
SECTION 3. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING BY THE CHARTERER....................................... 5
SECTION 4. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING BY THE PASS THROUGH TRUSTEE............................ 7
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING BY OWNER............................................... 13
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF............................................ 18
SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE OWNER
PARTICIPANT.................................................................. 22
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PASS THROUGH TRUSTEE................... 24
SECTION 9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TRUST
COMPANY AND OWNER TRUST...................................................... 25
SECTION 10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INDENTURE
TRUSTEE..................................................................... 28
SECTION 11. CHARTERER COVENANT.......................................................... 30
SECTION 12. OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS.............................................. 32
SECTION 13. INDEMNIFICATION............................................................. 38
SECTION 14. TRANSFER OF AN OWNER PARTICIPANT'S.......................................... 50
SECTION 15. MISCELLANEOUS............................................................... 52