NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTRELATING TO THE SECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED 14 JULY 2014, AS MOST RECENTLY AMENDED AND RESTATED ON 15 JUNE 2023 AND AS MOST RECENTLY AMENDED ON 30 November 2023 FOR THE DOLLAR EQUIVALENT OF UP TO €748,685,000 PRE AND...

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Exhibit 10.17

[*]: THE IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (i) NOT MATERIAL AND (ii) IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.

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Contents

Clause‌Page

1 Definitions‌2

2 Agreement of the Finance Parties‌3

3 Amendments to the Original Credit Agreement‌3

4 Representations and warranties‌3

5 Conditions‌4

6 Confirmations‌5

7 Fees, costs and expenses‌5

8 Miscellaneous and notices‌6

9 Applicable law‌6

Schedule 1 The Lenders‌8

Schedule 2 Conditions precedent to Effective Date‌9

Schedule 3 Form of Effective Date Notice‌11

Schedule 4 Amendments to the Original Credit Agreement‌11

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THIS NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT is dated 31 January 2025 and made BETWEEN:

WHEREAS:

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

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Words and expressions defined in the Original Credit Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meanings when used in this Agreement.

In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

Credit Agreement means the Original Credit Agreement as amended by this Agreement;

Effective Date means the date on which the Facility Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders in writing substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Form of Effective Date Notice) that the Facility Agent has received the documents and evidence specified in clause 5.1 (Documents and evidence), clause 5.2 (General conditions precedent) and Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent to Effective Date) in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it (and provided that the Facility Agent shall be under no obligation to give the notification if a Default or a mandatory prepayment event under Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement shall have occurred);

Finance Party means the Facility Agent, the Hermes Agent, the Collateral Agent, the CIRR Agent or a Lender; and

Obligor means the Borrower, the Parent, the Shareholder and the Charterer.

References in:

The headings of the several clauses and sub-clauses of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.

The parties acknowledge and agree that they may execute this Agreement and any variation or amendment to the same, by electronic instrument.  The parties agree that the electronic signatures appearing on the document shall have the same effect as handwritten signatures and the use of an electronic signature on this Agreement shall have the same validity and legal effect as the use of a signature affixed by hand and is made with the intention of authenticating this

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Agreement, and evidencing the parties' intention to be bound by the terms and conditions contained herein.  For the purposes of using an electronic signature, the parties authorise each other to the lawful processing of personal data of the signers for contract performance and their legitimate interests including contract management.

A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement.  Notwithstanding any term of this Agreement, the consent of any person who is not a party to this Agreement is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time.

The Finance Parties, relying upon the representations and warranties on the part of the Obligors contained in clause 4 (Representations and warranties), agree with the Borrower that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, fulfilment of the conditions contained in clause 5 (Conditions) and Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent to Effective Date), the Original Credit Agreement shall be amended on the terms set out in clause 3 (Amendments to the Original Credit Agreement).

The Original Credit Agreement shall, with effect on and from the Effective Date, be (and it is hereby) amended in accordance with the amendments set out in Schedule 4 (Amendments to the Original Credit Agreement) and (as so amended) and will continue to be binding upon the parties to it in accordance with its terms as so amended.

Save as amended by this Agreement, the provisions of the Original Credit Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and the Original Credit Agreement and this Agreement shall be read and construed as one instrument.

Each of the Obligors represents and warrants to the Finance Parties that:

it has the power to enter into and perform this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and has taken all necessary action to authorise the entry into and performance of this Agreement and such transactions.  This Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable in accordance with its terms and in entering into this Agreement, it is acting on its own account;

the entry into and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not conflict with:

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all authorisations, approvals, consents, licenses, exemptions, filings, registrations, notarisations and other matters, official or otherwise, required in connection with the entry into, performance, validity and enforceability of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect;

no fees or taxes, including, without limitation, stamp, transaction, registration or similar taxes, are required to be paid to ensure the legality, validity, or enforceability of this Agreement.  The choice of the laws of England as set forth in this Agreement is a valid choice of law, and the irrevocable submission by each Obligor to jurisdiction and consent to service of process and, where necessary, appointment by such Obligor of an agent for service of process, as set forth in this Agreement, is legal, valid, binding and effective;

each Obligor has fully disclosed in writing to the Facility Agent all facts relating to such Obligor which it knows or should reasonably know and which might reasonably be expected to influence the Lenders in deciding whether or not to enter into this Agreement; and

the terms of this Agreement and the amendments to be made to the Original Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement are substantially the same terms and amendments as those set out or to be set out in an amendment agreement to each other financial contract or financial document relating to any existing Indebtedness for Borrowed Money with the support of any ECA in existence as at the date of this Agreement and each of the Obligors undertakes that it shall on or before the Effective Date (or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter) enter into an amendment agreement (with such amendments being on substantially the same terms as those set out in this Agreement and the Credit Agreement (as applicable) to each other financial contract or financial document relating to any existing Indebtedness for Borrowed Money with the support of any ECA in existence as at the date of this Agreement in order to substantially reflect the amendments to be made to the Original Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement.

Each of the representations and warranties contained in clause 4.1 (Primary representations and warranties) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be repeated by the Obligors on the Effective Date as if made with reference to the facts and circumstances existing on such day.

The agreement of the Finance Parties referred to in clause 2 (Agreement of the Finance Parties) shall be further subject to the receipt by the Facility Agent or its duly authorised representative of

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the documents and evidence specified in Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent to Effective Date) in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Facility Agent and its lawyers.

The agreement of the Finance Parties referred to in clause 2 (Agreement of the Finance Parties) shall be further subject to:

The Borrower undertakes as soon as possible (but in any event within 10 days of the Effective Date) to deliver to the Facility Agent copies of the financing statements (Form UCC-1 or the equivalent) and the search results (Form UCC-11) prepared, filed and/or obtained by the Borrower's counsel, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, to the extent required, in connection with the amendment of the Original Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement.

The conditions specified in this clause 5 are inserted solely for the benefit of the Finance Parties and may be waived by the Finance Parties in whole or in part with or without conditions.

The Parent as guarantor hereby confirms its consent to the amendments to the Original Credit Agreement contained in this Agreement and agrees that the guarantee and indemnity provided in Section 15 (Parent Guaranty) of the Original Credit Agreement, and the obligations of the Parent as guarantor thereunder, shall remain and continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the said amendments to the Original Credit Agreement contained in this Agreement.

Each Obligor further acknowledges and agrees, for the avoidance of doubt, that:

The Borrower agrees to pay on demand:

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and all such costs and expenses shall be paid with interest at the rate referred to in Section 2.06 (Interest) of the Credit Agreement from the date on which such expenses were incurred to the date of payment (as well after as before judgment).

All fees and expenses payable pursuant to this clause 7 shall be paid together with VAT or any similar tax (if any) properly chargeable thereon.

The Borrower agrees to pay to the Facility Agent on demand all stamp, documentary, registration or other like duties or taxes (including any duties or taxes payable by the Facility Agent) imposed on or in connection with this Agreement and shall indemnify the Facility Agent against any liability arising by reason of any delay or omission by the Borrower to pay such duties or taxes.

The provisions of Section 14.03 (Notices) of the Credit Agreement shall extend and apply to the giving or making of notices or demands hereunder as if the same were expressly stated herein with all necessary changes.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original but all counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

The provisions of Section 9.10(a) (Further Assurances) of the Credit Agreement shall extend and apply to this Agreement as if the same were expressly stated herein with all necessary changes.

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations connected with it are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English law.

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The provisions of Section 14.07(b) and Section 16 (Bail-In) of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement as if the same were expressly stated herein with all necessary changes.

Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each Obligor: (i) irrevocably appoints HT Corporate Services Limited, currently of ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Agreement and (ii) agrees that failure by an agent for service of process to notify it of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.  If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process, the Parent (on behalf of all the Obligors) must immediately (and in any event within five days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the facility agent.  Failing this, the Facility Agent may appoint another agent for this purpose.

This Agreement has been executed on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

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With effect on and from the Effective Date the Original Credit Agreement shall be, and shall be deemed by this Agreement to be, amended as follows:

"Ninth Supplemental Agreement" means the amendment to this Agreement dated 31 January 2025 between, amongst others, the Borrower, the Facility Agent and the Collateral Agent.

“Supplemental Agreements” means the First Supplemental Agreement, the Second Supplemental Agreement, the Third Supplemental Agreement, the Fourth Supplemental Agreement, the Fifth Supplemental Agreement, the Sixth Supplemental Agreement, the Seventh Supplemental Agreement, the Eighth Supplemental Agreement and the Ninth Supplemental Agreement.

“(C) any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or issuance of Capital Stock incurred or issued after December 31, 2023; provided that the proceeds raised from such incurrence of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or the issuance of Capital Stock shall not be used in whole or in part for (x) any form of merger, sub-division, amalgamation, restructuring, consolidation, winding-up, dissolution or anything analogous thereto or acquisition of any entity, share capital or obligations of any corporation or other entity by any member of the NCLC Group (notwithstanding Section 10.02), or (y) the prepayment of any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money other than as permitted by Section 4.02(d)(v)(A) or (B) and except as permitted by Section 4.02(d)(ii)(A) and (E) for the purposes of refinancing such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money;”

“Intentionally omitted”.

Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each Credit Party (other than a Credit Party incorporated in England and Wales): (i) irrevocably appoints HT Corporate Services Limited, currently of ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Credit Document and (ii) agrees that failure by an agent for service of process to notify the relevant Credit Party of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.  If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process, the Parent (on behalf of all the Credit Parties) must immediately (and in any event within five days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the facility agent.  Failing this, the Facility Agent may appoint another agent for this purpose.

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“Intentionally omitted”.

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The Borrower

SIGNED by )
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
SEAHAWK TWO, LTD.)........................................
Authorised Signatory

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The Parent

SIGNED by )
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
NCL CORPORATION LTD.)........................................
Authorised Signatory

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The Shareholder

SIGNED by )
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
NCL INTERNATIONAL, LTD.)........................................
Authorised Signatory

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The Charterer

SIGNED by )
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
NCL (BAHAMAS) LTD.)........................................
Authorised Signatory

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The Facility Agent

SIGNED by )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH)........................................
Authorised Signatory

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The Hermes Agent

SIGNED by )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH)........................................
Authorised Signatory

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The Collateral Agent

SIGNED by )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH)........................................
Authorised Signatory

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The CIRR Agent

SIGNED by )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH)........................................
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The Bookrunner

SIGNED by )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH)........................................
Authorised Signatory

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The Initial Mandated Lead Arranger

SIGNED by )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH)........................................
Authorised Signatory

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The Lenders

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for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
BNP PARIBAS FORTIS SA/NV)........................................
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SIGNED by )
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Orange
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
INVESTMENT BANK)........................................
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SIGNED by )/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
DNB BANK ASA)........................................
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SIGNED by )
for and on behalf of )
HSBC CONTINENTAL EUROPE )/s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
(FORMERLY HSBC FRANCE))........................................
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SIGNED by )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH)........................................
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SIGNED by )/s/ ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ (PUBL))........................................
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SIGNED by )
for and on behalf of )/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE)........................................
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