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Exhibit 10.27
Execution Version
AMENDMENT TO THE TERM LOAN FACILITY
EXPLORER NEW BUILD, LLC
as Borrower
and
NCL CORPORATION LTD.
as Guarantor
and
SEVEN SEAS CRUISES S. DE R.L.
as Charterer
and Shareholder
and
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD.
as the Holding
and
The Banks and Financial Institutions
LISTED IN SCHEDULE 1
as Lenders
and
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH
as Joint Mandated Lead Arrangers
and
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
as Agent
and SACE Agent
and
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
as Security Trustee
Amendment AGREEMENT
relating to a facility agreement originally dated 31 July 2013 (as amended, as amended and restated and supplemented from time to time) in respect of the part financing of the passenger cruise ship m.v. "SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER"
Index
ClausePage
1 Definitions and Interpretation2
2 Conditions Precedent and Conditions Subsequent4
4 Amendments to Facility Agreement and other Finance Documents5
Schedules
Schedule 1 Lenders and Commitments14
Schedule 2 Conditions Precedent16
Schedule 3 Conditions Subsequent18
Schedule 4 Form of Effective Date Certificate19
Execution
THIS AGREEMENT is made on 24 October 2023
(1) | EXPLORER NEW BUILD, LLC, a limited liability company formed in the state of Delaware whose registered office is at c/o Corporate Creations Network, Inc., 3411 Silverside Road, Tatnall Building 104, Wilmington, DE 19810, United States of America as borrower (the "Borrower") |
(2) | NCL CORPORATION LTD., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda with its registered office at Park Place, 55 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda (the "Guarantor") |
(3) | NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda with its registered office at Park Place, 55 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda (the "Holding") |
(4) | SEVEN SEAS CRUISES S. DE R.L., a Panamanian sociedad de responsabilidad limitada domiciled in Panama whose resident agent is at Arifa Building, West Boulevard, Santa Maria Business District, Panama, Republic of Panama and registered at the Mercantile Section of the Panama Public Registry at Microjacket 876, Document 1238212 since 7 November 2007 (the "Charterer" and "Shareholder") |
(5) | THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 (Lenders and Commitments) as lenders (the "Lenders") |
(6) | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, a French société anonyme having its registered office located at 12, Place des États-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France registered under number Siren 304 187 701 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre, France, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE a French société anonyme having its registered office located at 29 Boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris under number Siren 552 120 222 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Paris, France and KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH of Palmengartenstraße, 5-9 60325, Frankfurt, as mandated lead arrangers (the "Mandated Lead Arrangers") |
(7) | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, a French société anonyme having its registered office located at 12, Place des États-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France registered under number Siren 304 187 701 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre, France as agent and SACE agent (the "Agent" and the "SACE Agent") |
(8) | CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, a French société anonyme having its registered office located at 12, Place des États-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France registered under number Siren 304 187 701 at the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés of Nanterre, France as security trustee (the "Security Trustee") |
(A) | By the Original Facility Agreement, the Lenders agreed to make available to the Borrower a facility of (originally) the Dollar Equivalent of up to EUR 299,866,962 for the purpose of assisting the Borrower in financing (i) payment or reimbursement under the Shipbuilding Contract of all or part of 80% of the Final Contract Price up to the Eligible Amount and (ii) payment to the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of 100% of the first instalment of the SACE Premium already paid direct to SACE on or before 30 days following the issuance of the SACE Insurance Policy |
and (iii) payment to SACE of the Dollar Equivalent of 100% of the second instalment of the SACE Premium payable on the original Drawdown Date. |
(B) | Due to the unprecedented and extraordinary impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the cruise sector and cruise operators, the Original Facility Agreement was amended pursuant to an amendment agreement dated 4 June 2020 (the "2020 Amendment Agreement") and further amended and restated pursuant to an amendment and restatement agreement dated 17 February 2021 (the "2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement") pursuant to which the parties thereto agreed to, amongst other things, the deferral of repayments of principal under the Original Facility Agreement (as amended by the 2020 Amendment Agreement). |
(C) | By a supplemental agreement dated 23 December 2021 (the "December 2021 Amendment Agreement"), the parties thereto agreed to, inter alia, amend certain financial covenants and certain other provisions under the Original Facility Agreement (as amended by the 2020 Amendment Agreement and the 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement). |
1 | Definitions and Interpretation |
1.1 | Definitions |
In this Agreement:
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(a) | the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement; |
(b) | the Tripartite General Assignment as amended pursuant to this Agreement; and |
(c) | the Mortgage as amended by the Mortgage Addendum. |
"SACE" means SACE S.p.A., an Italian joint stock company (società per azioni) with a sole shareholder, whose registered office is located at Piazza Poli 37/42, 00187 Rome, Italy and registered with the Companies Registry of Rome under number 05804521002.
1.2 | Defined expressions |
Defined expressions in the Facility Agreement and, with effect from the Effective Date, the Amended Facility Agreement, shall have the same meanings when used in this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise defined in this Agreement.
1.3 | Application of construction and interpretation provisions of Facility Agreement |
Clause 1.2 (Construction of certain terms) of the Facility Agreement applies to this Agreement as if it were expressly incorporated in it with any necessary modifications.
1.4 | Designation as a Finance Document |
The Borrower and the Agent designate this Agreement as a Finance Document.
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1.5 | Third party rights |
(a) | Unless provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the "Third Parties Act") to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement other than SACE, who may enforce or enjoy the benefit of and rely on the provisions of this Agreement and the Amended Facility Agreement subject to the provisions of the Third Parties Act. |
(b) | Notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any person who is not a Party (other than SACE) is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time. |
(c) | For the avoidance of doubt and in accordance with clause 34.4 (Third party rights) of the Facility Agreement, nothing in this Clause 1.5 (Third party rights) shall limit or prejudice the exercise by SACE of its rights under this Agreement or the Finance Documents in the event that such rights are subrogated or assigned to it pursuant to the terms of the SACE Insurance Policy. |
2 | Conditions Precedent and Conditions Subsequent |
2.1 | The Effective Date cannot occur unless: |
(a) | the Agent has received (or on the instructions of all the Lenders, waived receipt of) all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent; |
(b) | save as disclosed in writing to the Agent and SACE prior to the date of this Agreement, the representations and warranties contained in Clause 3 (Representations) are true and correct on, and as of, each such time as if each was made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such time; |
(c) | save as disclosed in writing to the Agent and SACE prior to the date of this Agreement, no Event of Default, event or circumstance specified in clause 19 (Events of Default) of the Facility Agreement which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default, event resulting in mandatory prepayment of the Loan pursuant to clause 17.3 (Mandatory prepayment – Sale and Total Loss) and clause 17.4 (Mandatory prepayment – SACE Insurance Policy) of the Facility Agreement or Deferral Prepayment Event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the amendment of the Facility Agreement pursuant to this Agreement; and |
(d) | the Agent is satisfied that the Effective Date can occur and has not provided any instructions to the contrary informing the Parties that the Effective Date cannot occur. |
2.4 | Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Agent in writing to the contrary before the Agent provides the certificate described in Clause 2.2 above, the Creditor Parties |
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authorise (but do not require) the Agent to execute and provide such certificate. The Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such certificate. |
3 | Representations |
3.1 | Facility Agreement representations |
(a) | On the date of this Agreement, each Obligor that is a party to the Facility Agreement makes each of the representations and warranties as set out in clause 12 (Representations and warranties) of the Facility Agreement. |
(b) | On the Effective Date, each Obligor that is a party to the Facility Agreement makes each of the representations and warranties as set out in clause 12 (Representations and warranties) of the Amended Facility Agreement and updated with appropriate modifications to refer to the October 2023 Finance Documents. |
3.2 | Finance Document representations |
(a) | On the date of this Agreement, each Obligor (save for the Holding) makes the representations and warranties set out in the Finance Documents (other than the Facility Agreement) to which it is a party, by reference to the circumstances then existing. |
(b) | On the Effective Date, each Obligor (save for the Holding) makes the representations and warranties set out in the Finance Documents (other than the Facility Agreement) to which it is a party, as amended and supplemented by this Agreement and updated with appropriate modifications to refer to this Agreement, by reference to the circumstances then existing. |
4 | Amendments to Facility Agreement and other Finance Documents |
4.1 | Specific amendments to the Facility Agreement |
With effect on and from the Effective Date the Facility Agreement shall be, and shall be deemed by this Agreement to be, amended as follows:
(a) | In the opening recital (Parties), the Borrower's name and address shall be deleted and replaced as follows: |
"EXPLORER NEW BUILD, LLC, an exempted limited liability company continued under the laws of Bermuda whose registered office is at Park Place, 55 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, HM 11 Bermuda as borrower (the "Borrower")",
and all references to the address and description of the Borrower in the other Finance Documents to which it is a party shall be replaced with the above.
(b) | In clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Facility Agreement, the following definitions shall be added in alphabetical order: |
(i) | "2020 Mortgage Addendum" means the addendum to the Original Mortgage executed pursuant to the 2020 Amendment Agreement on 4 June 2020. |
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(ii) | "2021 Mortgage Addendum" means the addendum to the Original Mortgage (as amended by the 2020 Mortgage Addendum) executed pursuant to the 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement on 18 February 2021. |
(iii) | "Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement" means the pledge agreement originally dated 31 July 2013 as amended and restated pursuant to an amended and restated pledge agreement dated the Effective Date between Seven Seas Cruises Ltd. as pledgor and the Security Trustee relating to, inter alia, the equity interests in Explorer New Build, LLC. |
(iv) | "Amended Security Documents" means: |
(A) | the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement; |
(B) | the Tripartite General Assignment; and |
(C) | the Mortgage. |
(vi) | "October 2023 Amendment Agreement" means the amendment to this Agreement dated 24 October 2023 between, amongst others, the Borrower, the Agent and the SACE Agent. |
(vii) | "October 2023 Effective Date" has the meaning given to the term Effective Date in the October 2023 Amendment Agreement. |
(viii) | "October 2023 Mortgage Addendum" means the addendum to the Original Mortgage (as amended by the 2020 Mortgage Addendum, the 2021 Mortgage Addendum and the May 2023 Mortgage Addendum) executed pursuant to the October 2023 Amendment Agreement on or about the October 2023 Effective Date. |
(ix) | "Registrar of Companies" means the Bermudan Registrar of Companies, whose registered office is at 30 Parliament Street, Hamilton, HM 12 Bermuda. |
(c) | In clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Facility Agreement, the following definitions shall be deleted and replaced as follows: |
(i) | "Existing Indebtedness" means (a) Loan Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2008, by and among Marina New Build, LLC, as Borrower, the banks and financial institutions party thereto, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (formerly Calyon) and Société Générale, as Mandated Lead Arrangers, and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as Agent and as SACE Agent (as amended from time to time); (b) Loan Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2008, by and among Riviera New Build, LLC, as Borrower, the banks and financial institutions party thereto, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (formerly Calyon) and Société Générale, as Mandated Lead Arrangers, and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as Agent and as SACE Agent (as amended from time to time); (c) Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2013, among Oceania Cruises Ltd. (formerly Oceania Cruises S. de R.L.), OCI Finance Corp., as Borrowers, the banks and financial institutions party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as |
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administrative agent, as collateral agent and as mortgage trustee, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Barclays Bank Plc and UBS Securities LLC as co-syndication agents, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as co-documentation agents, Barclays Bank Plc, UBS Securities LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) INC. and Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as joint bookrunners, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Barclays Bank Plc and UBS Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers; (d) Credit Agreement, dated as of August 21, 2012 and amended on February 1, 2013, among Classic Cruises, LLC, Classic Cruises II, LLC, Seven Seas Cruises Ltd., SSC Finance Corp., as Borrowers, Deutsche Bank Ag, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto; (e) $225,000,000 of 9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 and issued under that certain indenture dated as of May 19, 2011, by and among Seven Seas Cruises Ltd., as issuer; Celtic Pacific (UK) Two Limited; Supplystill Limited; Prestige Cruise Services (Europe) Limited (f/k/a Regent Seven Seas Cruises UK Limited); Celtic Pacific (UK) Limited; SSC (France) LLC; Mariner, LLC, each of the foregoing (other than the Issuer) as subsidiary guarantors; Wilmington Trust, National Association (successor by merger to Wilmington Trust FSB), as Trustee and Collateral Agent and any secured hedges in connection with the foregoing; (f) Financial Indebtedness referred to in the financial statements of the Guarantor delivered to the Agent prior to the Effective Date; (g) Credit Agreement, dated as of 14 July 2014, by and among Seahawk Two, Ltd., as borrower, NCL Corporation Ltd., as guarantor, the lenders party thereto, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH as Hermes agent and KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH as facility agent, as collateral agent and as CIRR agent (as amended from time to time); and (h) Credit Agreement, dated as of 14 July 2014, by and among Seahawk One, Ltd., as borrower, NCL Corporation Ltd., as guarantor, the lenders party thereto, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH as Hermes agent and KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH as facility agent, as collateral agent and as CIRR agent (as amended from time to time). |
(ii) | "Finance Documents" means: |
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(iii) | "Mortgage" means Original Mortgage, as amended pursuant to the Mortgage Addenda and as may be further amended and/or supplemented from time to time. |
(iv) | "Mortgage Addenda" means the 2020 Mortgage Addendum, the 2021 Mortgage Addendum, the May 2023 Mortgage Addendum and the October 2023 Mortgage Addendum. |
(v) | "Prestige Holdings" means Prestige Cruises Holdings Ltd. (formerly Prestige Cruise Holdings S. de R.L.), an exempted company limited by shares and continued under the laws of Bermuda whose registered office is at Park Place, 55 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, HM 11 Bermuda. |
(vi) | "Prohibited Payment" means: |
(a) | any offer, gift, payment, promise to pay, commission, fee, loan or other consideration which would constitute bribery or an improper gift or payment under, or a breach of Sanctions, any laws of the Republic of Italy, England and Wales, Panama, the United States of America, Bermuda or any other applicable jurisdiction; or |
(b) | any offer, gift, payment, promise to pay, commission, fee, loan or other consideration which would or might constitute bribery within the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions of 17 December 1997. |
(vii) | "Seven Seas" means Seven Seas Cruises Ltd. (formerly known as Seven Seas Cruises S. de. R. L.), an exempted company limited by shares and continued under the laws of |
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Bermuda whose registered office is at Park Place, 55 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda. |
(d) | References to "2023 Amendment and Restatement Agreement" shall be deleted and replaced as follows "May 2023 Amendment and Restatement Agreement". |
(e) | Sub-clauses (a), (h) and (m) of clause 12.2 (Continuing representations and warranties) shall be deleted and replaced as follows: |
"12.2 (Continuing representations and warranties)
(a) |
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(ii) | from the October 2023 Effective Date, each Obligor is an exempted limited liability company or exempted company limited by shares, in each case duly organised, continued and validly existing under the laws of Bermuda, |
possessing perpetual existence, the capacity to sue and be sued in its own name and the power to own and charge its assets and carry on its business as it is now being conducted;
the filing of UCC-1 Financing Statements against the Borrower in respect of those Finance Documents to which it is a party and which create Security Interests; |
(ii) | the recording of the Original Mortgage and the Mortgage Addenda in the office of the Maritime Administrator of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; |
(iii) | the registration of the Ship under an Approved Flag; and |
(iv) | the registration of the Amended Security Documents with the Registrar of Companies, |
all authorisations, approvals, consents, licences, 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 each of the other Transaction Documents to which any Obligor is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect except authorisations, approvals, consents, licences, exemptions, filings and registrations required in the normal day to day course of the operation of the Ship and not already obtained by the Borrower;
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(i) until the October 2023 Effective Date, the Borrower is and shall remain, after the advance to it of the Loan, solvent in accordance with the laws of the state of Delaware and the United Kingdom and in particular with the provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986 (as from time to time amended) and the requirements thereof; and
(ii) from the October 2023 Effective Date, the Borrower is and shall remain, after the advance to it of the Loan, solvent in accordance with the laws of Bermuda and the United Kingdom and in particular with the provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986 (as from time to time amended) and the requirements thereof;".
(f) | Clause 13.6 (Operation and maintenance of the Ship) shall be deleted and replaced as follows: |
From the Delivery Date until the end of the Security Period at its own expense the Borrower will keep the Ship in a good and efficient state of repair so as to maintain it to the highest classification notation available for the Ship of its age and type free of all recommendations and qualifications with Lloyds Register, Bureau Veritas or DNV. On the Delivery Date and annually thereafter, it will furnish to the Facility Agent (with copy to the Security Trustee) a statement by such classification society that such classification notation is maintained. It will comply with all recommendations, regulations and requirements (statutory or otherwise) from time to time applicable to the Ship and shall have on board as and when required thereby valid certificates showing compliance therewith and shall procure that all repairs to or replacements of any damaged, worn or lost parts or equipment are carried out (both as regards workmanship and quality of materials) so as not to diminish the value or class of the Ship. It will not make any substantial modifications or alterations to the Ship or any part thereof which would reduce the market and commercial value of the Ship determined in accordance with Clause 13.4 (Valuation of the Ship).",
and the remaining clauses will be renumbered and all relevant cross references will be updated accordingly.
4.2 | Specific amendments to the Tripartite General Assignment |
(a) | In the opening recital (Parties), the Borrower and the Charterer's names and addresses shall be deleted and replaced as follows: |
"EXPLORER NEW BUILD, LLC, an exempted limited liability company continued under the laws of Bermuda whose registered office is at Park Place, 55 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda as owner (the "Owner")."
"SEVEN SEAS CRUISES LTD., an exempted company limited by shares and continued under the laws of Bermuda whose registered office is at Park Place, 55 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda as charterer (the "Charterer").",
and all references to the address and description of the Charterer in the other Finance Documents to which it is a party shall be replaced with the above.
(b) | Clause 6.2 (Status) shall be deleted and replaced as follows: |
"The Charterer is continued as an exempted company limited by shares under the laws of Bermuda."
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(c) | The first part of clause 6.3 (Corporate power) shall be deleted and replaced as follows: |
"As an exempted company limited by shares continued under the laws of Bermuda, the Charterer has the capacity, and has taken all action and obtained all consents necessary for it:"
(d) | Clause 16.2 (Process agent) shall be deleted and replaced as follows: |
"(a)The Owner and the Charterer irrevocably appoint Hannaford Turner LLP, currently of 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN, UK to act as their respective agents to receive and accept on their behalf any process or other document relating to any proceedings in the English courts which are connected with a Dispute.
(b)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 Owner and the Charterer must immediately (and in any event within 10 days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Security Trustee. Failing this, the Security Trustee may appoint another agent for this purpose."
4.3 | Guarantor confirmation |
On the Effective Date the Guarantor confirms that:
(a) | its Guarantee extends to the obligations of the Borrower under the Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement; |
(b) | the obligations of the relevant Obligors under the Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement are included in the Secured Liabilities (as defined in the Facility Agreement); and |
(c) | the Guarantee shall continue to be binding on each of the parties to it and have full force and effect in accordance with its original terms and the amendments to the Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement. |
4.4 | Holding confirmation |
On the Effective Date, the Holding confirms that, notwithstanding the amendments made to the Finance Documents pursuant to this Agreement, the undertakings given by the Holding under the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms and the amendments to the Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement.
4.5 | Security confirmation |
On the Effective Date, each Obligor confirms that:
(a) | any Security Interest created by it under the Finance Documents extends to the obligations of the relevant Obligors under the Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement; |
(b) | the obligations of the relevant Obligors under the Finance Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement are included in the Secured Liabilities (as defined in the Finance Documents to which they are a party); |
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(c) | the Security Interests created under the Finance Documents continue in full force and effect on the terms of the respective Finance Documents; and |
(d) | to the extent that this confirmation creates a new Security Interest, such Security Interest shall be on the terms of the Finance Documents in respect of which this confirmation is given. |
4.6 | Finance Documents to remain in full force and effect |
The Finance Documents shall remain in full force and effect and, from the Effective Date:
(a) | in the case of the Facility Agreement, as amended and supplemented pursuant to Clause 4.1 (Specific amendments to the Facility Agreement); |
(b) | in the case of the Tripartite General Assignment, as amended and supplemented pursuant to Clause 4.2 (Specific amendments to the Tripartite General Assignment); |
(c) | the Facility Agreement and the applicable provisions of this Agreement will be read and construed as one document; |
(d) | the Tripartite General Assignment and the applicable provisions of this Agreement will be read and construed as one document; and |
(e) | except to the extent expressly waived by the amendments effected by this Agreement, no waiver is given by this Agreement and the Lenders expressly reserve all their rights and remedies in respect of any breach of or other default under the Finance Documents. |
5 | Further Assurance |
Clause 13.19 (Further assurance) of the Amended Facility Agreement applies to this Agreement as if it were expressly incorporated in it with any necessary modifications.
6 | Costs, Expenses and Fees |
Clause 11.11 (Transaction Costs) of the Amended Facility Agreement applies to this Agreement as if it were expressly incorporated in it with any necessary modifications.
7 | Notices |
Clause 32 (Notices) of the Amended Facility Agreement applies to this Agreement as if it were expressly incorporated in it with any necessary modifications.
8 | Counterparts |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement.
9 | Signing Electronically |
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 documents 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
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this 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 conduct the lawful processing of personal data of the signers for contract performance and their legitimate interests including contract management.
10 | Governing Law |
This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
11 | Enforcement |
11.1 | Jurisdiction |
(a) | The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) (a "Dispute"). |
(b) | The Obligors accept that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Obligor will argue to the contrary. |
11.2 | Service of process |
(a) | Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each Obligor (other than an Obligor incorporated in England and Wales): |
(i) | irrevocably appoints Hannaford Turner LLP, currently of 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN, UK as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document; and |
(ii) | agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned. |
(b) | 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 Borrower (on behalf of all the Obligors) must immediately (and in any event within 10 days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Agent. Failing this, the Agent may appoint another agent for this purpose. |
This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
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Explorer
Amendment Agreement
BORROWER
SIGNED by)/s/ Daniel S. Farkas
as attorney-in-fact)
for and on behalf of)
EXPLORER NEW BUILD, LLC )
GUARANTOR
SIGNED by)/s/ Daniel S. Farkas
duly authorised)
for and on behalf of)
NCL CORPORATION LTD. )
CHARTERER
SIGNED by)/s/ Daniel S. Farkas
duly authorised)
for and on behalf of)
SEVEN SEAS CRUISES S. DE R.L. )
SHAREHOLDER
SIGNED by)/s/ Daniel S. Farkas
duly authorised)
for and on behalf of)
SEVEN SEAS CRUISES S. DE R.L. )
HOLDING
SIGNED by)/s/ Daniel S. Farkas
duly authorised)
for and on behalf of)
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE)
HOLDINGS LTD.)
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Explorer
Amendment Agreement
LENDERS
SIGNED by )/s/ Anne-Laure Orange
duly authorised )/s/ Jerome Léblônd
for and on behalf of)
AND INVESTMENT BANK )
SIGNED by )/s/ Antoine Guinot
duly authorised )
for and on behalf of)
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE )
SIGNED by )/s/ Jihanne Flegean-Kihal
duly authorised )
for and on behalf of)
BANCO BPM S.P.A.)
SIGNED by )/s/ James Fitzjohn
duly authorised )
for and on behalf of)
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH)
SIGNED by )/s/ Kayla Gild
duly authorised )
for and on behalf of)
AKA AUSFUHRKREDIT-GESELLSCHAFT )
MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG )
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Explorer
Amendment Agreement
MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS
SIGNED by )/s/ Anne-Laure Orange
duly authorised)/s/ Jerome Léblônd
for and on behalf of)
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE)
AND INVESTMENT BANK )
SIGNED by )/s/ Antoine Guinot
duly authorised )
for and on behalf of)
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE )
SIGNED by )/s/ James Fitzjohn
duly authorised )
for and on behalf of)
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH)
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Explorer
Amendment Agreement
AGENT
SIGNED by )/s/ Anne-Laure Orange
duly authorised )/s/ Jerome Léblônd
for and on behalf of)
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND)
INVESTMENT BANK )
SACE AGENT
SIGNED by )/s/ Anne-Laure Orange
duly authorised )/s/ Jerome Léblônd
for and on behalf of)
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND)
INVESTMENT BANK )
SECURITY TRUSTEE
SIGNED by )/s/ Anne-Laure Orange
duly authorised )/s/ Jerome Léblônd
for and on behalf of)
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND)
INVESTMENT BANK )
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