(1)

EXPLORER NEW BUILD, LLC, a limited liability company formed in the state of Delaware whose registered office is at Corporate Creations Network, Inc., 3411 Silverside Road, Tatnall Building Suite 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., a 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 limited liability company ("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 (The Lenders) 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 the Dollar Equivalent of up to EUR 299,866,962 (not to exceed USD 440,321,649)  for the purpose of assisting the Borrower in financing (i) payment 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 a supplemental agreement dated 4 June 2020 (the "2020 Amendment Agreement"), amended and restated pursuant to an amendment and restatement agreement dated 17 February 2021 (the "February 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement"), amended by a supplemental agreement dated 23 December 2021 (the "December 2021 Amendment Agreement") and further amended by a supplemental agreement dated 16 December 2022 (the "December 2022 Amendment Agreement") pursuant to which, inter alia, the parties agreed to the temporary amendment of certain covenants under the Guarantee and addition of certain covenants under the Original Facility Agreement.

(C)

The Parties have agreed to amend and restate the Facility Agreement as set out in this Agreement for the purposes of, inter alia, documenting the transition from LIBOR to SOFR (as defined below).

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Definitions and Interpretation

1.1

Definitions

1.2

Defined expressions

1.3

Application of construction and interpretation provisions of Facility Agreement

1.4

Agreed forms of new, and supplements to, Finance Documents

(a)

in a form attached to a certificate dated the same date as this Agreement (and signed by the Borrower and the Agent); or

(b)

in any other form agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Agent acting with the authorisation of the Majority Lenders or, where clause 30.2 (Variations, waivers etc. requiring agreement of all Lenders) of the Facility Agreement applies, all the Lenders.

1.5

Designation as a Finance Document

1.6

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 and SIMEST, who may enforce or to enjoy the benefit of and rely on the provisions of this Agreement and the Amended and Restated 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 and SIMEST) is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time.

(c)

For the avoidance of doubt and in accordance with clause 33.4 (Third party rights) of the Facility Agreement, nothing in this Clause 1.6 (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

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 18 (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 16.3 (Mandatory prepayment – Sale and Total Loss) and clause 16.4 (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 and restatement of the Facility Agreement pursuant to this Agreement; and

(d)

the Agent is satisfied that the Effective Date can occur and have not provided any instructions to the contrary informing the Parties that the Effective Date cannot occur.

2.2

Upon fulfilment or waiver of the conditions set out in Clause 2.1 above, the Agent shall provide the Borrower and the Creditor Parties SIMEST and SACE with a copy of the executed certificate in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Form of Effective Date Certificate) confirming that the Effective Date has occurred and such certificate shall be binding on all Parties.

2.3

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 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

3.2

Finance Document representations

4

Amendment and Restatement of Facility Agreement and other Finance Documents

4.1

Specific amendments to the Facility Agreement

4.2

Specific amendments to the Guarantee

(a)

its Guarantee extends to the obligations of the Borrower under the Finance Documents as amended, restated and/or supplemented by this Agreement;

(b)

the obligations of the relevant Obligors under the Finance Documents as amended, restated and/or 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 terms as so amended and restated.

4.3

Holding confirmation

4.4

Security Confirmation

(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, restated and/or supplemented by this Agreement;

(b)

the obligations of the relevant Obligors under the Finance Documents as amended, restated and/or supplemented by this Agreement are included in the Secured Liabilities (as defined in the Finance Documents to which it is a party);

(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.

4.5

Finance Documents to remain in full force and effect

(a)

in the case of the Facility Agreement as amended and restated pursuant to Clause 4.1 (Specific amendments to the Facility Agreement);

(b)

in the case of the Guarantee, as amended and restated pursuant to Clause 4.2 (Specific amendments to the Guarantee);

(c)

the Facility Agreement and the applicable provisions of this Agreement will be read and construed as one document;

(d)

the Guarantee 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

6

Costs, Expenses and Fees

7

Notices

8

Counterparts

9

Signing Electronically

10

Governing 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.

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additions are indicated by underlined text in blue; and

2

deletions are shown by strike-through text in red.

(1)

EXPLORER NEW BUILD, LLC, a limited liability company formed in the state of Delaware whose registered office is at Corporate Creations Network, Inc., 3411 Silverside Road, Tatnall Building Suite 104, Wilmington, DE 19810, United States of America as borrower (the "Borrower")

(2)

THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 (Lenders and Commitments) as lenders (the "Lenders")

(3)

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, HSBC BANK PLC and KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH as joint mandated lead arrangers (the "Joint Mandated Lead Arrangers")

(4)

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, acting through its office at 12 Place des États-Unis, CS 70052, 92547, Montrouge Cedex, France, as agent (the "Agent") and SACE agent (the "SACE Agent")

(5)

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, acting through its office at 12 Place des États-Unis, CS 70052, 92547, Montrouge Cedex, France, as the security trustee (the "Security Trustee")

(A)

By a memorandum of agreement dated October 12th, 2012 (the "MOA") (as amended from time to time) entered into between (i) Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani SpA, a company incorporated in Italy with registered office in Trieste, via Genova, 1, and having fiscal code 00397130584 (the "Builder") and (ii) Prestige Cruise Holdings, Inc. and a shipbuilding contract dated 21 June 2013 (together with the MOA, the "Shipbuilding Contract") entered into between (i)  the Builder and (ii) the Borrower, the Builder agreed to design, construct and deliver, and the Borrower agreed to purchase the 738 passenger cruise ship "Seven Seas Explorer" (ex. hull number [*], which was delivered to the Borrower on 30 June 2016.

(B)

The total price payable by the Borrower to the Builder under the Shipbuilding Contract is EUR 343,000,000 (the "Initial Contract Price") which has been paid on the following terms:

(i)

as to [*]%, being EUR [*], by an initial payment which is to be within 5 Business Days after the effective date of the Shipbuilding Contract in accordance with Article 10.1(A) of the Shipbuilding Contract;

(ii)

as to [*]%, being EUR [*], on the later of the date of commencement of steel cutting and the date falling 24 months prior to the Delivery Date;

(iii)

as to [*]%, being EUR [*], on the later of keel laying and the date falling 12 months prior to the Delivery Date;

(iv)

as to [*]%, being EUR [*], on the later of float out and ­the date falling 9 months prior to the Delivery Date; and

(v)

as to [*]%, being EUR [*], on delivery of the Ship,

(C)

The agreement was that the Initial Contract Price may be (i) increased or decreased from time to time under Article 24 of the Shipbuilding Contract in the event that the Borrower requests, and the Builder agrees, modifications to the specification or plans constituting a part of the Shipbuilding Contract or in the event that, subsequent to the date of the Shipbuilding Contract, variations are made to its provisions compliance with which is compulsory, the net cost of all such variations being payable on the Delivery Date (the "Change Orders"); and (ii) decreased at delivery of the Ship under Articles 13, 14, 16, 17, 19 and 20 of the Shipbuilding Contract (in aggregate the "Liquidated Damages") or by mutual agreement between the parties (the Initial Contract Price adjusted as aforesaid being the "Final Contract Price").

(D)

By a facility agreement dated 31 July 2013 (the "Original Facility Agreement") entered into between (i) the Borrower, (ii) the Lenders, (iii) the Joint Mandated Lead Arrangers, (iv) the Agent and the SACE Agent and (v) the Security Trustee, the Lenders agreed to make available to the Borrower a Dollar loan facility for the purpose of assisting the Borrower in financing, subject to exchange rate fluctuations, up to 80% of the Final Contract Price and 100% of the SACE Premium.

(E)

By an amending and restating agreement dated 31 October 2014 (the "2014 Amending and Restating Agreement"), the parties thereto agreed to, among other things, (1) the Guarantor replacing the Prior Guarantors as a guarantor of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and (2) the amending and restating of the Original Facility Agreement pursuant to the terms set forth herein.

(F)

Due to the unprecedented and extraordinary impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the cruise sector and cruise operators, SACE informed the cruise operators of its availability to evaluate certain measures (the "Temporary Measures") applicable in relation to certain qualifying loan agreements in order to assist companies which are financially sound but dealing with the impact of the temporary but unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic; the possibility to access to such measures was subject, amongst other things, to certain principles dated 15 April 2020 for cruise lines offered by SACE (the "Original Principles").

(G)

Pursuant to the consent request letter dated 18 April 2020, the Borrower and the Guarantor notified the Agent and the SACE Agent of the wish to benefit from the Temporary Measures in relation to certain loan agreements listed therein, including the Original Facility Agreement (as amended and restated by the 2014 Amending and Restating Agreement), and requested, amongst other things, the deferral of repayments of principal under the Original Facility Agreement (as amended and restated by the 2014 Amending and Restating Agreement) for a period of one year from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 (the "First Borrower Request").

(H)

On 25 May 2020, the Agent (for and on behalf of the Lenders) provided its consent to part of the First Borrower Request in accordance with and subject to certain conditions as set out in an amendment to the Original Facility Agreement (as amended and restated by the 2014 Amending and Restating Agreement) and to the Original Guarantee dated 4 June 2020 between, amongst others, the Borrower, the Agent and the SACE Agent (the "2020 Amendment Agreement") (the Original Facility Agreement as amended pursuant to the 2014

(I)

Due to the continued impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the cruise sector and cruise operators, SACE confirmed on 31 December 2020 its availability to evaluate an extension of the Temporary Measures (the "Extended Temporary Measures"), again subject to certain principles set out in a document titled "Debt Deferral Extension Framework for ECA-backed Export Financings" dated 26 November 2020 for cruise lines offered by SACE (together with the Original Principles, the "Principles").

(J)

Pursuant to the consent request letter dated 3 December 2020, the Borrower and the Guarantor notified the Agent and the SACE Agent of the wish to benefit from the Extended Temporary Measures in relation to certain loan agreements listed therein, including the Original Facility Agreement, and requested, amongst other things, the deferral of repayments of principal under the Facility Agreement for a further period of one year from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 (the "Second Borrower Request").

(K)

On 25 January 2021, the Agent (for and on behalf of the Lenders) provided its consent to part of the Second Borrower Request in accordance with and subject to certain conditions as set out in an amendment and restatement agreement to the Original Facility Agreement dated _______ (as amended by the 2014 Amending and Restating Agreement and the 2020 Amendment Agreement) dated 17 February 2021 between, amongst others, the Borrower, the Agent and the SACE Agent (the "2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement").

(L)

By a supplemental agreement dated 23 December 2021 and made between, amongst others, the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Holding, the Agent and the SACE Agent (the "December 2021 Amendment Agreement"), the Parties agreed to, inter alia, amend certain financial covenants and certain other provisions under the Original Facility Agreement (as amended and restated by the 2014 Amending and Restating Agreement, as amended by the 2020 Amendment Agreement and as amended and restated by the 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement).

(M)

By a supplemental agreement dated 16 December 2022 and made between, amongst others, the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Holding, the Agent and the SACE Agent (the "December 2022 Amendment Agreement"), the Parties agreed to, inter alia, amend certain financial covenants and certain other provisions under the Original Facility Agreement (as amended and restated by the 2014 Amending and Restating Agreement, as amended by the 2020 Amendment Agreement, as amended and restated by the 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement and as amended by the December 2021 Amendment Agreement).

(N)

The Parties have agreed to enter into an amendment and restatement agreement (the "2023  Amendment and Restatement Agreement") to amend and restate the Original Facility Agreement (as amended and restated by the 2014 Amending and Restating Agreement, as amended by the 2020 Amendment Agreement, as amended and restated by the 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement, as amended by the December 2021 Amendment Agreement and as amended by the December 2022 Amendment Agreement) in order to, inter alia, document the transition from LIBOR to SOFR (as defined below) (the Original Facility Agreement as amended and restated by the 2014 Amending and Restating Agreement, as amended by the 2020 Amendment Agreement, as amended and restated by the 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement, as amended by the December 2021 Amendment Agreement and as amended by the December 2022 Amendment Agreement, the "Facility Agreement").

(O)

(L)This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions of the Facility Agreement as amended and restated by the 2021 2023 Amendment and Restatement Agreement.

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Interpretation

1.1

Definitions

(a)

the earlier to occur of (i) the Delivery Date and (ii) 25 February 2017 (or such later date as the Agent may, with the authorisation of the Lenders, agree with the Borrower); or

(b)

if earlier, the date on which the Total Commitments are fully borrowed, cancelled or terminated.

(a)

in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 BRRD, the relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time; and

(b)

in relation to any state other than such an EEA Member Country or (to the extent that the United Kingdom is not such an EEA Member Country) the United Kingdom, any

(a)

"Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open in London, Frankfurt, Rome and Paris and, in relation to any payment to be made to the Builder, Milan and, in respect of a day on which a payment is required to be made under a Finance Document, also in New York City.; and

(b)

(in relation to the fixing of an interest rate for a Term SOFR Loan) which is a US Government Securities Business Day.

(a)

the short-term interest rate target set by the US Federal Open Market Committee as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from time to time; or

(b)

if that target is not a single figure, the arithmetic mean of:

(i)

the upper bound of the short-term interest rate target range set by the US Federal Open Market Committee and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; and

(ii)

the lower bound of that target range.

(a)

SOFR for that US Government Securities Business Day; and

(b)

the Central Bank Rate prevailing at close of business on that US Government Securities Business Day.

(a)

any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or

(b)

another Creditor Party, if the information was obtained by that Creditor Party directly or indirectly from any member of the Group or any of its advisers,

(i)

is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Creditor Party of Clause 32 33 (Confidentiality); or

(ii)

is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or

(iii)

is known by that Creditor Party before the date the information is disclosed to it in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above or is lawfully obtained by that Creditor Party after that date, from a source which is, as far as that Creditor Party is aware, unconnected with the Group and which, in either case, as far as that Creditor Party is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality.

(a)

the Base Rate; or

(b)

the FOREX Contracts Weighted Average Rate.

(a)

SOFR for that US Government Securities Business Day; or

(b)

if SOFR is not available for that US Government Securities Business Day, the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of:

(i)

the Central Bank Rate for that US Government Securities Business Day; and

(ii)

the applicable Central Bank Rate Adjustment; or

(c)

if paragraph (b) above applies but the Central Bank Rate for that US Government Securities Business Day is not available, the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of:

(i)

the most recent Central Bank Rate for a day which is no more than five US Government Securities Business Days before that US Government Securities Business Day; and

(ii)

the applicable Central Bank Rate Adjustment,

(a)

for as long as the Interest Make-Up Agreement is in full force and effect, ten (10) US Government Securities Business Days; or

(b)

if the Interest Make-Up Agreement ceases to be in full force and effect, five (5) US Government Securities Business Days,

(a)

in relation to the 2020 Deferral Tranche, [*]% p.a.; and

(b)

in relation to the 2021 Deferral Tranche, [*]% p.a..

(a)

all freight, hire, fare and passage moneys, compensation payable to the Borrower or the Agent in the event of requisition of the Ship for hire, remuneration for salvage and towage services, demurrage and detention moneys and damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract for the employment of the Ship;

(b)

all moneys which are at any time payable under Insurances in respect of loss of earnings;

(c)

all moneys which are at any time payable to the Borrower in respect of the general average contribution; and

(d)

if and whenever the Ship is employed on terms whereby any moneys falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) above are pooled or shared with any other person, that proportion of the net receipts of the relevant pooling or sharing arrangement which is attributable to the Ship.

(a)

the Dollar Equivalent of EUR355,005,000; and

(b)

the Dollar Equivalent of the Final Contract Price.

(a)

any release, emission, spill or discharge into the Ship or into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water of Environmentally Sensitive Material within or from the Ship; or

(b)

any incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water from a vessel other than the Ship and which involves a collision between the Ship and such other vessel or some other incident of navigation or operation, in either case, in connection with which the Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested, attached, detained or injuncted and/or the Ship and/or any Obligor and/or any operator or manager of the Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action; or

(c)

any other incident in which Environmentally Sensitive Material is released, emitted, spilled or discharged into or upon the air, sea, land or soils (including the seabed) or surface water otherwise than from the Ship and in connection with which the Ship is actually or potentially liable to be arrested and/or where any Obligor and/or any operator or manager of the Ship is at fault or allegedly at fault or otherwise liable to any legal or administrative action, other than in accordance with an Environmental Approval.

(a)

sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations or other official guidance;

(b)

any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of paragraph (a) above; or

(c)

any agreement pursuant to the implementation of paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.

(a)

in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014;

(b)

in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (which relates to "gross proceeds" from the disposition of property of a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January 2017; or

(c)

in relation to a "passthru payment" described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) above, 1 January 2017,

(a)

the 2014 Amending and Restating Agreement;

(b)

the 2020 Amendment Agreement;

(c)

the 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement;

(d)

the 2023 Amendment and Restatement Agreement;

(e)

(d)this Agreement;

(f)

the December 2021 Amendment Agreement;

(g)

the December 2022 Amendment Agreement;

(h)

the December 2021 Fee Letters;

(i)

the December 2022 Fee Letters;

(j)

(e)the Deferral Fee Letters;

(k)

(f)any Fee Letter;

(l)

(g)the Guarantee;

(m)

(h)the Tripartite General Assignment;

(n)

(i)the Mortgage;

(o)

(j)the Mortgage Addenda;

(p)

(k)the Post-Delivery Assignment;

(q)

(l)the Limited Liability Company Interests Security Deed;

(r)

(m)the Approved Manager's Undertaking;

(s)

(n)the SACE Reimbursement Agreement;

(t)

(o)any Transfer Certificate;

(u)

(p)any other document (whether creating a Security Interest or not) which is executed as security for, or for the purpose of establishing any priority or subordination arrangement in relation to, the Secured Liabilities; and

(v)

(q)any other document (whether creating a Security Interest or not) which is designated as a Finance Document by agreement between the Borrower, SACE and the Agent.

(a)

for principal, interest or any other sum payable in respect of any moneys borrowed or raised by the debtor;

(b)

under any loan stock, bond, note or other security issued by the debtor;

(c)

under any acceptance credit, guarantee or letter of credit facility made available to the debtor;

(d)

under a financial lease, a deferred purchase consideration arrangement or any other agreement having the commercial effect of a borrowing or raising of money by the debtor;

(e)

under any foreign exchange transaction, any interest or currency swap or any other kind of derivative transaction entered into by the debtor or, if the agreement under which any such transaction is entered into requires netting of mutual liabilities, the liability of the debtor for the net amount;

(f)

under a guarantee, indemnity or similar obligation entered into by the debtor in respect of a liability of another person which would fall within paragraphs (a) to (e) if the references to the debtor referred to the other person; or

(g)

receivables sold or discounted (other than receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis).

(a)

the Margin; and

(b)

the CIRR.

(a)

in relation to each LIBOR Loan, the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of:

(i)

(a)the Margin; and

(ii)

(b)LIBOR for the relevant period.,

(b)

in relation to each Term SOFR Loan, the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of:

(i)

the Margin;

(ii)

the Term SOFR Reference Rate; and

(iii)

the Credit Adjustment Spread.

(a)

matures not later than the Intended Delivery Date, provided that option arrangements may mature up to one month after such date if at the time they are entered into there exists a reasonable uncertainty as to the date on which the Ship will be delivered;

(b)

is entered into by the Borrower or the Guarantor (or, prior to the Effective Date, the Prior Guarantors) or a combination of the foregoing not later than two (2) days before the Conversion Rate Fixing Date so that the Borrower, directly or through the Guarantor, purchases or may purchase Euro with Dollars at a pre-agreed rate; and

(c)

is notified to the Agent within twenty (20) days of its execution but in any event no later than the day preceding the Conversion Rate Fixing Date, with a Certified Copy of each such contract being delivered to the Agent at such time.

(a)

FOREX Contracts that are spot or forward foreign exchange contracts, if any, shall be valued at the contract value (taking into account any rescheduling);

(b)

the difference between the Euro amount available under (a) above and the Euro amount balance payable to the Builder on the Delivery Date is assumed to be purchased at the official daily fixing rate of the European Central Bank for the purchase of Euro with Dollars as displayed on "Reuters Page ECB 37" (or such other pages as may replace that page on that service or a successor service) at or around 2 p.m. (Paris time) on the Conversion Rate Fixing Date;

(c)

any FOREX Contract which is an option or collar arrangement and is not unwound at the Conversion Rate Fixing Date will be marked to market and the resulting profit or loss shall reduce or increase the Dollar countervalue of the purchased Euro;

(d)

any FOREX Contract which is an option or collar arrangement and is sold or purchased back at the time FOREX Contract(s) are entered into for an identical Euro amount shall be accounted for the net premium cost or profit, as the case may be.

(a)

the information package in connection with the "Debt Holiday" application in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Information Package) of the 2020 Amendment Agreement, submitted by the Borrower (or the Guarantor on its behalf) in order to obtain the benefit of the measures provided for in the Original Principles; and

(b)

the information package in connection with the "Debt Holiday" application in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Information Package) of the 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement, submitted by the Borrower (or the Guarantor on its behalf) in order to obtain the benefit of the measures provided for in the Principles for the purpose of this Agreement and certain of the Borrower's and the Guarantor's obligations under this Agreement.

(a)

all policies and contracts of insurance, including entries of the Ship in any protection and indemnity or war risks association, which are effected in respect of the Ship, its Earnings or otherwise in relation to it; and

(b)

all rights and other assets relating to, or derived from any of such policies, contracts or entries, including any rights to a return of a premium.

(a)

either:

(i)

(a)the most recent applicable Screen Rate Term SOFR (as of a day which is not more than five US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day) for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate Term SOFR is available) which is less than the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the Term SOFR Loan; andor

(ii)

if no such Term SOFR is available for a period which is less than the Interest Period of that Term SOFR Loan, the most recent SOFR for a day which is no more than five US Government Securities Business Days (and no less than two US Government Securities Business Days) before the Quotation Day; and

(b)

the most recent applicable Term SOFR (as of a day which is not more than five US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day) for the shortest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Term SOFR Loan.

(a)

the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that LIBOR Loan; and

(b)

the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the LIBOR Loan,

(a)

either

(i)

the applicable Term SOFR (as of the Quotation Day) for the longest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Term SOFR Loan; or

(ii)

if no such Term SOFR is available for a period which is less than the Interest Period of that Term SOFR Loan, SOFR for the day which is five (5) US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day; and

(b)

the applicable Term SOFR (as of the Quotation Day) for the shortest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Term SOFR Loan.

(a)

the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time for Dollars dollars and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan or that part of the LIBOR Loan; or

(b)

as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 6.7 7.7 (Unavailability of Screen Rate before Rate Switch Date),

(a)

before the Loan has been made, Lenders whose Commitments total [*] per cent. of the Total Commitments; and

(b)

after the Loan has been made, Lenders whose Contributions total [*] per cent. of the Loan.

(a)

in relation to the Fixed Interest Rate one point thirty per cent. per annum (1.30% p.a.); and

(b)

in relation to the Floating Interest Rate two point eighty per cent. per annum (2.80% p.a.), save for the 2021 Deferral Tranche in respect of which it shall mean three point zero per cent. per annum (3.00% p.a.).

(a)

the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) of any Obligor or the Group as a whole; or

(b)

the ability of any Obligor to perform its obligations under any Finance Document; or

(c)

the validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of any Security Interest granted or intended to be granted pursuant to any of, the Finance Documents or the rights or remedies of any Secured Party under any of the Finance Documents.

(a)

the Dollar Equivalent of Euro 284,004,000;

(b)

"Maximum Loan Amount" means the aggregate of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of Euro 284,004,000; (b) 100% of the First Instalment of the SACE Premium to be paid by the Borrower direct to SACE on or before 30 days following the issuance of the SACE Insurance Policy; and(c) 100% of the Second Instalment of the SACE Premium payable on the original Drawdown Date, with (X) the Loan currently outstanding (including the drawn part of the 2020 Deferral Tranche) on the 2021 Deferral Effective Date being equal to $265,287,622.76 and (Y) an amount equal to $39,081,158.26 under the 2021 Deferral Tranche being available for utilisation, to be made (or deemed to be made) available as provided for in this Agreement.

(c)

100% of the Second Instalment of the SACE Premium payable on the original Drawdown Date,

(a)

the addendum to the Original Mortgage executed pursuant to the 2020 Amendment Agreement on 4 June 2020;and

(b)

the addendum to the Original Mortgage (as amended pursuant to the addendum described in paragraph (a) above) executed pursuant to the 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement on or about the date hereof.; and

(c)

the addendum to the Original Mortgage (as amended pursuant to the addendum described in paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) above) executed pursuant to the 2023 Amendment and Restatement Agreement, on or about the date hereof.

(a)

on any date, the applicable day to day Screen Rate as of the Specified Time for Dollars; or

(b)

as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 6.7 7.7 (Unavailability of Screen Rate before Rate Switch Date),

(a)

incurred under the Finance Documents; or

(b)

permitted pursuant to Clause 12.13 13.13 (Financial Indebtedness and subordination of indebtedness).

(a)

in the case of the Borrower:

(i)

any of the Security Interests referred to in paragraph (b)(ii)(A) below, and

(ii)

any of the Security Interests referred to in paragraphs (b)(ii)(B), (b)(ii)(C), (b)(ii)(E), (b)(ii)(H) and (b)(ii)(I) below if, by reason of any chartering or management arrangements for the Ship approved by the Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, such Security Interests are created by the Borrower in the case of paragraphs (b)(ii)(C) or (b)(ii)(E) or incurred by the Borrower in the case of paragraphs (b)(ii)(B), (b)(ii)(H) or (b)(ii)(I); and

(b)

in the case of the Guarantor:

(i)

any of the Security Interests referred to in paragraphs (b)(ii)(A), (b)(ii)(D), (b)(ii)(F) and (b)(ii)(G) below, and

(ii)

any of the Security Interests referred to in paragraphs (C), (E), (H) and (I) below if, by reason of any chartering or management arrangements for the Ship approved by the Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, such Security Interests are created by the Guarantor in the case of paragraphs (C) or (E) or incurred by the Guarantor in the case of paragraphs (H) or (I);

(A)

any Security Interest created by or pursuant to the Finance Documents and any deposits or other Security Interests placed or incurred in connection with any bond or other surety from time to time provided to the US Federal Maritime Commission in order to comply with laws, regulations and rules applicable to the operators of passenger vessels operating to or from ports in the United States of America;

(B)

liens on the Ship up to an aggregate amount at any time not exceeding [*] Dollars ($[*]) for current crew's wages and salvage and liens incurred in the ordinary course of trading the Ship;

(C)

any deposits or pledges up to an aggregate amount at any time not exceeding [*] Dollars ($[*]) to secure the performance of bids, tenders, bonds or contracts required in the ordinary course of business;

(D)

any other Security Interest including in relation to the Existing Indebtedness over the assets of any Obligor other than the Borrower notified by the Borrower or any of the Obligors to the Agent and SACE and accepted by them prior to the date of this Agreement;

(E)

(without prejudice to the provisions of Clause 12.13 13.13 (Financial Indebtedness and subordination of indebtedness)) liens on assets leased, acquired or upgraded after the date of the Original Facility Agreement or assets newly constructed or converted after the date of the Original Facility Agreement provided that (i) such liens secure Financial Indebtedness otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (ii) such liens are incurred at the time of such lease, acquisition, upgrade, construction or conversion and (iii) the Financial Indebtedness secured by such liens does not exceed the cost of such upgrade or the cost of such assets acquired or leased;

(F)

other liens arising in the ordinary course of business of the Group unrelated to Financial Indebtedness and securing obligations not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established provided that (i) the aggregate amount of all cash and the fair market value of all other property subject to such liens as are described in this paragraph (F) does not exceed [*] Dollars ($[*]) and (ii) such cash and/or other property is not an asset of the Borrower;

(G)

subject to the other provisions of this Agreement and the Guarantee, any Security Interest in respect of existing Financial Indebtedness of a person which becomes a Subsidiary of the Guarantor or is merged with or into the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries;

(H)

liens in favour of credit card companies on unearned customer deposits pursuant to agreements therewith; and

(I)

liens in favour of customers on unearned customer deposits.

(a)

any Finance Document;

(b)

any policy or contract of insurance contemplated by or referred to in Clause 12 13 (General Undertakings) or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document;

(c)

any other document contemplated by or referred to in any Finance Document; and

(d)

any document which has been or is at any time sent by or to the Agent in contemplation of or in connection with any Finance Document or any policy, contract or document falling within paragraphs (b) or (c).

(a)

any transaction or matter contemplated by, arising out of, or in connection with a Pertinent Document; or

(b)

any statement relating to a Pertinent Document or to a transaction or matter falling within paragraph (a);

(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 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.

(a)

in relation to a LIBOR Loan, two Business Days in London (other than Saturdays and Sundays on which banks are open in London) before the first day of that period unless market practice differs in the Relevant Market in which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the Agent in accordance with that market practice (and if quotations would normally be given on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those days); and

(b)

in relation to a Term SOFR Loan, two US Government Securities Business Days before the first day of that period unless market practice differs in the relevant syndicated loan market in which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the Agent in accordance with that market practice (and if quotations would normally be given on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those days).

(a)

in relation to a LIBOR Loan, the Screen Rate is customarily displayed on the relevant page or screen of an information service (other than for one week and two months); and

(b)

in relation to a Term SOFR Loan, Term SOFR is customarily displayed on the relevant page or screen of an information service.

(a)

the Backstop Rate Switch Date; and

(b)

any Rate Switch Trigger Event Date.

(1)

(1)

the administrator of the Screen Rate or its supervisor publicly announces that such administrator is insolvent; or

(2)

information is published in any order, decree, notice, petition or filing, however described, of or filed with a court, tribunal, exchange, regulatory authority or similar administrative, regulatory or judicial body which reasonably confirms that the administrator of the Screen Rate is insolvent,

(2)

the administrator of the Screen Rate publicly announces that it has ceased or will cease, to provide the Screen Rate for any Quoted Tenor permanently or indefinitely and, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide the Screen Rate for that Quoted Tenor;

(3)

the supervisor of the administrator of the Screen Rate publicly announces that the Screen Rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely discontinued for any Quoted Tenor; or

(4)

the administrator of the Screen Rate or its supervisor publicly announces that the Screen Rate for any Quoted Tenor may no longer be used; or

(2)

the supervisor of the administrator of the Screen Rate publicly announces or publishes information:

(1)

stating that the Screen Rate for any Quoted Tenor is no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative of the underlying market and the economic reality that it is intended to measure and that such

(2)

with awareness that any such announcement or publication will engage certain triggers for fallback provisions in contracts which may be activated by any such pre-cessation announcement or publication.

(1)

in the case of an occurrence of a Rate Switch Trigger Event described in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph (1) of the definition of Rate Switch Trigger Event, the date on which the Screen Rate ceases to be published or otherwise becomes unavailable;

(2)

in the case of an occurrence of a Rate Switch Trigger Event described in sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) of paragraph (1) of the definition of Rate Switch Trigger Event, the date on which the Screen Rate for the relevant Quoted Tenor ceases to be published or otherwise becomes unavailable; and

(3)

in the case of an occurrence of a Rate Switch Trigger Event described in paragraph (2) of the definition of Rate Switch Trigger Event, the date on which the Screen Rate for the relevant Quoted Tenor ceases to be representative of the underlying market and the economic reality that it is intended to measure (as determined by the supervisor of the administrator of such Screen Rate).

(a)

if:

(i)

the Reference Bank is a contributor to the Screen Rate; and

(ii)

it consists of a single figure,

(b)

in any other case, as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could fund itself in Dollars for the relevant period with reference to the unsecured wholesale funding market.

(a)

in relation to this Agreement (as further amended, restated and supplemented from time to time), 31 December 2026;

(b)

in relation to the Marina Facility Agreement, 19 January 2027;

(c)

in relation to the Riviera Facility Agreement, 27 October 2026; and

(d)

in relation to the Seven Seas Splendor Facility Agreement, 29 January 2027.

(a)

its jurisdiction of incorporation;

(b)

any jurisdiction where any asset subject to, or intended to be subject to, any of the Security Interests created, or intended to be created, under the Finance Documents to which it is a party is situated;

(c)

any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; and

(d)

the jurisdiction whose laws govern the perfection of any of the Security Interests created, or intended to be created, under the Finance Documents to which it is a party.

(a)

subject to paragraph (b) below, the London interbank market; and

(b)

on or after the Rate Switch Date, the market for overnight cash borrowing collateralised by US Government securities.

(a)

formally designated, nominated or recommended as the replacement for a Screen Rate by:

(i)

the administrator of that Screen Rate (provided that the market or economic reality that such benchmark rate measures is the same as that measured by that Screen Rate); or

(ii)

any Relevant Nominating Body,

(b)

in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrower, generally accepted in the international or any relevant domestic syndicated loan markets as the appropriate successor to a Screen Rate; or

(a)

a duly completed and executed Qualifying Certificate; and

(b)

each of the other documents, information and other evidence specified in or required to be enclosed with such Qualifying Certificate.

(a)

imposed by law or regulation of the United Kingdom, the Council of the European Union, the United Nations or its Security Council or imposed by any member state of the European Union or Switzerland;

(b)

imposed by CISADA or OFAC; or

(c)

otherwise imposed by any law or regulation,

(a)

the methodology, formula or other means of determining that Screen Rate has, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrower materially changed;

(A)

the administrator of that Screen Rate or its supervisor publicly announces that such administrator is insolvent; or

(B)

information is published in any order, decree, notice, petition or filing, however described, or filed with a court, tribunal, exchange,

(ii)

the administrator of that Screen Rate publicly announces that it has ceased or will cease, to provide that Screen Rate permanently or indefinitely and, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Screen Rate;

(iii)

the supervisor of the administrator of that Screen Rate publicly announces that such Screen Rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely discontinued; or

(iv)

the administrator of that Screen Rate or its supervisor announces that that Screen Rate may no longer be used; or

(c)

the administrator of that Screen Rate determines that that Screen Rate should be calculated in accordance with its reduced submissions or other contingency or fallback policies or arrangements and either:

(i)

the circumstance(s) or event(s) leading to such determination are not (in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Borrower) temporary; or

(ii)

that Screen Rate is calculated in accordance with any such policy or arrangement for a period no less than the Screen Rate Contingency Period; or

(a)

a mortgage, charge (whether fixed or floating) or pledge, any maritime or other lien, assignment, hypothecation or any other security interest of any kind or other agreement or arrangement having the effect of conferring security;

(b)

the security rights of a plaintiff under an action in rem; and

(c)

any arrangement entered into by a person (A) the effect of which is to place another person (B) in a position which is similar, in economic terms, to the position in which B would have been had he held a security interest over an asset of A; but this paragraph (c) does not apply to a right of set off or combination of accounts conferred by the standard terms of business of a bank or financial institution.

(a)

all amounts which have become due for payment by the Borrower or any Obligor under the Finance Documents have been paid;

(b)

no amount is owing or has accrued (without yet having become due for payment) under any Finance Document;

(c)

neither the Borrower nor any other Obligor has any future or contingent liability under Clause 19 20 (Application of Sums Received) below or any other provision of this Agreement or another Finance Document; and

(d)

the Agent and the Majority Lenders do not consider that there is a significant risk that any payment or transaction under a Finance Document would be set aside, or would have to be reversed or adjusted, in any present or possible future bankruptcy of the Borrower or an Obligor or in any present or possible future proceeding relating to a Finance Document or any asset covered (or previously covered) by a Security Interest created by a Finance Document.

(a)

the Security Interests expressed to be granted in favour of the Security Trustee as trustee for the Secured Parties and all proceeds received or recovered by or on behalf of the Security Trustee under or by virtue of any Security Interest including any money or other assets which are received or recovered by it as a result of the enforcement or exercise by it of such a Security Interest or right;

(b)

all obligations expressed to be undertaken by an Obligor to pay amounts in respect of the Secured Liabilities to the Security Trustee as trustee for the Secured Parties and secured by the Security Interests together with all representations and warranties expressed to be given by an Obligor in favour of the Security Trustee as trustee for the Secured Parties;

(c)

the Security Trustee's interest in any turnover trust created under the Finance Documents;

(d)

any other amounts or property, whether rights, entitlements, choses in action or otherwise, actual or contingent, which the Security Trustee is required by the terms of the Finance Documents to hold as trustee on trust for the Secured Parties,

(i)

rights intended for the sole benefit of the Security Trustee; and

(ii)

any moneys or other assets which the Security Trustee has transferred to the Agent or (being entitled to do so) has retained in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

(a)

if LIBOR is fixed, the Quotation Day as of 11:00 am London time; and

(b)

in relation to a Reference Bank Rate calculated by reference to the available quotations in accordance with Clause 6.8 7.8 (Calculation of Reference Bank Rate), noon on the Quotation Day.

(a)

a majority of the issued shares in S (or a majority of the issued shares in S which carry unlimited rights to capital and income distributions) are directly owned by P or are indirectly attributable to P; or

(b)

P has direct or indirect control over a majority of the voting rights attaching to the issued shares of S; or

(c)

P has the direct or indirect power to appoint or remove a majority of the directors of S; or

(d)

P otherwise has the direct or indirect power to ensure that the affairs of S are conducted in accordance with the wishes of P;

(a)

the applicable Term SOFR as of the Quotation Day and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Term SOFR Loan; or

(b)

as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 7.9 (Unavailability of Term SOFR),

(a)

actual, constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Ship;

(b)

any expropriation, confiscation, requisition or acquisition of the Ship, whether for full consideration, a consideration less than its proper value, a nominal consideration or without any consideration, which is effected by any government or official authority or by any person or persons claiming to be or to represent a government or official authority, (excluding a requisition for hire for a fixed period not exceeding 1 year without any right to an extension) unless it is within 1 month redelivered to the Borrower's full control;

(c)

any arrest, capture, seizure or detention of the Ship (including any hijacking or theft) unless it is within 1 month redelivered to the Borrower's full control.

(a)

in the case of an actual loss of the Ship, the date on which it occurred or, if that is unknown, the date when the Ship was last heard of;

(b)

in the case of a constructive, compromised, agreed or arranged total loss of the Ship, the earliest of:

(i)

the date on which a notice of abandonment is given to the insurers; and

(ii)

the date of any compromise, arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Borrower with the Ship's insurers in which the insurers agree to treat the Ship as a total loss; and

(c)

in the case of any other type of total loss, on the date (or the most likely date) on which it appears to the Agent acting reasonably and in consultation with the Borrower that the event constituting the total loss occurred.

(a)

a Saturday or a Sunday; and

(b)

a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (or any successor organisation) recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in US Government securities.

(a)

any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and

(b)

any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (a) above, or imposed elsewhere.

(a)

in relation to any Bail-In Legislation described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time, the powers described as such in relation to that Bail-In Legislation in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule;

(b)

in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation:

(i)

any powers under that Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and

(ii)

any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation; and

(c)

in relation to any UK Bail-In Legislation:

(i)

any powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and

(ii)

any similar or analogous powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation.

1.2

Construction of certain terms

1.3

Construction of Insurance Terms

1.4

Meaning of "month"

(a)

on the Business Day following the numerically corresponding day if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day or, if there is no later Business Day in the same calendar month, on the Business Day preceding the numerically corresponding day; or

(b)

on the last Business Day in the relevant calendar month, if the period started on the last Business Day in a calendar month or if the last calendar month of the period has no numerically corresponding day;

1.5

Non-applicable provisions between the Obligors, German Lenders and any Creditor Party subject to the EU Blocking Regulation

(a)

A Creditor Party that is incorporated in the Federal Republic of Germany or is otherwise subject to the EU Blocking Regulation may notify the Agent in writing that it elects that any provisions with respect to Sanctions, including, without limitation, the undertakings and covenants given under paragraph (d) of Clause 12.2 13.2 (Information), Clause 12.3 13.3 (Illicit Payments), Clause 12.4 13.4 (Prohibited Payments), Clause 12.24 13.24 (Compliance with laws etc.) or provisions contained in Clause 20.3 21.3 (Miscellaneous indemnities) or Clause 21.1 22.1 (Illegality) and the representations and warranties given under paragraphs (t), (u), (x) and (y) of Clause 11.2 12.2 (Continuing representations and warranties) respectively (the "Sanctions Provisions") shall only enure to the benefit of, and be applicable to, that Creditor Party to the extent that such provisions would not result in: (i) any violation of, conflict with or liability under the EU Blocking Regulation; or (ii) in the case of a Creditor Party that is incorporated in the Federal Republic of Germany only, a violation or conflict with the German Blocking Provisions.

(b)

If a Creditor Party elects to be a Restricted Creditor Party, in respect of any proposed requirement to comply, enforcement, waiver, non-waiver, consent, variation or amendment of or in relation to a Finance Document relating to any Sanctions Provision (a "Relevant Action"), the Restricted Creditor Party shall notify the Agent in writing whether or not it shall be deemed to be a Lender for the purposes of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve the Relevant Action and upon receipt by the Agent of such notice such Restricted Creditor Party shall be so deemed for such purposes.

1.6

General Interpretation

(a)

references in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) to a Finance Document or any other document being an "agreed form" are to the form agreed between the Agent (acting with the authorisation of each of the Creditor Parties) and the Borrower with any modifications to that form which the

(b)

references to, or to a provision of, a Finance Document or any other document are references to it as amended, amended and restated or supplemented, whether before the date of this Agreement or otherwise;

(c)

references to, or to a provision of, any law or regulation include any amendment, extension, re-enactment or replacement, whether made before the date of this Agreement or otherwise;

(d)

any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept or thing shall, in respect of a jurisdiction other than England, be deemed to include that which most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the English legal term;

(e)

words denoting the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; and

(f)

Clauses 1.1 (Definitions) to 1.5 1.6 (General Interpretation) apply unless the contrary intention appears.

1.7

Headings

1.8

Schedules

1.9

Effective Date

2

Facility

2.1

Amount of facility

(a)

in payment to the Builder of all or part of 80% of the Final Contract Price up to the Eligible Amount;

(b)

in reimbursement to the Borrower of the amount of the First Instalment of the SACE Premium paid by it to SACE on or before 30 days following the issuance of the SACE Insurance Policy; and

(c)

in payment to SACE of the amount of the Second Instalment of the SACE Premium payable by the Borrower to SACE on the Drawdown Date.

2.2

Lenders' participations in Loan

2.3

Purpose of Loan

(a)

goods and services of Italian origin incorporated in the design, construction or delivery of the Ship;

(b)

subject to the limits and conditions fixed by the Italian Authorities, goods and services incorporated in the design, construction or delivery of the Ship and originating from countries other than Italy where the provision of such goods or services has been sub-contracted by the Builder and therefore remains the Builder's responsibility under the Shipbuilding Contract;

(c)

reimbursement to the Borrower of the First Instalment of the SACE Premium paid by the Borrower direct to SACE 30 days following the issuance of the SACE Insurance Policy;

(d)

the Second Instalment of the SACE Premium payable on the Drawdown Date; and

(e)

such purposes, relating to the 2020 Deferral Tranche and the 2021 Deferral Tranche, as specified in accordance with the 2020 Amendment Agreement and the 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement respectively.

2.4

Creditor Parties' rights and obligations

(a)

The obligations of each Creditor Party under the Finance Documents are several.  Failure by a Creditor Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Creditor Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Creditor Party under the Finance Documents.

(b)

The rights of each Creditor Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Creditor Party from an Obligor shall be a separate and independent debt.

(c)

A Creditor Party may not, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents.

(d)

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Finance Documents and subject to the prior written consent of SACE, a Creditor Party may separately sue for any Unpaid Sum due to it without the consent of any other Creditor Party or joining any other Creditor Party to the relevant proceedings (it being understood that a Creditor Party may file a claim noting the amounts due to it in the event insolvency proceedings are commenced against the Borrower by a third party.)

2.5

Monitoring

2.6

Obligations of Lenders several

(a)

the obligations of the other Lenders being increased; nor

(b)

any Obligor or any other Lender being discharged (in whole or in part) from its obligations under any Finance Document;

2.7

Independent Repayment Obligations

(a)

The Borrower's obligations under this Agreement are separate from and are not in any way conditional upon the performance of the Shipbuilding Contract by the Builder or any other person and will not be affected or discharged by any matter affecting the Contract or any other contract or other arrangement between the Builder and any other party to the Contract including, without limitation, the performance, non-performance, frustration or invalidity or the destruction, non-completion, or non-functioning of any of the items to be supplied under the Contract (including those to be supplied by the Builder) or the liquidation or bankruptcy of the Builder.

(b)

The Borrower's repayment obligations under this Agreement will not be affected in any way by reason of any claim which the Borrower may have or may consider that it has against the Builder or any other person under the Contract.

3

Conditions Precedent

3.1

General

3.2

No later than the date of the Original Facility Agreement

(a)

an opinion from legal counsel acceptable to the Secured Parties as to the laws of the state of Delaware in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and SACE, together with the limited liability company documentation of the Borrower supporting the opinion, including but without limitation the Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement as filed with the competent authorities and a certificate of a competent officer or manager of the Borrower containing specimen signatures of the persons authorised to sign the documents on behalf of the Borrower, including, without limitation:

(i)

the Borrower has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited liability company under the laws of the state of Delaware;

(ii)

the Original Facility Agreement falls within the scope of the Borrower's limited liability company purpose as defined by its Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement;

(iii)

the Borrower's representatives were at the date of the Original Facility Agreement fully empowered to sign the Original Facility Agreement;

(iv)

either all administrative requirements applicable to the Borrower (whether in the state of Delaware or elsewhere), concerning the transfer of funds abroad and acquisitions of Dollars to meet its obligations hereunder have been complied with, or that there are no such requirements;

(v)

no withholding tax or stamp duty implications arise by virtue of the Borrower entering into the Original Facility Agreement;

(vi)

a judgment of an English Court in relation to the Original Facility Agreement and any relevant Finance Documents will be recognised by and acknowledged by the Courts in the State of Delaware; and

(vii)

the Original Facility Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable in accordance with its terms,

(b)

an opinion from legal counsel to the Creditor Parties as to English law confirming, without limitation, that (i) the obligations of the Borrower under the Original Facility Agreement and (ii) that the obligations of each Prior Guarantor under the relevant Prior Guarantee are legally valid and binding obligations enforceable by the relevant Creditor Parties;

(c)

an opinion from legal counsel to SACE as to English law (to be solely addressed to the Italian Authorities) in form and substance satisfactory to SACE;

(d)

a Certified Copy of the executed Shipbuilding Contract;

(e)

a confirmation from EC3 Services Limited that it will act for the Borrower as agent for service of process in England in respect of the Original Facility Agreement and any other Finance Document;

(f)

an opinion from legal counsel acceptable to the Secured Parties as to Panamanian law in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and SACE, together with the corporate documentation of each Prior Guarantor supporting the opinion, including but without limitation the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws as filed with the competent authorities and a certificate of a competent officer of each Prior Guarantor containing specimen signatures of the persons authorised to sign the documents on behalf of the Prior Guarantor including without limitation:

(i)

each Prior Guarantor has been duly organised and is validly existing and in good standing as a Panamanian sociedad anonima or a sociedad de responsibilidad limitada with its domicile in the Republic of Panama and each Prior Guarantor's Resident Agent being Arias Fabrega & Fabrega with address at Plaza 2000 Building, 16th Floor, 50th Street, Panama;

(ii)

each Prior Guarantee falls within the scope of the relevant Prior Guarantor's corporate purpose as defined by its Articles of Incorporation and By-laws;

(iii)

each Prior Guarantor's representative was at the date of the Prior Guarantee issued by it fully empowered to sign and duly execute that Prior Guarantee;

(iv)

either all administrative requirements applicable to each Prior Guarantor (whether in the Republic of Panama) concerning the transfer of funds abroad and acquisitions of Dollars to meet its obligations under the Prior Guarantee issued by it have been complied with, or that there are no such requirements;

(v)

each Prior Guarantee is the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Prior Guarantor which issued it enforceable in accordance with its terms;

(vi)

the Limited Liability Company Interests Security Deed falls within the scope of Seven Seas' corporate purpose as defined by its Articles of Incorporation and By-laws; and

(vii)

the representative of Seven Seas was at the date of the Limited Liability Company Interests Security Deed fully empowered to sign the Limited Liability Company Interests Security Deed.

(viii)

a judgment of an English Court in relation to the Prior Guarantees will be recognised by and acknowledged by the Courts of Panama; and

(ix)

none of the undertakings of either Prior Guarantor contained in either Prior Guarantee are contrary to public policy in the Republic of Panama,

(g)

duly executed originals of the Guarantees and the Limited Liability Security Deed; and

(h)

confirmation from EC3 Services Limited that it will act for each Prior Guarantor as agent for service of process in England in respect of the Prior Guarantee issued by that Prior Guarantor and any other Finance Document.

3.3

No later than ninety (90) days before the Intended Delivery Date

(a)

notification from the Borrower of its chosen Maritime Registry;

(b)

the SACE Insurance Policy documentation relating to the transaction contemplated by the Original Facility Agreement issued on terms whereby the SACE Insurance Policy will enter into full force and effect upon fulfilment of the conditions specified therein to be fulfilled on or before the Drawdown Date;

(c)

evidence that the Borrower has paid the First Instalment of the SACE Premium to SACE on or before 30 days following the issuance of the SACE Insurance Policy; and

(d)

notification of the Approved Manager.

3.4

No later than the date falling ninety (90) days before the Intended Delivery Date and on each subsequent date on which a Compliance Certificate is to be received by the Security Trustee pursuant to paragraph (e) of clause 11.3 of the Original Guarantee a duly completed Compliance Certificate from the Guarantor.

3.5

No later than sixty (60) days before the Intended Delivery Date

(a)

The Agent shall have received from the Borrower no later than sixty (60) days before the Intended Delivery Date:

(i)

notification of the Intended Delivery Date; and

(ii)

notification, signed by a duly authorised signatory of the Borrower, specifying which of the Fixed Interest Rate or the Floating Interest Rate shall be applicable to the Loan until the date of payment of the final repayment instalment of the Loan; and in absence of any such notification, the Borrower shall be deemed to have opted for the Floating Interest Rate; and

(iii)

a US tax opinion from legal counsel to the Creditor Parties in respect of the tax treatment of the entry by the US incorporated Borrower into the Original Facility Agreement and the other Finance Documents substantially in the form notified to the Borrower on or around the date of the Original Facility Agreement and updated to reflect any changes in law;

(b)

The Agent (acting on the instructions of the Lenders) shall notify to the Borrower any documents required under the ISM Code and the ISPS Code which are to be provided at delivery pursuant to paragraph (f) of Clause 3.10 (At Delivery) below.

3.6

No later than fifteen (15) Business Days before the Intended Delivery Date

3.7

No later than five (5) Business Days before the Intended Delivery Date

(a)

the Drawdown Notice from the Borrower, signed by a duly authorised signatory of the Borrower, specifying the amount of the Loan to be drawn down;

(b)

a Certified Copy of each of the Change Orders, of any amendments to the Shipbuilding Contract and of the power of attorney pursuant to which the authorised signatory of the Borrower signed the Drawdown Notice and a specimen of his signature;

(c)

a final confirmation of the Intended Delivery Date signed by a duly authorised signatory of the Borrower, and counter-signed by a duly authorised signatory of the Builder.

3.8

Examination of documents by the Agent

3.9

No later than the Delivery Date

(a)

an opinion from legal counsel acceptable to the Secured Parties as to the laws of the state of Delaware in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and SACE together with the limited liability company documentation of the Borrower and a certificate of a competent officer or manager of the Borrower containing specimen signatures of the persons authorised to sign the documents on behalf of the Borrower, confirming that, without limitation:

(i)

the Original Mortgage, the Tripartite General Assignment, the Post-Delivery Assignment and the Seven Seas Charter fall within the scope of the Borrower's limited liability company purpose as defined by its Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement and are binding on it;  and

(ii)

the Borrower's representatives are fully empowered to sign the Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance, the Original Mortgage, the Tripartite General Assignment, the Post-Delivery Assignment and the Seven Seas Charter.

(b)

evidence of payment to and receipt by the Builder of: