Norwegian Cruise Line 10K 2023 Annual report | NCLH Filing

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Exhibit 10.43

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

Dated 30 November 2023

AMENDMENT TO THE TERM LOAN FACILITY

LEONARDO FIVE, LTD.

as Borrower

NCL CORPORATION LTD.

as Guarantor

NCL INTERNATIONAL, LTD

as Shareholder

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD.

as the Holding

THE Banks and FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed IN Schedule 1

as Lenders

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

BNP PARIBAS FORTIS

HSBC BANK PLC

KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH

CASSA DEPOSITI E PRESTITI S.P.A.

BANCO SANTANDER, S.A.

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

as Joint Mandated Lead Arrangers

BNP PARIBAS S.A.

as Facility Agent

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

as SACE Agent

and

HSBC CORPORATE TRUSTEE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED

as Security Trustee

SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT

relating to a facility agreement originally dated 19 December 2018 (as amended, amended and restated and as supplemented from time to time) in respect of the part financing of the 3,300 passenger cruise ship newbuilding presently designated as
Hull No. [*] at Fincantieri S.p.A

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Index

Clause‌Page

1 Definitions and Interpretation‌2

2 Conditions Precedent‌3

3 Representations‌4

4 Amendments to Facility Agreement and other Finance Documents‌4

5 Further Assurance‌12

6 Costs, Expenses and Fees‌12

7 Notices‌12

8 Counterparts‌12

9 Signing Electronically‌12

10 Governing Law‌12

11 Enforcement‌12

Schedules

Schedule 1 The Lenders‌14

Part A The Tranche A Lenders‌14

Part B The Tranche B Lenders‌16

Part C The Tranche C Lenders‌19

Schedule 2 Conditions Precedent‌21

Schedule 3 Form of Effective Date Certificate‌23

Execution

Execution Pages‌14

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THIS AGREEMENT is made on 30 November 2023

Parties

(1)	LEONARDO FIVE, LTD., an exempted company incorporated 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")

(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)	NCL INTERNATIONAL, LTD., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda and having its registered office at Park Place, 55 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda (the "Shareholder")

(4)	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")

(5)	THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 (The Lenders) as lenders (the "Lenders")

(6)	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, BNP PARIBAS FORTIS, HSBC BANK PLC, KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH, CASSA DEPOSITI E PRESTITI S.P.A., BANCO SANTANDER, S.A. and SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE as joint mandated lead arrangers (the "Mandated Lead Arrangers")

(7)	CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as SACE agent (the "SACE Agent")

(8)	BNP PARIBAS S.A., as facility agent (the "Facility Agent")

(9)	HSBC CORPORATE TRUSTEE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED, as security trustee (the "Security Trustee")

Background

(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 €640,000,000 and the amount of the SACE Premium (but not exceeding $954,854,771.78) for the purpose of assisting the Borrower in financing (a) the payment or reimbursement under the Shipbuilding Contract of all or part of 80% of the Final Contract Price up to the Eligible Amount and (b) reimbursement to the Borrower of 100% of the First Instalment of the SACE Premium paid by it to SACE and payment to SACE of 100% of the Second Instalment of the SACE Premium (as defined therein).

(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 and restated pursuant to an amendment and restatement agreement dated 17 February 2021 (the "February 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement"), and further amended and restated pursuant to an amendment and restatement agreement dated 17 June 2021 (the "June 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement"), pursuant to which the parties agreed to the temporary suspension of certain covenants under the Guarantee and addition of certain covenants under the Original Facility Agreement (as amended pursuant to the February 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement). Pursuant to such amendments, the amount of the Facility was increased to an Amended Maximum Loan Amount of $981,132,048.65.

(C)

By a supplemental agreement dated 23 December 2021 and made between, amongst others, the Borrower, the Facility 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 from time to time prior to the date of such amendment) and by a supplemental agreement dated 16 December 2022 (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 from time to time prior to the date of such amendment).

(D)

By an amendment and restatement agreement dated 6 April 2023 (effective 28 April 2023) (the "April 2023 Amendment and Restatement Agreement"), the Parties agreed to amend and restate the Original Facility Agreement (as amended from time to time prior to the date of such amendment) for the purpose of, inter alia, documenting the transition from LIBOR to SOFR and providing for an increase of the Facility in respect of the Upsize Allowance and the Tranche C Premium.

(E)	The Parties have agreed to amend and supplement the Facility Agreement and the Guarantee as set out in this Agreement for the purposes of, inter alia, amending certain financial covenants and certain other related provisions under the Facility Agreement and the Guarantee.

Operative Provisions

1	Definitions and Interpretation

1.1	Definitions

In this Agreement:

"Amended Facility Agreement" means the Facility Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Agreement.

"Effective Date" means the date on which the Facility Agent notifies the Borrower, the other Creditor Parties and SACE as to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent as provided in Clause 2.1 (Conditions Precedent).

"Facility Agreement" means the Original Facility Agreement, as amended and restated by the February 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement, as further amended and restated by the June 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement, as further amended by the December 2021 Amendment Agreement, as further amended by the December 2022 Amendment Agreement and as further amended and restated by the April 2023 Amendment and Restatement Agreement and made between, amongst others, (i) the Borrower, (ii) the Lenders, (iii) the Mandated Lead Arrangers, (iv) the Facility Agent and the SACE Agent and (v) the Security Trustee.

"November 2023 Fee Letters" means any letter between the Facility Agent (or the SACE Agent, as applicable) and any Obligor which sets out the fees payable in connection with the arrangements contemplated by this Agreement.

"November 2023 Finance Documents" means this Agreement and each November 2023 Fee Letter.

"Obligors" means the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Holding and the Shareholder.

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"Original Facility Agreement" means the facility agreement dated 19 December 2018 and made between, amongst others, (i) the Borrower, (ii) the Lenders, (iii) the Mandated Lead Arrangers, (iv) the Facility Agent and the SACE Agent and (v) the Security Trustee.

"Party" means a party to this Agreement.

"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 Facility Agent designate this Agreement as a Finance Document.

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 36.4 (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

2.1	The Effective Date cannot occur unless:

(a)	the Facility 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 Facility Agent;

(b)

save as disclosed in writing to the Facility 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;

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(c)

save as disclosed in writing to the Facility 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 shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the amendment of the Facility Agreement pursuant to this Agreement; and

(d)	the Facility 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.

2.2

Upon fulfilment or waiver of the conditions set out in Clause 2.1 above, the Facility Agent shall provide the Borrower, the Creditor Parties 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 Facility Agent in writing to the contrary before the Facility Agent provides the certificate described in Clause 2.2 above, the Creditor Parties authorise (but do not require) the Facility Agent to execute and provide such certificate. The Facility 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

On the date of this Agreement and 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 11 (Representations and warranties) of the Amended Facility Agreement and updated with appropriate modifications to refer to the November 2023 Finance Documents.

3.2	Finance Document representations

On the date of this Agreement and 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 clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Facility Agreement, the following definitions shall be added in alphabetical order:

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(i)

"November 2023 Amendment Agreement" means the amendment to this Agreement dated 30 November 2023 between, amongst others, the Borrower, the Facility Agent and the SACE Agent.

(ii)

"November 2023 Fee Letters" means any letter between the Facility Agent (or the SACE Agent, as applicable) and any Obligor which sets out the fees payable in connection with the arrangements contemplated by the November 2023 Amendment Agreement.

(iii)

"Permitted Intercompany Arrangements" means any intercompany Financial Indebtedness or operating arrangement which, from an accounting perspective, has the effect of an intercompany Financial Indebtedness between or among members of the Group.

(b)	In clause 1.1 (Definitions) the following definitions shall be deleted and replaced as follows:

"Finance Documents" means:

(a)

this Agreement;

(b)

the 2021 Deferral Fee Letters;

(c)

the February 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement;

(d)

the June 2021 Amendment and Restatement Agreement;

(e)

the December 2021 Amendment Agreement;

(f)

the December 2022 Amendment Agreement;

(g)

the April 2023 Amendment and Restatement Agreement;

(h)

the November 2023 Amendment Agreement;

(i)

the June 2021 Fee Letters;

(j)

the December 2021 Fee Letters;

(k)

the December 2022 Fee Letters;

(l)

the November 2023 Fee Letters;

(m)

any Fee Letter;

(n)

the Guarantee;

(o)

the General Assignment;

(p)

the Mortgage;

(q)

the Post-Delivery Assignment;

(r)

any Subordinated Debt Security;

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(s)

the Shares Security Deed;

(t)

the Approved Manager's Undertaking;

(u)

any Transfer Certificate;

(v)

any Compliance Certificate;

(w)

any Drawdown Notice;

(x)

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

(y)

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 Facility Agent Clause 12.28 (New capital raises or financing) shall be deleted and replaced as follows:

(c)	Clause 12.28 (New capital raises or financing) shall be deleted and replaced as follows:

"12.28

(New capital raises or financing)

(a)

Save as provided below:

(i)

no new debt shall be raised and no new Financial Indebtedness shall be incurred by the Group (including, for the avoidance of doubt, inter-company loans);

(ii)

no non-arm's length disposals of any asset relating to the Group fleet shall be made; and

(iii)

no additional Security Interests securing existing Financial Indebtedness will be created or permitted to subsist by any Obligor (unless the Lenders benefit from this new security on a pari passu basis),

until 31 December 2023.

(b)

The restrictions in paragraph (a) of this Clause ‎12.28 (New capital raises or financing) above shall not apply in relation to:

(i)

any refinancing of any bond issuance of, or loan entered into by, the Group (A) which matures during such period or (B) where not maturing during such period, shall be on terms resulting, when taken as a whole, in an improvement of the ability of the Obligors to meet their obligations under the Finance Documents, which terms include any of the following: an extension of the repayment terms; or a decrease in the interest rate; or the conversion of such Financial Indebtedness from secured to unsecured or first to second priority;

(ii)

any debt provided prior to 31 December 2023 to provide the Group with crisis and/or recovery related funding in respect of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic;

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(iii)

any debt being raised on or after 31 December 2023 to support the Group with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic made with the prior written consent of SACE;

(iv)

any debt being raised to finance any instalment of a cruise vessel already contracted for or contracted for during such period or any refurbishment, maintenance, upgrade or lengthening of a cruise ship during such period (including without limitation any costs incurred by the owner of a cruise ship in connection therewith);

(v)

any debt being raised to finance capital expenditure for projects which are already contracted for but in respect of which committed financing has not yet been obtained, and which, in each case has been (or will be) listed in the Information Package submitted to the Facility Agent prior to the February 2021 Effective Date;

(vi)

any extension or renewal of revolving credit facilities, and made with the prior written consent of SACE if any additional security is to be granted;

(vii)

any new debt otherwise agreed by SACE;

(viii)

any Permitted Intercompany Arrangements;

(ix)

any Permitted Security Interest;

(x)

any Security Interest otherwise approved with the prior written consent of SACE;

(xi)

any Financial Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business which in the aggregate does not exceed USD 40,000,000 during any twelve-month period, it being provided that:

(A)

prior to 31 December 2022, this amount shall be increased to USD 150,000,000 for any Financial Indebtedness incurred to finance capital expenditure for Approved Projects; and

(B)

if any part of such Financial Indebtedness allocated prior to 31 December 2022 to an Approved Project remains unused throughout the twelve-month period of year 2022, the surplus may be carried over to increase the relevant Financial Indebtedness throughout the twelve-month period of year 2023 for that Approved Project only;

(xii)

without prejudice to Clauses 12.11 (Mergers) and 12.15 (Investments) and clause 11.13 (No merger etc.) of the Guarantee, the issuance of share capital by any Group member to another Group member; and

(xiii)

any extension, renewal, replacement or upsizing in respect of the Term and Revolving Credit Facilities (including the granting of additional Security Interests),

and for the avoidance of doubt, no debt or equity issuance shall be raised in respect of any form of merger, sub-division, amalgamation, restructuring, consolidation, winding-up, dissolution or anything analogous thereto or

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acquisition of any entity, share capital or obligations of any corporation or other entity."

(d)	The following provision shall be added to the end of paragraph (a) of clause 32.2 (Addresses for communications):

“with a copy to:

Walkers Corporate (Bermuda) Limited

Address: Park Place, 55 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, HM 11, Bermuda.

Email: [*]",

and the remaining clauses will be renumbered and all relevant cross references will be updated accordingly.

4.2	Specific amendments to the Guarantee

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

(a)	In clause 1.2 (Construction of certain terms) of the Guarantee, the following definition shall be added:

(b)	Clause 11.15 (Financial Covenants) shall be deleted and replaced as follows:

"11.15

Financial Covenants

(a)

The Guarantor will not permit the Free Liquidity to be less than fifty million Dollars ($50,000,000) at any time, save that until 30 September 2026, this amount shall be increased to two hundred and fifty million Dollars ($250,000,000).

(b)

The Guarantor will not permit the ratio of Total Net Funded Debt to Total Capitalization to be greater than 0.70:1.00 at any time, save that from 1 January 2023 until 30 June 2028 (included), this ratio shall be computed in accordance with the table below:

(a)Total Net Funded Debt to Total Capitalization	4Q 2023	1Q 2024	2Q 2024	3Q 2024	4Q 2024	1Q 2025	2Q 2025		3Q 2025		4Q 2025		1Q 2026	2Q 2026	3Q 2026
		0,91	0,91	0,90	0,88	0,87	0,87	0,87		0,85		0,84		0,84	0,82	0,80
		4Q 2026	1Q 2027	2Q 2027	3Q 2027	4Q 2027	1Q 2028		2Q 2028		3Q 2028
		0,80	0,79	0,77	0,76	0,75	0,73		0,72		0,70

(c)

The Guarantor will not permit the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Debt Service for the Group at the end of any fiscal quarter, computed for the period

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of the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as at the end of the relevant fiscal quarter, to be less than 1.25:1.00 unless the Free Liquidity of the Group at all times during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as at the end of such fiscal quarter was equal to or greater than one hundred million Dollars ($100,000,000), save that from 1 January 2023 until 30 September 2026, this amount shall be increased to three hundred million Dollars ($300,000,000)."

(c)	Clause 11.19 (New capital raises or financing) shall be deleted and replaced as follows:

"(a)

Save as provided below:

(i)

no new debt shall be raised and no new Financial Indebtedness shall be incurred by the Group (including, for the avoidance of doubt, inter-company loans);

(ii)

no non-arm's length disposals of any asset relating to the Group fleet shall be made; and

(iii)

until 31 December 2023.

(b)

The restrictions in paragraph (a) above of this Clause 11.19 (New capital raises or financing) shall not apply in relation to:

(i)

any refinancing of any bond issuance of, or loan entered into by, the Group (A) which matures during such period or (B) where not maturing during such period, which shall be on terms resulting, when taken as a whole, in an improvement of the ability of the Obligors to meet their obligations under the Finance Documents, which terms include any of the following: an extension of the repayment terms; a decrease in the interest rate; or the conversion of such Financial Indebtedness from secured to unsecured or first to second priority;

(ii)

any debt provided prior to 31 December 2023 to provide the Group with crisis and/or recovery related funding in respect of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic;

(iii)

any debt being raised on or after 31 December 2023 to support the Group with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic made with the prior written consent of SACE;

(iv)

(v)

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Information Package submitted to the Facility Agent prior to the February 2021 Effective Date;

(vi)

any extension or renewal of revolving credit facilities, and made with the prior written consent of SACE if any additional security is to be granted;

(vii)

any new debt otherwise agreed by SACE;

(viii)

any Permitted Intercompany Arrangement;

(ix)

any Permitted Security Interest;

(x)

any Security Interest otherwise approved with the prior written consent of SACE;

(xi)

any Financial Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business which in the aggregate does not exceed USD 40,000,000 during any twelve-month period, it being provided that:

(A)

prior to 31 December 2022, this amount shall be increased to USD 150,000,000 for any Financial Indebtedness incurred to finance capital expenditure for Approved Projects; and

(B)

if any part of such Financial Indebtedness allocated to an Approved Project remains unused throughout the twelve-month period of year 2022, the surplus may be carried over to increase the relevant Financial Indebtedness throughout the twelve-month period of year 2023 for that Approved Project only;

(xii)

without prejudice to clauses 12.11 (Mergers) and 12.15 (Investments) of the Loan Agreement and Clause 11.13 (No merger etc.), the issuance of share capital by any Group member to another Group member; and

(xiii)

any extension, renewal, replacement or upsizing in respect of the Term and Revolving Credit Facilities (including the granting of additional Security Interests),

and, for the avoidance of doubt, no debt or equity issuance shall be raised in respect of any form of merger, sub-division, amalgamation, restructuring, consolidation, winding-up, dissolution or anything analogous thereto or acquisition of any entity, share capital or obligations of any corporation or other entity.",

and the remaining clauses will be renumbered and all relevant cross references will be updated accordingly.

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;

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(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 so 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);

(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 Guarantee, as amended and supplemented 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.

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5	Further Assurance

Clause 12.20 (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

6.1	Clause 10.11 (Transaction Costs) of the Amended Facility Agreement applies to this Agreement as if it were expressly incorporated in it with any necessary modifications.

6.2	The Borrower shall pay to the Facility Agent (for the account of each Lender) such fees in the amount and at the times specified in the relevant November 2023 Fee Letters.

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 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.

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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 Facility Agent. Failing this, the Facility 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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Leonardo Five

Supplemental Agreement

Execution Pages

BORROWER

SIGNED by)/s/ Daniel S. Farkas

Duly authorised)Daniel S. Farkas

for and on behalf of)

LEONARDO FIVE, LTD. )

GUARANTOR

SIGNED by)/s/ Daniel S. Farkas

duly authorised)Daniel S. Farkas

for and on behalf of)

NCL CORPORATION LTD.)

SHAREHOLDER

SIGNED by)/s/ Daniel S. Farkas

duly authorised)Daniel S. Farkas

for and on behalf of)

NCL INTERNATIONAL, LTD. )

HOLDING

SIGNED by)/s/ Daniel S. Farkas

duly authorised)Daniel S. Farkas

for and on behalf of)

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE)

HOLDINGS LTD.)

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Leonardo Five

Supplemental Agreement

LENDERS

SIGNED by)/s/Anne-Laure Orange

Duly authorised )Anne-Laure Orange

for and on behalf of)

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE)

AND INVESTMENT BANK)

)/s/Jérôme Leblond

)Jérôme Leblond

SIGNED by)/s/ Damien Heymans

Duly authorised )Damien Heymans

for and on behalf of)

BNP PARIBAS FORTIS)

SIGNED by)/s/ Varsha Sharan

duly authorised )Varsha Sharan

for and on behalf of)

HSBC BANK PLC)

SIGNED by)/s/ Kayla Gild

duly authorised )Kayla Gild

for and on behalf of)

KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH)

SIGNED by)/s/ Antonella Coppola

duly authorised )Antonella Coppola

for and on behalf of)

CASSA DEPOSITI E PRESTITI S.P.A.)

SIGNED by)

duly authorised )

for and on behalf of)

BANCO SANTANDER, S.A.)

SIGNED by)/s/ James Fitzjohn

duly authorised )James Fitzjohn

for and on behalf of)

SOCIETE GENERALE)

SIGNED by)/s/ David Fernandez Gausteo

duly authorised )David Fernandez Gausteo

for and on behalf of)

CAIXABANK S.A.)

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SIGNED by)

duly authorised )/s/ Gunnar Pohl

for and on behalf of)Gunnar Pohl

OLDENBURGISCHE LANDESBANK )

AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT )

SIGNED by)/s/ Jeremy Bayfield

duly authorised )Jeremy Bayfield

for and on behalf of)

SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST BANK,)

LIMITED (LONDON BRANCH))

SIGNED by)/s/ Aida Topcagic

duly authorised )Aida Topcagic

for and on behalf of)

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N.A., )

LONDON BRANCH)

MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS

SIGNED by)/s/ Anne-Laure Orange

duly authorised )Anne-Laure Orange

for and on behalf of)

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE )

AND INVESTMENT BANK)

)/s/Jérôme Leblond

)Jérôme Leblond

SIGNED by)/s/ Giles Masson

duly authorised )Giles Masson

for and on behalf of)

BNP PARIBAS FORTIS S.A./N.V.)

SIGNED by)/s/ Varsha Sharan

duly authorised )Varsha Sharan

for and on behalf of)

HSBC BANK PLC)

SIGNED by)/s/ Kayla Gild

duly authorised )Kayla Gild

for and on behalf of)

KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH)

SIGNED by)/s/ Antonella Coppola

duly authorised )Antonella Coppola

for and on behalf of)

CASSA DEPOSITI E PRESTITI S.P.A.)

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Supplemental Agreement

SIGNED by)

duly authorised )

for and on behalf of)

BANCO SANTANDER, S.A.)

SIGNED by)/s/ James Fitzjohn

duly authorised )James Fitzjohn

for and on behalf of)

SOCIETE GENERALE)

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FACILITY AGENT

SIGNED by)/s/ Philippe Laude

Duly authorised )Philippe Laude

for and on behalf of)

BNP PARIBAS S.A.)

SACE AGENT

SIGNED by)/s/ Anne-Laure Orange

Duly authorised )Anne-Laure Orange

for and on behalf of)

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE )

AND INVESTMENT BANK)

)/s/Jérôme Leblond

)Jérôme Leblond

SECURITY TRUSTEE

SIGNED by)/s/ Daisuke Takekawa

Duly authorised )Daisuke Takekawa

for and on behalf of)

HSBC CORPORATE TRUSTEE)

COMPANY (UK) LIMITED)

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