INTERNATIONAL SHIPHOLDING CORPORATION
11 North Water Street, Suite 18290
Mobile, Alabama 36602
January 13, 2016
DVB Bank SE
Park House
16-18 Finsbury Circus
London EC2M 7EB, United Kingdom
Attn: Peter Attridge, Transaction and Loan Services
Email: tls.london@dvbbank.com / Facsimile No.: +44 207 256 4352
Re:Certain requests under that certain Senior Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement
dated as of August 26, 2014, as amended, for the vessel GREEN BAY
Dear Sirs:
Reference is made to that certain Senior Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of August 26, 2014 (as the same has been amended from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), by and among (1) Central Gulf Lines, Inc., as borrower, (2) International Shipholding Corporation, as guarantor, (3) the lenders from time to time party thereto, (4) DVB Bank SE, as facility agent and as security trustee, and (5) DVB Bank SE, as mandated lead arranger. Reference is further made to that certain letter agreement dated November 4, 2015, by and between DVB Bank SE, as Facility Agent, Security Trustee and Lender under the Credit Agreement, and the Borrower and the Guarantor (the "November Letter Agreement"). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings provided to them in the Credit Agreement and the November Letter Agreement.
In connection with the most recent information provided by the Borrower and the Guarantor to the Lenders and the Agents regarding the implementation of the Company's 2015 restructuring plan, the Guarantor, on behalf of itself and the Borrower, hereby requests that the Lenders and the Agents permit the Guarantor to amend the 2015 restructuring plan, certain aspects of which were set forth in the November Letter Agreement, as follows:
a. substituting the sale of certain of the assets/operations of CG Railway, Inc. (but not including the railferry vessels), which sale shall occur by February 28, 2016, in lieu of both (i) the sale of the assets or stock of N. W. Johnsen & Co., Inc. and (ii) the sale of the Designated Assets designated as the PTFI/MPV notes; |
b. permitting the Guarantor to sell either the assets or the stock of Frascati Shops, Inc. and Tower, LLC (the November Letter Agreement currently mentions only the sale of the assets or properties of those entities) and extending the date by which such sales and that of the of the Nadia Ramil shall occur until February 28, 2016; |
c. permitting the Guarantor or one of its subsidiaries to receive one (1) mini bulker cargo vessel as consideration for the transfer of the Guarantor's equity |
DVB Bank SE
January 13, 2016
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interests (which equity interests are held by Bulk Shipholding, Inc., a subsidiary of the Guarantor) in Oslo Bulk Shipping AS and Oslo Bulk Holding Pte.
Please indicate your agreement to the foregoing by signing this letter agreement where indicated below. It is noted that any signature provided by DVB Bank SE is subject to the other lenders to International Shipholding Corporation or its subsidiaries granting the same waivers. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the undersigned.
Sincerely yours,
INTERNATIONAL SHIPHOLDING CORPORATION
By: David B. Drake
Name: David B. Drake
Title: Vice President – Treasurer
Acknowledged and agreed to
this 13th day of January, 2016
DVB Bank SE, as Facility Agent,
Security Trustee and Lender
By: /s/ Elsa Savvatianou
Name: Elsa Savvatianou
Title: Vice President – Legal Counsel
By: /s/ Georg Junginger
Name: Georg Junginger
Title: Vice President – Legal Counsel
cc: DVB TRANSPORT (US) LLC
609 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10017, USA
Attn: Christoph Clauss
Email: christoph.clauss@dvbbank.com
Facsimile: (212) 858 - 2664