EX-4.18 9 d859984_ex4-18.htm AMENDMENT AGREEMENT NO. 3 d859984_ex4-18.htm


AMENDMENT AGREEMENT NO. 3
 
This amendment agreement No. 3 (the “Amendment”) is entered into on this 21st day of August 2007 by and among:
 
(1)
SHIP FINANCE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (the “Company”);
 
(2)
THE VESSEL OWNING SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY named in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Owners”);
 
(3)
FRONTLINE LTD. (“Frontline”);
 
and
 
(4)
FRONTLINE SHIPPING LTD. (the “Charterer”)
 
(hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Parties”) for the purpose of amending certain terms in a charter ancillary agreement entered into on January 1, 2004 between the Parties and some other vessel owning subsidiaries of the Company at such time as subsequently amended by an addendum No. 1 thereto of June 15, 2004 and an amendment No. 2 thereto dated February 3, 2005 (together, the “Charter Agreement”).
 
The following has, with effect from April 1, 2007 (the “Effective Date”), been agreed between the Parties:
 
1.
Terms defined in the Charter Agreement shall have the same meaning as set out therein when used in the following.
 
2.
The term “Agreement shall, when used in the Charter Agreement, hereafter mean the Charter Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
 
3.
Clause 4.1 shall be amended by deleting the words:
 
“... (provided, however, that in no event shall such Bonus Payment be less than $0), ...”.
 
in lines 3 and 4 thereof.
 
4.
Clause 4.2 of the Charter Agreement shall be substituted with the following wording:
 
 
“4.2
Preparation and Delivery of Bonus Payment Schedules
 
 
(a)
The period upon which each Bonus Amount shall be determined shall be three calendar months and shall coincide with the calendar quarters of each calendar year.
 

 
 

 


 
 
(b)
No later than on the last Business Day in the calendar month following the end of each calendar quarter, the Charterer shall prepare or cause to be prepared, and shall deliver to the Company, a Bonus Payment Schedule with respect to the preceding quarter. Each Bonus Payment Schedule shall set forth, in each case with respect to the preceding quarter, (i) the TCE revenues of the VLCCs, (ii) the TCE revenues of the Suezmaxes and (iii) the Charterer’s calculation of the VLCC Bonus Amount, the Suezmax Bonus Amount and the aggregate thereof on a year to date basis less any agreed Bonus Amount(s) for the preceding quarters in the relevant calendar year (the “Bonus Amount”). The Charterer shall, at the same time, provide to the Company such supporting work papers or other supporting information as may be reasonably requested by the Company in order to verify the calculation of the Bonus Amount for the preceding quarter. Such Bonus Payment Schedule shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistent with the preparation of Frontline’s accounts, and shall be certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Charterer and, if requested by the Company, by the Charterer’s independent accountants.
 
 
(c)
It is agreed and understood between the Parties that a Bonus Amount pertaining to a quarter can be positive or negative.
 
5.
The wording of Clause 4.3 (a) of the Charter Agreement shall be substituted with the following wording:
 
Following the Charterer’s submittal of the Bonus Payment Schedule for the fourth quarter of each calendar year to the Company and the Company’s acceptance thereof and subject to the other provisions of this Section 4.3, the Bonus Amounts (whether positive or negative) for the four quarters of each calendar year shall be aggregated (the “Bonus Payment”).
 
The Bonus Paymenet shall be paid by the Charterer by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the wire transfer address of the Company. Such payment shall be made on a Business Day no later than 1 March in the calendar year subsequent to which it pertains (the “Bonus Payment Date”).
 
The Bonus Payment for each calendar year shall, in no event, be less than $0”.
 
6.
The Parties agree that the VLCC Bonus Amount and the Suezmax Bonus Amount pertaining to the 1st quarter of 2007, when calculated in January 2008, shall be included in the aggregate Bonus Amount for 2007 and paid accordingly.
 
7.
Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, the Charter Agreement shall be and remain in full force and effect.
 
8.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England.
 

 
 

 


 
For and on behalf of
SHIP FINANCE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
 
For and on behalf of
FRONTLINE LIMITED
     
_______________________________________
Lars Solbakken
As per special authority
 
________________________________
Bjørn Sjaastad
As per special authority
     
For and on behalf of
FRONTLINE SHIPPING LIMITED
 
For and on behalf of
THE OWNERS LISTED IN SCHEDULE 1
     
______________________________________
Bjørn Sjaastad
As per special authority
 
________________________________
Lars Solbakken
Director

 

 
 

 


 
SCHEDULE 1
 
Vessel Owning Subsidiaries
 
Vessel Owner
Vessel Name
Ariake Transport Corporation
“Ariake”
Aspinall Pte. Ltd.
“Front Viewer”
Blizana Pte. Ltd.
“Front Rider”
Bolzano Pte. Ltd.
“Mindanao”
Bonfield Shipping Ltd.
“Front Driver”
Edinburgh Navigation S.A.
“Edinburgh”
Fox Maritime Pte. Ltd.
“Front Sabang”
Front Ardenne Inc.
“Front Ardenne”
Front Brabant Inc.
“Front Brabant”
Front Dua Pte. Ltd.
“Front Duchess”
Front Empat Pte. Ltd.
“Front Highness”
Front Enam Pte. Ltd.
“Front Lord”
Front Falcon Inc.
“Front Falcon”
Front Glory Shipping Inc.
“Front Glory”
Front Lapan Pte. Ltd.
“Front Climber”
Front Lima Pte. Ltd.
“Front Lady”
Front Opalia Inc.
“Opalia”
Front Pride Shipping Inc.
“Front Pride”
Front Saga Inc.
“Front Page”
Front Scilla Inc.
“Front Scilla”
Front Sembilan Pte. Ltd.
“Front Leader”
Front Serenade Inc.
“Front Serenade”
Front Splendour Shipping Inc.
“Front Splendour”
Front Stratus Inc.
“Front Stratus”
Front Tiga Pte. Ltd.
“Front Duke”
Golden Estuary Corporation
“Front Comanche”
Golden Fjord Corporation
“Ocana”
Golden Seaway Corporation
“Front Vanguard”
Golden Sound Corporation
“Front Vista”
Golden Tide Corporation
“Front Circassia”
Hitachi Hull 4983 Corporation
“Otina”
Katong Investments Ltd.
“Front Breaker”
Langkawi Shipping Ltd.
“Front Birch”
Rettie Pte. Ltd.
“Front Striver”
Sea Ace Corporation
“Front Ace”
Sibu Shipping Ltd.
“Front Maple”
Transcorp Pte. Ltd.
“Front Guider”

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