First Amendment to certain Credit Agreement, by and among Ultraco, as borrower, certain wholly-owned vessel-owning subsidiaries of Ultraco, as guarantors, the lenders thereunder (the Lenders), the swap banks party thereto, ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC, as facility agent and security trustee for the Lenders, ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC, DVB Bank SE and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), as mandated lead arrangers, and ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC, as arranger and bookrunner

This FIRST AMENDMENT to the Credit Agreement referred to below, dated as of December 29, 2017 (this “First Amendment”), by and among EAGLE BULK ULTRACO LLC, a Marshall Islands limited liability company as Borrower (the “Borrower”), the INITIAL GUARANTORS, NEW LONDON EAGLE LLC, a Marshall Islands limited liability company as an Additional Guarantor, the Lenders party hereto, ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC, as Facility Agent (in such capacity, the “Facility Agent”) and ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC as Security Trustee (in such capacity, the “Security Trustee”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined in this First Amendment have the same meanings as specified in the Credit Agreement referenced below, as amended by this First Amendment.

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Swap Banks from time to time party thereto, the Facility Agent, the Security Agent and the other parties thereto have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2017 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.21 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby requests (and this First Amendment hereby constitutes a written notice to the Facility Agent pursuant to such Section

2.21    requesting) the Incremental Lenders to make available Incremental Commitments to finance the acquisition by the Additional Guarantor of the M/V ESSENCE OF SEATREK (tbr M/V NEW LONDON EAGLE) (the “Additional Vessel”), and to make Loans to the Borrower on the First Amendment Effective Date (as defined below) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lesser of (a) $8,600,000 and (b) 40% of the Fair Market Value of the Additional Vessel, and the Facility Agent, the Security Trustee, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders and each Incremental Lender have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to provide for such Incremental Commitments, which will be added to, and constitute part of, the Commitments and the Total Commitments; and

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders, the Incremental Lenders, the Facility Agent and the Security Trustee have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth to provide for such Incremental Commitments;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date, and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 below, hereby amended as follows:

“First Amendment” shall mean that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2017, among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Facility Agent, the Security Trustee and the Lenders party thereto.

“Commitment Termination Date” means January 26, 2018 or such later date as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Facility Agent (except that, if such date is not a Business Day, the Commitment Termination Date shall be the next preceding Business Day).

(a)Each Incremental Lender on, and subject to the occurrence of, the First Amendment Effective Date hereby severally agrees to make Loans to the Borrower in a single Borrowing in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Incremental Lender’s Incremental Commitments as set forth opposite its name on Annex I attached hereto.

(b)The Incremental Lenders, the Lenders, the Facility Agent, the Security Trustee, the Borrower and the Guarantors agree that this First Amendment effects the provisions of Section 2.21 of the Credit Agreement with respect to such Incremental Commitments and shall constitute a Joinder Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.21 of the Credit Agreement.

(c)Upon the incurrence of a Loan pursuant to this First Amendment, such Loan shall be subject to the interest rates (including the Margin) and terms, repayment, voluntary prepayment terms and mandatory prepayment terms applicable to the Loans as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

(d)On (and subject to the occurrence of) the First Amendment Effective Date, each Incremental Lender party hereto to the extent provided in this First Amendment and the Credit Agreement, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the other applicable Loan Documents.

(e)The Borrower and each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Borrower shall be liable for all Obligations with respect to all Loans made to the Borrower pursuant to this First Amendment and (ii) all such Obligations (including all such Loans pursuant to this First Amendment) shall constitute Guaranteed Obligations and shall be entitled to the benefits of the Security Documents and the Guarantees.

(f)The Incremental Commitment of each Incremental Lender shall automatically terminate upon the making of the Loans pursuant to this First Amendment on the First Amendment Effective Date.

(g)The proceeds of the Loans pursuant to this First Amendment shall be used by the Borrower solely for the purposes set forth in the second recital of this First Amendment and any amounts repaid, prepaid or cancelled may not be reborrowed.

SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Incremental Lenders party hereto to enter into this First Amendment, to make the Loans pursuant hereto and to amend the Credit Agreement in the manner provided herein, each Security Party hereby represents and warrants that:

(a)the representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (or true and correct in all respects in the case of representations and warranties qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect)f on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (or true and correct in all respects in the case of representations and warranties qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on and as of such earlier date).

(b)both before and after giving effect to this First Amendment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(c)this First Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Security Party party hereto and each of this First Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against each Security Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

SECTION 4. Conditions of Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this First Amendment (including the amendments contained in Section 1 hereof and agreements contained in Section 2 hereof) are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions (the date of satisfaction of such conditions being referred to herein as the “First Amendment Effective Date”):

(a)this First Amendment shall have been duly executed by the Borrower, each Guarantor, the Lenders, the Incremental Lenders, the Facility Agent and the Security Trustee (which may include a copy transmitted by facsimile or PDF or other electronic method), and delivered to the Facility Agent;

(b)the Facility Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request in respect of the Loans under this First Amendment by no later than the applicable time required pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Credit Agreement (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Facility Agent);

(c)the Facility Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of an officer or an officer of the sole member, as the case may be, of each Security Party dated the First Amendment Effective Date, certifying

(A) either (i) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of each Organizational Document of such Security Party, or (ii) that the copies of such Security Party’s Organizational Documents as previously certified and delivered to the Facility Agent on the Closing Date (or, if later, the date of joinder of such Security Party as a Guarantor under the Loan Documents) remain in full force and effect on the First Amendment Effective Date, without modification or amendment since such prior date of certification and delivery, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors or sole member of such Security Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this First Amendment and the other Loan Documents (including, if applicable, as amended by this First Amendment) to which such Security Party is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowing of the Loans hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect and (C) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing this First Amendment and any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith or therewith

on behalf of such Security Party, (ii) a certificate as to the goodstanding of each Security Party as of a date reasonably near to the First Amendment Effective Date certifying that each Security Party is duly formed and in goodstanding under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and (iii) an original or certified copy power of attorney under which any Loan Document is executed on behalf of a Security Party;

(d)the Facility Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself and the other Finance Parties, a favorable written opinion of (i) Watson Farley & Williams LLP, counsel for the Facility Agent and the other Finance Parties and (ii) Reed Smith LLP, counsel for the Security Parties, in each case (A) dated the First Amendment Effective Date (or such other date agreed by the Facility Agent), (B) addressed to the Facility Agent and the other Finance Parties and (C) covering customary matters for incremental loan facilities relating to this First Amendment and the other Loan Documents delivered in connection with this First Amendment as the Facility Agent shall reasonably request;

(e)at least one Business Day (solely for purposes of this Section 4, to be defined as any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed) prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, each Security Party shall have provided to the Facility Agent the documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under or in respect of applicable “know-your-customer” requirements, including the PATRIOT Act;

(f)on or prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower shall have paid to the Facility Agent for the account of each Incremental Lender with Incremental Commitments a fee equal to 1.25% of the aggregate amount of such Incremental Lender’s Commitments in effect on the First Amendment Effective Date;

(g)the Borrower shall have paid all other costs, fees, expenses and other amounts due and payable pursuant to the Loan Documents and in connection with this First Amendment;

(h)a copy of the memorandum of agreement (together with all amendments and addenda thereto) for the Additional Vessel duly executed by the Additional Guarantor who will be the owner thereof, and the relevant seller, together with evidence of any address or similar commission arrangements, all of which shall be of terms acceptable to the Facility Agent (certified by an officer of the Borrower or such Additional Guarantor to be a true, correct and complete copy thereof);

(i)two valuations dated respectively October 23, 2017 and October 25, 2017 (at the expense of the Borrower) by an Approved Broker indicating the Fair Market Value of each of the Delivered Vessels and the Remaining Vessels, and serving as an indicator (on the basis of the Fair Market Value of a Remaining Vessel) to determine the Fair Market Value of the Additional Vessel to be financed by the Incremental Commitments provided herein, as agreed between the Borrower and the Facility Agent;

(j)a duly executed original of (i) an amendment to the Membership Interest Pledge and (ii) an Account Pledge with respect to the Additional Guarantor who will be the owner of the Additional Vessel, and of any documents required to be delivered thereunder;

(k)upon the request of any Incremental Lender made through the Facility Agent, a promissory note executed and delivered to the order of such Incremental Lender in the form of Exhibit L attached to the Credit Agreement, or any other form approved by the Facility Agent;

(l)the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.03 and Section 4.04 of the Credit Agreement in relation to the Additional Vessel and the Additional Guarantor who will be the owner thereof shall have been satisfied (or waived in writing by the Facility Agent with the consent of the Incremental Lenders);

(m)the Facility Agent shall have received in form approved by the Facility Agent an amendment to each Vessel Mortgage duly executed by the owner of the relevant Vessel reflecting this First Amendment, and evidence that such amendment has been duly recorded in accordance with the Laws of the Approved Flag;

(n)evidence that the Additional Guarantor who will be the owner of the Additional Vessel has duly opened an Operating Account and has delivered to the Facility Agent all resolutions, signature cards and other documents or evidence required in connection with the opening, maintenance and operation of such accounts with the Account Bank;

(o)evidence that, if the tests set out in Article VII or Section 5.04 of the Credit Agreement were applied immediately following the making of the relevant Borrowing, the Borrower would not be obliged to provide additional security or repay part of the Borrowings as therein provided (determined on the basis of the most recent valuation for each Vessel delivered pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Credit Agreement); and

(p)(i) all representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of this First Amendment shall be true and correct in all material respects (or true and correct in all respects in the case of representations and warranties qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (or true and correct in all respects in the case of representations and warranties qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on and as of such earlier date) and (ii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur after giving effect to the incurrence of the Loans pursuant to this First Amendment and the application of the proceeds therefrom.

(a)Except as specifically amended herein or contemplated hereby, all Loan Documents shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.

(b)The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this First Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Facility Agent or the Security Trustee under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents or in any way limit, impair or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Facility Agent or the Security Trustee under the Loan Documents.

(c)(i) Each Security Party acknowledges and agrees that, on and after the First Amendment Effective Date, this First Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this First Amendment) and (ii) each Security Party hereby (A) agrees that all Obligations shall be guaranteed pursuant to the Guarantees set forth in Article VIII of the Credit Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof and shall be secured pursuant to the Security Documents in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof, and that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this First Amendment, on and after the First Amendment Effective Date, the Guarantees and the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents for the benefit of the Secured Parties continue to be in full force and effect on a continuous basis and (B) affirms, acknowledges and confirms all of its obligations and liabilities under the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, in each case after giving effect to this First Amendment, all as provided in such Loan Documents, and acknowledges and agrees that such obligations and liabilities continue in full force and effect on a continuous basis in

(d)On and after the First Amendment Effective Date, (i) each reference in the Credit Agreement (as amended by this First Amendment) to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this First Amendment, and this First Amendment and the Credit Agreement as amended by this First Amendment shall be read together and construed as a single instrument, and (ii) the Incremental Commitments shall constitute part of the “Commitments” and “Total Commitments”.

(e)Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Borrower, nor the Guarantors to a further consent to, or a further waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement as amended by this First Amendment or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.

SECTION 6. Expense Reimbursement and Indemnification. The Borrower hereby confirms that the expense reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in Section 11.03 of the Credit Agreement as amended by this First Amendment shall apply to this First Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.

(a)This First Amendment, (i) prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by the Security Parties, the Facility Agent and the Lenders and (ii) after the First Amendment Effective Date, may not be amended nor may any provision hereof be waived except in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.02(b) of the Credit Agreement.

(b)To the extent any provision of this First Amendment is prohibited by or invalid under the applicable law of any jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity and only in such jurisdiction, without prohibiting or invalidating such provision in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions of this First Amendment in any jurisdiction.

SECTION 8. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction. THIS FIRST AMENDMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAW

OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (including Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law but otherwise excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law). The provisions of Sections 11.09(b), 11.09(c), 11.09(d) and 11.10 of the Credit Agreement as amended by this First Amendment are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

SECTION 9. Headings. Section headings in this First Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only, are not part of this First Amendment and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this First Amendment.

SECTION 10. Counterparts. This First Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which

when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

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