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This excerpt taken from the SSW 20-F filed Mar 31, 2009.

PART II

 

Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies

None.

 

Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds

On January 22, 2009, we entered into the Preferred Share Purchase Agreement for the issuance and sale of $200 million aggregate amount of our Series A Preferred Shares. If certain conditions are met, the Series A Preferred Shares are convertible into our Class A Common Shares after five years. While the Series A Preferred Shares are issued and outstanding, the holders thereof have certain voting rights, preemptive rights and certain other rights and preferences that materially affect the rights of the Class A Common Shares. The voting and other powers, preferences and relative participating, optional or special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions are fully set forth in the Statement of Designation, which was previously filed with the SEC as Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 6-K on February 2, 2009. For more information, please read “Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Recent Equity Offerings—Our Series A Preferred Share Offering.”

 

Item 15. Controls and Procedures
This excerpt taken from the SSW 20-F filed Mar 24, 2008.

PART II

 

Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies

None.

 

Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds

None.

 

Item 15. Controls and Procedures
This excerpt taken from the SSW 6-K filed May 23, 2007.

PART 1

 

1. BORROWER

 

  (a) A certified copy* of the constitutional documents of the Borrower or, if the Facility Agent already has a copy, a certificate of the Borrower certifying that the copy in the Facility Agent’s possession is still correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of the Request together with an up to date Certificate of Goodstanding dated no more than ten (10) Business Days prior to the first Utilisation Date.

 

  (b) A certified copy* of a resolution of the board of directors of the Borrower (unless such resolution in relation to the issues below is still in full force and effect):

 

  (i) approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, each Finance Document and each Related Contract to which the Borrower is a party and resolving that it executes each such Finance Document and each Related Contract, then to be executed;

 

  (ii) authorising a specified person or persons to execute each Finance Document and each Related Contract on its behalf to which it is a party, then to be executed; and

 

  (iii) authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all other documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with each Finance Document and each Related Contract to which it is a party, then to be executed.

 

  (c) A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph (b) above.

 

  (d) A certified copy* of all other resolutions, consents, licences, exemptions and filings, corporate, official or otherwise which the Lender may reasonably require in connection with this Agreement or any other Finance Document.

 

2. FINANCE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED CONTRACTS

 

  (a) A duly executed original of this Agreement (to be provided at the time of the initial Request only).

 

  (b) A duly executed original of the DPP (to be provided at the time of the initial Request only).

 

  (c) A duly executed original of the Retention Account Charge (to be provided at the time of the initial Request only).

 

  (d) A duly executed original of the Second Retention Account Charge (to be provided at the Amendment Date only);

 

  (e) A duly executed original of the Fee Letter (to be provided at the time of the initial Request only).

 

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  (f) A certified copy of the Management Agreement, duly executed (to be provided at the time of the initial Request only).

 

  (g) A duly executed original of the Management Agreement Assignment (to be provided at the time of the initial Request only).

 

  (h) A duly executed original of the relevant Swap Agreement(s).

 

  (i) A duly executed original of the Swap Agreement Assignment for each Swap Agreement.

 

  (j) Duly executed originals of all notices of assignment required to be served under each Security Document referred to above and faxed copies of the acknowledgments thereof (where it is not possible to provide originals of the same, with originals to follow as soon as practicable), duly executed by each relevant counterparty.

 

3. OTHER DOCUMENTS AND EVIDENCE

 

  (a) A copy of any other authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Facility Agent considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and performance of, and the transactions contemplated by, any Finance Document or any Related Contract or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document or any Related Contract.

 

  (b) A letter from Clifford Chance Secretaries Limited agreeing to its appointment as process agent for the Borrower under the Finance Documents (to be provided at the time of the initial Request only).

 

  (c) A letter from the Borrower to Facility Agent (duly acknowledged by the Facility Agent) detailing Hedging Policy to be implemented (to be provided at the time of the initial Request only).

 

4. OTHER REQUIREMENTS

 

  (a) Evidence satisfactory to the Facility Agent (acting on behalf of the Majority Lenders) that the Borrower has successfully completed an IPO.

*Each certified copy document must be certified by a director, officer or duly authorised attorney of the Borrower as being true and complete as at a date no earlier than the date of the Request for a Loan.

 

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This excerpt taken from the SSW 20-F filed Mar 15, 2007.

PART II

 

Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies

None.

 

Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds

None.

 

Item 15. Controls and Procedures

We conducted an evaluation of our disclosure under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Based on our evaluation, we concluded that disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2006.

During 2006, we have retained an expert advisor in connection with our financial reporting of hedging transactions in accordance with FAS 133. There was no other change in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer do not expect that our disclosure controls or internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. Although our disclosure controls and procedures were designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, a control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within Seaspan have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

This excerpt taken from the SSW 20-F filed Mar 17, 2006.

PART II

 

Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies

None.

 

Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds

None.

 

Item 15. Controls and Procedures

We conducted an evaluation of our disclosure under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Based on our evaluation, we concluded that disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2005.

During 2005 there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer do not expect that our disclosure controls or internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. Although our disclosure controls and procedures were designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, a control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within Seaspan have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

 

Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert

The Board has determined that director and Chair of the Audit Committee, David Korbin, qualifies as an audit committee financial expert and is independent under applicable NYSE and SEC standards.

 

Item 16B. Code of Ethics

We have adopted Standards for Business Conduct that include a Code of Ethics for all employees and directors. This document is available under “Corporate Governance” in the Investor Relations section of our Web site (www.seaspancorp.com). We also intend to disclose any waivers to or amendments of our Standards of Business Conduct or Code of Ethics for the benefit of our directors and executive officers on our website. We will provide a hard copy of our Code of Ethics free of charge upon written request of a shareholders. Please contact Kevin M. Kennedy for any such request.

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