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| CONFIDENTIAL: SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON DISSEMINATION |
| SET FORTH IN SECTION 8 OF THIS AGREEMENT |
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PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Dated as of
Among
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.,
Lessee,
[ ],
Owner Participant,
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Not in its individual capacity
except as expressly provided herein,
but solely as Owner Trustee,
Owner Trustee,
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
Not in its individual capacity
except as expressly provided herein,
but solely as Mortgagee, Subordination Agent
under the Intercreditor Agreement and Pass Through
Trustee under each of the Pass Through Trust Agreements,
Mortgagee and Loan Participant
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One Boeing Model ______ Aircraft
Bearing Manufacturer's Serial No. ______
and U.S. Registration No. ______
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CONTENTS
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.................................. 2
SECTION 2. PARTICIPATION IN LESSOR'S COST; ISSUANCE OF
EQUIPMENT NOTES; TERMINATION OF OBLIGATION
TO PARTICIPATE................................................ 2
2.1 Participation in Lessor's Cost................................ 2
2.2 Nature of Obligations of Participants......................... 3
2.3 Termination of Obligation to Participate...................... 3
SECTION 3. COMMITMENT TO LEASE AIRCRAFT.................................. 3
SECTION 4. PROCEDURE FOR PARTICIPATION IN PAYMENT OF
LESSOR'S COST; POSTPONEMENT OF SCHEDULED
DELIVERY DATE................................................. 4
4.1 Notices of Scheduled Delivery Date............................ 4
4.2 Payment of Lessor's Cost...................................... 4
4.3 Postponement of Scheduled Delivery Date....................... 5
4.4 Closing....................................................... 6
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.......................................... 6
5.1 Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Participants........... 6
5.2 Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Owner Trustee.......... 13
5.3 Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Mortgagee.............. 13
5.4 Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Lessee................. 14
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES................................ 15
6.1 Lessee's Representations and Warranties....................... 15
6.2 Owner Participant's Representations and Warranties............ 19
6.3 First Security's Representations and Warranties............... 22
6.4 WTC's Representations and Warranties.......................... 25
SECTION 7. COVENANTS, UNDERTAKINGS AND AGREEMENTS........................ 29
7.1 Covenants of Lessee........................................... 29
7.2 Covenants of Owner Participant................................ 31
7.3 Covenants of First Security and Owner Trustee................. 33
7.4 Covenants of WTC.............................................. 35
7.5 Covenants of Note Holders..................................... 36
7.6 Agreements.................................................... 38
SECTION 8. CONFIDENTIALITY............................................... 45
SECTION 9. INDEMNIFICATION AND EXPENSES.................................. 46
9.1 General Indemnity............................................. 46
9.2 Expenses...................................................... 53
9.3 General Tax Indemnity......................................... 54
9.4 Payments...................................................... 65
9.5 Interest...................................................... 65
9.6 Benefit of Indemnities........................................ 66
SECTION 10. ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER OF INTERESTS........................... 66
10.1 Participants, Owner Trustee and Note Holders.................. 66
10.2 Effect of Transfer............................................ 68
SECTION 11. REFUNDING AND CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS........................... 69
11.1 Refunding Generally........................................... 69
11.2 Limitations on Obligation to Refund........................... 71
11.3 Execution of Certain Documents................................ 71
11.4 ERISA......................................................... 71
11.5 Consent to Optional Redemptions............................... 72
SECTION 12. SECTION 1110.................................................. 72
SECTION 13. CHANGE OF CITIZENSHIP......................................... 72
13.1 Generally..................................................... 72
13.2 Owner Participant............................................. 72
13.3 Owner Trustee................................................. 73
13.4 Mortgagee..................................................... 73
SECTION 14. CONCERNING OWNER TRUSTEE...................................... 73
SECTION 15. MISCELLANEOUS................................................. 74
15.1 Amendments.................................................... 74
15.2 Severability.................................................. 74
15.3 Survival...................................................... 75
15.4 Reproduction of Documents..................................... 75
15.5 Counterparts.................................................. 75
15.6 No Waiver..................................................... 75
15.7 Notices....................................................... 76
15.8 GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION;
VENUE........................................................ 76
15.9 Third-Party Beneficiary....................................... 77
15.10 Entire Agreement.............................................. 77
15.11 Further Assurances............................................ 78
ANNEX, SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
ANNEX A - Definitions
SCHEDULE 1 - Accounts; Addresses
SCHEDULE 2 - Commitments
SCHEDULE 3 - Certain Terms
EXHIBIT A - Opinion of special counsel to Lessee
EXHIBIT B - Opinion of corporate counsel to Lessee
EXHIBIT C - Opinion of corporate counsel to Airframe Manufacturer
EXHIBIT D - Opinion of special counsel to Owner Trustee
EXHIBIT E - Opinion of special counsel to Mortgagee and the Loan Participants
EXHIBIT F - Opinion of special counsel to Owner Participant
EXHIBIT G - Opinion of special counsel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT , dated as of (this "Agreement"), among (a)
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Lessee"), (b) [ ] ("Owner
Participant"), (c) FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, not in its individual capacity, except as expressly provided
herein, but solely as Owner Trustee (this and all other capitalized terms used
but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in
Section 1) (in its capacity as Owner Trustee, "Owner Trustee" or "Lessor," and
in its individual capacity, "First Security"), (d) WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a
Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity, except as
expressly provided herein, but solely as Mortgagee (in its capacity as
Mortgagee, "Mortgagee" and in its individual capacity, "WTC"), (e) WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity, except as expressly provided
herein, but solely as Pass Through Trustee under each of the Pass Through Trust
Agreements, (each, a "Pass Through Trustee") and (f) WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, except as expressly provided herein, but solely
as Subordination Agent under the Intercreditor Agreement ("Subordination
Agent").
RECITALS
A. Owner Participant and First Security, concurrently herewith, are
entering into the Trust Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, Owner
Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Estate for the use and benefit of Owner
Participant upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.
B. Lessee and Airframe Manufacturer have entered into the Purchase
Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, Airframe Manufacturer has
agreed to manufacture and sell to Lessee and Lessee has agreed to purchase from
Airframe Manufacturer, certain aircraft, including the Aircraft.
C. On the Delivery Date, Lessee and Owner Trustee will enter into the
Purchase Agreement Assignment, pursuant to which, among other things, Lessee
will assign to Owner Trustee its right to purchase the Aircraft from Airframe
Manufacturer upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the
Purchase Agreement and the Purchase Agreement Assignment.
D. Pursuant to each of the Pass Through Trust Agreements, on the Issuance
Date the Pass Through Trusts were created and the Pass Through Certificates were
issued and sold.
E. Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, each Pass Through Trustee has
agreed to use a portion of the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Pass
Through Certificates issued by each Pass Through Trust to purchase from the
Owner Trustee, on behalf of the related Pass Through Trust, the Equipment Note
bearing the same interest rate as the Pass Through Certificates issued by such
Pass Through Trust.
F. Owner Trustee and Mortgagee, concurrently with the execution and
delivery hereof, have entered into the Trust Indenture for the benefit of the
Note Holders, pursuant to which, among other things, Owner Trustee agrees (1) to
issue Equipment Notes, in the amounts and otherwise as provided in the Trust
Indenture, the proceeds of which will be used to pay a portion of Lessor's Cost
and (2) to mortgage, pledge and assign to Mortgagee all of Owner Trustee's
right, title and interest in the Trust Indenture Estate to secure the Secured
Obligations, including, without limitation, Owner Trustee's obligations under
the Equipment Notes.
G. On the Delivery Date, Lessor and Lessee will enter into the Lease,
pursuant to which, among other things, Lessor shall lease the Aircraft to Lessee
and Lessee shall lease the Aircraft from Lessor upon and subject to the terms
and conditions set forth therein.
H. The parties hereto wish to set forth in this Agreement the terms and
conditions upon and subject to which the aforesaid transactions shall be
effected.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective
meanings set forth or incorporated by reference, and shall be construed and
interpreted in the manner described, in Annex A.
SECTION 2. PARTICIPATION IN LESSOR'S COST; ISSUANCE OF EQUIPMENT NOTES;
TERMINATION OF OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE
2.1 PARTICIPATION IN LESSOR'S COST
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Delivery
Date, Owner Participant and each Pass Through Trustee shall participate in the
payment of Lessor's Cost as follows:
(a) Owner Participant shall participate in the payment of Lessor's Cost
for the Aircraft by making an equity investment in the beneficial
ownership of the Aircraft in the amount in Dollars equal to Owner
Participant's Percentage multiplied by Lessor's Cost; and
(b) Each Pass Through Trustee shall make a non-recourse secured loan to
Owner Trustee to finance, in part, the Owner Trustee's payment of
Lessor's Cost in the amount in Dollars equal to such Pass Through
Trustee's PTT Percentage multiplied by Lessor's Cost, such loan to be
evidenced by one or more Equipment Notes, dated the Delivery Date,
issued to the Subordination Agent as the registered holder on behalf
of each such Pass Through Trustee for the related Pass Through Trust
by Owner Trustee in accordance with this Agreement and the Trust
Indenture, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Commitment of
each such Pass Through Trustee.
2.2 NATURE OF OBLIGATIONS OF PARTICIPANTS
The obligations hereunder of each Participant are several, and not joint,
and a Participant shall have no obligation to make available to Owner Trustee
any portion of any amount not paid hereunder by any other Participant. The
failure by either Participant to perform its obligations hereunder shall not
affect the obligations of Lessee toward the other Participant, except to the
extent provided in Section 5.4.
2.3 TERMINATION OF OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Closing does
not occur on or before the Commitment Termination Date, the Commitment of each
Participant and its obligation to participate in the payment of Lessor's Cost
shall expire and be of no further force and effect; PROVIDED, that the liability
of any Participant that has defaulted in the payment of its Commitment shall not
be released.
SECTION 3. COMMITMENT TO LEASE AIRCRAFT
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, concurrently with
the issuance of the Equipment Notes on the Delivery Date, Owner Trustee shall
purchase and accept delivery of the Aircraft under and pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement and the Purchase Agreement Assignment, and thereupon Owner Trustee
shall lease the Aircraft to Lessee, and Lessee shall lease the Aircraft from
Owner Trustee, under the Lease.
SECTION 4. PROCEDURE FOR PARTICIPATION IN PAYMENT OF LESSOR'S COST;
POSTPONEMENT OF SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE
4.1 NOTICES OF SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE
Without limiting its obligations to the Loan Participant under Section 1(b)
of the Note Purchase Agreement, Lessee agrees to give Participants, Owner
Trustee, and Mortgagee at least one Business Day's written notice of the
Scheduled Delivery Date, which notice shall set forth Lessor's Cost and the
amount of each Participant's Commitment. Each Participant agrees that making
available its respective Commitment shall constitute a waiver of such notice.
Owner Trustee and Mortgagee shall be deemed to have waived such notice if
Mortgagee shall have received from each Participant funds in the full amount of
its respective Commitment.
4.2 PAYMENT OF LESSOR'S COST
(a) Each Participant agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, to make the Dollar amount of its respective Commitment available, by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to WTC's account no. 000-0-000000
at The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, New York ABA# 000000000 (contact: Emma
Budget, tel. (000) 000-0000), reference Continental Lease ___, at or before
12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Scheduled Delivery Date. All such funds
made available by each Participant to WTC shall, until payment thereof to
Airframe Manufacturer and Lessee as provided in Section 4.2(b)(ii) or return
thereof to the respective Participant as provided in Section 4.3.2, be held by
WTC in trust for the benefit of the respective Participant, as the sole and
exclusive property of the respective Participant and not as part of the Trust
Estate or the Trust Indenture Estate.
(b) Subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by the applicable party, of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 5, and simultaneously with the receipt
by the parties hereto of all amounts to be paid to them on the Delivery Date
pursuant to this Section 4.2, Owner Trustee shall:
(i) purchase, take title to, and accept delivery of, the Aircraft;
(ii) in consideration of the transfer of title to the Aircraft to
Owner Trustee, direct WTC to pay, from the funds made available to WTC
hereunder by the Participants, all or a specified portion of its Commitment
either to (A) Airframe Manufacturer, which payments in the aggregate shall
be equal to Manufacturer's Purchase Price, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to Airframe Manufacturer's account set forth in Schedule 1
and (B) Lessee, which payments in the aggregate shall be equal to Lessor's
Cost minus Manufacturer's Purchase Price, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to Lessee's account set forth in Schedule 1 or as otherwise
directed by Lessee;
(iii) execute an application for registration of the Aircraft with the
FAA and Lease Supplement No. 1, in each case with respect to the Aircraft;
(iv) execute the Trust Indenture and the initial Trust Indenture
Supplement and issue the Equipment Notes to the Subordination Agent in
accordance with Section 2.1(b);
(v) lease the Aircraft to Lessee, pursuant to the Lease; and
(vi) take such other action as may be required to be taken by the
Owner Trustee on the Delivery Date by the terms of any Operative Agreement.
4.3 POSTPONEMENT OF SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE
4.3.1 POSTPONEMENT
If for any reason whatsoever the Closing is not consummated on the
Scheduled Delivery Date, Lessee may, subject to the provisions of 1(e) of the
Note Purchase Agreement, by telephonic notice, given by 5:00 p.m., New York City
time (such telephonic notice to be promptly confirmed in writing by personal
delivery or facsimile), on the Scheduled Delivery Date to each Participant,
Owner Trustee and Mortgagee, designate a Delayed Delivery Date, in which case
the Owner Participant will keep its funds available, and the Loan Participant
shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each applicable Trust
Supplement.
4.3.2 RETURN OF FUNDS
WTC shall promptly return to each Participant that makes funds available to
it in accordance with Section 4.2(a) such funds, together with interest or
income earned thereon, if the Closing fails to occur on the Scheduled Delivery
Date, PROVIDED that any funds made available by the Loan Participant shall be
returned on such Scheduled Delivery Date.
4.4 CLOSING
The Closing shall occur at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or such other place as the parties
shall agree.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
5.1 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PARTICIPANTS
The obligation of each Participant to make the Dollar amount of its
respective Commitment available for payment as directed by the Owner Trustee on
the Delivery Date is subject to satisfaction or waiver by each such Participant,
on or prior to the Delivery Date, of the conditions precedent set forth below in
this Section 5.1; PROVIDED, that it shall not be a condition precedent to the
obligation of any Participant that any document be produced or action taken that
is to be produced or taken by such Participant or by a Person within such
Participant's control; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that Sections 5.1.2(iii), (xv) and
(xxiii) (H) shall not be conditions precedent to the obligation of Loan
Participant and Sections 5.1.15 and 5.1.16 shall not be conditions precedent to
the obligation of Owner Participant.
5.1.1 NOTICE
Such Participant shall have received the notice described in Section 4.1
or, in the case of a Delayed Delivery Date, 4.3, when and as required thereby,
or shall have waived such notice.
5.1.2 DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS
Such Participant shall, except as noted below, have received executed
counterparts of the following agreements, instruments, certificates or
documents, and such counterparts (a) shall have been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the respective party or parties thereto, (b) shall be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Participant and (c) shall
be in full force and effect:
(i) the Lease; provided, that only Mortgagee shall receive the sole
executed chattel paper original thereof;
(ii) Lease Supplement No. 1; PROVIDED, that only Mortgagee shall
receive the sole executed chattel paper original thereof;
(iii) the Tax Indemnity Agreement; PROVIDED, that only Owner
Participant and Lessee shall receive copies of the Tax Indemnity Agreement;
(iv) the Trust Agreement;
(v) the Trust Indenture;
(vi) the initial Trust Indenture Supplement;
(vii) the Purchase Agreement Assignment;
(viii) the Consent and Agreement and the Engine Consent and Agreement;
(ix) the Equipment Notes dated the Delivery Date; PROVIDED, that only
the Subordination Agent shall receive the authenticated Equipment Notes;
(x) an excerpted copy of the Purchase Agreement to the extent relating
to Airframe Manufacturer's or Engine Manufacturer's respective warranties
or related obligations or any right in the Purchase Agreement assigned to
Owner Trustee pursuant to the Purchase Agreement Assignment; PROVIDED, that
only Owner Trustee and Mortgagee shall receive copies of such agreements
(copies of which may be inspected by Participants and their respective
special counsel on the Delivery Date, but after the Delivery Date such
copies shall be retained by Owner Trustee and Mortgagee and may be
inspected and reviewed by Owner Participant or Loan Participant or their
respective counsel if and only if there shall have occurred and be
continuing a Lease Default or Lease Event of Default);
(xi) the Bills of Sale;
(xii) an invoice from Airframe Manufacturer to Owner Trustee in
respect of the Aircraft (except for the BFE) specifying the amount of the
Manufacturer's Purchase Price and an invoice from Lessee specifying the
amount due to Lessee in respect of the Aircraft and the BFE, which amounts,
in the aggregate, shall equal Lessor's Cost of the Aircraft;
(xiii) an appointment of authorized representatives by Owner Trustee,
and an acceptance thereof by such representatives in each case, dated the
Delivery Date;
(xiv) the broker's report and insurance certificates required by
Section 11 of the Lease;
(xv) an appraisal or appraisals from an Appraiser, which appraisal or
appraisals shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Owner
Participant; PROVIDED, that only Owner Participant and Lessee shall receive
copies of such appraisal or appraisals;
(xvi) (A) a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of
Lessee and resolutions of the board of directors of Lessee and/or the
executive committee thereof, in each case certified as of the Delivery
Date, by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Lessee, duly
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by Lessee of the Lessee
Operative Agreements required to be executed and delivered by Lessee on or
prior to the Delivery Date in accordance with the provisions hereof and
thereof; (B) an incumbency certificate of Lessee, Owner Participant, First
Security and WTC as to the person or persons authorized to execute and
deliver the relevant Operative Agreements on behalf of such party; and (C)
a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation or Articles of Incorporation and
By-Laws and general authorizing resolutions of the boards of directors (or
executive committees) or other satisfactory evidence of authorization of
Owner Participant, First Security and WTC, certified as of the Delivery
Date by the Secretary or an Assistant or Attesting Secretary of Owner
Participant, First Security and WTC, respectively, which authorize the
execution, delivery and performance by Owner Participant, First Security
and WTC, respectively, of each of the Operative Agreements to which it is a
party, together with such other documents and evidence with respect to it
as Lessee or any Participant may reasonably request in order to establish
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
taking of all corporate proceedings in connection therewith;
(xvii) an Officer's Certificate of Lessee, dated as of the Delivery
Date, stating that its representations and warranties set forth in this
Agreement are true and correct as of the Delivery Date (or, to the extent
that any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier
date, true and correct as of such earlier date);
(xviii) an Officer's Certificate of First Security, dated as of the
Delivery Date, stating that its representations and warranties, in its
individual capacity and as Owner Trustee, set forth in this Agreement are
true and correct as of the Delivery Date (or, to the extent that any such
representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, true and
correct as of such earlier date);
(xix) an Officer's Certificate of Owner Participant, dated as of the
Delivery Date, stating that its representations and warranties set forth in
this Agreement are true and correct as of the Delivery Date (or, to the
extent that any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an
earlier date, true and correct as of such earlier date);
(xx) an Officer's Certificate of WTC, dated as of the Delivery Date,
stating that its representations and warranties, in its individual capacity
or as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, as the case
may be, set forth in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Delivery
Date (or, to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly
relates to an earlier date, true and correct as of such earlier date);
(xxi) an application for registration of the Aircraft with the FAA in
the name of Owner Trustee; PROVIDED, that only special counsel in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma shall receive the sole executed copy thereof for filing with
the FAA;
(xxii) the Financing Statements;
(xxiii) the following opinions of counsel, in each case dated the
Delivery Date:
(A) an opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, special counsel to
Lessee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A;
(B) an opinion of Lessee's Legal Department, substantially in the
form of Exhibit B;
(C) an opinion of _________ __________, corporate counsel to
Airframe Manufacturer, substantially in the form of Exhibit C;
(D) an opinion of Ray, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, special counsel to
Owner Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit D;
(E) an opinion of ___________, special counsel to Mortgagee and
the Loan Participants, substantially in the form of Exhibit E;
(F) an opinion of ___________, special counsel to Owner
Participant, substantially in the form ___________ of Exhibit F;
(G) an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxx, special counsel in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, substantially in the form of Exhibit G; and
(H) an opinion of ___________, special tax counsel to Owner
Participant, with respect to certain tax consequences of the
transactions contemplated hereby; PROVIDED, that only Owner
Participant shall receive such opinion;
(xxiv) a copy of a current, valid Standard Certificate of
Airworthiness for the Aircraft duly issued by the FAA;
(xxv) the Participants and their respective counsel shall have
received copies of such documents and papers as such Participants may
reasonably request, other than (A) in the case of Loan Participant, copies
of the Purchase Agreement, provided that special counsel for Loan
Participant may inspect the Purchase Agreement in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby or as a basis for such counsel's closing
opinion, and (B) in the case of parties other than Owner Participant and
its special counsel, the Tax Indemnity Agreement.
5.1.3 OTHER COMMITMENTS
Each other Participant shall have made available the Dollar amount of its
Commitment as directed by Owner Trustee in accordance with Section 4.
5.1.4 VIOLATION OF LAW
No change shall have occurred after the date of this Agreement in any
applicable Law that makes it a violation of Law for (a) Lessee, any Participant,
Subordination Agent, Owner Trustee or Mortgagee to execute, deliver and perform
the Operative Agreements to which any of them is a party or (b) any Participant
to make the Dollar amount of its Commitment available or, in the case of any
Loan Participant, to acquire an Equipment Note or to realize the benefits of the
security afforded by the Trust Indenture.
5.1.5 TAX LAW CHANGE
In respect of Owner Participant, no Adverse Change in Tax Law shall have
been enacted, promulgated or issued on or prior to the Delivery Date. Owner
Participant agrees to consider promptly, and to consult with Lessee concerning
any such Adverse Change in Tax Law and to advise Lessee and Loan Participant
promptly if Owner Participant determines that an Adverse Change in Tax Law which
has been enacted or promulgated or, if proposed, has a substantial likelihood of
becoming effective, would cause Owner Participant to elect not to close with
respect to the Aircraft. At any time on or before the Delivery Date, Owner
Participant may notify Lessee and Loan Participant that Owner Participant elects
not to close as a result of the enactment, promulgation or issuance of any
Adverse Change in Tax Law on or before the Delivery Date, specifying such
Adverse Change in Tax Law; and failure to give such notice on or before the
Delivery Date shall preclude Owner Participant from not closing with respect to
such Aircraft as a result of any Adverse Change in Tax Law.
5.1.6 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
The representations and warranties of each other party to this Agreement
made, in each case, in this Agreement and in any other Operative Agreement to
which it is a party, shall be true and accurate in all material respects as of
the Delivery Date (unless any such representation and warranty shall have been
made with reference to a specified date, in which case such representation and
warranty shall be true and accurate as of such specified date) and each other
party to this Agreement shall have performed and observed, in all material
respects, all of its covenants, obligations and agreements in this Agreement and
in any other Operative Agreement to which it is a party to be observed or
performed by it as of the Delivery Date.
5.1.7 NO EVENT OF DEFAULT
On the Delivery Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing, or
would result from the sale, mortgage or lease of the Aircraft, which constitutes
a Lease Default or Lease Event of Default, or an Indenture Default or Indenture
Event of Default.
5.1.8 NO EVENT OF LOSS
No Event of Loss with respect to the Airframe or any Engine shall have
occurred and no circumstance, condition, act or event that, with the giving of
notice or lapse of time or both, would give rise to or constitute an Event of
Loss with respect to the Airframe or any Engine shall have occurred.
5.1.9 TITLE
Owner Trustee shall have good title (subject to filing and recordation of
the FAA Xxxx of Sale with the FAA) to the Aircraft, free and clear of Liens,
except (a) the rights of Lessee under the Lease and Lease Supplement No. 1, (b)
the Lien created by the Trust Indenture and the initial Trust Indenture
Supplement, (c) the beneficial interest of Owner Participant created by the
Trust Agreement, (d) Liens permitted by clause (d) (solely for taxes not yet
due) of Section 6 of the Lease and (e) Liens permitted by clause (e) of Section
6 of the Lease.
5.1.10 CERTIFICATION
The Aircraft shall have been duly certificated by the FAA as to type and
airworthiness in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
5.1.11 SECTION 1110
Owner Trustee, as lessor under the Lease (and Mortgagee, as assignee of
Owner Trustee under the Trust Indenture), shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 1110 (as currently in effect) with respect to the right to take
possession of the Airframe and Engines as provided in the Lease in the event of
a case under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in which Lessee is a debtor.
5.1.12 FILING
On the Delivery Date (a) the FAA Filed Documents shall have been duly filed
for recordation (or shall be in the process of being so duly filed for
recordation) with the FAA in accordance with the Act and (b) each Financing
Statement shall have been duly filed (or shall be in the process of being so
duly filed) in the appropriate jurisdiction.
5.1.13 NO PROCEEDINGS
No action or proceeding shall have been instituted, nor shall any action be
threatened in writing, before any Government Entity, nor shall any order,
judgment or decree have been issued or proposed to be issued by any Government
Entity, to set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the completion and
consummation of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
5.1.14 GOVERNMENTAL ACTION
All appropriate action required to have been taken prior to the Delivery
Date by the FAA, or any governmental or political agency, subdivision or
instrumentality of the United States, in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall have been taken, and all orders, permits,
waivers, authorizations, exemptions and approvals of such entities required to
be in effect on the Delivery Date in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall have been issued.
5.1.15 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
The conditions precedent to the obligations of the Loan Participants and
the other requirements relating to the Aircraft and the Equipment Notes set
forth in the Note Purchase Agreement shall have been satisfied.
5.1.16 PERFECTED SECURITY INTEREST
On the Delivery Date, after giving effect to the filing of the FAA Filed
Documents and the Financing Statements, Mortgagee shall have received a duly
perfected first priority security interest in all of Owner Trustee's right,
title and interest in the Aircraft and the Lease, subject only to Permitted
Liens.
5.2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF OWNER TRUSTEE
The obligation of Owner Trustee to direct the Participants to apply the
Commitments to pay Lessor's Cost on the Delivery Date is subject to satisfaction
or waiver by Owner Trustee, on or prior to the Delivery Date, of the conditions
precedent set forth below in this Section 5.2.
5.2.1 NOTICE
Owner Trustee shall have received the notice described in Section 4.1 or,
in the case of a Delayed Delivery Date, 4.3, when and as required thereby, or
shall have waived such notice.
5.2.2 DOCUMENTS
Executed originals of the agreements, instruments, certificates or
documents described in Section 5.1.2 shall have been received by Owner Trustee,
except as specifically provided therein, unless the failure to receive any such
agreement, instrument, certificate or document is the result of any action or
inaction by Owner Trustee.
5.2.3 OTHER CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Each of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.1.4, 5.1.6, 5.1.7 and 5.1.11
shall have been satisfied unless the failure of any such condition to be
satisfied is the result of any action or inaction by Owner Trustee.
5.3 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF MORTGAGEE
The obligation of Mortgagee to authenticate the Equipment Notes on the
Delivery Date is subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Mortgagee, on or prior
to the Delivery Date, of the conditions precedent set forth below in this
Section 5.3.
5.3.1 NOTICE
Mortgagee shall have received the notice described in Section 4.1 or, in
the case of a Delayed Delivery Date, 4.3, when and as required thereby, or shall
have waived such notice.
5.3.2 DOCUMENTS
Executed originals of the agreements, instruments, certificates or
documents described in Section 5.1.2 shall have been received by Mortgagee,
except as specifically provided therein, unless the failure to receive any such
agreement, instrument, certificate or document is the result of any action or
inaction by Mortgagee.
5.3.3 OTHER CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Each of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.1.4, 5.1.6, 5.1.7 and 5.1.11
shall have been satisfied unless the failure of any such condition to be
satisfied is the result of any action or inaction by Mortgagee.
5.4 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF LESSEE
The obligation of Lessee to lease the Aircraft on the Delivery Date is
subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Lessee, on or prior to the Delivery
Date, of the conditions precedent set forth below in this Section 5.4.
5.4.1 DOCUMENTS
Executed originals of the agreements, instruments, certificates or
documents described in Section 5.1.2 shall have been received by Lessee, except
as specifically provided therein, and shall be satisfactory to Lessee, unless
the failure to receive any such agreement, instrument, certificate or document
is the result of any action or inaction by Lessee.
5.4.2 SALES TAX
Lessee shall be satisfied that no sales, use, value added, goods and
services or like tax, and no stamp tax duty, is payable with respect to the
delivery of the Aircraft on the Delivery Date to the extent that Lessee has
liability therefor under Section 9.3.
5.4.3 OTHER CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Each of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.1.3 (as to all
Participants), 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 5.1.6, 5.1.7 (as to Indenture Defaults or Indenture
Events of Default not constituting Lease Defaults or Lease Events of Default,
respectively), 5.1.8, 5.1.9, 5.1.10, 5.1.11, 5.1.12, 5.1.13 and 5.1.14 shall
have been satisfied or waived by Lessee, unless the failure of any such
condition to be satisfied is the result of any action or inaction by Lessee.
5.4.4 TAX LAW CHANGE
No Adverse Change in Tax Law shall have been enacted, promulgated or
proposed on or prior to the Delivery Date. Lessee agrees to consider promptly,
and to consult with Owner Participant concerning, any such Adverse Change in Tax
Law and to advise Owner Participant and Loan Participant promptly if Lessee
determines that an Adverse Change in Tax Law which has been enacted or
promulgated or, if proposed, has a substantial likelihood of becoming effective,
would cause Lessee to elect not to close the transactions contemplated by the
Lease and this Agreement. At any time on or before the Delivery Date, Lessee may
notify Owner Participant and Loan Participant that Lessee elects not to close
the transactions contemplated by the Lease and this Agreement as a result of the
enactment, promulgation or proposal of any Adverse Change in Tax Law on or
before the Delivery Date, specifying such Adverse Change in Tax Law.
5.5 POST-REGISTRATION OPINION
Promptly upon the registration of the Aircraft and the recordation of the
FAA Filed Documents pursuant to the Act, Lessee will cause Xxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxx,
special counsel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to deliver to Lessee, each
Participant, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee a favorable opinion or opinions
addressed to each of them with respect to such registration and recordation.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
6.1 LESSEE'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Lessee represents and warrants to each Participant, Subordination Agent,
Owner Trustee and Mortgagee that:
6.1.1 ORGANIZATION; QUALIFICATION
Lessee is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate power and
authority to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged and to own or
hold under lease its properties and to enter into and perform its obligations
under the Lessee Operative Agreements. Lessee is duly qualified to do business
as a foreign corporation in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
nature and extent of the business conducted by it, or the ownership of its
properties, requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not give rise to a Material Adverse Change to Lessee.
6.1.2 CORPORATE AUTHORIZATION
Lessee has taken, or caused to be taken, all necessary corporate action
(including, without limitation, the obtaining of any consent or approval of
stockholders required by its Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws) to
authorize the execution and delivery of each of the Lessee Operative Agreements,
and the performance of its obligations thereunder.
6.1.3 NO VIOLATION
The execution and delivery by Lessee of the Lessee Operative Agreements,
the performance by Lessee of its obligations thereunder and the consummation by
Lessee on the Delivery Date of the transactions contemplated thereby, do not and
will not (a) violate any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or
By-Laws of Lessee, (b) violate any Law applicable to or binding on Lessee or (c)
violate or constitute any default under (other than any violation or default
that would not result in a Material Adverse Change to Lessee), or result in the
creation of any Lien (other than as permitted under the Lease) upon the Aircraft
under, any indenture, mortgage, chattel mortgage, deed of trust, conditional
sales contract, lease, loan or other material agreement, instrument or document
to which Lessee is a party or by which Lessee or any of its properties is bound.
6.1.4 APPROVALS
The execution and delivery by Lessee of the Lessee Operative Agreements,
the performance by Lessee of its obligations thereunder and the consummation by
Lessee on the Delivery Date of the transactions contemplated thereby do not and
will not require the consent or approval of, or the giving of notice to, or the
registration with, or the recording or filing of any documents with, or the
taking of any other action in respect of, (a) any trustee or other holder of any
Debt of Lessee and (b) any Government Entity, other than the filing of (x) the
FAA Filed Documents and the Financing Statements (and continuation statements
periodically) and (y) filings, recordings, notices or other ministerial actions
pursuant to any routine recording, contractual or regulatory requirements
applicable to it.
6.1.5 VALID AND BINDING AGREEMENTS
The Lessee Operative Agreements have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by Lessee and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by the other party or parties thereto, constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of Lessee and are enforceable against Lessee in accordance
with the respective terms thereof, except as such enforceability may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other
similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and general principles
of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.
6.1.6 LITIGATION
Except as set forth in Lessee's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as
amended, filed by Lessee with the SEC on or prior to the Delivery Date, or in
any Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Lessee
with the SEC subsequent to such Form 10-K and on or prior to the Delivery Date,
no action, claim or proceeding is now pending or, to the Actual Knowledge of
Lessee, threatened, against Lessee, before any court, governmental body,
arbitration board, tribunal or administrative agency, which is reasonably likely
to be determined adversely to Lessee and if determined adversely to Lessee would
result in a Material Adverse Change.
6.1.7 FINANCIAL CONDITION
The audited consolidated balance sheet of Lessee with respect to Lessee's
most recent fiscal year included in Lessee's most recent Annual Report on Form
10-K, as amended, filed by Lessee with the SEC, and the related consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows for the period then ended have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition of Lessee and its consolidated subsidiaries as of such date
and the results of its operations and cash flows for such period, and since the
date of such balance sheet, there has been no material adverse change in such
financial condition or operations of Lessee, except for matters disclosed in (a)
the financial statements referred to above or (b) any subsequent Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q or Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Lessee with the SEC
on or prior to the date hereof.
6.1.8 REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION
Except for (a) the registration of the Aircraft with the FAA pursuant to
the Act in the name of Owner Trustee, (b) the filing for recordation (and
recordation) of the FAA Filed Documents, (c) the filing of the Financing
Statements (and continuation statements relating thereto at periodic intervals),
(d) the taking of possession and retention by Mortgagee of the original
counterparts of the Lease and Lease Supplement No. 1 and (e) the affixation of
the placards referred to in Section 7.1.3 of the Lease, no further action,
including any filing or recording of any document (including any financing
statement in respect thereof under Article 9 of the UCC) is necessary in order
to establish and perfect the right, title or interest of Owner Trustee, and the
Mortgagee's security interest, in the Aircraft and the Lease, as against Lessee
and any other Person, in each case, in any applicable jurisdictions in the
United States.
6.1.9 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE
The chief executive office (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the
UCC) of Lessee is located at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000.
6.1.10 NO DEFAULT
No event which, if the Aircraft were subject to the Lease, constitutes a
Lease Default or Lease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
6.1.11 NO EVENT OF LOSS
No Event of Loss has occurred with respect to the Airframe or any Engine,
and, to the Actual Knowledge of Lessee, no circumstance, condition, act or event
has occurred that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both gives rise
to or constitutes an Event of Loss with respect to the Airframe or any Engine.
6.1.12 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
(a) Lessee is a Citizen of the United States and a U.S. Air Carrier.
(b) Lessee holds all licenses, permits and franchises from the appropriate
Government Entities necessary to authorize Lessee to lawfully engage in air
transportation and to carry on scheduled commercial passenger service as
currently conducted, except where the failure to so hold any such license,
permit or franchise would not give rise to a Material Adverse Change to Lessee.
(c) Lessee is not an "investment company" or a company controlled by
an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
6.1.13 SECURITIES LAWS
Neither Lessee nor any person authorized to act on its behalf has directly
or indirectly offered any beneficial interest or Security relating to the
ownership of the Aircraft or the Lease or any interest in the Trust Estate and
Trust Agreement, or any of the Equipment Notes or any other interest in or
security under the Trust Indenture, for sale to, or solicited any offer to
acquire any such interest or security from, or has sold any such interest or
security to, any person in violation of the Securities Act.
6.1.14 BROKER'S FEES
No Person acting on behalf of Lessee is or will be entitled to any broker's
fee, commission or finder's fee in connection with the Transactions, except for
fees payable to Lessee's Advisor, if any.
6.1.15 SECTION 1110
Owner Trustee, as lessor under the Lease (and Mortgagee, as assignee under
the Trust Indenture), is entitled to the benefits of Section 1110 (as currently
in effect) with respect to the right to take possession of the Airframe and
Engines as provided in the Lease in the event of a case under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code in which Lessee is a debtor.
6.2 OWNER PARTICIPANT'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Owner Participant represents and warrants to Lessee, Loan Participant,
Subordination Agent, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee that:
6.2.1 ORGANIZATION, ETC.
Owner Participant is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and
in good standing under the Laws of the OP Jurisdiction, has the corporate power
and authority to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged and to
own or hold under lease its properties and to enter into, and perform its
obligations under the Owner Participant Agreements, and has a tangible net worth
(exclusive of goodwill) greater than $75,000,000.
6.2.2 CORPORATE AUTHORIZATION
Owner Participant has taken, or caused to be taken, all necessary corporate
action (including, without limitation, the obtaining of any consent or approval
of stockholders required by its Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws) to
authorize the execution and delivery of each of the Owner Participant
Agreements, and the performance of its obligations thereunder.
6.2.3 NO VIOLATION
The execution and delivery by Owner Participant of the Owner Participant
Agreements, the performance by Owner Participant of its obligations thereunder
and the consummation by Owner Participant on the Delivery Date of the
transactions contemplated thereby, do not and will not (a) violate any provision
of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of Owner Participant, (b) violate
any Law applicable to or binding on Owner Participant or (c) violate or
constitute any default under (other than any violation or default that would not
result in a Material Adverse Change to Owner Participant), or result in the
creation of any Lien (other than as provided for or otherwise permitted in the
Operative Agreements) upon the Trust Estate under, any indenture, mortgage,
chattel mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sales contract, lease, loan or
other material agreement, instrument or document to which Owner Participant is a
party or by which Owner Participant or any of its properties is bound.
6.2.4 APPROVALS
The execution and delivery by Owner Participant of the Owner Participant
Agreements, the performance by Owner Participant of its obligations thereunder
and the consummation by Owner Participant on the Delivery Date of the
transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not require the consent or
approval of, or the giving of notice to, or the registration with, or the
recording or filing of any documents with, or the taking of any other action in
respect of, (a) any trustee or other holder of any Debt of Owner Participant and
(b) any Government Entity, other than the filing of the FAA Filed Documents and
the Financing Statements.
6.2.5 VALID AND BINDING AGREEMENTS
The Owner Participant Agreements have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by Owner Participant and, assuming the due authorization, execution
and delivery by the other party or parties thereto, constitute the legal, valid
and binding obligations of Owner Participant and are enforceable against Owner
Participant in accordance with the respective terms thereof, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
receivership, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally and general principles of equity, whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity.
6.2.6 CITIZENSHIP
On the Delivery Date, Owner Participant is a Citizen of the United States.
6.2.7 NO LIENS
On the Delivery Date, there are no Lessor Liens attributable to Owner
Participant in respect of all or any part of the Trust Estate.
6.2.8 INVESTMENT BY OWNER PARTICIPANT
Owner Participant's beneficial interest in the Trust Estate is being
acquired by it for its own account, for investment and not with a view to any
resale or distribution thereof, except that, subject to the restrictions on
transfer set forth in Section 10, the disposition by Owner Participant of its
beneficial interest in the Trust Estate shall at all times be within its
control.
6.2.9 ERISA
No part of the funds to be used by Owner Participant to acquire or
hold its interests in the Trust Estate to be acquired by it under this Agreement
directly or indirectly constitutes assets of a Plan.
6.2.10 LITIGATION
There are no pending or, to the Actual Knowledge of Owner
Participant, threatened actions or proceedings against Owner Participant before
any court, governmental body, arbitration board, administrative agency or
tribunal which, if determined adversely to Owner Participant, would materially
adversely affect the ability of Owner Participant to perform its obligations
under the Owner Participant Agreements.
6.2.11 SECURITIES LAWS
Neither Owner Participant nor any person Owner Participant has authorized
to act on its behalf has directly or indirectly offered any beneficial interest
in or Security relating to the ownership of the Aircraft or any interest in the
Trust Estate, or any of the Equipment Notes or any other interest in or Security
under the Trust Indenture for sale to, or solicited any offer to acquire any of
the same from, any Person in violation of the Securities Act or applicable state
securities Laws.
6.2.12 BROKER'S FEES
No Person acting on behalf of Owner Participant is or will be entitled to
any broker's fee, commission or finder's fee in connection with the
Transactions.
6.3 FIRST SECURITY'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
First Security represents and warrants to Lessee, Owner Participant, Loan
Participant, Subordination Agent and Mortgagee that:
6.3.1 ORGANIZATION, ETC.
First Security is a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the Laws of the United States, holding a
valid certificate to do business as a national banking association with banking
authority to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, the Owner
Trustee Agreements.
6.3.2 CORPORATE AUTHORIZATION
First Security has taken, or caused to be taken, all necessary corporate
action (including, without limitation, the obtaining of any consent or approval
of stockholders required by Law or by its Articles of Association or By-Laws) to
authorize the execution and delivery by First Security, in its individual
capacity and as Owner Trustee, of each of the Owner Trustee Agreements, and the
performance of its obligations thereunder.
6.3.3 NO VIOLATION
The execution and delivery by First Security, in its individual capacity
and as Owner Trustee of the Owner Trustee Agreements, the performance by First
Security, in its individual capacity and as Owner Trustee, of its obligations
thereunder and the consummation by First Security in its individual capacity and
as Owner Trustee on the Delivery Date of the transactions contemplated thereby,
do not and will not (a) violate any provision of the Articles of Association or
By-Laws of First Security, (b) violate any Law applicable to or binding on Owner
Trustee or First Security or (c) violate or constitute any default under(other
than any violation or default that would not result in a Material Adverse Change
to First Security, in its individual capacity or as Owner Trustee), or result in
the creation of any Lien (other than the Lien of the Trust Indenture) upon any
property of First Security, in its individual capacity and as Owner Trustee, or
any of its subsidiaries under, any indenture, mortgage, chattel mortgage, deed
of trust, conditional sales contract, lease, loan or other material agreement,
instrument or document to which First Security, in its individual capacity and
as Owner Trustee, is a party or by which First Security, in its individual
capacity and as Owner Trustee, or any of its properties is or may be bound or
affected.
6.3.4 APPROVALS
The execution and delivery by First Security, in its individual capacity
and as Owner Trustee, of the Owner Trustee Agreements, the performance by First
Security, in its individual capacity and as Owner Trustee, of its obligations
thereunder and the consummation by First Security, in its individual capacity
and as Owner Trustee, on the Delivery Date of the transactions contemplated
thereby do not and will not require the consent, approval or authorization of,
or the giving of notice to, or the registration with, or the recording or filing
of any documents with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, (a) any
trustee or other holder of any Debt of First Security or (b) any Government
Entity, other than the filing of the FAA Filed Documents and the Financing
Statements.
6.3.5 VALID AND BINDING AGREEMENTS
The Owner Trustee Agreements have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by First Security, in its individual capacity or as Owner Trustee, as
the case may be, and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
First Security, in its individual capacity and as Owner Trustee, and, assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other party or
parties thereto, are enforceable against First Security, in its individual
capacity and as Owner Trustee, in accordance with the respective terms thereof,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting the
rights of creditors generally and general principles of equity, whether
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.
6.3.6 CITIZENSHIP
On the Delivery Date, First Security is a Citizen of the United States.
6.3.7 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE
The chief executive office (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the
UCC) of Owner Trustee is located at 00 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx
00000.
6.3.8 TITLE
On the Delivery Date, Owner Trustee shall have received whatever title (a)
to the Aircraft (other than the BFE) as was conveyed to it by Airframe
Manufacturer and (b) to the BFE as was conveyed to it by Lessee.
6.3.9 NO LIENS; FINANCING STATEMENTS
On the Delivery Date, there are no Lessor Liens attributable to First
Security or Owner Trustee in respect of all or any part of the Aircraft, Trust
Estate or the Trust Indenture Estate. Except for the Financing Statements, it
has not, either in its individual capacity or as Owner Trustee, executed any UCC
financing statements relating to the Aircraft or the Lease.
6.3.10 LITIGATION
There are no pending or, to the Actual Knowledge of First Security,
threatened actions or proceedings against First Security or Owner Trustee before
any court, governmental body, arbitration board, administrative agency or
tribunal which, if determined adversely to First Security, would materially
adversely affect the ability of First Security or Owner Trustee to perform its
obligations under the Owner Trustee Agreements.
6.3.11 SECURITIES LAWS
Neither First Security, nor any person authorized to act on its behalf, has
directly or indirectly offered any beneficial interest or Security relating to
the ownership of the Aircraft or any interest in the Trust Estate or any of the
Equipment Notes or any other interest in or security under the Trust Indenture
for sale to, or solicited any offer to acquire any such interest or security
from, or has sold any such interest or security to, any person other than the
Participants, except for the offering and sale of the Pass Through Certificates.
6.3.12 EXPENSES AND TAXES
There are no Expenses or Taxes that may be imposed on or asserted against
the Trust, the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein, the
Trust Indenture Estate, Lessee, Owner Participant, any Pass Through Trustee,
Subordination Agent, Owner Trustee or Mortgagee (except as to Owner Trustee,
Taxes imposed on the fees payable to Owner Trustee) under the laws of Utah in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance of any Operative
Agreement by Owner Trustee or in connection with the issuance of the Equipment
Notes, which Expenses or Taxes would not have been imposed if Owner Trustee had
not (x) had its principal place of business in, (y) performed (in its individual
capacity or as Owner Trustee) any or all of its duties under the Operative
Agreements in or (z) engaged in any activities unrelated to the transactions
contemplated by the Operative Agreements in, the State of Utah.
6.4 WTC'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
WTC represents and warrants (with respect to Section 6.4.10, solely in its
capacity as Subordination Agent) to Lessee, Owner Participant and Owner Trustee
that:
6.4.1 ORGANIZATION, ETC.
WTC is a Delaware banking corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, holding a valid
certificate to do business as a Delaware banking corporation with banking
authority to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, the
Mortgagee Agreements, the Pass Through Trustee Agreements and the Subordination
Agent Agreements.
6.4.2 CORPORATE AUTHORIZATION
WTC has taken, or caused to be taken, all necessary corporate action
(including, without limitation, the obtaining of any consent or approval of
stockholders required by Law or by its Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws)
to authorize the execution and delivery by WTC, in its individual capacity or as
Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, as the case may be, of
the Mortgagee Agreements, the Pass Through Trustee Agreements and the
Subordination Agent Agreements and the performance of its obligations
thereunder.
6.4.3 NO VIOLATION
The execution and delivery by WTC, in its individual capacity or as
Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, as the case may be, of
the Mortgagee Agreements, the Pass Through Trustee Agreements and the
Subordination Agent Agreements, the performance by WTC, in its individual
capacity or as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, as the
case may be, of its obligations thereunder and the consummation on the Delivery
Date of the transactions contemplated thereby, do not and will not (a) violate
any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of WTC, (b) violate
any Law applicable to or binding on WTC, in its individual capacity or (except
in the case of any Law relating to any Plan) as Mortgagee, a Pass Through
Trustee or Subordination Agent, or (c) violate or constitute any default under
(other than any violation or default that would not result in a Material Adverse
Change to WTC, in its individual capacity or Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee
or Subordination Agent), or result in the creation of any Lien (other than the
Lien of the Trust Indenture) upon any property of WTC, in its individual
capacity or as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, or any
of WTC's subsidiaries under, any indenture, mortgage, chattel mortgage, deed of
trust, conditional sales contract, lease, loan or other agreement, instrument or
document to which WTC, in its individual capacity or as Mortgagee, a Pass
Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, is a party or by which WTC, in its
individual capacity or as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination
Agent, or any of their respective properties is bound.
6.4.4 APPROVALS
The execution and delivery by WTC, in its individual capacity or as
Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, as the case may be, of
the Mortgagee Agreements, the Pass Through Trustee Agreements and the
Subordination Agent Agreements, the performance by WTC, in its individual
capacity or as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, as the
case may be, of its obligations thereunder and the consummation on the Delivery
Date by WTC, in its individual capacity or as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee
or Subordination Agent, as the case may be, of the transactions contemplated
thereby do not and will not require the consent, approval or authorization of,
or the giving of notice to, or the registration with, or the recording or filing
of any documents with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, (a) any
trustee or other holder of any Debt of WTC or (b) any Government Entity, other
than the filing of the FAA Filed Documents and the Financing Statements.
6.4.5 VALID AND BINDING AGREEMENTS
The Mortgagee Agreements, the Pass Through Trustee Agreements and the
Subordination Agent Agreements have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by WTC and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other
party or parties thereto, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
WTC, in its individual capacity or as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or
Subordination Agent, as the case may be, and are enforceable against WTC, in its
individual capacity or as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination
Agent, as the case may be, in accordance with the respective terms thereof,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting the
rights of creditors generally and general principles of equity, whether
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.
6.4.6 CITIZENSHIP
WTC is a Citizen of the United States.
6.4.7 NO LIENS
On the Delivery Date, there are no Lessor Liens attributable to WTC in
respect of all or any part of the Trust Estate or the Trust Indenture Estate.
6.4.8 LITIGATION
There are no pending or, to the Actual Knowledge of WTC, threatened actions
or proceedings against WTC, in its individual capacity or as Mortgagee, a Pass
Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, before any court, administrative agency
or tribunal which, if determined adversely to WTC, in its individual capacity or
as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, as the case may be,
would materially adversely affect the ability of WTC, in its individual capacity
or as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, as the case may
be, to perform its obligations under any of the Mortgagee Agreements, the Pass
Through Trustee Agreements or the Subordination Agent Agreements.
6.4.9 SECURITIES LAWS
Neither WTC nor any person authorized to act on its behalf has directly or
indirectly offered any beneficial interest or Security relating to the ownership
of the Aircraft or any interest in the Trust Indenture Estate or any of the
Equipment Notes or any other interest in or security under the Trust Indenture
for sale to, or solicited any offer to acquire any such interest or security
from, or has sold any such interest or security to, any Person other than the
Participants, except for the offering and sale of the Pass Through Certificates.
6.4.10 INVESTMENT
The Equipment Notes to be acquired by the Subordination Agent are being
acquired by it for the account of the Pass Through Trustees, for investment and
not with a view to any resale or distribution thereof, except that, subject to
the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 10.1.3, the disposition by it
of its Equipment Notes shall at all times be within its control.
6.4.11 TAXES
There are no Taxes payable by any Pass Through Trustee or WTC, as the case
may be, imposed by the State of Delaware or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by
such Pass Through Trustee or WTC, as the case may be, of this Agreement or any
of the Pass Through Trustee Agreements (other than franchise or other taxes
based on or measured by any fees or compensation received by any such Pass
Through Trustee or WTC, as the case may be, for services rendered in connection
with the transactions contemplated by any of the Pass Through Trust Agreements),
and there are no Taxes payable by any Pass Through Trustee or WTC, as the case
may be, imposed by the State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in
connection with the acquisition, possession or ownership by any such Pass
Through Trustee of any of the Equipment Notes (other than franchise or other
taxes based on or measured by any fees or compensation received by any such Pass
Through Trustee or WTC, as the case may be, for services rendered in connection
with the transactions contemplated by any of the Pass Through Trust Agreements),
and, assuming that the trusts created by the Pass Through Trust Agreements will
not be taxable as corporations, but, rather, each will be characterized as a
grantor trust under subpart E, Part I of Subchapter J of the Code or as a
partnership under Subchapter K of the Code, such trusts will not be subject to
any Taxes imposed by the State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof;
6.4.12 CONTROL
WTC is not an Affiliate of the Owner Participant or the Owner Trustee.
6.4.13 BROKER'S FEES
No Person acting on behalf of WTC, in its individual capacity or as
Mortgagee, any Pass Through Trustee or Subordination Agent, is or will be
entitled to any broker's fee, commission or finder's fee in connection with the
Transactions.
SECTION 7. COVENANTS, UNDERTAKINGS AND AGREEMENTS
7.1 COVENANTS OF LESSEE
Lessee covenants and agrees, at its own cost and expense, with Owner
Participant, Loan Participant, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee as follows:
7.1.1 CORPORATE EXISTENCE; U.S. AIR CARRIER
Lessee shall at all times maintain its corporate existence, except as
permitted by Section 13.2 of the Lease, and shall at all times remain a U.S. Air
Carrier.
7.1.2 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Lessee will give Owner Participant, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee timely
written notice (but in any event within 30 days prior to the expiration of the
period of time specified under applicable Law to prevent lapse of perfection) of
any relocation of its chief executive office (as such term is defined in Article
9 of the UCC) from its then present location and will promptly take any action
required by Section 7.1.3(c) as a result of such relocation.
7.1.3 CERTAIN ASSURANCES
(a) Lessee shall duly execute, acknowledge and deliver, or shall cause to
be executed, acknowledged and delivered, all such further agreements,
instruments, certificates or documents, and shall do and cause to be done such
further acts and things, in any case, as Owner Participant, Owner Trustee or
Mortgagee shall reasonably request for accomplishing the purposes of this
Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, PROVIDED THAT any instrument or
other document so executed by Lessee will not expand any obligations or limit
any rights of Lessee in respect of the transactions contemplated by any
Operative Agreement.
(b) Lessee shall promptly take such action with respect to the recording,
filing, re-recording and refiling of the Lease, the Trust Agreement and the
Trust Indenture and the respective supplements thereto, including, without
limitation, Lease Supplement No. 1 and the initial Trust Indenture Supplement,
as shall be necessary to establish, perfect and protect the interests and rights
of Owner Trustee in and to the Aircraft and under the Lease and the perfection
and priority of the Lien created by the Trust Indenture. Lessee shall furnish to
Owner Participant or Owner Trustee such information (other than with respect to
the citizenship of Owner Participant and Owner Trustee) in Lessee's possession
or otherwise reasonably available to Lessee as may be required to enable Owner
Participant or Owner Trustee to make application for registration of the
Aircraft under the Act (subject to Lessee's rights under Section 7.1.2 of the
Lease) and shall pay or cause to be paid all out-of-pocket costs and expenses
thereof (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and
disbursements).
(c) Lessee, at its sole cost and expense, will cause the FAA Filed
Documents, the Financing Statements and all continuation statements (and any
amendments necessitated by any combination, consolidation or merger pursuant to
Section 13.2 of the Lease, or any relocation of its chief executive office) in
respect of the Financing Statements to be prepared and, subject only to the
execution and delivery thereof by Owner Trustee and Mortgagee, as applicable,
duly and timely filed and recorded, or filed for recordation, to the extent
permitted under the Act (with respect to the FAA Filed Documents) or the UCC or
similar law of any other applicable jurisdiction (with respect to such other
documents).
(d) If the Aircraft has been registered in a country other than the United
States pursuant to Section 7.1.2 of the Lease, Lessee will furnish to Owner
Trustee, Mortgagee and each Participant annually after such registration,
commencing with the calendar year after such registration is effected, an
opinion of special counsel reasonably satisfactory to Owner Trustee and
Mortgagee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, either that (i) such
action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, rerecording and
refiling of the Operative Agreements and any supplements and amendments thereto
as is necessary to establish, perfect and protect Owner Trustee's and
Mortgagee's respective right, title and interest in and to the Aircraft and the
Operative Agreements, reciting the details of such actions, or (ii) no such
action is necessary to maintain the perfection of such right, title and
interest.
7.1.4 SECURITIES LAWS
Neither Lessee nor any person authorized to act on its behalf will directly
or indirectly offer any beneficial interest or Security relating to the
ownership of the Aircraft or the Lease or any interest in the Trust Estate and
Trust Agreement or any of the Equipment Notes or any other interest in or
security under the Trust Indenture, for sale to, or solicit any offer to acquire
any such interest or security from, or sell any such interest or security to,
any person in violation of the Securities Act or applicable state or foreign
securities Laws.
7.2 COVENANTS OF OWNER PARTICIPANT
Owner Participant covenants and agrees with Lessee, and except with respect
to Section 7.2.4, Loan Participant, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee as follows:
7.2.1 LIENS
Owner Participant (a) will not directly or indirectly create, incur, assume
or suffer to exist any Lessor Lien attributable to it on or with respect to all
or any part of the Trust Estate, the Trust Indenture Estate or the Aircraft, (b)
will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take such action as may be necessary
to discharge any Lessor Lien attributable to Owner Participant on all or any
part of the Trust Estate, the Trust Indenture Estate or the Aircraft and (c)
will hold harmless and indemnify Lessee, Owner Trustee, each Note Holder,
Mortgagee, each of their respective Affiliates, successors and permitted
assigns, the Trust Estate and the Trust Indenture Estate from and against (i)
any and all Expenses, (ii) any reduction in the amount payable out of the Trust
Estate or the Trust Indenture Estate and (iii) any interference with the
possession, operation or other use of all or any part of the Aircraft imposed
on, incurred by or asserted against any of the foregoing as a consequence of any
such Lessor Lien.
7.2.2 REVOCATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
(a) Owner Participant will comply with the provisions of the Trust
Agreement applicable to it, and will not terminate or revoke the Trust Agreement
or the trusts created thereunder without the prior written consent of Lessee and
Mortgagee and will not amend, modify or supplement the Trust Agreement, or waive
any of the provisions thereof, if such amendment, modification, supplement or
waiver would have a material adverse effect on Lessee, without the consent of
Lessee, or on Mortgagee or any Note Holder, without the consent of Mortgagee.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 7.2.2(a), Owner Participant may at any time
remove Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Trust Agreement or terminate
the Trust Agreement pursuant to Section 11.2 of the Trust Agreement.
7.2.3 CHANGE OF SITUS OF OWNER TRUST
If, at any time, any Tax Indemnitee or the Trust Estate becomes subject to
any Taxes for which it is indemnified pursuant to Section 9.3 of this Agreement
and if, as a consequence thereof, Lessee should request that the situs of the
Trust be moved to another state in the United States from the state in which it
is then located, the situs of the Trust may be moved with the written consent of
Owner Participant (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and Owner
Participant will take whatever action may be reasonably necessary to accomplish
such removal; PROVIDED, that, in any event, (a) Lessee shall provide such
additional tax indemnification as Owner Participant and the Note Holders or the
Pass Through Trustees may reasonably request to cover any additional
unindemnified Taxes or loss of Tax benefits described in the assumptions in the
Tax Indemnity Agreement resulting from such change in the situs of the Trust,
(b) the rights and obligations under the Operative Agreements of Owner
Participant, the Note Holders, Pass Through Trustees and Mortgagee shall not be
adversely affected as a result of the taking of such action, (c) the Lien of the
Trust Indenture on the Trust Indenture Estate shall not be adversely affected by
such action, and Lessee and Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver such
documents as may reasonably be requested by Mortgagee to protect and maintain
the perfection and priority of such Lien, (d) Owner Participant, Pass Through
Trustees and Mortgagee shall have received an opinion or opinions of counsel
(which counsel is reasonably satisfactory to Owner Participant, Pass Through
Trustees and Mortgagee) in scope, form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Owner Participant, Pass Through Trustees and Mortgagee to the effect that (i)
the Trust, as thus removed, shall remain a validly established trust, (ii) any
amendments to the Trust Agreement necessitated by such removal shall have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and shall
constitute the valid and binding obligations of such parties, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, (iii) covering such other matters as Owner
Participant, Pass Through Trustees or Mortgagee may reasonably request, (e) if
such removal involves the replacement of Owner Trustee, then Owner Participant,
Pass Through Trustees and Mortgagee shall have received an opinion of counsel to
such successor Owner Trustee in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Owner Participant, Pass Through Trustees and Mortgagee covering the matters
described in the opinion delivered pursuant to Section 5.1.2(xxiii)(D) and (f)
Lessee shall indemnify and hold harmless Owner Participant, Note Holders, Pass
Through Trustees and First Security, in its individual capacity and as Owner
Trustee, on a net after-tax basis against any and all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses including attorneys' fees and disbursements, fees and
expenses of any new owner trustee, registration, recording or filing fees and
taxes incurred by Owner Participant, Note Holders, Pass Through Trustees or
Owner Trustee in connection with such change of situs. Owner Participant agrees
with Lessee that it will not consent to or direct a change in the situs of the
Trust Estate without the prior written consent of Lessee.
7.2.4 COMPLIANCE WITH LEASE PROVISIONS
Owner Participant will, solely for the benefit of Lessee, comply with the
express provisions applicable to it contained in the Lease.
7.2.5 SECURITIES ACT
Owner Participant will not directly or indirectly offer any beneficial
interest or security relating to the ownership of the Aircraft or any interest
in the Trust Estate or any of the Equipment Notes or any other interest in or
security under the Trust Indenture for sale to, or solicit any offer to acquire
any such interest or security from, or sell any such interest or security to,
any Person in violation of the Securities Act or applicable state or foreign
securities Laws, provided that the foregoing shall not be deemed to impose on
Owner Participant any responsibility with respect to any such offer, sale or
solicitation by any other party hereto.
7.2.6 REGARDING THE OWNER TRUSTEE
Owner Participant will cause Owner Trustee to perform its obligations under
each Owner Trustee Agreement.
7.3 COVENANTS OF FIRST SECURITY AND OWNER TRUSTEE
First Security, in its individual capacity and/or as Owner Trustee, as
provided below, covenants and agrees with Lessee, Owner Participant, each Note
Holder and Mortgagee as follows:
7.3.1 LIENS
First Security (a) will not directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lessor Lien attributable to it or Owner Trustee with respect
to all or any part of the Trust Estate, the Trust Indenture Estate or the
Aircraft, (b) will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take such action as
may be necessary to discharge any Lessor Lien attributable to First Security or
Owner Trustee on all or any part of the Trust Estate, the Trust Indenture Estate
or the Aircraft and (c) will personally hold harmless and indemnify Lessee,
Owner Participant, each Note Holder, Mortgagee, each of their respective
Affiliates, successors and permitted assigns, the Trust Estate and the Trust
Indenture Estate from and against (i) any and all Expenses, (ii) any reduction
in the amount payable out of the Trust Estate or the Trust Indenture Estate and
(iii) any interference with the possession, operation or other use of all or any
part of the Aircraft imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any of the
foregoing as a consequence of any such Lessor Lien.
7.3.2 OTHER BUSINESS
Owner Trustee will not enter into any business or other activity except as
contemplated by the Operative Agreements.
7.3.3 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE
First Security, in its individual capacity and as Owner Trustee, will give
Lessee, each Participant and Mortgagee 30 days' prior written notice of any
relocation of its chief executive office (as such term is defined in Article 9
of the UCC) from its then present location and will promptly take any action
required by Section 7.3.8 as a result of such relocation.
7.3.4 SECURITIES ACT
First Security, in its individual capacity and as Owner Trustee, will not
directly or indirectly offer any beneficial interest or Security relating to the
ownership of the Aircraft or any interest in the Trust Estate or any of the
Equipment Notes or any other interest in or security under the Trust Indenture
for sale to, or solicit any offer to acquire any such interest or security from,
or sell any such interest or security to, any Person in violation of the
Securities Act or applicable state or foreign securities Laws, provided that the
foregoing shall not be deemed to impose on First Security in its individual
capacity or as Owner Trustee, any responsibility with respect to any such offer,
sale or solicitation by any other party hereto.
7.3.5 PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENTS
Owner Trustee shall perform its obligations under the Owner Trustee
Agreements in accordance with the terms thereof.
7.3.6 RELEASE OF LIEN OF TRUST INDENTURE
Owner Trustee, in each instance referred to in the Lease in which a
transfer of any property is required to be made by Owner Trustee to Lessee or
any other Person (other than Mortgagee or Owner Participant), shall, at Lessee's
request and expense, use its reasonable efforts to procure from Mortgagee the
prompt release of the Lien of the Trust Indenture with respect to such property.
7.3.7 NOTICES; DOCUMENTS
In the event any claim with respect to any liabilities is filed against the
Owner Trustee in its capacity as such and Owner Trustee shall have Actual
Knowledge thereof, the Owner Trustee shall promptly notify Lessee in writing
thereof. Owner Trustee further agrees to provide to Lessee promptly any
documents (including the certificate of aircraft registration) that it receives
from the FAA with respect to the Aircraft.
7.3.8 FILINGS
After the Delivery Date, Owner Trustee shall duly execute and deliver to
Lessee all filings and recordings (including, without limitation, all filings
and UCC financing statements under the Act and the UCC and any amendments to UCC
financing statements necessitated by any relocation of its chief executive
office), prepared and delivered to it by Lessee required to perfect Owner
Trustee's title to the Aircraft and the liens of and security interests granted
by the Trust Indenture (or to maintain such perfection) and to make such title,
liens and security interests valid and enforceable.
7.3.9 TRUST AGREEMENT
Each of First Security and Owner Trustee hereby (i) agrees with Lessee,
Loan Participant and Mortgagee not to amend, supplement, terminate or otherwise
modify any provision of the Trust Agreement in such a manner as to adversely
affect the rights of any such party without the prior written consent of such
party and (ii) agrees with Lessee, Loan Participant and Mortgagee not to revoke
the trust created by the Trust Agreement so long as the Trust Indenture remains
undischarged or if such revocation would have an adverse effect on the Lessee.
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall impair any right under the Trust
Agreement of First Security to resign as Owner Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of the Trust Agreement.
7.4 COVENANTS OF WTC
WTC in its individual capacity or as Mortgagee, each Pass Through Trustee
or Subordination Agent, as the case may be, covenants and agrees with Lessee,
Owner Participant and Owner Trustee as follows:
7.4.1 LIENS
WTC (a) will not directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lessor Lien attributable to it on or with respect to all or any part
of the Trust Estate, the Trust Indenture Estate or the Aircraft, (b) will, at
its own cost and expense, promptly take such action as may be necessary to
discharge any Lessor Lien attributable to WTC on all or any part of the Trust
Estate, the Trust Indenture Estate or the Aircraft and (c) will personally hold
harmless and indemnify Lessee, Owner Participant, each Note Holder, Owner
Trustee, each of their respective Affiliates, successors and permitted assigns,
the Trust Estate and the Trust Indenture Estate from and against (i) any and all
Expenses, (ii) any reduction in the amount payable out of the Trust Estate or
the Trust Indenture Estate and (iii) any interference with the possession,
operation or other use of all or any part of the Aircraft, imposed on, incurred
by or asserted against any of the foregoing as a consequence of any such Lessor
Lien.
7.4.2 SECURITIES ACT
WTC in its individual capacity or as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or
Subordination Agent, will not offer any beneficial interest or Security relating
to the ownership of the Aircraft or any interest in the Trust Indenture Estate,
or any of the Equipment Notes or any other interest in or security under the
Trust Indenture for sale to, or solicit any offer to acquire any such interest
or security from, or sell any such interest or security to, any Person in
violation of the Securities Act or applicable state or foreign securities Laws,
provided that the foregoing shall not be deemed to impose on WTC any
responsibility with respect to any such offer, sale or solicitation by any other
party hereto.
7.4.3 PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENTS
WTC, in its individual capacity and as Mortgagee, a Pass Through Trustee or
Subordination Agent, as the case may be, shall perform its obligations under the
Indenture Agreements, the Pass Through Trustee Agreements and the Subordination
Agent Agreements in accordance with the terms thereof.
7.4.4 WITHHOLDING TAXES
WTC shall indemnify (on an after-tax basis) and hold harmless Lessee,
Lessor and Owner Participant against any United States withholding taxes (and
related interest, penalties and additions to tax) as a result of the failure by
WTC to withhold on payments to any Note Holder if such Note Holder failed to
provide to Mortgagee necessary certificates or forms to substantiate the right
to exemption from such withholding tax.
7.5 COVENANTS OF NOTE HOLDERS
Each Note Holder (including Subordination Agent) as to itself only
covenants and agrees with Lessee, Owner Participant, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee
as follows:
7.5.1 WITHHOLDING TAXES
Such Note Holder (if it is a Non-U.S. Person) agrees to indemnify (on an
after-tax basis) and hold harmless Lessee, Lessor, Owner Participant and
Mortgagee against any United States withholding taxes (and related interest,
penalties and additions to tax) as a result of the inaccuracy or invalidity of
any certificate or form provided by such Note Holder to Mortgagee in connection
with such withholding taxes. Any amount payable hereunder shall be paid within
30 days after receipt by a Note Holder of a written demand therefor.
7.5.2 TRANSFER; COMPLIANCE
(a) Such Note Holder will (i) not transfer any Equipment Note or interest
therein in violation of the Securities Act or applicable state or foreign
securities Law; PROVIDED, that the foregoing provisions of this section shall
not be deemed to impose on such Note Holder any responsibility with respect to
any such offer, sale or solicitation by any other party hereto, and (ii) perform
and comply with the obligations specified to be imposed on it (as a Note Holder)
under each of the Trust Indenture and the form of Equipment Note set forth in
the Trust Indenture.
(b) Except for the transfer of the interests of each Pass Through Trustee
in the Equipment Notes to the trustee of the Related Trust (as defined in each
Pass Through Trust Agreement) in accordance with the Pass Through Trust
Agreement and except as otherwise required by the terms of Section 2.13 of the
Trust Indenture or Section 11 hereof, each Note Holder will not sell, assign,
convey, exchange or otherwise transfer any Equipment Note or any interest in, or
represented by, any Equipment Note (it being understood that this provision is
not applicable to the Pass Through Certificates) unless the proposed transferee
thereof first provides Lessee and Owner Participant with both of the following:
(i) a written representation and covenant that either (a) no portion
of the funds it uses to purchase, acquire and hold such Equipment Note or
interest directly or indirectly constitutes, or may be deemed under the
Code or ERISA or any rulings, regulations or court decisions thereunder to
constitute, the assets of any Plan or (b) the transfer, and subsequent
holding, of such Equipment Note or interest shall not involve or give rise
to a transaction that constitutes a prohibited transaction within the
meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975(c)(1) of the Code involving
Lessee, Owner Participant, a Pass Through Trustee, the Subordination Agent
or the proposed transferee (other than a transaction that is exempted from
the prohibitions of such sections by applicable provisions of ERISA or the
Code or administrative exemptions or regulations issued thereunder); and
(ii) a written covenant that it will not transfer any Equipment Note
or any interest in, or represented by, any Equipment Note unless the
subsequent transferee also makes the representation described in clause (i)
above and agrees to comply with this clause (ii).
7.6 AGREEMENTS
7.6.1 OWNER TRUSTEE IS OWNER FOR ALL PURPOSES
Lessee, the Owner Participant and Owner Trustee agree that for all
purposes, after the Closing, Owner Trustee will be the owner of the Aircraft
(except that Owner Participant will be the owner for income tax purposes) and
Lessee will be the lessee thereof. No transfer, by operation of Law or
otherwise, of the beneficial interest of Owner Participant in and to the Trust
Estate shall operate to transfer legal title to any part of the Trust Estate to
any transferee thereof.
7.6.2 COMMENCEMENT OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS
Lessee, each Participant, each Note Holder, First Security, Owner Trustee,
WTC and Mortgagee agree for the benefit of each of the others that it will not
commence or join in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code to commence a case
under Section 303 of the Bankruptcy Code against the Trust Estate. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to preclude any Participant, any Note Holder,
First Security, Owner Trustee, WTC or Mortgagee from filing any claim against
the Trust Estate in any case commenced against the Trust Estate.
7.6.3 CERTAIN BANKRUPTCY MATTERS
If (a) all or any part of the Trust Estate becomes the property of, or
Owner Trustee or Owner Participant becomes, a debtor subject to the
reorganization provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) pursuant to such
reorganization provisions, including Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code,
First Security or Owner Participant is required, by reason of First Security or
Owner Participant being held to have recourse liability to any Note Holder or
Mortgagee directly or indirectly (other than the recourse liability of First
Security or Owner Participant under this Agreement, the Trust Indenture or by
separate agreement), to make payment on account of any amount payable as
principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, interest or other amounts on the Equipment
Notes, and (c) any Note Holder or Mortgagee actually receives any Excess Amount,
as defined below, which reflects any payment by First Security or Owner
Participant on account of (b) above, then such Note Holder or Mortgagee, as the
case may be, shall promptly refund to First Security or Owner Participant
(whichever shall have made such payment) such Excess Amount.
For purposes of this Section 7.6.3, "Excess Amount" means the amount by
which such payment exceeds the amount that would have been received by a Note
Holder or Mortgagee if First Security or Owner Participant had not become
subject to the recourse liability referred to in clause (b) above. Nothing
contained in this Section 7.6.3 shall prevent a Note Holder or Mortgagee from
enforcing any personal recourse obligation (and retaining the proceeds thereof)
of First Security or Owner Participant under this Agreement (other than as
referred to in clause (b) above) or the Trust Indenture (and any exhibits or
annexes thereto) or from retaining any amount paid by Owner Participant under
Sections 2.13 or 4.03 of the Trust Indenture.
7.6.4 QUIET ENJOYMENT; SALE BY OWNER TRUSTEE BINDING
(a) Owner Participant, each Pass Through Trustee, Subordination Agent, each
Note Holder, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee agrees as to itself with Lessee that,
so long as no Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such
Person shall not (and shall not permit any Affiliate or other Person claiming
by, through or under it to) interfere with Lessee's rights in accordance with
the Lease to the quiet enjoyment, possession and use of the Aircraft during the
Term.
(b) Any assignment, sale, transfer or other conveyance of the Aircraft by
Owner Trustee made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Lease shall
bind Owner Participant and shall be effective to transfer or convey all right,
title and interest of Owner Trustee and Owner Participant in and to the
Aircraft. No purchaser or other grantee shall be required to inquire as to the
authorization, necessity, expediency or regularity of such assignment, sale,
transfer or conveyance, or as to the application of any sale or other proceeds
with respect thereto by Owner Trustee, as regards Owner Participant.
7.6.5 RELEASE OF LIEN OF TRUST INDENTURE
Each of Lessee, Lessor and Mortgagee agrees that in each instance referred
to in the Lease in which a transfer of any property is required to be made by
Lessor to Lessee or any other Person (other than Mortgagee), Mortgagee shall,
upon request of Lessor and compliance with the applicable provisions of the
Lease and the Trust Indenture, including payment of all amounts then due and
payable to each Liquidity Provider as Supplemental Rent, promptly execute (at
Lessee's cost and expense) such instruments as Lessor or Lessee may reasonably
request to evidence the release of the Lien of the Trust Indenture with respect
to such property.
7.6.6 NON-RECOURSE
Loan Participant and Mortgagee agree that (a) obligations of Owner Trustee
under the Trust Indenture or any other Operative Agreement and with respect to
the Equipment Notes shall be non-recourse to Owner Participant and to First
Security and (b) they will look solely to the income and proceeds from the Trust
Estate and the Trust Indenture Estate to the extent available for distribution
to Note Holder or Mortgagee as provided in the Trust Indenture and that neither
Owner Participant nor First Security will be personally liable to Loan
Participant or Mortgagee for any amounts payable by Owner Trustee under the
Trust Indenture or any other Operative Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
foregoing is not intended nor shall it be construed to limit any recourse
liability of Owner Participant or First Security to the extent that such
liability is expressly set forth in this Agreement or in any of the Operative
Agreements or arises by reason of the breach of any representation or warranty
or covenant given by such Person (in the case of First Security, in its
individual capacity).
7.6.7 OTHER DOCUMENTS; AMENDMENT
(a) Each of the Owner Participant and the Owner Trustee hereby (A) agrees
with Lessee, the Loan Participant and the Mortgagee not to amend, supplement or
otherwise modify any provision of the Trust Agreement in a manner that could
adversely affect such party without the prior written consent of such party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Lease has not been terminated or
expired, each Participant, the Mortgagee and the Owner Trustee hereby agree for
the benefit of Lessee that without the consent of Lessee they will not amend,
supplement or otherwise modify (i) Article III, Article IX or Section 2.05 of
the Trust Indenture, (ii) any provision of any Operative Agreement that will
affect the stated principal amount of or premium or interest on the Equipment
Notes or (iii) any other provision of the Trust Indenture or Equipment Notes in
a manner that could adversely affect Lessee. Mortgagee and Owner Trustee agree
to promptly furnish to Lessee copies of any supplement, amendment, waiver or
modification of any of the Operative Agreements to which Lessee is not a party.
Loan Participant agrees that it will not take any action in respect of the Trust
Indenture Estate except through the Mortgagee pursuant to the Trust Indenture or
as otherwise permitted by Trust Indenture.
(b) Owner Trustee agrees to join with Lessee to the extent that action on
its part is necessary or appropriate (i) to cause the following to be duly
accomplished in accordance with applicable United States federal Law by the time
the Aircraft is delivered under this Agreement and the Lease: (A) the
application for registration of the Aircraft in the name of Owner Trustee and
(B) all related action necessary in order for Lessee to have temporary or
permanent authority to operate the Aircraft as contemplated by the Lease and
(ii) forthwith upon delivery of the Aircraft under this Agreement and the Lease,
to cause all necessary documents to be duly filed for recording in accordance
with applicable United States federal Law.
7.6.8 CONSENTS
Each Participant, each Pass Through Trustee, Subordination Agent, Owner
Trustee and Mortgagee covenants and agrees, for the benefit of Lessee, that it
shall not unreasonably withhold its consent to any consent or approval requested
of it or of Owner Trustee or Mortgagee under the terms of any of the Operative
Agreements which by its terms is not to be unreasonably withheld.
7.6.9 INSURANCE
Each of Owner Participant, the Pass Through Trustees, the Subordination
Agent and the Owner Trustee agrees not to obtain or maintain insurance for its
own account as permitted by Section 11.2 of the Lease if such insurance would
limit or otherwise adversely affect the coverage of any insurance required to be
obtained or maintained by Lessee pursuant to Section 11 and Annex D of the
Lease.
7.6.10 EXTENT OF INTEREST OF NOTE HOLDERS
A Note Holder shall not, as such, have any further interest in, or other
right with respect to, the Trust Estate or the Trust Indenture Estate when and
if the principal and Make-Whole Amount, if any, of and interest on the Equipment
Note held by such Note Holder, and all other sums, then due and payable to such
Note Holder hereunder and under any other Operative Agreement, shall have been
paid in full.
7.6.11 FOREIGN REGISTRATION
Each Participant, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee hereby agree, for the benefit
of Lessee but subject to the provisions of Section 7.1.2 of the Lease:
(a) that Lessee shall be entitled to register the Aircraft or cause the
Aircraft to be registered in a country other than the United States subject to
compliance with the following:
(i) each of the following requirements is satisfied:
(A) such registration shall be made only after the Tax Attribute
Period, unless Lessee prepays on a lump sum basis any liability
due under the Tax Indemnity Agreement as a result of such
registration based upon the assumption that such registration
would continue for the remainder of the term of the Permitted
Sublease described in clause (C) below;
(B) no Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
at the time of such registration;
(C) such proposed change of registration is made in connection with a
Permitted Sublease to a Permitted Air Carrier;
(D) such country is a country with which the United States then
maintains normal diplomatic relations or, if Taiwan, the United
States then maintains diplomatic relations at least as good as
those in effect on the Delivery Date;
(ii) the Owner Trustee and Mortgagee shall have received an opinion of
counsel (subject to customary exceptions) reasonably satisfactory to the
Owner Participant addressed to each such party as to the effect that:
(A) such country would recognize the Owner Trustee's ownership
interest in the Aircraft;
(B) the obligations of Lessee, and the rights and remedies of
Owner Trustee, under the Lease are valid, binding and enforceable
under the laws of such jurisdiction (or the laws of the jurisdiction
to which the laws of such jurisdiction would refer as the applicable
governing law);
(C) after giving effect to such change in registration, the Lien
of the Trust Indenture on the Owner Trustee's right, title and
interest in and to the Aircraft and the Lease shall continue as a
valid and duly perfected first priority security interest and all
filing, recording or other action necessary to protect the same shall
have been accomplished (or, if such opinion cannot be given at the
time of such proposed change in registration because such change in
registration is not yet effective, (1) the opinion shall detail what
filing, recording or other action is necessary and (2) the Owner
Trustee and the Mortgagee shall have received a certificate from
Lessee that all possible preparations to accomplish such filing,
recording and other action shall have been done, and such filing,
recording and other action shall be accomplished and a supplemental
opinion to that effect shall be delivered to the Owner Trustee and the
Mortgagee on or prior to the effective date of such change in
registration;
(D) it is not necessary, solely as a consequence of such change
in registration and without giving effect to any other activity of the
Owner Trustee, the Owner Participant or the Mortgagee (or any
Affiliate thereof), as the case may be, for the Owner Trustee, the
Owner Participant or the Mortgagee to qualify to do business in such
jurisdiction as a result of such reregistration in order to exercise
any rights or remedies with respect to the Aircraft pursuant to the
Lease;
(E) there is no tort liability of the owner or lessor of an
aircraft not in possession thereof under the laws of such jurisdiction
(it being agreed that, in the event such latter opinion cannot be
given in a form satisfactory to the Owner Participant, such opinion
shall be waived if insurance reasonably satisfactory to the Owner
Participant is provided to cover such risk); and
(F) unless Lessee shall have agreed to provide insurance covering
the risk of requisition of use of the Aircraft by the government of
such country (so long as the Aircraft is registered under the laws of
such country), the laws of such country require fair compensation by
the government of such country payable in currency freely convertible
into Dollars and freely removable from such country (without license
or permit, unless Lessee prior to such proposed reregistration has
obtained such license or permit) for the taking or requisition by such
government of such use;
(b) In addition, as a condition precedent to any change in registration
Lessee shall have given to Lessor and Mortgagee assurances reasonably
satisfactory to each of them:
(i) to the effect that the provisions of Section 11 of the Lease have
been complied with after giving effect to such change of
registration;
(ii) of the payment by Lessee of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
of Lessor, each Participant and Mortgagee in connection with such
change of registry, including, without limitation (1) the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to Lessee, Lessor
and Mortgagee, (2) any filing or recording fees, Taxes or similar
payments incurred in connection with the change of registration
of the Aircraft and the creation and perfection of the security
interest therein in favor of Mortgagee for the benefit of Note
Holders, and (3) all costs and expenses incurred in connection
with any filings necessary to continue in the United States the
perfection of the security interest in the Aircraft and the Lease
in favor of Mortgagee for the benefit of Note Holders; and
(iii) to the effect that the tax and other indemnities in favor of
each person named as an indemnitee under any other Operative
Agreement afford each such person substantially the same
protection as provided prior to such change of registration (or
Lessee shall have agreed upon additional indemnities that,
together with such original indemnities, in the reasonable
judgment of Lessor and Mortgagee, afford such protection).
7.6.12 OTHER COMMERCIAL RELATIONS UNAFFECTED
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any Operative
Agreement:
(a) Except as set forth in the Purchase Agreement Assignment, nothing
contained in the Operative Agreements shall constitute or be deemed to be a
waiver by Lessee of any rights, remedies or claims it may have against Airframe
Manufacturer or Engine Manufacturer or any subcontractor or supplier of either;
and the Operative Agreements do not and shall not be construed or deemed to
create any rights, waivers, immunities or indemnities in favor of Airframe
Manufacturer, Engine Manufacturer or any subcontractor or supplier of either
with respect to any such rights, remedies or claims of Lessee; and
(b) None of Airframe Manufacturer, by its execution and delivery of the
Consent and Agreement, and Engine Manufacturer, by its execution and delivery of
the Engine Consent and Agreement, shall be deemed to have waived any rights,
remedies or claims which Airframe Manufacturer or Engine Manufacturer (or any
subcontractor or supplier of either), as the case may be, may have against
Lessee; and the Operative Agreements do not and shall not be construed or deemed
to create any rights, waivers, immunities or indemnities in favor of Lessee with
respect to any such rights, remedies or claims of Airframe Manufacturer or
Engine Manufacturer (or any subcontractor or supplier of either).
7.6.13 INTEREST IN CERTAIN ENGINES
Each Participant, Owner Trustee, and Mortgagee agree, for the benefit of
each of the lessor, conditional seller, mortgagee or secured party of any
airframe or engine leased to, or purchased by, Lessee or any Permitted Sublessee
subject to a lease, conditional sale, trust indenture or other security
agreement that it will not acquire or claim, as against such lessor, conditional
seller, mortgagee or secured party, any right, title or interest in any engine
as the result of such engine being installed on the Airframe at any time while
such engine is subject to such lease, conditional sale, trust indenture or other
security agreement and owned by such lessor or conditional seller or subject to
a trust indenture or security interest in favor of such mortgagee or secured
party.
SECTION 8. CONFIDENTIALITY
Lessee, Owner Participant, Note Holders, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee shall
keep Annexes B, C and D and Schedules 1, 2, 3 and 4 to the Lease, the
Participation Agreement, the Purchase Agreement Assignment and the Tax Indemnity
Agreement confidential and shall not disclose, or cause to be disclosed, the
same to any Person, except (A) to prospective and permitted transferees of
Lessee's, Owner Participant's, a Note Holder's, a Liquidity Provider's, Owner
Trustee's, Mortgagee's or other Indenture Indemnitee's interest or their
respective counsel or special counsel, independent insurance brokers, auditors,
or other agents who agree to hold such information confidential, (B) to
Lessee's, Owner Participant's, a Note Holder's, a Liquidity Provider's, a Pass
Through Trustee's, Owner Trustee's, Mortgagee's or other Indenture Indemnitee's
counsel or special counsel, independent insurance brokers, auditors, or other
agents, Affiliates or investors who agree to hold such information confidential,
(C) as may be required by any statute, court or administrative order or decree,
legal process or governmental ruling or regulation, including those of any
applicable insurance regulatory bodies (including, without limitation, the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners), federal or state banking
examiners, Internal Revenue Service auditors or any stock exchange, (D) with
respect to Lessee and Owner Participant, by mutual agreement of such parties,
(E) with respect to a Note Holder or any Pass Through Trustee, to a nationally
recognized rating agency for the purpose of obtaining a rating on the Equipment
Notes or the Pass Through Trust Certificates or to support an NAIC rating for
the Equipment Notes or (F) such other Persons as are reasonably deemed necessary
by the disclosing party in order to protect the interests of such party or for
the purposes of enforcing such documents by such party; PROVIDED, that any and
all disclosures permitted by clauses (C), (D), (E) or (F) above shall be made
only to the extent necessary to meet the specific requirements or needs of the
Persons making such disclosures.
SECTION 9. INDEMNIFICATION AND EXPENSES
9.1 GENERAL INDEMNITY
9.1.1 INDEMNITY
Whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated,
Lessee shall indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless each Indemnitee from,
against and in respect of, and shall pay on a net after-tax basis, any and all
Expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against any Indemnitee, relating to, resulting from, or arising out of
or in connection with, any one or more of the following:
(a) The Operative Agreements, the Pass Through Agreements, or the
enforcement of any of the terms of any of the Operative Agreements or the Pass
Through Agreements;
(b) The Aircraft, the Airframe, any Engine or any Part, including, without
limitation, with respect thereto, (i) the manufacture, design, purchase,
acceptance, nonacceptance or rejection, ownership, registration, reregistration,
deregistration, delivery, nondelivery, lease, sublease, assignment, possession,
use or non-use, operation, maintenance, testing, repair, overhaul, condition,
alteration, modification, addition, improvement, storage, airworthiness,
replacement, repair, sale, substitution, return, abandonment, redelivery or
other disposition of the Aircraft, any Engine or any Part, (ii) any claim or
penalty arising out of violations of applicable Laws by Lessee (or any Permitted
Sublessee), (iii) tort liability, whether or not arising out of the negligence
of any Indemnitee (whether active, passive or imputed), (iv) death or property
damage of passengers, shippers or others, (v) environmental control, noise or
pollution and (vi) any Liens in respect of the Aircraft, any Engine or any Part;
(c) The offer, sale, or delivery of any Equipment Notes, Pass Through
Certificates or any interest therein or represented thereby; and
(d) Any breach of or failure to perform or observe, or any other
noncompliance with, any covenant or agreement or other obligation to be
performed by Lessee under any Lessee Operative Agreement or any Pass Through
Agreement or the falsity of any representation or warranty of Lessee in any
Lessee Operative Agreement or any Pass Through Agreement other than in the Tax
Indemnity Agreement.
9.1.2 EXCEPTIONS
Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 9.1.1, Lessee shall not be
required to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless any Indemnitee pursuant
to Section 9.1.1 in respect of any Expense of such Indemnitee:
(a) For any Taxes or a loss of Tax benefit, whether or not Lessee is
required to indemnify therefor pursuant to Section 9.3 or the Tax Indemnity
Agreement;
(b) Except to the extent attributable to acts or events occurring prior
thereto, acts or events (other than acts or events related to the performance by
Lessee of its obligations pursuant to the terms of the Lessee Operative
Agreements) that occur after the earliest of: (i) with respect to the Airframe,
any Engine or any Part, the return of possession (it being understood that the
date of the placement of the Aircraft in storage as provided in Section 5 of the
Lease constitutes the date of return of the Aircraft under the Lease) of such
Airframe, Engine or Part pursuant to the terms of and in compliance with the
Lease (other than pursuant to Section 15 thereof, in which case Lessee's
liability under this Section 9.1 shall survive for so long as Lessor shall be
entitled to exercise remedies under such Section 15) or (ii) the termination of
the Term in accordance with the Lease;
(c) To the extent attributable to any Transfer (voluntary or
involuntary) by or on behalf of such Indemnitee of any Equipment Note or
interest therein, except (i) for out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred as a
result of any such Transfer pursuant to the exercise of remedies under any
Operative Agreement resulting from a Lease Event of Default and (ii) as
otherwise required by the terms of Section 2.13 of the Trust Indenture or
Section 11 hereof;
(d) To the extent attributable to any Transfer (voluntary or involuntary)
by or on behalf of Owner Participant of any interest in the Aircraft, or the
Trust Estate except for out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred as a result of
such Transfer, if, at the time of such Transfer, a Lease Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing;
(e) To the extent attributable to the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Indemnitee or any related Indemnitee (as defined below)
(other than gross negligence or willful misconduct imputed to such person by
reason of its interest in the Aircraft or any Operative Agreement);
(f) In the case of First Security, to the extent attributable to matters
enumerated in the proviso to Section 14;
(g) To the extent attributable to the incorrectness or breach of any
representation or warranty of such Indemnitee or any related Indemnitee
contained in or made pursuant to any Operative Agreement or any Pass Through
Agreement;
(h) To the extent attributable to the failure by such Indemnitee or any
related Indemnitee to perform or observe any agreement, covenant or condition on
its part to be performed or observed in any Operative Agreement or any Pass
Through Agreement;
(i) To the extent attributable to the offer or sale by such Indemnitee or
any related Indemnitee of any interest in the Aircraft, the Equipment Notes, the
Pass Through Trust Certificates, the Trust Estate or the Trust Agreement or any
similar interest, in violation of the Securities Act or other applicable
federal, state or foreign securities Laws (other than any thereof caused by the
acts or omissions of Lessee);
(j) (i) With respect to any Indemnitee (other than Mortgagee), to the
extent attributable to the failure of the Mortgagee to distribute funds received
and distributable by it in accordance with the Trust Indenture, (ii) with
respect to any Indemnitee (other than the Owner Trustee), to the extent
attributable to the failure of the Owner Trustee to distribute funds received
and distributable by it in accordance with the Trust Agreement, (iii) with
respect to any Indemnitee (other than the Subordination Agent), to the extent
attributable to the failure of the Subordination Agent to distribute funds
received and distributable by it in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement,
(iv) with respect to any Indemnitee (other than the Pass Through Trustees), to
the extent attributable to the failure of a Pass Through Trustee to distribute
funds received and distributable by it in accordance with the Pass Through Trust
Agreements, (v) with respect to any Indemnitee (other than the Escrow Agent), to
the extent attributable to the failure of the Escrow Agent to pay funds received
and payable by it in accordance with any Escrow Agreement, (vi) with respect to
any Indemnitee (other than the Paying Agent), to the extent attributable to the
failure of the Paying Agent to distribute funds received and distributable by it
in accordance with any Escrow Agreement, (vii) to the extent attributable to the
failure of the Depositary to pay funds payable by it in accordance with any
Deposit Agreement, (viii) with respect to Mortgagee, to the extent attributable
to the negligence or willful misconduct of Mortgagee in the distribution of
funds received and distributable by it in accordance with the Trust Indenture,
(ix) with respect to Owner Trustee, to the extent attributable to the negligence
or willful misconduct of Owner Trustee in the distribution of funds received and
distributable by it in accordance with the Trust Agreement, (x) with respect to
the Subordination Agent, to the extent attributable to the negligence or willful
misconduct of the Subordination Agent in the distribution of funds received and
distributable by it in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, (xi) with
respect to the Pass Through Trustees, to the extent attributable to the
negligence or willful misconduct of a Pass Through Trustee in the distribution
of funds received and distributable by it in accordance with the Pass Through
Trust Agreements, (xii) with respect to the Escrow Agent, to the extent
attributable to the negligence or willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent in the
payment of funds received and payable by it in accordance with any Escrow
Agreement, and (xiii) with respect to the Paying Agent, to the extent
attributable to the negligence or willful misconduct of the Paying Agent in the
distribution of funds received and distributable by it in accordance with any
Escrow Agreement.
(k) Other than during the continuation of a Lease Event of Default,
to the extent attributable to the authorization or giving or withholding of any
future amendments, supplements, waivers or consents with respect to any
Operative Agreement or Pass Through Agreement other than such as have been
requested by Lessee or as are required by or made pursuant to the terms of the
Operative Agreements or Pass Through Agreements (unless such requirement results
from the actions of an Indemnitee not required by or made pursuant to the
Operative Agreements or the Pass Through Agreements);
(l) To the extent attributable to any amount which any Indemnitee expressly
agrees to pay or such Indemnitee expressly agrees shall not be paid by or be
reimbursed by Lessee;
(m) To the extent that it is an ordinary and usual operating or overhead
expense;
(n) With respect to the Owner Participant or the Owner Trustee, or
any related Indemnitee, to the extent attributable to the deregistration of the
Aircraft under the Act as a result of Owner Participant's or Owner Trustee's (or
any related Indemnitee of either) not being a Citizen of the United States as a
result of any act (other than reregistration of the Aircraft pursuant to Section
7.1.2 of the Lease) of Owner Participant or Owner Trustee, or any related
Indemnitee of either of the foregoing (not taken at the request of the Lessee);
(o) For any Lessor Lien attributable to such Indemnitee or any related
Indemnitee;
(p) If another provision of an Operative Agreement or a Pass Through
Agreement specifies the extent of Lessee's responsibility or obligation with
respect to such Expense, to the extent arising from other than failure of Lessee
to comply with such specified responsibility or obligation;
(q) To the extent constituting principal, Make-Whole Amount or interest on
the Equipment Notes attributable solely to an Event of Default not constituting
a Lease Event of Default; or
(r) To the extent incurred by or asserted against an Indemnitee as a result
of any "prohibited transaction", within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975(c)(1) of the Code.
For purposes of this Section 9.1, a Person shall be considered a "related"
Indemnitee with respect to an Indemnitee if such Person is an Affiliate or
employer of such Indemnitee, a director, officer, employee, agent, or servant of
such Indemnitee or any such Affiliate or a successor or permitted assignee of
any of the foregoing.
9.1.3 SEPARATE AGREEMENT
This Agreement constitutes a separate agreement with respect to each
Indemnitee and is enforceable directly by each such Indemnitee.
9.1.4 NOTICE
If a claim for any Expense that an Indemnitee shall be indemnified against
under this Section 9.1 is made, such Indemnitee shall give prompt written notice
thereof to Lessee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of any Indemnitee
to notify Lessee as provided in this Section 9.1.4, or in Section 9.1.5, shall
not release Lessee from any of its obligations to indemnify such Indemnitee
hereunder, except to the extent that such failure results in an additional
Expense to Lessee (in which event Lessee shall not be responsible for such
additional expense) or materially impairs Lessee's ability to contest such
claim.
9.1.5 NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS; DEFENSE OF CLAIMS; LIMITATIONS
(a) In case any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any
Indemnitee for which Lessee is responsible under this Section 9.1, such
Indemnitee shall notify Lessee of the commencement thereof and Lessee may, at
its expense, participate in and to the extent that it shall wish (subject to the
provisions of the following paragraph), assume and control the defense thereof
and, subject to Section 9.1.5(c), settle or compromise the same.
(b) Lessee or its insurer(s) shall have the right, at its or their expense,
to investigate or, if Lessee or its insurer(s) shall agree not to dispute
liability to the Indemnitee giving notice of such action, suit or proceeding
under this Section 9.1.5 for indemnification hereunder or under any insurance
policies pursuant to which coverage is sought, control the defense of, any
action, suit or proceeding, relating to any Expense for which indemnification is
sought pursuant to this Section 9.1, and each Indemnitee shall cooperate with
Lessee or its insurer(s) with respect thereto; PROVIDED, that Lessee shall not
be entitled to control the defense of any such action, suit, proceeding or
compromise any such Expense during the continuance of any Lease Event of Default
arising under Section 14.1 of the Lease. In connection with any such action,
suit or proceeding being controlled by Lessee, such Indemnitee shall have the
right to participate therein, at its sole cost and expense, with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to Lessee; PROVIDED, that such Indemnitee's
participation does not, in the reasonable opinion of the independent counsel
appointed by the Lessee or its insurers to conduct such proceedings, interfere
with the defense of such case.
(c) In no event shall any Indemnitee enter into a settlement or other
compromise with respect to any Expense without the prior written consent of
Lessee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless such
Indemnitee waives its right to be indemnified with respect to such Expense under
this Section 9.1.
(d) In the case of any Expense indemnified by the Lessee hereunder which is
covered by a policy of insurance maintained by Lessee pursuant to Section 11 of
the Lease, at Lessee's expense, each Indemnitee agrees to cooperate with the
insurers in the exercise of their rights to investigate, defend or compromise
such Expense as may be required to retain the benefits of such insurance with
respect to such Expense.
(e) If an Indemnitee is not a party to this Agreement, Lessee may require
such Indemnitee to agree in writing to the terms of this Section 9 and Section
15.8 prior to making any payment to such Indemnitee under this Section 9.
(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to be an assumption by Lessee of
obligations of Owner Trustee with respect to, or a guarantee by Lessee of, any
amounts payable by Owner Trustee upon Equipment Notes or a guarantee of any
residual value of the Aircraft.
(g) Nothing contained in this Section 9.1.5 shall be deemed to require an
Indemnitee to contest any Expense or to assume responsibility for or control of
any judicial proceeding with respect thereto.
9.1.6 INFORMATION
Lessee will provide the relevant Indemnitee with such information not
within the control of such Indemnitee, as is in Lessee's control or is
reasonably available to Lessee, which such Indemnitee may reasonably request and
will otherwise cooperate with such Indemnitee so as to enable such Indemnitee to
fulfill its obligations under Section 9.1.5. The Indemnitee shall supply Lessee
with such information not within the control of Lessee, as is in such
Indemnitee's control or is reasonably available to such Indemnitee, which Lessee
may reasonably request to control or participate in any proceeding to the extent
permitted by Section 9.1.5.
9.1.7 EFFECT OF OTHER INDEMNITIES; SUBROGATION; FURTHER
ASSURANCES
Upon the payment in full by Lessee of any indemnity provided for under this
Agreement, Lessee, without any further action and to the full extent permitted
by Law, will be subrogated to all rights and remedies of the person indemnified
(other than with respect to any of such Indemnitee's insurance policies or in
connection with any indemnity claim such Indemnitee may have under Section 5.03
or Article VII of the Trust Indenture or Section 5.3 or 7 of the Trust
Agreement) in respect of the matter as to which such indemnity was paid. Each
Indemnitee will give such further assurances or agreements and cooperate with
Lessee to permit Lessee to pursue such claims, if any, to the extent reasonably
requested by Lessee and at Lessee's expense.
9.1.8 REFUNDS
If an Indemnitee receives any refund, in whole or in part, with respect to
any Expense paid by Lessee hereunder, it will promptly pay the amount refunded
(but not an amount in excess of the amount Lessee or any of its insurers has
paid in respect of such Expense) over to Lessee unless a Lease Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, in which case such amounts shall be paid
over to Owner Trustee (or, so long as the Trust Indenture shall not have been
discharged, to Mortgagee) to hold as security for Lessee's obligations under the
Lessee Operative Agreements or, if requested by Lessee, applied to satisfy such
obligations.
9.2 EXPENSES
9.2.1 INVOICES AND PAYMENT
Each of the Owner Trustee, Mortgagee, the Owner Participant, Lessee, the
Pass Through Trustees, and the Subordination Agent shall promptly submit to
Lessee for its prompt approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) copies
of invoices in reasonable detail of the Transaction Expenses for which it is
responsible for providing information as they are received (but in no event
later than the 90th day after the Delivery Date). If so submitted and approved,
the Owner Participant agrees promptly, but in any event no later than the 105th
day after the Delivery Date, to pay (but not in excess of 2% of Lessor's Cost)
Transaction Expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessee at its sole option
shall have the right to pay directly any and all Transaction Expenses. Lessee
shall be obligated to pay directly any and all Transaction Expenses which are in
excess of 2% of Lessor's Cost. If Owner Participant shall fail to pay any
Transaction Expense that it is obligated to pay hereunder, Lessee shall pay such
Transaction Expense. Any such payment by Lessee shall not affect Owner
Participant's obligations or Lessee's rights against Owner Participant for its
failure to make any such payment.
9.2.2 PAYMENT OF OTHER EXPENSES
Lessee shall pay (i) the ongoing fees and expenses of Owner Trustee and
Mortgagee, and (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including
the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by any Participant
attributable to (A) any transfer of title to the Aircraft or any Engine
contemplated by Section 4.5 of the Lease or (B) any waiver, amendment or
modification of any Operative Agreement to the extent requested by Lessee.
9.2.3 PAYMENTS IF TRANSACTIONS DO NOT CLOSE
In the event that the transaction contemplated by this Agreement fails to
close as a result of the Owner Participant's failure to comply with its
obligations under this Agreement or any breach of a representation or warranty
of Owner Participant made in or pursuant to any Operative Agreement,
notwithstanding any other rights and remedies that the parties hereto shall have
against Owner Participant, the Owner Participant will be responsible for all of
its fees and expenses, including but not limited to the fees, expenses and
disbursements of its special counsel and the fees of the Appraiser referred to
in Section 5.1.2(xv).
9.3 GENERAL TAX INDEMNITY
9.3.1 GENERAL
Except as provided in Section 9.3.2, Lessee agrees that each payment of
Rent paid by Lessee pursuant to the Lease, and any other payment or indemnity
paid by Lessee to a Tax Indemnitee under any Operative Agreement, shall be free
of all withholdings or deductions with respect to Taxes of any nature (other
than U.S. federal, state or local withholding taxes on, based on or measured by
gross or net income), and in the event that Lessee shall be required by
applicable law to make any such withholding or deduction for any such payment
(x) Lessee shall make all such withholdings or deductions, (y) the amount
payable by Lessee shall be increased so that after making all required
withholdings or deductions such Tax Indemnitee receives the same amount that it
would have received had no such withholdings or deductions been made, and (z)
Lessee shall pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Taxing
Authority in accordance with applicable law. Lessee further agrees that, in the
event it is required to withhold from any payment of Basic Rent, Stipulated Loss
Value (and amounts determined by reference thereto), and amounts payable upon
exercise of Lessee's purchase option pursuant to Section 17.3 of the Lease, any
Tax imposed upon Owner Participant or Owner Trustee (including any withholding
Tax based on income or receipts of Owner Participant or Owner Trustee) and such
Tax is excluded from indemnification pursuant to Section 9.3.2, Lessee shall pay
such additional amount, if any, required so that the total amount paid by Lessee
(after making all required withholdings) is equal to (assuming timely payment of
the Equipment Notes prior to the relevant Payment Date) the aggregate principal
amount of scheduled installments due on the Equipment Notes outstanding on the
relevant Payment Date, together with accrued and unpaid interest, due on the
Equipment Notes; Owner Participant or Owner Trustee, as the case may be, shall
reimburse Lessee for any such additional amounts within two Business Days after
demand therefor. Except as provided in Section 9.3.2 and whether or not any of
the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, Lessee shall pay,
indemnify, protect, defend and hold each Tax Indemnitee harmless from all Taxes
imposed by any Taxing Authority that may from time to time be imposed on or
asserted against any Tax Indemnitee or the Aircraft, the Airframe, any Engine or
any Part or any interest in any of the foregoing (whether or not indemnified
against by any other Person), upon or with respect to the Operative Agreements
or the transactions or payments contemplated thereby, including but not limited
to any Tax imposed upon or with respect to (x) the Aircraft, the Airframe, any
Engine, any Part, any Operative Agreement (including without limitation any
Equipment Notes) or any data or any other thing delivered or to be delivered
under an Operative Agreement, (y) the purchase, manufacture, acceptance,
rejection, sale, transfer of title, return, ownership, mortgaging, delivery,
transport, charter, rental, lease, re-lease, sublease, assignment, possession,
repossession, presence, use, condition, storage, preparation, maintenance,
modification, alteration, improvement, operation, registration, transfer or
change of registration, reregistration, repair, replacement, overhaul, location,
control, the imposition of any Lien (other than a Lessor Lien), financing,
refinancing requested by the Lessee, abandonment or other disposition of the
Aircraft, the Airframe, any Engine, any Part, any data or any other thing
delivered or to be delivered under an Operative Agreement or (z) rent, interest,
fees or any other income, proceeds, receipts or earnings, whether actual or
deemed, arising upon, in connection with, or in respect of, any of the Operative
Agreements (including the property or income or other proceeds with respect to
property held as part of the Trust Estate) or the transactions contemplated
thereby.
9.3.2 CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS
The provisions of Section 9.3.1 shall not apply to, and Lessee shall have
no liability hereunder for, Taxes:
(a) imposed on a Tax Indemnitee by the federal government of the United
States or any Taxing Authority or governmental subdivision of the United States
or therein (including any state or local Taxing Authority) (i) on, based on, or
measured by, gross or net income or gross or net receipts, including capital
gains taxes, excess profits taxes, minimum taxes from tax preferences,
alternative minimum taxes, branch profits taxes, accumulated earnings taxes,
personal holding company taxes, succession taxes and estate taxes, and any
withholding taxes on, based on or measured by gross or net income or receipts or
(ii) on, or with respect to, or measured by, capital or net worth or in the
nature of a franchise tax or a tax for the privilege of doing business (other
than, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), sales, use, license or property Taxes);
(b) imposed on a Tax Indemnitee by any Taxing Authority or governmental
subdivision thereof or therein outside of the United States (including any
Taxing Authority in or of a territory, possession or commonwealth of the United
States) (i) on, based on, or measured by, gross or net income or gross or net
receipts, including capital gains taxes, excess profits taxes, minimum taxes
from tax preferences, alternative minimum taxes, branch profits taxes,
accumulated earnings taxes, personal holding company taxes, succession taxes and
estate taxes, and any withholding taxes on, based on or measured by gross or net
income or receipts or (ii) on, or with respect to, or measured by, capital or
net worth or in the nature of a franchise tax or a tax for the privilege of
doing business (other than, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), (A) sales, use,
license or property Taxes, or (B) any Taxes imposed by any Taxing Authority
(other than a Taxing Authority within whose jurisdiction such Tax Indemnitee is
incorporated or organized or maintains its principal place of business) if such
Tax Indemnitee would not have been subject to Taxes of such type by such
jurisdiction but for (I) the location, use or operation of the Aircraft, the
Airframe, any Engine or any Part thereof by a Lessee Person within the
jurisdiction of the Taxing Authority imposing such Tax, or (II) the activities
of any Lessee Person (except for activities of a Lessee Person that is not an
Affiliate, successor or assign of the Lessee, which activities are unrelated to
the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements) in such jurisdiction,
including, but not limited to, use of any other aircraft by Lessee in such
jurisdiction, (III) the status of any Lessee Person as a foreign entity or as an
entity owned in whole or in part by foreign persons, (IV) Lessee having made (or
having been deemed to have made) payments to such Tax Indemnitee from the
relevant jurisdiction or (V) in the case of the Pass Through Trustees, any
Participant or any related Tax Indemnitee, the Lessee being incorporated,
organized, maintaining a place of business or conducting activities in such
jurisdiction);
(c) on, or with respect to, or measured by, any trustee fees, commissions
or compensation received by Owner Trustee, Pass Through Trustee, Subordination
Agent or Mortgagee;
(d) on the Trust or the Trust Estate that result from treatment of the
Trust or the Trust Estate as an entity, such as a corporation, separate and
apart from the Owner Participant;
(e) that are being contested as provided in Section 9.3.4 hereof;
(f) imposed on any Tax Indemnitee to the extent that such Taxes result from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Tax Indemnitee or any
Affiliate thereof;
(g) imposed on or with respect to a Tax Indemnitee (including the
transferee in those cases in which the Tax on transfer is imposed on, or is
collected from, the transferee) as a result of a transfer or other disposition
(including a deemed transfer or disposition) by such Tax Indemnitee or a related
Tax Indemnitee (or, in the case of the Owner Participant, by Owner Trustee, or,
in the case of Taxes imposed on a transferee, by the transferor) of any interest
in the Aircraft, the Airframe, any Engine or any Part, the Rent (other than the
assignment of Rent to the Loan Trustee pursuant to the Trust Indenture), the
Trust, the Trust Estate, the Trust Indenture Estate, the Lease or any interest
arising under the Operative Agreements or any Equipment Note or a transfer or
disposition (including a deemed transfer or disposition) of any interest in a
Tax Indemnitee (other than (A) a substitution or replacement of the Aircraft,
the Airframe, any Engine or any Part by a Lessee Person that is treated for Tax
purposes as a transfer or disposition, (B) a transfer pursuant to an exercise of
remedies upon a Lease Event of Default that shall have occurred and have been
continuing, or (C) a transfer to Lessee pursuant to Section 17.3 of the Lease);
(h) Taxes in excess of those that would have been imposed had there not
been a transfer or other disposition by or to such Tax Indemnitee or a related
Tax Indemnitee described in paragraph (g) above;
(i) imposed on the Owner Participant and indemnified by Lessee pursuant to
the Tax Indemnity Agreement;
(j) imposed with respect to any period after the expiration or earlier
termination of the Term and, if required pursuant to the terms of the Lease, the
return of possession of the Aircraft to Lessor or placement in storage at the
request of Lessor in accordance with the Lease (provided that this exclusion (j)
shall not apply to Taxes imposed after such period arising as a result of
payments by Lessee under the Operative Agreements after such period);
(k) consisting of any interest, penalties or additions to tax imposed on a
Tax Indemnitee as a result of (in whole or in part) failure of such Tax
Indemnitee or a related Tax Indemnitee to file any return properly and timely,
unless such failure shall be caused by the failure of Lessee to fulfill its
obligations, if any, under Section 9.3.6 with respect to such return;
(l) resulting from, or that would not have been imposed but for, any Lessor
Liens arising as a result of claims against, or acts or omissions of, or
otherwise attributable to such Tax Indemnitee or a related Tax Indemnitee;
(m) imposed on any Tax Indemnitee as a result of the breach by such Tax
Indemnitee or a related Tax Indemnitee of any covenant of such Tax Indemnitee or
any Affiliate thereof contained in any Operative Agreement or the inaccuracy of
any representation or warranty by such Tax Indemnitee or any Affiliate thereof
in any Operative Agreement;
(n) in the nature of an intangible or similar Tax (i) upon or with respect
to the value or principal amount of the interest of Loan Participant or any Note
Holder in any Equipment Note or the loan evidenced thereby or (ii) upon or with
respect to the value of the interest of the Owner Participant in the Trust
Estate or the Trust, in each case only if such Taxes are in the nature of
franchise Taxes or result from the Tax Indemnitee doing business in the taxing
jurisdiction and are imposed because of the place of incorporation or the
activities unrelated to the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Agreements in the taxing jurisdiction of such Tax Indemnitee;
(o) that is included in Lessor's Cost and paid to the appropriate Taxing
Authority;
(p) imposed on a Tax Indemnitee by a Taxing Authority of a jurisdiction
outside the United States to the extent that such Taxes would not have been
imposed but for a connection between the Tax Indemnitee or a related Tax
Indemnitee and such jurisdiction imposing such Tax unrelated to the transactions
contemplated by the Operative Agreements; or
(q) Taxes relating to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
For purposes hereof, a Tax Indemnitee and any other Tax Indemnitees that
are successors, assigns, agents, servants or Affiliates of such Tax Indemnitee
shall be related Tax Indemnitees.
9.3.3 PAYMENT
(a) Lessee's indemnity obligation to a Tax Indemnitee under this Section
9.3 shall equal the amount which, after taking into account any Tax imposed upon
the receipt or accrual of the amounts payable under this Section 9.3 and any tax
benefits actually recognized by such Tax Indemnitee as a result of the
indemnifiable Tax (including, without limitation, any benefits recognized as a
result of an indemnifiable Tax being utilized by such Tax Indemnitee as a credit
against Taxes not indemnifiable under this Section 9.3), shall equal the amount
of the Tax indemnifiable under this Section 9.3.
(b) At Lessee's request, the computation of the amount of any indemnity
payment owed by Lessee or any amount owed by a Tax Indemnitee to Lessee pursuant
to this Section 9.3 shall be verified and certified by an independent public
accounting firm selected by such Tax Indemnitee and reasonably satisfactory to
Lessee. Such verification shall be binding. The costs of such verification
(including the fee of such public accounting firm) shall be borne by Lessee
unless such verification shall result in an adjustment in Lessee's favor of 5%
or more of the net present value of the payment as computed by such Tax
Indemnitee, in which case the costs shall be paid by such Tax Indemnitee.
(c) Each Tax Indemnitee shall provide Lessee with such certifications,
information and documentation as shall be in such Tax Indemnitee's possession
and as shall be reasonably requested by Lessee to minimize any indemnity payment
pursuant to this Section 9.3; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, no Tax Indemnitee shall be required to provide Lessee
with any Tax returns.
(d) Each Tax Indemnitee shall promptly forward to Lessee any written
notice, xxxx or advice received by it from any Taxing Authority concerning any
Tax for which it seeks indemnification under this Section 9.3. Lessee shall pay
any amount for which it is liable pursuant to this Section 9.3 directly to the
appropriate Taxing Authority if legally permissible or upon demand of a Tax
Indemnitee, to such Tax Indemnitee within 30 days of such demand (or, if a
contest occurs in accordance with Section 9.3.4, within 30 days after a Final
Determination (as defined below)), but in no event more than one Business Day
prior to the date the Tax to which such amount payable hereunder relates is due.
If requested by a Tax Indemnitee in writing, Lessee shall furnish to the
appropriate Tax Indemnitee the original or a certified copy of a receipt for
Lessee's payment of any Tax paid by Lessee or such other evidence of payment of
such Tax as is acceptable to such Tax Indemnitee. Lessee shall also furnish
promptly upon written request such data as any Tax Indemnitee may reasonably
require to enable such Tax Indemnitee to comply with the requirements of any
taxing jurisdiction unless such data is not reasonably available to Lessee or,
unless such data is specifically requested by a Taxing Authority, is not
customarily furnished by domestic air carriers under similar circumstances. For
purposes of this Section 9.3, a "Final Determination" shall mean (i) a decision,
judgment, decree or other order by any court of competent jurisdiction that
occurs pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.3.4, which decision, judgment,
decree or other order has become final and unappealable, (ii) a closing
agreement or settlement agreement entered into in accordance with Section 9.3.4
that has become binding and is not subject to further review or appeal (absent
fraud, misrepresentation, etc.), or (iii) the termination of administrative
proceedings and the expiration of the time for instituting a claim in a court
proceeding.
(e) If any Tax Indemnitee shall actually realize a tax savings by reason of
any Tax paid or indemnified by Lessee pursuant to this Section 9.3 (whether such
tax savings shall be by means of a foreign tax credit, depreciation or cost
recovery deduction or otherwise) and such savings is not otherwise taken into
account in computing such payment or indemnity such Tax Indemnitee shall pay to
Lessee an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the amount of such tax savings, plus
any additional tax savings recognized as the result of any payment made pursuant
to this sentence, when, as, if, and to the extent, realized or (ii) the amount
of all payments pursuant to this Section 9.3 by Lessee to such Tax Indemnitee
(less any payments previously made by such Tax Indemnitee to Lessee pursuant to
this Section 9.3.3 (e)) (and the excess, if any, of the amount described in
clause (i) over the amount described in clause (ii) shall be carried forward and
applied to reduce pro tanto any subsequent obligations of Lessee to make
payments to such Tax Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 9.3); provided, that
such Tax Indemnitee shall not be required to make any payment pursuant to this
sentence so long as a Lease Event of Default of a monetary nature has occurred
and is continuing. If a tax benefit is later disallowed or denied, the
disallowance or denial shall be treated as a Tax indemnifiable under Section
9.3.1 without regard to the provisions of Section 9.3.2 (other than Section
9.3.2 (f)). Each such Tax Indemnitee shall in good faith use reasonable efforts
in filing its tax returns and in dealing with Taxing Authorities to seek and
claim any such tax benefit.
9.3.4 CONTEST
(a) If a written claim is made against a Tax Indemnitee for Taxes with
respect to which Lessee could be liable for payment or indemnity hereunder, or
if a Tax Indemnitee makes a determination that a Tax is due for which Lessee
could have an indemnity obligation hereunder, such Tax Indemnitee shall promptly
give Lessee notice in writing of such claim (provided, that failure to so notify
Lessee shall not relieve Lessee of its indemnity obligations hereunder unless
such failure to notify effectively forecloses Lessee's rights to require a
contest of such claim) and shall take no action with respect to such claim
without the prior written consent of Lessee for 30 days following the receipt of
such notice by Lessee; provided, that, in the case of a claim made against a Tax
Indemnitee, if such Tax Indemnitee shall be required by law to take action prior
to the end of such 30-day period, such Tax Indemnitee shall, in such notice to
Lessee, so inform Lessee, and such Tax Indemnitee shall take no action for as
long as it is legally able to do so (it being understood that a Tax Indemnitee
shall be entitled to pay the Tax claimed and xxx for a refund prior to the end
of such 30-day period if (i)(A) the failure to so pay the Tax would result in
substantial penalties (unless immediately reimbursed by Lessee) and the act of
paying the Tax would not materially prejudice the right to contest or (B) the
failure to so pay would result in criminal penalties and (ii) such Tax
Indemnitee shall take any action so required in connection with so paying the
Tax in a manner that is the least prejudicial to the pursuit of the contest). In
addition, such Tax Indemnitee shall (provided, that Lessee shall have agreed to
keep such information confidential other than to the extent necessary in order
to contest the claim) furnish Lessee with copies of any requests for information
from any Taxing Authority relating to such Taxes with respect to which Lessee
may be required to indemnify hereunder. If requested by Lessee in writing within
30 days after its receipt of such notice, such Tax Indemnitee shall, at the
expense of Lessee (including, without limitation, all reasonable costs, expenses
and reasonable attorneys' and accountants' fees and disbursements), in good
faith contest (or, if permitted by applicable law, allow Lessee to contest)
through appropriate administrative and judicial proceedings the validity,
applicability or amount of such Taxes by (I) resisting payment thereof, (II) not
paying the same except under protest if protest is necessary and proper or (III)
if the payment is made, using reasonable efforts to obtain a refund thereof in
an appropriate administrative and/or judicial proceeding. If requested to do so
by Lessee, the Tax Indemnitee shall appeal any adverse administrative or
judicial decision, except that the Tax Indemnitee shall not be required to
pursue any appeals to the United States Supreme Court. If and to the extent the
Tax Indemnitee is able to separate the contested issue or issues from other
issues arising in the same administrative or judicial proceeding that are
unrelated to the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements without,
in the good faith judgment of such Tax Indemnitee, adversely affecting such Tax
Indemnitee, such Tax Indemnitee shall permit Lessee to control the conduct of
any such proceeding and shall provide to Lessee (at Lessee's cost and expense)
with such information or data that is in such Tax Indemnitee's control or
possession that is reasonably necessary to conduct such contest. In the case of
a contest controlled by a Tax Indemnitee, such Tax Indemnitee shall consult with
Lessee in good faith regarding the manner of contesting such claim and shall
keep Lessee reasonably informed regarding the progress of such contest. A Tax
Indemnitee shall not fail to take any action expressly required by this Section
9.3.4 (including, without limitation, any action regarding any appeal of an
adverse determination with respect to any claim) or settle or compromise any
claim without the prior written consent of the Lessee (except as contemplated by
Section 9.3.4(b) or (c)).
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Tax Indemnitee be
required to pursue any contest (or to permit Lessee to pursue any contest)
unless (i) Lessee shall have agreed to pay such Tax Indemnitee on demand all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such Tax Indemnitee in connection with
contesting such Taxes, including, without limitation, all reasonable out of
pocket costs and expenses and reasonable attorneys' and accountants' fees and
disbursements, (ii) if such contest shall involve the payment of the claim,
Lessee shall advance the amount thereof (to the extent indemnified hereunder)
plus interest, penalties and additions to tax with respect thereto that are
required to be paid prior to the commencement of such contest on an
interest-free after-Tax basis to such Tax Indemnitee (and such Tax Indemnitee
shall promptly pay to the Lessee any net realized tax benefits resulting from
such advance including any tax benefits resulting from making such payment),
(iii) such Tax Indemnitee shall have reasonably determined that the action to be
taken will not result in any material risk of forfeiture, sale or loss of the
Aircraft (unless Lessee shall have made provisions to protect the interests of
any such Tax Indemnitee in a manner reasonably satisfactory to such Tax
Indemnitee) (provided, that such Tax Indemnitee agrees to notify Lessee in
writing promptly after it becomes aware of any such risk), (iv) no Lease Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing unless Lessee has provided
security for its obligations hereunder by advancing to such Tax Indemnitee
before proceeding or continuing with such contest, the amount of the Tax being
contested, plus any interest and penalties and an amount estimated in good faith
by such Tax Indemnitee for expenses, and (v) prior to commencing any judicial
action controlled by Lessee, Lessee shall have acknowledged its liability for
such claim hereunder, provided that Lessee shall not be bound by its
acknowledgment if the Final Determination articulates conclusions of law and
fact that demonstrate that Lessee has no liability for the contested amounts
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Tax Indemnitee shall release,
waive, compromise or settle any claim which may be indemnifiable by Lessee
pursuant to this Section 9.3 without the written permission of Lessee, Lessee's
obligation to indemnify such Tax Indemnitee with respect to such claim (and all
directly related claims and claims based on the outcome of such claim) shall
terminate, subject to Section 9.3.4(c), and subject to Section 9.3.4(c), such
Tax Indemnitee shall repay to Lessee any amount previously paid or advanced to
such Tax Indemnitee with respect to such claim, plus interest at the rate that
would have been payable by the relevant Taxing Authority with respect to a
refund of such Tax.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 9.3, a Tax
Indemnitee will not be required to contest the imposition of any Tax and shall
be permitted to settle or compromise any claim without Lessee's consent if such
Tax Indemnitee (i) shall waive its right to indemnity under this Section 9.3
with respect to such Tax (and any directly related claim and any claim the
outcome of which is determined based upon the outcome of such claim), (ii) shall
pay to Lessee any amount previously paid or advanced by Lessee pursuant to this
Section 9.3 with respect to such Tax, plus interest at the rate that would have
been payable by the relevant Taxing Authority with respect to a refund of such
Tax, and (iii) shall agree to discuss with Lessee the views or positions of any
relevant Taxing Authority with respect to the imposition of such Tax.
9.3.5 REFUND
If any Tax Indemnitee shall receive a refund of, or be entitled to a credit
against other liability for, all or any part of any Taxes paid, reimbursed or
advanced by Lessee, such Tax Indemnitee shall pay to Lessee within 30 days of
such receipt an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the amount of such refund or
credit plus any net tax benefit (taking into account any Taxes incurred by such
Tax Indemnitee by reason of the receipt of such refund or realization of such
credit) actually realized by such Tax Indemnitee as a result of any payment by
such Tax Indemnitee made pursuant to this sentence (including this clause (a))
and (b) such tax payment, reimbursement or advance by Lessee to such Tax
Indemnitee theretofore made pursuant to this Section 9.3 (and the excess, if
any, of the amount described in clause (a) over the amount described in clause
(b) shall be carried forward and applied to reduce pro tanto any subsequent
obligation of Lessee to make payments to such Tax Indemnitee pursuant to this
Section 9.3). If, in addition to such refund or credit, such Tax Indemnitee
shall receive (or be credited with) an amount representing interest on the
amount of such refund or credit, such Tax Indemnitee shall pay to Lessee within
30 days of such receipt or realization of such credit that proportion of such
interest that shall be fairly attributable to Taxes paid, reimbursed or advanced
by Lessee prior to the receipt of such refund or realization of such credit.
9.3.6 TAX FILING
If any report, return or statement is required to be filed with respect to
any Tax which is subject to indemnification under this Section 9.3, Lessee shall
timely file the same (except for any such report, return or statement which a
Tax Indemnitee has timely notified the Lessee in writing that such Tax
Indemnitee intends to file, or for which such Tax Indemnitee is required by law
to file, in its own name); provided, that the relevant Tax Indemnitee shall
furnish Lessee with any information in such Tax Indemnitee's possession or
control that is reasonably necessary to file any such return, report or
statement and is reasonably requested in writing by Lessee (it being understood
that the Tax Indemnitee shall not be required to furnish copies of its actual
tax returns, although it may be required to furnish relevant information
contained therein). Lessee shall either file such report, return or statement
and send a copy of such report, return or statement to such Tax Indemnitee, and
Owner Trustee if the Tax Indemnitee is not Owner Trustee, or, where Lessee is
not permitted to file such report, return or statement, it shall notify such Tax
Indemnitee of such requirement and prepare and deliver such report, return or
statement to such Tax Indemnitee in a manner satisfactory to such Tax Indemnitee
within a reasonable time prior to the time such report, return or statement is
to be filed.
9.3.7 FORMS
Each Tax Indemnitee agrees to furnish from time to time to Lessee or Loan
Trustee or to such other person as Lessee or Loan Trustee may designate, at
Lessee's or Loan Trustee's request, such duly executed and properly completed
forms as may be necessary or appropriate in order to claim any reduction of or
exemption from any withholding or other Tax imposed by any Taxing Authority, if
(x) such reduction or exemption is available to such Tax Indemnitee and (y)
Lessee has provided such Tax Indemnitee with any information necessary to
complete such form not otherwise reasonably available to such Tax Indemnitee.
9.3.8 NON-PARTIES
If a Tax Indemnitee is not a party to this Agreement, Lessee may require
the Tax Indemnitee to agree in writing, in a form reasonably acceptable to
Lessee, to the terms of this Section 9.3 and Section 15.8 prior to making any
payment to such Tax Indemnitee under this Section 9.3.
9.3.9 SUBROGATION
Upon payment of any Tax by Lessee pursuant to this Section 9.3 to or on
behalf of a Tax Indemnitee, Lessee, without any further action, shall be
subrogated to any claims that such Tax Indemnitee may have relating thereto.
Such Tax Indemnitee shall cooperate with Lessee (to the extent such cooperation
does not result in any unreimbursed cost, expense or liability to such Tax
Indemnitee) to permit Lessee to pursue such claims.
9.3.10 FOREIGN TAX ON LOAN PAYMENTS
If an Owner Participant is incorporated or organized, or maintains a place
of business or conducts activities in, a country other than the United States or
in a territory, possession or commonwealth of the United States (within the
meaning of the tax law of that foreign jurisdiction) and if as a result thereof
any foreign Taxes (including withholding Taxes) are imposed on the Pass Through
Trustees, Pass Through Trusts, or Note Holders, then Owner Participant shall
reimburse Lessee for any payments Lessee is required to make to or on behalf of
any Pass Through Trustee, Pass Through Trust, or Note Holder under this Section
9.3 as a result of the imposition of such Taxes. The amount payable by Owner
Participant to Lessee shall be an amount which, after taking into account any
such Taxes, any Tax imposed upon the receipt or accrual by Lessee of such
payment by Owner Participant and any tax benefits or tax savings realized by
Lessee with respect to the payment of such withholding Tax or the payment
hereunder, shall equal the amount of Lessee's payment to or on behalf of such
Pass Through Trustee, or Note Holder.
9.4 PAYMENTS
Any payments made pursuant to Section 9.1 or 9.3 shall be due on the 60th
day after demand therefor and shall be made directly to the relevant Indemnitee
or Tax Indemnitee or to Lessee, in immediately available funds at such bank or
to such account as specified by such Indemnitee or Tax Indemnitee or Lessee, as
the case may be, in written directives to the payor, or, if no such direction
shall have been given, by check of the payor payable to the order of, and mailed
to, such Indemnitee or Tax Indemnitee or Lessee, as the case may be, by
certified mail, postage prepaid, at its address as set forth in this Agreement.
9.5 INTEREST
If any amount, payable by Lessee, any Indemnitee or any Tax Indemnitee
under Section 9.1 or 9.3 is not paid when due, the person obligated to make such
payment shall pay on demand, to the extent permitted by Law, to the person
entitled thereto, interest on any such amount for the period from and including
the due date for such amount to but excluding the date the same is paid, at the
Payment Due Rate. Such interest shall be paid in the same manner as the unpaid
amount in respect of which such interest is due.
9.6 BENEFIT OF INDEMNITIES
The obligations of Lessee in respect of all indemnities, obligations,
adjustments and payments in Section 9.1 or 9.3 are expressly made for the
benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, the Indemnitee or Tax Indemnitee
entitled thereto, without declaring the Lease to be in default or taking other
action thereunder, and notwithstanding any provision of the Trust Indenture.
SECTION 10. ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
10.1 PARTICIPANTS, OWNER TRUSTEE AND NOTE HOLDERS
10.1.1 OWNER PARTICIPANT
(a) During the Term, Owner Participant shall not Transfer any or all of its
right, title or interest in the Trust Estate or the Trust Agreement and to this
Agreement unless:
(i) The Transferee shall have full power, authority and legal right to
execute and deliver and to perform the obligations of Owner Participant
under this Agreement and the other Owner Participant Agreements and shall
provide reasonably satisfactory evidence of such power and authority to
Lessee, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee;
(ii) The Transferee shall enter into one or more legal, valid, binding
and enforceable agreements effective to confirm that such Transferee agrees
to be bound by all the terms of, and to undertake all of the obligations
arising after such transfer of, the transferring Owner Participant
contained in the Owner Participant Agreements and in which it makes
representations and warranties substantially the same as those contained in
Section 6.2 of the Participation Agreement;
(iii) Lessee shall not be obligated to pay any greater amount or incur
any greater obligation than that which it would have been obliged to pay or
incur under the Lease or other Lessee Operative Agreement if no transfer or
assignment had taken place, and the terms and conditions of this Lease and
the other Lessee Operative Agreements insofar as they relate to the rights
and obligations of Lessee or the Loan Participant shall not be altered;
(iv) Owner Participant shall deliver to Lessee, Owner Trustee and
Mortgagee an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to each of them to
the effect that such agreement or agreements referred to in Section
10.1.1(a)(ii) and, if applicable, 10.1.1(a)(vi) are legal, binding and
enforceable in accordance with its or their terms and that such transfer
will not violate the Act, the registration provisions of the Securities
Act, or any other applicable Federal law;
(v) The Transferee is a Citizen of the United States (it being
understood that the existence of any such requirement is to be determined
without giving consideration to Section 47.9 of the FAA Regulations or any
other provision that may restrict Lessee's use or operation of the
Aircraft), or shall use a voting powers trust or similar arrangement in
order to hold an interest in the Trust Estate such that the Aircraft can be
registered in the United States (without giving consideration to Section
47.9 of the FAA Regulations); and
(vi) The Transferee shall be a single person and shall be either (A) a
Permitted Institution or (B) any other person (other than, without Lessee's
consent, a commercial air carrier, a commercial aircraft operator, a
freight forwarder or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing) the obligations
of which under the Owner Participant Agreements are guaranteed by a
Permitted Institution in any case, pursuant to a written guaranty, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lessee, Owner Trustee and
Mortgagee.
(b) Owner Participant shall give written notice to Lessee, Mortgagee and
Owner Trustee at least 10 days prior to any such Transfer, specifying the name
and address of the proposed Transferee, and providing financial statements of
the proposed Transferee evidencing satisfaction of the requirements described in
Section 10.1.1(a)(vi)(A) or (B) above.
(c) Any fees, charges and expenses, including the reasonable legal fees,
charges and expenses incurred by Lessee, Owner Participant, Mortgagee, any Note
Holder or Owner Trustee in connection with any Transfer by Owner Participant
permitted by this Section 10.1.1, or by the Transferee in any such case, will be
paid for by Owner Participant.
10.1.2 OWNER TRUSTEE
Owner Trustee may transfer its interests in the Trust Agreement pursuant to
Section 9 thereof.
10.1.3 NOTE HOLDERS
Subject to Section 7.5.2 hereof and Section 2.07 of the Trust Indenture,
any Note Holder may, at any time and from time to time, Transfer or grant
participations in all or any portion of the Equipment Notes and/or all or any
portion of its beneficial interest in its Equipment Notes and the Trust
Indenture Estate to any person (it being understood that the sale or issuance of
Pass Through Certificates by a Pass Through Trustee shall not be considered a
Transfer or participation); provided, that any participant in any such
participations shall not have any direct rights under the Operative Agreements
or any Lien on all or any part of the Aircraft or Trust Indenture Estate and
Lessee shall not have any increased liability or obligations as a result of any
such participation. In the case of any such Transfer, the Transferee, by
acceptance of Equipment Notes in connection with such Transfer, shall be deemed
to be bound by all of the covenants of Note Holders contained in the Operative
Agreements.
10.2 EFFECT OF TRANSFER
Upon any Transfer in accordance with Section 10.1.1, 10.1.2 or 10.1.3
(other than any Transfer by any Note Holder, to the extent it only grants
participations in Equipment Notes or in its beneficial interest therein),
Transferee shall be deemed an "Owner Participant," "Owner Trustee" or a "Note
Holder," respectively, for all purposes of this Agreement and the other
Operative Agreements and, in the case of a Transferee of any Participant or Note
Holder, shall be deemed to have paid its ratable portion of Lessor's Cost
previously made by Owner Participant or Loan Participant, respectively, making
such conveyance and represented by the interest being conveyed, and each
reference herein to Owner Participant, Owner Trustee or Note Holder,
respectively, shall thereafter be deemed a reference to such Transferee for all
purposes, and the transferring Owner Participant, Owner Trustee, Loan
Participant or Note Holder shall be released (except, in the case of Owner
Participant, to the extent of any guaranty provided by it under Section
10.1.1(a)(vi)) from all of its liabilities and obligations under this Agreement
and any other Operative Agreements to the extent such liabilities and
obligations arise after such Transfer and, in each case, to the extent such
liabilities and obligations are assumed by the Transferee; PROVIDED, that such
transferring Owner Participant, Owner Trustee or Note Holder (and its respective
Affiliates, successors, assigns, agents, servants, representatives, directors
and officers) will continue to have the benefit of any rights or indemnities
under any Operative Agreement vested or relating to circumstances, conditions,
acts or events prior to such Transfer.
SECTION 11. REFUNDING AND CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS
11.1 REFUNDING GENERALLY
Subject to Sections 11.2 and 11.4, in the event that at any time Lessee
shall have given written notice to Owner Participant, Owner Trustee, and
Mortgagee that Lessee is requesting a voluntary redemption of all, but not less
than all, of the outstanding Equipment Notes (in compliance with the provisions
of Sections 2.11 and 2.12 of the Trust Indenture) by Owner Trustee as part of a
refunding transaction, Owner Participant agrees to negotiate in good faith and
promptly conclude an agreement with Lessee as to the terms of such refunding
transaction (including the terms of any debt to be issued in connection with
such refunding transaction and the documentation to be executed in connection
therewith), and after Lessee and Owner Participant shall have concluded such an
agreement:
11.1.1 REFUNDING CERTIFICATE
Within ten Business Days after reaching such agreement, Owner Participant
will deliver to Lessee a Refunding Certificate. Within ten Business Days of its
receipt of the Refunding Certificate, Lessee may demand a verification pursuant
to Section 3.2.1(d) of the Lease of the information set forth in the Refunding
Certificate. Upon the acceptance by Lessee of the accuracy of the information
set forth in the Refunding Certificate or the determination pursuant to such
verification procedures of the Refunding Information, the appropriate parties
will take the actions specified in Sections 11.1.2 through 11.1.7 below.
11.1.2 FINANCING AGREEMENTS
The appropriate parties will enter into appropriate documentation (which
may include an underwriting agreement or similar private placement agreement)
with the institution or institutions to be named therein providing for (a) the
issuance and sale by Owner Trustee to such institution or institutions on the
Refunding Date of the New Debt and (b) the application of the proceeds of the
sale of the New Debt to the redemption of all such Equipment Notes on the
Refunding Date. Lessee, acting on behalf of Owner Trustee, shall give Mortgagee
at least 30 days' revocable prior written notice of the proposed date of the
optional redemption.
11.1.3 LEASE AMENDMENTS
As a condition to the closing of the refunding transaction, Lessee and
Owner Trustee will amend the Lease, as contemplated by Section 3.2.1(b) of the
Lease, to provide that (a) Basic Rent in respect of the period from and after
the Refunding Date shall be as provided in the Refunding Information and (b)
amounts payable in respect of Stipulated Loss Value and Termination Value, from
and after the Refunding Date shall be as provided in the Refunding Information.
11.1.4 SECURITY AGREEMENTS
Owner Trustee will enter into an agreement to provide for the securing
thereunder of the New Debt in like manner as the Equipment Notes and will enter
into such amendments and supplements to the Trust Indenture (or such new
indenture or other security agreement) and the other Operative Agreements as may
be necessary to effect such refunding.
11.1.5 EXPENSES
Whether or not such refunding transaction is consummated, Lessee shall pay
or reimburse all of the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of all parties to such
refunding transaction, including, without limitation, any underwriting or
placement fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of such parties' counsel and
any related loan or commitment fees.
11.1.6 MAKE WHOLE AMOUNT
At the closing of such refunding, Owner Trustee shall pay, upon receipt of
the same from Lessee (which Lessee shall pay as Supplemental Rent as a condition
to the closing to the refunding transaction), to the Mortgagee for the account
of each Note Holder, the Make-Whole Amount, if any, payable to such Note Holder
under Section 2.11 of the Trust Indenture.
11.1.7 RETURN OF EQUIPMENT NOTES
Subject to compliance by Owner Trustee and Lessee with all applicable terms
and conditions for voluntary prepayment under the Trust Indenture and this
Agreement, each Note Holder will transfer to Owner Trustee the Equipment Notes
held by it for cancellation (and Owner Trustee shall cancel the same), against
receipt by such Note Holder of the then-outstanding principal amount of such
Equipment Notes, accrued and unpaid interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any,
thereon, together with payment in full of all other amounts then payable to such
Note Holder and Mortgagee hereunder or under the Trust Indenture.
11.2 LIMITATIONS ON OBLIGATION TO REFUND
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Owner Participant shall have no obligation
to proceed with any refunding transaction as contemplated by this Section 11:
(a) If such transaction would have, or creates a material risk of, an
adverse tax consequence to Owner Participant unless Lessee agrees to indemnify
Owner Participant against such adverse tax consequence;
(b) Unless Lessee indemnifies Owner Participant for any liability,
obligation (other than the obligation to pay principal and interest and related
payments in respect of the New Debt), cost or expense (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) related to or arising out of any such
refunding transaction;
(c) If a Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; or
(d) If there shall have previously been consummated three refunding
transactions at Lessee's request pursuant to this Section 11.
11.3 EXECUTION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS
Lessee, Owner Participant, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee each agree to
execute any document necessary or advisable to implement this Section 11
(including, without limitation, the execution, delivery and/or provision of any
appropriate additional or modified amendment, representation, warranty,
certificate, opinion or other document that may reasonably be requested by
Lessee or any other person).
11.4 ERISA
Owner Participant shall not be obligated to conclude the proposed refunding
transaction unless the agreements utilized to effect such refunding contain an
agreement by the initial holders of the New Debt substantially the same as
Section 7.5.2(b) of this Agreement, except in the case of any refunding
transaction where the New Debt is sold in a public offering under the Securities
Act or a private placement intended for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, in which case the holders of the New Debt shall be subject to
the restrictions relating to ERISA substantially the same as those applicable to
the purchasers of the Pass Through Certificates, as described in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to the initial issuance and sale of the Pass Through
Certificates.
11.5 CONSENT TO OPTIONAL REDEMPTIONS
Each of Owner Participant, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee agrees with Lessee
not to cause an optional redemption of the Equipment Notes without Lessee's
consent except as set forth in Section 2.13 of the Trust Indenture.
SECTION 12. SECTION 1110
It is the intention of each of Lessee, Owner Participant, Loan Participant,
the Note Holders (such intention being evidenced by each of their acceptance of
an Equipment Note), Owner Trustee and Mortgagee that Owner Trustee, as lessor
under the Lease (and Mortgagee as assignee of Owner Trustee under the Trust
Indenture), shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 1110 in the event of a
case under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in which Lessee is a debtor.
SECTION 13. CHANGE OF CITIZENSHIP
13.1 GENERALLY
Without prejudice to the representations, warranties or covenants regarding
the status of any party hereto as a Citizen of the United States:
(a) Each of Lessee, First Security, WTC and Mortgagee agrees that it will,
immediately upon obtaining knowledge of any facts that would cast doubt upon its
continuing status as a Citizen of the United States and promptly upon public
disclosure of negotiations in respect of any transaction which would or might
adversely affect such status, notify in writing all parties hereto of all
relevant matters in connection therewith; and
(b) Owner Participant agrees that, in the event its status is to change or
has changed as a Citizen of the United States, or it makes public disclosure of
circumstances as a result of which it believes that such status is likely to
change, it will notify all the other parties to this Participation Agreement of
(i) such change in status promptly after obtaining Actual Knowledge thereof or
(ii) such belief as soon as practicable after such public disclosure but in any
event within ten Business Days after such public disclosure.
13.2 OWNER PARTICIPANT
Owner Participant agrees, solely for the benefit of Lessee and the Note
Holders that if, during such time as the Aircraft is registered in the United
States, (a) it shall not be a Citizen of the United States and (b) the Aircraft
shall be, or would therefore become, ineligible for registration in the name of
Owner Trustee under the Act and regulations then applicable thereunder (without
giving consideration to Section 47.9 of the FAA Regulations or any other
provision that may restrict Lessee's use or operation of the Aircraft), then
Owner Participant shall as soon as is reasonably practicable, but in any event
within 30 days after obtaining Actual Knowledge of such ineligibility and of
such loss of citizenship, (y) effect voting trust or other similar arrangements
(in which case any provisions contained in the Operative Agreements restricting
Owner Participant's or Owner Trustee's ability to amend the Trust Agreement
shall not apply to the extent necessary to permit the use of such a voting trust
or other similar arrangement) or take any other action as may be necessary to
prevent any deregistration or maintain the United States registration of the
Aircraft or (z) transfer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement all its
right, title and interest in and to this Agreement, the Trust Estate and the
Trust Agreement in accordance with Section 10.1.
13.3 OWNER TRUSTEE
Upon First Security giving any notice in accordance with Section 13.1(a),
Owner Trustee shall, subject to Section 9.1.1 of the Trust Agreement, resign as
Owner Trustee. Upon its receipt of such notice, Owner Participant shall as
promptly as practicable appoint a Citizen of the United States as successor
Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Trust Agreement.
13.4 MORTGAGEE
Upon WTC giving any notice in accordance with Section 13.1(a), Mortgagee
shall (if and so long as such citizenship is necessary under the Act as in
effect at such time or, if it is not necessary, if and so long as Mortgagee's
citizenship could have any adverse effect on Lessee, any Participant or any Note
Holder), subject to Section 8.02 of the Trust Indenture, resign as Mortgagee
promptly upon its ceasing to be such a citizen.
SECTION 14. CONCERNING OWNER TRUSTEE
It is understood and agreed that, except as otherwise expressly provided
herein or in the Trust Agreement or the Trust Indenture, Owner Trustee is
entering into this Agreement solely in its capacity as trustee as provided in
the Trust Agreement and not in its individual capacity and in no case whatsoever
will it be liable or accountable in its individual capacity for any of the
statements, representations, warranties, agreements or obligations of Owner
Trustee hereunder, or for any loss in respect thereof, as to all of which the
parties agree to look solely to the Trust Estate; PROVIDED, that nothing in this
Section 14 shall be deemed to limit in scope or substance the personal liability
of First Security (a) to Owner Participant as expressly set forth in the Trust
Agreement, (b) in respect of the representations, warranties and agreements of
First Security expressly made as such herein or in any other Operative Agreement
to which it is a party, and (c) for the consequences of its own gross
negligence, willful misconduct, and, in receiving, handling or remitting of
funds only, its willful misconduct or simple negligence as a trustee.
SECTION 15. MISCELLANEOUS
15.1 AMENDMENTS
No provision of this Agreement may be amended, supplemented, waived,
modified, discharged, terminated or otherwise varied orally, but only by an
instrument in writing that specifically identifies the provision of this
Agreement that it purports to amend, supplement, waive, modify, discharge,
terminate or otherwise vary and is signed by the party against which the
enforcement of the amendment, supplement, waiver, modification, discharge,
termination or variance is sought. Each such amendment, supplement, waiver,
modification, discharge, termination or variance shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it is given. No
provision of this Agreement shall be varied or contradicted by oral
communication, course of dealing or performance or other manner not set forth in
an agreement, document or instrument in writing and signed by the party against
which enforcement of the same is sought.
15.2 SEVERABILITY
If any provision hereof shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect in any jurisdiction, then, to the extent permitted by Law, (a) all
other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such
jurisdiction and (b) such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction. If, however, any Law pursuant to which such provisions are held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable may be waived, such Law is hereby waived by
the parties hereto to the full extent permitted, to the end that this Agreement
shall be deemed to be a valid and binding agreement in all respects, enforceable
in accordance with its terms.
15.3 SURVIVAL
The indemnities set forth herein shall survive the delivery or return of
the Aircraft, the Transfer of any interest of Owner Participant in this
Agreement, the Trust Estate and the Trust Agreement, the Transfer of any
interest by any Note Holder of its Equipment Note and the expiration or other
termination of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement.
15.4 REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
This Agreement, all annexes, schedules and exhibits hereto and all
agreements, instruments and documents relating hereto, including, without
limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be
executed and (b) financial statements, certificates and other information
previously or hereafter furnished to any party hereto, may be reproduced by such
party by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature
photographic or other similar process, and such party may destroy any original
documents so reproduced. Any such reproduction shall be as admissible in
evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding
(whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such
reproduction was made by such party in the regular course of business) and any
enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction likewise is
admissible in evidence.
15.5 COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto
may be executed in any number of counterparts (or upon separate signature pages
bound together into one or more counterparts), each of which when so executed
shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which counterparts, taken
together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.
15.6 NO WAIVER
No failure on the part of any party hereto to exercise, and no delay by any
party hereto in exercising, any of its respective rights, powers, remedies or
privileges under this Agreement or provided at Law, in equity or otherwise shall
impair, prejudice or constitute a waiver of any such right, power, remedy or
privilege or be construed as a waiver of any breach hereof or default hereunder
or as an acquiescence therein nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such right, power, remedy or privilege preclude any other or further exercise
thereof by it or the exercise of any other right, power, remedy or privilege by
it. No notice to or demand on any party hereto in any case shall, unless
otherwise required under this Agreement, entitle such party to any other or
further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a
waiver of the rights of any party hereto to any other or further action in any
circumstances without notice or demand.
15.7 NOTICES
Unless otherwise expressly permitted by the terms hereof, all notices,
requests, demands, authorizations, directions, consents, waivers and other
communications required or permitted to be made, given, furnished or filed
hereunder shall be in writing (it being understood that the specification of a
writing in certain instances and not in others does not imply an intention that
a writing is not required as to the latter), shall refer specifically to this
Agreement or other applicable Operative Agreement, and shall be personally
delivered, sent by facsimile or telecommunication transmission (which in either
case provides written confirmation to the sender of its delivery), sent by
registered mail or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or
sent by overnight courier service, in each case to the respective address, or
facsimile number set forth for such party in Schedule 1, or to such other
address, facsimile or other number as each party hereto may hereafter specify by
notice to the other parties hereto. Each such notice, request, demand,
authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other communication shall be
effective when received or, if made, given, furnished or filed (a) by facsimile
or telecommunication transmission, when confirmed, or (b) by registered or
certified mail, three Business Days after being deposited, properly addressed,
with the U.S. Postal Service.
15.8 GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; VENUE
(A) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND
PERFORMANCE. THIS AGREEMENT IS BEING DELIVERED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(B) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES, ACCEPTS AND SUBMITS ITSELF
TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK AND OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF NEW YORK, IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LEGAL ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WITH
RESPECT TO ANY MATTER RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT.
(C) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS AND AGREES TO THE SERVICE
OF ANY AND ALL LEGAL PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS OF ANY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE MADE BY
MAILING COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, AT THE
ADDRESS SET FORTH PURSUANT TO SECTION 15.7. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES THAT
SERVICE UPON IT, OR ANY OF ITS AGENTS, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
SECTION 15.8(C), SHALL CONSTITUTE VALID AND EFFECTIVE PERSONAL SERVICE UPON SUCH
PARTY, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES THAT THE FAILURE OF ANY OF ITS AGENTS
TO GIVE ANY NOTICE OF SUCH SERVICE TO ANY SUCH PARTY SHALL NOT IMPAIR OR AFFECT
IN ANY WAY THE VALIDITY OF SUCH SERVICE ON SUCH PARTY OR ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED
IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED THEREON.
(D) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT, BY WAY OF MOTION, AS A DEFENSE, OR
OTHERWISE, IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT HEREUNDER IN ANY OF THE
ABOVE-NAMED COURTS, THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT
FORUM, THAT VENUE FOR THE ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER OR THAT THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER OPERATIVE AGREEMENT MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY SUCH
COURTS.
(E) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL
OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN ANY COURT IN ANY JURISDICTION BASED UPON OR
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
15.9 THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY
This Agreement is not intended to, and shall not, provide any person not a
party hereto (other than the Liquidity Provider, the Escrow Agent and the Paying
Agent, each of which is an intended third party beneficiary with respect to the
provisions of Section 9.1) with any rights of any nature whatsoever against any
of the parties hereto and no person not a party hereto (other than the Liquidity
Provider, the Escrow Agent and the Paying Agent, with respect to the provisions
of Section 9.1) shall have any right, power or privilege in respect of any party
hereto, or have any benefit or interest, arising out of this Agreement.
15.10 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement, together with the other Operative Agreements, on and as of
the date hereof, constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and all prior or contemporaneous
understandings or agreements, whether written or oral, among any of the parties
hereto with respect to such subject matter are hereby superseded in their
entireties.
15.11 FURTHER ASSURANCES
Each party hereto shall execute, acknowledge and deliver or shall cause to
be executed, acknowledged and delivered, all such further agreements,
instruments, certificates or documents, and shall do and cause to be done such
further acts and things, in any case, as any other party hereto shall reasonably
request in connection with the administration of, or to carry out more
effectively the purposes of, or to better assure and confirm into such other
party the rights and benefits to be provided under this Agreement and the other
Operative Agreements.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Participation
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above
written.
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.,
Lessee
By___________________________
Name:
Title:
______________________,
Owner Participant
By___________________________
Name:
Title:
FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual
capacity except as
expressly provided herein,
but solely as Owner Trustee
By___________________________
Name:
Title:
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual
capacity, except as
expressly provided herein,
but solely as Mortgagee
By___________________________
Name:
Title:
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual
capacity, except as
expressly provided herein,
but solely as Pass Through
Trustee under the Pass
Through Trust Agreement for
the Continental Airlines
Pass Through Trust,
1997-4A-0
By___________________________
Name:
Title:
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual
capacity, except as
expressly provided herein,
but solely as Pass Through
Trustee under the Pass
Through Trust Agreement for
the Continental Airlines
Pass Through Trust,
1997-4B-0
By___________________________
Name:
Title:
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual
capacity, except as
expressly provided herein,
but solely as Pass Through
Trustee under the Pass
Through Trust Agreement for
the Continental Airlines
Pass Through Trust,
1997-4C-0
By___________________________
Name:
Title:
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual
capacity, except as
expressly provided herein,
but solely as
Subordination Agent
By________________________
Name:
Title:
ANNEX A
DEFINITIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) In each Operative Agreement, unless otherwise expressly provided, a
reference to:
(i) each of "Lessee," "Lessor," "Loan Participant," "Owner Trustee,"
"Owner Participant," "Mortgagee," "Note Holder" or any other person
includes, without prejudice to the provisions of any Operative Agreement,
any successor in interest to it and any permitted transferee, permitted
purchaser or permitted assignee of it;
(ii) words importing the plural include the singular and words
importing the singular include the plural;
(iii) any agreement, instrument or document, or any annex, schedule or
exhibit thereto, or any other part thereof, includes, without prejudice to
the provisions of any Operative Agreement, that agreement, instrument or
document, or annex, schedule or exhibit, or part, respectively, as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms and
in accordance with the Operative Agreements, and any agreement, instrument
or document entered into in substitution or replacement therefor
(including, without limitation, in the case of each Pass Through Trust
Agreement, the "Related Pass Through Trust Agreement" as defined therein);
(iv) any provision of any Law includes any such provision as amended,
modified, supplemented, substituted, reissued or reenacted prior to the
Delivery Date, and thereafter from time to time;
(v) the words "Agreement," "this Agreement," "hereby," "herein,"
"hereto," "hereof" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in
any Operative Agreement refer to such Operative Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of such Operative Agreement;
(vi) the words "including," "including, without limitation,"
"including, but not limited to," and terms or phrases of similar import
when used in any Operative Agreement, with respect to any matter or thing,
mean including, without limitation, such matter or thing; and
(vii) a "Section," an "Exhibit," an "Annex" or a "Schedule" in any
Operative Agreement, or in any annex thereto, is a reference to a section
of, or an exhibit, an annex or a schedule to, such Operative Agreement or
such annex, respectively.
(b) Each exhibit, annex and schedule to each Operative Agreement is
incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, such Operative Agreement.
(c) Unless otherwise defined or specified in any Operative Agreement, all
accounting terms therein shall be construed and all accounting determinations
thereunder shall be made in accordance with GAAP.
(d) Headings used in any Operative Agreement are for convenience only and
shall not in any way affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration
in interpreting, such Operative Agreement.
(e) For purposes of each Operative Agreement, the occurrence and
continuance of a Lease Default or Lease Event of Default referred to in Section
14.5 shall not be deemed to prohibit the Lessee from taking any action or
exercising any right that is conditioned on no Lease Event of Default, Lease
Default or Special Default having occurred and be continuing if such Lease
Default or Lease Event of Default consists of the institution of reorganization
proceedings with respect to Lessee under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and
the trustee or debtor-in-possession in such proceedings shall have (i) agreed to
perform its obligations under the Lease with the approval of the applicable
court and thereafter shall have continued to perform such obligations in
accordance with Section 1110 or (ii) shall have assumed the Lease with the
approval of the relevant court and thereafter shall have continued to perform
its obligations under the Lease.
DEFINED TERMS
"ACT" means part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code.
"ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE" means (a) as it applies to Owner Trustee or Mortgagee,
as the case may be, actual knowledge of a responsible officer in the Corporate
Trust Department or the Corporate Trust Office, respectively, and (b) as it
applies to Owner Participant or Lessee, actual knowledge of a Vice President or
more senior officer of Owner Participant or Lessee, respectively, or any other
officer of Owner Participant or Lessee, respectively, having responsibility for
the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements; PROVIDED that each of
Lessee, Owner Participant, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee shall be deemed to have
"Actual Knowledge" of any matter as to which it has received notice from Lessee,
Owner Participant, any Note Holder, Owner Trustee or Mortgagee, such notice
having been given pursuant to Section 15.7 of the Participation Agreement.
"ADDITIONAL INSURED" is defined in Section D of Annex D to the Lease.
"ADVERSE CHANGE IN TAX LAW" means (a) for Lessee, a Change in Tax Law that
Lessee regards as one that could adversely affect the economic consequences of
the transactions contemplated by the Participation Agreement and the other
Operative Agreements that are anticipated by Lessee or (b) for Owner
Participant, any Change in Tax Law that would adversely affect any of the
following tax assumptions:
(i) For federal income tax purposes, the Lease will be a "true" lease
for purposes of the Code and Owner Participant will be treated as the owner
of the Aircraft and Lessee will be treated as the lessee thereof;
(ii) For federal income tax purposes, Owner Participant will be
entitled to depreciation or cost recovery deductions with respect to
Lessor' s Cost of the Aircraft; and
(iii) For federal income tax purposes, Owner Participant will be
entitled to deductions for interest payments on the Equipment Notes.
"AFFILIATE" means, with respect to any person, any other person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such person.
For purposes of this definition, "control" means the power, directly or
indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract
or otherwise and "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with"
have correlative meanings.
"AIRCRAFT" means, collectively, the Airframe and Engines.
"AIRCRAFT XXXX OF SALE" means the full warranty xxxx of sale covering the
Aircraft delivered by Airframe Manufacturer to Owner Trustee on the Delivery
Date.
"AIRCRAFT DOCUMENTS" means all technical data, manuals and log books, and
all inspection, modification and overhaul records and other service, repair,
maintenance and technical records that are required by the FAA (or the relevant
Aviation Authority), to be maintained with respect to the Aircraft, Airframe,
Engines or Parts; and such term shall include all additions, renewals, revisions
and replacements of any such materials from time to time made, or required to be
made, by the FAA (or other Aviation Authority) regulations, and in each case in
whatever form and by whatever means or medium (including, without limitation,
microfiche, microfilm, paper or computer disk) such materials may be maintained
or retained by or on behalf of Lessee (PROVIDED, that all such materials shall
be maintained in the English language).
"AIRFRAME" means (a) the aircraft (excluding Engines or engines from time
to time installed thereon) manufactured by Airframe Manufacturer and identified
by Airframe Manufacturer's model number, United States registration number and
Airframe Manufacturer's serial number set forth in Lease Supplement No. 1 and
any Replacement Airframe and (b) any and all Parts incorporated or installed in
or attached or appurtenant to such airframe, and any and all Parts removed from
such airframe, unless title to such Parts shall not be vested in Lessor in
accordance with Section 8.1 and Annex C of the Lease. Upon substitution of a
Replacement Airframe under and in accordance with the Lease, such Replacement
Airframe shall become subject to the Lease and shall be the "Airframe" for all
purposes of the Lease and the other Operative Agreements and thereupon the
Airframe for which the substitution is made shall no longer be subject to the
Lease, and such replaced Airframe shall cease to be the "Airframe."
"AIRFRAME MANUFACTURER" means The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation.
"AMORTIZATION AMOUNT" means, with respect to any Equipment Note, as of any
Payment Date, the amount determined by multiplying the percentage set forth
opposite such Payment Date on the Amortization Schedule by the Original Amount
of such Equipment Note.
"AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE" means, with respect to each Equipment Note, the
amortization schedule for such Equipment Note delivered pursuant to Section 2.02
of the Trust Indenture.
"APPRAISER" means a firm of internationally recognized, independent
aircraft appraisers.
"AVERAGE LIFE DATE" for any Equipment Note shall be the date which follows
the time of determination by a period equal to the Remaining Weighted Average
Life of such Equipment Note. "Remaining Weighted Average Life" on a given date
with respect to any Equipment Note shall be the number of days equal to the
quotient obtained by dividing (a) the sum of each of the products obtained by
multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining scheduled payment of principal
of such Equipment Note by (ii) the number of days from and including such
determination date to but excluding the date on which such payment of principal
is scheduled to be made, by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such
Equipment Note.
"AVIATION AUTHORITY" means the FAA or, if the Aircraft is permitted to be,
and is, registered with any other Government Entity under and in accordance with
Section 7.1.2 of the Lease, such other Government Entity.
"BANKRUPTCY CODE" means the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C.
Section 101 ET SEQ.
"BASE LEASE TERM" means the period beginning on and including the
Commencement Date and ending on the Scheduled Expiration Date, or such earlier
date on which the Term terminates in accordance with the provisions of the
Lease.
"BASIC PASS THROUGH TRUST AGREEMENT" means the Pass Through Trust
Agreement, dated September 25, 1997, between Lessee and Pass Through Trustee,
but does not include any Trust Supplement.
"BASIC RENT" means the rent payable for the Aircraft pursuant to Section
3.2.1(a) of the Lease.
"BENEFICIAL OWNER" when used in relation to an Equipment Note means a
Person that, by reason of direct ownership, contract, share ownership or
otherwise, has the right to receive or participate in receiving, directly or
indirectly, payments of principal, interest or Make-Whole Amount in respect of
such Equipment Note; provided that a Person shall not be deemed to be a
Beneficial Owner of an Equipment Note solely because another Person in which
such a Person owns common stock or other equity securities is a registered
holder or Beneficial Owner of such Equipment Note unless such Person is an
Affiliate of such other Person.
"BFE" means all appliances, parts, instruments, appurtenances, accessories,
furnishings or other equipment of whatever nature sold by Lessee to Owner
Trustee pursuant to the BFE Xxxx of Sale.
"BFE AMOUNT" means the amount paid by Owner Trustee to Lessee to purchase
the BFE, and is designated by Dollar amount in Schedule 3 to the Participation
Agreement.
"BFE XXXX OF SALE" means the full warranty xxxx of sale executed by Lessee
in favor of Owner Trustee, dated the Delivery Date, identifying and covering the
BFE.
"BILLS OF SALE" means the FAA Xxxx of Sale, the Aircraft Xxxx of Sale and
the BFE Xxxx of Sale.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks are authorized or required by law to close in New York,
New York, Houston, Texas, Wilmington, Delaware, or Salt Lake City, Utah.
"CASH EQUIVALENTS" means the following securities (which shall mature
within 90 days of the date of purchase thereof): (a) direct obligations of the
U.S. Government; (b) obligations fully guaranteed by the U.S. Government; (c)
certificates of deposit issued by, or bankers' acceptances of, or time deposits
or a deposit account with, Owner Trustee, Mortgagee or any bank, trust company
or national banking association incorporated or doing business under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof having a combined capital and surplus and
retained earnings of at least $500,000,000 and having a rate of "C" or better
from the Thomson BankWatch Service; or (d) commercial paper of any issuer doing
business under the laws of the United States or one of the states thereof and in
each case having a rating assigned to such commercial paper by Standard & Poor's
or Moody's equal to A1 or higher.
"CHANGE IN TAX LAW" means any amendment, modification, addition or change
in or to the provisions of the Code, any other federal tax statutes, the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, the Internal Revenue Service
Revenue Rulings, Revenue Procedures or other administrative or judicial
interpretations of the Code or the federal tax statutes that affects the tax
assumptions set forth in the Tax Indemnity Agreement or otherwise affects Owner
Participant's anticipated Net Economic Return (other than a change in the
alternative minimum tax or other change that results in Owner Participant being
subject to alternative minimum tax or unable to fully utilize tax benefits
because of its particular tax situation).
"CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES" is defined in Section 40102(a)(15) of the
Act and in the FAA Regulations.
"CLOSING" means the closing of the transactions contemplated by the
Participation Agreement on the Delivery Date.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; PROVIDED, that
when used in relation to a Plan, "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 and any regulations and rulings issued thereunder, all as amended and in
effect from time to time.
"COMMENCEMENT DATE" is defined in Schedule 1 to the Lease.
"COMMITMENT" means, for any Participant, the amount of its participation in
the payment of Lessor's Cost.
"COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE" is defined in Schedule 3 to the Participation
Agreement.
"CONSENT AND AGREEMENT" means the Manufacturer Consent and Agreement
________, dated as of even date with the Participation Agreement, of Airframe
Manufacturer.
"CONTINUOUS STAY PERIOD" is defined in Section 4.04(a) of the Trust
Indenture.
"CORPORATE TRUST DEPARTMENT" or "TRUST OFFICE" means the principal
corporate trust office of Owner Trustee located from time to time at Owner
Trustee's address for notices under the Participation Agreement or such other
office at which Owner Trustee's corporate trust business shall be administered
which Owner Trustee shall have specified by notice in writing to Lessee,
Mortgagee and each Note Holder.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the principal office of Mortgagee located at
Mortgagee's address for notices under the Participation Agreement or such other
office at which Mortgagee's corporate trust business shall be administered which
Mortgagee shall have specified by notice in writing to Lessee, Owner Trustee and
each Note Holder.
"CRAF" means the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program established pursuant to 10
U.S.C. Section 9511-13 or any similar substitute program.
"DEBT" means any liability for borrowed money, or any liability for the
payment of money in connection with any letter of credit transaction or any
other liabilities evidenced or to be evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments.
"DEBT RATE" means, with respect to (i) any Series, the rate per annum
specified for such Series under the heading "Interest Rate" in Schedule I to the
Trust Indenture and (ii) any other purpose, with respect to any period, the
weighted average interest rate per annum during such period borne by the
outstanding Equipment Notes, excluding any interest payable at the Payment Due
Rate.
"DEFAULT" means any event or condition that with the giving of notice or
the lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.
"DELAYED DELIVERY DATE" means a delayed Delivery Date notified to each
Participant, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee by Lessee pursuant to Section 4.3 of
the Participation Agreement, which delayed Delivery Date shall be a Business Day
not later than the Commitment Termination Date.
"DELIVERY DATE" means the Business Day specified in Lease Supplement No. 1
as the date on which, among other things, the Aircraft is delivered to and
accepted by Lessee under the Lease and the Closing occurs.
"DEPOSIT AGREEMENT" means each of the three Deposit Agreements between the
Depositary and the Escrow Agent, dated as of the Issuance Date, each of which
relates to one of the Pass Through Trusts, PROVIDED that, for purposes of any
obligation of Lessee, no amendment, modification or supplement to, or
substitution or replacement of, any such Deposit Agreement shall be effective
unless consented to by Lessee.
"DEPOSITARY" means Credit Suisse First Boston, New York branch, as
Depositary under each Deposit Agreement.
"DOLLARS," "UNITED STATES DOLLARS" or "$" means the lawful currency of the
United States.
"DOT" means the Department of Transportation of the United States or any
Government Entity succeeding to the functions of such Department of
Transportation.
"ENFORCEMENT DATE" is defined in Section 4.03 of the Trust Indenture.
"ENGINE" means (a) each of the engines manufactured by Engine Manufacturer
and identified by Engine Manufacturer's model number and Engine Manufacturer's
serial number set forth in Lease Supplement No. 1 and originally installed on
the Airframe on delivery thereof pursuant to the Lease, and any Replacement
Engine, in any case whether or not from time to time installed on such Airframe
or installed on any other airframe or aircraft, and (b) any and all Parts
incorporated or installed in or attached or appurtenant to such engine, and any
and all Parts removed from such engine, unless title to such Parts shall not be
vested in Lessor in accordance with Section 8.1 and Annex C of the Lease. Upon
substitution of a Replacement Engine under and in accordance with the Lease,
such Replacement Engine shall become subject to the Lease and shall be an
"Engine" for all purposes of the Lease and the other Operative Agreements and
thereupon the Engine for which the substitution is made shall no longer be
subject to the Lease, and such replaced Engine shall cease to be an "Engine."
"ENGINE CONSENT AND AGREEMENT" means the Engine Manufacturer Consent and
Agreement dated as of even date with the Participation Agreement, of Engine
Manufacturer.
"ENGINE MANUFACTURER" means [CFM INTERNATIONAL, A DELAWARE CORPORATION.]
[GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION.]
"EQUIPMENT NOTE REGISTER" is defined in Section 2.07 of the Trust
Indenture.
"EQUIPMENT NOTES" means and includes any equipment notes issued under the
Trust Indenture in the form specified in Section 2.01 thereof (as such form may
be varied pursuant to the terms of the Trust Indenture) and any Equipment Note
issued under the Trust Indenture in exchange for or replacement of any Equipment
Note.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and any
regulations and rulings issued thereunder all as amended and in effect from time
to time.
"ESCROW AGENT" means First Security Bank, National Association, as Escrow
Agent under each of the Escrow Agreements.
"ESCROW AGREEMENT" means each of the three Escrow and Paying Agent
Agreements, among the Escrow Agent, the Paying Agent, certain initial purchasers
of the Pass Through Certificates named therein and one of the Pass Through
Trustees, dated as of the Issuance Date, each of which relates to one of the
Pass Through Trusts, PROVIDED that, for purposes of any obligation of Lessee, no
amendment, modification or supplement to, or substitution or replacement of, any
such Escrow Agreement shall be effective unless consented to by Lessee.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" is defined in Section 4.02 of the Trust Indenture.
"EVENT OF LOSS" means, with respect to the Aircraft, Airframe or any
Engine, any of the following circumstances, conditions or events with respect to
such property, for any reason whatsoever:
(a) the destruction of such property, damage to such property beyond
economic repair or rendition of such property permanently unfit for
normal use by Lessee;
(b) the actual or constructive total loss of such property or any damage
to such property, or requisition of title or use of such property,
which results in an insurance settlement with respect to such property
on the basis of a total loss or constructive or compromised total
loss;
(c) any theft, hijacking or disappearance of such property for a period of
180 consecutive days or more;
(d) any seizure, condemnation, confiscation, taking or requisition
(including loss of title) of such property by any Government Entity or
purported Government Entity (other than a requisition of use by a
Permitted Government Entity) for a period exceeding 180 consecutive
days or, if earlier, at the end of the Term;
(e) any seizure, condemnation, confiscation, taking or requisition of use
of such property by any Permitted Government Entity that continues
until the 30th day after the last day of the Term, PROVIDED that no
such Event of Loss shall exist if Lessor shall have elected not to
treat such event as an Event of Loss pursuant to Section 10.6 of the
Lease; and
(f) as a result of any law, rule, regulation, order or other action by the
Aviation Authority or by any Government Entity of the government of
registry of the Aircraft or by any Government Entity otherwise having
jurisdiction over the operation or use of the Aircraft, the use of
such property in the normal course of Lessee's business of passenger
air transportation is prohibited for a period of 180 consecutive days,
unless Lessee, prior to the expiration of such 180 day period, shall
have undertaken and shall be diligently carrying forward such steps as
may be necessary or desirable to permit the normal use of such
property by Lessee, but in any event if such use shall have been
prohibited for a period of two consecutive years, provided that no
Event of Loss shall be deemed to have occurred if such prohibition has
been applicable to Lessee's entire U.S. fleet of such property and
Lessee, prior to the expiration of such two-year period, shall have
conformed at least one unit of such property in its fleet to the
requirements of any such law, rule, regulation, order or other action
and commenced regular commercial use of the same in such jurisdiction
and shall be diligently carrying forward, in a manner which does not
discriminate against such property in so conforming such property,
steps which are necessary or desirable to permit the normal use of the
Aircraft by Lessee, but in any event if such use shall have been
prohibited for a period of three years or such use shall be prohibited
at the expiration of the Term.
"EXCLUDED PAYMENTS" means (i) indemnity payments paid or payable by Lessee
to or in respect of Owner Participant, or Owner Trustee in its individual
capacity, their respective Affiliates, successors and permitted assigns and
their directors, officers, employees, servants and agents pursuant to Section 9
of the Participation Agreement or any corresponding payments under the Lease,
(ii) proceeds of public liability insurance paid or payable as a result of
insurance claims made, or losses suffered, by Owner Trustee in its individual
capacity or by Owner Participant, that are payable directly to Owner Trustee in
its individual capacity, or Owner Participant, respectively, for their own
account, (iii) proceeds of insurance maintained with respect to the Aircraft by
Owner Participant or any Affiliate thereof for its or their own account or
benefit (whether directly or through Owner Trustee) and permitted under Section
11.2 of the Lease, (iv) all payments required to be made under the Tax Indemnity
Agreement by Lessee whether or not denominated as Supplemental Rent, (v) any
Transaction Expenses paid or payable by the Lessee to the Owner Trustee (to the
extent for its sole benefit) or the Owner Participant pursuant to the Lease or
the Participation Agreement, (vi) any amount payable to the Owner Participant by
any transferee as the purchase price of the Owner Participant's interest in the
Trust Estate, (vii) any interest that pursuant to the Operative Agreements may
from time to time accrue in respect of any of the amounts described in clauses
(i) through (vi) above, (viii) any right to enforce the payment of any amount
described in clauses (i) through (vii) above (PROVIDED, that the rights referred
to in this clause (viii) shall not be deemed to include the exercise of any
remedies provided for in the Lease other than the right to xxx for specific
performance of any covenant to make such payment or to xxx for damages in
respect of the breach of any such covenant) and (ix) any right to exercise any
election or option or make any decision or determination, or to give or receive
any notice, consent, waiver or approval, or to take any other action in respect
of, but in each case, only to the extent relating to, any Excluded Payments.
"EXPENSES" means any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
settlements, penalties, claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses and
disbursements (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements
of legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, inspectors or other professionals,
and costs of investigation).
"FAA" means the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States or any
Government Entity succeeding to the functions of such Federal Aviation
Administration.
"FAA XXXX OF SALE" means a xxxx of sale for the Aircraft on AC Form 8050-2
(or such other form as may be approved by the FAA) delivered to Owner Trustee on
the Delivery Date by Airframe Manufacturer.
"FAA FILED DOCUMENTS" means the Lease, Lease Supplement No. 1, the Trust
Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the initial Trust Indenture Supplement, the FAA
Xxxx of Sale and an application for registration of the Aircraft with the FAA in
the name of Owner Trustee.
"FAA REGULATIONS" means the Federal Aviation Regulations issued or
promulgated pursuant to the Act from time to time.
"FAIR MARKET RENTAL VALUE" means the fair market rental value in Dollars
for the Aircraft that would apply in an arm's-length transaction between an
informed and willing lessee under no compulsion to lease, and an informed and
willing lessor under no compulsion to lease, the Aircraft, for the applicable
Renewal Lease Term, assuming that (a) the Aircraft has been maintained in
accordance with, and is in the condition required by, the Lease, (b) payments of
rent would be made semiannually, and (c) the Aircraft would be leased during any
such Renewal Lease Term on the same terms and conditions as are set forth in the
Lease with respect to the Base Lease Term.
"FAIR MARKET SALES VALUE" means the fair market sales value in Dollars for
the Aircraft that would apply in an arm's-length transaction between an informed
and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, and an informed and willing seller
under no compulsion to sell, the Aircraft, in a transaction that would close on
or about the relevant time of determination, assuming that (a) the Aircraft has
been maintained in accordance with, and is in the condition required by, the
Lease and (b) the Aircraft would be delivered to such informed and willing buyer
in the return condition required by the Lease.
"FINANCING STATEMENTS" means, collectively, UCC-1 (and, where appropriate,
UCC-3) financing statements (a) covering the Trust Indenture Estate, by Owner
Trustee, as debtor, showing Mortgagee as secured party, for filing in Utah and
each other jurisdiction that, in the opinion of Mortgagee, is necessary to
perfect its Lien on the Trust Indenture Estate and (b) covering the Lease and
the Aircraft, as a precautionary matter, by Lessee, as lessee, showing Owner
Trustee as lessor and Mortgagee as assignee of Owner Trustee, for filing in
Texas and each other jurisdiction that, in the opinion of Owner Trustee and
Mortgagee, is reasonably desirable.
"FIRST SECURITY" means First Security Bank, National Association, a
national banking association, not in its capacity as Owner Trustee under the
Trust Agreement, but in its individual capacity.
"FIXED RENEWAL LEASE TERM" means each term for which the Lease is extended
by Lessee, if any, pursuant to the first and second such extensions in
accordance with Section 17 of the Lease.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as set forth in the
statements of financial accounting standards issued by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as
such principles may at any time or from time to time be varied by any applicable
financial accounting rules or regulations issued by the SEC and, with respect to
any person, shall mean such principles applied on a basis consistent with prior
periods except as may be disclosed in such person's financial statements.
"GOVERNMENT ENTITY" means (a) any federal, state, provincial or similar
government, and any body, board, department, commission, court, tribunal,
authority, agency or other instrumentality of any such government or otherwise
exercising any executive, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory
functions of such government or (b) any other government entity having
jurisdiction over any matter contemplated by the Operative Agreements or
relating to the observance or performance of the obligations of any of the
parties to the Operative Agreements.
"GTA" means the General Terms Agreement as defined in the Purchase
Agreement Assignment.
"INDEMNITEE" means (i) First Security and Owner Trustee, (ii) WTC and
Mortgagee, (iii) each separate or additional trustee appointed pursuant to the
Trust Agreement or the Trust Indenture, (iv) each Participant, (v) the Trust
Estate and the Trust Indenture Estate, (vi) each Affiliate of the persons
described in clauses (i) through (iv), inclusive, (vii) the respective
directors, officers, employees, agents and servants of each of the persons
described in clauses (i) through (iv) inclusive and in clause (vi), (viii) the
successors and permitted assigns of the persons described in clauses (i) through
(iv), inclusive, and in clauses (vi) and (vii) and (ix) the Pass Through
Indemnitees; PROVIDED THAT the Pass Through Indemnitees are Indemnitees only for
purposes of Section 9.1 of the Participation Agreement. If any Indemnitee is
Airframe Manufacturer or Engine Manufacturer or any subcontractor or supplier of
either thereof, such Person shall be an Indemnitee only in its capacity as Owner
Participant, Loan Participant or Note Holder.
"INDENTURE AGREEMENTS" means the Participation Agreement, the Lease, the
Purchase Agreement, the Purchase Agreement Assignment, the Consent and
Agreement, the Engine Consent and Agreement, the Bills of Sale and any other
contract, agreement or instrument from time to time assigned or pledged under
the Trust Indenture.
"INDENTURE DEFAULT" means any condition, circumstance, act or event that,
with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, would constitute an
Indenture Event of Default.
"INDENTURE EVENT OF DEFAULT" means any one or more of the conditions,
circumstances, acts or events set forth in Section 4.02 of the Trust Indenture.
"INDENTURE INDEMNITEE" means (i) WTC and the Mortgagee, (ii) each separate
or additional trustee appointed pursuant to the Trust Indenture, (iii) the
Subordination Agent, (iv) each Liquidity Provider, (v) each Pass Through
Trustee, (vi) the Paying Agent, (vii) the Escrow Agent and (viii) each of the
respective directors, officers, employees, agents and servants of each of the
persons described in clauses (i) through (vii) inclusive above.
"INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT" means that certain Intercreditor Agreement among
the Pass Through Trustees, the Liquidity Providers and the Subordination Agent,
dated as of the Issuance Date, PROVIDED that, for purposes of any obligation of
Lessee, no amendment, modification or supplement to, or substitution or
replacement of, such Intercreditor Agreement shall be effective unless consented
to by Lessee.
"INTERIM LEASE TERM" means the period commencing on and including the
Delivery Date, and ending on and including the day immediately preceding the
Commencement Date or such earlier date on which the Term terminates in
accordance with the provisions of the Lease.
"INTERIM RENT" is defined in Schedule 1 to the Lease.
"IRS" means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States or any
Government Entity succeeding to the functions of such Internal Revenue Service.
"ISSUANCE DATE" means October 23, 1997.
"LAW" means (a) any constitution, treaty, statute, law, decree, regulation,
order, rule or directive of any Government Entity, and (b) any judicial or
administrative interpretation or application of, or decision under, any of the
foregoing.
"LEASE" or "LEASE AGREEMENT" means the Lease Agreement , dated as of even
date with the Participation Agreement, __________________ between Owner Trustee
and Lessee.
"LEASE DEFAULT" means any condition, circumstance, act or event that, with
the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, would constitute a Lease Event
of Default.
"LEASE EVENT OF DEFAULT" means any one or more of the conditions,
circumstances, acts or events set forth in Section 14 of the Lease.
"LEASE SUPPLEMENT" means a supplement to the Lease, in the form of Exhibit
A to the Lease.
"LEASE SUPPLEMENT NO. 1" means the initial Lease Supplement, dated the
Delivery Date.
"LESSEE" means Continental Airlines, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"LESSEE OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS" means the Participation Agreement, the Lease,
Lease Supplement No. 1, the Tax Indemnity Agreement, the BFE Xxxx of Sale, the
Purchase Agreement Assignment and each other agreement between Lessee and any
other party to the Participation Agreement, relating to the Transactions,
delivered on the Delivery Date.
"LESSEE PERSON" means Lessee, any sublessee, assignee, successor or other
user or person in possession of the Aircraft, Airframe or an Engine with or
without color of right, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing (excluding any
Tax Indemnitee or any related Tax Indemnitee with respect thereto, or any person
using or claiming any rights with respect to the Aircraft, Airframe or an Engine
directly by or through any of the persons in this parenthetical, but not
excluding any Person claiming directly or indirectly through or under the
Lease).
"LESSEE'S ADVISOR" is defined in Schedule 3 to the Participation Agreement.
"LESSOR" means Owner Trustee in its capacity as lessor under the Lease.
"LESSOR LIEN" means, with respect to any person and in respect of any
property (including, without limitation, the Trust Estate, the Trust Indenture
Estate, the Aircraft, Airframe, Engines, Parts or Aircraft Documents) or any
payments, any Lien on such property or payments which (a) arises from claims
against such person (if such person is a trustee, whether in its individual
capacity or in its capacity as a trustee) not related to any of the transactions
contemplated by the Operative Agreements, (b) results from acts or omissions of
such person (if such person is a trustee, whether in its individual capacity or
in its capacity as a trustee) in violation of such person's obligations under
any of the terms of the Operative Agreements, or not related to the transactions
contemplated by the Operative Agreements, (c) is imposed as a result of Taxes
against such person (if such person is a trustee, whether in its individual
capacity or in its capacity as a trustee) or any of its Affiliates not required
to be indemnified by Lessee under the Participation Agreement, or (d) claims
against such person arising out of any transfer by such person of its interest
in the Aircraft, the Trust Estate or the Operative Agreements, other than a
Transfer permitted by the terms of the Operative Agreements or pursuant to the
exercise of remedies set forth in Section 15 of the Lease.
"LESSOR'S COST" means the aggregate of the amounts paid by Owner Trustee to
Airframe Manufacturer and Lessee to purchase the Aircraft and BFE pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement Assignment and the Participation Agreement, and is
designated by Dollar amount in Schedule 3 to the Participation Agreement.
"LIEN" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, lease
or security interest affecting the title to or any interest in property.
"LIQUIDITY FACILITIES" means the six Revolving Credit Agreements
(consisting of a separate Revolving Credit Agreement with each Liquidity
Provider with respect to each Pass Through Trust) between the Subordination
Agent, as borrower, and a Liquidity Provider, each dated as of the Issuance
Date, PROVIDED that, for purposes of any obligation of Lessee, no amendment,
modification or supplement to, or substitution or replacement of, any such
Liquidity Facility shall be effective unless consented to by Lessee.
"LIQUIDITY PROVIDER" means ABN AMRO Bank, N.V., acting through its Chicago
branch, or Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, acting through its New York
branch, each as a Class A Liquidity Provider, Class B Liquidity Provider and
Class C Liquidity Provider (as such terms are defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) under the respective Liquidity Facilities, or any successor thereto.
"LOAN PARTICIPANTS" mean, until the Closing shall have been consummated,
the Pass Through Trustees, and after the Closing shall have been consummated,
each Note Holder.
"LOSS PAYMENT DATE" means the date on which payment is due pursuant to
Section 10.1.2(a)(i) of the Lease.
"MAINTENANCE PROGRAM" is defined in Annex C to the Lease.
"MAJORITY IN INTEREST OF NOTE HOLDERS" means as of a particular date of
determination, the holders of a majority in aggregate unpaid Original Amount of
all Equipment Notes outstanding as of such date (excluding any Equipment Notes
held by Owner Trustee, Lessee, or Owner Participant or any Affiliate of any such
party or any interests of Owner Trustee or Owner Participant therein by reason
of subrogation pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Trust Indenture (unless all
Equipment Notes then outstanding shall be held by Owner Trustee, Lessee, Owner
Participant or any Affiliate of any thereof)); PROVIDED that for the purposes of
directing any action or casting any vote or giving any consent, waiver or
instruction hereunder any Note Holder of an Equipment Note or Equipment Notes
may allocate, in such Note Holder's sole discretion, any fractional portion of
the principal amount of such Equipment Note or Equipment Notes in favor of or in
opposition to any such action, vote, consent, waiver or instruction.
"MAKE-WHOLE AMOUNT" means, with respect to any Equipment Note, an amount
(as determined by an independent investment banker of national standing) equal
to the excess, if any, of (a) the present value of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal and interest to maturity of such Equipment Note computed
by discounting such payments on a semiannual basis on each Payment Date
(assuming a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) using a discount rate equal to
the Treasury Yield over (b) the outstanding principal amount of such Equipment
Note plus accrued interest to the date of determination. For purposes of
determining the Make-Whole Amount, "Treasury Yield" means, at the date of
determination with respect to any Equipment Note, the interest rate (expressed
as a decimal and, in the case of United States Treasury bills, converted to a
bond equivalent yield) determined to be the per annum rate equal to the
semi-annual yield to maturity for United States Treasury securities maturing on
the Average Life Date of such Equipment Note and trading in the public
securities markets either as determined by interpolation between the most recent
weekly average yield to maturity for two series of United States Treasury
securities, trading in the public securities markets, (A) one maturing as close
as possible to, but earlier than, the Average Life Date of such Equipment Note
and (B) the other maturing as close as possible to, but later than, the Average
Life Date of such Equipment Note, in each case as published in the most recent
H.15(519) or, if a weekly average yield to maturity for United States Treasury
securities maturing on the Average Life Date of such Equipment Note is reported
on the most recent H.15(519), such weekly average yield to maturity as published
in such H.15(519) "H.15(519)" means the weekly statistical release designated as
such, or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System. The date of determination of a Make-Whole Amount shall
be the third Business Day prior to the applicable payment or redemption date and
the "most recent H.15(519)" means the H.15(519) published prior to the close of
business on the third Business Day prior to the applicable payment or redemption
date.
"MANUFACTURER'S PURCHASE PRICE" means the amount required to be paid to the
Airframe Manufacturer to purchase the Aircraft pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement Assignment.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE" means, with respect to any person, any event,
condition or circumstance that materially and adversely affects such person's
business or consolidated financial condition, or its ability to observe or
perform its obligations, liabilities and agreements under the Operative
Agreements.
"MINIMUM LIABILITY INSURANCE AMOUNT" is defined in Schedule 1 to the Lease.
"MOODY'S" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
"MORTGAGED PROPERTY" is defined in Section 3.03 of the Trust Indenture.
"MORTGAGEE" means Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation,
not in its individual capacity but solely as loan trustee under the Trust
Indenture.
"MORTGAGEE AGREEMENTS" means, collectively, the Participation Agreement,
the Trust Indenture and each other agreement between Mortgagee and any other
party to the Participation Agreement, relating to the Transactions, delivered on
the Delivery Date.
"MORTGAGEE EVENT" means (i) in the event of a reorganization proceeding
involving the Lessee under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, (A) the trustee in
such proceeding or the Lessee not assuming or agreeing to perform its
obligations under the Lease, as contemplated under Section 1110, during the
60-day period under Section 1110(a)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code (or such longer
period as may apply under Section 1110(b) of the Bankruptcy Code) or (B) at any
time after agreeing to perform or assuming such obligations, such trustee or the
Lessee ceasing to perform such obligations with the result that the Continuous
Stay Period comes to an end or (ii) either the Equipment Notes shall have become
due and payable pursuant to Section 4.04(b) of the Trust Indenture or Mortgagee
has taken action or notified Owner Trustee that it intends to take action to
foreclose the Lien of the Trust Indenture or otherwise commence the exercise of
any significant remedy in accordance with Section 4.04(a) of the Trust
Indenture.
"NET ECONOMIC RETURN" means the Owner Participant's net after-tax yield
utilizing the multiple investment sinking fund method of analysis and aggregate
net after-tax cash flow, computed on the basis of the same methodology and
assumptions as were utilized by the initial Owner Participant in determining
Basic Rent, Stipulated Loss Value percentages and Termination Value percentages,
as of the Delivery Date, as such assumptions may be adjusted for events that
have been the basis for adjustments to Basic Rent pursuant to Section 3.2.1(b)
of the Lease or events giving rise to indemnity payments pursuant to Section 5
of the Tax Indemnity Agreement; PROVIDED, that, if the initial Owner Participant
shall have transferred its interest, Net Economic Return shall be calculated as
if the initial Owner Participant had retained its interest; PROVIDED FURTHER,
that, notwithstanding the preceding proviso, solely for purposes of Section 11
of the Participation Agreement and calculating any adjustments to Basic Rent,
Stipulated Loss Values and Termination Values in connection with a refunding
pursuant to such Section 11 at a time when Owner Participant is a transferee
(other than an Affiliate of the initial Owner Participant), the after-tax yield
(but not the after-tax cash flow) component of Net Economic Return shall be
calculated on the basis of the methodology and assumptions utilized by the
transferee Owner Participant as of the date on which it acquired its interest.
"NET PRESENT VALUE OF RENTS" means the present value, as of the date of
determination, discounted at 10% per annum, compounded semiannually to the date
of determination, of all unpaid Basic Rent payments during the then-remaining
portion of the Base Lease Term, expressed as a percentage of Lessor's Cost.
"NET WORTH" means, for any person, the excess of its total assets over its
total liabilities.
"NEW DEBT" means debt securities in an aggregate principal amount specified
in the Refunding Information.
"NON-U.S. PERSON" means any Person other than a United States person, as
defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
"NOTE HOLDER" means at any time each registered holder of one or more
Equipment Notes.
"NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT" means the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of
the Issuance Date, among Continental Airlines, Inc., the Subordination Agent,
the Escrow Agent, the Paying Agent and the Pass Through Trustee under each Pass
Through Trust Agreement providing for, among other things, the issuance and sale
of certain equipment notes.
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means, in respect of any party to the Participation
Agreement, a certificate signed by the Chairman, the President, any Vice
President (including those with varying ranks such as Executive, Senior,
Assistant or Staff Vice President), the Treasurer or the Secretary of such
party.
"OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS" means, collectively, the Participation Agreement,
the Trust Agreement, the Purchase Agreement Assignment, the Consent and
Agreement, the Engine Consent and Agreement, the Lease, Lease Supplement No. 1,
the Trust Indenture, the initial Trust Indenture Supplement, the Bills of Sale,
the Tax Indemnity Agreement and the Equipment Notes.
"OPERATIVE INDENTURES" means each of the indentures under which notes have
been issued and purchased by the Pass Through Trustees pursuant to the Note
Purchase Agreement.
"OP JURISDICTION" is defined in Schedule 3 to the Participation Agreement.
"ORIGINAL AMOUNT," with respect to an Equipment Note, means the stated
original principal amount of such Equipment Note and, with respect to all
Equipment Notes, means the aggregate stated original principal amounts of all
Equipment Notes.
"OWNER PARTICIPANT" means the person executing the Participation Agreement
as "Owner Participant" or, if a second person becomes an "Owner Participant"
pursuant to Section 10.1.1 of the Participation Agreement, both of such persons;
PROVIDED that if an Owner Participant Transfers 100% of its interest to a
successor Owner Participant, such transferring Owner Participant shall
thereafter no longer be considered an "Owner Participant".
"OWNER PARTICIPANT AGREEMENTS" means, collectively, the Participation
Agreement, the Tax Indemnity Agreement, the Trust Agreement and each other
agreement between Owner Participant and any other party to the Participation
Agreement relating to the Transactions, delivered on the Delivery Date.
"OWNER PARTICIPANT'S PERCENTAGE" means the percentage of Lessor's Cost
allocated to the Owner Participant in Schedule 2 to the Participation Agreement.
"OWNER TRUSTEE" means First Security Bank, National Association, a national
banking association, not in its individual capacity, except as expressly
provided in any Operative Agreement, but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
"OWNER TRUSTEE AGREEMENTS" means, collectively, the Participation
Agreement, the Lease, Lease Supplement No. 1, the Trust Agreement, the Trust
Indenture, the initial Trust Indenture Supplement, the Equipment Notes, the
Purchase Agreement Assignment, and each other agreement between Owner Trustee
and any other party to the Participation Agreement, relating to the
Transactions, delivered on the Delivery Date.
"PARTICIPANTS" means, collectively, Owner Participant and each Loan
Participant and "Participant" means Owner Participant or a Loan Participant,
individually.
"PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT" means the Participation Agreement dated as of
among Lessee, Owner Participant, Owner Trustee, the Pass Through Trustees,
Subordination Agent and Mortgagee.
"PARTS" means all appliances, parts, components, instruments,
appurtenances, accessories, furnishings, seats and other equipment of whatever
nature (other than (a) Engines or engines, and (b) any items leased by Lessee
from a third party other than Lessor)), that may from time to time be installed
or incorporated in or attached or appurtenant to the Airframe or any Engine.
"PASS THROUGH AGREEMENTS" means the Pass Through Trust Agreements, the Note
Purchase Agreement, the Deposit Agreements, the Escrow Agreements, the
Intercreditor Agreement, the Liquidity Facilities and the Fee Letters referred
to in Section 2.03 of each of the Liquidity Facilities, PROVIDED, that no
amendment, modification or supplement to, or substitution or replacement of, any
such Fee Letter shall be effective for purposes of any obligation of Lessee,
unless consented to by Lessee.
"PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES" means the pass through certificates issued by
the Pass Through Trusts (and any other pass through certificates for which such
pass through certificates may be exchanged).
"PASS THROUGH INDEMNITEES" means (i) the Subordination Agent, the Paying
Agent, the Escrow Agent, the Liquidity Providers, and the Pass Through Trustees,
(ii) each Affiliate of a person described in the preceding clause (i), (iii) the
respective directors, officers, employees, agents and servants of each of the
persons described in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) and (iv) the successors
and permitted assigns of the persons described in the preceding clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii).
"PASS THROUGH TRUST" means each of the three separate pass through trusts
created under the Pass Through Trust Agreements.
"PASS THROUGH TRUST AGREEMENT" means each of the three separate Trust
Supplements, together in each case with the Basic Pass Through Trust Agreement,
each dated as of the Issuance Date, by and between the Lessee and Pass Through
Trustee.
"PASS THROUGH TRUSTEE" means Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation, in its capacity as trustee under each Pass Through Trust Agreement.
"PASS THROUGH TRUSTEE AGREEMENTS" means the Participation Agreement, the
Pass Through Trust Agreements, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Deposit
Agreements, the Escrow Agreements, and the Intercreditor Agreement.
"PAYMENT DATE" means each January 2 and July 2 during the Term, commencing
with the first such date to occur after the Commencement Date.
"PAYMENT DUE RATE" is defined in Schedule 1 to the Lease.
"PAYMENT PERIOD" means each of the consecutive semiannual periods during
the Term ending on a Payment Date, the first such period commencing on and
including the Commencement Date.
"PAYING AGENT" means Wilmington Trust Company, as Paying Agent under each
of the Escrow Agreements.
"PERMITTED AIR CARRIER" means (i) any manufacturer of airframes or aircraft
engines, or any Affiliate of a manufacturer of airframes or aircraft engines,
(ii) any Permitted Foreign Air Carrier, (iii) any person approved in writing by
Lessor or (iv) any U.S. Air Carrier.
"PERMITTED COUNTRY" means any country listed on Schedule 5 to the Lease.
"PERMITTED FOREIGN AIR CARRIER" means any air carrier with its principal
executive offices in any Permitted Country and which is authorized to conduct
commercial airline operations and to operate jet aircraft similar to the
Aircraft under the applicable Laws of such Permitted Country.
"PERMITTED GOVERNMENT ENTITY" means (i) the U.S. Government or (ii) any
Government Entity if the Aircraft is then registered under the laws of the
country of such Government Entity.
"PERMITTED INSTITUTION" means (a) any bank, trust company, insurance
company, financial institution or corporation (other than, without Lessee's
consent, a commercial air carrier, a commercial aircraft operator, a freight
forwarder or Affiliate of any of the foregoing), in each case with a combined
capital and surplus or net worth of at least $50,000,000.
"PERMITTED LIEN" means any Lien described in clauses (a) through (g),
inclusive, of Section 6 of the Lease.
"PERMITTED SUBLEASE" means a sublease permitted under Section 7.2.7 of the
Lease.
"PERMITTED SUBLESSEE" means the sublessee under a Permitted Sublease.
"PERSONS" or "PERSONS" means individuals, firms, partnerships, joint
ventures, trusts, trustees, Government Entities, organizations, associations,
corporations, government agencies, committees, departments, authorities and
other bodies, corporate or incorporate, whether having distinct legal status or
not, or any member of any of the same.
"PLAN" means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3)
of ERISA, or any plan within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code.
"PRELIMINARY NOTICE" is defined in Section 17.1 of the Lease.
"PREMIUM TERMINATION DATE" means January 2, 2018 in the case of the Series
A Equipment Notes, January 2, 2017 in the case of the Series B Equipment Notes
and July 2, 2007 in the case of the Series C Equipment Notes.
"PTT PERCENTAGE" means, with respect to each Pass Through Trustee, the
percentage of Lessor's Cost allocated to such Pass Through Trustee in Schedule 2
to the Participation Agreement.
"PURCHASE AGREEMENT" means the Purchase Agreement between Airframe
Manufacturer and Lessee (including all exhibits thereto, together with all
letter agreements entered into that by their terms constitute part of such
Purchase Agreement), to the extent assigned pursuant to the Purchase Agreement
Assignment.
"PURCHASE AGREEMENT ASSIGNMENT" means the Purchase Agreement and Engine
Warranties Assignment , dated as of even date with the Participation Agreement,
between Lessee and Owner Trustee.
"PURCHASE DATE" means the last Business Day of the Base Lease Term or any
Renewal Lease Term, as specified in any Purchase Notice.
"PURCHASE NOTICE" is defined in Section 17.3.1 of the Lease.
"QIB" is defined in Section 2.08 of the Trust Indenture.
"REFUNDING CERTIFICATE" means a certificate of an authorized representative
of Owner Participant delivered pursuant to Section 11.1.1 of the Participation
Agreement, setting forth (a) the Refunding Date and (b) the following
information, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11 of the
Participation Agreement: (i) the principal amount of debt to be issued by Owner
Trustee on the Refunding Date, (ii) the proposed adjusted debt/equity ratio and
(iii) the proposed revised schedules of Basic Rent, Stipulated Loss Value
percentages and Termination Value percentages, and the proposed Amortization
Schedules, calculated in accordance with Section 3.2.1 of the Lease.
"REFUNDING DATE" means the proposed date on which the outstanding Equipment
Notes will be redeemed and refinanced pursuant to Section 11 of the
Participation Agreement.
"REFUNDING INFORMATION" means the information set forth in the Refunding
Certificate (other than the Refunding Date) as such information may have been
revised by any verification procedures demanded by Lessee pursuant to Section
3.2.1(d) of the Lease.
"RENEWAL LEASE TERM" means, collectively, the Fixed Renewal Lease Terms and
the Subsequent Renewal Lease Terms, in each case, if any.
"RENEWAL NOTICE" is defined in Section 17.2.1 of the Lease.
"RENEWAL RENT" for the Aircraft means the rent payable therefor in respect
of a Renewal Lease Term determined pursuant to Section 17.2.2 of the Lease.
"RENT" means, collectively, Interim Rent, Basic Rent, Renewal Rent and
Supplemental Rent.
"REPLACEMENT AIRFRAME" means any airframe substituted for the Airframe
pursuant to Section 10 of the Lease.
"REPLACEMENT ENGINE" means an engine substituted for an Engine pursuant to
the Lease.
"RETURN ACCEPTANCE SUPPLEMENT" means a Return Acceptance Supplement, dated
as of the date the Aircraft is returned to Lessor pursuant to Section 5 of the
Lease, by Lessor and Lessee substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Lease.
"SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE" means the expected Delivery Date notified to each
Participant, Owner Trustee and Mortgagee by Lessee pursuant to Section 4.1 of
the Participation Agreement, which expected Delivery Date shall be a Business
Day not later than the Commitment Termination Date.
"SCHEDULED EXPIRATION DATE" is defined in Schedule 1 to the Lease.
"SCHEDULED RENEWAL TERM EXPIRATION DATE" means, in the case of the first
Fixed Renewal Lease Term, the second anniversary of the Scheduled Expiration
Date, in the case of the second Fixed Renewal Lease Term, the fourth anniversary
of the Scheduled Expiration Date and, in the case of any Subsequent Renewal
Lease Term, the day preceding the first anniversary of the commencement date of
such Subsequent Renewal Lease Term.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, or
any Government Entity succeeding to the functions of such Securities and
Exchange Commission.
"SECTION 1110" means 11 U.S.C. Section 1110 of the Bankruptcy Code or any
successor or analogous section of the federal bankruptcy Law in effect from time
to time.
"SECURED OBLIGATIONS" is defined in Section 2.06 of the Trust Indenture.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"SECURITY" means a "security" as defined in Section 2(1) of the Securities
Act.
"SENIOR HOLDER" is defined in Section 2.14(c) of the Trust Indenture.
"SERIES" means any of Series A, Series B or Series C.
"SERIES A" or "SERIES A EQUIPMENT NOTES" means Equipment Notes issued under
the Trust Indenture and designated as "Series A" thereunder, in the Original
Amount and maturities and bearing interest as specified in Schedule I to the
Trust Indenture under the heading "Series A."
"SERIES B" or "SERIES B EQUIPMENT NOTES" means Equipment Notes issued under
the Trust Indenture and designated as "Series B" thereunder, in the Original
Amount and maturities and bearing interest as specified in Schedule I to the
Trust Indenture under the heading "Series B."
"SERIES C" or "SERIES C EQUIPMENT NOTES" means Equipment Notes issued under
the Trust Indenture and designated as "Series C" thereunder, in the Original
Amount and maturities and bearing interest as specified in Schedule I to the
Trust Indenture under the heading "Series C."
"SIMILAR AIRCRAFT" is defined in Schedule 1 to the Lease.
"SLV RATE" is defined in Schedule 1 to the Lease.
"SPECIAL DEFAULT" means (i) the failure by Lessee to pay any amount of
Interim Rent, Basic Rent, Renewal Rent, Stipulated Loss Value or Termination
Value when due or (ii) the occurrence of any Lease Default or Lease Event of
Default referred to in Section 14.5 of the Lease.
"STANDARD & POOR'S" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
"STIPULATED LOSS VALUE" means, with respect to the Aircraft, (a) during the
Base Lease Term, the amount determined by multiplying (i) the percentage set
forth in Schedule 3 to the Lease (as adjusted from time to time in accordance
with Section 3.2.1 of the Lease) opposite the Stipulated Loss Value Date by (ii)
Lessor's Cost and (b) during any Renewal Lease Term, the amount determined
pursuant to Section 17.2.3 of the Lease. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in any Operative Agreement, Stipulated Loss Value shall always be
sufficient to pay in full, as of the date of payment thereof (assuming timely
payment of the Equipment Notes prior to such date), the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Equipment Notes outstanding as of such date, together
with accrued and unpaid interest on all such Equipment Notes as of such date.
"STIPULATED LOSS VALUE DATE" means, for any month, the day in such month
specified in Schedule 3 to the Lease or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately succeeding Business Day.
"SUBORDINATION AGENT" means Wilmington Trust Company, as subordination
agent under the Intercreditor Agreement.
"SUBORDINATION AGENT AGREEMENTS" means the Participation Agreement, the
Liquidity Facilities and the Intercreditor Agreement.
"SUBSEQUENT RENEWAL LEASE TERM" means each term for which the Lease is
extended by Lessee, if any, after the second Fixed Renewal Lease Term.
"SUPPLEMENTAL RENT" means, without duplication (a) all amounts,
liabilities, indemnities and obligations (other than Interim Rent, Basic Rent or
Renewal Rent but including Make-Whole Amount, if any) that Lessee assumes or
becomes obligated to or agrees to pay under any Lessee Operative Agreement to or
on behalf of Lessor or any other person, including, without limitation, payments
of Stipulated Loss Value, Termination Value and payments of indemnities under
Section 9 of the Participation Agreement, but excluding any amount as to which
Lessee is obligated to pay a pro rata share pursuant to clause (e) of this
definition, (b) (i) to the extent not payable (whether or not in fact paid)
under Section 6(a) of the Note Purchase Agreement (as originally in effect or
amended with the consent of the Owner Participant), an amount or amounts equal
to the fees payable to the relevant Liquidity Provider under Section 2.03 of
each Liquidity Facility and the related Fee Letter (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement) multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which shall
be the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Series A Equipment
Notes, Series B Equipment Notes and Series C Equipment Notes and the denominator
of which shall be the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of all "Series
A Equipment Notes", "Series B Equipment Notes" and "Series C Equipment Notes"
(each as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement); (ii) (x) the amount equal to
interest on any Downgrade Advance (other than any Applied Downgrade Advance)
payable under Section 3.07(e) of each Liquidity Facility minus Investment
Earnings from such Downgrade Advance multiplied by (y) the fraction specified in
the foregoing clause (i); (iii) (x) the amount equal to interest on any
Non-Extension Advance (other than any Applied Non-Extension Advance) payable
under Section 3.07(a)(i) of each Liquidity Facility minus Investment Earnings
from such Non-Extension Advance multiplied by (y) the fraction specified in the
forgoing clause (i); (iv) if any payment default shall have occurred and be
continuing with respect to interest on any Series A Equipment Notes, Series B
Equipment Notes or Series C Equipment Notes, (x) the excess, if any, of (1) an
amount equal to interest on any Unpaid Advance, Applied Downgrade Advance or
Applied Non-Extension Advance payable under Section 3.07(a) of each Liquidity
Facility over (2) the sum of Investment Earnings from any Final Advance plus any
amount of interest at the Payment Due Rate actually payable (whether or not in
fact paid) by Lessee in respect of the overdue scheduled interest on the
Equipment Notes in respect of which such Unpaid Advance, Applied Downgrade
Advance or Applied Non-Extension Advance was made multiplied by (y) a fraction
the numerator of which shall be the then aggregate overdue amounts of interest
on the Series A Equipment Notes, Series B Equipment Notes and Series C Equipment
Notes (other than interest becoming due and payable solely as a result of
acceleration of any such Equipment Notes) and the denominator of which shall be
the then aggregate overdue amounts of interest on all "Series A Equipment
Notes", "Series B Equipment Notes" and "Series C Equipment Notes" (each as
defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) (other than interest becoming due and
payable solely as a result of acceleration of any such "Equipment Notes"); and
(v) Lessee's pro rata share of any other amounts owed to the Liquidity Providers
by the Subordination Agent as borrower under each Liquidity Facility (other than
amounts due as repayment of advances thereunder or as interest on such
advances), except to the extent payable pursuant to clause (ii), (iii) or (iv)
above, (c) Lessee's pro rata share of all compensation and reimbursement of
expenses, disbursements and advances payable by Lessee under the Pass Through
Trust Agreements, (d) Lessee's pro rata share of all compensation and
reimbursement of expenses and disbursements payable to the Subordination Agent
under the Intercreditor Agreement except with respect to any income or franchise
taxes incurred by the Subordination Agent in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Intercreditor Agreement, (e) Lessee's pro rata share of any
amount payable under Section 9.1 (and, if attributable thereto, Section 9.5) of
the Participation Agreement to any Pass Through Indemnitee to the extent such
amount relates to, results from or arises out of or in connection with (i) the
Pass Through Agreements or the enforcement of any of the terms of any of the
Pass Through Agreements, (ii) the offer, sale, or delivery or the Pass Through
Certificates or any interest therein or represented thereby or (iii) any breach
of or failure to perform or observe, or any other noncompliance with, any
covenant or agreement or other obligation to be performed by Lessee under any
Pass Through Agreement or the falsity of any representation or warranty of
Lessee in any Pass Through Agreement and (f) in the event Lessee requests any
amendment to any Operative Agreement or Pass Through Agreement, Lessee's pro
rata share of all reasonable fees and expenses (including, without limitation,
fees and disbursements of counsel) of the Escrow Agents and the Paying Agents in
connection therewith payable by the Pass Through Trustees under the Escrow
Agreements. As used herein, "Lessee's pro rata share" means as of any time a
fraction, the numerator of which is the principal balance then outstanding of
Equipment Notes and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal balance
then outstanding of all "Equipment Notes" (as such term is defined in each of
the Operative Indentures). For purposes of this definition, the terms "Applied
Downgrade Advance", "Applied Non-Extension Advance", "Cash Collateral Account",
"Downgrade Advance", "Final Advance", "Investment Earnings", "Non-Extension
Advance" and "Unpaid Advance" shall have the meanings specified in each
Liquidity Facility.
"TAX ATTRIBUTE PERIOD" is defined in Section 1(e) of the Tax Indemnity
Agreement.
"TAX INDEMNITEE" means (a) First Security and Owner Trustee, (b) WTC and
Mortgagee, (c) each separate or additional trustee appointed pursuant to the
Trust Agreement or the Trust Indenture, (d) each Participant, (e) the Trust
Estate and the Trust Indenture Estate and (f) the respective successors,
assigns, agents and servants of the foregoing. For purposes of this definition,
the term "Owner Participant" shall include any member of an affiliated group
(within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code) of which Owner Participant is,
or may become, a member if consolidated, joint or combined returns are filed for
such affiliated group for federal, state or local income tax purposes.
"TAX INDEMNITY AGREEMENT" means the Tax Indemnity Agreement, dated as of
even date with the Participation Agreement, between Lessee and Owner
Participant.
"TAXES" means all license, recording, documentary, registration and other
similar fees and all taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, assessments or
withholdings of any nature whatsoever imposed by any Taxing Authority, together
with any penalties, additions to tax, fines or interest thereon or additions
thereto.
"TAXING AUTHORITY" means any federal, state or local government or other
taxing authority in the United States, any foreign government or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof, any international taxing authority or
any territory or possession of the United States or any taxing authority
thereof.
"TERM" means the term, commencing on the Delivery Date, for which the
Aircraft is leased pursuant to Section 3 of the Lease, and shall include the
Interim Lease Term, the Base Lease Term and, if applicable, any Renewal Lease
Term; PROVIDED that if at the scheduled end of the Term the Aircraft or Airframe
is being used, or was within six (6) months prior thereto being used, by the
U.S. Government pursuant to CRAF, the Term shall be deemed extended for the
period necessary to accommodate usage of the Aircraft or Airframe pursuant to
CRAF plus six months thereafter, and Lessee shall be obligated to pay Basic Rent
with respect to any such period of extension at a semiannual rate equal to the
average of the Basic Rent paid during the Base Lease Term or the applicable
Renewal Lease Term, whichever shall have ended immediately prior to such
extension.
"TERMINATION DATE" means any Payment Date occurring after the fifth
anniversary of the Delivery Date on which the Lease shall terminate in
accordance with Section 9 of the Lease.
"TERMINATION VALUE" means, with respect to the Aircraft, the amount
determined by multiplying (a) the percentage set forth in Schedule 4 to the
Lease (as adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 3.2.1 of the
Lease) opposite the Termination Value Date by (b) Lessor's Cost. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in any Operative Agreement, Termination Value shall
always be sufficient to pay in full, as of the date of payment thereof (assuming
timely payment of the Equipment Notes prior to such date), the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Equipment Notes outstanding as of such date, together
with accrued and unpaid interest on all such Equipment Notes as of such date.
"TERMINATION VALUE DATE" means, for any month, the day in such month
specified in Schedule 4 to the Lease or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately succeeding Business Day.
"TRANSACTIONS" means the transactions contemplated by the Participation
Agreement and the other Operative Agreements.
"TRANSACTION EXPENSES" means: (i) the reasonable and actual fees, expenses
and disbursements incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution and
delivery of the Operative Agreements of (1) Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger, special
counsel for Mortgagee and the Loan Participants, such information to be
furnished by the Subordination Agent, (2) Ray, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, special
counsel for the Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, such information to be
furnished by Owner Trustee, and(3) Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxx, special counsel in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, such information to be furnished by Lessee, (ii) all
fees, taxes and other charges payable in connection with the recording or filing
of instruments and financing statements, such information to be furnished by
Lessee, (iii) the initial fee and reasonable and actual disbursements of Owner
Trustee under the Trust Agreement, such information to be furnished by the Owner
Trustee, (iv) the initial fee and reasonable and actual disbursements of
Mortgagee under the Trust Indenture, such information to be furnished by
Mortgagee, (v) the fee of the Appraiser with respect to the appraisal of the
Aircraft referred to in Section 5.1.2(xv) of the Participation Agreement, such
information to be furnished by the Owner Participant, (vi) the reasonable and
actual fees, out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements of special counsel to the
Owner Participant (as defined in Schedule 3 to the Participation Agreement),
such information to be furnished by the Owner Participant, and (vii) the equity
placement fee and reasonable disbursements of Lessee's Advisor, such information
to be furnished by Lessee.
"TRANSFER" means the transfer, sale, assignment or other conveyance of all
or any interest in any property, right or interest.
"TRANSFEREE" means a person to which any Owner Participant, Owner Trustee
or any Loan Participant or Note Holder purports or intends to Transfer any or
all of its right, title or interest in the Trust Estate or in its Equipment Note
and the Trust Indenture Estate, respectively, as described in Section 10.1.1(a),
10.1.2 or 10.1.3 (but excluding participants in any participation referred to in
Section 10.1.3), respectively, of the Participation Agreement.
"TRUST" means the trust created by the Trust Agreement.
"TRUST AGREEMENT" means the Trust Agreement , dated as of even date with
the Participation Agreement, between Owner Participant and Owner Trustee.
"TRUST ESTATE" means all estate, right, title and interest of Owner Trustee
in and to the Aircraft, the Lease, any Lease Supplement and the Purchase
Agreement including, without limitation, all amounts of Basic Rent and
Supplemental Rent including, without limitation, insurance proceeds and
requisition, indemnity or other payments of any kind for of with respect to the
Aircraft. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Trust Estate" shall not include any
Excluded Payment.
"TRUST INDENTURE" means the Trust Indenture and Mortgage _____________,
dated as of even date with the Participation Agreement, between Owner Trustee
and Mortgagee.
"TRUST INDENTURE ESTATE" is defined in the "Granting Clause" of the Trust
Indenture.
"TRUST INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT" means a Trust Indenture and Mortgage
_____________ Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Trust
Indenture, with appropriate modifications to reflect the purpose for which it is
being used.
"TRUST SUPPLEMENT" means an agreement supplemental to the Basic Pass
Through Trust Agreement pursuant to which (i) a separate trust is created for
the benefit of the holders of the Pass Through Certificates of a class, (ii) the
issuance of the Pass Through Certificates of such class representing fractional
undivided interests in such trust is authorized and (iii) the terms of the Pass
Through Certificates of such class are established.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction.
"UNITED STATES" or "U.S." means the United States of America; PROVIDED,
that for geographic purposes, "United States" means, in aggregate, the 50 states
and the District of Columbia of the United States of America.
"U.S. AIR CARRIER" means any United States air carrier that is a Citizen of
the United States holding an air carrier operating certificate issued by the
Secretary of Transportation pursuant to chapter 447 of title 49 of the United
States Code for aircraft capable of carrying 10 or more individuals or 6000
pounds or more of cargo, and as to which there is in force an air carrier
operating certificate issued pursuant to Part 121 of the FAA Regulations, or
which may operate as an air carrier by certification or otherwise under any
successor or substitute provisions therefor or in the absence thereof.
"U.S. PERSON" means any Person described in Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code.
"U.S. GOVERNMENT" means the federal government of the United States, or any
instrumentality or agency thereof the obligations of which are guaranteed by the
full faith and credit of the federal government of the United States.
"WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE TO MATURITY" means, with respect to any specified
Debt, at the time of the determination thereof the number of years obtained by
dividing the then Remaining Dollar-years of such Debt by the then outstanding
principal amount of such Debt. The term "Remaining Dollar-years" shall mean the
amount obtained by (1) multiplying the amount of each then-remaining principal
payment on such Debt by the number of years (calculated at the nearest
one-twelfth) that will elapse between the date of determination of the Weighted
Average Life to Maturity of such Debt and the date of that required payment and
(2) totaling all the products obtained in clause (1) above.
"WET LEASE" means any arrangement whereby Lessee or a Permitted Sublessee
agrees to furnish the Aircraft, Airframe or any Engine to a third party pursuant
to which the Aircraft, Airframe or Engine shall at all times be in the
operational control of Lessee or a Permitted Sublessee, provided that Lessee's
obligations under this Lease shall continue in full force and effect
notwithstanding any such arrangement.
"WTC" means Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, not
in its capacity as Mortgagee under the Trust Indenture, but in its individual
capacity.
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| SCHEDULE 1 |
| TO |
| PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT|
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ACCOUNTS; ADDRESSES
ACCOUNT FOR PAYMENTS ADDRESS FOR NOTICES
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CONTINENTAL The Chase Manhattan Bank Continental Airlines, Inc.
AIRLINES, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
INC. Account No.: 000-0-000000 Suite 2010
ABA#: 021-000021 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx Attention: Executive Vice
Voice: 000-000-0000 President and Chief
Facsimile: 212-552-0107 Financial Officer
Reference: Continental Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Lease _____
OWNER
PARTICIPANT
THE BOEING The Chase Manhattan Bank The Boeing Company
COMPANY Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 X.X. Xxx 0000
Account No.: 000-0-000000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
ABA#: 021-000021 Attention: Treasurer
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx M/S 68-34
Voice: 000-000-0000 Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: 212-552-0107
Reference: Continental
Lease
FIRST First Security Bank, First Security Bank,
SECURITY National Association National Association
BANK, 00 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx 00 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
XXXXXXXX Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx 00000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx 00000
ASSOCIATION Account No.: 051-0000000 Attention: Corporate Trust
Corporate Trust Department Department
ABA#: 000-0000-00 Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Reference: Continental
Lease _____
WILMINGTON The Chase Manhattan Bank Wilmington Trust Company
TRUST Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 One Xxxxxx Square
COMPANY, AS Account No.: 000-0-000000 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
MORTGAGEE ABA#: 021-000021 Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration Administration
Reference: Continental Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Lease _____
WILMINGTON The Chase Manhattan Bank Wilmington Trust Company
TRUST Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 One Xxxxxx Square
COMPANY, AS Account No.: 000-0-000000 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
SUBORDINATION ABA#: 021-000021 Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
AGENT Attention: Corporate Trust Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration Administration
Reference: Continental Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Lease _____
WILMINGTON The Chase Manhattan Bank Wilmington Trust Company
TRUST Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 One Xxxxxx Square
COMPANY, AS Account No.: 000-0-000000 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
XXXX THROUGH ABA#: 021-000021 Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
TRUSTEE FOR Attention: Corporate Trust Attention: Corporate Trust
THE 1997-4A Administration Administration
PASS THROUGH Reference: Continental Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
TRUST Lease ___
WILMINGTON The Chase Manhattan Bank Wilmington Trust Company
TRUST Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 One Xxxxxx Square
COMPANY, AS Account No.: 000-0-000000 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
XXXX THROUGH ABA#: 021-000021 Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
TRUSTEE FOR Attention: Corporate Trust Attention: Corporate Trust
THE 1997-4B Administration Administration
PASS THROUGH Reference: Continental Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
TRUST Lease ___
WILMINGTON The Chase Manhattan Bank Wilmington Trust Company
TRUST Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 One Xxxxxx Square
COMPANY, AS Account No.: 000-0-000000 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
XXXX THROUGH ABA#: 021-000021 Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
TRUSTEE FOR Attention: Corporate Trust Attention: Corporate Trust
THE 1997-4C Administration Administration
PASS THROUGH Reference: Continental Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
TRUST Lease ___
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| SCHEDULE 2 |
| TO |
| PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT|
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COMMITMENTS
PARTICIPANT PERCENTAGE OF LESSOR'S DOLLAR AMOUNT
COST
OWNER PARTICIPANT OWNER PARTICIPANT'S
PERCENTAGE
PASS THROUGH TRUSTEE LOAN PARTICIPANT'S
PTT PERCENTAGE
TOTAL 100%
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| SCHEDULE 3 |
| TO |
| PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT|
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CERTAIN TERMS
DEFINED TERM DEFINITION
BFE Amount _____________
Commitment Termination Date _____________
Lessor's Cost _____________
Lessee's Advisor
OP Jurisdiction _____________
Special counsel to the Owner _____________
Participant
