PAPER NO. 02
THE SINGLE EXECUTED ORIGINAL OF THIS LEASE MARKED "ORIGINAL" SHALL BE THE
"ORIGINAL" AND ALL OTHER COUNTERPARTS OF THIS LEASE SHALL BE DUPLICATES AND
MARKED "DUPLICATE" OR "DUPLICATE ORIGINAL". TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS LEASE
CONSTITUTES CHATTEL PAPER, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL
CODE AS IN EFFECT IN ANY APPLICABLE JURISDICTION, NO SECURITY INTEREST MAY BE
CREATED THROUGH TRANSFER OR POSSESSION OF ANY COUNTERPART OTHER THAN THE
"ORIGINAL".
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OPERATING LEASE AGREEMENT
between
TRUST COMPANY FOR USL, INC.,
not in its individual capacity, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, but solely as Owner Trustee
under the Trust Agreement, dated as of April 30, 1992,
Lessor,
and
FINNAIR OY,
Lessee,
Dated as of April 30, 1992
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covering one XxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxx MD82 Aircraft
and its related Engines
Finnish Registration Mark OH-LMN
LEASE AGREEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. Definitions ........................................... 1
SECTION 2. Xxxxx and Delivery of the Aircraft .................... 9
SECTION 3. Term and Rent ......................................... 10
SECTION 4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants ............. 12
SECTION 5. Return of the Aircraft ................................ 22
SECTION 6. Maintenance, Operation, Etc. .......................... 27
SECTION 7. Liens ................................................. 28
SECTION 8. [Intentionally Omitted] ............................... 28
SECTION 9. Possession ............................................ 28
SECTION 10. Event of Loss; Requisition for Use .................... 31
SECTION 11. Insurance ............................................. 34
SECTION 12. Replacement and Pooling; Modifications and
Additions ............................................. 38
SECTION 13. Insignia .............................................. 39
SECTION 14. Inspection/Information ................................ 40
SECTION 15. The Lessor's Right to Perform for the Lessee .......... 40
SECTION 16. Further Assurances .................................... 41
SECTION 17. Events of Default ..................................... 41
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SECTION 18. Remedies .............................................. 42
SECTION 19. Expenses .............................................. 45
SECTION 20. Assignment; Owner Trustee ............................. 46
SECTION 21. Notices ............................................... 46
SECTION 22. Net Lease, No Set-Off, Counterclaim, Etc. ............. 47
SECTION 23. Jurisdiction; Governing Law ........................... 48
SECTION 24. Miscellaneous ......................................... 50
SECTION 25. Title and Ownership ................................... 53
SECTION 26. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .................................. 53
SCHEDULE 1 - Aircraft Documents to Be Delivered
SCHEDULE 2 - Members of the OECD
EXHIBIT A TO LEASE AGREEMENT
Form of Lease Supplement (together with Schedule I to Lease Supplement,
Basic Rent and Stipulated Loss Value tables) and Receipt
EXHIBIT B TO LEASE AGREEMENT
Form of Redelivery Receipt of Aircraft and Engines
EXHIBIT C TO LEASE AGREEMENT
Form of legal opinion of Xxxxxx's Finnish counsel
EXHIBIT D TO LEASE AGREEMENT
Form of Guaranty
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OPERATING LEASE AGREEMENT
This OPERATING LEASE AGREEMENT, dated as of April 30, 1992, between
TRUST COMPANY FOR USL, INC., a trust company organized under the laws of the
State of Illinois, with its principal place of business at San Francisco,
California, not in its individual capacity, except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, but solely as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement (as
defined below) (the "Owner Trustee" or the "Lessor"), and FINNAIR OY, a
corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Finland (the "Lessee")
(this "Lease" or "Agreement" or "Lease Agreement" (as it may be referred to in
other document, certificate, opinion or letter) which terms shall include, after
the delivery thereof, the Lease Supplement).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Lessee desires to lease from the Lessor and the Lessor
is willing to lease to the Lessee the aircraft described and referred to herein
upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Lease;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein
contained, the Lessee and the Lessor agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. The following terms shall have the
following meanings for all purposes of this Lease:
"Act" means the Applicable Law of Finland respecting the ownership,
registration and operation of aircraft registered with the CAA, together
with the regulations of the CAA, as each of the same may be in effect from
time to time.
"Additional Insureds" means the Lessor, the Guarantor, the Owner
Participant, the Trust Company and their respective successors, permitted
assigns (including any lender in connection with a permitted financing),
directors, officers, employees, servants, and agents.
"Affiliate", with respect to any Person, means any Person directly
or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
Person, provided that, for purposes of this definition, "control"
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlled by" and
"under common control with"), as used with respect to any one Person,
shall mean the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities or partnership interests or by contract or otherwise.
"Aircraft" means the Airframe and the Engines described in the Lease
Supplement. Such Engines shall be deemed part of the "Aircraft" whether or
not from time to time attached to the Airframe or to another airframe or
on the ground.
"Aircraft Documents" means the documents listed on Schedule 1
hereto.
"Airframe" means the airframe described as the "Airframe" in the
Lease Supplement, together with any and all Parts (including, but not
limited to, landing gear and auxiliary power units but excluding Engines
or engines) so long as such Parts shall be either incorporated or
installed in or attached to the airframe or required to be subject to this
Lease as provided in Sections 9(a)(iv) and 12 hereof, or so long as title
thereto shall remain vested in the Lessor pursuant to this Lease.
"Applicable Jurisdiction" means the country where, pursuant to this
Lease, the Aircraft is registered from time to time.
"Applicable Law" means, without limitation, all applicable laws and
treaties, international agreements, judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs
and orders of any court, arbitration or governmental agency or authority
and rules, regulations, orders, directives, licenses, ordinances and
permits of any governmental body, instrumentality, agency or authority.
"Approved Maintenance Program" means a maintenance program certified
by the Lessee to the Lessor as applicable to the Airframe, the Engines,
any other engines installed on the Airframe from time to time or any
components or Parts and approved by the appropriate aeronautical
authorities of the Republic of Finland or of the Applicable Jurisdiction
from time to time.
"Base Rate" means the rate of interest per annum in effect from time
to time as announced publicly by Citibank, N.A. in New York, New York from
time to time as its base rate, computed on the basis of a year of 365 or
366 days, as the case may be, for the actual number of days elapsed,
including the first day but excluding the last day.
"Basic Rent" means the rent payable for the Aircraft pursuant to
Section 3(b) hereof.
"Bill of Sale" means a long form bill of sale, substantially in the
form of Exhibit B to the Purchase Agreement, signed by the Lessee as
"seller" and in favor of the Lessor as "buyer", covering the Aircraft.
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"Business Day" means a day of the year in which banks are not
authorized or required to close in New York City or Helsinki, Finland.
"CAA" means the Finnish Civil Aviation Administration, or any
successor thereto.
"C Check" has the meaning set forth in the Approved Maintenance
Program.
"Consent to Assignment of Warranties" means the Consent to
Assignment of Warranties obtained pursuant to Section 10 of the Purchase
Agreement from the Manufacturer and in form and substance satisfactory to
the Buyer.
"D Check" has the meaning set forth in the Approved Maintenance
Program.
"Default" means an event or condition which with the passage of time
or the giving of notice, or both, or the occurrence of any other event or
condition, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Delivery Date" has the meaning given such term in Section 2(a)
hereof.
"Delivery Location" means Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Finland, or such
other place as may be mutually agreed upon by the Lessor and the Lessee
for the delivery of the Aircraft hereunder.
"Dollars" or "$" means the lawful currency of the United States.
"Engine" means each and all of the engines described as an "Engine"
in the Lease Supplement, or any other engine which may from time to time
replace an Engine leased hereunder in accordance with the terms of
Sections 5(a) or 10(b) hereof, together with any and all Parts so long as
the same shall be either incorporated or installed in or attached to such
engine or required to be subject to this Lease as provided in Sections
9(a)(iv) and 12 hereof. An Engine shall remain leased hereunder whether or
not from time to time attached to the Airframe or attached to any other
airframe or on the ground.
"Event of Default" has the meaning given such term in Section
17 hereof.
"Event of Loss" means any of the following events with respect
to any property:
(i) loss of such property or of the use thereof due to theft
or disappearance for a period exceeding one hundred eighty (180)
days (or, if
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earlier, either (a) the Lessee shall no longer be diligently
attempting to locate and pursue the return of such property or (b)
the Term shall have ended), or destruction, damage beyond repair or
so as to render repair uneconomic or rendition of such property
permanently unfit for normal use for any reason;
(ii) any damage to such property which results in an insurance
settlement with respect to such property on the basis of an actual,
constructive or compromised total loss;
(iii) the condemnation, confiscation or seizure of, or
requisition of title to or use of, such property by private persons
or by any other governmental or purported governmental authority
(other than requisition for use by the government of the Republic of
Finland or the United States of America not extending beyond the end
of the Term except as provided in Section 3(f)); or
(iv) as a result of any law, rule, regulation, proceeding,
decree, order or other action by the government of the Applicable
Jurisdiction for the time being, or any competent agency, authority
or instrumentality of any such government, including, without
limitation, any court of such Applicable Jurisdiction, the use of
such property in the normal course of domestic and international air
transportation shall have been prohibited for a period of twelve
consecutive months, or, if earlier, a period extending beyond the
last day of the Term as then in effect, except as provided in
Section 3(f).
An Event of Loss with respect to the Airframe shall be deemed to be
an Event of Loss with respect to the Aircraft.
"FAA" or "Federal Aviation Administration" means the United States
Federal Aviation Administration or any successor agency.
"FAR 121" means Part 121 of Subchapter G of Title 14 of the United
States Code of Federal Regulations promulgated by the FAA, as in effect
from time to time.
"Fair Market Rental Value" of the Aircraft shall be determined on
the basis of, and shall mean the amount which would be obtainable in, an
arm's-length transaction between an informed and willing lessee (other
than a lessee currently in possession) under no compulsion to lease and an
informed and willing lessor under no compulsion to lease, in accordance
with a lease on terms and conditions as herein provided. Such
determination shall be made on the basis of the condition of the Aircraft
assuming it was in the state of condition and repair required to be
returned by the terms of this Lease, except that for purposes of Section
18, such determination shall be made on the basis of the then "as-is
where-is" condition of the Aircraft,
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except that such value shall be deemed to be zero in the event that so
long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Lessor
does not have possession of the Aircraft. If the Lessor and the Lessee are
unable to agree upon a determination of Fair Market Rental Value with
respect to the Airframe or an Engine within thirty (30) Business Days
after the Lessor's receipt of the Lessee's notice extending the initial
Term pursuant to Section 3(e) hereof, then such Fair Market Rental Value
shall be determined in accordance with the procedure for Independent
Appraisal.
"Fair Market Sales Value" of the Aircraft shall be determined on the
basis of, and shall mean the amount which would be obtainable in, an
arm's-length transaction between an informed and willing buyer or user
under no compulsion to buy and an informed and willing seller under no
compulsion to sell, and in such determination costs of removal from the
location of current use shall not be a deduction from such value and all
alternative uses in the hands of such buyer or user, including, without
limitation, the further leasing of the Aircraft, shall be taken into
consideration and it shall be assumed that the Aircraft is unencumbered by
this Lease or the renewal option hereunder and that the Aircraft is in the
state of condition and repair required to be returned by the terms of this
Lease, except that for purposes of Section 18, such determination shall be
made on the basis of its then "as-is where-is" condition, except that such
value shall be deemed to be zero in the event that so long as an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Lessor does not have
possession of the Aircraft. If the Lessor and the Lessee are unable to
agree upon a determination of Fair Market Sales Value of the Aircraft,
then such Fair Market Sales Value shall be determined in accordance with
the procedure for Independent Appraisal.
"Finland" means the Republic of Finland.
"Finnish Labor Index" means the Finnish Labor Index set forth in the
Wages and Salaries Index Industrial Workers, Men, Table 52.22, published
from time to time in the Bulletin of Statistics by the Central Statistical
Office of Finland.
"Guarantor" means United States Leasing International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, or any other issuer of a Guaranty from time to time,
in each case so long as such Guaranty shall remain in full force and
effect.
"Guaranty" means the Guaranty Agreement delivered on the Delivery
Date to the Lessee by the Guarantor, or any other such guaranty which may
be issued pursuant to the Guaranty by a permitted transferee of the
Guarantor, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
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"Immunities Act" means the United States Foreign Sovereign
Immunities Act of 1976, as amended from time to time, or any similar
legislation of the United States enacted to supersede, amend or supplement
such Immunities Act.
"Independent Appraisal" means an appraisal mutually agreed to by two
internationally recognized independent aircraft appraisers, one of whom
shall be chosen by the Lessor and one by the Lessee, or, if such
appraisers cannot agree on the amount of such appraisal, an amount equal
to the average of such two appraisals and a third appraisal of a third
internationally recognized independent aircraft appraiser chosen by the
mutual consent of such two appraisers, and paid for by the Lessee,
provided that, if either party shall fail to appoint an appraiser within
ten (10) days after a written request to do so by the other party, or if
such two appraisers cannot agree on the amount of such appraisal and fail
to appoint a third appraiser within ten (10) days after the date of the
appointment of the second of such two appraisers, then either party may,
within ten (10) days after such event, apply to any court having
jurisdiction to make such appointment; provided further, however, that in
calculating such average any appraisal which has a greater than fifteen
percent (15%) variance above or below the second highest of the three
appraisals shall be disregarded. Such appraisers shall be directed and
required to reach a determination within ten (10) days of the appointment
of the third appraiser.
"Lease", "this Lease", "this Agreement", "herein", "hereunder",
"hereby" and other like words mean this Lease Agreement as originally
executed and as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the applicable provisions hereof and of the other
Operative Documents, including, without limitation, Lease Supplements
and other supplements to this Lease.
"Lease Supplement" means any Lease Supplement, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto, entered into or to be entered into between the
Lessor and the Lessee for the purposes of leasing the Aircraft. The Lease
Supplement shall be deemed to incorporate all of the terms and conditions
of this Lease and such Lease Supplement shall constitute a complete and
enforceable lease agreement.
"Lessee" means Finnair Oy, a corporation organized under the laws of
Finland, its successors and, to the extent permitted by this Lease, its
assigns.
"Lessor" means Trust Company for USL, Inc., a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Illinois, its successors and, to the extent
permitted by this Lease, its assigns.
"Lessor's Estate" means all estate, right, title and interest of the
Lessor in, to or under the Aircraft, this Lease, any Lease Supplement or
other supplement to the
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Lease, the Purchase Agreement, the Bill of Sale, the Consent to Assignment
of Warranties and any other Operative Document, including, without
limitation, all amounts of Basic Rent, Supplemental Rent, insurance and
requisition proceeds, condemnation awards, indemnity, guaranty or other
payments of any kind for or with respect to any of the foregoing.
"Lessor Liens" means Liens which result from or constitute claims
by, through or under the Lessor not related to the Lease or any other
Operative Document or the transactions contemplated by this Lease or any
other Operative Document.
"Lien" means any mortgage, security interest, lien, pledge, lease or
other charge or encumbrance or claim or right of others, including,
without limitation, rights of others under any airframe or engine
interchange or pooling agreement.
"Loss Payment Date" means each monthly date set forth in Schedule I
to the Lease Supplement.
"OECD" means any member nation of the Organization of Economic
Cooperation and Development which is described on Schedule 2 hereto.
"Operative Documents" means this Lease (including any Lease
Supplement and any other supplement to this Lease), the Purchase
Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Bill of Sale and the Consent to
Assignment of Warranties.
"Overdue Payment Rate" means a rate per annum equal to one percent
(1%) above the Base Rate.
"Owner Participant" means United States Leasing International Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, its successors and, to the extent permitted by the
Purchase Agreement, its assigns.
"Owner Trustee" means Trust Company for USL, Inc., an Illinois trust
company, in its trust capacity, and its successors and, to the extent
permitted by the Trust Agreement, its assigns.
"Parts" means all appliances, parts, instruments, appurtenances,
accessories, furnishings, components or other equipment of whatever nature
(other than complete Engines or engines) which may from time to time be
incorporated or installed in or attached to the Airframe or any Engine or
after removal thereof so long as title thereto remains vested in Lessor.
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"Permitted Liens" means: (i) Lessor Liens; (ii) Liens for taxes of
the Lessee either not yet due or being contested in good faith (and for
the payment of which adequate reserves have been provided) by appropriate
proceedings so long as such proceedings do not involve any danger of the
sale, forfeiture or loss of the Airframe or any Engine or right, title or
interest therein or thereto; (iii) materialmen's, mechanics', workmen's,
repairmen's, employees' or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course
of the Lessee's business for amounts the payment of which is either not
yet delinquent or is being contested in good faith (and for the payment of
which adequate reserves have been provided) by appropriate proceedings so
long as such proceedings do not involve any danger of the sale, forfeiture
or loss of the Airframe or any Engine or interest therein; and (iv) Liens
(other than for taxes) arising out of judgments or awards against the
Lessee with respect to which at the time an appeal or proceeding for
review is being prosecuted in good faith and with respect to which there
shall have been secured a stay of execution pending such appeal or
proceeding for review.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture or other entity, or a foreign state or political subdivision
thereof or any agency of such state or subdivision.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement dated as of the
date hereof by and among the Lessor, as purchaser, and the Lessee, as
seller, and the Trust Company, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"Records" has the meaning given such term in Section 5(a)
hereof.
"Redelivery Date" has the meaning given such term in Section
5(a) hereof.
"Redelivery Location" has the meaning given such term in
Section 5(a) hereof.
"Rent" means Basic Rent and Supplemental Rent.
"Rent Payment Date" means the Delivery Date and the day in January,
April, July and October which corresponds to the Delivery Date (or if
there is no such corresponding day in any such month then the last day of
such month), from and including the Delivery Date to and including the
applicable date specified in the Lease Supplement (or in the Lessee's
notice, if any, extending the Term pursuant to and in accordance with
Section 3(e)) as the final Rent Payment Date.
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"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the subject matter of
any covenant, agreement or obligation of any party contained in any
Operative Document, the President, any Vice President, or the Treasurer,
who in the normal performance of his or her operational responsibility
would have knowledge of such matter and the requirements with respect
thereto.
"Stipulated Loss Value" of the Aircraft, as of any date during the
initial Term and, if applicable, any extension thereof, means the amount
set forth on Schedule I to the Lease Supplement as applicable for such
date.
"Supplemental Rent" means all amounts, liabilities, indemnifications
and obligations of any kind whatsoever (other than Basic Rent but
including any payment of Stipulated Loss Value or any amount calculated by
reference thereto) which the Lessee assumes, agrees to or is obligated to
pay hereunder or under any other Operative Document.
"Term" has the meaning given such term in Section 3(a) hereof.
"Trust Agreement" means the Trust Agreement dated as of the date
hereof by and between the Trust Company and the Owner Participant, as the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Trust Company" means Trust Company for USL, Inc., an Illinois trust
company, in its individual capacity, its successors and, to the extent
permitted by the Trust Agreement, its assigns.
"United States" means the United States of America.
"Wet Lease" means any arrangement whereby the Lessee agrees to
furnish the Airframe and Engines or engines installed thereon to a third
party pursuant to which such Airframe and Engine or engines (i) shall be
operated solely by regular employees of the Lessee possessing all current
certificates and licenses required by Applicable Law (it being understood
that cabin attendants need not be employees of the Lessee but that all
members of the cockpit crew will be such employees), and (ii) shall be
maintained in accordance with the maintenance provisions of this Lease.
SECTION 2. Lease and Delivery of the Aircraft. (a) Lease. The Lessor
agrees to lease to the Lessee, and the Lessee agrees to lease from the Lessor,
the Aircraft, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.
Effective on such Business Day as the Lessee shall designate by at least two
Business Days prior notice to the Lessor or such other date as the parties may
agree in writing, but in any event not later than May 4, 1992 (the "Delivery
Date"), the Lessor agrees to lease to the Lessee, and the Lessee agrees
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to lease from the Lessor, the Aircraft, subject, however, to the satisfaction or
waiver of each of the conditions precedent set forth in the Purchase Agreement
on or before the Delivery Date.
(b) Delivery. Delivery of the Aircraft under this Lease shall occur
at the Delivery Location and on the Delivery Date. Delivery of the executed
Lease Supplement by the Lessee to the Lessor shall constitute, without further
act, unconditional and irrevocable acceptance by the Lessee of the Aircraft
under, and for all purposes of, this Lease.
SECTION 3. Term and Rent. (a) Term. The term for which the Aircraft
is leased hereunder (the "Term") shall commence on the Delivery Date and shall
continue until the expiry date set forth in the Lease Supplement dated the
Delivery Date (said period being sometimes referred to herein as the "initial
Term"), subject to extension at the Lessee's option in the manner provided in
Section 3(e) below, and termination at the Lessee's option in the manner, and
subject to the conditions, set forth in Section 4(c)(ii) below, and any other
earlier termination as herein provided (including, without limitation, pursuant
to Section 18).
(b) Basic Rent. The Lessee shall pay to the Lessor quarterly rental
for the Aircraft (the "Basic Rent"), payable in advance on each Rent Payment
Date during the Term, in the Dollar amount set forth for such Rent Payment Date
in Schedule I to the Lease Supplement corresponding to such Rent Payment Date.
(c) Method of Payment. All Rent hereunder shall be paid by the
Lessee not later than 12:00 noon, New York time, on the date due thereof in
Dollars and in immediately available funds to the Lessor by deposit with
Citibank, N.A., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, ABA No. 000-0000-00, for
the account of US Leasing, Int'l., Account No. 4052-9099, or to such other
account as the Lessor shall specify to the Lessee in writing. Any Rent due on a
day which is not a Business Day shall be due on the next Business Day.
(d) Supplemental Rent. The Lessee also agrees to pay or cause to be
paid to the Lessor (or to whomsoever shall be entitled thereto) any and all
Supplemental Rent (other than Supplemental Rent payable to Persons other than
the Lessor, which shall be payable to such other Persons in accordance with
instructions furnished to the Lessee by such Persons, as otherwise provided in
any of the Operative Documents or as required by law) promptly as the same shall
become due and owing or five (5) Business Days after demand therefor if no due
date is specified, and in the event of any failure on the part of the Lessee to
pay any Supplemental Rent, the Lessor shall have all rights, powers and remedies
provided for herein or in any other Operative Document or by law or equity or
otherwise in the case of nonpayment of Basic Rent. The Lessee will also pay, on
demand, as Supplemental Rent, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, an
amount equal to interest at the Overdue Payment Rate on any part of any
installment of Basic Rent not paid when due for any period for
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which the same shall be overdue and on any payment of Supplemental Rent not paid
when demanded or due for any period for which the same shall be overdue, in each
case until the same shall have been paid in full. The expiration or other
termination of this Lease shall not limit or modify the obligations of any party
with respect to any indemnities contained in this Lease, all of which
indemnities shall survive the termination of this Lease.
(e) Renewal Options. Neither the Lessee nor the Lessor shall have
the right to extend or renew the Term of this Lease except as otherwise provided
in this Section 3(e). The Lessee, at its option, on two separate occasions, may
extend the Term of the Lease beyond the expiry date set forth in the initial
Lease Supplement by delivering not later than one hundred eighty (180) days
prior to such expiry date, a written notice to the Lessor stating that the Term
shall be extended for an additional period equal to one (1) year beyond the
initial Term, or the extended Term, as the case may be, and specifying the final
Rent Payment Date and the expiry date of the Term as extended. Any such notice
given by the Lessee shall be irrevocable and shall be binding on the Lessee and
the Lessor, and, thereupon, the Term shall be extended to such expiry date
specified in the Lessee's notice, provided in each case that no Default of the
type described in Sections 17(a), (b), (c)(i) or (e) or Default of the type
described in Sections 17(c)(ii) or (d) (which, in the case of Sections 17(c)(ii)
and (d), cannot be cured or the cure of which, if the same are capable of being
cured within the relevant period described in such Section 17(c)(ii) or (d), the
Lessee is not diligently pursuing) or Event of Default or Event of Loss shall
have occurred and be continuing on any of (i) the date of any such notice of the
Lessee, (ii) the last day of the initial Term or the Term as previously
extended, as the case may be, and (iii) the first day of the Term as extended.
(f) Extended Term. If an Event of Loss of the type described in
paragraph (iii) or (iv) of the definition of Event of Loss shall extend beyond
the end of the Term as then in effect, and, in the case of an Event of Loss of
the type described in such paragraph (iv), if the Aircraft shall have been
registered by the Lessee in the United States in the name of the Lessor, as
owner, and the Lessee, as operator, and there shall be no restrictions on the
use of the Aircraft, then, in the event there shall have occurred and be
continuing no Default of the type described in Section 17(a), (b), (c)(i) or (e)
or Default of the type described in Section 17(c)(ii) or (d) (which, in the case
of Section 17(c)(ii) or (d), cannot be cured or the cure of which, if the same
are capable of being cured within the relevant period described in such Section
17(c)(ii) or (d), the Lessee is not diligently pursuing) or Event of Default or
other Event of Loss, the Lessee, at its option, by giving thirty (30) days'
notice prior to the end of the Term as then in effect, may extend the Term for a
period of up to one (1) year (unless the Lessor shall have given its prior
written consent to any other period) so long as it shall continue to perform its
obligations under this Lease including, without limitation, the payment of such
Basic Rent as shall be in effect on the last day of the initial Term or the Term
as previously extended. The provisions of Section 10(c) shall apply (i) in the
case of an Event of Loss arising out of paragraph (iii) of the definition
thereof, and (ii) in the case of
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Event of Loss arising out of paragraph (iv) of the definition thereof, at the
time that the prohibition shall no longer exist.
SECTION 4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. (a) The
Lessee's Representations and Warranties. The Lessee represents and warrants
to the Lessor as follows:
(i) The Lessee is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the Republic of Finland, has full
power, legal right and authority (corporate and otherwise) to sell the
Aircraft to the Lessor, to own and hold under lease its properties and to
execute, deliver and perform and observe the provisions of this Lease and
the other Operative Documents, and holds all licenses, certificates,
approvals, consents and permits from the governmental authorities of the
Republic of Finland and of any other governmental authorities to use and
operate, maintain, repair, overhaul and test the Aircraft in accordance
with this Lease and Applicable Law.
(ii) The sale of the Aircraft by the Lessee to the Lessor and the
execution, delivery and performance by the Lessee of this Lease and the
other Operative Documents (A) have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on behalf of the Lessee, (B) do not require the consent
or approval of the Lessee's stockholders or of any trustee or of the
holders of any indebtedness or obligations of the Lessee (except such as
have been obtained, or shall have been obtained, and shall be in full
force and effect on the Delivery Date, certified copies of which shall
have been furnished to the Lessor on or before the Delivery Date), (C) do
not require any notice to or approval (including exchange control
approval) or other action by or filing with any governmental authority or
regulatory body and (D) do not contravene, or result in the creation of
any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) under the Lessee's charter or
by-laws, or any Applicable Law, or any judgment or order relating to the
Lessee or any provision of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, contract or other instrument to which the Lessee is a party or
by which it or its properties is or are bound.
(iii) This Lease is, and each other Operative Document, when
executed and delivered shall constitute, the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Lessee enforceable against the Lessee in accordance
with their respective terms. Without limitation of the foregoing, a court
in Finland would recognize and give full force and effect to the Lessor's
title to and ownership of the Aircraft, to the rights of the Lessor and
the Owner Participant under this Lease and the other Operative Documents,
and to the terms of Section 23(b) hereof and of Article 12 of the Purchase
Agreement and of the Bill of Sale providing that this Lease, the Purchase
Agreement and the Bill of Sale, respectively, will be governed by the laws
of the State of New York.
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Accordingly, to the extent that the remedies provided for in such Section
18, such Article 12 and the Bill of Sale are enforceable under New York
law, a court in Finland would give effect to the terms of such Section 18,
such Article 12 and the Bill of Sale and enable the Lessor to exercise the
same remedies against the Lessee (however designated) and with respect to
the Aircraft if the Aircraft were then in Finland (including the right to
repossess the Aircraft and to export the Aircraft from Finland).
(iv) There is no pending or, to the best of the Lessee's knowledge,
threatened action or proceeding affecting the Lessee before or by any
court, tribunal, governmental agency or arbitrator which might materially
adversely affect the financial condition or operations of the Lessee or
the ability of the Lessee to consummate the transactions contemplated by,
and perform its obligations under, this Lease or any other Operative
Document.
(v) The execution and delivery of this Lease and each other
Operative Document and the performance of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby constitute (for purposes of the Immunities Act and
otherwise) commercial activities of the Lessee, and the Lessee is subject
to private commercial law and to suit with respect thereto; the Lessee is
not entitled to any immunity whether on grounds of sovereign immunity or
otherwise, from set-off or from any legal proceedings in the United States
(by virtue of the waiver of immunity contained herein) or Finland to
enforce or collect upon this Lease or any other Operative Document or any
other liability or obligation of the Lessee related to or arising out of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without
limitation, immunity from service of process, immunity from jurisdiction
or judgment of any court or tribunal, immunity from execution of a
judgment, and immunity of any of its property from attachment prior to any
entry of judgment, or from attachment in aid of execution upon the
judgment).
(vi) Under present laws and tax treaty provisions:
(A) no taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges or withholdings
will be imposed by Finland or any governmental subdivision or other taxing
authority thereof or therein upon or with respect to payments of Rent or
other amounts payable pursuant to this Lease or any other Operative
Document, provided that:
(1) either the Lessor or the Owner Participant is a
"resident" of the United States, as the term "resident" is used in
Article 4 of the Convention Between the United States of America and
the Republic of Finland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on
Capital, signed on September 21, 1989 (the "Convention"), and
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(2) neither the Lessor nor the Owner Participant has a
"permanent establishment" in Finland, as the term "permanent
establishment" is defined in Article 5 of the Convention, with
respect to which the transaction contemplated by the Operative
Documents or the income from such transaction is attributable; and
(B) the operation of the Aircraft by the Lessee on flights to
or from Finland will not result in the Lessor or the Owner Participant
being subjected to any additional taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges
or withholdings imposed by Finland or any governmental subdivision or
other taxing authority thereof or therein upon or with respect to the
Lessor's or the Owner Participant's other income, activities or
properties, subject to provisos (1) and (2) set forth in clause (A) above.
(vii) The qualification at any time of the Lessor to do business
under the laws of Finland or any political subdivision thereof does not
constitute a condition to, and the failure to so qualify does not affect,
the purchase by the Lessor of the Aircraft or the exercise by the Lessor
of any right, privilege or remedy accorded it in, under or in connection
with this Lease or any other Operative Document or the enforcement of such
right, privilege or remedy; the purchase by the Lessor of the Aircraft or
the performance by the Lessor of any action required under, or
contemplated by, this Lease or any other Operative Document or the
exercise of the remedies hereunder or thereunder (other than the operation
or other use (other than merely leasing from a place of business outside
of Finland) of the Aircraft by the Lessor) will not violate any
now-existing Applicable Law of Finland or any political subdivision
thereof or require any Finnish governmental filing, approval, consent, or
recordation (except as set forth in paragraph (viii) below) or result in
any tax liability (other than taxes required to be paid by the Lessee
pursuant to Article 9 of the Purchase Agreement) to the Lessor pursuant to
the now-existing Applicable Law of Finland or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or any now-existing rule or regulation of any
federation or organization or similar entity of which Finland is a member.
(viii) Except for the registration of the Aircraft in Finland in the
name of the Lessor as owner with the CAA, (A) it is not necessary to
ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence
of this Lease or any other Operative Document in Finland that this Lease
or any other Operative Document or any other document be filed or recorded
with any court or other authority in Finland or that any stamp or similar
tax be paid on or in respect of this Lease or any other Operative Document
unless court action is taken, and (B) no further action by the Lessee in
Finland (including the giving or recording of any document) is necessary
in order to establish and perfect, in Finland, such title to and interest
in the Aircraft as against the Lessee or any third parties as shall be
conveyed by the Lessee to the Lessor on the Delivery Date.
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(ix) No default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) Representations and Warranties of the Trust Company and the
Lessor; Certain Agreements. The Trust Company makes the representations and
warranties contained in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii)
hereof solely as to itself in its individual capacity, and the Lessor makes all
the representations and warranties contained in this paragraph (b):
(i) Due Organization. The Trust Company is a trust company duly
organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the
State of Illinois, and has the power and authority to enter into and
perform its obligations under the Trust Agreement and, acting as trustee
thereunder, under this Lease, the Lease Supplement and the Purchase
Agreement.
(ii) Duly Appointed Trustee. The Trust Company is the duly appointed
trustee under the Trust Agreement.
(iii) Trust Agreement. The Trust Agreement has been duly executed
and delivered by one of the officers of the Trust Company who was duly
authorized to execute and deliver the Trust Agreement on behalf of the
Trust Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by
the Owner Participant, is the valid and binding obligation of the Trust
Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and the Trust Agreement
creates under the laws of the State of California for the Owner
Participant the beneficial interest in the Trust Estate (as such term is
defined in the Trust Agreement) it purports to create.
(iv) Lessor's Parent. The Trust company is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of United States Leasing International, Inc.
(v) Due Authorization; Enforceability. This Lease and the Purchase
Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Lessor
or the Trust Company, as the case may be, and the Lease Supplement has
been duly authorized by the Lessor, and on the Delivery Date the Lease
Supplement will be duly executed and delivered by the Lessor, and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
Lessee and the other parties thereto, this Lease and the Purchase
Agreement are, or in the case of the Lease Supplement will be, when
delivered, valid and binding obligations of the Lessor or the Trust
Company, as the case may be, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms.
(vi) No Violation. The execution and delivery by the Lessor of this
Lease and by the Trust Company of the Trust Agreement are not, and the
execution and delivery by the Lessor of the Lease Supplement and the
Purchase Agreement will not be, and the
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performance by the Lessor or by the Trust Company, as the case may be, of
its obligations under each of the foregoing documents will not be,
inconsistent with its charter or by-laws, do not and will not contravene
any material provision of any Applicable Law, any judgment or order
applicable to it, and do not and will not contravene any provision of, or
constitute a default under, any material indenture, mortgage, contract or
other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties
is bound or require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to,
the registration with or the taking of any action in respect of or by, any
federal, state or local governmental authority or agency or other Person,
except such as have been obtained, given or accomplished.
(vii) Title to the Aircraft. The Aircraft is being leased by the
Lessor to the Lessee hereunder ON A COMPLETELY "AS-IS" BASIS, AND THE
LESSOR DOES NOT MAKE, NOR SHALL IT BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE, AND IT HEREBY
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS
TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TITLE,
AIRWORTHINESS, VALUE, CONDITION, DESIGN, PATENT, TRADEMARK OR COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT, OPERATION, MERCHANTABILITY, CONSTRUCTION, CONDITION OF THE
AIRCRAFT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OF THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART
THEREOF OR AS TO THE ABSENCE OF LATENT OR OTHER DEFECTS, WHETHER OR NOT
DISCOVERABLE, OR AS TO THE ABSENCE OF OBLIGATIONS BASED ON STRICT
LIABILITY IN TORT, OR NEGLIGENCE, OR AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL OR
WORKMANSHIP OF THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR ANY OTHER
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO
THE AIRCRAFT AND EVERY PART THEREOF, AND THE LESSEE HEREBY WAIVES,
RELEASES AND RENOUNCES ANY WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES,
LIABILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT, ANY PART, ANY DATA
OR ANY OTHER THING DELIVERED, LEASED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED HEREUNDER OR
UNDER THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (AND WHETHER OR NOT ARISING OUT OF THE
DELIVERY, USE, NON-USE, OPERATION, LEASE, SUBLEASE, TRANSFER, POSSESSION,
STORAGE, MANUFACTURE, MODIFICATION, ALTERATION, TESTING, MAINTENANCE,
REPAIR, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION THEREOF), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
(I) ANY WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, GUARANTEES, LIABILITIES OR
OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO THE AIRWORTHINESS, VALUE, CONDITION, DESIGN,
OPERATION OF, OR THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP IN, OR TITLE
TO, OR ANY DEFECT IN, THE AIRCRAFT, ANY PART, ANY
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DATA OR ANY OTHER THING DELIVERED, LEASED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED HEREUNDER
OR UNDER THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENT, (II) ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR USE OR FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OR THE LIKE, OR ARISING FROM
COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, (III) ANY
OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY IN TORT WITH RESPECT TO THE
AIRCRAFT, ANY PART, ANY DATA OR ANY OTHER THING DELIVERED, LEASED, SOLD OR
TRANSFERRED HEREUNDER OR UNDER THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
OPERATIVE DOCUMENT, WHETHER OR NOT IN STRICT OR ABSOLUTE LIABILITY AND
WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE, ACTUAL OR IMPUTED, OF THE
LESSOR, THE LESSEE OR THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSIGNS, OR (IV) ANY OBLIGATION,
LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY FOR LOSS OF, OR DAMAGE TO, THE AIRCRAFT,
ANY PART, ANY DATA OR ANY OTHER THING, FOR ANY LOSS OF USE, REVENUE OR
PROFIT, OR FOR ANY OTHER DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 4(d)(iii), THE LESSEE
HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGING AND AGREEING THAT, AS BETWEEN THE LESSEE, ON THE ONE
HAND, AND THE LESSOR, EACH OWNER PARTICIPANT, THE TRUST COMPANY, THE OWNER
TRUSTEE AND EACH INDEMNITEE, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS,
ON THE OTHER HAND, ALL RISKS, OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES WITH RESPECT TO
ALL AND ANY OF THE FOREGOING AND ALL AND ANY OF THE MATTERS REFERRED TO IN
THE LAST SENTENCE OF THIS PARAGRAPH (vii) ARE SOLELY THOSE OF THE LESSEE,
except that on the Delivery Date, the Lessor will have received whatever
title to the Aircraft was conveyed to it by the Lessee, free of Lessor
Liens. The Lessor shall have no responsibility or liability to the Lessee
or any other Person, regardless of any negligence (other than gross
negligence or willful misconduct) of the Lessor, with respect to (i) any
liability, loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or
indirectly by the Aircraft or any Part or any part of either thereof or by
any inadequacy thereof or deficiency or defect therein or by any other
circumstances in connection therewith, (ii) the condition, use, operation,
performance, non-use, repair, maintenance or testing of the Aircraft or
any Part or any part of either thereof or any of the other matters
previously referred to in this paragraph (vii), or any risks relating to
any thereof, (iii) any interruption of service, loss of business or
anticipated profits or consequential damages, or (iv) the delivery,
operations, servicing, maintenance, repair, replacement or improvement of
the Aircraft or any Part or any part of either thereof.
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(viii) Trust Agreement. The Trust Agreement has been duly executed
and delivered, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and the Trust
Agreement creates under the laws of the State of California for the Owner
Participant the beneficial interest in the Trust Estate (as such term is
defined in the Trust Agreement) it purports to create.
(c) Lessee's Covenants.
(i) The Lessee will not operate, service, repair, maintain, overhaul
or test, or permit to be operated, serviced, repaired, maintained,
overhauled or tested, the Aircraft in any country wherein any thereof
would violate Applicable Law.
(ii) The Lessee agrees that if the Republic of Finland shall cease
to be, directly or indirectly, the owner of at least fifty and one-tenth
percent (50.1%) of the issued and outstanding shares of the Lessee's
capital stock entitled to vote the election of the Lessee's directors,
then at any time after the occurrence and continuance of such event, the
Lessee will give the Lessor prompt written notice after knowledge thereof
by a Responsible Officer of the Lessee, and the Lessee will, upon the
Lessor's written request, provide, within forty-five (45) Business Days
after the Lessee's receipt of such request, security for the obligations
of the Lessee under the Lease that qualifies as Collateral Security in the
manner provided in paragraph (iii) of this Section 4(c). At any time
during the Term when the Lessee is obligated to provide, or has provided,
Collateral Security (as defined below), the Lessee may, in its sole
discretion, purchase the Aircraft by paying the Lessor, and the Lessor
shall be obliged to transfer the Aircraft to the Lessee "as-is where-is",
free and clear of all Lessor Liens but otherwise without recourse or
warranty (all as described in the first sentence of paragraph (vii) of
Section 4(b) except that appropriate changes shall be made to the
references to the parties and to accommodate a sale and purchase rather
than a lease) upon receipt of an amount (the "Option Price") equal to the
higher of (y) the Fair Market Sales Value or (z) the Stipulated Loss Value
of the Aircraft, as of the date the Lessee makes such payment, which
Stipulated Loss Value shall be that Stipulated Loss Value set forth
opposite the Rent Payment Date corresponding to the date on which payment
is made of, if made on a Loss Payment Date which is other than a Rent
Payment Date, as of the immediately succeeding Loss Payment Date provided,
however, there shall be deducted from the amount payable by the Lessee an
amount equal to interest at the rate of 9.4% per annum (computed on the
basis of a 365 day year and actual days elapsed) on the amount of
Stipulated Loss Value as of such Rent Payment Date or Loss Payment Date,
as the case may be, computed on a daily basis, from and including the date
such payment is made by the Lessee, to but not including such Rent Payment
Date or Loss Payment Date, as the case may be, and provided further that
if such payment is made on a Rent Payment Date, the Lessee shall not pay
the scheduled amount of Basic Rent otherwise due on such Rent Payment
Date.
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The Lessor shall deliver a bill of sale for the Aircraft to the Lessee
transferring to the Lessee title to the Aircraft on an "as-is where-is"
basis, without recourse or warranty (all as described in the first
sentence of paragraph (vii) of Section 4(b) except that appropriate
changes shall be made to the references to the parties and to accommodate
a sale and purchase rather than a lease) except that the Lessor shall
warrant that the Aircraft is free and clear of all Lessor Liens. The
Lessor shall cooperate reasonably with the Lessee, at the Lessee's sole
cost and expense, in causing the Aircraft to be re-registered as the
Lessee may require in connection with any such transfer of the Aircraft to
the Lessee pursuant to this paragraph (iii). Upon payment of the Option
Price this Lease and all Basic Rent, if any, to the date of receipt of
such amount by the Lessor (prorated on a daily basis) and all accrued and
unpaid Supplemental Rent to such date of receipt and the Lessee's
obligation to pay Basic Rent accruing thereafter, shall terminate.
(iii) (A) For purposes of Section 4(c)(ii) above, "Collateral
Security" shall mean any one or more, at the Lessee's election, of (a)
Dollar deposits in an interest-bearing account in the Lessee's name (the
"Security Account") at a bank in Helsinki, Finland selected by the Lessee
and reasonably satisfactory to the Lessor, (b) a guarantee of the Lessee's
payment obligations under this Lease, issued by the Republic of Finland in
favor of the Lessor, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Lessor, and (c) a letter of credit or letter of guarantee issued by a
bank to the Lessor, securing the Lessee's payment obligations under this
Lease, by a bank reasonably satisfactory to the Lessor and in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lessor. When required, Collateral
Security shall be provided in a cumulative amount equal to: 24.02% of the
Stipulated Loss Value for Rent Payment Dates occurring in April 1992
through July 1995; 24.20% of the Stipulated Loss Value for Rent Payment
Dates occurring in October 1995 through January 1999; 21.7% of Stipulated
Loss Value for Rent Payment Dates occurring in April 1999 through January
2000 (if the Term is renewed as provided in Section 3(e)); and 19.20% of
Stipulated Loss Value for Rent Payment Dates occurring in April 2000
through January 2001 (if the Term is renewed as provided in Section 3(e)).
(B) It shall be a term and condition of the Security Account,
any such governmental guarantee and any such letter of credit or letter of
guarantee, that, upon the certification by the Lessor to the Lessee, the
bank or the issuer, as the case may be, that with respect to an Event of
Default (other than any Event of Default described below in paragraph (C)
of this Section 4(c)(iii) in paragraph (e) of Section 17), if (1) such
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing unremedied after expiry of
all grace and cure periods under this Lease, (2) the Lessor has declared
in writing to the Lessee that this Lease is in default and the Lessor has
commenced to exercise one or more of the remedies available to it under
Section 18 of this Lease and (3) a period of at least thirty (30)
consecutive days has elapsed after such written
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declaration to the Lessee by the Lessor, then the Lessor shall be entitled
to claim such amounts of Collateral Security as it certifies are overdue
and unpaid to it by the Lessee under this Lease.
(C) It shall also be a term and condition of the Security
Account, any such governmental guarantee and any such letter of credit or
letter of guarantee, that, upon the certification by the Lessor to the
Lessee, the bank or the issuer, as the case may be, with respect to any
Event of Default described in paragraph (e) of Section 17, if (1) such
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing unremedied after expiry of
all the grace and cure periods provided for such Event of Default under
this Lease and (2) a period of at least ninety (90) consecutive days has
elapsed after such expiry, then the Lessor shall be entitled to claim such
amounts of Collateral Security as it certifies are overdue and unpaid to
it by the Lessee under this Lease.
(D) All such amounts from the Collateral Security paid to the
Lessor shall be applied by the Lessor in accordance with the terms of
Section 18 of this Lease and any excess shall be paid by the Lessor to the
Lessee. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
upon request of the Lessee, all amounts of interest, if any, standing to
the credit of the Security Account shall be paid to the Lessee quarterly
on the first Business Day next succeeding the date on which each quarterly
payment of Basic Rent has been received by the Lessor.
(E) All amounts standing to the credit of the Security
Account, including interest thereon, shall be paid to the Lessee, and all
other items of Collateral Security shall be terminated immediately upon,
as the case may be, (1) the indefeasible payment of the Option Price of
the Aircraft and all other amounts required to be paid pursuant to
paragraph (ii) of Section 4(c), (2) at such time as the Republic of
Finland owns at least fifty and one-tenth percent (50.1 %) of the Lessee's
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote the
election of directors, or (3) at such time as this Lease has been
terminated and all Rent then due and payable has been paid.
(iv) The Lessee's agent for service of process designated pursuant
to the requirements of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, is
Finnair, General Manager North America presently located at Finnair
Executive Office, 00 Xxxx 00xx Xx., Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 10016 and the Lessee
shall provide prompt written notice to the Lessor of any change in the
name or address of such agent. The Lessee, further, shall notify the
Lessor promptly if the Lessee shall cease to be a "foreign air carrier"
within the meaning of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, and
thereupon shall specify whether or not the Lessee maintains an office in
the United States of America, its territories or possessions of the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and, the address or addresses, if any, of
such office therein located.
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(v) The Lessee shall not (without the prior written consent of the
Lessor) consolidate with any Person or merge into or convey, transfer or
lease all or substantially all its assets to any Person unless upon any
such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease the new or
surviving entity, if not the Lessee, shall expressly or by operation of
law assume all the obligations of the Lessee under this Agreement and the
other Operative Documents.
(vi) The Lessee, upon reasonable request, shall promptly furnish to
the Lessor such information as may be reasonably required by the Lessor to
enable the Lessor to file any reports required to be filed by the Lessor
or the Owner Participant with any governmental authority because of the
Lessor's ownership or leasing of the Aircraft or the Owner Participant's
direct or indirect ownership of a beneficial interest in any part of the
Lessor's Estate.
(d) Lessor's Covenants. (i) The Lessor agrees that it will, at its
own cost and expense, promptly take such action as may be necessary to
duly discharge any Lessor Lien on the Aircraft.
(ii) The Lessor agrees that, so long as no Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Lessor will not take any action or
cause to be taken any action or fail to prevent any action arising by,
through or under it, which causes interference with the Lessee's peaceful
and quiet use, operation and possession of the Aircraft in accordance with
the terms of this Lease.
(iii) The Lessor agrees that it shall and hereby does indemnify and
hold harmless the Lessee and its permitted assigns against any and all
claims, losses, liabilities and damages (including attorney fees and
disbursements) incurred in connection with any breach of the covenants of
this Section 4(d), provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity and
agreement to hold harmless shall be coextensive in scope with, and shall
in no way expand, waive or limit, such covenants or agreements or any
rights, remedies or defenses which are or would be available in connection
therewith.
(iv) Effective upon the execution and delivery of the Lease
Supplement on the Delivery Date but only as long as no Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Lessor does hereby authorize
the Lessee, on behalf of and to the exclusion of the Lessor, for the
duration of the Term, to exercise in the Lessee's own name all existing
warranties, service life policies and patent indemnities of manufacturers
and maintenance and overhaul agencies of and for the Aircraft and Parts,
if any, and upon the request, and at the cost, of the Lessee, the Lessor
shall use its reasonable efforts to give the Lessee aid and assistance in
enforcing the rights of the Lessee arising under such warranties, service
life policies and patent indemnities.
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SECTION 5. Return of the Aircraft. (a) On the last Business Day of
the Term (or such earlier date as this Lease may be terminated pursuant to
Section 18 hereof) (the "Redelivery Date") all of the terms of this Section 5
shall apply and the Lessee at its expense will return the Aircraft to the Lessor
by delivering the same, at the Lessee's own risk and expense, to the Lessee's
maintenance facilities at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Finland (the "Redelivery
Location"), fully equipped with all Engines installed thereon. In the event that
any engine not an Engine shall be delivered with the returned Airframe as set
forth herein in connection with the termination of the Lease, all engines then
installed on the Airframe shall be of the same or another manufacturer of the
same or an improved model and suitable for use on the Airframe but all of the
same make and model and the Lessee, concurrently with such delivery, will, at
its own expense and at no cost or expense to the Lessor, furnish the Lessor with
a full warranty bill of sale from the Lessee, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Lessor, with respect to such engine, and with an opinion of the Lessee's
in house counsel to the effect that, upon such return, the Lessor will acquire
good and marketable title to such engine free and clear of all rights of third
parties under pooling, interchange, overhaul, repair and other arrangements and
all other Liens (other than Lessor Liens), and the Lessee shall take such other
action as the Lessor shall reasonably request, and thereupon the Lessor shall
transfer to the Lessee, "where-is", free and clear of all Lessor Liens, but
otherwise without recourse or warranty (all as described in the first sentence
of paragraph (vi) of Section 4(b), except that appropriate changes shall be made
to the references to the parties and to accommodate a sale and purchase rather
than a lease), its title, if any, to such Engine not installed on the Airframe
at the time of its return. The Lessor shall, subject to the terms and on the
conditions of this Section 5, accept return of the Aircraft from the Lessee by
executing and delivering to the Lessee a Redelivery Receipt of Aircraft and
Engines, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, not later than 3:30 p.m.
local time on the Redelivery Date. At the Lessor's direction, the Lessee will
(1) store the Aircraft out-of doors at the Redelivery Location or out-of-doors
at another location in Europe utilized for the storage and maintenance of the
Lessee's aircraft, selected by the Lessee, in each case, at the Lessor's risk
and the Lessee's expense for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days; or (2) on
the Redelivery Date or at the end of the storage period referred to in the
preceding clause (1), ferry the Aircraft at the Lessee's sole expense (including
the cost of insurance of the type and in the amounts required during the Term
under Section 11 hereof) to any airport in Europe selected by the Lessor, or to
any other location selected by the Lessor at the Lessor's sole risk and expense,
provided, however, that the Aircraft remains registered in Finland at all times
during which it is under the Lessee's operational control. During such storage
period, the Lessee will, during normal business hours, permit authorized
representatives of the Lessor, each Owner Participant and any prospective
purchaser or user of the Aircraft or any part thereof to inspect the same at all
reasonable times and in any event without interfering with the Lessee's normal
operations, it being understood and agreed that all such inspections shall be at
the Lessor's risk and the Lessee shall have no obligation or liability
whatsoever in any way relating to any such inspection other than the obligation
to
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permit inspection of the Aircraft as provided in this sentence. Upon such
return, and at the Lessee's sole expense:
(i) the Aircraft (A) shall, at the election of the Lessee, be
registered in the Republic of Finland, except that the Aircraft shall be
registered in Finland or the United States if and as so elected by the
Lessee at any time in accordance with Section 6(c) (assuming the Lessor,
or its designee, is then, or its designee by a transfer may then be,
eligible to be the registered owner of the Aircraft); (B) shall be in
compliance with the provisions of Section 6 hereof; (C) shall be in as
good condition as when delivered to the Lessee hereunder, ordinary
operating wear and tear excepted, or, in the case of any such engines
owned by the Lessee or in substitution or replacement of the original
Engines, assuming that such Engine or Engines have the remaining useful
life required in Section 5(a)(vi), shall have a value, utility and useful
life at least equal to, and shall be in as good operating condition as
required by, the terms and provisions hereof with respect to the Engines;
(D) shall be clean by international commercial passenger airline operating
standards; (E) shall, except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise
agreed by the Lessor, be in the same configuration as when the Aircraft
was originally delivered to the Lessee hereunder; and (F) shall be free
and clear of all Liens other than Lessor Liens;
(ii) the Aircraft shall (A) have a currently effective airworthiness
certificate and, at the Lessor's request, an airworthiness certificate for
export to the United States or to any member country of the OECD
designated by the Lessor (or to any other location as may be designated by
the Lessor and which is reasonably acceptable to the Lessee) issued by the
CAA or the equivalent aviation authority of the Applicable Jurisdiction,
as the case may be; (B) be duly certified as airworthy by the CAA or the
equivalent aviation authority of the Applicable Jurisdiction, as the case
may be; (C) be in compliance with all airworthiness directives and
mandatory requirements of the CAA or the equivalent aviation authority of
the Applicable Jurisdiction, as the case may be, and all applicable
environmental, noise, air pollution and other similar standards of Finland
and the International Civil Aviation Organization, in each case in
existence on the date of such return and requiring terminating compliance
within six (6) months (or the equivalent number of hours or cycles) of the
Redelivery Date then applicable to the Airframe and each Engine, without
regard to any waivers or exemptions delaying compliance with such
directives or requirements applicable solely to the Lessee's use of the
Aircraft but not applicable or available generally to any one or more
other European operators; (D) have all components and systems operational;
(E) have no deferred maintenance or inspection items, or placards and be
free of corrosion in accordance with the limits of the Approved
Maintenance Program; and (F) be configured and equipped as delivered for
passenger use under regulations of the CAA or the equivalent aviation
authority of the Applicable Jurisdiction, as the case may be;
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(iii) the Airframe and each such Engine shall be in such condition
as shall be required to meet (A) all manufacturer's mandatory service
bulletins; and (B) all applicable airworthiness directives of the CAA or
the equivalent aviation authority of the Applicable Jurisdiction, as the
case may be and the Applicable Law thereof;
(iv) the special exterior markings of the Lessee and any sublessee
on the Airframe shall have been removed, or caused to have been removed,
by the Lessee and shall be painted over in a good and workmanlike manner;
(v) the Airframe shall have been maintained by the Lessee in
accordance with the Approved Maintenance Program with respect thereto and
(A) shall have not more than twenty (20) hours since having had a C Check
and any portion of a D Check applicable to such C Check, with no deferred
items under the Approved Maintenance Program; and (B) shall not have less
than four (4) years remaining until the next scheduled D Check, or its
equivalent, provided that in the event that (1) the Aircraft shall, on the
Redelivery Date, have more than four (4) years or its equivalent remaining
until the next D Check, the Lessor shall pay to the Lessee an amount equal
to Five Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($525.00) (adjusted as provided in
clause (3) of this subparagraph (v)) for each day or its equivalent by
which the period remaining until the next D Check exceeds four (4) years
or its equivalent except that the Lessor may offset such payment
obligation against any payment obligation of the Lessee under the
Operative Documents then due and unpaid; or (2) the Aircraft shall, on the
Redelivery Date, have less than four (4) years or its equivalent, but more
than two (2) years or its equivalent, remaining until the next D Check,
the Lessee shall pay to the Lessor an amount equal to Five Hundred
Twenty-Five Dollars ($525.00) (adjusted as provided in clause (3) of this
subparagraph (v)) for each day or its equivalent by which the period
remaining until the next D Check is less than four (4) years or its
equivalent; and provided, further, that (3) all payments made pursuant to
this subparagraph (v) will be adjusted by reference to the Finnish Labor
Index (limited to the maximum inflation adjustment of five percent (5%)
per annum) applied on an annual basis for each year and fraction thereof
from the Delivery Date to the Redelivery Date;
(vi) each Engine shall be "on condition" with "condition
monitoring", and shall have a remaining life of at least 4,000 hours or
4,000 cycles, whichever is more limiting, to removal of the most limiting
life-limited part or known scheduled repair visit under the Approved
Maintenance Program;
(vii) the Engines will have each undergone full hot and cold section
boroscope and isotope inspections in the presence of the Lessor's
representative at the Redelivery Location immediately prior to such
redelivery and after the Aircraft has been removed from service, and if
any Engine shall not have been certified to be within the then-
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recommended manufacturer's maintenance manual limits and the limits of the
Approved Maintenance Program for further operation, then the Lessee shall
promptly cause such Engines to comply with such limits. The Lessee shall
deliver to the Lessor, at no expense to the Lessor, all "no-charge kits"
which have been offered to the Lessee by the manufacturer throughout the
Term and which have not been installed on the Aircraft prior to redelivery
to the Lessor; in addition, the Lessor may purchase from the Lessee at the
Lessee's cost any service bulletin kits purchased by the Lessee for the
Aircraft;
(viii) the nose landing gear shall have no less than 8,250 cycles or
48 months, whichever is more limiting, remaining until the next scheduled
overhaul or shop visit under the Approved Maintenance Program and the main
landing gear shall have on average no less than 10,000 cycles or 48
months, whichever is the more limiting, remaining until the next scheduled
overhaul or shop visit under the Approved Maintenance Program; and
(ix) the Auxiliary Power Unit shall, on the Redelivery Date, have at
least 2,400 cycles remaining until the next scheduled hot section
inspection or overhaul under the Approved Maintenance Program.
(b) On a date mutually agreed to by the Lessor and the Lessee at
least four (4) days prior to the Redelivery Date, a ground inspection of the
Aircraft shall be conducted, provided that any such inspection will not
interfere with the Lessee's normal operation of the Aircraft. The Lessee will
make the Aircraft and its Records (including historic and the most current
engine performance monitoring data) available for such inspection at the
Redelivery Location. At such inspection, the Aircraft will be inspected by
either, as the Lessor shall elect, an employee or agent of the Owner Participant
qualified to conduct such an inspection or an independent inspector, appointed
by the Lessor, who will perform such tests as are customary and reasonable upon
the return of used aircraft of the type leased hereunder, as are consistent with
the Approved Maintenance Program and as may be necessary or advisable to
determine whether the Aircraft complies with the terms of this Section 5(a); the
Lessor will promptly notify the Lessee of the results of such inspection and
will deliver a written report thereof in the event of any discrepancies for
receipt by the Lessee not later than two (2) days prior to the Redelivery Date.
Representatives of the Lessee and the Lessor will be present at such inspection.
Unless the parties otherwise agree in writing, the inspector shall remain at the
Redelivery Location until the Lessor has accepted redelivery of the Aircraft. In
addition, prior to or upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease,
the Lessee will conduct, at the request of the Lessor and at the Lessor's sole
expense, a sixty (60) minute test flight for the purpose of verification of the
operational conditions set forth herein of the Aircraft, its equipment and
systems and will permit not more than three (3) individuals designated as
observers by the Lessor to be on board such Aircraft during such flight. All
reasonable requests of the Lessor's representatives shall be carried out by the
Lessee's flight
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crew during any such flight, provided that such requests do not endanger the
Aircraft and can be performed during the sixty (60) minute test flight. If as a
result of such inspection and test flight, the Aircraft is found not to comply
with the terms of this Section 5(a), the Lessee, at its expense, will forthwith
take or cause to be taken such action as may be required for such compliance and
for compliance with any of the other terms of this Section 5. The Lessor shall
compensate the Lessee for all fuel on board the Aircraft (at the price
applicable to such fuel on the Redelivery Date, including any applicable
into-plane charges) after completion of any test flight and the termination of
the Lease, but all other fluids and the like remaining on board shall, without
charge, together with such remaining fuel, become the property of the Lessor
upon the Lessee's receipt of payment for fuel and into-plane charges, as
aforesaid, and the Lessor's execution and delivery of the Redelivery Receipt.
(c) The Lessee will, from the date hereof until the expiration of
the Term, cooperate fully with the Lessor in permitting prospective purchasers
or lessees of the Aircraft to inspect the Aircraft and its records, provided
that any such inspection will not interfere with the Lessee's normal operation
of the Aircraft.
(d) Upon return of the Aircraft on the Redelivery Date to the Lessor
under this Section 5, the Lessee shall deliver all logs, manuals, certificates,
engineering and modification orders and data, records and data, and inspection,
modification, overhaul, repair and maintenance records and reports, and all
airworthiness directives of the CAA and other applicable authorities required to
be maintained with respect thereto by the CAA or otherwise under the Applicable
Laws of any Applicable Jurisdiction, and if any thereof shall not be in English,
English translations thereof but only to the extent required for registration of
the Aircraft with the FAA and copies (and, if and when permitted by the laws of
Finland, the United States and any other Applicable Jurisdiction, originals) of
any existing logs, manuals and records and data required by the FAA to permit
registration of the Aircraft under FAR 121, and operation of the Aircraft in,
the United States (collectively, together with such English translations, if
any, "Records").
(e) Effective upon the Lessor's acceptance of return of the Aircraft
on the Redelivery Date, the Lessee does hereby re-assign to the Lessor all
existing warranties, service life policies and patent indemnities, which by
their terms do not prohibit assignment by the Lessee, of manufacturers and
maintenance and overhaul agencies of and for the Aircraft and the Parts, if any,
which were acquired by the Lessee during the Term and upon the request of the
Lessor, from time to time after the Redelivery Date, the Lessee shall use its
reasonable efforts to give the Lessor aid and assistance in enforcing the rights
of the Lessee arising under each thereof, provided that the Lessor shall
indemnify the Lessee for all costs and expenses incurred by the Lessee in
connection with such aid and assistance rendered. The parties' respective
obligations under this paragraph (e) shall survive termination of this Lease.
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(f) In the event of a dispute arising with respect to the condition
of the Aircraft on the Redelivery Date, the parties shall obtain an appraisal by
an internationally recognized independent appraiser mutually agreed to by the
Lessor and Xxxxxx.
(g) The Lessor may assign its rights under Section 5 in accordance
with the terms and subject to the conditions and provisions thereof to any
Person who leases or purchases the Aircraft from the Lessor at or after the end
of the Term.
SECTION 6. Maintenance. Operation. Etc. (a) Registration.
Maintenance and Operation. The Lessee, at its own cost and expense, will at
all times during the Term: (i) cause the Aircraft to be in compliance with
all CAA regulations applicable to XxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxx MD 82 aircraft,
certificated for interstate and overseas operation under Finnish Applicable
Law or such other Applicable Law of such other Applicable Jurisdiction, as
the case may be, and to be and remain duly registered with the CAA in
accordance with the Act in the name of the Lessor as owner; (ii) maintain,
operate, service, repair, overhaul and test the Airframe and each Engine
(including but not limited to all program monitoring, program reliability
and program reporting requirements under the Approved Maintenance Program
and the Act), so as to keep the same in as good operating condition as when
originally leased hereunder, ordinary wear and tear excepted, in the same
manner and with the same care as used by the Lessee with similar aircraft
operated by the Lessee, and in such condition as may be necessary to enable
the airworthiness certificate of the Aircraft to be maintained in good
standing at all times under the Act, Finnish Applicable Law or such other
Applicable Law of such other Applicable Jurisdiction as the case may be,
and in accordance with all manufacturers' mandatory service bulletins with
respect thereto, (iii) maintain all records, logs, manuals, manufacturer's
service bulletins, CAA and FAA airworthiness directives, engineering and
modification orders, and other Records and data required by Finnish
Applicable Law or such other Applicable Law of such other Applicable
Jurisdiction as the case may be, to be maintained in respect of the
Airframe and each Engine; (iv) perform all obligations required to be
performed by it under the terms of all applicable warranties, service life
policies and patent indemnities of the manufacturer or supplier of the
Aircraft or any Part thereof, in respect of the Aircraft or any part
thereof. The Lessee shall comply with all (i) applicable requirements of
Finnish Applicable Law or such other Applicable Law of such Applicable
Jurisdiction, as the case may be, and all other applicable environmental,
noise, air pollution and other similar standards of Finland or such other
Applicable Jurisdiction, as the case may be, and the International Civil
Aviation Organization in effect from time to time to the extent that such
standards are required to be complied with (without regard to any exemption
waiving or delaying compliance therewith applicable solely to the Lessee's
use of the Aircraft but not applicable or available generally to any one or
more other European operators) and (ii) the Lessee, at its own expense,
forthwith upon the delivery thereof hereunder, shall cause the Aircraft to
be duly registered (provided the Lessor or its designee is eligible to be
the registered owner of the Aircraft) and at all times thereafter to remain
duly registered in compliance (provided the Lessor or its designee is
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eligible to be the registered owner of the Aircraft) with all Finnish
registration and airworthiness requirements or those of any other Applicable
Jurisdiction, as the case may be. The Lessee agrees that the Airframe and each
Engine will not be maintained, serviced, repaired, overhauled, tested, used or
operated: (A) in violation of any law or any rule, regulation or order of any
government or governmental authority having jurisdiction (domestic or foreign)
or other Applicable Law or in violation of the airworthiness certificates of the
Aircraft; (B) in any area excluded from coverage by, or in any manner or for any
purpose inconsistent with the terms of, any insurance required by the terms of
Section 11 hereof; or (C) in any recognized or threatened area of hostilities
unless fully covered to the Lessor's satisfaction by war risk insurance.
(b) Mandatory Service Items. All airworthiness directives of the CAA
and all manufacturer's mandatory service bulletins requiring inspections,
repair, replacement or CAA-required terminating action during the Term, or, in
the case of airworthiness directives requiring terminating action, within six
(6) months of the Redelivery Date, with respect to the Airframe and each Engine,
shall be complied with by the Lessee at the Lessee's expense.
(c) Re-registration. The Lessee may from time to time require the
Lessor, upon reasonable prior notice and at the Lessee's sole expense, to
re-register the Aircraft in Finland or the United States, as the case may be, in
the name of the Lessor, as owner, and of the Lessee, as lessee, if each is then
in compliance with all applicable registration requirements. During the period
the Aircraft is registered in the United States, all references in this Lease to
the "CAA" and to "Finnish Applicable Law", shall be deemed to refer to the FAA
and United States Applicable Law. The Lessor shall cooperate in connection with
any re-registration permitted under this paragraph (c).
SECTION 7. Liens. The Lessee will not, directly or indirectly,
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to the
Aircraft, the Airframe or any Engine or any other portion of the Lessor's
Estate, except for the rights of the Lessor and the Lessee hereunder and
Permitted Liens.
SECTION 8. [Intentionally omitted.]
SECTION 9. Possession. (a) The Lessee will not, without the prior
written consent of the Lessor (such consent not to be unreasonably delayed or
withheld), assign any of its rights or obligations under this Lease or sublease
or otherwise in any manner deliver, transfer or relinquish possession or control
of, or transfer any estate, right, title or interest in or to, the Airframe or
any Engine or Part (whether through pooling or interchange agreements or
otherwise) or install any Engine, or permit any Engine to be installed, on any
airframe other than the Airframe or permit any Part to be installed on an
airframe or engine other than the Airframe or an Engine, provided that, so long
as no Default relating to an
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Event of Default under Section 17(e) and no Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Lessee may, without the prior written consent of the
Lessor:
(i) deliver temporary possession and control of the Airframe or any
Engine or Part to the manufacturer thereof for testing, service,
maintenance, overhaul or repair or, to the extent permitted by Section 12
hereof, for modifications or additions;
(ii) install an Engine on an airframe owned by the Lessee free and
clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens;
(iii) install an Engine on an airframe leased to the Lessee or owned
by the Lessee and subject to a security agreement under which the Lessee
is the debtor, provided that such airframe is free and clear of all Liens
except the rights in and to the Airframe of the parties to such lease or
security agreement and except Permitted Liens, and provided ~ that if the
Lessor's title to any such Engine shall be divested under any such
agreement or arrangement, such divestiture shall be deemed to be an Event
of Loss with respect to such Engine and the Lessee shall comply with
Section 10(b) in respect thereof;
(iv) in the ordinary course of testing, servicing, maintenance,
repair or overhaul, remove any Part from the Airframe or any Engine,
provided that the Lessee replaces such Part as promptly as possible with a
Part which has a value and utility at least equal to the Part being
replaced (assuming it to be in the condition and state required by this
Lease) and is owned by the Lessee free and clear of all liens except
Permitted Liens; and any such replacement Part shall thereby become
subject to this Lease without necessity of further act; provided, however,
that any Part removed from the Airframe or any Engine for such purpose
shall remain subject to this Lease until replaced by a replacement Part as
provided in this clause (iv);
(v) enter into a Wet Lease for the Airframe and the Engines or
engines then installed thereon or for any Engine installed on any other
airframe owned (in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this
Section 9) or operated by the Lessee (or any permitted sublessee pursuant
to subclause (vi) hereof) with any third party, provided, however, that
the term of such Wet Lease shall not extend beyond the end of the Term;
(vi) sublease the Airframe, any Engine or engines then installed on
the Airframe
(x) to any Affiliate of the Lessee with respect to which, were it
the "Lessee" under this Lease, there shall have occurred and be continuing
no Default or Event of Default of the type described in Section 17(e)
hereof, (y) upon prior notice to the Lessor, to any air carrier with
respect to which, were it the "Lessee" under this Lease, there shall have
occurred and be continuing no Default or Event of Default of
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the type described in Section 17(e) hereof, and which carrier is based in
any member nation of the OECD, the Republic of Singapore, the Republic of
South Korea, or the Kingdom of Thailand, or (z) to any other air carrier
with respect to which, were it the "Lessee" under this Lease, there shall
have occurred and be continuing no Default or Event of Default of the
nature described in Section 17(e) hereof, in each case, on the date the
sublease is entered into, which carrier has been approved in advance in
writing by the Lessor, which approval the Lessor shall not unreasonably
withhold or delay, provided that (A) such sublease shall provide that the
sublessee will not transfer possession of or any other rights to the
subleased property other than to the Lessee or the Lessor; (B) such
sublease shall, by its terms, be made expressly subject and subordinate to
all of the terms of this Lease, including, without limitation, the rights
of any permitted assignee of the Lessor under Section 20 hereof and the
right of the Lessor to enforce all of the remedies under Section 18 hereof
upon the declaration of this Lease to be in default upon the occurrence of
any Event of Default and to terminate all rights of the sublessee to
possession of the subleased property irrespective of such sublessee not
being in default; (C) the term of such sublease shall not extend beyond
the end of the Term as then in effect; (D) such sublease shall contain
provisions for the operation, maintenance and insurance of the Airframe or
such Engine, as the case may be, which are substantially the same as such
provisions of this Lease; and (E) the Lessee shall provide the Lessor with
written notice of any sublease having a term greater than sixty (60) days
within thirty (30) days after such sublease shall become effective and,
promptly after the request of the Lessor, the Lessee shall provide a copy
thereof to the Lessor, certified as true by the Lessee (provided that the
Lessee may redact financial terms from such copy); and
(vii) in accordance with this Lease (including, without limitation,
Section 12) subject any Engine or Part to normal pooling agreements or
arrangements in each case customary in the airline industry and entered
into by the Lessee in the ordinary course of its business with one or more
air carriers.
(b) No pooling agreement, sublease or other relinquishment of
possession of the Airframe or any Engine shall in any way discharge or diminish
any of the Lessee's obligations to the Lessor hereunder or constitute a waiver
of the Lessor's rights or remedies hereunder. Without limiting the preceding
sentence and notwithstanding Section 9(a), the rights of any sublessee or other
recipient of possession of the Aircraft, however characterized, pursuant to any
arrangement permitted by Section 9(a) shall be subject and subordinate to, and
any sublease permitted by clause (vi) thereof shall be made expressly subject
and subordinate to, all the terms and provisions of this Lease, including,
without limitation, the Lessor's right to repossession and to avoid such
sublease upon such repossession or an Event of Default hereunder, and the Lessee
shall remain primarily liable hereunder for the performance and observance of
all the terms and provisions of this Lease and the other Operative Documents to
the same extent as if such transfer or sublease had not
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occurred, and all the terms and provisions of this Lease and the other Operative
Documents shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such transfer or
sublease.
(c) In connection with any sublease permitted under this Section 9,
so long as no Event of Default and no Default which would become an Event of
Default of the type described in Section 17(e) has occurred and is continuing,
the Lessee may from time to time prior to the Redelivery Date require the
Lessor, upon reasonable prior notice and at the Lessee's sole expense, to
re-register the Aircraft in a jurisdiction other than Finland or the United
States, as the case may be, which shall be a nation described in clause (y) of
Section 9(a)(vi) (such other jurisdiction, the "Other Jurisdiction"), provided
that the Lessee shall deliver to the Lessor at the time of such registration an
opinion of counsel (which counsel may be counsel to the sublessee) with respect
to such Other Jurisdiction to the effect that (a) the Lessor's rights to
repossession under this Lease and the sublease to be entered into pursuant to
this Section 9 are valid, binding and enforceable and this Lease is valid and
enforceable (subject to customary exceptions) under the laws of such Other
Jurisdiction, (b) it is not necessary for the Lessor, or any Owner Participant,
as a result of such sublease or change in registration, to register or qualify
to do business in such Other Jurisdiction, (c) the ownership interest of the
Lessor in the Aircraft has been preserved under the laws of such Other
Jurisdiction and, to the extent required thereunder, such ownership interest has
been duly registered under such laws, and (d) such registration will not result
in the imposition by such Other Jurisdiction of any Taxes on the Lessor, the
Owner Participant, the Aircraft (or any part thereof) or otherwise in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby or by any other Operative Document for
which the Lessee is not required to indemnify the Lessor (provided that in lieu
of the opinion referred to in this clause (d), the Lessee may indemnify the
Lessor (in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Lessor) for any Taxes imposed
by such Other Jurisdiction in connection with or relating to the transactions
contemplated by the Operative Documents which would not have been imposed but
for such registration). In addition, it shall be a condition to such
registration that (i) the aircraft and engine maintenance program under the laws
of such Other Jurisdiction shall be substantially similar to that required by
the FAA or the CAA, and (ii) such registration shall not otherwise adversely
affect the interests of the Lessor in the Aircraft. During the period the
Aircraft is registered in such Other Jurisdiction, all references in this Lease
to the "CAA" shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent aviation authority of
such Other Jurisdiction, and all references to "Finnish Applicable Law", shall
be deemed to refer to the Applicable Law of such Other Jurisdiction. The Lessor
shall reasonably cooperate at the Lessee's request and expense in connection
with any re-registration permitted under this paragraph (c).
SECTION 10. Event of Loss; Requisition for Use. (a) If an Event of
Loss shall occur with respect to the Airframe, the Lessee will within ten (10)
days after actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the Lessee (and in any
event within twenty (20) days) of the occurrence of such Event of Loss) notify
the Lessor thereof in writing and will pay to the Lessor, in Dollars and in
immediately available funds, not later than the earlier of one
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hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the occurrence of such Event of Loss
or five (5) Business Days after the date of the Lessee's receipt of insurance
proceeds, an amount equal to the corresponding Stipulated Loss Value of the
Aircraft for the Loss Payment Date on which such payment is made (if payment is
made on a Loss Payment Date) or on the immediately succeeding Loss Payment Date
set forth in Schedule I to the Lease Supplement (if payment is made on a date
other than a Loss Payment Date); provided, however, that if the date such
payment is made by the Lessee is not a Loss Payment Date, there shall be
deducted from the Stipulated Loss Value amount payable by the Lessee an amount
equal to the interest at a rate of 9.4% per annum on such Stipulated Loss Value
(computed on the basis of a 365 day year and actual days elapsed) from and
including the date such payment is made by the Lessee, to but not including the
Loss Payment Date immediately following the date such payment is made by the
Lessee; and provided further, that if such payment is made on a Rent Payment
Date, the Lessee shall not pay the scheduled amount of Basic Rent otherwise due
on such Rent Payment Date. The Lessee will pay in full when due, but without
duplication, the Basic Rent for the Aircraft payable on each Rent Payment Date
occurring prior to such Loss Payment Date. In addition to the foregoing amounts,
the Lessee shall pay to the Lessor any Supplemental Rent then due and unpaid and
required to be paid on or prior to the date on which payment in full of such
Stipulated Loss Value and Basic Rent is required under this Section 10(a) to be
paid to the Lessor. In addition, if any such payment of Stipulated Loss Value
and Rent is not paid in full when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 10(a), the Lessee shall pay on demand interest on such unpaid amount at
the Overdue Payment Rate from and including the due date to but excluding the
date on which payment in full is received by the Lessor. Upon payment in full by
the Lessee of all amounts referred to above in this Section 10(a) and all other
amounts, if any, due and payable by the Lessee hereunder, (i) the Lessee shall
have no further obligation to pay Basic Rent due in respect of periods (or parts
thereof) commencing thereafter, (ii) this Lease shall terminate and (iii) upon
request of the insurers of the Aircraft, the Lessor will transfer to such
insurers "as-is where-is" title to the Airframe and each Engine, without any
recourse, representation or warranty (all as described in the first sentence of
paragraph (vi) of Section 4(b), except that appropriate changes shall be made to
the references to the parties and to accommodate a sale and purchase rather than
a lease), except that the Airframe and Engines are free and clear of Lessor
Liens. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such transfer shall not in any way affect
or limit the obligations or liabilities of the Lessee hereunder or under any
Operative Document not specifically discharged by such payment of Stipulated
Loss Value and Rent.
(b) If an Event of Loss shall occur with respect to an Engine under
circumstances in which there has not occurred an Event of Loss with respect to
the Airframe, the Lessee will within twenty (20) days after a Responsible
Officer of the Lessee has actual knowledge (and, in any event, within sixty (60)
days) of the occurrence of such Event of Loss notify the Lessor thereof in
writing and will, not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the
occurrence of such Event of Loss, at its sole cost and expense, duly convey to
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the Lessor (or cause to be conveyed to the Lessor), as replacement for such
Engine, title to another engine of the same or an improved make and model which
shall be owned by the Lessee free of all Liens other than Permitted liens and
shall, in the opinion of the Lessor, have a value and utility at least equal to,
and in as good operating condition as, such Engine immediately prior to such
Event of Loss, assuming compliance by the Lessee with all of the terms of this
Lease with respect to such Engine. Prior to or at the time of such conveyance,
at the Lessee's sole expense the Lessee and the Lessor will enter into a
supplement to this Lease for purposes of subjecting such replacement engine to
this Lease and the Lessee, at the Lessee's sole expense will (i) cause to be
delivered to the Lessor evidence that the Lessor has acquired full warranty
title to such replacement engine free and clear of all Liens except Permitted
Liens and that such replacement engine is duly subjected to this Lease, such
supplement to this Lease and all other documents and instruments required to
effect or evidence the foregoing (including the bill of sale) to be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lessor and the Lessee; and (ii) cause
to be delivered to the Lessor evidence satisfactory to the Lessor as to the due
compliance by the Lessee with the insurance provisions of Section 11 hereof with
respect to such replacement engine; and (iii) furnish to the Lessor an opinion
of the Lessee's counsel to the effect that, upon such conveyance, the Lessor
will acquire good and marketable title free and clear of all liens, other than
Permitted Liens, to such replacement engine and that it will be leased hereunder
to the same extent as the Engine replaced thereby, and as to the validity,
binding effect and enforceability of such supplement to this Lease and other
documents and instruments. Upon compliance by the Lessee with the foregoing
terms of this subsection (b) within the 120-period referred to above, the Lessor
will (A) upon request by the insurers of such Engine transfer title to such
insurers of the Engine so replaced "as-is, where-is" without any recourse,
representation or warranty (all as described in the first sentence of paragraph
(vi) of Section 4(b), except that appropriate changes shall be made to the
references to the parties and to accommodate a sale and purchase rather than a
lease), except that such Engine is free and clear of any Lessor Liens and (B)
execute and deliver to the Lessee a partial release, in recordable form,
releasing such Engine from this Lease. Such replacement engine shall thereupon
constitute an "Engine" for all purposes hereof. No such termination of this
Lease with respect to any Engine as contemplated by this Section 10(b) shall
result in any reduction of Rent.
(c) In the event of the requisition for use by the Finnish
Government or the government of any other Applicable Jurisdiction (including any
governmental authority, agency or instrumentality, including any court, thereof)
of the Airframe or any Engine during the Term, the Lessee shall promptly notify
the Lessor of such requisition and all the Lessee's obligations under this Lease
with respect to the Airframe or such Engine shall continue to the same extent as
if such requisition had not occurred; provided, however, that if the Airframe or
such Engine shall not be returned by the Finnish Government or such other
government prior to the end of the Term and the Lessee has given notice and
extended the Term in accordance with and as provided in Section 3(f), the Lessee
shall be obligated to return the Airframe or such Engine to the Lessor pursuant
to, and in all other respects to comply with
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the provisions of, Section 5 promptly upon its return by the Finnish Government
or such other government. All payments received by the Lessor or the Lessee from
the Finnish Government or such other government for the use of the Airframe or
such Engine during the Term shall be paid over to, or retained by, the Lessee
unless an Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing in
which event such amounts shall be paid over to or retained by the Lessor as
security for the obligations of the Lessee under this Lease and applied against
the Lessee's obligations hereunder, and upon the terms and conditions of Section
24(b)(ii) all such amounts and any gain thereon from Permitted Investments
required to be made pursuant to Section 24(b)(ii) shall be paid over by the
Lessor to the Lessee; and all payments received by the Lessor or the Lessee from
the Finnish Government or such other government for use of the Airframe or such
Engine after the Term shall be paid over to, or retained by, the Lessor.
(d) At any time during the Term so long as no Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Lessee may, in its discretion, upon prior
reasonable notice to the Lessor, terminate this Lease with respect to any
Engine. In such event and on or before the date of such termination, the Lessee
shall replace such Engine hereunder by complying with the terms of Section 10(b)
hereof to the same extent as if an Event of Loss had occurred with respect to
such Engine, and the Lessor shall concomitantly therewith, as provided in
Sections 10(b) and 12, transfer all of its rights and interest in and to such
Engine to the Lessee as provided therein, and thereupon such replacement engine
shall constitute an "Engine" for all purposes hereof. Upon compliance by the
Lessee with the foregoing terms of this paragraph (d), the Lessor will execute
and deliver to the Lessee a partial release, in recordable form, releasing such
Engine from this Lease. No termination of this Lease with respect of any Engine
as contemplated by this Section 11(d) shall result in any reduction of Rent.
SECTION 11. Insurance. (a) The Lessee at its expense shall carry
public liability (including, without limitation, contractual, bodily damage and
property damage liability and passenger products and completed operations
liability and also war risk and allied perils liability in accordance with
Lloyds of London aviation clause AVN.52 or its equivalent) and property damage
insurance, payable in Dollars, with respect to the Airframe and the Engines (i)
in an amount at least equal to the greater of that normally carried, from time
to time, by the Lessee with respect to similar aircraft owned, leased or
operated by it, or that carried, from time to time, with respect to similar
aircraft by major commercial air carriers flying routes substantially similar to
those flown by the Lessee but in no event less than U.S. $500,000,000 per
occurrence, and (ii) with commercial insurers of internationally recognized
standing.
(b) The Lessee at its expense shall maintain in effect with insurers
of internationally recognized standing, and payable in Dollars all-risk aircraft
hull insurance for flight, taxiing and ground covering the Airframe and Engine
and any other engines on the
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Aircraft, and all-risk coverage with respect to any Engine while removed from
the Airframe, which is of the type and in substantially the amount usually
carried by corporations engaged in the same or similar business and similarly
situated as the Lessee (but specifically including war risk, governmental
confiscation (including the government of the Applicable Jurisdiction),
appropriation, and hijacking insurance (political and non-political risks),
except cover in respect of any hostile detonation of any weapon of war employing
atomic or nuclear fission, fusion or other radioactive force or matter);
provided that such insurance in respect of the Aircraft shall at any time not be
less than the Stipulated Loss Value for the Aircraft as of the date of
determination. The Lessee may self-insure, by way of deductible or premium
adjustment provisions in insurance policies, the risks required to be insured
against pursuant to this subsection (b), provided that such self-insurance shall
not apply in the case of a total loss or constructive or arranged total loss of
the Airframe and, in the case of any other loss, shall not exceed U.S.
$3,000,000 with respect to the Airframe and the Engines or engines then
installed thereon. Any policies of insurance required pursuant to this
subsection (b) shall provide that any loss in excess of U.S. $3,000,000 payable
with respect to the Airframe and the Engines or engines installed thereon or
with respect to an Engine while on the ground shall be payable and paid to the
Lessor.
(c) Any policies of insurance required pursuant to either subsection
(a) or subsection (b) above shall: (i) be amended to name the Lessor and the
other Additional Insureds as additional insureds warranted no operational
interest, but without the Lessor or the other Additional Insureds being liable
for premiums in respect of such insurance (other than by way of set-off as
mentioned in (vi) below), and in the case of each policy required pursuant to
subsection (b) above, shall name the Lessor and the other Additional Insureds as
loss payees; (ii) provide that, in respect of the interest of the Lessor and the
other Additional Insureds, in such policies, the insurance shall not be
invalidated by any action or inaction of the Lessee or any other Person (other
than the Additional Insureds, each for their respective interests) and shall
insure the interest of the Lessor and the other Additional Insureds, regardless
of any breach or violation by the Lessee or any other Person (other than the
Additional Insureds, each for their respective interests) of any warranty,
declaration or condition contained in such policies; (iii) provide that if such
insurance is cancelled for any reason whatsoever, or if any material change is
made in the coverage (including the scope thereof) which affects the interest of
the Lessor or the other Additional Insureds, or if such insurance is allowed to
lapse for nonpayment of premium, such cancellation, change or lapse shall not be
effective as to the Lessor or the other Additional Insureds for thirty (30) days
(seven (7) days or such lesser period as may be customarily available in the
case of any war risk and allied perils coverage) after the giving of notice to
the Lessor or such Additional Insured, as the case may be, of written notice
from such insurers to the addresses provided hereunder to the Lessee of such
cancellation, change or lapse; (iv) provide that as against the Lessor and the
other Additional Insureds, the insurers shall waive, to the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law, all rights of subrogation; (v) provide, in the case
of liability insurance policies (A) that all of the provisions thereof shall
operate in the same manner as if
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there were a separate policy covering each insured (provided that such policies
shall not operate to increase the insurer's limit of liability as set forth in
such policies), and (B) that the insurance shall be primary and without right of
contribution from any other insurance which may be available to the Lessor or
any Additional Insured; (vi) shall waive any right of the insurers to set-off,
counterclaim or any other deduction, whether by attachment or otherwise, against
the interests of the Additional Insureds (other than in respect of unpaid
premiums in respect of the Airframe and the Engines or engines installed thereon
or with respect to an Engine which is on the ground); and (vii) shall contain
with respect to hull all risks and hull war risks insurance a 50/50 clause per
AVN.103 or its equivalent. In the event that the Lessee shall fail to maintain
insurance as provided in this Section 11, the Lessor may at its sole option
provide such insurance and, in such event, the Lessee shall, upon demand,
reimburse the Lessor, as Supplemental Rent, for the reasonable market cost
thereof, without waiver of any other rights or remedies the Lessor may have
hereunder or under any other Operative Document.
(d)(i) On or before the Delivery Date, and thereafter at the time
of each renewal (but no less than annually), the Lessee, at its expense, will
furnish to the Lessor and each other Additional Insured insurance certificates
with respect to the Aircraft signed by a firm of independent aircraft insurance
brokers reasonably acceptable to the Lessor, describing in reasonable detail the
insurance then carried and maintained on or with respect to the Aircraft and
noting any geographical limits to the coverage provided thereby. The Lessee will
cause such firm (i) to dispatch the said insurance certificates to the Lessor
and each other Additional Insured no later than fourteen (14) days after the
renewal date of the relevant insurance policies, and (ii) to advise the Lessor
and each other Additional Insured in writing promptly of any default in the
payment of any premium and of any other act or omission on the part of the
Lessee, of which such firm has knowledge and which might invalidate or render
unenforceable, in whole or in part, any insurance on the Aircraft. The Lessee
will, and will also cause such firm to, advise the Lessor in writing as promptly
as practicable after a Responsible Officer of the Lessee or such firm, as the
case may be, acquires knowledge that an interruption or reduction of any
insurance carried and maintained on the Aircraft pursuant hereto will occur.
(ii) The Lessee covenants and agrees that it shall provide all
such notices and take all such actions as shall be necessary or advisable to
prevent, and the Lessee shall not suffer to occur, the invalidation of any
insurance benefit which may otherwise be available to any "Additional Insured"
but for any action or inaction of any "Additional Insureds" that occurs or is a
breach or violation of the insurance policy or any warranty, declaration or
condition contained therein of which the Additional Insured has no actual
knowledge or that results from any action or inaction of the Lessee (including,
without limitation, the filing of any claims and the giving of appropriate
notices so as to prevent any such invalidation).
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(iii) The Lessee covenants and agrees that it will pay to the
Lessor, or to whomever the same shall have experienced the set-off, as
Supplemental Rent, promptly upon any set-off described in Sections 11(c) and
11(d), an amount equal to the amount of any set-off pursuant to such Sections.
(e) All insurance payments received by the Lessor or the Lessee from
insurance referred to in Section 11(b) and paid as the result of the occurrence
of an Event of Loss with respect to the Airframe or an Engine (as well as any
requisition or other payments received by the Lessor or the Lessee as the result
of any such Event of Loss) shall be, if received by the Lessee, immediately paid
to the Lessor and shall be held and applied by the Lessor as follows:
(i) if such payment is received as the result of an Event of Loss
referred to in Section 10(a), such payment shall be applied in reduction
of the Lessee's obligation to make payment pursuant to Section 10(a) (and
any excess shall be paid to the Lessee) or, if the Lessee shall have
already made payment in full pursuant to said Section 10(a), all of such
payment shall be paid to the Lessee, provided that no Event of Default or
Default which would become an Event of Default of the type described in
Section 17(a), (b) or (e) shall have occurred and then be continuing; and
(ii) if such payment is received as the result of an Event of Loss
referred to in Section 10(b), such payment shall be paid to the Lessee
upon compliance by the Lessee with all of the terms of said subsection (b)
provided that no Event of Default or Default which would become an Event
of Default of the type described in Section 17(a), (b) or (e) shall have
occurred and then be continuing.
(f) All insurance payments received by the Lessor or the Lessee from
insurance referred to in Section 11(b) and paid other than as the result of an
Event of Loss with respect to the Airframe or an Engine shall be paid over to
the Lessee (i) upon the completion of repairs satisfactory to the Lessor and,
(ii) upon the Lessee's delivery of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the
Lessee describing necessary repairs and specifying the amount of funds required
for making such repairs, and thereupon such funds shall be promptly applied by
the Lessee to the extent necessary to repair the damage to the Airframe or such
Engine, provided that the Lessee will make such payment to the Lessor, and the
Lessor shall not be required to make any such payment to the Lessee, if an Event
of Default or Default of the type referred to in Section 17(a), (b) or (e) has
occurred and is continuing. Any amount which would be payable to the Lessee or
any sublessee under any parallel provision pursuant to this subsection (f) or
Section 11(e) if a Default of the type described in such sections or an Event of
Default had not occurred and was not continuing shall be held by the Lessor as
security for the obligations of the Lessee under the Lease and applied against
the Lessee's obligations as and when due. If such Event of Default and no such
Default shall be cured and no other Event of Default and no such Default shall
have occurred
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and be continuing, such amount shall be paid to the Lessee to the extent not
previously applied in accordance with the terms hereof.
(g) The Lessor and each Owner Participant and each Affiliate of any
thereof may at its own expense carry insurance with respect to the Lessor's
interest in the Aircraft and the Lessor's Estate, provided, however, that such
insurance does not prevent the Lessee from carrying, or otherwise adversely
affect the coverage of, the insurance required by this Section 11, or adversely
affect such insurance or the coverage of any other insurance carried by the
Lessee with respect to its interest in the Aircraft. Any insurance payments
received with respect to any such insurance (including any residual value
insurance) shall be retained by the Lessor or such other Person, to the absolute
exclusion of the Lessee, without reducing or otherwise affecting the Lessee's
obligations or liabilities hereunder or under any other Operative Document.
SECTION 12. Replacement and Pooling; Modifications and Additions.
(a) The Lessee, at its own cost and expense, will promptly replace or cause to
be replaced all Parts which may from time to time become worn out, lost, stolen,
destroyed, seized, confiscated, damaged beyond repair or permanently rendered
unfit for use for any reason whatsoever, except as otherwise provided by the
provisions of this Section 12. All replacement Parts shall be free and clear of
all Liens (except Permitted Liens), shall be in as good an operating condition
as, and shall have the value and utility at least equal to, the Parts replaced
(assuming the same to be in the condition and state required by this Lease). All
Parts, at any time removed from the Airframe or any Engine, shall remain the
property of the Lessor, no matter where located, until such time as such Parts
shall be replaced by Parts which meet the requirements for replacement Parts
specified above. Immediately upon any replacement Part becoming incorporated or
installed in or attached to the Airframe or any Engine, without further act,
title shall vest in and such replacement Part shall become the property of the
Lessor, and shall become subject to this Agreement and be deemed a Part for all
purposes hereof to the same extent as the Parts originally incorporated or
installed in or attached to the Airframe or such Engine.
(b) Any Part replacing a Part removed from the Airframe or any
Engine pursuant to a pooling or similar arrangement in accordance with Section 9
shall be incorporated or installed in or attached to the Airframe or such Engine
in accordance with Section 12(a) as promptly as possible after the removal of
such removed Part. In addition, any replacement Part when incorporated or
installed in or attached to the Airframe or any Engine in accordance with
Section 12(a) may be owned by a third Person subject to such a normal pooling
arrangement permitted by this Lease, provided that the Lessee, at its own
expense, as promptly thereafter as possible, but in any event not more than 180
days thereafter, either (i) obtains and, by operation of Section 12(a) conveys
to Lessor, title to such replacement Part to vest in the Lessor in accordance
with Section 12(a) free and clear of all Liens (except Permitted liens), or (ii)
replaces or procures the replacement of such
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replacement Part by the incorporation or installation in or attachment to such
Airframe or Engine of a further replacement Part free and clear of all Liens
(except Permitted Liens) and by causing title to such further replacement Part
to vest in the Lessor in accordance with Section 12(a) and such further
replacement Part shall forthwith be deemed part of the Airframe or Engine to the
same extent as the Part originally incorporated or installed in or attached to
the Airframe or such Engine and become subject to this Lease.
(c) The Lessee, at its expense, will make such modifications in and
additions to the Airframe and each Engine as may be required from time to time
in order to meet the standards of Applicable Law and in order for the Lessee to
comply fully with the terms of this Lease, including Sections 5 and 6 hereof. In
addition, so long as no Event of Default or Default which would become an Event
of Default of the type described in Section 17(e) shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Lessee, at its expense, may from time to time make such
modifications in and additions to the Airframe or any Engine as the Lessee may
deem desirable in the proper conduct of its business; provided, however, that no
such modification or addition shall diminish the value or utility of the
Airframe or such Engine, or impair the airworthiness or operating condition
thereof, below the value, utility, airworthiness and condition thereof
immediately prior to such modification or addition assuming the Airframe and
such Engine were in the condition and repair state required by this Lease. Title
to all Parts incorporated or installed in or attached or added to the Airframe
or an Engine, as the result of such modification or addition shall, without
further act, vest in the Lessor. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of this
Section 12, so long as no Event of Default or Default which would become an
Event of Default of the type described in Section 17(e) shall have occurred and
be continuing, the Lessee may remove any Part, provided that (i) such Part is in
addition to, and not in replacement of or substitution for, any Part originally
incorporated or installed in or attached to the Airframe or an Engine at the
time originally leased by the Lessor or any Part in replacement of, or
substitution for, any such Part, (ii) such Part is not required to be
incorporated or installed in or attached or added to such Airframe or an Engine,
pursuant to the terms of this Lease, and (iii) such Part can be removed from the
Airframe or such Engine without causing material damage to the Airframe or such
Engine and without diminishing or impairing the value, utility, condition or
airworthiness required to be maintained by the terms of this Lease which the
Airframe and such Engine would have had at such time had such modification or
addition not occurred. Upon the removal by the Lessee of any Part as provided in
the immediately preceding sentence, title thereto shall, without further act,
vest in the Lessee and such Part shall no longer be deemed part of the Airframe
or the Engine from which it was removed. Any Part not removed by the Lessee
prior to the return of the Aircraft to the Lessor hereunder shall remain the
property of the Lessor.
SECTION 13. Insignia. On or prior to the Delivery Date, the
Lessee agrees to affix and maintain in the cockpit of the Airframe, in a
prominent position on the door, a metal nameplate bearing the following
inscription: "TRUST COMPANY FOR USL, INC.,
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OWNER TRUSTEE/LESSOR." The Lessee further agrees not to affix, or suffer to be
affixed, to or allow the name of any Person to be affixed to or placed on the
Airframe or any Part any indicia of ownership thereof by any person other than
the Lessor.
SECTION 14. Inspection/Information. (a) The Lessee will permit the
Lessor, at the Lessor's sole cost and expense (except if incurred in the
Lessor's exercise of remedies under Section 18), by its officers or agents to
inspect the Aircraft or any Parts or any part thereof and the Lessee's documents
and records relating thereto, and at such reasonable times during normal
business hours (or at any other time acceptable to the Lessee) as the Lessor may
from time to time request, provided, however, that such inspections shall not
interfere with the Lessee's normal operation of the Aircraft. The Lessor shall
have no duty to make any such inspection and shall not incur any liability or
obligation by reason of making or not making any such inspection. The Lessee
shall provide the Lessor (i) as soon as available and in any event within (x)
one hundred eighty (180) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Lessee, a
copy of the published annual report to its shareholders (in the English language
for the financial part) for such year for the Lessee, and (y) ninety (90) days
after the end of each second fiscal quarter of the Lessee, a copy of the
Lessee's published interim report to shareholders, and (ii) such other
information respecting the Lessee's financial conditions (to the extent made
available to the Lessee's shareholders and senior lenders) or operations or the
maintenance status of the Aircraft as the Lessor may from time to time
reasonably request.
(b) The Lessee agrees to provide to the Lessor not less than thirty
(30) days after the end of each fiscal quarter, a detailed report specifying the
actual number of hours/cycles utilized on the Airframe and each Engine during
the preceding fiscal quarter, the location of the Airframe and each Engine as of
the end of such quarter, any unscheduled maintenance work at or exceeding the
level of a C Check performed thereon during such quarter and any other such
information relating to the Airframe and Engines as the Lessor may reasonably
request.
(c) The Lessee will give notice of an Event of Default or a Default
which would become an Event of Default of the type described in Section 17(e)
when a Responsible Officer of the Lessee has actual knowledge thereof.
SECTION 15. The Lessor's Right to Perform for the Lessee. If the
Lessee fails to pay any Rent hereunder or fails to perform or comply with any of
its other agreements contained herein, the Lessor may, on behalf of the Lessee,
make such payment or perform or comply with such agreement, and the amount of
such payment and the amount of the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in
connection with such payment, performance or compliance, as the case may be
(together with an amount that is the equivalent of interest thereon at the
Overdue Payment Rate), shall be payable by the Lessee on demand as Supplemental
Rent (not as interest).
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SECTION 16. Further Assurances. The Lessee at its expense will
promptly and duly execute and deliver such documents and assurances and take
such action as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Lessor may from time to
time reasonably request, in order to more effectively carry out the intent and
purpose of this Lease and the other Operative Documents and to establish and
protect the Lessor's title to the Aircraft and its rights and remedies created
or intended to be created under this Lease and the other Operative Documents,
including, without limitation, the execution, delivery and filing of Uniform
Commercial Code financing and continuation statements with respect to this
Lease, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lessor, in such jurisdictions
as the Lessor may reasonably request.
SECTION 17. Events of Default. The following events shall constitute
Events of Default (whether any such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or
arise by operation of law or pursuant to or in compliance with any judgment,
decree, order, rule or regulation of any court or any administrative or
governmental body):
(a) The Lessee shall fail to make any payment of Basic Rent or
Stipulated Loss Value within seven (7) days after the earlier of (i)
written notice to the Lessee and (ii) actual knowledge by a Responsible
Officer of the Lessee that such payment shall not have been paid when due;
or
(b) The Lessee shall fail to make any other payment of Rent of any
kind when due and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of
fifteen (15) days after the earlier of (i) written notice to the Lessee
and (ii) actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the Lessee that such
payment shall not have been paid when due; or
(c)(i) The Lessee shall fail to carry and maintain insurance in
accordance with Section 11 hereof, or the Lessee shall operate the
Aircraft at a time when insurance required by the provisions of Section 11
shall not be in effect; or
(ii) The Lessee shall fail in any material respect to perform or
observe any other covenant or agreement to be performed or observed by it
under this Lease or under any other Operative Document (other than such as
are the subject of Section 17(c)(i)) and such failure to perform or
observe such other covenant or agreement shall continue unremedied for a
period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof to the Lessee by
the Lessor, except if such failure is curable and the Lessee is diligently
proceeding to cure such failure for a period not longer than ninety (90)
days after such notice; or
(d) Any representation or warranty made by the Lessee in this Lease
or in any other Operative Document or in any document or certificate
furnished by the Lessee
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in connection herewith or therewith shall have been incorrect in any
material respect at the time made and such incorrectness materially
adversely affects the rights of the Lessor under the Operative Documents
and the Lessor has given written notice thereof to the Lessee, or, if such
incorrectness is curable and the Lessee is diligently proceeding to cure
same, such incorrectness shall continue for a period not longer than
forty-five (45) days after the earlier of (i) such notice and (ii) actual
knowledge of such incorrectness by a Responsible Officer of the Lessee; or
(e) The Lessee shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or any proceeding or petition (voluntary or involuntary) shall
be instituted or commenced by or against the Lessee under the laws of any
country, now or hereafter in effect, seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt
or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of it or its
debts under any law of any country relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of
an order, judgment or decree for relief or the appointment of a receiver,
trustee, or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of
its property and either such proceeding (in the case of an involuntary
proceeding only) shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of
ninety (90) days, or the Lessee shall take any corporate action to
authorize any of the actions set forth above in this subsection (e), or if
any competent court shall by final decision have declared the Lessee "en
disastre", bankrupt or insolvent or if, under the provisions of the
Applicable Law of Finland, any Finnish court of competent jurisdiction
shall assume jurisdiction, custody or control of the Lessee or of any
substantial part of its property and such jurisdiction, custody or control
shall remain in force unrelinquished or unstayed for a period of ninety
(90) days.
SECTION 18. Remedies. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
and at any time thereafter so long as the same shall be continuing, the Lessor
may, at its option, declare in writing to the Lessee that this Lease is in
default; and at any time thereafter, so long as the Lessee shall not have
remedied all outstanding Events of Default, the Lessor may do one or more of the
following with respect to the Airframe or any Engine, as the Lessor in its sole
discretion shall elect, to the extent permitted by, and subject to compliance
with any mandatory requirements of, Applicable Law then in effect:
(a) cause the Lessee, upon the written demand of the Lessor and at
the Lessee's expense, to return promptly, and the Lessee hereby agrees
that it shall return promptly, such of the Airframe and the Engines as the
Lessor may so demand to the Lessor or such Person as the Lessor may
designate pursuant to Applicable Law in the manner and condition required
by, and otherwise in accordance with all the provisions of, Section 5 as
if the Airframe or such Engine were being returned at the end of the Term,
or the Lessor or the Lessor's agent, at its option, may, but shall be
under no
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obligation to, enter upon the premises where all or any part of the Airframe or
any Engine is located and take immediate possession of and remove the same by
summary proceedings or otherwise, all without liability accruing to the Lessor
or the Lessor's agent for or by reason of such entry or taking of possession,
removal or storage whether for the restoration of damage to property caused by
any such action or otherwise;
(b) sell all or part of the Airframe or any Engine at public or
private sale, as the Lessor may determine, or otherwise dispose of, hold,
use, operate, lease to others or keep idle the Airframe or any Engine as
the Lessor may determine, all free and clear of any rights or claims of
the Lessee and without any duty to account to the Lessee with respect to
such action or inaction or for any proceeds with respect thereto;
(c) whether or not the Lessor shall have exercised, or shall
thereafter at any time exercise, any of its rights under Section 18(a) or
(b) above with respect to all or part of the Airframe or any Engine, the
Lessor, by written notice to the Lessee specifying a payment date not
earlier than ten (10) days from the date of such notice, may cause the
Lessee to pay to the Lessor, and the Lessee shall pay to the Lessor, on
the payment date specified in such notice, as liquidated damages for loss
of a bargain and not as a penalty (in lieu of the scheduled Basic Rent for
the Aircraft otherwise due on Rent Payment Dates occurring on and after
the payment date specified for payment in such notice), any unpaid Basic
Rent for the Aircraft due (or which would have been due in the absence of
the termination of this Lease) prior to the payment date specified in such
notice, any accrued, due and unpaid Supplemental Rent to and including
such payment date, plus whichever of the following amounts the Lessor, in
its sole discretion, shall specify in such notice (together with interest
on all amounts payable by the Lessee under this subsection (c) at the
Overdue Payment Rate from such specified payment date until the date of
actual payment): (i) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the
Stipulated Loss Value for the Airframe or such Engine (computed as of the
Loss Payment Date immediately succeeding the date specified in such
notice), over the aggregate Fair Market Rental Value of the Airframe or
such Engine for a period equal to the remainder of the Term (or what would
have been the remainder of the Term in the absence of the termination of
this Lease) after discounting such aggregate Fair Market Rental Value
quarterly (effective on the dates which would have been Rent Payment Dates
in the absence of the termination of this Lease) to present worth as of
the payment date specified in such notice at the rate per annum equal to
the Overdue Payment Rate; or (ii) an amount equal to the excess, if any,
of the Stipulated Loss Value for the Airframe or such Engine (computed as
of the Loss Payment Date immediately succeeding the date specified in such
notice), over the Fair Market Sales Value of the Airframe or such Engine,
as of the payment date specified in such notice; provided, however, that
if such payment is not made on
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a Loss Payment Date, there shall be deducted from the amount payable by
the Lessee under this subsection (c) an amount equal to interest at the
rate of 9.4% per annum (computed on the basis of a 365 day year and actual
days elapsed) on the Stipulated Loss Value payable by the Lessee, from and
including the date such payment is due under this subsection (c), to but
not including the Loss Payment Date immediately following the date of such
payment;
(d) in the event the Lessor shall have sold the Airframe or any
Engine, the Lessor, in lieu of exercising its rights under Section 18(c)
with respect to the Airframe or such Engine, may, if it shall so elect,
require the Lessee to pay to the Lessor, and the Lessee shall pay to the
Lessor, on the date of such sale, as liquidated damages for loss of a
bargain and all other losses to the Lessor and not as a penalty, all
unpaid Basic Rent for the Aircraft due (or which would have been due in
the absence of the termination of this Lease) on each Rent Payment Date
occurring prior to the date of such sale, plus any Supplemental Rent that
is accrued, due and unpaid to the date of such sale plus the amount of any
deficiency between the net proceeds of such sale and the Stipulated Loss
Value of the Airframe or such Engine (computed as of the Loss Payment Date
occurring on (if payment is made on a Loss Payment Date) or immediately
following (if payment is made on a date other than a Loss Payment Date)
the date of such sale), together with interest at the Overdue Payment Rate
on all amounts payable by the Lessee under this subsection (d) from the
date of such sale until the date of actual payment; provided, however,
that if payment in respect of such sale is made on a date which is not a
Loss Payment Date, there shall be deducted from the amount payable by the
Lessee pursuant to this subdivision (d) an amount equal to interest at
9.4% per annum (computed on the basis of a 365 day year and actual days
elapsed) on the Stipulated Loss Value payable by the Lessee, from and
including the date of such sale, to but not including the Loss Payment
Date immediately following the date of such sale; and/or
(e) the Lessor may rescind this Lease or may exercise any other
right or remedy which may be available to it under Applicable Law, or to
proceed by appropriate court action to enforce the terms hereof or to
recover damages permitted by Applicable Law for breach hereof.
In addition, the Lessee shall be liable, except as otherwise
provided above, for any and all unpaid Rent due hereunder before, after or
during the exercise of any of the foregoing remedies and for all legal fees and
other costs and expenses incurred by reason of the occurrence of any Event of
Default or the exercise of remedies with respect thereto, including all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with any retaking of the
Airframe or any Engine or in placing the Airframe or any Engine in the condition
and airworthiness required by Section 5. At any sale of the Airframe or any
Engine pursuant to this Section 18, the Owner Participant, the Lessor or the
Lessee, or any Affiliate of any
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thereof, may bid for and purchase such property. Except as otherwise expressly
provided above, no remedy referred to in this Section 18 is intended to be
exclusive, but each shall be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy
referred to above or otherwise available to the Lessor at law or in equity; and
the exercise or beginning of exercise by the Lessor of any one or more of such
remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by the Lessor of
any or all of such other remedies. No express or implied waiver by the Lessor of
any Event of Default or Default shall in any way be, or be construed to be, a
waiver of any future or subsequent Event of Default or Default. To the extent
permitted by Applicable Law, the Lessee hereby waives any rights now or
hereafter conferred by statute or otherwise which may require the Lessor to
sell, lease or otherwise use or keep idle the Airframe or any Engine in
mitigation of the Lessor's damages except as set forth in this Section or which
may otherwise limit or modify any of the Lessor's rights or remedies under this
Section 18.
For the purpose of this Section 18, the "Stipulated Loss Value" as
of any date for the Airframe or any Engine means a portion of the Stipulated
Loss Value of such Aircraft, computed as of such date, which bears the same
ratio to such Stipulated Loss Value of the Aircraft as the original cost to the
Lessor of the Airframe or such Engine (as the case may be), as reasonably
computed by the Lessor, bears to the original cost to the Lessor of the
Aircraft.
SECTION 19. Expenses.
(a) Each party shall pay all costs and expenses (including legal
fees and expenses of counsel) it has incurred in connection with the
preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification and amendment of
this Lease, any other Operative Document and the other documents to be delivered
hereunder or thereunder, as the case may be, except as otherwise provided below
in this Section 19, provided that in no event shall the Lessee pay any costs or
fees or any amounts of any nature whatsoever relating to the Owner Trustee or
any successor trustee or co-trustee under the Trust Agreement or administration
of the Trust Estate.
(b) The Lessor shall pay all the costs of any mortgage taxes or
security filings incurred in connection with any financings or refinancing of
the Aircraft, except as otherwise provided below in clause (d).
(c) In connection with any financing or re-financing of the Aircraft
occurring after the Delivery Date, the Lessor shall pay on demand all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses
of counsel) incurred by the Lessee in connection with any such financing or
re-financing, except as otherwise provided below in clause (d).
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(d) In connection with the amendment or modification to the Lease,
or registration or deregistration of the Aircraft, in each case requested by the
Lessee after the Delivery Date, or any amendment or modification to the Lease
required in connection with an Event of Loss with respect to an Engine or a
substitution of engines by the Lessee pursuant to Section 10(b) or 10(d),
respectively, and in each other instance under this Lease or any other Operative
Document where it is expressly stated that costs or expenses are to be borne by
the Lessee, the Lessee shall pay on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of counsel) incurred
by the Lessor, including but not limited to, any reasonable costs incurred by
the Lessor in connection with such registration or deregistration, or such Event
of Loss or engine substitution under or pursuant to any financing or refinancing
arrangement then in place.
(e) Any party may, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, seek
payment by the other party of all its costs and expenses (including legal fees
and expenses of counsel) incurred in connection with any legal suit, action,
proceeding or arbitration arising out of or relating to this Lease or any of the
Operative Documents, provided that in any such legal suit, action or proceeding
or arbitration in which final judgment has been entered, the party against whom
such judgment has been entered shall pay all such costs and expenses (including
legal fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the prevailing party.
SECTION 20. Assignment; Owner Trustee. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 13 of the Purchase Agreement or as the parties may
otherwise agree in writing, the Lessor agrees that it will not, at any time
after the execution and delivery of this Lease and prior to the expiry of
the Term, assign or convey its right, title and interest in and to this
Lease or the Aircraft without the written prior consent of the Lessee.
SECTION 21. Notices. All notices required under the terms and
provisions hereof shall be in writing or by telecommunication, in the English
language, and any such notice shall become effective when received by the other
party, by hand, by registered mail with proper postage for airmail prepaid, or,
if in the form of a telegram, telex or telecopy, upon confirmation of receipt
thereof, in each case addressed (i) if to the Lessee:
FINNAIR OY
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 0
00000 Xxxxxxxx
Finland
Attention: Group Treasurer
Telex: 124946 Answerback: fnair sf
Telecopier: 000-0-000-0000
Telephone: 000-0-000-00
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or to such other address as the Lessee shall from time to time designate in
writing to the Lessor, or (ii) if to the Lessor:
Trust Company for USL, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: President
Telecopy: 000-000-0000
or to such other address as the Lessor shall from time to time designate in
writing to the Lessee.
SECTION 22. Net Lease, No Set-Off, Counterclaim, Etc. All Rent shall
be paid by the Lessee in the manner provided in Section 3(b). This Lease is a
net lease, and the Lessee will pay all costs, charges, fees and expenses
associated with the use, non-use, possession, control, operation, maintenance
and repair of the Aircraft and the Parts, except as expressly provided herein.
The Lessee's obligation to pay all Rent payable hereunder shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without
limitation, (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right
which the Lessee may have against the Lessor, any Owner Participant, the
manufacturer of the Airframe or of any Engine or of any Part or any other Person
for any reason whatsoever (whether in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby or in connection with any unrelated transaction), (ii) any
defect in the title, airworthiness, eligibility for registration under
Applicable Law, condition, design, operation, merchantability, or fitness for
use of, any other matter referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (vii) of
Section 4(b), or any damage to or loss or destruction of, or any Lien upon, the
Airframe or any Engine, or any interruption or cessation in the use or
possession thereof by the Lessee for any reason whatsoever, including by reason
of governmental authority or action, (iii) any insolvency, bankruptcy,
reorganization, "en disastre", moratorium or similar proceedings by or against
the Lessee, the Lessor or any other Person, (iv) the invalidity or
unenforceability of any of the Operative Documents, (v) any restriction on the
exchange of any currency into any other currency, including, without limitation,
an exchange of Finnish Marks into Dollars, or on the transfer of funds to the
United States or from Finland, (vi) the Lessee at any time having immunity from
suit or execution on the grounds of sovereignty, enforceability of judgment or
otherwise, (vii) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether
or not similar to any of the foregoing. If for any reason whatsoever this Lease
shall be terminated as to the Airframe or any Engine in whole or in part by
operation of Applicable Law, or otherwise, except as specifically provided
herein, the Lessee nonetheless agrees to pay to the Lessor an amount equal to
each Basic Rent payment for the Aircraft at the time such payment would have
become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof had this Lease not
been so terminated in whole or in part. The Lessee hereby waives, and hereby
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agrees to waive at any future time at the request of the Lessor, to the extent
permitted by Applicable Law, any and all rights which it may now have or which
at any time hereafter may be conferred upon it, by statute or otherwise, to
terminate, cancel, quit or surrender this Lease except in accordance with the
express terms hereof and all rights of "set-off", notice and demand. Each
payment of Rent made by or on behalf of the Lessee to the Lessor shall be final
as to the Lessee and the Lessor. The Lessee will not seek to recover all or any
part of any such payment of Rent made to the Lessor or any Indemnitee for any
reason whatsoever and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, waives all
rights to any such recovery and right to seek the same. The Lessor shall not be
required to reimburse any portion of any payment of any Basic Rent by reason of
any early termination of this Lease. Nothing in this Section 22 shall be
construed to preclude the Lessee or the Lessor from bringing any suit at law or
in equity against any Person which it would otherwise be entitled for breach of
any representation, warranty, covenant or duty hereunder.
SECTION 23. Jurisdiction: Governing Law.
(a) Each of the Lessor and the Lessee hereby irrevocably agrees
that, to the extent that it or any of its assets has or hereafter may acquire or
become entitled to any right of immunity, as against the other party hereto or
its respective successors and assigns, whether characterized as sovereign
immunity or otherwise, from any legal proceedings, action or suit, from set-off
or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any competent court, from service of
process, from attachment prior to judgment, from attachment in aid of execution,
or from execution prior to judgment, or other legal process, whether in the
United States of America or the Republic of Finland or any other jurisdiction,
but only to the extent required to enforce or collect upon this Lease or any
other Operative Document or any other liability or obligation of it related to
or arising from the transactions contemplated by this Lease or any other
Operative Document, including, without limitation, immunity from service of
process, immunity from jurisdiction or judgment of any court or tribunal,
immunity from execution of a judgment, and immunity of any of its property from
attachment prior to any entry of judgment or from attachment in aid of execution
upon a judgment, it hereby expressly and irrevocably and unconditionally waives
and agrees not to plead or claim any such immunity but only with respect to its
obligations or liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in
connection with this Lease or any other Operative Document or the subject matter
hereof or thereof. Such agreement and waiver shall be irrevocable and not
subject to withdrawal in any and all jurisdictions, including, without
limitation, under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 of the United
States.
(b) Each of the Lessor and the Lessee irrevocably agrees that any
legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating solely to this Lease
or any other Operative Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby or any document referred to herein or therein, may be instituted in
the State or Federal courts in the County of New York, State of New York, and it
hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
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permitted by law, any objection which it may have now or hereafter to the laying
of the venue or the jurisdiction or the convenience of the forum of any such
legal suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably submits generally and
unconditionally to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court but only in
any such suit, action or proceeding. In the case of the said courts, the Lessee
hereby designates, appoints and empowers Finnair, General Manager North America
Finnair Executive Office, or any successor thereof, currently located at 00 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, as its authorized agent to accept,
receive and acknowledge for and on behalf of it and its property service of any
and all process which may be served but only in any action, suit or proceeding
of the nature referred to above in the County of New York, State of New York.
Each of the Lessor and the Lessee further agrees that such service of process
may be made personally or by mailing or delivering a copy of the summons and
complaint or other legal process in any such legal suit, action or proceeding to
it in care of such agent at the aforesaid address, and, in the case of the
Lessor, at the address set forth in Section 21, and such agent is hereby
authorized to accept, receive and acknowledge the same for and on behalf of it
and to admit service with respect thereto. Upon such service of process being
made on such agent or the Lessor as aforesaid, a copy of the summons and
complaint or other legal process served shall be mailed by the plaintiff to the
Lessee or the Lessor, as the case may be, registered mail, return receipt
requested, at its address specified in Section 21 hereof (as the same may be
changed from time to time pursuant to said Section 21). Such service upon such
agent shall be deemed to be personal service on the Lessee and shall be legal
and binding upon it for all purposes notwithstanding any failure to mail copies
of such legal process to it, or any failure on the part of it to receive the
same, and shall be deemed completed upon the delivery thereof to such agent
whether or not such agent shall give notice thereof to it or upon the earliest
other date permitted by Applicable Law (including, without limitation, the
Immunities Act). Each of the Lessor and the Lessee further irrevocably agrees to
the service of process of any of the aforementioned courts but only in any suit,
action or proceeding of the nature referred to above by the mailing of the
copies thereof by certified air mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested,
to it at its address specified in Section 21 hereof (as the same may be changed
from time to time pursuant to Section 21 hereof), such service to be effective
upon the date of receipt indicated on the postal receipt returned from it.
(c) The Lessee agrees that it will at all times continuously
maintain an agent or an office to receive service of process in the County of
New York, State of New York on behalf of itself and its property with respect to
the parties to this Lease and any other Operative Document, and, in the event
that for any reason the agent mentioned above or such office shall not serve as
agent for it to receive service of process in the County of New York, State of
New York on its behalf, it shall promptly appoint a successor satisfactory to
the Lessee and the Lessor so to serve, advise the Lessee and deliver to the
Lessee evidence thereof.
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(d) Subject to any rights pursuant to Section 23(e), final judgment
against the Lessee or the Lessor in any suit shall be conclusive in any court
proceeding, and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment,
a certified or true copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and
of the amount of any indebtedness or liability of the Lessee or the Lessor, as
the case may be, therein described.
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (b) in this Section 23, and in
addition to any of its rights to otherwise pursue remedies under or in respect
of this Lease, each of the Lessor and the Lessee shall have the right, at its
option, under all circumstances, to institute binding arbitration, and that if
such arbitration is so elected, with respect to any matter governed by this
Lease or any other Operative Document or in respect of any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof
or in connection therewith, and any dispute, controversy and claim relating
thereto, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Rules of the
Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, with the place of
arbitration in Stockholm, Sweden, and each party hereby irrevocably agrees that,
if either party shall elect to pursue such arbitration, the other party hereto
shall submit thereto and will be bound thereby. The Arbitral Panel shall be
composed of three (3) arbitrators. The language to be used in the arbitral
proceedings shall be English. This agreement shall be governed by the internal
laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of laws principles).
(f) THIS LEASE HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED AND DELIVERED IN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK AND SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICT OF
LAWS RULE WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION), INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE.
SECTION 24. Miscellaneous. (a) Any provision of this Lease which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating or rendering unenforceable the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibitions or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate
or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent
permitted by Applicable Law, each of the Lessor and the Lessee hereby waives any
provision of Applicable Law which renders any provision hereof prohibited or
unenforceable in any respect. No term or provision of this Lease may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against which the enforcement of the change, waiver,
discharge or termination is sought. This Lease shall constitute an agreement of
lease, and nothing herein shall be construed as conveying to the Lessee any
right, title or interest in the Aircraft except as a lessee only.
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(b) (i) This Lease constitutes an international transaction in which
the specification of Dollars and the payment at the designated place of payment
is of the essence, and Dollars shall be the currency of account in all events,
including for all payments of Rent and any other amount payable hereunder or
under any other Operative Document. The payment obligations of the Lessee under
this Lease shall not be discharged by an amount paid in another currency or in
another place, whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, to the extent that
the amount so paid on prompt conversion to Dollars (as quoted in New York, New
York) and transfer to the designated place of payment under normal banking
procedures does not yield the amount of Dollars due hereunder. If any expense
required to be reimbursed pursuant to this Agreement or any other Operative
Document is originally incurred in a currency other than Dollars, the Lessee or
the Lessor, as the case may be, shall nonetheless make reimbursement of that
expense in Dollars, in an amount equal to the amount in Dollars that would have
been required for the Person that incurred that expense to have purchased, in
accordance with normal banking procedures, at New York, New York the sum paid in
such other currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the date of
payment of such expenses. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the
obligation of the Lessee or the Lessor, as the case may be, in respect of any
amount due under this Agreement or any other Operative Document shall,
notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether pursuant to a
judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in
Dollars that the Person entitled to receive that payment may, in accordance with
normal banking procedures, purchase [at,] and transfer to, New York, New York
with the sum paid in that other currency (after any premium and costs of
exchange) on the Business Day immediately following the day on which that Person
receives that payment. If the amount in Dollars that may be so purchased for any
reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Lessee or the Lessor, as
the case may be, shall pay and indemnify for such additional amounts, in
Dollars, as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall. Any obligation of
the Lessee or the Lessor, as the case may be, not discharged by that payment
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, be due as a separate
and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein by the full
payment of all outstanding amounts in Dollars as herein provided, shall continue
in full force and effect.
(ii) (A) Any monies (but excluding any Collateral Security described
in Section 4(c)(iii) hereof) paid to or retained by the Lessor which are
required to be paid to the Lessee or applied for the benefit of the Lessee
(including, without limitation, amounts payable to the Lessee under Sections 10
and 11), but which the Lessor or any Person acting by or through the Lessor is
entitled to hold under the terms hereof pending the occurrence of some event or
the performance of some act (including, without limitation, the remedying of a
Default or an Event of Default), shall, until paid to the Lessee or applied as
provided herein, be invested by the Lessor from time to time at the direction,
risk and expense of the Lessee in Permitted Investments (defined below). There
shall be promptly remitted to the Lessee any gain (including interest received)
realized as the result of any such investment (net of any fees, commissions and
other expenses, if any, incurred in connection with such investment)
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unless an Event of Default, or any Default described in paragraph (e) of Section
17, shall have occurred and be continuing, in which case such gains shall be
held subject to the preceding sentence. The Lessee will promptly pay to the
Lessor, on demand, as collateral security for its obligations hereunder, the
amount of any loss realized as the result of any such investment (together with
any fees, commissions and other expenses, if any, incurred in connection with
such investment).
(B) "Permitted Investments" means obligations of, or guaranteed by,
the United States Government maturing within 91 days after such investment.
(c) This Lease, including all agreements, covenants, representations
and warranties, shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of, and may be
enforced by, (1) the Lessor and its successors and permitted assigns and (2) the
Lessee and its successors and, to the extent permitted hereby, assigns. The
obligations of the Lessee under Sections 8 and 19 of this Lease are expressly
made for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnitee entitled
thereto, without declaring this Lease to be in default or taking action in
respect of such declaration under Section 17 hereof.
(d) The section and subsection headings in and the table of contents
to this Lease are for convenience of reference only and shall not modify,
define, expand or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof, and all
references herein to numbered sections, unless otherwise indicated, are to
sections of this Lease.
(e) In the event of a discrepancy between the terms of this Lease
and any of the other Operative Documents, the terms of this Lease shall govern.
(f) This Lease may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
(g) This Lease represents the agreement of the Lessor and the Lessee
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises,
undertakings, representations or warranties by the Lessor relative to the
subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the
other Operative Documents or in the other agreements, documents and instruments
referred to herein or therein delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
(h) Each of the Lessee and the Lessor agrees that it shall perform
the agreements, covenants and indemnities to be performed by it set forth in the
Purchase Agreement and the other Operative Documents, which agreements,
covenants and documents are hereby incorporated herein by reference as fully and
to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if set forth in full in
this Section 24(h).
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SECTION 25. Title and Ownership. The Lessee acknowledges that full
legal title to the ownership of the Aircraft shall remain vested in the Lessor,
subject to the rights of the Lessee under the Lease, notwithstanding the
possession and use thereof by the Lessee.
SECTION 26. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BY ITS SIGNATURE BELOW WRITTEN
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY
CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT, THE OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS, OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY OR THEREBY. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS,
RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OPERATIVE
DOCUMENT, OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THIS TRANSACTION. IN
THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A
TRIAL BY THE COURT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Lessor and the Lessee have each caused this
Lease to be duly executed as of the date and year first above written.
TRUST COMPANY FOR USL, INC.,
not in its individual capacity,
except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, but solely as
Owner Trustee,
Lessor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Vice President
FINNAIR OY,
Lessee
By:
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Title:
THE SINGLE EXECUTED ORIGINAL OF THIS LEASE MARKED "ORIGINAL" SHALL BE THE
"ORIGINAL" AND ALL OTHER COUNTERPARTS OF THIS LEASE SHALL BE DUPLICATES AND
MARKED "DUPLICATE" OR "DUPLICATE ORIGINAL". TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS LEASE
CONSTITUTES CHATTEL PAPER, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL
CODE AS IN EFFECT IN ANY APPLICABLE JURISDICTION, NO SECURITY INTEREST MAY BE
CREATED THROUGH TRANSFER OR POSSESSION OF ANY COUNTERPART OTHER THAN THE
"ORIGINAL".
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Lessor and the Lessee have each caused this
Lease to be duly executed as of the date and year first above written.
TRUST COMPANY FOR USL, INC.,
not in its individual capacity,
except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, but solely as
Owner Trustee,
Lessor
By:
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Title
FINNAIR OY,
Lessee
By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Legal Counsel
THE SINGLE EXECUTED ORIGINAL OF THIS LEASE MARKED "ORIGINAL" SHALL BE THE
"ORIGINAL" AND ALL OTHER COUNTERPARTS OF THIS LEASE SHALL BE DUPLICATES AND
MARKED "DUPLICATE" OR "DUPLICATE ORIGINAL". TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS LEASE
CONSTITUTES CHATTEL PAPER, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL
CODE AS IN EFFECT IN ANY APPLICABLE JURISDICTION, NO SECURITY INTEREST MAY BE
CREATED THROUGH TRANSFER OR POSSESSION OF ANY COUNTERPART OTHER THAN THE
"ORIGINAL".
SCHEDULE 1
TO LEASE AGREEMENT
AIRCRAFT DOCUMENTS
TO BE DELIVERED
1. TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS (ORIGINAL OF EACH)
1) Historical Brief - Aircraft
2) AD and SB Compliance List - Aircraft
3) AD and SB Compliance List - Engine
4) List of All Modifications Performed by Finnair
5) Time and Cycle Status - Aircraft and Engine
6) Original Export Certificate of Airworthiness (At Time of
Purchase By Finnair)
7) Status of Aircraft in XxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Significant Structural
Inspection Program (If Applicable)
8) Difference of XxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Readiness Log Master Equipment
List Between Delivery and Present Configuration
9) List of Major Repairs and Alterations
10) Copy of STC's Incorporated and STC Supplements, With FAA Form 337's
for Installation
2. MAINTENANCE RECORDS
1) Aircraft Log Book
2) Engine Records
3) APU Records
4) List of Components with Time Data
5) Engine Life Limited Parts with Time Data
6) Engine Historical Records - Latest EHM Work Book
7) Shop Maintenance Summary
8) Engine Test Cell Records
9) FAA Form 337 for Last EHM
10) Airframe Life Limited Parts
11) Aircraft Weighing Data
3. MANUALS
1) FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) [current and updated]
2) Manufacturers Flight Crew Operating Manager (FCOM)
3) Airline Flight Crew Operating Manual (FCOM)
4) Weight Balance Manual
5) Minimum Equipment List (XXX)
6) XXX Procedures Manual
7) Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM)
8) Aircraft Wiring Manual (AWM)
9) Aircraft Wiring Listings (AWL)
10) Systems Schematics (LAMMS)
11) Aircraft Maintenance and Inspection Program Manual
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SCHEDULE 2
TO LEASE AGREEMENT
ORGANIZATION OF ECONOMIC
COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
For purposes of the definition of "OECD" set forth in the Operating
Lease Agreement, the following are the member nations:
1. Australia
2. Austria
3. Belgium
4. Canada
5. Denmark
6. Finland
7. France
8. Federal Republic of Germany
9. Greece
10. Iceland
11. Ireland
12. Italy
13. Japan
14. Luxembourg
15. The Netherlands
16. New Zealand
17. Norway
18. Portugal
19. Spain
20. Sweden
21. Switzerland
22. Turkey
23. The United Kingdom
24. The United States of America
EXHIBIT A
TO LEASE AGREEMENT
FORM OF
LEASE SUPPLEMENT NO. 1
LEASE SUPPLEMENT NO. 1, dated April 30, 1992 between TRUST COMPANY
FOR USL, INC., not in its individual capacity, except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, but solely as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement dated as
of April _, 1992 (the "Lessor"), and FINNAIR OY (the "Lessee").
The Lessor and the Lessee have heretofore entered into that certain
Lease Agreement, dated as of April _, 1992, relating to one XxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
MD82 aircraft (herein called the "Lease" and the defined terms therein being
hereinafter used with the same meanings). The Lease provides for the execution
and delivery of a Lease Supplement for the purpose of leasing the Aircraft under
the Lease if agreed upon by the Lessor to the Lessee in accordance with the
terms thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and
sufficient consideration, the Lessor and the Lessee hereby agree as follows:
1. The Lessor hereby delivers and leases to the Lessee under the
Lease, and the Lessee hereby accepts and leases from the Lessor under the Lease,
the following described XxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxx MD82 aircraft (the "Aircraft"), which
as of the date hereof consists of the following components:
(i) Airframe: Finnish Registration Mark OH-LMN; and manufacturer's
serial number: 49150
(ii) Engines: two Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx Model JT8D-219 engines bearing,
respectively, manufacturer's serial numbers
718072, and
709707
(each of which engines has 750 or more rated takeoff horsepower or the
equivalent of such horsepower).
2. The Lessee hereby confirms its agreement to pay to the Lessor
Basic Rent for the Aircraft throughout the Term on the dates and in the amounts
specified in, and otherwise in accordance with all of the terms of, Section 3 of
the Lease.
3. The parties confirm that the Delivery Date is April 30, 1992.
4. The parties confirm that the final Rent Payment Date is January
30, 1999, and the last day of the Term (without regard to renewals pursuant to
Section 3(e) of the Lease) is April 30, 1999.
5. The parties confirm that the purchase price paid by the Lessor to
the Lessee for the Aircraft under the Purchase Agreement is U.S. $16,800,000;
and the Lessee confirms that it has received payment in full of such purchase
price from the Lessor.
6. The Lessee hereby confirms to the Lessor that (i) the Lessee has
accepted the Aircraft for all purposes hereof and of the Lease as being
airworthy, in accordance with specifications, in good working order and repair
and without defect or inherent vice in title, condition, design, operation or
fitness for use, whether or not discoverable by the Lessee as of the date
hereof, and as otherwise described in the Lease, and (ii) the Engines are
delivered.
7. The Stipulated Loss Values for the Aircraft are the amounts as
set forth on the Schedule I attached hereto.
8. All of the terms and provisions of the Lease are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Lease Supplement to the same extent as if
fully set forth herein.
9. This Lease Supplement may be executed by the parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Lessor and the Lessee have caused this Lease
Supplement to be duly executed as of the date and year first above written.
TRUST COMPANY FOR USL, INC.,
not in its individual capacity,
except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, but solely as
Owner Trustee,
Lessor
By:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Vice President
FINNAIR OY,
Lessee
By:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE 1
TO LEASE SUPPLEMENT
RENT PAYMENTS
MD82 Aircraft M.S.N. 49150
Basic Rent Pay- Basic Rent
ment Date Occur- Payment Due
ring In/Loss (U.S. Dollars)
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April 1992 $658,225.68
July 1992 $658,225.68
October 1992 $658,225.68
January 1993 $658,225.68
April 1993 $658,225.68
July 1993 $658,225.68
October 1993 $658,225.68
January 1994 $658,225.68
April 1994 $658,225.68
July 1994 $658,225.68
October 1994 $658,225.68
January 1995 $658,225.68
April 1995 $658,225.68
July 1995 $658,225.68
October 1995 $538,547.52
January 1996 $538,547.52
April 1996 $538,547.52
July 1996 $538,547.52
October 1996 $538,547.52
January 1997 $538,547.52
April 1997 $538,547.52
July 1997 $538,547.52
October 1997 $538,547.52
January 1998 $538,547.52
April 1998 $538,547.52
July 1998 $538,547.52
October 1998 $538,547.52
January 1999 $538,547.52
Basic Rent Pay- Basic Rent
ment Date Occur- Payment Due
ring In/Loss (U.S. Dollars)
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April 1999 $538,547.52
July 1999 $538,547.52
October 1999 $538,547.52
January 2000 $538,547.52
April 2000 $538,547.52
July 2000 $538,547.52
October 2000 $538,547.52
January 2001 $538,547.52
April 2001 $538,547.52
SCHEDULE 2
TO LEASE SUPPLEMENT
STIPULATED LOSS VALUE
MD82 Aircraft M.S.N. 49150
Loss Payment Date
Occurring In Stipulated
Or Before Loss Value
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4/30/92 $17,377,000
5/30/92 $16,869,706
6/30/92 $17,021,475
7/30/92 $17,175,022
8/30/92 $16,665,291
9/30/92 $16,814,610
10/30/92 $16,965,694
11/30/92 $16,453,486
12/30/92 $16,600,314
1/30/93 $16,748,893
2/30/93 $16,234,167
3/30/93 $16,378,463
4/30/93 $16,523,976
5/30/93 $16,007,051
6/30/93 $16,149,136
7/30/93 $16,292,895
8/30/93 $15,773,322
9/30/93 $15,912,744
10/30/93 $16,053,825
11/30/93 $15,531,560
12/30/93 $15,668,274
1/30/94 $15,806,633
2/30/94 $15,281,629
3/30/94 $15,415,591
4/30/94 $15,550,689
5/30/94 $15,023,293
6/30/94 $15,154,847
7/30/94 $15,288,018
8/30/94 $14,757,797
9/30/94 $14,886,513
Loss Payment Date
Occurring In Stipulated
Or Before Loss Value
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10/30/94 $15,016,828
11/30/94 $14,483,736
12/30/94 $14,609,565
1/30/95 $14,736,977
2/30/95 $14,200,966
3/30/95 $14,323,859
4/30/95 $14,447,828
5/30/95 $13,909,147
6/30/95 $14,029,356
7/30/95 $14,151,025
8/30/95 $13,609,239
9/30/95 $13,726,325
10/30/95 $13,844,854
11/30/95 $13,420,662
12/30/95 $13,535,652
1/30/96 $13,652,074
2/30/96 $13,225,763
3/30/96 $13,338,624
4/30/96 $13,452,463
5/30/96 $13,024,072
6/30/96 $13,134,840
7/30/96 $13,246,741
8/30/96 $12,815,883
9/30/96 $12,924,171
10/30/96 $13,033,577
11/30/96 $12,600,211
12/30/96 $12,705,978
1/30/97 $12,812,848
2/30/97 $12,376,933
3/30/97 $12,480,135
4/30/97 $12,584,140
5/30/97 $12,145,860
6/30/97 $12,246,684
7/30/97 $12,348,585
8/30/97 $11,907,673
9/30/97 $12,005,850
10/30/97 $12,105,090
11/30/97 $11,661,501
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Loss Payment Date
Occurring In Stipulated
Or Before Loss Value
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12/30/97 $11,756,987
1/30/98 $11,853,520
2/30/98 $11,407,210
3/30/98 $11,499,960
4/30/98 $11,593,455
5/30/98 $11,144,606
6/30/98 $11,234,803
7/30/98 $11,326,018
8/30/98 $10,874,360
9/30/98 $10,961,732
10/30/98 $11,050,106
11/30/98 $10,595,592
12/30/98 $10,680,091
1/30/99 $10,765,577
2/30/99 $10,308,158
3/30/99 $10,389,738
4/30/99 $10,472,000
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EXHIBIT B
TO LEASE AGREEMENT
REDELIVERY RECEIPT OF AIRCRAFT AND ENGINES
(1) Aircraft Manufacturer and Model XxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxx MD82
Finnish Registration OH-LMN
Aircraft Manufacturer's
Serial No. 49150
Engine Manufacturer and Model Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx
JT8D-219
Engine Manufacturer's 1.
Serial Nos.: 2.
(2) Received at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Finland
Date: April _, 1999. Local time: _________.
(3) Reference is made to the Lease Agreement, dated as of April __, 1992,
between Trust Company for USL, Inc., Lessor, and Finnair Oy, Lessee (the
"Lease"). Receipt is hereby acknowledged on behalf of the Lessor of
delivery to it by the Lessee, in accordance with the Lease, of the
foregoing described aircraft together with all equipment and the Engines
(as defined in the Lease) installed thereon.
The Lessor hereby confirms that the Airframe and the two above
described installed Engines (as defined in the Lease) and all equipment and
components, documents and records have been examined by its duly appointed and
authorized representative(s) to the Lessor's satisfaction.
The Lessor hereby confirms that the Aircraft and its installed
Engines (as defined in the Lease) were duly accepted by the Lessor and that the
Lessee has performed its obligations under Section 5 of the said Lease
Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Lessor has caused this Redelivery
Receipt of Aircraft and Engines to be executed in its corporate name, by its
representative thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above
written.
TRUST COMPANY FOR USL, INC.,
not in its individual capacity,
except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, but solely as
Owner Trustee,
Lessor
By
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Title
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Dated: April __, 1999
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EXHIBIT C
April 30, 1992
Trust Company for USL., Inc. as Owner Trustee for the Owner Participant
below named
c/o United States Leasing International, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
United States Leasing International, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
(For the appropriate transaction)
Xxxxxx, Gardner, Poor & Xxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
I am assistant Secretary and in-house Counsel of Finnair Oy, a corporation
organized under the laws of the Republic of Finland (the "Lessee"). As such, I
am familiar with the sale, purchase and lease of one XxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxx MD82
Aircraft bearing Finnish Registration mark OH-LMN pursuant to (i) the Aircraft
Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 30 1992 (the "Purchase Agreement"), among
the Lessee, as the Seller, United States Leasing International, Inc. as an Owner
Participant, and Trust Company for USL, Inc., and (ii) the Lease Agreement dated
as of April 30, 1992 (the "Lease") between the Lessee and Trust Company for USL,
Inc., not in its individual capacity except as expressly provided, but solely as
owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement dated as of April 30, 1992 (the "Trust
Agreement") with United States Leasing International, Inc. as Owner Participant,
as Lessor. Terms defined in the Lease and not otherwise defined herein are used
in this opinion with the meanings defined in the Lease.
In connection with the foregoing, I have examined originals or photostatic or
certified copies of all such corporate records, certificates, affidavits and of
all such other documents as I have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis of
my opinions hereinafter set forth. I have personal knowledge that Lessee
originally acquired the Aircraft from XxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxx.
For the purposes of the opinions expressed below, I have assumed (i) the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals (ii) the conformity
to the originals of all documents submitted as certified or photostatic copies
and
the authenticity of the originals, (iii) the legal capacity of natural persons,
and (iv) the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by all
parties and the validity and binding effect thereof (other than the
authorization, execution and delivery of the documents by the Lessee and the
validity and binding effect thereof upon the Lessee).
As to certain factual matters, I have relied upon representations included in
the Purchase Agreement and the Lease, upon certificates of certain officers of
the Lessee and upon certificates of public officials.
Based upon the foregoing and such other information and documents as I have
considered necessary for the purposes hereof, I am of the opinion that:
1. The Lessee has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the Republic of Finland, with the corporate power and
authority to own, sell and lease its properties and conduct its business, as the
same is presently being conducted and to own, operate and sell the Aircraft.
2. The Lessee has full corporate power and authority to enter into and carry out
the terms of the Operative Documents.
3. Each of the Operative Documents has been authorized by all necessary
corporate and shareholder action and has been duly executed and delivered by the
Lessee. The Operative Documents constitute valid and legally binding obligations
of the Lessee, enforceable against the Lessee in accordance with their terms.
Without limiting the foregoing, a court in Finland would recognize and give full
force and effect to the Lessor's title to and ownership of the Aircraft, to the
rights of the Lessor and the Owner Participants under the Lease and other
Operative Documents, and to the terms of Section 23(f) of the Lease, Article 12
of the Purchase Agreement and the Bill of Sale providing that the Lease, the
Purchase Agreement and the Bill of Sale, respectively, will be governed by the
laws of the State of New York subject to the proviso in paragraph 12 hereof. To
the extent that the remedies provided for in Section 18 of the Lease are
enforceable under New York law, a court in Finland would give effect to the
terms thereof and enable the lessor and the Owner Participants to exercise the
same remedies against the Lessee (however designated) and with respect to the
Aircraft if the Aircraft were then in Finland (including the right to repossess
the Aircraft and to export the Aircraft from Finland).
4. The execution and delivery of the Operative Documents by the Lessee, and the
performance by the Lessee under the Operative Documents will not, (a) violate
the Articles of Association of the Lessee or Lessee's Extract from the Finnish
Trade Register, or (b) result in a breach of, or
constitute a default under, or result in creation of any Lien upon any of the
property of Lessee, any judgment, decree or order binding on the Lessee, or its
respective properties, or any material indenture, mortgage, contract or other
instrument to which either the Lessee is a party or by which it is bound, (c)
require any stockholder approval or approval of any trustee or holders of any
debt or other obligations of Lessee (except such as has been duly obtained), or
(d) contravene any provision of any law, governmental rule, regulation or order
binding on the Lessee.
5. No consent, approval, notice to, authorization or order, or other action of
any court or governmental agency or body or official is required for the
execution, delivery and performance (including without limitation, any foreign
exchange control or any entity regulating exchange control) by the Lessee of any
of the Operative Documents.
6. To the best of my knowledge after due inquiry, there is no action, suit,
proceeding or investigation pending or threatened before or by any court,
administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body against, or which
directly relates to, the Lessee which concerns any of the Operative Documents or
the Aircraft or which, if adversely determined could adversely affect the
financial condition of the Lessee or compliance by the Lessee with any of the
Operative Documents.
7. Pursuant to Bill of Sale and Purchase Agreement the Lessee has conveyed to
the Lessor good and marketable title to the Aircraft, free and clear of all
liens other than Permitted Liens.
8. The execution and delivery of the Operative Documents and the performance of
the transactions contemplated therein constitute commercial activities of the
Lessee, and the Lessee is subject to private commercial law and to suit with
respect thereto, and the Lessee is not entitled to any immunity whether on
grounds of sovereign immunity or otherwise, from set-off or from any legal
proceedings in Finland or any other liability or obligations of the Lessee
related to or arising from the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
9. No taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges or withholdings will be imposed by
Finland or any governmental subdivision or other taxing authority with respect
to any payments of amounts due under the Operative Documents provided that (1)
the Lessor is a "resident" of the United States, as such term is defined in
Article 4 of the Convention Between the United States of America and the
Republic of Finland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of
Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital (the
"Convention"); and (2) the Lessor does not have a "permanent establishment" in
Finland, as such term is defined in Article 5 of the Convention, with respect to
the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents or the income from such
transactions is attributable. The operation of the Aircraft
by the Lessee on flights to or from Finland will not result in the Lessor being
subjected to any additional taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges or
withholdings imposed by Finland or any other governmental subdivision or other
taxing authority thereof or therein upon or with respect to the Lessor's other
income, activities or properties, subject to provisos (1) and (2) set forth
above.
10. The qualification at any time of the Lessor to do business under the laws of
Finland or any political subdivision thereof or any federation or organization
of similar entity of which Finland is a member does not constitute a condition
to, and the failure to so qualify does not affect, the purchase by the Lessor of
the Aircraft, the leasing of the Aircraft to and by the Lessee or the exercise
by the Lessor of any right, privilege or remedy accorded it in, under or in
connection with the Operative Documents or the enforcement of such right,
privilege or remedy; the purchase by the Lessor of the Aircraft, the leasing of
the Aircraft to and by the Lessee or the performance by the Lessor of any action
required under, or contemplated by, any of the Operative Documents (other than
the operation or other use (other than merely leasing from a business outside of
Finland) of the Aircraft by the Lessor) will not violate any now-existing
Applicable law of Finland or any political subdivision thereof or any federation
or organization or similar entity of which Finland is a member or result in any
tax liability (other than taxes required to be paid by the Lessee pursuant to
Section 8 of the Lease) to the Lessor pursuant to the now-existing Applicable
law of Finland or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or any
now existing rule or regulation of any federation or organization or similar
entity of which Finland is a member.
11. Except for the registration of the Aircraft in Finland in the name of the
Lessor as owner with the CAA, it is not necessary to ensure the legality,
validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any of the Operative
Documents in Finland, that the Operative Documents or any other document be
filed or recorded with any court or other authority in Finland or that any stamp
or similar tax be paid on or in respect of any of the Operative Documents unless
court action is taken.
With respect to registration of the Aircraft with the Civil Aviation
Administration in Finland in the name of the Lessor, as owner, and the Lessee,
as operator, none of the Operative Documents other than the Bill Of Sale, and no
document other than a power of attorney, incumbency certificate and certified
corporate documents of the Lessor, need be filed, recorded or registered with
any court, public office or other governmental authority in Finland or any
political subdivision thereof. The delivery of the Bill of Sale to the Lessor,
title to the Aircraft solely vested in the Lessor as against all third parties
and the Lessee's title will be recognized by all applicable governmental
agencies, instrumentalities and courts in Finland.
12. The choice of New York law and the Lessee's submission to the jurisdiction
of certain courts in New York set forth in Section 23 of the Lease are valid,
legally binding and enforceable obligations of the Lessee, provided that, a
court in Finland could refuse to enforce such obligations if it determined that
such obligations were to conflict with, or violate, any law, decree, or the
public policy of Finland; however, I know of no such law, decree or public
policy that would conflict with such obligation as of the date hereof.
13. An arbitral award properly obtained by any of the parties to the Aircraft
Purchase Agreement to the Lease Agreement pursuant to Section ____ of the
Aircraft Purchase Agreement or to Section ____ of the Lease Agreement will in
the Republic of Finland be subject to and enforceable under the Convention on
the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards made in New York in
1958 and to the procedural rules existent in the Republic of Finland.
My opinion is subject to the qualifications that (i) the enforcement of the
Operative Documents may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and
other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally; and (ii) the
fact the some of the remedial provisions of the instruments referred to herein
may be limited or rendered unenforceable (but, nevertheless, on my opinion the
laws involved and the instruments referred to contain reasonable remedies for
the realization of the benefits of the security intended to be afforded by the
instruments) or by the laws of other countries where enforcement may be sought.
No opinion is expressed as to the availability of specific or equitable remedies
as such for the enforcement of any of the Operative Documents.
I do not purport to express an opinion on any laws other than those of the
Republic of Finland. This opinion is furnished to you pursuant to Section
4(a)(ix) of the Purchase Agreement for your sole benefit, and no other person or
entity shall be entitled to rely on this opinion without my express written
consent. This opinion may not be published or reproduced in any manner or
distributed or circulated to any person or entity without my express written
consent. This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is
implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein.
Very truly yours,
Xxx Xxxxxx
In-House Counsel
EXHIBIT D
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GUARANTY AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 30, 1992
of
UNITED STATES LEASING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
as Guarantor
for the benefit of
FINNAIR OY,
as Beneficiary
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One XxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxx MD82 Aircraft
Finnish Registration Mark OH-LMN
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Table of Contents
Page
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SECTION 1. Definitions .......................................................
SECTION 2. Guaranty ..........................................................
SECTION 3. General Provisions Relating to this
Agreement ..................................................
SECTION 4. Guarantor's Waivers, Representations and Warranties ...............
(a) Successive Transactions ..........................................
(b) Obligations Joint and Several; Separate Actions; Waiver of
Statute of Limitations ...........................................
(c) Authorizations To Beneficiaries ..................................
(d) Guarantor's Waivers ..............................................
(e) Other Representations and Warranties .............................
SECTION 5. Miscellaneous .....................................................
(a) Amendment of Trust Agreement and the Operative
Documents ........................................................
(b) Binding Effect ...................................................
(c) Waivers; Cumulative Effect .......................................
(d) Amendments; Waivers ..............................................
(e) Section Headings; Table of Contents ..............................
(f) Severability .....................................................
(g) Notices ..........................................................
(h) Counterparts .....................................................
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(i) Indemnity; Further Assurances ....................................
(j) Jurisdiction; Governing Law ......................................
(k) Waiver of Jury Trial .............................................
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GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of April 30,
1992, by UNITED STATES LEASING INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Guarantor"), for the benefit of FINNAIR OY, a Finnish corporation (the
"Beneficiary") (this "Agreement").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, a Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the
same may be supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Purchase Agreement"), has been or shall be entered into among the Beneficiary,
as Seller, Trust Company for USL, Inc. (the "Trust Company"), not in its
individual capacity, except as otherwise expressly provided therein, but solely
as Owner Trustee under a Trust Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the
same may be supplemented, amended, or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Trust Agreement"), for the benefit of United States Leasing International,
Inc., in its capacity as the Owner Participant (the "Owner Trustee"), as Buyer,
and United States Leasing International, Inc., in its capacity as the Owner
Participant (the "Owner Participant"), relating to the sale and purchase of the
XxXxxxxxx Xxxxxxx MD82 Aircraft therein described, upon the terms and conditions
therein set forth; and
WHEREAS, the Owner Trustee, as Lessor, and the Beneficiary, as
Lessee, shall enter or have entered into a Lease Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof (as the same may be supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time
to time, the "Lease"), relating to the Aircraft; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligations of the
Beneficiary to sell the Aircraft to the Owner Trustee under the Purchase
Agreement and to lease the Aircraft from the Owner Trustee under the Lease that
the Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the
Beneficiary; and
WHEREAS, the Guarantor owns all of the outstanding voting stock of
the Trust Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce the Beneficiary to enter into the
Purchase Agreement and the Lease, and in consideration of the premises, the
Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. Except as otherwise defined herein, all
capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings given or referred to
in the Lease.
SECTION 2. Guaranty.
(a) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally (except as hereinafter set
forth) and irrevocably guarantees as primary obligor and not merely as surety,
without offset or deduction, to the Beneficiary
(i) the performance by the Trust Company, in its individual
capacity, of all its obligations undertaken in its individual capacity,
whether direct or indirect, actual or contingent, now or hereinafter
incurred, under the Purchase Agreement and the Lease, except such
obligations of the Trust Company as arise after or relate solely to such
time after the earlier to occur of (A) the time, if ever, that the Trust
Company shall have assigned or transferred to one or more eligible
transferees (but excluding any such assignment or transfer by way of
security), in accordance with, and to the extent permitted by, Article XI
or Article XIV of the Trust Agreement, all or a portion of the Trust
Company's or the Owner Trustee's right, title and interest in and to the
Trust Estate or the Lease Property, or there shall be a successor trustee
in accordance with Article XI of the Trust Agreement, (B) the time, if
ever, that an Owner Participant shall have (1) assigned or transferred to
one or more eligible transferees (but excluding any such assignment or
transfer by way of security), in accordance with, and to the extent
permitted by, Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, all or a portion of
such Owner Participant's right, title and interest in and to the Trust
Estate, and (2) delivered or caused to be delivered to the Beneficiary a
guaranty, in form and substance substantially identical to this Agreement
(except as to the portion of the obligations so guaranteed), by each of
such transferees or by an entity meeting the qualifications of such
Article 13 guaranteeing the obligations of the Trust Company, and (C) the
termination of the Lease; and
(ii) the performance by the Owner Trustee, in its capacities as the
Buyer and the Lessor, and not in its individual capacity, of all its
obligations undertaken in such capacities (except to the extent that such
obligation or the event or circumstance giving rise to the same is
attributable to an Owner Participant), whether direct or indirect, actual
or contingent, now or hereinafter incurred, under the Purchase Agreement
and the Lease, except such obligations of the Owner Trustee in either of
such capacities as arise after or relate solely to such time after the
earlier to occur of (A) the time, if ever, that an Owner Participant shall
have (1) assigned or transferred to one or more eligible transferees (but
excluding any such assignment or transfer by way of security), in
accordance with, and to the extent permitted by, Article 13 of the
Purchase Agreement, all or a portion of such Owner Participant's right,
title and interest in and to the Trust Estate, and (2) delivered or caused
to be delivered to the Beneficiary a guaranty, in form and substance
substantially identical to this Agreement (except as to the portion of the
obligations so guaranteed), by each of such assignees or transferees or by
an entity meeting the qualifications of such Article 13
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guaranteeing the obligations of the Owner Trustee; and (B) the
termination of the Lease.
To the extent that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder have
been assumed or guaranteed by a subsequent Owner Participant or other qualified
Person in accordance with either Section 2(a)(i) or 2(a)(ii), the obligations of
the Guarantor hereunder shall be relieved and discharged to the extent of the
obligations so assumed or guaranteed by such subsequent Owner Participant or
other qualified Person.
(b) THE GUARANTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 2(a) HEREOF IS A GUARANTY OF
PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE AND NOT OF COLLECTION AND IS IRREVOCABLE, ABSOLUTE,
UNCONDITIONAL AND CONTINUING AND THE GUARANTOR WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUIRE THAT
ANY ACTION AGAINST THE TRUST COMPANY, THE OWNER TRUSTEE OR ANY OTHER PERSON BE
TAKEN OR ADJUSTED PRIOR TO DEMAND BEING MADE ON OR ACTION BEING TAKEN AGAINST
THE GUARANTOR.
(c) The Guarantor hereby agrees that, to the extent of its guaranty
pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof, in the event the Trust Company or the Owner
Trustee fails to perform any guaranteed obligation for any reason (including,
without limitation, the liquidation, dissolution, receivership, insolvency,
bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization,
arrangement, composition or readjustment of, or other similar proceedings
affecting the status, existence, assets or obligations of, the Trust Company or
the Owner Trustee or the disaffirmance with respect to the Trust Company or the
Owner Trustee of the Purchase Agreement or the Lease in any such proceeding) as
promptly as practicable, but in any event not later than 5 Business Days after
the date on which such guaranteed obligation is required to be performed, the
Guarantor shall perform or cause such guaranteed obligation to be performed on
first demand as promptly as practicable, but in any event not later than 5
Business Days following the Guarantor's receipt of notice from the Beneficiary
(a copy of such notice to be sent to the Lessor to the extent the Beneficiary is
not stayed or prevented from doing so by operation of law) stating that such
guaranteed obligation was not performed when required.
SECTION 3. General Provisions Relating to this Agreement.
(a) The obligations of the Guarantor under this Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect until each and all of such obligations shall
have been fully discharged in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof.
(b) This Agreement and the liability of the Guarantor hereunder, to
the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, shall not be affected by and
shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of: (i) the legality,
validity, regularity, genuineness or enforceability,
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in whole or in part, of any document or agreement, including, without
limitation, the Trust Agreement, the Operative Documents or any of them, or of
any assignment (other than as contemplated by Section 2(a) hereof), amendment,
modification, waiver or termination of the Trust Agreement; (ii) the transfer,
assignment, subletting or mortgaging or the purported transfer, assignment,
subletting or mortgaging of all or any part of the interest of any Person in the
Aircraft; (iii) any failure of title with respect to the Aircraft; (iv) any
merger or consolidation of any Person into or with any other Person or any sale,
lease or transfer of any of the assets of any Person to any other Person; (v)
any change in the ownership of any partnership interest or shares of capital
stock other than an assignment or transfer permitted by Article 13 of the
Purchase Agreement or by the Trust Agreement; or (vi) any other occurrence or
circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable defense or
discharge of the liabilities of a guarantor or surety or that might otherwise
limit recourse against the Guarantor as a guarantor, including, without
limitation, any defense arising out of any laws of the Republic of Finland or of
the United States or any State thereof that would either exempt, modify or delay
the due or punctual performance of the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder.
(c) The obligations of the Guarantor set forth herein constitute the
full recourse obligations of the Guarantor enforceable against it to the full
extent of all its assets and properties.
(d) The obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor hereunder shall
not be impaired, diminished, abated or otherwise affected (i) by any setoff,
defense or counterclaim that the Trust Company, the Owner Trustee or the
Guarantor or any other Person may have or claim to have, at any time or from
time to time (other than full payment or performance of the guaranteed
obligations), or (ii) by the commencement by or against the Trust Company, the
Owner Trustee or the Guarantor or any other Person of any proceedings under any
bankruptcy or insolvency law or laws relating to fraudulent conveyance, the
relief of debtors, readjustment of indebtedness, reorganizations, arrangements,
compositions or extension or other similar laws.
(e) Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, no act or
omission of any kind or at any time on the part of the Owner Trustee, any
beneficiary under the Trust Agreement, the Lessee, or any other Person in
respect of any matter whatsoever including, without limitation, any omission in
performance of their respective obligations under any document or agreement,
including, without limitation, the Trust Agreement or any of the Operative
Documents, shall in any way affect or impair the guaranty hereunder, save for an
express written waiver, release or discharge or the like or variation of its
terms, which shall be effective only with respect to the Person granting the
same, or performance by any thereof of the terms of any Operative Document.
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(f) The guaranty hereunder shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if, at any time, payment, or any part thereof,
of any of the obligations hereunder, under the Trust Agreement or under any of
the Operative Documents is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned
by the Beneficiary upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the
Trust Company, the Owner Trustee or otherwise, all as though such payment had
not been made.
SECTION 4. Guarantor's Waivers, Representations and Warranties.
(a) Successive Transactions. This is a continuing guaranty and all
rights, powers and remedies hereunder shall apply to all the obligations of the
Trust Company and the Owner Trustee to the Beneficiary guaranteed by the
Guarantor pursuant to Section 2(a), including those arising under successive
transactions, which shall either continue the Guarantor's obligations hereunder,
or increase or decrease them, and notwithstanding the dissolution, liquidation
or bankruptcy of the Trust Company, the Owner Trustee or the Guarantor or any
other Person, or any other event or proceeding affecting the Trust Company, the
Owner Trustee or the Guarantor or any other Person.
(b) Obligations Joint And Several; Separate Actions; Waiver of
Statute of Limitations. The obligations hereunder are joint and several and
independent of the obligations of the Trust Company and the Owner Trustee and a
separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantor
whether action is brought against the Trust Company, the Owner Trustee or any
other Person, or whether the Trust Company, the Owner Trustee or any other
Person is joined in any such action or actions. The Guarantor acknowledges that
there are no conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Guaranty, and
that this Guaranty is in full force and effect and is binding on the Guarantor
as of the date written below, regardless of whether the Beneficiary obtains
collateral or any guaranties from others or take any other action contemplated
by the Guarantor. The Guarantor waives the benefit of any statute of limitations
affecting the Guarantor's liability hereunder or the enforcement thereof except
to the extent that a statute of limitations shall affect the obligations of the
Trust Company or the Owner Trustee, and the Guarantor agrees that any payment or
performance of any obligation of the Trust Company or the Owner Trustee or other
act which shall toll any statute of limitations applicable thereto shall
similarly operate to toll such statute of limitations applicable to the
Guarantor's liability hereunder.
(c) Authorizations To Beneficiary. The Guarantor hereby authorizes
the Beneficiary without notice to or demand on the Guarantor and without
affecting the Guarantor's liability hereunder, from time to time, to the extent
permitted by and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Operative
Documents, to: (i) alter, compromise, renew, extend, accelerate or otherwise
change the time for payment or performance of, or otherwise change the terms of
the obligations guaranteed hereunder or
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any part thereof, including increase or decrease of any amount due or which may
become due or is the rate of interest thereon; (ii) take and hold security for
the payment of this Guaranty or the obligations guaranteed hereunder or any
portion thereof, and exchange, enforce, waive and release any such security;
(iii) apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof,
including, without limitation, a non-judicial sale permitted by the terms of the
controlling agreement, as the Beneficiary in its discretion may determine; and
(iv) release (without increasing the several obligations of any other party) or
substitute any one or more of the endorsers or any other guarantors of the
obligations guaranteed hereunder. The Beneficiary may not assign this Guaranty
in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the Guarantor. The
Guarantor agrees to provide to the Beneficiary upon request copies of the
Guarantor's financial statements and a copy of any reports made available to
shareholders by sending the same to such party's address as set forth in Section
5(g) hereof.
(d) Guarantor's Waivers. The Guarantor waives any right to require
the Beneficiary to: (i) make any claim or demand or proceed against any Person,
including without limitation, the Trust Company, the Owner Trustee or any other
guarantor of the guaranteed obligations; (ii) make any claim or demand or
proceed against or exhaust any security held from the Trust Company, the Owner
Trustee or any other guarantor of the guaranteed obligations or any other
Person; (iii) pursue any other remedy in the Beneficiary's power; (iv) give
notice of any default by the Trust Company or the Owner Trustee or to give
notice of any matters affecting the Trust Company or the Owner Trustee (except
to the extent provided in Section 2(c)); or (v) make any presentations or
demands for performance, or give any notices of non-performance, protests,
notices of protest or notices of dishonor in connection with any obligations or
evidences of indebtedness held by the Beneficiary as security, in connection
with any other obligations or evidences of indebtedness which constitute in
whole or in part the obligations guaranteed hereunder, or in connection with the
creation of new or additional obligations. The Guarantor waives notice of
acceptance of this Agreement by any Beneficiary.
The Guarantor waives to the fullest extent possible under Applicable
Law any defense based upon or arising by reason of: (i) any disability or other
defense (other than of payment or performance) of the Trust Company or the Owner
Trustee or any other Person; (ii) the cessation or limitation from any cause
whatsoever, other than final payment in full or performance, of all obligations
of the Trust Company or the Owner Trustee guaranteed hereunder or of any other
Person; (iii) any lack of authority of any officer, director, partner, agent or
any other Person acting or purporting to act on behalf of the Trust Company or
the Owner Trustee, or any defect in the creation or existence of the Trust, the
Trust Estate, the Trust Company or the Owner Trustee; (iv) the use by the Trust
Company of the Aircraft or of the proceeds therefrom; (v) any act or omission by
any Owner Participant which, directly or indirectly, results in or aids the
discharge of the Trust Company or the Owner Trustee or any of its obligations
guaranteed hereunder by operation of law or otherwise (other than of
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payment or performance); (vi) any act or omission of the Beneficiary which
impairs any collateral for the obligations of the Trust Company or the Owner
Trustee guaranteed hereunder including, without limitation, surrender, release,
failure to perfect, or delay in perfection of, any security interest for such
indebtedness, and the exchange, substitution, dealing with or taking additional
collateral, or abstaining from taking advantage of or realizing upon any
security interest or guaranty; (vii) any errors and omissions in connection with
the administration by the Trust Company or the Owner Trustee guaranteed
hereunder; or (viii) any modification of the Trust Agreement, in any form
whatsoever, of the obligations of the Trust Company or the Owner Trustee
guaranteed under Section 2(a), including any modification made after any
attempted revocation hereof to any obligations incurred prior to any such
attempted revocation, and including, without limitation, the renewal, extension,
acceleration or other change in time for payment or performance of such
obligations, or other change in the terms of the obligations of the Trust
Company or the Owner Trustee guaranteed under Section 2(a) or any part thereof,
including any increase or decrease in the amount of payment due or which may
become due, or increase or decrease of the rate of interest thereon. Until all
obligations of the Trust Company and the Owner Trustee guaranteed under Section
2(a) shall have been finally performed and paid in full, the Guarantor shall
have no right of subrogation, and the Guarantor waives any defense the Guarantor
may have based upon any election of remedies by the Beneficiary which impairs or
destroys the Guarantor's subrogation rights or the Guarantor's right to proceed
against the Trust Company or the Owner Trustee for reimbursement. Until all
obligations of the Trust Company and the Owner Trustee guaranteed hereunder
shall have been finally performed and paid in full, the Guarantor, for the
benefit of the Beneficiary, further waives any right, and agrees it shall not
take any action, to enforce any remedy which the Beneficiary now has or may
hereafter have against the Trust Company, the Trust Estate, any other Owner
Participant or the Owner Trustee, and waives, and agrees it shall refrain from
seeking, any benefit of, or any right to participate in, any security whatsoever
now or hereafter held by the Beneficiary.
(e) Other Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor hereby
further represents and covenants to the Beneficiary as follows:
(i) The Guarantor is a corporation duly organized and validly
existing pursuant to the laws of the State of Delaware and has the
corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted
and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
the Guarantor, do not require any approval or other action of any
stockholder of the Guarantor or any approval or consent of any trustee or
holders of any indebtedness or obligations of the Guarantor (or that any
such approval or consent as is required has been obtained), and
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neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Guarantor nor
the performance by the Guarantor of its obligations hereunder contravenes
any material Applicable Law, or contravenes or results in any breach of,
or constitutes any default under, any material term of any indenture,
mortgage, chattel mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sales contract,
bank loan or credit agreement, or any material term of any other agreement
or instrument, corporate charter, by-law or permit issued by any
governmental authority under Applicable Law to which the Guarantor is a
party or by which the Guarantor or its properties may be bound.
(iii) Neither the execution and delivery by the Guarantor of
this Agreement nor the performance by the Guarantor of the obligations
undertaken hereunder requires the consent or approval of, or the giving of
notice to, or the registration with, or the taking of any other action in
respect of, any governmental authority under Applicable Law.
(iv) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Guarantor and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the
Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights and remedies generally, and by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
SECTION 5. Miscellaneous.
(a) Amendment of Trust Agreement and the Operative Documents. Each
of the Trust Company, the Owner Trustee and the Beneficiary may, in their
discretion, as permitted by and in accordance with the terms and provisions of
the Operative Documents to which it is a party, agree to amendments of the Trust
Agreement and the Operative Documents, give or withhold consents, approvals or
waivers and exercise or refrain from exercising their respective rights under
the Trust Agreement and the Operative Documents.
(b) Binding Effect. This Agreement and every part hereof shall be
binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to
the benefit of, and shall be directly enforceable by, the Beneficiary and its
successors and assigns.
(c) Waivers; Cumulative Effect. A waiver by the Beneficiary of any
right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to
any right or remedy which the Beneficiary would otherwise have had on any future
occasion with regard to any subsequent breach. Neither a failure to exercise,
nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Beneficiary, any right, power or
privilege it may have hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege
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hereunder nor any course of dealing preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and
remedies herein provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or
concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by
Applicable Law.
(d) Amendments; Waivers. None of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement may be amended, waived, altered, modified or terminated except as
contemplated hereby and except by an instrument in writing signed by a written
consent of the Beneficiary and the Guarantor. The invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the
validity, legality or enforceability of any other provisions of this Agreement.
(e) Section Headings; Table of Contents. The section headings in and
the table of contents to this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall neither be deemed to be part of this Agreement nor modify, define,
expand or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
(f) Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or any provisions in the Trust
Agreement or any Operative Document, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
(g) Notices. All communications, notices, consents and waivers
provided for herein or given in connection herewith shall be in writing and
shall become effective when received by telecopy, international courier or
registered United States mails, addressed, (i) if to Beneficiary:
FINNAIR OY
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 0
00000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Attention: Group Treasurer
Telex:124946 Answerback: fnair sf
Telecopier: 358-0-818-7457
Telephone: 000-0-000-00
or to such other address as the Beneficiary shall from time to time designate in
writing to the Guarantor, or (ii) if to the Guarantor to:
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United States Leasing International, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Executive Vice President, Transportation
Financing
Telex: 278031
Telecopy: 000-000-0000
or to such other address as the Guarantor shall from time to time designate in
writing to the Beneficiary.
(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each
of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
(i) Indemnity; Further Assurance. The Guarantor agrees to indemnify
the Beneficiary from and against any and all liabilities and losses incurred by
the Beneficiary in any way relating to or arising out of the breach by the
Guarantor of any of its agreements contained herein, including all reasonable
expenses, including attorney's fees and expenses, that may be incurred in
enforcing such agreements against the Guarantor, provided, however, that the
foregoing indemnity and agreement to hold harmless shall be coextensive in scope
with, and shall in no way expand, waive or limit, such covenants or agreements
or any rights, remedies or defenses which are or would be available in
connection therewith.
(j) Jurisdiction; Governing Law.
(i) The Guarantor hereby irrevocably agrees that, to the
extent that it or any of its assets has or hereafter may acquire any right
of immunity, as against the other party hereto or its respective
successors and assigns, whether characterized as sovereign immunity or
otherwise, from any legal proceedings, whether in the United States of
America or the Republic of Finland or any other jurisdiction, but only to
the extent required to enforce or collect upon this Agreement or any other
liability or obligation of it related to or arising solely from the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without
limitation, immunity from service of process, immunity from jurisdiction
or judgment of any court or tribunal, immunity from execution of a
judgment, and immunity of any of its property from attachment prior to any
entry of judgment or from attachment in aid of execution upon a judgment,
it hereby expressly and irrevocably waives any such immunity.
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(ii) The Guarantor irrevocably agrees that any legal suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating solely to this Agreement,
the Trust Agreement or any Operative Document, or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or any document referred to herein or
therein, may be instituted in the State or Federal courts in the County of
New York, State of New York, or the Superior Court, City and County of San
Francisco, San Francisco, California, and it hereby irrevocably waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may have now
or hereafter to the laying of the venue or the jurisdiction or the
convenience of the forum of any such legal suit, action or proceeding and
irrevocably submits generally and unconditionally to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of any such court but only in any such suit, action or
proceeding. The Guarantor further agrees that such service of process may
be made personally or by mailing or delivering a copy of the summons and
complaint or other legal process in any such legal suit, action or
proceeding, registered mail, return receipt requested, at its address
specified in Section 5 hereof (as the same may be changed from time to
time pursuant to said Section 5). The Guarantor further irrevocably agrees
to the service of process of any of the aforementioned courts but only in
any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to above by the
mailing of the copies thereof by certified air mail, postage prepaid,
return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 5
hereof (as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to Section 5
hereof), such service to be effective upon the date of receipt indicated
on the postal receipt returned from it.
(iii) Final judgment against the Guarantor in any suit shall
be conclusive, and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
judgment, a certified or true copy of which shall be conclusive evidence
of the fact and of the amount of any indebtedness or liability of the
Guarantor as therein described.
(iv) THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED AND DELIVERED IN THE
STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT
REGARD TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAWS RULE WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN THE APPLICATION
OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION), INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF
CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE.
(k) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BY ITS SIGNATURE BELOW WRITTEN THE
GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM,
COUNTERCLAIM, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT,
THE TRUST AGREEMENT, THE OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS, OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY
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SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT,
THE TRUST AGREEMENT, ANY OPERATIVE DOCUMENT, OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR
AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THIS TRANSACTION. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS
AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first set forth above.
UNITED STATES LEASING
INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
as Guarantor
By_______________________
Name:
Title:
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