Exhibit 9.2
Execution Copy
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
NORTHWEST AIRLINES/AIR PARTNERS
VOTING TRUST AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES/AIR PARTNERS VOTING TRUST
AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is made as of this 8th day of February, 2000 among
Continental Airlines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
Northwest Airlines Corporation, a Delaware corporation formerly named Newbridge
Parent Corporation ("NPC").
WHEREAS, the Company, NPC, Northwest Airlines Holdings Corporation,
a Delaware corporation formerly named Northwest Airlines Corporation ("NWA"),
Air Partners, L.P., a Texas limited partnership ("Air Partners"), and Wilmington
Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation ("Wilmington Trust"), have entered
into the Northwest Airlines/Air Partners Voting Trust Agreement dated as of the
20th day of November, 1998 (the "Voting Trust Agreement").
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into the First Amendment to Rights
Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2000, by and between the Company and Xxxxxx
Trust and Savings Bank (the "Rights Agreement Amendment").
WHEREAS, NWA, NPC and the Company have entered into that certain
Amended and Restated Governance Agreement dated as of February 8, 2000 (the
"Amended and Restated Governance Agreement").
WHEREAS, the Company and NPC have determined that it is desirable to
amend the Voting Trust Agreement to reflect therein the amendments made in the
Amended and Restated Governance Agreement and the Rights Agreement Amendment.
NOW THEREFORE, the Company and NPC intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:
1. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have their
respective meanings set forth in the Voting Trust Agreement.
2. The third recital in the Voting Trust Agreement shall be restated
in its entirety as follows:
WHEREAS, the Governance Agreement (as defined herein) requires
NWA and NPC to cause Air Partners to deposit the shares of Class A
Common Stock of which NWA and NPC have acquired beneficial ownership
pursuant to the Investment Agreement (except for such 853,644 shares
with respect to which NWA and NPC or their designees have been
granted a proxy pursuant to the Investment Agreement) in a voting
trust;
3. The definition of "Governance Agreement" in Section 14 of the
Voting Trust Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
"Governance Agreement" shall mean the Amended and Restated
Governance Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2000, among the
Company, NWA and NPC.
4. The definition of "Rights Agreement" in Section 14 of the Voting
Trust Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
"Rights Agreement" shall mean the Rights Agreement, dated as of
November 20, 1998, as amended by the First Amendment to Rights
Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2000, between the Company and
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank.
5. This Amendment has been approved by the Company by the "Majority
Vote" (as defined in the Voting Trust Agreement) and by NPC.
6. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto
and hereto were upon the same instrument.
7. Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, all of the terms,
conditions and provisions of the Voting Trust Agreement shall remain unchanged
and in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Amendment to Northwest Airlines/Air Partners Voting Trust Agreement to be
executed as of the date first referred to above.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORPORATION
By:/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.
By:/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary