Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements. (b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing Notice") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall: (i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated); (ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder; (iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and (iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date. (c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not vary
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (United Airlines, Inc.), Note Purchase Agreement (Continental Airlines Inc /De/)
Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms (i) that it has purchased the Existing Aircraft and (ii) entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer Seller pursuant to which the Company it has agreed to purchasepurchase or has purchased, and the Manufacturer Seller has agreed to deliverdeliver or has delivered, the Eligible New Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance or refinance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the each Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two (2) Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing Notice") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e2(f) or (fg) hereof, one (1) Business Day's prior notice) of a financing in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this AgreementAircraft, which notice shall:
(i) specify whether the Company has elected to treat such Aircraft as a Leased Aircraft or an Owned Aircraft;
(ii) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant each Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); andAircraft;
(iv) instruct the Pass Through Trustees to enter into the Participation Agreement with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Scheduled Closing Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(v) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Scheduled Closing Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Mandatory Economic Terms); and
(vi) if such Aircraft is to be a Leased Aircraft, certify that the related Owner Participant (A) is not an Affiliate of the Company and (B) based on the representations of such Owner Participant, is either (1) a Qualified Owner Participant or (2) any other person the obligations of which under the Owner Participant Documents (as defined in the applicable Participation Agreement) are guaranteed by a Qualified Owner Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of event the Scheduled Closing Date for any Aircraft to be financed hereunder or refinanced pursuant to the terms hereof is on or within 3 Business Days following the Issuance Datedate of issuance of the Certificates, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance such Scheduled Closing Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided provided, however, that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture other Financing Agreements to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects with such changes therein as shall have been requested by the related Owner Participant (in the case of Lease Financing Agreements), agreed to by the Company and, if modified in any material respect, as to which prior written consent of the Policy Provider shall have been obtained and as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee and the Policy Provider on or before the relevant Funding Closing Date, it being understood that if Policy Provider consent and Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Policy Provider consent or Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Mandatory Economic Terms and shall contain the Mandatory Document Terms (as such Mandatory Document Terms may be modified in accordance with Schedule V hereto). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Financing Agreement annexed hereto shall not have been reviewed by either Rating Agency prior to the Issuance Date, then, prior to the use thereof in connection with the financing of any Aircraft hereunder, the Company shall obtain from each Rating Agency a confirmation that the use of such Financing Agreement would not result in (A) a reduction of the rating for any Class of Certificates below the then current rating for such Class of Certificates (without regard to the Policy) or (B) a withdrawal or suspension of the rating of any Class of Certificates, in each case, without reference to the Policy.
(d) With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause (i) State Street Bank and Trust Company (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Leased Aircraft Indenture or Owned Aircraft Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party and (ii) Northwest Airlines Corporation to execute a Guarantee, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of the Policy Provider or either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Policy Provider or each Rating Agency, as the case may be, a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of a New Aircraft, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of any Aircraft the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Policy Provider prompt notice thereof. Concurrent with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequent thereto, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Policy Provider a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date (the "Substitute Closing Date") to which the applicable financing shall have been rescheduled, which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-Off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes. Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Article IV of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing or refinancing of the relevant Aircraft shall take place on the Substitute Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 2 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right at any time on or before the Scheduled Closing Date of any Aircraft, and subsequent to its giving a Closing Notice therefor, to postpone the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft so as to enable the Company to change its election to treat such Aircraft as a Leased Aircraft or an Owned Aircraft by written notice of such postponement to the other parties hereto. The Company shall subsequently give the parties hereto a substitute Closing Notice complying with the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof and specifying the new Closing Date for such postponed Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day occurring before the Cut-Off Date and on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements sufficient to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). In addition the Company shall have the further right, anything in this Section 2 to the contrary notwithstanding, to accept delivery of a New Aircraft under the Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such New Aircraft and thereafter give the parties hereto a Closing Notice specifying a Closing Date no later than the Cut-Off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such Aircraft on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor except the re-scheduled Closing Date shall be deemed the Closing Date of such Aircraft for all purposes of this Section 2.
(g) Anything in this Section 2 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right at any time to convert an Owned Aircraft to a Leased Aircraft by entering into a sale/leaseback transaction; provided, that, prior to, or concurrent with, such conversion, the Company must (i) comply with the conditions set forth in the Leased Aircraft Participation Agreement with respect to such aircraft, (ii) deliver an opinion of counsel that holders of Certificates related to such Aircraft will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such conversion and will be subject to federal income tax in the same amount and in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such conversion had not occurred (other than such change in amount, manner and timing of interest that results from any reoptimization of the Equipment Notes permitted pursuant to Section 16 of the applicable Owned Aircraft Participation Agreement in connection with such conversion) and that the Pass Through Trusts will not be subject to federal income tax as a result of such conversion and (iii) obtain
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Northwest Airlines Inc /Mn), Note Purchase Agreement (Northwest Airlines Corp)
Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two three Business Days' ’ prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "“Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees”) to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Trust Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Trust Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(v) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture) to execute as Indenture Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Indenture Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Indenture Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Trust Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustee (or, in the case of Series C Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Class C Pass Through Trustee with respect to the Class C Certificates).
(e) If, after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Aircraft (or of another Eligible Aircraft in lieu thereof) (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Eligible Aircraft as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of an Eligible Aircraft under the Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft and promptly thereafter give the parties hereto and the Depositary a Closing Notice specifying a Funding Date not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such Eligible Aircraft and no later than the Cut-off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such Eligible Aircraft to the Company.
(g) If the scheduled delivery date from the Manufacturer for any Eligible Aircraft is delayed more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such Eligible Aircraft under the heading “Scheduled Delivery Months” in Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a “Substitute Aircraft”): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be of the same model as the Eligible Aircraft being replaced and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any Eligible Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the Eligible Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such Eligible Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such Eligible Aircraft.
(h) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft.
(i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to the Class A or Class B Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Us Airways Inc), Note Purchase Agreement (Us Airways Inc)
Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' ’ prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's Days’ prior notice) in respect of the financing of each the Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such the Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, and the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each the Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement Agreements included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such each relevant Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees Trustee to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such the Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date)relevant Aircraft; and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of the Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through TrusteesTrustee, in connection with the financing of such the Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement Agreements specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement Agreements and the Indenture Indentures to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement Agreements shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects andhereto. With respect to each Aircraft to be refinanced on a Closing Date, if modified in any material respect, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the relevant Indentures) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and the Company shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency Confirmation a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Pass Through Trustee (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the refinancing of the Encumbered Aircraft, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Encumbered Aircraft or Unencumbered Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Aircraft shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Company Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under the Deposit Agreement to enable the Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, the Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of the Trust Supplement and thereafter the financing of such Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (to be delivered by the Company all on and subject to the Applicable terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received Trustee to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft it is obligated to purchase hereunder.
(or Substitute Aircraftg) without material modificationsAnything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered Company shall not varyhave the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes to the Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it has previously taken delivery of the Existing Aircraft under the Purchase Agreement and, as of the Issuance Date, leases as lessee the Existing Aircraft pursuant to the Existing Leases and (ii) ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. has entered into each Aircraft the Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. has agreed to purchaseacquire, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible New Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft the Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A F hereto (a "Closing Delivery Notice") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Delivery Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each the Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not vary
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Continental Airlines Inc /De/)
Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it has previously taken delivery of the Existing Aircraft under the Purchase Agreement and, as of the Issuance Date, leases as lessee the Existing Aircraft pursuant to the Existing Leases and (ii) ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. has entered into each Aircraft the Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. has agreed to purchaseacquire, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible New Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft the Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A F hereto (a "Closing NoticeDELIVERY NOTICE") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing DateSCHEDULED CLOSING DATE") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Delivery Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each the Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase instruct the Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes pursuant to be issued in connection with the financing of such Closing Notice Aircraft (except in the "Applicable case of any such financing on the Issuance Date);
(iii) instruct the Pass Through Trustees")to Trustee to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Scheduled Closing Date specified in such Closing Delivery Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of the Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through TrusteesTrustee, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled to be financed on such Funding Scheduled Closing Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Mandatory Economic Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Delivery Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Delivery Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Delivery Notice, provided PROVIDED that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture other Financing Agreements to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects with such changes therein as shall have been agreed upon by the related Owner Participant and the Company and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee on or before the relevant Funding Closing Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent New Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Mandatory Economic Terms and shall contain the Mandatory Document Terms. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Trust Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) [Intentionally omitted.]
(e) If after giving any Delivery Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the New Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of an Aircraft the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto a substitute Delivery Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Aircraft shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under the Deposit Agreement to enable the Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, the Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of the Trust Supplement and thereafter the financing of such Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Delivery Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled closing date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of a New Aircraft under the Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such New Aircraft and promptly thereafter give the parties hereto a Delivery Notice specifying a Scheduled Closing Date not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such New Aircraft and no later than the Cut-off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such New Aircraft on the re-scheduled closing date therefor except (i) the re-scheduled closing date shall be deemed the Delivery Date of such New Aircraft for all purposes of this Section 1 and (ii) the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such New Aircraft to the Company.
(g) If the scheduled Delivery Date for any New Aircraft is delayed (a) more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such New Aircraft under the heading "Scheduled Delivery Month" in Schedule I hereto or (b) beyond December 31, 2004, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a "SUBSTITUTE AIRCRAFT"): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be an Embraer EMB-145 XR aircraft manufactured after the date of this Agreement and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any New Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the New Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such New Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such New Aircraft.
(h) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustee to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft.
(i) The parties agree that if, in connection with the financing of a New Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft, any Owner Participant who is to be a party to any Financing Agreement shall be a "Citizen of the United States" within the meaning of Section 40102(a)(15) of the Act, then the applicable Financing Agreements may be modified, consistent with the Mandatory Document Terms, to eliminate the restrictions on the Owner Participant's right to control the Owner Trustee and to make other customary changes to reflect that the Owner Participant is a "Citizen of the United States".
(j) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes to the Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Continental Airlines Inc /De/)
Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with currently owns the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase AgreementAircraft. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing Notice") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:[Intentionally Omitted].
(ic) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on On the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to Class AA Pass Through Trustee and the parties hereto on Class A Pass Through Trustee (as applicable in respect of the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Noticecorresponding Pass Through Trust, the “Applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee”) shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Noticewith respect to each Aircraft, provided that each such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects andrespects. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Indenture may be modified in any material respectto the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTNA (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which Rating Agency Confirmation such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company (is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered by to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and each Applicable Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustees (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on or before behalf of the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation Additional Series Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Series Pass Through Certificates).
(e) [Intentionally Omitted].
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(g) [Intentionally Omitted].
(h) The Company shall have been received no liability for the failure of the Applicable Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft Aircraft.
(or Substitute Aircrafti) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not vary[Intentionally Omitted].
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft the Purchase Agreement with the Airframe Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Airframe Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I heretoAircraft, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft the Purchase Agreement. The currently scheduled delivery dates for the Aircraft are set forth in Schedule 1. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing Delivery Notice") of the scheduled closing delivery date (the "Scheduled Closing Delivery Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Delivery Notice under Section 1(e1(d) or (fe) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this the Purchase Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify whether the Company has elected to treat such Aircraft as a Leased Aircraft or an Owned Aircraft;
(ii) specify the Scheduled Closing Delivery Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f1(e) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(iiiii) instruct each the Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes pursuant to be issued in connection with the financing of such Closing Notice Aircraft;
(iv) instruct the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustee to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Delivery Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(ivv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through TrusteesTrustee, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled to be delivered on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Mandatory Economic Terms). Notwithstanding ; and
(vi) if such Aircraft is to be a Leased Aircraft, certify that the foregoingrelated Owner Participant (A) is not an Affiliate of the Company (unless prior Rating Agency Confirmation permitting the use of an Affiliate has been obtained) and (B) based on the representations of such Owner Participant, is either (1) a Qualified Owner Participant or (2) any other person the obligations of which under the Owner Participant Agreements (as defined in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Dateapplicable Participation Agreement) are guaranteed by a Qualified Owner Participant.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Delivery Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Delivery Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture other Lease Financing Agreements or Owner Financing Agreements to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects with such changes therein as shall have been requested by the related Owner Participant (in the case of Lease Financing Agreements) or by the placement agents of the Series D Equipment Notes, if any (in the case of the Owner Financing Agreements), agreed to by the Company and, if modified in any material respectrespect (other than modifications affecting only the Owner Participants and modifications that do not materially and adversely affect the Certificateholders), as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee on or before the relevant Funding Delivery Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Mandatory Economic Terms and shall contain the Mandatory Document Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Financing Agreement annexed hereto shall not have been reviewed by either Rating Agency prior to the Issuance Date, then, prior to the use thereof in connection with the financing of any Aircraft hereunder, the Company shall obtain from each Rating Agency a confirmation that the use of such Financing Documents would not result in (x) a reduction of the rating for any Class of Certificates below the then current rating for such Class of Certificates or (y) a withdrawal or suspension of the rating of any Class of Certificates. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause Wilmington Trust Company (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Leased Aircraft Indenture or Owned Aircraft Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) If after giving any Delivery Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of an Aircraft, or if on the Scheduled Delivery Date of an Aircraft the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto a substitute Delivery Notice specifying the date to which such delivery and related financing shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of the relevant Aircraft shall take place on the re-scheduled Delivery Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(e) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right at any time on or before the Scheduled Delivery Date of any Aircraft, and subsequent to its giving a Delivery Notice therefor, to postpone the Scheduled Delivery Date of such Aircraft so as to enable the Company to change its election to treat such Aircraft as a Leased Aircraft or an Owned Aircraft by written notice of such postponement to the other parties hereto. The Company shall subsequently give the parties hereto a substitute Delivery Notice complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof and specifying the new Funding Date for such postponed Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day occurring before the Cut-off Date and on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements sufficient to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). In addition, the Company shall have the further right, anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, to accept delivery of an Aircraft under the Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft and promptly thereafter give the parties hereto a Delivery Notice specifying a Funding Date not later than 60 days after the Delivery Date of such Aircraft and no later than the Cut-off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except (i)the re-scheduled Funding Date shall be deemed the Delivery Date of such Aircraft for all purposes of this Section 1 and (ii)the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such Aircraft to the Company.
(f) If the Scheduled Delivery Date for any Aircraft is delayed (a) more than 60 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such Aircraft under the heading "Scheduled Delivery Months" in Schedule I hereto or (b) beyond the Delivery Period Termination Date, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a "Substitute Aircraft"): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be a Boeing 747-400F aircraft manufactured after 1993, so long as after giving effect thereto such substitution does not vary the Mandatory Economic Terms, and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such Aircraft.
(g) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of any Pass Through Trustee to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft, other than the Company's obligation, if any, to pay the Deposit Make-Whole Premium pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) of this Agreement.
(h) The parties agree that if, in connection with the delivery of an Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft, any Owner Participant who is to be a party to any Lease Financing Agreement or Special Financing Agreement shall not be a "Citizen of the United States" within the meaning of Section 40102(a)(15) of the Act, then the applicable Lease Financing Agreements shall be modified, consistent with the Mandatory Document Terms, to require such Owner Participant to enter into a voting trust, voting powers, control rights or similar arrangement satisfactory to the Company that (A) enables such Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft to be registered in the United States and (B) complies with the FAA regulations issued under the Act applicable thereto.
(i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to any Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner 6 3 provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary Depositary, the Policy Provider and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior written notice substantially in the form of the notice set out in Exhibit A B hereto (a "Closing Delivery Notice") of the scheduled closing delivery date (the "Scheduled Closing Delivery Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Delivery Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of each Aircraft under the Aircraft Purchase Agreement, or in the case of the utilization of bridge financing as contemplated by Section 1(e) hereof in respect of any Aircraft, one Business Day's prior notice of the date of the financing of each such Aircraft under this Agreementpursuant to the relevant Financing Agreements, which notice shall:
(i) specify whether the Company has elected to treat such Aircraft as a Leased Aircraft or an Owned Aircraft;
(ii) specify the Scheduled Closing Delivery Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(iiiii) instruct each the applicable Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase execute and deliver to the relevant Escrow Agent a withdrawal certificate in the form of Exhibit B to the Escrow Agent so as to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes pursuant to be issued in connection with the financing of such Closing Notice Aircraft;
(iv) instruct the "Applicable applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustee to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Delivery Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(ivv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled to be delivered on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Mandatory Economic Terms). Notwithstanding ; and
(vi) if such Aircraft is to be a Leased Aircraft, certify that the foregoingrelated Owner Participant (A) is not an Affiliate of the Company and (B) based on the representations of such Owner Participant, is either (1) a Qualified Owner Participant or (2) any other person the obligations of which under the Owner Participant Agreements (as defined in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Dateapplicable Participation Agreement) are guaranteed by a Qualified Owner Participant.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Delivery Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement and other instructions specified in such Closing Delivery Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture other Lease Financing Agreements or Owner Financing Agreements to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects with such changes therein as shall have been requested by 7 4 the related Owner Participant (in the case of Lease Financing Agreements) or by the initial purchasers of the Series D Equipment Notes or Class D Certificates (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), agreed to by the Company and, if modified in any material respect, as to which prior written consent of the Policy Provider shall have been obtained and as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee on or before the relevant Funding Delivery Date, it being understood that if Policy Provider consent and Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Policy Provider consent or Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Mandatory Economic Terms and shall contain the Mandatory Document Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as mortgagee under the Leased Aircraft Indenture or Owned Aircraft Indenture) shall execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and the Company shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of the Policy Provider or of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) If after giving any Delivery Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of an Aircraft, or if on the Scheduled Delivery Date of an Aircraft the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Policy Provider prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Policy Provider a substitute Delivery Notice specifying the date to which such delivery and related financing shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 7.01 of each of the Pass Through Trust Agreements and thereafter the financing of the relevant Aircraft shall take place on the re-scheduled Delivery Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(e) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right at any time on or before the Scheduled Delivery Date of any Aircraft, and subsequent to its giving a Delivery Notice therefor, to postpone the Scheduled Delivery Date of such Aircraft so as to enable the Company to change its election to treat such Aircraft as a 8 5 Leased Aircraft or an Owned Aircraft by written notice of such postponement to the other parties hereto. The Company shall subsequently give the parties hereto a substitute Delivery Notice complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof and specifying the new Funding Date for such postponed Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day occurring before the Cut-off Date and on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements sufficient to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). In addition, the Company shall have the further right, anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, to accept delivery of an Aircraft under the Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft and promptly thereafter give the parties hereto a Delivery Notice specifying a Funding Date not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such Aircraft and no later than the Cut-off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except (i) the re-scheduled Funding Date shall be deemed the Delivery Date of such Aircraft for all purposes of this Section 1, (ii) the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such Aircraft to the Company and (iii) the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the seller of such Aircraft, and the recipient of payment of the purchase price therefor, as the Company and (iv) in the case of a Leased Aircraft, the Aircraft Purchase Agreement Assignment shall be modified to cover only an assignment of the relevant warranties.
(f) If the Scheduled Delivery Date for any Aircraft is delayed for any reason (including the casualty loss thereof) more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such Aircraft under the heading "Scheduled Delivery Months" in Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a "Substitute Aircraft"): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be an Airbus A319-100 or A320-200 aircraft manufactured after the date of this Agreement, (ii) one or more Substitute Aircraft of the same or different types may be substituted for one or more Aircraft of the same or different types so long as after giving effect thereto such substitution does not vary the Mandatory Economic Terms and (iii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain prior written consent of the Policy Provider and to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such Aircraft.
(g) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft, other than the Company's obligation, if any, to pay the Deposit Make-Whole Premium pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) of this Agreement.
(h) into a voting trust, voting powers or similar arrangement satisfactory to the Company that (A) enables such Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft to be registered in the United States and (B) complies with the FAA regulations issued under the Act applicable thereto and (y) to be otherwise consistent with such state of affairs.
(i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to any Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
(j) recourse basis and the release of the obligations of the Company under such Equipment Notes and the relevant Owned Aircraft Indenture and (y) such other changes as may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof applicable to a Leased Aircraft Indenture in connection with a leveraged lease transaction, (iv) a purchase agreement assignment, such purchase agreement assignment to be substantially in the form of the Aircraft Purchase Agreement Assignment between the Company and the Owner Trustee with such changes as may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof applicable to an Aircraft Purchase Agreement Assignment in connection with a leveraged lease transaction, and (v) a trust agreement, such trust agreement to be substantially in the form of a Trust Agreement, between the Owner Trustee and the Owner Participant with such changes as may be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof applicable to a Trust Agreement in connection with a leveraged lease transaction and (b) the relevant Equipment Notes shall be delivered to the Loan Trustee for cancellation in exchange for new equipment notes to be issued to the Note Holders by the Owner Trustee upon the authentication thereof by the Loan Trustee, such new equipment notes to be substantially in the form contained in Section 2.01 of the Leased Aircraft Indenture. Such new equipment notes will have the same payment terms except that in the event that the Company enters into a Sale/Leaseback Transaction prior to the Delivery Period Termination Date, the Company shall have the right to reoptimize the new equipment notes to be issued to the Note Holders by the Owner Trustee in compliance with the Mandatory Economic Terms and subject to obtaining Rating Agency Confirmation with respect thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not have the right to enter into a Sale/Leaseback Transaction unless the Company (i) causes to be delivered to the Loan Trustee an opinion of counsel (both counsel and opinion satisfactory to the Loan Trustee) to the effect that the Pass Through Trusts will not be subject to Federal income tax as a result of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and (ii) furnishes to the Loan Trustee either (A) an opinion of counsel to the effect that the Certificateholders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such Sale/Leaseback Transaction had not occurred or (B) furnishes to the Loan Trustee both an opinion of counsel (both counsel and opinion satisfactory to the Loan Trustee) that the Certificateholders should not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes in connection with such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such Sale/Leaseback Transaction had not occurred and an indemnification in favor of the holders of the Certificates in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Loan Trustee and (ii) obtains Policy Provider consent and a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect thereto. In addition, the Company agrees to otherwise comply with the provisions of Sections 1(c) and 2 hereof in connection with any Sale/Leaseback Transaction.
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (America West Airlines Inc)
Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it currently owns the Owned Aircraft and (ii) it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing Notice") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each the Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees Trustee to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such the Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of the Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through TrusteesTrustee, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Pass Through Trustee (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Eligible Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Eligible Aircraft or Owned Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Eligible Aircraft (or of another Eligible Aircraft in lieu thereof) or such Owned Aircraft shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under the Deposit Agreement to enable the Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, the Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of the Trust Supplement and thereafter the financing of such Eligible Aircraft or such Owned Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Continental Airlines Inc /De/)
Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it currently owns the Owned Aircraft and (ii) it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement Agreements with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible New Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the applicable Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing Notice") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustee (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the New Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the New Aircraft or Owned Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Continental Airlines Inc /De/)
Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with currently owns the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase AgreementAircraft. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' ’ prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 2 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, and the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "“Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees”)to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Trust Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Trust Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(v) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture) to execute as Indenture Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Indenture Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Indenture Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Trust Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustee (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Certificates).
(e) If on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Aircraft shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft.
(g) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to the Class A or Class B Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' ’ prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's Days’ prior notice) in respect of the financing of each the Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such the Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, and the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each the Pass Through Trustee being requested Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement Agreements included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such each relevant Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such the Pass Through Trustee Trustees in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date)relevant Aircraft; and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of the Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such the Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement Agreements specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement Agreements and the Indenture Indentures to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement Agreements shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects andhereto. With respect to each Aircraft to be refinanced on a Closing Date, if modified in any material respect, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the relevant Indentures) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and the Company shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency Confirmation a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustees under the related Participation Agreement. [Note Purchase Agreement]
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the relevant Pass Through Trustee (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the refinancing of the Encumbered Aircraft, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Encumbered Aircraft or Unencumbered Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Aircraft shall have been obtained from re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each Rating Agency by of the Company applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (to be delivered by the Company all on and subject to the Applicable terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft it is obligated to purchase hereunder.
(or Substitute Aircraftg) without material modificationsAnything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered Company shall not varyhave the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to any Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement
Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it has previously taken delivery of the Existing Aircraft under the Purchase Agreement and, as of the Issuance Date, leases as lessee the Existing Aircraft pursuant to the Existing Leases and (ii) ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. has entered into each Aircraft the Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. has agreed to purchaseacquire, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible New Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I heretoDecember 2003, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft the Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A F hereto (a "Closing NoticeDELIVERY NOTICE") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing DateSCHEDULED CLOSING DATE") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Delivery Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each the Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase instruct the Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes pursuant to be issued in connection with the financing of such Closing Notice Aircraft (except in the "Applicable case of any such financing on the Issuance Date);
(iii) instruct the Pass Through Trustees")to Trustee to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Scheduled Closing Date specified in such Closing Delivery Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of the Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through TrusteesTrustee, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled to be financed on such Funding Scheduled Closing Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Mandatory Economic Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Delivery Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Delivery Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Delivery Notice, provided PROVIDED that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture other Financing Agreements to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto, with no changes therein other than such changes as shall be necessary to reflect the dates of the agreements, the serial number, registration number and tail number of the applicable Aircraft, the serial numbers of the applicable engines, the pricing and economic information (which shall not vary the Mandatory Economic Terms), the Loan Trustee's account information, the identity of the Seller and FAA filing information with respect to the Interim Leases and related documents and other identifying information relating to the Interim Leases and related documents. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Trust Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) [Intentionally omitted.]
(e) If after giving any Delivery Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the New Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of an Aircraft the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto in all material respects andprompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, if modified in the Company shall give the parties hereto a substitute Delivery Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Aircraft shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under the Deposit Agreement to enable the Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any material respectsuch notice of postponement, the Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of the Trust Supplement and thereafter the financing of such Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Delivery Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled closing date therefor (all on and subject to which the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of a New Aircraft under the Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such New Aircraft and promptly thereafter give the parties hereto a Delivery Notice specifying a Scheduled Closing Date not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such New Aircraft and no later than the Cut-off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such New Aircraft on the re-scheduled closing date therefor except (i) the re-scheduled closing date shall be deemed the Delivery Date of such New Aircraft for all purposes of this Section 1 and (ii) the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such New Aircraft to the Company.
(g) If the scheduled Delivery Date for any New Aircraft is delayed beyond January 31, 2004, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute
(i) a Substitute Aircraft must be an Embraer EMB-145 XR aircraft manufactured after the date of this Agreement and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any New Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the New Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such New Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such New Aircraft.
(h) The Company shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by no liability for the Company (to be delivered by failure of the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received Trustee to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft.
(i) without material modificationsThe parties agree that if, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation in connection with the financing of a New Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft, any Owner Participant who is to be a party to any Financing Agreement shall be required); provideda "Citizen of the United States" within the meaning of Section 40102(a)(15) of the Act, however, then the applicable Financing Agreements may be modified to eliminate the restrictions on the Owner Participant's right to control the Owner Trustee and to make other customary changes to reflect that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered Owner Participant is a "Citizen of the United States".
(j) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not varyhave the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes to the Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Continental Airlines Inc /De/)
Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it currently owns the Delivered Aircraft that were delivered to it by the Manufacturer prior to the date hereof and (ii) it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement Agreements with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible New Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two one Business Days' Day’s prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "“Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees”) to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A AA and Class B A Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTNA (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustees (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Series Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Series Pass Through Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Aircraft (or of another Aircraft of the same model in lieu thereof) shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class AA and Class A Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of an Aircraft (including a Delivered Aircraft) under the applicable Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft (including cash provided by the Company) and thereafter give the parties hereto and the Depositary a Closing Notice specifying a Funding Date (i) in the case of any New Aircraft, not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such New Aircraft, (ii) in the case of any Delivered Aircraft, not later than 60 days after the Issuance Date and (iii) in the case of any Aircraft, not later than the Cut-off Date, and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such Aircraft to the Company.
(g) If the scheduled delivery date from the Manufacturer for any New Aircraft is delayed more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such New Aircraft under the heading “Scheduled Delivery Month” in Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a “Substitute Aircraft”): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be of the same model as the New Aircraft being replaced and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any New Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the New Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such New Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such New Aircraft.
(h) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft.
(i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to the Class AA or Class A Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company currently owns, or has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliveracquire, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase AgreementAircraft. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary hereto and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two one Business Days' Day’s prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (on which the "Company expects to finance an Aircraft hereunder, which shall be the Scheduled Closing Date for such Aircraft (and the Company shall endeavor to finance each Aircraft on its Scheduled Delivery Date") (or, provided the Company may, concurrently with the delivery of any Closing Notice, deliver a notice of postponement in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under accordance with Section 1(e)) or (f) hereof, one a Business Day's prior notice) in respect of Day thereafter and before the financing of each Aircraft under this AgreementCut-off Date for such Aircraft, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled expected Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated)Aircraft;
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "“Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees”) to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding expected Closing Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date)[Reserved]; and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding expected Closing Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Initial Closing Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Initial Closing Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the each Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding DateClosing Date on which such Participation Agreement is to be entered into, it being understood that if a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTNA (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustees (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Series Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Series Pass Through Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, the financing of any Aircraft referred to therein (the “Delayed Aircraft”) in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for any reason the Company shall give the parties hereto prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Delayed Aircraft shall have been re-scheduled, which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date for such Aircraft. Following the giving of such notice of postponement, the unapplied funds advanced by the Class A Certificateholders and the Class B Certificateholders under the Purchase Agreement intended to fund the purchase of the Equipment Notes relating to such Delayed Aircraft, shall, pursuant to Section 2.1(d) of the Purchase Agreement, be held in a separate account with WTNA for the benefit of such Certificateholders with respect to such Equipment Notes until the earlier of (x) the application of such funds to purchase the relevant Equipment Notes with respect to such Delayed Aircraft and (y) the date that is 30 days after the Scheduled Closing Date with respect to such Delayed Aircraft or, in the case of any Extension Aircraft, such later day prior to the 60th day after such Scheduled Closing Date to which such 30th day has most recently been postponed by written notice from the Company to the Pass Through Trustees given prior to expiration of the deadline in effect under this clause (y) when such notice is given (such 30th day or, if applicable, later day, the “Prefunding Expiry Date”); provided that if the Equipment Notes relating to such Delayed Aircraft have not been purchased prior to the applicable Prefunding Expiry Date (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be the Cut-off Date), such unapplied funds shall be paid as provided in the Purchase Agreement. If a notice of postponement has been given with respect to an Aircraft, the financing of such Aircraft, as specified in a substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft.
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.)
Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it currently owns the Delivered Aircraft that were delivered to it by the relevant Manufacturer prior to the date hereof and (ii) it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the relevant Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the relevant Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible New Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two one Business Days' Day’s prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "“Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees”) to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A AA and Class B A Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTNA (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustees (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Series Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Series Pass Through Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Aircraft (or of another Aircraft of the same model in lieu thereof) shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class AA and Class A Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of an Aircraft (including a Delivered Aircraft) under the applicable Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft (including cash provided by the Company) and thereafter give the parties hereto and the Depositary a Closing Notice specifying a Funding Date (i) in the case of any New Aircraft, not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such New Aircraft, (ii) in the case of any Delivered Aircraft, not later than 60 days after the Issuance Date and (iii) in the case of any Aircraft, not later than the Cut-off Date, and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such Aircraft to the Company.
(g) If the scheduled delivery date from the relevant Manufacturer for any New Aircraft is delayed more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such New Aircraft under the heading “Scheduled Delivery Month” in Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a “Substitute Aircraft”): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be of the same model as the New Aircraft being replaced and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any New Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the New Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such New Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such New Aircraft.
(h) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft.
(i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to the Class AA or Class A Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it currently owns the Owned Aircraft and (ii) it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible New Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the New Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' ’ prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e1A(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing of each New Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such New Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f1A(f) hereof, the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "“Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees”) to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such New Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B C Pass Through Trustees Trustee to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date)New Aircraft; and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such New Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Trust Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto to the Class A/B Note Purchase Agreement in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent New Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Trust Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(v) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each New Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture) to execute as Indenture Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Indenture Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each New Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Indenture Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Trust Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustee.
(e) If, after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the New Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the New Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such New Aircraft (or of another New Aircraft of the same model in lieu thereof) shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class A, Class B and Class C Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such New Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1A to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of a New Aircraft under the Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such New Aircraft and promptly thereafter give the parties hereto and the Depositary a Closing Notice specifying a Funding Date not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such New Aircraft and no later than the Cut-off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1A(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such New Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such New Aircraft to the Company.
(g) If the scheduled delivery date from the Manufacturer for any New Aircraft is delayed more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such New Aircraft under the heading “Scheduled Delivery Months” in Part B of Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a “Substitute Aircraft”): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be of the same model as the New Aircraft being replaced and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any New Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the New Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such New Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such New Aircraft.
(h) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any New Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft.
(i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, and except for any Equipment Notes purchased on the Issuance Date, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to the Class C Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it currently owns the Delivered Aircraft that were delivered to it by the Manufacturer prior to the date hereof and (ii) it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the relevant Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the relevant Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing Notice") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under under
Section 1(e1 (e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTNA (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustee (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Eligible Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Eligible Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Eligible Aircraft (or of another Eligible Aircraft of the same model in lieu thereof) shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Eligible Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of an Aircraft (including a Delivered Aircraft) under the applicable Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft (including cash provided by the Company) and thereafter give the parties hereto and the Depositary a Closing Notice specifying a Funding Date not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such Aircraft and no later than the Cut-off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such Aircraft to the Company.
(g) If the scheduled delivery date from the Manufacturer for any Eligible Aircraft is delayed more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such Eligible Aircraft under the heading "Scheduled Delivery Month" in Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a "Substitute Aircraft"): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be of the same model as the Eligible Aircraft being replaced and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any Eligible Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the Eligible Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such Eligible Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such Eligible Aircraft.
(h) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft.
(i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to the Class A or Class B Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with currently owns the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase AgreementAircraft. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance . Subject to the satisfaction of the foregoingconditions set forth in Section 2, on the Closing Date, simultaneously with the purchase and sale of the Class A Certificates and the Class B Certificates, the Company agrees to give the applicable parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing Notice") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase the applicable Equipment Notes pursuant Notes, to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Closing Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(cb) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the The Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing NoticeAgreement, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Closing Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(v) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTNA (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(c) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustee (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Certificates). Note Purchase Agreement 2020-1
(d) If on the Closing Date the Financing Agreements in the manner contemplated hereby or thereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give notice to the parties hereto specifying the date to which the financing shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be not less than one Business Day before the date on which Equipment Notes issued with respect to all of the Aircraft have been purchased by the Pass Through Trustees in accordance with this Agreement). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its respective obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Aircraft as contemplated by the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreements shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it currently owns the Owned Aircraft and (ii) it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible New Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' ’ prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "“Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees”) to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A A, Class B and Class B C Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Trust Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Trust Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(v) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture) to execute as Indenture Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Indenture Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Indenture Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Trust Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustee.
(e) If, after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the New Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the New Aircraft or Owned Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such New Aircraft (or of another New Aircraft of the same model in lieu thereof) or such Owned Aircraft shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class A, Class B and Class C Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such New Aircraft or such Owned Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of a New Aircraft under the Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such New Aircraft and promptly thereafter give the parties hereto and the Depositary a Closing Notice specifying a Funding Date not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such New Aircraft and no later than the Cut-off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such New Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such New Aircraft to the Company.
(g) If the scheduled delivery date from the Manufacturer for any New Aircraft is delayed more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such New Aircraft under the heading “Scheduled Delivery Months” in Part B of Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a “Substitute Aircraft”): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be of the same model as the New Aircraft being replaced and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any New Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the New Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such New Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such New Aircraft.
(h) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft.
(i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to the Class A, Class B or Class C Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each the applicable Aircraft Purchase Agreement Agreements with Airbus and Boeing, as the Manufacturer case may be, pursuant to which the Company it has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has Airbus and Boeing have agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the applicable Aircraft Purchase AgreementAgreements. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the each Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two (2) Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing NoticeCLOSING NOTICE") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing DateSCHEDULED CLOSING DATE") (or, in the case of a substitute Substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e2(f) or (fg) hereof, one (1) Business Day's prior notice) of a financing in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this AgreementAircraft, which notice shall:
(i) i. specify whether the Company has elected to treat such Aircraft as a Leased Aircraft or an Owned Aircraft;
ii. specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) iii. instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant each Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft;
iv. instruct the Pass Through Trustees to enter into the Participation Agreement with respect to such Aircraft (except in such form and at such a time on or before the case of any Scheduled Closing Date specified in such financing on the Issuance Date); andClosing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iv) v. specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Scheduled Closing Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Mandatory Economic Terms);
vi. if such Aircraft is to be a Leased Aircraft, certify that the related Owner Participant (A) is not an Affiliate of the Company and (B) based on the representations of such Owner Participant, is either (1) a Qualified Owner Participant or (2) any other person the obligations of which under the Owner Participant Documents (as defined in the applicable Participation Agreement) are guaranteed by a Qualified Owner Participant.
vii. if applicable, include the information and Rating Agency Notices referred to in Section 11(c). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of event the Scheduled Closing Date for any Aircraft to be financed hereunder or refinanced pursuant to the terms hereof is on or within 3 Business Days following the Issuance Datedate of issuance of the Certificates, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance such Scheduled Closing Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided PROVIDED, however, that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture other Financing Agreements to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects with such changes therein as shall have been requested by the related Owner Participant (in the case of Lease Financing Agreements), agreed to by the Company and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee on or before the relevant Funding Closing Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); providedPROVIDED, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Mandatory Economic Terms and shall contain the Mandatory Document Terms (as such Mandatory Document Terms may be modified in accordance with Schedule V hereto). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Financing Agreement annexed hereto shall not have been reviewed by either Rating Agency prior to the Issuance Date, then, prior to the use thereof in connection with the financing of any Aircraft hereunder, the Company shall obtain from each Rating Agency a confirmation that the use of such Financing Agreement would not result in (A) a reduction of the rating for any Class of Certificates below the then current rating for such Class of Certificates or (B) a withdrawal or suspension of the rating of any Class of Certificates.
(d) With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause (i) State Street Bank and Trust Company (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Leased Aircraft Indenture or Owned Aircraft Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party and (ii) Northwest Airlines Corporation to execute a Guarantee, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of any Aircraft the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto prompt notice thereof. Concurrent with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequent thereto, the Company shall give the parties hereto a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date (the "SUBSTITUTE CLOSING DATE") to which the applicable financing of such Aircraft or of another Eligible Aircraft of the same type in lieu thereof shall have been rescheduled which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-Off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes. Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Article IV of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing or refinancing of such Aircraft shall take place on the Substitute Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 2 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right at any time on or before the Scheduled Closing Date of any Aircraft, and subsequent to its giving a Closing Notice therefor, to postpone the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft so as to enable the Company to change its election to treat such Aircraft as a Leased Aircraft or an Owned Aircraft by written notice of such postponement to the other parties hereto. The Company shall subsequently give the parties hereto a substitute Closing Notice complying with the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof and specifying the new Closing Date for such postponed Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day occurring before the Cut-Off Date and on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements sufficient to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). In addition the Company shall have the further right, anything in this Section 2 to the contrary notwithstanding, to accept delivery of an Aircraft under the applicable Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the delivery date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft and thereafter give the parties hereto a Closing Notice specifying a Closing Date no later than the Cut-Off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such Aircraft on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor except the re-scheduled Closing Date shall be deemed the Closing Date of such Aircraft for all purposes of this Section 2.
(g) Anything in this Section 2 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right at any time to convert an Owned Aircraft to a Leased Aircraft by entering into a sale/leaseback transaction; PROVIDED, that, prior to, or concurrent with, such conversion, the Company must (i) comply with the conditions set forth in the Leased Aircraft Participation Agreement with respect to such aircraft, (ii) deliver an opinion of counsel that holders of Certificates related to such Aircraft will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such conversion and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such conversion had not occurred (other than such change in amount, manner and timing of interest that results from any reoptimization of the Equipment Notes permitted pursuant to Section 16 of the applicable Owned Aircraft Participation Agreement in connection with such conversion) and that the Pass Through Trusts will not be subject to federal income tax as a result of such conversion and (iii) obtain Rating Agency Confirmation. If the delivery date for any Eligible Aircraft under the Aircraft Purchase Agreements is delayed for more than 30 days beyond the month scheduled for delivery or beyond the Cut-Off Date, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (together with the substitute aircraft referred to in the next sentence, a "SUBSTITUTE AIRCRAFT"): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be the same model as the Eligible Aircraft for which delivery by Airbus or Boeing, as the case may be, was delayed and must be delivered by Airbus or Boeing, as the case may be, to the Company after the date of this Agreement, (ii) the Substitute Aircraft must have been manufactured after the Issuance Date and (iii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation that the replacement of such Eligible Aircraft by such Substitute Aircraft would not result in withdrawal, suspension, or downgrading of the rating for any Class of Certificates (other than the Class D Certificates) below the then current rating for such Class of 5 Certificates. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the Eligible Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such Eligible Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such Eligible Aircraft.
(h) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft, other than the Company's obligation, if any, to pay the Deposit Make-Whole Amount pursuant to Section 5(a)(i) of this Agreement, and the Company's obligation to make capital contributions as required by Section 11(b).
(i) The parties agree that if, in connection with the delivery of an Aircraft or a Substitute Aircraft or the conversion of an Owned Aircraft to a Leased Aircraft, any Owner Participant who is to be a party to any Lease Financing Agreements shall not be a "citizen of the United States" within the meaning of 49 U.S.C. Section 40102 (a)(15), then the applicable Lease Financing Agreements shall be modified, consistent with the Mandatory Document Terms (as such Mandatory Document Terms may be modified in accordance with Schedule V hereto), to require such Owner Participant to enter into a voting trust, voting powers or similar arrangement satisfactory to the Company that (A) enables such Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft to be registered in the United States and (B) complies with the FAA regulations issued under the Act applicable thereto.
(j) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series (other than the Series D Equipment Notes) to any Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
(k) The Company shall notify the Rating Agencies in writing of any lease of an Owned Aircraft pursuant to the terms of an Owned Aircraft Indenture promptly after entering into such lease.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer Embraer pursuant to which the Company it has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer Embraer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the each Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two (2) Business Days' ’ prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e2(f) or (fg) hereof, one (1) Business Day's ’s prior notice) of a financing in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this AgreementAircraft, which notice shall:
(i) i. specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) . instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant each Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft;
iii. instruct the Pass Through Trustees to enter into the Participation Agreement with respect to such Aircraft (except substantially in the case form of any Exhibit A-1 hereto and at such financing a time on or before the Issuance Date)Scheduled Closing Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder; and
(iv) . specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms)Scheduled Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of event the Scheduled Closing Date for any Aircraft to be financed hereunder or refinanced pursuant to the terms hereof is on or within 3 Business Days following the Issuance Datedate of issuance of the Certificates, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance such Scheduled Closing Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for any subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 5(a)(i) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable.
(d) With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause (i) U.S. Bank National Association (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party and (ii) Northwest Airlines Corporation to execute a Guarantee, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of any Aircraft the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto prompt notice thereof. Concurrent with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequent thereto, the Company shall give the parties hereto a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date (the “Substitute Closing Date”) to which the applicable financing of such Aircraft shall have been rescheduled which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-Off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes. Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Article IV of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing or refinancing of such Aircraft shall take place on the Substitute Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 2 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of an Aircraft under the Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the delivery date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft and thereafter give the parties hereto a Closing Notice specifying a Closing Date no later than the Cut-Off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any Aircraft financed hereunder after the delivery from the applicable Manufacturer.
(g) If the delivery date for any Aircraft under the Aircraft Purchase Agreement is delayed for more than 30 days beyond the month scheduled for delivery or beyond the Cut-Off Date, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (together with the substitute aircraft referred to in the next sentence, a “Substitute Aircraft”): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be the same model as the Aircraft for which delivery by Embraer was delayed and must be delivered by Embraer to the Company after the date of this Agreement, (ii) the Substitute Aircraft must have been manufactured after the Issuance Date and (iii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation that the replacement of such Aircraft by such Substitute Aircraft would not result in withdrawal, suspension, or downgrading of the rating for any Class of Certificates below the then current rating for such Class of Certificates. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such Aircraft.
(h) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft.
(i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to any Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement, or in an aggregate principal amount in respect of any Aircraft in excess of the amount specified in the Required Terms.
(j) The Company shall notify the Rating Agencies in writing of any lease of an Aircraft pursuant to the terms of an Indenture promptly after entering into such lease.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it currently owns the Delivered Aircraft that were delivered to it by the relevant Manufacturer prior to the date hereof and (ii) it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the relevant Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the relevant Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft (excluding the Delivered Aircraft) subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two one Business Days' Day’s prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "“Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees”) to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A AA and Class B A Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTNA (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustees (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Series Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Series Pass Through Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Eligible Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Eligible Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Eligible Aircraft (or of another Eligible Aircraft of the same model in lieu thereof) shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class AA and Class A Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Eligible Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of an Aircraft (including a Delivered Aircraft) under the applicable Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft (including cash provided by the Company) and thereafter give the parties hereto and the Depositary a Closing Notice specifying a Funding Date (i) in the case of any New Aircraft, not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such New Aircraft, (ii) in the case of any Delivered Aircraft, not later than 90 days after the Issuance Date and (iii) in the case of any Aircraft, not later than the Cut-off Date, and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such Aircraft to the Company.
(g) If the scheduled delivery date from the relevant Manufacturer for any Eligible Aircraft (excluding a Delivered Aircraft) is delayed more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such Eligible Aircraft under the heading “Scheduled Delivery Month” in Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a “Substitute Aircraft”): (i)(1) the Substitute Aircraft shall be of the same model as the
(1) the Substitute Aircraft shall consist of one or more aircraft of a different model and/or manufacturer from the Eligible Aircraft being replaced, (2) each of such Substitute Aircraft has a date of manufacture no earlier than one year prior to the date of manufacture of the Eligible Aircraft being replaced (each such date of manufacture, in each case, to be deemed to be the date of original delivery of the applicable airframe to a customer by the applicable aircraft manufacturer), (3) the Company shall have obtained Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of the applicable Eligible Aircraft by such Substitute Aircraft and (4) the Substitute Aircraft has a MCMV (as defined below)(or, in the case of multiple Substitute Aircraft, the sum of the MCMVs of such Substitute Aircraft shall be) at least equal to the sum of the MCMVs of the Eligible Aircraft being replaced by the Substitute Aircraft, in each case as determined by a desktop appraisal dated as of a date within the 60-day period prior to the substitution performed by an independent aircraft appraiser experienced in valuing commercial aircraft selected by the Company. “MCMV” is the “current market value” (as defined by the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading or any successor organization) adjusted for the maintenance status of the Substitute Aircraft and the Eligible Aircraft being replaced by the Substitute Aircraft, as applicable, such maintenance status to be based upon maintenance data provided by the Company to the applicable appraiser with respect to the Substitute Aircraft and such Eligible Aircraft as of the same date within the 60-day period prior to the substitution for both the Substitute Aircraft and such Eligible Aircraft. Prior to the effectiveness of any replacement of an Eligible Aircraft by a different number of Substitute Aircraft pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, the Company shall prepare amendments to this Agreement (including if applicable the Schedules, Annex and Exhibits hereto) in order to make the reasonably necessary changes arising from the replacement of such Eligible Aircraft by a different number of Substitute Aircraft (including the allocation among such Substitute Aircraft of the amortization schedule for the Eligible Aircraft being replaced pro rata based on the MCMV of each Substitute Aircraft or on such other basis among each Substitute Aircraft determined in a manner consistent with, and as would preserve the aggregate amortization profile of, the original amortization schedules). The Company shall submit such proposed amendments to the Rating Agencies in connection with the Company’s request for the Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such replacement, and the other parties to this Agreement shall execute and deliver such amendments upon the Company’s request. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the Eligible Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such Eligible Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such Eligible Aircraft.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary Depositary, the Policy Provider and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' ’ prior written notice substantially in the form of the notice set out in Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing “Funding Notice"”) of the scheduled closing financing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Financing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Funding Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreementthe Aircraft Purchase Agreement or if the Scheduled Financing Date coincides with the Issuance Date, the Funding Notice may be delivered on the Issuance Date, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Financing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and no later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such Aircraft and, except as provided in Section 1(f1(e) hereof, the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each the applicable Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant execute and deliver to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent a withdrawal certificate in the form of Exhibit B to the Escrow Agent so as to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft Aircraft;
(except iii) instruct the applicable Pass Through Trustee to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the case of any Financing Agreements with respect to such financing Aircraft at such a time on or before the Issuance Date)Funding Date specified in such Funding Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder; and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled to be delivered on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Funding Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement and other instructions specified in such Closing Funding Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture other Financing Agreements to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects andhereto. With respect to each Aircraft, if modified in any material respect, the Company shall direct WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as mortgagee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and the Company shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of the Policy Provider or of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Policy Provider or such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the legal opinions delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) If after giving any Funding Notice, there shall be a delay in the financing of an Aircraft, or if on the Scheduled Financing Date of an Aircraft the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Policy Provider prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Policy Provider a substitute Funding Notice specifying the date to which such delivery and related financing shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 7.01 of each of the Pass Through Trust Agreements and thereafter the financing of the relevant Aircraft shall take place on the re-scheduled financing date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(e) If the scheduled Delivery Date for any Aircraft is delayed for any reason (including the casualty loss thereof) more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such Aircraft under the heading “Scheduled Delivery Months” in Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a “Substitute Aircraft”): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be an Airbus A320-200 aircraft equipped with International Aero Engines model V2527-A5 engines, in each case manufactured after the date of this Agreement and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain prior written consent of the Policy Provider and to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such Aircraft.
(f) The Company shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by no liability for the Company (to be delivered by failure of the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft, other than the Company’s obligation, if any, to pay the Deposit Break Amount pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) without material modificationsof this Agreement.
(g) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered Company shall not varyhave the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to any Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with currently owns the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase AgreementAircraft. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing Notice") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:[Intentionally Omitted].
(ic) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on On the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Noticewith respect to each Aircraft, provided that each such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects andrespects. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Indenture may be modified in any material respectto the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTNA (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which Rating Agency Confirmation such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company (is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered by the Company to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the Applicable financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustees Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on or before behalf of the relevant Funding DatePass Through Trustee (or, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Series Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Series Pass Through Certificates).
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(h) The Company shall have been received no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustee to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft Aircraft.
(or Substitute Aircrafti) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not vary[Intentionally Omitted].
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' ’ prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's Days’ prior notice) in respect of the financing of each the Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such the Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, and the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each the Pass Through Trustee being requested Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement Agreements included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such each relevant Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such the Pass Through Trustee Trustees in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date)relevant Aircraft; and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of the Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such the Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement Agreements specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement Agreements and the Indenture Indentures to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement Agreements shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects andhereto. With respect to each Aircraft to be refinanced on a Closing Date, if modified in any material respect, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the relevant Indentures) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and the Company shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency Confirmation a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustees under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the relevant Pass Through Trustee (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the refinancing of the Encumbered Aircraft, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Encumbered Aircraft or Unencumbered Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Aircraft shall have been obtained from re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each Rating Agency by of the Company applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (to be delivered by the Company all on and subject to the Applicable terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft it is obligated to purchase hereunder.
(or Substitute Aircraftg) without material modificationsAnything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered Company shall not varyhave the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to any Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it currently owns the Delivered Aircraft that were delivered to it by the relevant Manufacturer prior to the date hereof and (ii) it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the relevant Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the relevant Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft (excluding the Delivered Aircraft) subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two one Business Days' Day’s prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "“Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees”) to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A AA and Class B A Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTNA (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustees (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Series Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Series Pass Through Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Eligible Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Eligible Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Eligible Aircraft (or of another Eligible Aircraft of the same model in lieu thereof) shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class AA and Class A Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Eligible Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of an Aircraft (including a Delivered Aircraft) under the applicable Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft (including cash provided by the Company) and thereafter give the parties hereto and the Depositary a Closing Notice specifying a Funding Date (i) in the case of any New Aircraft, not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such New Aircraft, (ii) in the case of any Delivered Aircraft, not later than 90 days after the Issuance Date and (iii) in the case of any Aircraft, not later than the Cut-off Date, and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such Aircraft to the Company.
(g) If the scheduled delivery date from the relevant Manufacturer for any Eligible Aircraft (excluding a Delivered Aircraft) is delayed more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such Eligible Aircraft under the heading “Scheduled Delivery Month” in Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a “Substitute Aircraft”): (i)(1) the Substitute Aircraft shall be of the same model as the
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company (i) confirms that it has entered into each currently owns the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company (ii) agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' ’ prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A H hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f1A(e) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing refinancing of each Aircraft under this AgreementAgreement (or such lesser number of Aircraft indicated in such Closing Notice), which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before on or prior to June 3, 2018 (the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f“Class C(R) hereofCertificate Financing Termination Date”) (such date, the date (the "Funding “Class C Certificate Refinancing Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each the Company, the Pass Through Trustee being requested Trustees and the Subordination Agent to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in Intercreditor Amendment, instruct the Financing Agreements Company and the Indenture Trustee to enter into an Indenture Amendment with respect to each Trust Indenture relating to each such Aircraft in substantially the form provided in Exhibit B hereto (each, an “Indenture Amendment”) and the Company, the Pass Through Trustees, the Subordination Agent and the Indenture Trustee to enter into a Participation Agreement Amendment relating to each Participation Agreement with respect to each such Aircraft in substantially the form and provided in Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Participation Agreement Amendment”) at such a time on or before the Funding Class C Certificate Refinancing Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B C(R) Pass Through Trustees Trustee to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing refinancing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date)Aircraft; and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal face amount of each series of Series C(R) Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Class C(R) Pass Through TrusteesTrustee, in connection with the financing refinancing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Class C Certificate Refinancing Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Class C(R) Pass Through Trustees Trustee shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Intercreditor Amendment and each Indenture Amendment and Participation Agreement Amendment specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement Amendment, such Indenture Amendment and the Indenture Intercreditor Amendment to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement Amendment shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto of Exhibit A, Exhibit B and Exhibit C hereto, respectively, in all material respects and, provided further that, if any of such Amendments are modified in any material respect, as to which the Company shall have obtained Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Class C(R) Pass Through Trustees Trustee on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent other Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Trust Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(v) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section 4(a)(v) and Section 9.1(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture) to execute as Indenture Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Indenture Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the refinancing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Indenture Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Series C(R) Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Trust Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Pass Through Trustee.
(e) If, after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the Scheduled Closing Date or if the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the refinancing of such Aircraft shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Class C(R) Certificate Financing Termination Date). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, the Class C(R) Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of the Trust Supplement and thereafter the refinancing of such Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Class C(R) Pass Through Trustee to purchase the Series C(R) Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft.
(g) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Series C(R) Equipment Notes to the Class C(R) Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate face amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' ’ prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "“Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees”) to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A AA and Class B A Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTNA (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustees (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Series Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Series Pass Through Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Aircraft (or of another Aircraft of the same model in lieu thereof) shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class AA and Class A Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft the Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I heretoAircraft, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft the Purchase Agreement. The currently scheduled delivery dates for the Aircraft are set forth in Schedule 1. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing Delivery Notice") of the scheduled closing delivery date (the "Scheduled Closing Delivery Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Delivery Notice under Section 1(e1(d) or (fe) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this the Purchase Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify whether the Company has elected to treat such Aircraft as a Leased Aircraft or an Owned Aircraft;
(ii) specify the Scheduled Closing Delivery Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f1(e) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(iiiii) instruct each the Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes pursuant to be issued in connection with the financing of such Closing Notice Aircraft;
(iv) instruct the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustee to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Delivery Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(ivv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through TrusteesTrustee, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled to be delivered on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Mandatory Economic Terms). Notwithstanding ; and
(vi) if such Aircraft is to be a Leased Aircraft, certify that the foregoingrelated Owner Participant (A) is not an Affiliate of the Company (unless prior Rating Agency Confirmation permitting the use of an Affiliate has been obtained) and (B) based on the representations of such Owner Participant, is either (1) a Qualified Owner Participant or (2) any other person the obligations of which under the Owner Participant Agreements (as defined in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Dateapplicable Participation Agreement) are guaranteed by a Qualified Owner Participant.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Delivery Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Delivery Notice, provided that that, (i) the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not vary the Mandatory Economic Terms and shall contain the Mandatory Document Terms and (ii) subject to the next two succeeding sentences, such Participation Agreement and the Indenture other Lease Financing Agreements or Owner Financing Agreements to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects andrespects. The Leased Aircraft Participation Agreements and other Lease Financing Agreements may contain modifications, if modified in provided, however, that with respect to any material respectmodifications (other than modifications affecting only the Owner Participant), as to which a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be and delivered by the Company to the Applicable applicable Pass Through Trustees Trustee on or before the relevant Funding Delivery Date, it being understood that if . If Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Financing Agreement annexed hereto shall not have been reviewed by either Rating Agency prior to the Issuance Date, then, prior to the use thereof in connection with the financing of any Aircraft hereunder, the Company shall obtain from each Rating Agency a confirmation that the use of such Financing Documents would not result in (x) a reduction of the rating for any Class of Certificates below the then current rating for such Class of Certificates or (y) a withdrawal or suspension of the rating of any Class of Certificates. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause Wilmington Trust Company (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Leased Aircraft Indenture or Owned Aircraft Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of either Rating Agency or of Fitch IBCA, Inc. or Duff & Xxxxxx Credit Rating Co., the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such requesting entity a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) If after giving any Delivery Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of an Aircraft, or if on the Scheduled Delivery Date of an Aircraft the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto a substitute Delivery Notice specifying the date to which such delivery and related financing shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes); provided. Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, however, that each applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of the relevant Aircraft shall take place on the re-scheduled Delivery Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(e) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right at any time on or before the Scheduled Delivery Date of any Aircraft, and subsequent to its giving a Delivery Notice therefor, to postpone the Scheduled Delivery Date of such Aircraft so as to enable the Company to change its election to treat such Aircraft as a Leased Aircraft or an Owned Aircraft by written notice of such postponement to the other parties hereto. The Company shall subsequently give the parties hereto a substitute Delivery Notice complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof and specifying the new Funding Date for such postponed Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day occurring before the Cut-off Date and on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements sufficient to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). In addition, the Company shall have the further right, anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, to accept delivery of an Aircraft under the Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft and promptly thereafter give the parties hereto a Delivery Notice specifying a Funding Date not later than 60 days after the Delivery Date of such Aircraft and no later than the Cut-off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except (i) the re-scheduled Funding Date shall be deemed the Delivery Date of such Aircraft for all purposes of this Section 1 and (ii) the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such Aircraft to the Company.
(f) If the Scheduled Delivery Date for any Aircraft is delayed (a) more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such Aircraft under the heading "Scheduled Delivery Months" in Schedule I hereto or (b) beyond the Delivery Period Termination Date, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a "Substitute Aircraft"): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be a Boeing 747-400F aircraft manufactured after 1993, so long as executed after giving effect thereto such substitution does not vary the Mandatory Economic Terms, and delivered (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such Aircraft.
(g) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of any Pass Through Trustee to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft, other than the Company's obligation, if any, to pay the Deposit Make-Whole Premium pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) of this Agreement.
(h) The parties agree that if, in connection with the delivery of an Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft, any Owner Participant who is to be a party to any Lease Financing Agreement shall not varybe a "Citizen of the United States" within the meaning of Section 40102(a)(15) of the Act, then the applicable Lease Financing Agreements shall be modified, consistent with the Mandatory Document Terms, to require such Owner Participant to enter into
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that (i) it currently owns the Owned Aircraft and (ii) it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two three Business Days' ’ prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "“Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees”) to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A A, Class B and Class B C Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Trust Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Trust Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(v) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture) to execute as Indenture Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Indenture Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Indenture Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Trust Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustee.
(e) If, after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Eligible Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Eligible Aircraft or Owned Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Eligible Aircraft (or of another Eligible Aircraft in lieu thereof) or such Owned Aircraft shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class A, Class B and Class C Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Eligible Aircraft or such Owned Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of a New Aircraft under the Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such New Aircraft and promptly thereafter give the parties hereto and the Depositary a Closing Notice specifying a Funding Date not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such New Aircraft and no later than the Cut-off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such New Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such New Aircraft to the Company.
(g) If the scheduled delivery date from the Manufacturer for any Eligible Aircraft is delayed more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such Eligible Aircraft under the heading “Scheduled Delivery Months” in Part B of Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a “Substitute Aircraft”): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be of the same model as the Eligible Aircraft being replaced and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any Eligible Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the Eligible Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such Eligible Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such Eligible Aircraft.
(h) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft.
(i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to the Class A, Class B or Class C Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "“Closing Notice"”) of the scheduled closing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "“Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees”) to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(v) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTNA (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustee (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Aircraft (or of another Aircraft of the same model in lieu thereof) shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of an Aircraft under the Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft (including cash provided by the Company) and thereafter give the parties hereto and the Depositary a Closing Notice specifying a Funding Date not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such Aircraft and no later than the Cut-off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing Delivery Notice") of the scheduled closing delivery date (the "Scheduled Closing Delivery Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Delivery Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of each Aircraft under the Aircraft Purchase Agreement, or in the case of the utilization of bridge financing as contemplated by Section 1(e) hereof in respect of any Aircraft, one Business Day's prior notice of the date of the financing of each such Aircraft under this Agreementpursuant to the relevant Financing Agreements, which notice shall:
(i) specify whether the Company has elected to treat such Aircraft as a Leased Aircraft or an Owned Aircraft;
(ii) specify the Scheduled Closing Delivery Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(iiiii) instruct each the Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase execute and deliver to the relevant Escrow Agent a withdrawal certificate in the form of Exhibit B to the Escrow Agent so as to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes pursuant to be issued in connection with the financing of such Closing Notice Aircraft;
(iv) instruct the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustee to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Delivery Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(ivv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled to be delivered on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Mandatory Economic Terms); and
(vi) if such Aircraft is to be a Leased Aircraft, certify that the related Owner Participant (A) is not an Affiliate of the Company and (B) based on the representations of such Owner Participant, is either (1) a Qualified Owner Participant or (2) any other person the obligations of which under the Owner Participant Agreements (as defined in the applicable Participation Agreement) are guaranteed by a Qualified Owner Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case event the date of any issuance of the Certificates coincides with the Scheduled Delivery Date of the first Aircraft to be financed hereunder on pursuant to the Issuance Dateterms hereof, the Closing Delivery Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance such Scheduled Delivery Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Delivery Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement and other instructions specified in such Closing Delivery Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture other Lease Financing Agreements or Owner Financing Agreements to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects with such changes therein as shall have been requested by the related Owner Participant (in the case of Lease Financing Agreements) or by the initial purchasers of the Series D Equipment Notes or Class D Pass Through Certificates, agreed to by the Company and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varythe
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (America West Airlines Inc)
Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each the Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such the Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary Depositary, the Policy Provider and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' ’ prior written notice substantially in the form of the notice set out in Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing “Funding Notice"”) of the scheduled closing financing date (the "“Scheduled Closing Financing Date"”) (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Funding Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's ’s prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this the Aircraft Purchase Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Financing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-–off Date and no later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such Aircraft and, except as provided in Section 1(f1(e) hereof, the date (the "“Funding Date"”) on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each the applicable Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant execute and deliver to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent a withdrawal certificate in the form of Exhibit B to the Escrow Agent so as to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft Aircraft;
(except iii) instruct the applicable Pass Through Trustee to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the case of any Financing Agreements with respect to such financing Aircraft at such a time on or before the Issuance Date)Funding Date specified in such Funding Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder; and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, Notes to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled to be delivered on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Funding Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement and other instructions specified in such Closing Funding Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture other Financing Agreements to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects andhereto. With respect to each Aircraft, if modified in any material respect, the Company shall direct WTC (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as mortgagee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and the Company shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of the Policy Provider or of either Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Policy Provider or such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the legal opinions delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) If after giving any Funding Notice, there shall be a delay in the financing of an Aircraft, or if on the Scheduled Financing Date of an Aircraft the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Policy Provider prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Policy Provider a substitute Funding Notice specifying the date to which such delivery and related financing shall have been re–scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut–off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each applicable Pass Through Trustee to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 2.01 of each of the Pass Through Trust Agreements and thereafter the financing of the relevant Aircraft shall take place on the re–scheduled financing date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(e) If the scheduled Delivery Date for any Aircraft is delayed for any reason (including the casualty loss thereof) more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such Aircraft under the heading “Scheduled Delivery Months” in Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a “Substitute Aircraft”): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be an Airbus A320–200 aircraft equipped with International Aero Engines model V2527-A5 engines, in each case manufactured after the date of this Agreement and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain prior written consent of the Policy Provider and to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such Aircraft.
(f) The Company shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by no liability for the Company (to be delivered by failure of the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft, other than the Company’s obligation, if any, to pay the Deposit Break Amount pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) without material modificationsof this Agreement.
(g) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered Company shall not varyhave the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to any Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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Financing of Aircraft. (a) The Company confirms that it has entered into each Aircraft Purchase Agreement with the relevant Manufacturer pursuant to which the Company has agreed to purchase, and the relevant Manufacturer has agreed to deliver, the Eligible Aircraft subject thereto in the months specified in Schedule I hereto, all on and subject to terms and conditions specified in such Aircraft Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to finance the Aircraft in the manner provided herein, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the relevant Financing Agreements.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company agrees to give the parties hereto, the Depositary and each of the Rating Agencies not less than two Business Days' prior notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a "Closing Notice") of the scheduled closing date (the "Scheduled Closing Date") (or, in the case of a substitute Closing Notice under Section 1(e) or (f) hereof, one Business Day's prior notice) in respect of the financing of each Aircraft under this Agreement, which notice shall:
(i) specify the Scheduled Closing Date of such Aircraft (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date and, except as provided in Section 1(f) hereof, the date (the "Funding Date") on which the financing therefor in the manner provided herein shall be consummated);
(ii) instruct each Pass Through Trustee being requested to purchase Equipment Notes pursuant to such Closing Notice (the "Applicable Pass Through Trustees")to Trustees") to enter into the Participation Agreement included in the Financing Agreements with respect to such Aircraft in such form and at such a time on or before the Funding Date specified in such Closing Notice and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(iii) instruct each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to instruct the relevant Escrow Agent to provide a Notice of Purchase Withdrawal to the Depositary with respect to the Equipment Notes to be issued to such Pass Through Trustee in connection with the financing of such Aircraft (except in the case of any such financing on the Issuance Date); and
(iv) specify the aggregate principal amount of each series of Equipment Notes, if any, to be issued, and purchased by the Applicable Pass Through Trustees, in connection with the financing of such Aircraft scheduled on such Funding Date (which shall in all respects comply with the Required Terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Aircraft to be financed hereunder on the Issuance Date, the Closing Notice therefor may be delivered to the parties hereto on the Issuance Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Closing Notice, the Applicable Pass Through Trustees shall, and shall cause the Subordination Agent to, enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Participation Agreement specified in such Closing Notice, provided that such Participation Agreement and the Indenture to be entered into pursuant to such Participation Agreement shall be in the forms thereof annexed hereto in all material respects and, if modified in any material respect, as to which Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency by the Company (to be delivered by the Company to the Applicable Pass Through Trustees on or before the relevant Funding Date, it being understood that if Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been received with respect to any Financing Agreements and such Financing Agreements are utilized for subsequent Aircraft (or Substitute Aircraft) without material modifications, no additional Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required); provided, however, that the relevant Financing Agreements as executed and delivered shall not varyvary the Required Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indenture may be modified to the extent required for the issuance of Equipment Notes pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) of this Agreement, subject to the terms of such Section and Section 9.1(c) or 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, whichever may be applicable. The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation. With respect to each Aircraft, the Company shall cause WTNA (or such other person that meets the eligibility requirements to act as loan trustee under the Indenture) to execute as Loan Trustee the Financing Agreements relating to such Aircraft to which such Loan Trustee is intended to be a party, and shall concurrently therewith execute such Financing Agreements to which the Company is intended to be a party and perform its respective obligations thereunder. Upon the request of any Rating Agency, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Rating Agency a true and complete copy of each Financing Agreement relating to the financing of each Aircraft together with a true and complete set of the closing documentation (including legal opinions) delivered to the related Loan Trustee, Subordination Agent and Pass Through Trustee under the related Participation Agreement.
(d) The Company agrees that all Equipment Notes issued pursuant to any Indenture shall initially be registered in the name of the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Applicable Pass Through Trustee (or, in the case of any Additional Series Equipment Notes, on behalf of the Additional Pass Through Trustee with respect to the corresponding Additional Certificates).
(e) If after giving any Closing Notice, there shall be a delay in the delivery of the Eligible Aircraft referred to therein, or if on the Scheduled Closing Date of the Eligible Aircraft referred to therein the financing thereof in the manner contemplated hereby shall not be consummated for whatever reason, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary prompt notice thereof. Concurrently with the giving of such notice of postponement or subsequently, the Company shall give the parties hereto and the Depositary a substitute Closing Notice specifying the date to which the financing of such Eligible Aircraft (or of another Eligible Aircraft of the same model in lieu thereof) shall have been re-scheduled (which shall be a Business Day before the Cut-off Date on which the Escrow Agents shall be entitled to withdraw one or more Deposits under each of the applicable Deposit Agreements to enable each of the Class A and Class B Pass Through Trustees to fund its purchase of the related Equipment Notes). Upon receipt of any such notice of postponement, each Applicable Pass Through Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of each of the Trust Supplements and thereafter the financing of such Eligible Aircraft, as specified in such substitute Closing Notice, shall take place on the re-scheduled Closing Date therefor (all on and subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Financing Agreements) unless further postponed as provided herein.
(f) Anything in this Section 1 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to accept delivery of an Aircraft under the applicable Aircraft Purchase Agreement on the Delivery Date thereof by utilization of bridge financing of such Aircraft (including cash provided by the Company) and thereafter give the parties hereto and the Depositary a Closing Notice specifying a Funding Date not later than 90 days after the Delivery Date of such Aircraft and no later than the Cut-off Date and otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof. All other terms and conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the financing of any such Aircraft on the re-scheduled Funding Date therefor except the related Financing Agreements shall be amended to reflect the original delivery of such Aircraft to the Company.
(g) If the scheduled delivery date from the Manufacturer for any Eligible Aircraft is delayed more than 30 days beyond the last day of the month set forth opposite such Eligible Aircraft under the heading "Scheduled Delivery Month" in Schedule I hereto, the Company may identify for delivery a substitute aircraft therefor meeting the following conditions (a "Substitute Aircraft"): (i) a Substitute Aircraft must be of the same model as the Eligible Aircraft being replaced and (ii) the Company shall be obligated to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation in respect of the replacement of any Eligible Aircraft by Substitute Aircraft. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above with respect to a Substitute Aircraft, the Eligible Aircraft to be replaced shall cease to be subject to this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereto concerning such Eligible Aircraft shall cease, and such Substitute Aircraft shall become and thereafter be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as such Eligible Aircraft.
(h) The Company shall have no liability for the failure of the Pass Through Trustees to purchase Equipment Notes with respect to any Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft.
(i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right, and shall not be entitled, at any time to request the issuance of Equipment Notes of any series to the Class A or Class B Pass Through Trustee in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the amount of the Deposits then available for withdrawal by the Escrow Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the related Deposit Agreement.
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