Licensor’s Representations and Warranties Licensor hereby represents and warrants to Licensee that: It is a company duly organized under the laws of the state of its organization and has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder; The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Licensor has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by, and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Licensor, enforceable against such party in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, except as such enforcement is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general equitable or comparable principles; and The performing and mechanical reproduction rights to any musical works contained in each of the Included Programs, are either (i) controlled by ASCAP, BMI, SESAC or similar musical rights organizations, collecting societies or governmental entities having jurisdiction in the Territory, (ii) controlled by Licensor to the extent required for the licensing of the exhibition and/or manufacturing of copies of the Included Programs in accordance herewith or (iii) in the public domain. Licensor does not represent or warrant that Licensee may exercise the performing rights and/or mechanical reproduction rights in the music without obtaining a valid performance and/or mechanical reproduction license and without payment of a performing rights royalty, mechanical royalty or license fee, and if a performing rights royalty, mechanical royalty or license fee is required to be paid in connection with the exhibition or manufacturing copies of an Included Program, Licensee shall be responsible for the payment thereof and shall hold Licensor free and harmless therefrom. Licensor shall furnish Licensee with all necessary information regarding the title, composer, publisher, recording artist and master owner of such music.
Lessee’s Representations and Warranties Lessee acknowledges that each of Lessor and the other Lessor Parties, has entered into this Agreement and the other Operative Documents in full reliance on representations and warranties by Lessee in this Clause 2.1; and Lessee now represents and warrants to Lessor that the following statements are on the date hereof, and on the Delivery Date will be, true and accurate:
(a) Lessee is a sociedad anónima promotora de inversiones de capital variable that is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United Mexican States, and has full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted, to own or hold under lease its assets, to enter into and perform its obligations under the Lessee’s Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Lessee’s Documents;
(b) Lessee’s organizational documents incorporate provisions that permit, and all necessary authorizations, approvals, consents, licenses, permits and orders of and registrations with any Government Entity, have been duly and unconditionally obtained and are now in full force and effect that are required to authorize, Lessee to sign and deliver, and perform its obligations under and the transactions contemplated by, the Lessee’s Documents;
(c) Lessee has duly authorized, executed and delivered this Agreement and this Agreement constitutes, and the other Lessee’s Documents when executed and delivered by Lessee will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of Lessee, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except to the extent such enforceability may be limited by insolvency, moratorium, bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally);
(d) neither the execution and delivery of the Lessee’s Documents by Lessee nor the performance by Lessee of any of the transactions contemplated herein and therein will: (i) contravene or constitute a violation or breach of or a default under any existing law or agreement by which Lessee or any of its assets is bound, any agreement to which it is a party or Lessee’s organizational documents; (ii) cause any limitation on Lessee or its assets or the powers of its directors or officers, whether imposed by or contained in Lessee’s organizational documents or any existing law, agreement or otherwise, to be exceeded; or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of, or oblige Lessee to create, any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) over its undertaking or any of its assets, rights or revenues;
(e) except for such filings, registrations and recordings as are specified under this Agreement and the other Lessee’s Documents, it is not necessary or advisable under the laws of the State of Registration or the Habitual Base in order to ensure the validity, effectiveness or enforceability of any Lessee’s Document or to protect the rights of Lessor in the Aircraft or any part thereof that any Lessee’s Document or any other instrument be filed, registered or recorded or that any registration or any other action be taken, and under such laws, the rights of Lessor in the Aircraft will have priority in all respects over the claims of all creditors of Lessee;
(f) the obligations of Lessee under the Lessee’s Documents are, or upon execution thereof by Lessee will be, direct, general and unconditional obligations of Lessee and rank, or will rank, at least pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations (including contingent obligations) of Lessee save for obligations mandatorily preferred by law and not by reason of any Lien;
(g) no event has occurred that constitutes a contravention of, or default under, any agreement by which Lessee or any of its assets is bound or affected, and that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Lessee’s ability to observe or perform its obligations under the Lessee’s Documents;
(h) no litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding that could (by itself or together with any other such proceedings or claims) reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Lessee’s ability to observe or perform its obligations under the Lessee’s Documents is (to Lessee’s knowledge) presently in progress or pending against Lessee or any of its assets;
(i) the unaudited financial statements of Lessee prepared by Lessee’s management for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 have been prepared in accordance with Mexican generally accepted accounting principles and practices (“GAAPP”), and when delivered, the audited financial statements of Lessee for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and fairly present the results of its operations for that period and its financial condition at December 31, 2010 and, in particular, to the extent required by International Financial Reporting Standards accurately disclose or reserve against all the liabilities (actual or contingent) of Lessee, and, to Lessee’s knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, there has been no material adverse change to the financial condition of Lessee since December 31, 2010, except as otherwise previously disclosed to Lessor in writing;
(j) all necessary returns have been timely delivered by Lessee to the applicable taxation authorities for which the failure to file could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of Lessee or an adverse effect on Lessee’s ability to observe or perform any of its obligations under the Lessee’s Documents, taking into account all other obligations that Lessee must observe or perform at that time, Lessee is not in default in the payment of any Taxes shown to be payable on any such returns and no claim is being asserted with respect to Taxes that is not disclosed in the audited financial statements referred to in clause (i) above that if payable, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of Lessee or an adverse effect on Lessee’s ability to observe or perform any of its obligations under the Lessee’s Documents, taking into account all other obligations that Lessee must observe or perform at that time;
(k) the financial and other information furnished by or on behalf of Lessee to Lessor and its Affiliates in writing does not, to Lessee’s knowledge, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact the omission of which makes the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, misleading, nor omits to disclose any material matter that has or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of Lessee or an adverse effect on Lessee’s ability to observe or perform any of its obligations under the Lessee’s Documents and all expressions of expectation, intention, belief and opinion contained therein were honestly made on reasonable grounds after due and careful enquiry by Lessee;
(l) Lessee, under applicable law, is subject to private commercial law and suit, and neither Lessee nor its properties or assets have any right of immunity from suit or execution on the grounds of sovereignty in the United States;
(m) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(n) Lessee has not granted to, or registered in favor of, any person other than Lessor an “international interest,” “national interest,” “prospective international interest” (as such terms are defined in the Cape Town Convention) or a de-registration and export request authorization with respect to the Airframe or any Engine;
(o) assuming that no part of the assets to be used by Lessor to acquire its interest in the Aircraft or any Lender to provide financing in respect of the Aircraft constitutes assets of an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, which is subject to Title I of ERISA, a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, an entity whose underlying assets include “plan assets” by reason of any such employee benefit plan’s or plan’s investment in such entity, or a governmental, church or non-U.S. plan which is subject to any federal, state, local or non-U.S. law that is similar to the prohibited transaction provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Lessee’s Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will be exempt from, or will not involve any transaction which is subject to, the prohibitions of either Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not involve any transaction in connection with which a penalty could be imposed under Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax could be imposed pursuant to Section 4975 of the Code; and
(p) Lessee has duly appointed and registered an officer of Lessee with the International Registry an administrator to act on behalf of Lessee as a transacting user entity.
