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EXHIBIT 4.55
REFINANCING AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 1, 1995
among
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., as Lessee
BOT FINANCIAL & LEASING CORPORATION B-4,
as Owner Participant
TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Original Loan Participant
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, in its individual capacity only
as expressly provided herein and as Indenture Trustee
and Pass Through Trustee
SHAWMUT BANK CONNECTICUT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
in its individual capacity only as expressly provided herein
and otherwise solely as Owner Trustee
One Boeing 737-3H4 Aircraft
(Southwest Airlines 1995 Trust N605SW)
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INDEX TO REFINANCING AGREEMENT
(Southwest Airlines 1995 Trust N605SW)
Section 1. Refinancing of Original Certificate
Section 2. Adjustments to Exhibits to the Lease
Section 3. Conditions Precedent
Section 4. Representations and Warranties
Section 5. Notices
Section 6. Expenses
Section 7. Miscellaneous
EXHIBIT A Maturity Dates, Principal Amounts and
Interest Rates, Etc. of Series SWA 1995
Trust N605SW Certificates
EXHIBIT A-1 Installment Payment Dates and Installment
Payment Percentages and Amounts
EXHIBIT A-2 Issuance of SWA 1995 Trust N605SW Certificates
EXHIBIT B Form of First Amendment to Trust Indenture
EXHIBIT C Form of First Amendment to Sale and Lease
Agreement
EXHIBIT D Form of First Amendment to Participation
Agreement
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REFINANCING AGREEMENT
This REFINANCING AGREEMENT dated as of October 1, 1995, among (i)
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., a Texas corporation ("Lessee"), (ii) BOT FINANCIAL &
LEASING CORPORATION B-4, a Massachusetts corporation ("Owner Participant"),
(iii) SHAWMUT BANK CONNECTICUT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, not in its individual capacity except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, but solely as Owner Trustee ("Owner Trustee"), under that
certain Trust Agreement establishing the Southwest Airlines 1995 Trust N605SW
and dated as of August 1, 1995, between Owner Participant and Owner Trustee,
(iv) WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, not in its
individual capacity except as otherwise provided herein, but solely as trustee
under the Pass Through Trust Agreement, dated as of February 1, 1993 (the
"Basic Agreement"), between Lessee and Wilmington Trust Company, as
supplemented by Trust Supplements Nos. 1995-A3 and 1995-A4 thereto, each dated
as of October 1, 1995, creating 1995-A3 Pass Through Trust and 1995-A4 Pass
Through Trust, respectively (such Basic Agreement as so supplemented, being the
"1995-A3 Pass Through Trust Agreement" and the "1995-A4 Pass Through Trust
Agreement," respectively, each of the 1995-A3 Pass Through Trust Agreement and
the 1995-A4 Pass Through Trust Agreement being a "Pass Through Trust
Agreement", and Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as trustee under each
Pass Through Trust Agreement, being the "Pass Through Trustee"), (v) WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity
except as otherwise provided herein, but solely as indenture trustee
("Indenture Trustee") under the related Trust Indenture and Security Agreement
dated as of August 1, 1995, as supplemented, between Indenture Trustee and
Owner Trustee and (vi) TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association ("Original Loan Participant"),
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Lessee, Owner Participant, Owner Trustee, Original Loan
Participant and Indenture Trustee entered into a Participation Agreement, dated
as of August 1, 1995 (the "Original Participation Agreement"; all capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in or by
reference in the Original Participation Agreement; the Original Participation
Agreement as amended by the First Amendment to Participation Agreement (as
defined below) being herein called the "Participation Agreement"), providing
for the sale and lease of one Boeing Model 737-3H4 aircraft, bearing U.S.
registration number N605SW;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Original
Participation Agreement, Owner Participant entered into a Trust Agreement
establishing the Southwest Airlines 1995 Trust N605SW and dated as of August 1,
1995 (the "Trust Agreement") with Owner Trustee in its individual capacity,
pursuant to which Trust Agreement the Owner Trustee agreed, among other things,
to hold the Trust Estate defined in Section 1.01 of such Trust Agreement for
the benefit of Owner Participant thereunder;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Original
Participation Agreement, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee entered into a
Trust Indenture and Security
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Agreement relating to the Aircraft, dated as of August 1, 1995 (such Trust
Indenture and Security Agreement as supplemented by Trust Agreement and Trust
Indenture and Security Agreement Supplement, dated August 25, 1995 relating to
the Aircraft being herein called the "Original Indenture"; the Original
Indenture as amended by the First Amendment to Trust Indenture (as defined
below) being herein called the "Indenture"), for the benefit of Original Loan
Participant (and, upon the issuance of the Equipment Notes (as defined below),
the Holders of the Equipment Notes issued thereunder), pursuant to which
Original Indenture, among other things, a certificate substantially in the form
set forth in Exhibit A thereto (the "Original Certificate") was issued to
Original Loan Participant as evidence of the loan then being made by Original
Loan Participant to Owner Trustee, the proceeds of which were applied by Owner
Trustee to the payment of Lessor's Cost for the Aircraft;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Original
Participation Agreement, Owner Trustee and Lessee entered into a Sale and Lease
Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1995 relating to the Aircraft (such Sale and
Lease Agreement as supplemented by Sale and Lease Agreement Supplement No. One
dated August 25, 1995 relating to the Aircraft being herein called the
"Original Lease"; and the Original Lease as amended by the First Amendment to
Lease Agreement (as defined below) being herein called the "Lease"), relating
to the Aircraft whereby, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the
Original Lease, Owner Trustee agreed to buy from and lease to Lessee, and
Lessee agreed to sell to and lease from Owner Trustee, the Aircraft on the
Delivery Date;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to effect a refinancing of the
Original Certificate as permitted by Section 18 of the Original Participation
Agreement as part of a refinancing transaction;
WHEREAS, Owner Trustee has agreed, in connection with the refinancing
of the Original Certificate, to issue Equipment Notes substantially in the
forms set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 to the Indenture (for the purposes
hereof, "Equipment Notes" shall have the meaning set forth for the term "Series
SWA 1995 Trust N605SW Certificates" in the Indenture) to the two separate
grantor trusts created on the Closing Date (as defined below) by the Pass
Through Trust Agreements, and Pass Through Trustee will thereafter issue the
Pass Through Certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit A to each Pass
Through Trust Agreement (the "Pass Through Certificates");
WHEREAS, to facilitate Owner Trustee's sale of the Equipment Notes to
the Pass Through Trustee and the purchase of such Equipment Notes by Pass
Through Trustee, Lessee has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the
Pass Through Trust Agreements as the "issuer" thereunder, as such term is
defined in and solely for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and of the related Pass Through Certificates as the "obligor" thereupon, as
such term is defined in and solely for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, and is undertaking to perform certain administrative and
ministerial duties thereunder and is also undertaking to pay the fees and
expenses of the Pass Through Trustee;
WHEREAS, the proceeds from the sale of the Equipment Notes will be
applied, among other things, to effect the optional refinancing of the Original
Certificate; and
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WHEREAS, in connection with the refinancing transaction as
contemplated hereby, Owner Trustee and Lessee have agreed to adjust payments of
Interim Rent, Basic Rent, Stipulated Loss Values and Termination Values, to
adjust the Special Purchase Price, to adjust the debt amortization schedule on
the Refinancing Date in accordance with Section 18 of the Original
Participation Agreement, and to amend Exhibits X-0, X-0, C and E of the Lease
so as to reflect such adjustments;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION 1. Refinancing of Original Certificate.
(a) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set
forth herein at or prior to 10:00 a.m. Central time on the date designated by
Lessee, on behalf of Owner Trustee, pursuant to Section 18 of the Original
Participation Agreement or at such other date and time agreed to by the parties
hereto (the "Closing Date"):
(i) Pass Through Trustee shall, in accordance with
Section 2.01 of the Pass Through Trust Agreement, execute,
authenticate and deliver Pass Through Certificates, dated the Closing
Date and of the maturities, in the principal amounts, bearing the
interest rates and of the other economic terms specified in the
request of Lessee delivered pursuant to such Section 2.01, and deliver
such Pass Through Certificates to the Underwriters (as defined below)
as specified in such request against payment by the Underwriters of an
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount thereof;
(ii) Owner Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.01
of the Indenture, issue and deliver to Indenture Trustee Equipment
Notes dated the Closing Date and of the maturities, in the principal
amounts, bearing the interest rates and reflecting the other economic
terms specified in Exhibits A, A-1 and A-2 hereto in an aggregate
principal amount of $24,673,256.00 (the "Refinancing Amount");
(iii) Indenture Trustee shall authenticate such Equipment
Notes pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture, and deliver such
Equipment Notes to Pass Through Trustee as specified in Exhibit A-2
hereto against payment by Pass Through Trustee of an aggregate amount
equal to the Refinancing Amount;
(iv) Owner Trustee shall on the Closing Date pay to
Indenture Trustee, for the account of Owner Participant, an amount
equal to accrued interest and, subject to Lessee's obligations under
Section 3.4 of the Original Lease, Break Amount (as defined in the
Original Indenture), if any, owing to the Original Loan Participant on
the Closing Date; and
(v) Indenture Trustee shall disburse to Original Loan
Participant the amount of principal, interest and Break Amount, if
any, owing to Original Loan Participant on the Closing Date with
respect to the Original Certificate in connection with the
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refinancing of the Original Certificate in accordance with Sections
2.08 and 15.03 of the Original Indenture and Section 18 of the
Original Participation Agreement.
Owner Participant, by its execution and delivery hereof, requests and directs
Owner Trustee, in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Trust Agreement, to
execute and deliver this Agreement, the First Amendment to Participation
Agreement, the First Amendment to Lease Agreement and the First Amendment to
Trust Indenture and to take all actions necessary or desirable to effect the
issuance of the Equipment Notes and the refinancing of the Original
Certificate.
(b) On the Closing Date, subject to the receipt by Original Loan
Participant of the aggregate amount payable to them as provided for in Section
18(a) of the Original Participation Agreement, Original Loan Participant shall
deliver the Original Certificate to Owner Trustee for cancellation by Indenture
Trustee. The Original Loan Participant hereby authorizes and directs Indenture
Trustee to execute and deliver this Agreement, the First Amendment to
Participation Agreement, the First Amendment to Lease Agreement and the First
Amendment to Trust Indenture and to take all actions contemplated by said
agreements and amendments to effect the issuance of the Equipment Notes and the
refinancing of the Original Certificate.
(c) In case Pass Through Trustee shall fail to make the payment
described in Section 1(a)(iii) hereof, or in case Owner Trustee shall for any
reason fail to issue and deliver to Indenture Trustee the Equipment Notes
pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii) hereof, (i) the written notice given by Lessee
pursuant to Section 18(a) of the Original Participation Agreement and Section
6.03(b) of the Original Indenture with respect to the refinancing contemplated
hereby shall be deemed to have never been given (except, however, as provided
in Section 6(b) hereof), (ii) Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Owner
Participant and Lessee shall have no obligation to pay to Original Loan
Participant any amount in respect of the refinancing of the Original
Certificate pursuant hereto, (iii) none of the First Amendment to Participation
Agreement, the First Amendment to Lease Agreement and the First Amendment to
Trust Indenture shall be deemed to have been delivered and (iv) the Original
Certificate shall remain outstanding and in full force and effect and shall
continue to be subject to the terms of the Original Indenture.
(d) The closing (the "Closing") of the transactions described in
this Agreement shall take place at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P.,
Houston, Texas, or such other place as the parties hereto may agree; the
parties hereby agree that the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed
to have occurred simultaneously and that no transaction contemplated hereby
shall be deemed to have occurred except in conjunction with the occurrence of
all such other transactions.
(e) All payments pursuant to this Section 1 shall be made on the
Closing Date in immediately available funds to such accounts and at such banks
as specified in the Operative Agreements, or, if otherwise, as the parties
hereto shall designate in writing not less than one Business Day prior to the
Closing Date.
(f) This Agreement shall apply only to the refinancing of the
Original Certificate as described herein and not to the refinancing, redemption
or refunding of any Equipment Notes or any other Certificate (as defined in the
Indenture) issued under the Indenture.
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SECTION 2. Adjustments to Exhibits to the Lease. The
parties hereto agree, by their execution and delivery hereof, that the
transactions contemplated hereby constitute a refinancing transaction as
contemplated by Section 18 of the Participation Agreement and that they will
take all actions contemplated thereby, including the revision of Exhibits X-0,
X-0, C and E of the Lease to reflect the adjustments contemplated thereby.
Subject to the consummation of such refinancing transaction as described
herein, such revised Exhibits X-0, X-0, C and E to the Lease shall be effective
as of the Closing Date.
SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent. The obligations of
each of the parties hereto to participate in the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement on the Closing Date are subject to the fulfillment, prior to or
on the Closing Date, of the following conditions precedent; provided, however,
that it shall not be a condition precedent to the obligations of any party
hereto that any document be produced or action taken that is to be produced or
taken by such party or any Person within such party's control; and provided,
further, that only the conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (v) of this
Section 3 shall be conditions precedent to the actions of Original Loan
Participant:
(a) Pass Through Trustee shall have received, concurrently with
the payment to Indenture Trustee by Pass Through Trustee of an amount equal to
the aggregate Original Issue Price thereof, the Equipment Notes as required by
Section 1(a)(iii), and Indenture Trustee shall have received any other amounts,
including Break Amount, if any, required to be paid in connection with the
refinancing of the Original Certificate on the Closing Date and the Indenture
Trustee shall have effected a wire transfer of all amounts payable to the
Original Loan Participant as provided herein.
(b) The Equipment Notes shall have been issued and authenticated
in accordance with the Indenture, and there shall have been transferred to
Indenture Trustee in immediately available funds the amounts referred to above
in Section 1(a)(iii)-(iv).
(c) Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee shall have executed and
delivered the First Amendment to Trust Indenture and Security Agreement in
substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the "First Amendment to Trust
Indenture") which shall have been duly filed for recording with the FAA.
(d) Lessee and Owner Trustee shall have executed and delivered an
amendment to the Original Lease in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto
(the "First Amendment to Lease Agreement") which shall have been duly filed for
recording with the FAA.
(e) Each of Lessee, Owner Participant, Owner Trustee, Pass Through
Trustee and Indenture Trustee shall have executed and delivered an amendment to
the Original Participation Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit D
hereto (the "First Amendment to Participation Agreement").
(f) (i) Indenture Trustee shall have received on or prior to the
Delivery Date (A) a copy (or other documentation satisfactory to it) of the
acknowledgment copy of a properly completed Uniform Commercial Code financing
statement, reflecting Owner Trustee as debtor
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and Indenture Trustee as secured party, as to the Indenture Estate, evidencing
its filing with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Connecticut and (B) a copy (or other documentation satisfactory to it) of the
acknowledgment copy of a properly completed Uniform Commercial Code financing
statement, reflecting Lessee as debtor and Owner Trustee as secured party (and
reflecting Indenture Trustee as assignee), as to the Lease and the Aircraft
evidencing its filing with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Texas, (ii) no financing statement or similar filing described above in clause
(i) shall have been terminated or amended subsequent to the date of its filing
and (iii) Indenture Trustee shall have received, on or prior to the Delivery
Date, the only chattel-paper original of the Original Lease and, on or prior to
the Closing Date, the only chattel-paper original of the First Amendment to
Lease Agreement and shall have (and shall have retained without interruption
subsequent to its receipt thereof) possession of each thereof on the Closing
Date.
(g) Each of Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Pass Through Trustee
and Owner Participant shall have received the following documents (each of
which shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to each of them):
(i) revised Exhibits X-0, X-0 and C to the Lease, as
provided for in the First Amendment to Lease Agreement; and
(ii) revised Schedule I to the Participation Agreement, as
provided for in the First Amendment to Participation Agreement.
(h) Each of Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Pass Through Trustee
and Owner Participant shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible
Company Officer (as defined in the Indenture) of Lessee, dated the Closing
Date, certifying that:
(i) the representations and warranties contained herein
of Lessee are correct as though made on and as of the Closing Date,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate
solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and
warranties shall be certified to have been correct on and as of such
earlier date);
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes
a Lease Event of Default or a Lease Default; and
(iii) no Event of Loss (or event which with the passage of
time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of
Loss) has occurred with respect to the Airframe or any Engine.
(i) Each of Indenture Trustee, Owner Participant, Pass Through
Trustee and Lessee shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible
Officer (as defined in the Indenture) of Owner Trustee, dated the Closing Date,
certifying that the representations and warranties contained herein of Owner
Trustee in its individual and trust capacities are correct as though made on
and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent that such representations and
warranties
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relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and
warranties shall be certified to have been correct on and as of such earlier
date).
(j) Each of Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Pass Through Trustee
and Lessee shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Company
Officer (as defined in the Indenture) of Owner Participant, dated the Closing
Date, certifying that the representations and warranties contained herein of
Owner Participant are correct as though made on and as of the Closing Date,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to
an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be
certified to have been correct on and as of such earlier date).
(k) Each of Pass Through Trustee, Owner Trustee, Owner Participant
and Lessee shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer
(as defined in the Indenture) of Indenture Trustee, dated the Closing Date,
certifying that the representations and warranties contained herein of
Indenture Trustee are correct as though made on and as of the Closing Date,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to
an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties are correct
on and as of such earlier date).
(l) Each of Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Owner Participant
and Lessee shall have received a certificate signed by an authorized officer of
Pass Through Trustee, dated the Closing Date, certifying that the
representations and warranties contained herein of Pass Through Trustee are
correct as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent that
such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date (in which
case such representations and warranties are correct on and as of such earlier
date).
(m) Each of Pass Through Trustee, Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee
and Owner Participant shall have received the following:
(i) an incumbency certificate of Lessee as to the person
or persons authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement, the First
Amendment to Participation Agreement, the First Amendment to Lease
Agreement, and any other documents to be executed on behalf of Lessee
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and specimen
signatures of such person or persons;
(ii) a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors
of Lessee or the executive committee thereof, certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Lessee, duly authorizing the
transactions contemplated hereby and the execution and delivery of
each of the documents required to be executed and delivered on behalf
of Lessee in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; and
(iii) such other documents and evidence with respect to the
other parties hereto as it may reasonably request in order to
establish the due consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, any other Operative Agreements (as defined in the
Lease), the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) and the Pass
Through Trust Agreements and the taking of all necessary corporate
action in connection therewith and compliance with the conditions
herein set forth.
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(n) Each of Pass Through Trustee, Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee
and Owner Participant shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible
Company Officer (as defined in the Indenture) of Lessee, dated the Closing
Date, certifying that:
(i) the Aircraft has been duly certificated by the FAA as
to type and airworthiness in accordance with the terms of the Original
Lease;
(ii) Owner Trustee's FAA Xxxx of Sale, the Original Lease,
the Original Trust Agreement and the Original Indenture have been duly
recorded with the FAA pursuant to the Act (as defined in the Lease);
(iii) the Aircraft has been registered with the FAA in the
name of Owner Trustee and Lessee has authority to operate the
Aircraft; and
(iv) the First Amendment to Lease and the First Amendment
to Trust Indenture have been duly filed for recording with the FAA.
(o) Each of Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Pass Through Trustee
and Owner Participant shall have received opinions addressed to them from
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Associate General Counsel of Lessee, substantially to the
same effect as the opinions delivered by her, on the Delivery Date pursuant to
Section 4(a)(xi) of the Original Participation Agreement (but reflecting the
documents delivered on the Closing Date).
(p) Each of Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Pass Through
Trustee, Owner Participant and Lessee shall have received an opinion addressed
to them from Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, special counsel for Owner Trustee,
substantially to the same effect as the opinion delivered by it on the Delivery
Date pursuant to Section 4(a)(xiii) of the Original Participation Agreement
(but reflecting the documents delivered on the Closing Date).
(q) Each of Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Pass Through
Trustee, Owner Participant and Lessee shall have received an opinion addressed
to them from Potter Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, special counsel for Pass Through
Trustee and Indenture Trustee, substantially to the same effect (but with
respect also to Pass Through Trustee, the Pass Through Trust Agreement and the
other documents delivered on the Closing Date) as the opinion delivered by it
on the Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(a)(xvi) of the Original
Participation Agreement.
(r) Each of Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Pass Through
Trustee, Owner Participant and Lessee shall have received opinions addressed to
them from Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, special counsel for Owner Participant, and
in-house or other corporate counsel to Owner Participant, substantially to the
same effect as the opinions delivered on the Delivery Date pursuant to Section
4(a)(xiv) of the Original Participation Agreement (but reflecting the documents
delivered on the Closing Date).
(s) Each of Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Pass Through
Trustee, Owner Participant and Lessee shall have received an opinion addressed
to them from Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, special counsel in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, substantially to the same effect taking
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into account the First Amendment to Trust Indenture and the First Amendment to
Lease Agreement, (i) as the opinion delivered by it pursuant to Section
4(a)(xv) of the Original Participation Agreement on the Delivery Date and (ii)
as the opinion delivered to them subsequent to the Delivery Date pursuant to
the final paragraph of Section 4(a) of the Original Participation Agreement.
(t) Each of Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Pass Through Trustee
and Owner Participant shall have received an independent insurance broker's
report, and certificates of insurance, dated the Closing Date, substantially in
the form of the report and certificates delivered pursuant to Section 4(a)(xxi)
of the Original Participation Agreement on the Delivery Date, as to the due
compliance with the terms of Section 11 of the Lease relating to the insurance
with respect to the Aircraft and with any other agreements of Lessee with
respect to such insurance, and references in such report and certificates to
(x) the "Indenture", the "Participation Agreement", and the "Lease" shall be to
such documents as amended by the First Amendment to Trust Indenture, the First
Amendment to Participation Agreement and the First Amendment to Lease Agreement
and (y) "Additional Insureds" shall be to such term as utilized in the Lease.
(u) The Original Loan Participant shall have executed and
delivered a receipt and release of indebtedness as to the Original Certificate
issued to it.
(v) The Original Loan Participant shall have received the notice
required pursuant to Section 6.03(b) of the Original Indenture in respect of
the Closing Date.
(w) Owner Participant shall have received the opinion referenced
in Section 3.7.2 of the Original Lease.
The opinions described above in clauses (o)-(s) and (w) shall be dated the
Closing Date and references therein corresponding to references in prior
opinions to the "Indenture", the "Participation Agreement", or the "Lease"
shall be to such documents as amended by the First Amendment to Trust
Indenture, the First Amendment to Participation Agreement, and the First
Amendment to Lease Agreement, respectively.
Promptly upon the recording with the FAA of the First Amendment to
Trust Indenture and the First Amendment to Lease Agreement, Lessee will cause
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, special counsel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to
deliver to the parties hereto an opinion as to the due recording thereof and
the lack of filing of any intervening documents with respect to the Aircraft
(other than the Original Indenture and the Original Lease).
Each of the parties hereto agrees to instruct its counsel to prepare
and deliver the respective opinions described above in clauses (o)-(s) and to
address each such opinion to the Underwriters in addition to the respective
addressees set forth above (and, to the extent such opinions do not restate or
confirm the opinions rendered on the Delivery Date, such counsel shall
authorize the Underwriters to rely on opinions rendered on the Delivery Date).
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SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Lessee's Representations and Warranties. Lessee represents
and warrants to Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Pass Through Trustee and
Owner Participant that:
(i) it is a corporation duly organized and validly
existing in good standing pursuant to the laws of the State of Texas,
is a "citizen of the United States" (as defined in Section
40102(a)(15)(C) of Title 49, U.S.C.) holding an air carrier operating
certificate issued by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to
Chapter 447 of Title 49, U.S.C. for aircraft capable of carrying 10
or more individuals or 6,000 pounds or more of cargo, has the
corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now
conducted, to own or hold under lease its properties, to hold under
lease the Aircraft and to enter into and perform its obligations under
this Agreement, the other Operative Agreements to which it is or is to
be a party (the "Relevant Operative Documents") and the Pass Through
Trust Agreements (together with this Agreement and the Relevant
Operative Documents, collectively, the "Lessee Documents"), is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in
each state in which the nature of its business makes such
qualification necessary or the failure to be so qualified or so to be
in good standing would have a material adverse effect on its
businesses or operations or would impair its ability to perform its
obligations under the Lessee Documents, and has its chief executive
office (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial
Code) in Dallas, Texas;
(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of the Lessee
Documents (A) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of Lessee, (B) do not require any shareholder
approval, or approval or consent of any trustee or holder of any
indebtedness or obligations of Lessee, or of any lessor under any
lease to Lessee, except such as have been duly obtained and are in
full force and effect, and (C) do not and will not (1) contravene any
law, judgment, governmental rule, regulation or order binding on
Lessee or any of its subsidiaries or the articles of incorporation or
by-laws of Lessee (each as amended to date) or (2) contravene or
result in any breach of the provisions of, or constitute a default
under, or result in the creation of any Lien (other than as permitted
under the Lease) upon any property of Lessee under, its articles of
incorporation or by-laws, or any indenture, mortgage, chattel
mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sales contract, lease, note or
bond purchase agreement, license, bank loan or credit agreement or
other agreement to which Lessee is a party or by which it or any of
its properties may be bound or affected;
(iii) neither the execution and delivery by Lessee of the
Lessee Documents, nor the performance by Lessee of its obligations
thereunder, requires the consent or approval of, the giving of notice
to, or the registration with, or the taking of any other action in
respect of, the FAA, the DOT, the SEC, any court or any other federal,
state or foreign governmental authority or agency except for (t) the
orders, permits, waivers, exemptions, authorizations and approvals of
the regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the operation of
the Aircraft by Lessee, which orders, permits, waivers, exemptions,
authorizations and approvals have been duly obtained and are in full
force and effect,
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(u) the registration of the issuance and sale of the Pass Through
Certificates to be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Pass
Through Trust Agreements under the Securities Act and under the
securities laws of any state in which the Pass Through Certificates
may be offered for sale if the laws of such state require such action,
which registrations under the Securities Act have been duly
accomplished, (v) the qualification of each Pass Through Trust
Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, which
qualification has been duly obtained, (w) the registrations and
filings referred to in Section 4(a)(v), (x) the recordings with the
FAA described in the opinion referred to in Section 3(s), (y) filing
the Underwriting Agreement and certain other documents with the SEC
pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K, and (z) routine periodic
filings required under the Act;
(iv) each of the Lessee Documents constitutes, or will on
the Closing Date constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of
Lessee enforceable against Lessee in accordance with its terms;
(v) no action, including any filing or recording of any
document (including any financing statement in respect thereof under
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable
jurisdiction), that has not been previously taken or shall not have
been taken on or prior to the Closing Date is necessary or advisable
in order to establish and perfect Owner Trustee's interest in the
Aircraft as against Lessee and any third parties (other than the
filing of continuation statements required to be filed at periodic
intervals under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in the States of Texas and Connecticut in respect of financing
statements previously filed under such Article 9) or to perfect the
security interest created under the Indenture in favor of Indenture
Trustee in Owner Trustee's interest in the Aircraft and other assets
of the Trust Estate in any applicable jurisdiction in the United
States (other than the filing of continuation statements required to
be filed at periodic intervals under Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the States of Texas and Connecticut in
respect of financing statements previously filed under such Article
9);
(vi) Owner Trustee, as lessor under the Lease, and
Indenture Trustee, as assignee thereof, are entitled, after giving
effect to the refinancing transaction contemplated hereby, to the
protection of Section 1110 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in
connection with their right to take possession of the Airframe and
Engines in the event of a case under Chapter 11 of the United States
Bankruptcy Code in which Lessee is a debtor;
(vii) there has not occurred any event which constitutes a
Lease Default or a Lease Event of Default which is presently
continuing and there has not occurred any event which constitutes or
would with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both,
constitute an Event of Loss;
(viii) there are no pending or, to Lessee's knowledge,
threatened actions or proceedings before any court or administrative
agency which (A) involve the Aircraft or (B) having regard to both the
size of the claim and the possibility of an adverse
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determination, are likely to have a material adverse effect on the
consolidated financial condition of Lessee and its subsidiaries or the
ability of Lessee to perform its obligations under any Lessee
Document;
(ix) Lessee is not in default in the performance of any
term or condition of the Purchase Agreement or Purchase Agreement
Assignment which materially adversely impairs the transactions
contemplated hereby;
(x) no governmental approval in the United States of any
kind is required of any of the Participants, Pass Through Trustee,
Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee for their respective execution of
or performance under any of the Pass Through Trust Agreements, any
Relevant Operative Document or any agreement contemplated hereby or
thereby to which any thereof is or is to be a party solely by reason
of any fact or circumstance peculiar to: (A) Lessee (as contrasted
with other airlines), (B) the nature of the Aircraft, or (C) Lessee's
existing or proposed operation or use of the Aircraft;
(xi) the Aircraft has been duly certificated by the FAA as
to type and airworthiness and such certification remains in full force
and effect;
(xii) neither Lessee nor any subsidiary of Lessee is an
"investment company" or a company "controlled by an investment
company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended;
(xiii) neither it nor any Person authorized to act on its
behalf has directly or indirectly offered the Pass Through
Certificates or the Equipment Notes for sale to anyone other than in a
manner in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and
by the rules and regulations thereunder; and
(xiv) Lessee has never sponsored, maintained or made
contributions to any defined benefit plan subject to the provisions of
Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA").
(b) Representations and Warranties of Shawmut Bank and Owner
Trustee. Shawmut Bank Connecticut, National Association, in its individual
capacity ("SBC") and as Owner Trustee represents and warrants to each of
Indenture Trustee, Pass Through Trustee, Owner Participant and Lessee that:
(i) SBC is a national banking association duly organized
and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the United
States and has full corporate power and authority to carry on its
business as now conducted and to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and under the Trust Agreement and the
Participation Agreement (collectively, the "SBC Documents"); assuming
the due execution and delivery, pursuant to due authorization, by
Owner Participant of the Trust Agreement and the enforceability of the
Trust Agreement against Owner Participant, Owner Trustee has full
power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under
this Agreement
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and each of the other Relevant Operative Documents to which it is or
is to be a party (the "OT Documents");
(ii) each of SBC and Owner Trustee has duly authorized,
executed and delivered each of the SBC Documents and the OT Documents,
respectively; assuming the due execution and delivery, pursuant to due
authorization, by Owner Participant of the Trust Agreement and that it
is enforceable against Owner Participant, the Trust Agreement
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of SBC and Owner
Trustee, enforceable against SBC or Owner Trustee, as the case may be,
in accordance with its terms;
(iii) assuming the due execution and delivery, pursuant to
due authorization, by each of the parties thereto (other than SBC and
Owner Trustee) of each of the SBC Documents and the OT Documents and
that each of the SBC Documents and the OT Documents is the legal,
valid and binding obligation of each of the parties thereto (other
than SBC and Owner Trustee), each of the SBC Documents and the OT
Documents constitutes, or will on the Closing Date constitute, legal,
valid and binding obligations of SBC or Owner Trustee, as the case may
be, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;
(iv) neither the execution and delivery by SBC or Owner
Trustee, as the case may be, of any of the SBC Documents or OT
Documents, respectively, nor the consummation by SBC or Owner Trustee,
as the case may be, of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, nor the compliance by SBC, or Owner Trustee, as the case may
be, with any of the terms and provisions hereof and thereof, (A)
requires or will require any approval of its stockholders, or approval
or consent of any trustees or holders of any indebtedness or
obligations of SBC, or (B) violates or will violate the charter or
by-laws of SBC, or contravenes or will contravene any provision of, or
constitutes or will constitute a default under, or results or will
result in any breach of, or results or will result in the creation of
any Lien (other than as permitted under the Lease) upon its property
under, any indenture, mortgage, chattel mortgage, deed of trust,
conditional sale contract, bank loan or credit agreement, license or
other agreement or instrument to which SBC is a party or by which SBC
is bound, or contravenes or will contravene any law, governmental rule
or regulation of the United States of America or the State of
Connecticut governing the banking or trust powers of SBC, or any
judgment or order applicable to or binding on it;
(v) there are no pending or, to the best knowledge of
SBC, threatened actions or proceedings against SBC or Owner Trustee
before any court or administrative agency which, if determined
adversely to it, would materially adversely affect the ability of SBC
or Owner Trustee, as the case may be, to perform its obligations under
any of the SBC Documents or the OT Documents;
(vi) both the principal place of business of Owner
Trustee, and the place where its records concerning the Aircraft and
all its interest in, to and under all documents
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relating to the Trust Estate, are located at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration;
(vii) no consent, approval, order or authorization of,
giving of notice to, or registration or filing with (including the
filing of any financing statement under Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Connecticut), or taking
of any other action in respect of, any Connecticut state or local
governmental authority or agency or any United States federal
governmental authority or agency regulating the banking or trust
powers of SBC is required for the execution and delivery of, or the
carrying out by, SBC or Owner Trustee, as the case may be, of any of
the transactions contemplated by any of the SBC Documents or the OT
Documents, respectively, other than any such consent, approval, order,
authorization, registration, notice or action as has been duly
obtained, given or taken (and other than the filing of continuation
statements required to be filed at periodic intervals under Article 9
of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of
Connecticut in respect of financing statements previously filed);
(viii) Owner Trustee's right, title and interest in and to
the Aircraft are free of any Lessor Liens (as defined in the Lease)
attributable to SBC;
(ix) SBC is a "citizen of the United States" as defined in
the Act; and
(x) neither SBC nor Owner Trustee has directly or
indirectly offered any Equipment Notes or any interest in or to the
Trust Estate, the Trust Agreement or any similar interest for sale to,
or solicited any offer to acquire any of the same from, any Person
other than Indenture Trustee, Pass Through Trustee, Original Loan
Participant and Owner Participant; and Owner Trustee has not
authorized anyone to act on its behalf (it being understood that, for
purposes of this paragraph, in arranging and proposing the refinancing
contemplated hereby and agreed to herein by Owner Trustee, neither
Lessee nor any of the Underwriters has acted as agent of Owner
Trustee) to offer directly or indirectly any Equipment Notes or any
interest in and to the Trust Estate, the Trust Agreement or any
similar interest for sale to, or to solicit any offer to acquire any
of the same from, any Person.
(c) Representations and Warranties of Owner Participant. Owner
Participant represents and warrants to each of Indenture Trustee, Owner
Trustee, Pass Through Trustee and Lessee that:
(i) Owner Participant is a corporation duly organized and
validly existing in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts and has the corporate power and authority to carry on
its business as now conducted, to own or hold under lease its
properties and to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement and the other Relevant Operative Documents to which it is or
is to be a party (the "OP Documents"), and its execution and delivery
of each of the OP Documents and the performance by it of its
obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of Owner Participant and do not require
any
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approval not already obtained of stockholders of Owner Participant or
any approval or consent not already obtained of any trustee or holders
of any indebtedness or obligations of Owner Participant and each of
the OP Documents has been, or will on the Closing Date have been, duly
executed and delivered by it and (assuming that each of the OP
Documents is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the
parties thereto (other than Owner Participant)) each of the OP
Documents is the legal, valid and binding obligation of Owner
Participant enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;
(ii) the execution and delivery by Owner Participant of
the OP Documents, the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby by Owner Participant and compliance by it with the terms and
provisions of the OP Documents do not and will not contravene any
United States federal or state law, judgment, governmental rule,
regulation or any order of any court or governmental authority or
agency applicable to or binding on it (it being understood that no
representation or warranty is made with respect to (A) laws, rules or
regulations relating to aviation or to the nature of the equipment
owned by Owner Trustee, other than such laws, rules or regulations
relating to the citizenship requirements of Owner Participant under
applicable aviation law or (B) ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code other
than the representation set forth in paragraph (v) of this Section
4(c)) or contravene, or result in any breach of, or constitute any
default under, its corporate charter or by-laws or any indenture,
mortgage, chattel mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sales contract,
bank loan or credit agreement or any agreement or instrument to which
it is a party or by which it or any of its property may be bound or
affected;
(iii) the Trust Estate is free of Lessor Liens attributable
to Owner Participant;
(iv) although it is not a "citizen of the United States"
as defined in 49 U.S.C. Section 40102(a)(15)(C) it has, however,
entered into the Trust Agreement, pursuant to Article XII of which it
has transferred to Owner Trustee the Control Rights (as such term is
defined in the Trust Agreement) to assure that such Control Rights
will be controlled by a "citizen of the United States" within the
meaning of 49 U.S.C. Section 40102(a)(15)(C) and that Owner
Participant shall have no power to influence or limit the exercise of
Owner Trustee's authority in respect thereof under the Trust
Agreement; and Article XII of the Trust Agreement complies with the
provisions of Section 47.7(c) of the FAA Regulations and the affidavit
of Owner Trustee in the form attached as Exhibit 1 to the Trust
Agreement and submitted to the FAA in connection therewith is true and
correct in all material respects;
(v) no part of the funds used by it to make its
investment pursuant to Section 1 of the Original Participation
Agreement constituted "plan assets" of any "employee benefit plan"
within the meaning of ERISA, or of any "plan" within the meaning of
Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, as interpreted by the Department of
Labor; and
(vi) neither Owner Participant nor anyone authorized by it
to act on its behalf (it being understood that, for purposes of this
paragraph, in arranging and proposing the
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refinancing contemplated hereby and agreed to herein by Owner
Participant, neither Lessee nor any of the Underwriters has acted as
agent of Owner Participant) has directly or indirectly offered any
Equipment Notes or any interest in or any similar interest for sale
to, or solicited any offer to acquire any of the same from, any
Person.
(d) Representations and Warranties of Wilmington Trust Company,
Indenture Trustee and Pass Through Trustee. Wilmington Trust Company, in its
individual capacity ("WTC") and as Indenture Trustee and Pass Through Trustee,
represents and warrants, to each of Owner Trustee, Owner Participant and Lessee
that:
(i) WTC is a "citizen of the United States" as defined in
the Act, that it will notify promptly all parties to this Agreement if
in its reasonable opinion its status as a "citizen of the United
States" is likely to change and that it will resign as Indenture
Trustee as provided in Section 9.07 of the Indenture if it should
cease to be a "citizen of the United States";
(ii) WTC is a banking corporation duly organized and
validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and has the corporate power and authority to enter into and
perform its obligations under the Pass Through Trust Agreements and
the Relevant Operative Documents to which WTC is or is to be a party
(the "WTC Documents") and, as Indenture Trustee and Pass Through
Trustee, to authenticate the Equipment Notes and the Pass Through
Certificates to be delivered on the Closing Date;
(iii) the execution and delivery by WTC of the WTC
Documents, by Indenture Trustee of the Relevant Operative Documents to
which it is or is to be a party (the "IT Documents") and by Pass
Through Trustee of the Relevant Operative Documents to which it is or
is to be a party (the "PTT Documents") and the authentication by
Indenture Trustee of the Equipment Notes and by Pass Through Trustee
of the Pass Through Certificates to be delivered on the Closing Date
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of WTC, Indenture Trustee and Pass Through Trustee, respectively,
and neither the execution (or, in the case of such Equipment Notes and
Pass Through Certificate, their authentication) and delivery thereof
nor its performance of any of the terms and provisions thereof will
violate any federal or Delaware law or regulation relating to the
banking or trust powers of WTC or any judgment or order binding on it
or contravene or result in any breach of, or constitute any default
under the charter or by-laws of WTC or the provisions of any
indenture, mortgage, contract or other agreement to which any of WTC,
Indenture Trustee or Pass Through Trustee is a party or by which it or
its properties may be bound or affected;
(iv) each of the WTC Documents, the IT Documents and the
PTT Documents has been, or will on the Closing Date have been, duly
executed (or, in the case of the Equipment Notes and the Pass Through
Certificates, authenticated) and delivered by WTC, Indenture Trustee
and Pass Through Trustee, respectively;
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(v) assuming that each of the WTC Documents, the IT
Documents and the PTT Documents is the legal, valid and binding
obligation of each of the parties thereto (other than WTC, Indenture
Trustee and Pass Through Trustee, respectively), each of the WTC
Documents, the IT Documents and the PTT Documents is, or will on the
Closing Date be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of WTC,
Indenture Trustee or Pass Through Trustee, respectively, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that the
representations made in this subparagraph (v) are made only by WTC as
to the WTC Documents, by Indenture Trustee as to the IT Documents and
by Pass Through Trustee as to the PTT Documents, respectively;
(vi) neither the execution and delivery by WTC, Indenture
Trustee or Pass Through Trustee of any of the WTC Documents, the IT
Documents or the PTT Documents, respectively, nor the consummation by
WTC, Indenture Trustee or Pass Through Trustee of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, requires the consent or
approval of, the giving of notice to, or the registration with, or the
taking of any other action with respect to, any governmental authority
or agency pursuant to any law of the State of Delaware or the United
States regulating WTC's banking, trust or fiduciary powers;
(vii) there are no pending or threatened actions or
proceedings against any of WTC, Indenture Trustee or Pass Through
Trustee before any court or administrative agency which individually
or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to it, would materially
adversely affect the ability of WTC, Indenture Trustee or Pass Through
Trustee to perform its obligations under any of the WTC Documents, the
IT Documents or the PTT Documents;
(viii) except for the issuance and sale pursuant to the
respective Pass Through Trust Agreement of the Pass Through
Certificates contemplated hereby, neither WTC nor Pass Through Trustee
has directly or indirectly offered any Equipment Note for sale to any
Person, or solicited any offer to acquire any Equipment Notes from any
Person other than Owner Trustee and Owner Participant, and neither WTC
nor Pass Through Trustee has authorized anyone to act on its behalf to
offer directly or indirectly any Equipment Note for sale to any
Person, or to solicit any offer to acquire any Equipment Note from any
Person other than Owner Trustee and Owner Participant, and Pass
Through Trustee is not in default under any Pass Through Trust
Agreement; and
(ix) Pass Through Trustee is not directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with any of Owner
Participant, Owner Trustee, any Underwriter or Lessee.
SECTION 5. Notices. Unless otherwise specifically
provided herein, all notices required or permitted by the terms of this
Agreement shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the
Participation Agreement.
SECTION 6. Expenses.
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(a) As more fully specified in Section 16 of the Participation
Agreement and except as provided in paragraph (b) below, all of the Transaction
Costs in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid
promptly by Owner Participant, either directly or through Owner Trustee.
(b) In the event that the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the agreements referred to herein are not consummated, Lessee
shall, except as provided in the Underwriting Agreement with regard to fees and
expenses of the Underwriters, bear and pay all Transaction Costs referred to in
paragraph (a) above on an after-tax basis. In addition, in the event that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the agreements referred to
herein are not consummated on the date specified in the notice referred to in
Section 3(v) hereof, Lessee shall indemnify the Original Loan Participant for
any associated break funding costs incurred thereby.
SECTION 7. Miscellaneous. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts (and each of the parties hereto shall not be
required to execute the same counterpart). Each counterpart of this Agreement
including a signature page executed by each of the parties hereto shall be an
original counterpart of this Agreement, but all of such counterparts together
shall constitute one instrument. Neither this Agreement nor any of the terms
hereof may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or modified orally, but
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which the
enforcement of the termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or modification
is sought; and no such termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or
modification shall be effective unless a signed copy thereof shall have been
delivered to Lessee, Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee. The index preceding
this Agreement and the headings of the various Sections of this Agreement are
for convenience of reference only and shall not modify, define, expand or limit
any of the terms or provisions hereof. The terms of this Agreement shall be
binding upon, and shall inure to the extent provided herein to the benefit only
of the following parties: Lessee and, subject to the terms of the
Participation Agreement, its successors and permitted assigns, Original Loan
Participant, Indenture Trustee and its successors as Indenture Trustee (and any
additional trustee appointed) under the Indenture, Owner Trustee and its
successors as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, Pass Through Trustee and
its successors as Pass Through Trustee under each Pass Through Trust Agreement,
and Owner Participant and, subject to the provisions of the Participation
Agreement, its successors and permitted assigns. No purchaser or holder of any
of the Equipment Notes shall be deemed to be a successor or assign of Original
Loan Participant or to have any rights or benefits hereunder. Every
representation or warranty contained herein as to the enforceability of any
document shall be deemed to be made subject to the effects of applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally and of general principles of equity. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL IN
ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND
PERFORMANCE.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to
be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of
the day and year first above written.
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., Lessee
By: /s/ XXXX X. XXXX
Treasurer
BOT FINANCIAL & LEASING
CORPORATION B-4,
Owner Particpant
By: /s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXX
Senior Vice President
TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
Original Loan Participant
By: /s/ XXXX XXXXXX
Title: Senior Vice President
SHAWMUT BANK CONNECTICUT,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its
individual capacity only as
expressly provided herein and
otherwise solely as Owner Trustee
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXX, XX.
Title: Vice President
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
in its capacity as Pass Through
Trustee under each of the
separate Pass Through Trust
Agreements and as Holder
By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX, XX.
Title: Senior Financial Services Officer
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Exhibit A to
Refinancing Agreement
Maturity Dates, Principal Amounts,
Interest Rates, Etc. of Series SWA 1995 Trust N605SW Certificates
Premium
Interest Termination Type of
Series Maturity Date Principal Rate Date Certificate
------ ------------- --------- ---- ---- -----------
1995-A3 January 1, 2013 $15,250,103.00 7.22% October 4, 2007 Installment
1995-A4 January 1, 2018 $9,423,153.00 7.64% January 4, 2016 Installment
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Exhibit A-1 to
Refinancing Agreement
Installment Payment Dates and Installment Payment Percentages and Amounts
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Exhibit A-2 to
Refinancing Agreement
Issuance of SWA 1995 Trust N605SW Certificates
The SWA 1995 Trust N605SW Certificates issued hereunder shall be
issued to and shall be payable to Pass Through Trustee under the 1995-A3 Pass
Through Trust Agreement and the 1995-A4 Pass Through Trust Agreement with
respect to the grantor trusts created thereby, each such trust as described
below consisting of the Certificates issued pursuant hereto and the other
Certificates contained therein:
1995-A3 Trust:
7.22% Certificate due January 1, 2013
1995-A4 Trust:
7.64% Certificate due January 1, 2018
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00
Xxxxxxx X to
Refinancing Agreement
Form of
First Amendment to Trust Indenture
[SEE DOC. 1.03]
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Exhibit C to
Refinancing Agreement
Form of
First Amendment to Sale and Lease Agreement
[SEE DOC. 1.02]
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27
Exhibit D to
Refinancing Agreement
Form of
First Amendment to Participation Agreement
[SEE DOC. 1.01]
REFINANCING AGREEMENT [N605SW]
D-1
