CREDIT AGREEMENT (2008-A) dated as of February 5, 2008 by and among AIRCASTLE INVESTMENT HOLDINGS 3 LIMITED, and THE BORROWERS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME, as Borrowers, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., and CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH, as Lenders JPMORGAN...
EXECUTION
VERSION
$300,000,000
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
(2008-A)
dated
as of February 5, 2008
by
and among
AIRCASTLE
INVESTMENT HOLDINGS 3 LIMITED,
and
THE
BORROWERS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME,
as
Borrowers,
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., and
CALYON
NEW YORK BRANCH,
as
Lenders
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Agent
X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
and
CALYON
NEW YORK BRANCH
as
Joint Lead Arrangers
and
THE
OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
and Terms
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1.1.
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Definitions
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1
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1.2.
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Rules
of Interpretation
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25
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ARTICLE
II
The
Revolving Credit Facility
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2.1.
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Revolving
Loans
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26
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2.2.
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Payment
of Interest
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27
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2.3.
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Payment
of Principal
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28
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2.4.
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Manner
of Payment
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29
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2.5.
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Pro
Rata Payments
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30
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2.6.
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Reductions
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30
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2.7.
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Conversions
and Elections of Subsequent Interest Periods
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30
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2.8.
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Increase
and Decrease in Amounts
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31
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2.9.
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Fees
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31
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2.10.
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Deficiency
Advances
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31
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2.11.
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Use
of Proceeds
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32
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2.12.
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Designation
of Borrowing Affiliate; Releases
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32
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2.13.
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Joint
and Several Liability
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33
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2.14.
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Eligible
Lease Involving Eligible Intermediary
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34
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ARTICLE
III
Security
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3.1.
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Security
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34
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3.2.
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Further
Assurances
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34
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3.3.
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Information
Regarding Collateral
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35
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3.4.
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Quiet
Enjoyment
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35
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ARTICLE
IV
Change
in Circumstances
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4.1.
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Requirements
of Law
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35
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4.2.
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Limitation
on Types of Loans
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36
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4.3.
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Illegality
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37
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4.4.
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Treatment
of Affected Loans
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37
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4.5.
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Compensation
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38
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4.6.
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Taxes
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38
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ARTICLE
V
Conditions
to Making Loans
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5.1.
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Conditions
of Closing
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41
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5.2.
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Conditions
of Revolving Loans.
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43
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5.3.
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Conditions
of Subsequent Advances Under Revolving Loans.
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46
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ARTICLE
VI
Representations
and Warranties
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6.1.
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Organization
and Authority
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47
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6.2.
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Loan
Documents
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47
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6.3.
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Solvency
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48
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6.4.
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Subsidiaries
and Stockholders
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48
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6.5.
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Ownership
Interests
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48
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6.6.
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Liens
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48
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6.7.
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Title
to Properties
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48
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6.8.
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Taxes
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48
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6.9.
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Other
Agreements
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49
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6.10.
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Litigation
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49
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6.11.
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Federal
Regulations
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49
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6.12.
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Investment
Company
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49
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6.13.
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Patents,
Etc
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50
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6.14.
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No
Untrue Statement
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50
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6.15.
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No
Consents, Etc
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50
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6.16.
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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50
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6.17.
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No
Default
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51
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6.18.
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Environmental
Laws
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51
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6.19.
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Employment
Matters
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51
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6.20.
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Taxes.
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51
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ARTICLE
VII
Affirmative
Covenants
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7.1.
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Financial
Reports, Etc
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52
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7.2.
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Maintain
Properties
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53
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7.3.
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Existence,
Qualification, Etc
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53
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7.4.
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Regulations
and Taxes
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53
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7.5.
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Insurance
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53
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7.6.
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True
Books
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53
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7.7.
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Right
of Inspection
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54
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7.8.
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Observe
all Laws
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54
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7.9.
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Governmental
Licenses
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54
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7.10.
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Covenants
Extending to Other Persons
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54
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7.11.
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Officer’s
Knowledge of Default
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54
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7.12.
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Suits
or Other Proceedings
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54
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7.13.
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Notice
of Environmental Complaint or Condition
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55
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7.14.
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Environmental
Compliance
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55
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7.15.
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Indemnification
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55
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7.16.
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Further
Assurances
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55
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7.17.
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Hedging
Agreements
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55
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7.18.
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Continued
Operations
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56
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7.19.
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Maintenance
of Eligible Assets; Other Covenants and Restrictions;
Non-Discrimination
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56
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7.20.
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Re-registration
of Eligible Assets
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56
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7.21.
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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56
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7.22.
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Accounts
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56
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7.23.
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Eligible
Lease; Lessee Notice
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56
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ARTICLE
VIII
Negative
Covenants
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8.1.
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Acquisitions
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57
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8.2.
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Capital
Expenditures
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57
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8.3.
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Liens
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57
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8.4.
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Indebtedness
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58
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8.5.
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Transfer
of Assets
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59
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8.6.
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Subsidiaries;
Investments
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59
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8.7.
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Merger
or Consolidation
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59
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8.8.
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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60
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8.9.
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Employee
Benefit Plans; Employees
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60
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8.10.
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Fiscal
Year
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60
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8.11.
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Dissolution,
etc
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60
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8.12.
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Change
in Control
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60
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8.13.
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Negative
Pledge Clauses
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60
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8.14.
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Partnerships
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60
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8.15.
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Business
and Operations
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61
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8.16.
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Ownership,
Operation and Leasing of Financed Eligible Assets
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61
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8.17.
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Bank
Accounts
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61
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8.18.
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Representations
Regarding Agent and Lenders
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61
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8.19.
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AIH
III, the Irish Holdco Party.
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61
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8.20.
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Organizational
Documents
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62
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8.21.
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Borrowing
Base Covenant
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62
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ARTICLE
IX
Events
of Default and Acceleration
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9.1.
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Events
of Default
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62
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9.2.
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Agent
to Act
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65
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9.3.
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Cumulative
Rights
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66
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9.4.
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No
Waiver
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66
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9.5.
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Allocation
of Proceeds
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66
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9.6.
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Activities
of Eligible Carriers
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66
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ARTICLE
X
The
Agent
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10.1.
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Appointment,
Powers, and Immunities
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67
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10.2.
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Reliance
by Agent
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68
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10.3.
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Defaults
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68
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10.4.
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Rights
as Lender
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68
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10.5.
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Indemnification
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69
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10.6.
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Non-Reliance
on Agent and Other Lenders
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69
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10.7.
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Resignation
of Agent
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69
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10.8.
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Fees
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70
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ARTICLE
XI
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Miscellaneous
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11.1.
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Assignments
and Participations
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70
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11.2.
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Notices
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71
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11.3.
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Right
of Set-off; Adjustments
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73
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11.4.
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Survival
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74
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11.5.
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Expenses
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74
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11.6.
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Amendments
and Waivers
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74
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11.7.
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Counterparts
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75
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11.8.
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Return
of Funds
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75
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11.9.
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Indemnification;
Limitation of Liability
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75
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11.10. | Joint Lead Arrangers | 77 |
11.11.
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Severability
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77
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11.12.
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Entire
Agreement
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77
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11.13.
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Payments
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77
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11.14.
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Confidentiality
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77
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11.15.
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Governing
Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
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78
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11.16.
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Judgment
Currency
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79
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11.17.
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USA
PATRIOT Act
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79
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iv
EXHIBITS
v
THIS
CREDIT AGREEMENT (2008-A), dated as of February 5, 2008 (the “Agreement”), made
by and among, AIRCASTLE INVESTMENT HOLDINGS 3 LIMITED, an exempted company
organized and existing under the laws of Bermuda (“AIH III”), any IRISH HOLDCO
(as defined below) who hereafter accedes hereto in accordance with Section
5.1
and certain Holdings Subsidiary Trusts and Holdings SPCs (as defined below)
designated as Borrowing Affiliates hereunder (such Holdings Subsidiary Trusts
and Holdings SPCs being referred to individually as a “Borrower” or collectively
as the “Borrowers”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association,
in its capacity as a Lender (“JPMCB”), CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH, and each other
financial institution party hereto (such financial institutions, and their
successors and assigns, a “Lender”; collectively the “Lenders”), JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A., in its capacity as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, and
together with any successor agent appointed in accordance with the terms of
Section 10.7,
the “Agent”) and
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
and
CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH as joint lead arrangers
(in such
capacity, the “Joint
Lead Arrangers”);
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
the Borrowers have requested that the Lenders make available to the Borrowers
a
revolving credit facility of up to $300,000,000, the proceeds of which are
to be
used solely to provide interim financing for the purchase or refinancing by
the
Borrowers of Eligible Assets (as hereinafter defined); and
WHEREAS,
the Lenders are willing to make such revolving credit facility available to
the
Borrowers upon the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND
TERMS
1.1. Definitions. For
the purposes of this Agreement, in addition to the definitions set forth above,
the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth
below:
“Accelerated
Maturity Date” means the date that is 180 days following the initial closing of
the ACS 2008-1 Transaction.
“Account”
has the meaning given in the Lockbox Agreement.
“Account
Control Agreement” means an account control agreement in substantially the form
of Exhibit
N.
“Acquisition”
means the acquisition of any beneficial interest, equity interest or other
ownership interest in another Person (including the purchase of an option,
warrant or
convertible
or similar type security to acquire such interest at the time it becomes
exercisable by the holder thereof), whether by purchase of such interest or
upon
exercise of an option or warrant for, or conversion of securities into, such
interest.
“ACS
2008-1 Transaction” means a transaction or related series of transactions
involving a securitization or long term bank financing of a portfolio of
interests in or leases of Eligible Assets (including Other Eligible Assets)
or
other permanent public or private capital markets or lending transaction in
respect of, inter alia, Eligible Assets and Other Eligible Assets (which, in
each case, does not constitute bridge or interim financing) for the benefit
of
the Parent or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries the aggregate net
proceeds of which are not less than $300,000,000.
“Affiliate”
means any Person (i) which directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with
any Guarantor or any Borrower; or (ii) which beneficially owns or holds 10%
or
more of any class of the outstanding voting stock (or in the case of a Person
which is not a corporation, 10% or more of the equity interest or beneficial
interest) of any Guarantor or any Borrower; or 10% or more of any class of
the
outstanding voting stock (or in the case of a Person which is not a corporation,
10% or more of the equity interest or beneficial interest) of which is
beneficially owned or held by any Guarantor or any Borrower; provided, however,
at the time
any Guarantor registers any security issued by it pursuant to the Securities
Act
of 1933, as amended, the figure “10%” used in this definition shall
automatically change to “5%” without further action. The term
“control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through ownership of voting stock, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement”
has the meaning given to such term in the first recital to this
Agreement.
“Aggregate
Allowed Percentage” means the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the
amount in Dollars of the Allowed Percentages of all Financed Eligible Assets
by
(b) the Borrowing Base.
“AHC
Ltd.” means Aircastle Holding Corporation Limited, an exempted company organized
and existing under the laws of Bermuda.
“AIH
III” means Aircastle Investment Holdings 3 Limited.
“Aircraft”
means any Stage III fixed wing airframe together with the jet Engines therefor
(whether or not) affixed thereto.
“Aircraft
Portfolio” means the collective reference to all of the Eligible Assets owned by
any Subsidiary of AIH III or Irish Holdco Party at any one time.
“Allowed
Percentage” of the Purchase Price of an Eligible Asset means (A) in respect of
any Loans (other than Loans to a Borrower to finance Approved Improvements
2
or
a Qualified Conversion (a) Loans in a principal amount up to 65% of the Purchase
Price of each Eligible Asset that is not an Old Eligible Aircraft and 50% of
the
Purchase Price of each Eligible Asset that is an Old Eligible Aircraft or (b)
if
less, Loans in a principal amount up to the percentage of the Purchase Price
of
such Eligible Asset obtained by dividing (i) 70% of the Maintenance Adjusted
Current Market Value of such Eligible Asset by (ii) the Purchase Price of such
Eligible Asset and (B) in respect of any Loans for Approved Improvements or
a
Qualified Conversion, 65% of the actual expenditures which qualify as Approved
Improvements or Qualified Conversion.
“Applicable
Borrower” means, with respect to any Financed Eligible Asset, the Borrower that
has requested or received a Loan to enable such Borrower to purchase or
refinance such Financed Eligible Asset.
“Applicable
Carrier” means, with respect to any Financed Eligible Asset, the Eligible
Carrier that has leased such Financed Eligible Asset from the Applicable
Borrower, or from the Applicable Intermediary in accordance with Section
2.14.
“Applicable
Commitment Percentage” means, with respect to each Lender at any time, a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment and the denominator of which shall be the Total Revolving Credit
Commitment, which Applicable Commitment Percentage for each Lender as of the
Closing Date is as set forth in Exhibit A; provided
that the
Applicable Commitment Percentage of each Lender shall be increased or decreased
to reflect any assignments to or by such Lender effected in accordance with
Section
11.1.
“Applicable
Foreign Aviation Law” means, with respect to any Eligible Asset, any applicable
law (other than the FAA Act) of any country or subdivision thereof, governing
the registration, ownership, operation, or leasing of all or any part
of such Eligible Asset, or the creation, recordation, maintenance, perfection
or
priority or Liens on all or any part of such Eligible Asset.
“Applicable
Foreign Jurisdiction” means, with respect to any Eligible Asset, any
jurisdiction that administers an Applicable Foreign Aviation Law.
“Applicable
Intermediary” means, with respect to any Financed Eligible Asset, the Eligible
Intermediary that has leased such Eligible Asset from the Applicable Borrower,
and has leased such Eligible Asset to the Applicable Carrier, in each case
in
accordance with Section
2.14.
“Applicable
Lease Cure Period” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
9.6.
“Applicable
Lending Office” means, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the “Lending
Office” for such Lender (or of an affiliate of such Lender) designated for such
Type of Loan on the signature pages hereof or such other office of such Lender
(or an affiliate of such Lender) as such Lender may from time to time specify
to
the Agent and the Borrowers by written notice in accordance with the terms
hereof as the office by which its Loans are to be made and
maintained.
3
“Applicable
Margin” means:
(a) with
respect to the Eurodollar Rate, 1.50% prior to the Initial Maturity Date and
2.50% thereafter; and
(b) with
respect to the Base Rate, 0.50% prior to the Initial Maturity Date and 1.50%
thereafter.
“Appraiser”
means Ascend Limited (a division of Airclaims).
“Approved
Conversion Company” means The Boeing Company and others to be mutually agreed by
the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“Approved
Improvements” means improvements made or added to an Eligible Asset acceptable
to the Agent in its reasonable judgment.
“Assignment
and Acceptance” means an Assignment and Acceptance substantially in the form of
Exhibit B (with
blanks appropriately filled in) delivered to the Agent in connection with an
assignment of a Lender’s interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section
11.1.
“Assumption
Letter” means an Assumption Letter in substantially the form of Exhibit
Q.
“Authorized
Representative” means any of the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Vice President of the Parent,
AIH
III or the Irish Holdco Party, as applicable, or any Beneficial Owner, in each
case as authorized representative for each of the Borrowers, or any other Person
expressly designated by the Board of Directors of each of the Borrowers (or
the
appropriate committee thereof) as an Authorized Representative of each of the
Borrowers as set forth from time to time in a certificate in the form of Exhibit
C.
“Base
Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the higher
of (i) the Federal Funds Rate for such day plus one-half of one percent (0.5%)
and (ii) the Prime Rate for such day, plus (b) the Applicable
Margin. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate
or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such
change in the Prime Rate or Federal Funds Rate.
“Base
Rate Loan” means a Loan for which the rate of interest is determined by
reference to the Base Rate.
“Beneficial
Owner” means, with respect to any Holdings Subsidiary Trust, AIH III or the
Irish Holdco Party or any Person who is a direct or indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of AIH III or the Irish Holdco Party, in any case holding a
beneficial interest in such Holdings Subsidiary Trust.
“Board”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor
body).
4
“Borrower”
has the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“Borrowing
Affiliate” means any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of AIH III or
the Irish Holdco Party and any Holdings Subsidiary Trust or Holdings SPC that
in
either case is designated as a Borrowing Affiliate hereunder pursuant to Section 2.12
hereof.
“Borrowing
Base” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate of the Purchase
Price of all Eligible Assets then owned by any Borrower or any Subsidiary
thereof.
“Borrowing
Base Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
R.
“Borrowing
Base Covenant” has the meaning set forth with respect to such term in Section
8.21.
“Borrowing
Base Event” means, with respect to any Borrower, if (a) one or more judgments or
orders where the amount not covered by insurance (or the amount as to which
the
insurer denies liability) is in excess of $250,000 is rendered against such
Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, or (b) there is any attachment, injunction
or execution against any of such Borrower’s or Subsidiaries’ properties for any
amount in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate; and such judgment, attachment,
injunction or execution remains unpaid, unstayed, undischarged, unbonded or
undismissed for a period of thirty (30) days.
“Borrowing
Notice” means the notice delivered by an Authorized Representative in connection
with a Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility, in the form of Exhibit
D.
“Business
Day” means, (i) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, any day which is not a
Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks in the State of New York are authorized
or obligated by law, executive order or governmental decree to be closed and,
(ii) with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, any day which is a Business
Day,
as described above, and on which the relevant international financial markets
are open for the transaction of business contemplated by this Agreement in
London, England and New York, New York.
“Calculation
Date” mean the date three Business Days prior to each Payment Date.
“Capital
Expenditures” means, with respect to the Borrowers and their respective
Subsidiaries, for any period the sum of (without
duplication) (i) all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as
liabilities) by any Borrower or any Subsidiary during such period for items
that
would be classified as “property, plant or equipment” or comparable items on the
consolidated balance sheet of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including
without limitation all transactional costs incurred in connection with such
expenditures
5
provided
the same have been capitalized, excluding, however, the amount of any Capital
Expenditures paid for with proceeds of casualty insurance, as evidenced in
writing and submitted to the Agent together with any compliance certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or
(b),
and (ii)
with respect to any Capital Lease entered into by any Borrower or its
Subsidiaries during such period, the present value of the lease payments due
under such Capital Lease over the term of such Capital Lease applying a discount
rate equal to the interest rate provided in such lease (or in the absence of
a
stated interest rate, that rate used in the preparation of the financial
statements described in Section 7.1(a)), all
the foregoing in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital
Leases” means all leases which have been or should be capitalized in accordance
with GAAP as in effect from time to time including Statement No. 13 of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board and any successor thereof.
“Capital
Stock” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of
(or
other ownership or profit interests or units in) such Person and all of the
warrants, options or other rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange
from
such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible
securities).
“Change
of Control” means, at any time, 100% of the beneficial ownership of (a) any
Borrower or any Eligible Intermediary party to the Credit Agreement at such
time
is not directly or indirectly owned by AIH III or the Irish Holdco Party or
(b)
AIH III or the Irish Holdco Party is not directly or indirectly owned by
Parent.
“Closing
Date” means the date as of which this Agreement is executed by the Borrowers,
the Lenders and the Agent and on which the conditions set forth in Section 5.1 have been
satisfied.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Collateral”
means, collectively, all property of any Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Eligible
Intermediary, AIH III or the Irish Holdco Party or any other Person in which
the
Agent or any Lender is granted a Lien as security for all or any portion of
the
Obligations under any Security Instrument including, without limitation, the
Leases, the Pledged Interests, the Securitization Interests and the other
collateral described in such Security Agreement, Pledge Agreement, Lockbox
Agreement and other Security Instrument. For the avoidance of doubt,
none of the Security Instruments shall provide for the grant of a perfected
security interest in the Financed Eligible Assets.
“Contingent
Obligation” of any Person means all contingent liabilities required (or which,
upon the creation or incurring thereof, would be required) to be included in
the
financial statements (including footnotes) of such Person in accordance with
GAAP, including Statement No. 5 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board,
all
Rate Hedging Obligations and any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or
in
effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any other
Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly,
including obligations of such Person however incurred:
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(1) to
purchase such Indebtedness or other obligation or any property or assets
constituting security therefor;
(2) to
advance or supply funds in any manner (i) for the purchase or payment of such
Indebtedness or other obligation, or (ii) to maintain a minimum working capital,
net worth or other balance sheet condition or any income statement condition
of
the primary obligor;
(3) to
grant or convey any lien, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance
on any property or assets of such Person to secure payment of such Indebtedness
or other obligation;
(4) to
lease property or to purchase securities or other property or services primarily
for the purpose of assuring the owner or holder of such Indebtedness or
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such
Indebtedness or other obligation; or
(5) otherwise
to assure the owner of the Indebtedness or such obligation of the primary
obligor against loss in respect thereof.
“Continue”,
“Continuation”, and “Continued” refers to the continuation pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof of
a Eurodollar Rate Loan of one Type as a Eurodollar Rate Loan of the same Type
from one Interest Period to the next Interest Period.
“Convention”
means the Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft
signed initially at Geneva in 1948, as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
“Convert”,
“Conversion”, and “Converted” refers to a conversion pursuant to Section 2.7 or Article
IV of one
Type of Loan into another Type of Loan.
“Credit
Party” means, collectively, each Borrower, each Eligible Intermediary, each
Guarantor, and each other Person (excluding AHC Ltd. or Ireland Holding Ltd.)
providing Collateral pursuant to any Security Instrument.
“Default”
means any event or condition which, with the giving or receipt of notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default hereunder, provided that if,
pursuant to Section
9.6, such event or condition is not deemed to be a breach of the Credit
Parties’ obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such
event or condition shall not be deemed to be a “Default” except for the purposes
of Section
7.11, the first two sentences of Section 10.3,
the
Compliance Certificate in the form of Exhibit H, and
Section 4 of the Borrowing Base Certificate in the form of Exhibit
R.
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“Default
Rate” means (i) with respect to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, until the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, a rate of two percent (2%) above the
Eurodollar Rate applicable to such Loan, and thereafter at a rate of interest
per annum which shall be two percent (2%) above the Base Rate, (ii) with respect
to Base Rate Loans, at a rate of interest per annum which shall be two percent
(2%) above the Base Rate and (iii) in any case, the maximum rate permitted
by
applicable law, if lower.
“Depositary
Bank” means a bank, trust company or other Person, satisfactory to the Agent,
that executes the Lockbox Agreement in the capacity of “Depositary Bank”
thereunder.
“Dollars”
and the symbol “$” means dollars constituting legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts in the United States of America.
“Eligible
Aircraft” means any Aircraft which satisfies each of the following
requirements:
(a) such
Aircraft is an aircraft listed under the heading “Aircraft Portfolio” on Exhibit K attached
hereto;
(b) such
Aircraft is owned by the Applicable Borrower;
(c) such
Aircraft is covered by all of the insurance described on Exhibit L attached
hereto and the Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Lenders) is named as
loss
payee or contract party on the hull insurance and is named as an additional
insured or contract party on the liability insurance;
(d) neither
the Applicable Carrier (if any) nor the Applicable Intermediary (if any) is
organized under the laws of, or domiciled in, any Prohibited
Country;
(e) either
(x) the age of such Aircraft is (i) in the case of a passenger aircraft, 19
years or less and (ii) in the case of a freighter aircraft, 25 years or less,
in
each case measured from the date of original manufacture as a passenger aircraft
or a freighter aircraft, as the case may be, to the date of the original Loan
made or to be made in respect of such Eligible Aircraft, or (y) immediately
after giving effect to the Loan to be drawn in respect of such Aircraft the
total amount of Loans outstanding in respect of all Aircraft not satisfying
clause (x) above shall not exceed $50,000,000; and
(f) (i)
if such Aircraft is an aircraft model described under the heading “Regional Jet
Aircraft” on Exhibit K, after giving effect to the Loan for such Aircraft, the
aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding in respect of all such Aircraft
shall not exceed $50,000,000; (ii) if such Aircraft is an aircraft model
described under the heading “Out-of-Production Aircraft” on Exhibit K, after
giving effect to the Loan for such Aircraft, the aggregate principal amount
of
loans outstanding in respect of all such Aircraft shall not exceed $150,000,000;
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and
(iii) if such Aircraft is an aircraft model described under the heading
“Widebody Aircraft” on Exhibit K, after giving effect to the Loan for such
Aircraft, the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding for all such
Aircraft shall not exceed $300,000,000.
“Eligible
Asset” means an Eligible Aircraft or an Eligible Engine.
“Eligible
Assignee” means (i) a Lender, (ii) an affiliate of a Lender that is a “resident”
(as that term is used in the Treaty) of the U.S. or a “qualified person” (as
that term is used in the Treaty) and (iii) any other Person approved by the
Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) that is either
(A) a resident of the U.S., (B) a qualified person under the Treaty or (C)
a
“bank” (as that term is used in Article 23 of the Treaty) that is a resident of
Ireland or, if not such a resident, in whose hands the income from the Loans
is
attributable to a permanent establishment of such Persons in the U.S. or
Ireland; provided, however,
that (x)
neither any Borrower nor an affiliate of any Borrower shall qualify as an
Eligible Assignee and (y) unless a Default or Event of Default has occurred
and
is continuing, none of the Persons listed on Schedule 1.1 shall
qualify as an Eligible Assignee unless the Parent shall have consented to such
qualification, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
“Eligible
Carrier” means any air carrier duly licensed to carry passengers or cargo under
applicable law, foreign or domestic.
“Eligible
Engine” means any Engine suitable for use on an Eligible Aircraft.
“Eligible
Intermediary” means, with respect to any Financed Eligible Asset, AIH III or the
Irish Holdco Party or a Person that is a direct or indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of AIH III or the Irish Holdco Party.
“Eligible
Lease” or “Eligible Leases” means a fully-executed Lease by a Borrower or
Eligible Intermediary (as lessor) to an Eligible Carrier (as lessee) of an
Eligible Asset, which Lease satisfies each of the following
requirements:
(a) such
Lease is a “triple net lease” (subject to any arrangement whereby the Borrower
and the Eligible Carrier agree to share certain expenses relating to aircraft
or
engine maintenance, directives, service bulletins or similar items) and requires
the lessee to maintain the insurance described in Exhibit L attached
hereto with respect to such Eligible Asset, and to bear all risk of loss, damage
or liability with respect to such Eligible Asset;
(b) if
the Eligible Carrier is domiciled in the United States, the lessor is entitled
to the benefits of Section 1110 of the U.S. bankruptcy code with respect to
the
lessor’s rights against such lessee, including without limitation the rights to
require performance of such lessee’s obligations under the Lease or return such
Eligible Asset during such lessee’s bankruptcy or insolvency;
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(c) such
Lease requires the lessee to comply with covenants and restrictions regarding
the maintenance, return, alteration, replacement, pooling and sublease of such
Eligible Asset, which covenants and restrictions satisfy the requirements of
Section 7.19(a)
and Schedule
7.19(a) hereto;
(d) if
such Lease contains a purchase option, the expected exercise price is equal
to
or greater than the expected outstanding principal and accrued interest on
all
Loans relating to such Eligible Asset as of the date of exercise of such
option;
(e) such
Lease prohibits the lessee from flying or locating such Eligible Asset in any
country in violation of the applicable laws of any jurisdiction;
(f) such
Lease provides rent payments in US dollars or Euros and contains customary
covenants and restrictions relating to re-registration of such Eligible Asset;
which covenants and restrictions satisfy the requirements of the Security
Agreement; provided that the
total amount of Loans outstanding in respect of Aircraft subject to Leases
where
rent is paid in Euros shall in no circumstances exceed $50,000,000;
(g) at
the time of any Loan hereunder relating to such Eligible Asset or, if later,
at
the time of the entering into such Lease, no prepayment shall have been made
under such Lease, and no Lease payment obligation shall have been accelerated,
provided that
it is understood that a scheduled rental payment to be paid in advance for
a
rental period in accordance with the Lease terms is not deemed to be a
prepayment;
(h) at
the time of any Loan relating to such Eligible Asset or, if later, at the time
of the delivery of such Eligible Asset under such Lease, the applicable lessor
shall have delivered a Lessee Notice to the applicable lessee; and
(i) either
(i) such Lease is a “true lease” lease (and not a lease intended as security)
under applicable commercial law and other applicable law relating to creditors’
rights and bankruptcy; or (ii) such Lease grants to such Borrower, and such
Borrower has at all times under the FAA Act (in the case of Eligible Assets
registered in the United States), a perfected first priority mortgage Lien
on
such Eligible Asset (subject only to Permitted Liens), which Lien has been
assigned to the Agent;
provided,
however,
that in the
circumstances described in Section 2.14,
“Eligible
Lease” means, individually and collectively, (X) a fully-executed
Lease by a Borrower (as lessor) to the Applicable Intermediary (as lessee)
of an
Eligible Asset, which Lease satisfies each of the requirements for an “Eligible
Lease” set forth in clauses (a) through (h) above except that the lessee is not
an Eligible Carrier, and (Y) a fully-executed sublease by such Applicable
Intermediary (as sublessor) to an Eligible Carrier (as sublessee) of such
Financed Eligible Asset, which Eligible Carrier is not a U.S. Carrier,
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and
which Lease is identical in all material respects (other than the Persons that
are lessor and lessee) to the Lease described in clause (X) above, and which
Lease satisfies all the requirements for an “Eligible Lease” set forth in
clauses (a) through (i) above, except that the lessor is not a
Borrower.
“Employee
Benefit Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3)
of ERISA, whether or not covered by ERISA and in respect of which any Guarantor
or any Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates is (or, if such
plan
were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to
be)
an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Engine”
means any aircraft jet engine.
“Environmental
Laws” means any federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance, code, rule,
regulation, order, decree, permit or license regulating, relating to, or
imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning, any environmental matters
or conditions, environmental protection or conservation, including, without
limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended; the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of
1986, as amended; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended; the
Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended; the Clean Air Act, as amended; the
Clean Water Act, as amended; together with all regulations promulgated
thereunder, and any other “Superfund” or “Superlien” law.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time
to time.
“ERISA
Affiliate” means an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common
control with any Credit Party within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or
is
part of a group that includes any Credit Party and that is treated as a single
employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.
“Eurodollar
Rate” means the interest rate per annum calculated according to the following
formula:
Eurodollar
Interbank Offered Rate Applicable
Rate =
1- Reserve
Requirement +
Margin
“Eurodollar
Rate Loan” means a Loan for which the rate of interest is determined by
reference to the Eurodollar Rate.
“Event
of Default” means any of the occurrences set forth as such in Section
9.1.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Existing
Warehouse Credit Agreement” means that certain $1,000,000,000 Credit Agreement
(2006-A), dated as of December 15, 2006 and amended by the First
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Amendment
thereto dated as of January 22, 2007, by and among Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
0 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xx. 0 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx No. 3 Limited,
the
borrowers party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent
and
the Lenders party thereto.
“Existing
Warehouse Credit Parties” means “Credit Parties” as defined in the Existing
Warehouse Credit Agreement.
“Extended
Maturity Date” means February 3, 2009.
“Extension
Option” means the exercise by the Parent by written notice to the Agent, of an
extension of availability of Loans under this facility from the Initial Maturity
Date to the Extended Maturity Date.
“FAA”
means the United States Federal Aviation Administration.
“FAA
Act” means 49 U.S.C. Subtitle VII, §§ 40101 et seq., as amended from
time
to time, any regulations promulgated thereunder and any successor
provision.
“FAA
Counsel” means DeBee & Gilchrist, Daugherty, Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx and
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx, or any other law firm having nationally recognized
expertise in FAA matters acceptable to the Agent.
“FAA
Recording Office” means the office of the FAA in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
maintained as the office for the recordation of Liens on Eligible Assets and
pursuant to the FAA Act, and any successor or additional office performing
the
same or a comparable function.
“Facility
Guaranty” means each Guaranty Agreement between one or more Guarantors and the
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1 attached
hereto), delivered as of the Closing Date and otherwise pursuant to Section 2.12, 5.1
or
5.2, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
“Federal
Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published
by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such
day; provided
that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
day
shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day
as so
published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so
published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for
such
day shall be the average rate charged to the Agent (in its individual capacity)
on such day on such transactions as determined by the Agent.
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“Fee
Letter” means the Fee Letter dated February 5, 2008, by JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., Calyon New York Branch and accepted and
agreed to by the Parent.
“Fee
Payment Date” means, for any month in which a commitment fee is due, the
twentieth (20th ) calendar day of each calendar month (or, if such day is not
a
Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day).
“Financed
Aircraft” with respect to any Loan means, collectively, each Eligible Aircraft,
the acquisition of which was or is to be financed or refinanced in whole or
in
part by such Loan.
“Financed
Eligible Asset” with respect to any Loan means, collectively, each Eligible
Aircraft or Eligible Engine, or part thereof, the acquisition of which was
or is
to be financed or refinanced in whole or in part by such Loan.
“Fiscal
Year” means the twelve-month fiscal period of the Parent and its Subsidiaries
commencing on January 1 of each calendar year and ending on December 31 of
each
calendar year.
“Foreign
Benefit Law” means any applicable statute, law, ordinance, code, rule,
regulation, order or decree of any foreign nation or any province, state,
territory, protectorate or other political subdivision thereof regulating,
relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning, any
Employee Benefit Plan.
“GAAP”
or “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” means generally accepted
accounting principles, being those principles of accounting set forth in
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants or which have other substantial
authoritative support and are applicable in the circumstances as of the date
of
a report.
“Governmental
Authority” means any Federal, state, municipal, national or other government
(whether foreign or domestic and including the European Union) or governmental
department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or
political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state
or
local government of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity
or
foreign government.
“Guarantors”
means, at any date, the collective reference to AIH III, or the Irish Holdco
Party, the Borrowers and the Beneficial Owners, Eligible Intermediaries and
Subsidiaries who are required to be parties to a Facility Guaranty at such
date.
“Hazardous
Material” means and includes any pollutant, contaminant, or hazardous, toxic or
dangerous waste, substance or material (including without limitation petroleum
products, asbestos-containing materials and lead), the generation, handling,
storage, transportation, disposal, treatment, release, discharge or emission
of
which is subject to any Environmental Law.
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“Hedging
Agreement” means one or more agreements between any Borrower or any Guarantor
and any Lender or any Affiliate thereof, on terms mutually acceptable to such
Borrower or any Guarantor and such Lender (or Affiliate), which agreements
create Rate Hedging Obligations.
“Holdings
SPC” means a Subsidiary, 100% of the voting and equity interests in which are
owned directly or indirectly by AIH III or the Irish Holdco Party.
“Holdings
Subsidiary Trust” means any trust (a) that is organized under the laws of a
state of the United States, (b) whose trustee is a Qualified Trustee and (c)
in
which 100% of all beneficial interests are owned directly by AIH III or the
Irish Holdco Party or a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of AIH III
or
the Irish Holdco Party.
“Indebtedness”
means with respect to any Person, without duplication, all Indebtedness for
Money Borrowed, all indebtedness of such Person for the acquisition of property
or arising under Rate Hedging Obligations, all indebtedness secured by any
Lien
on the property of such Person whether or not such indebtedness is assumed,
all
liability of such Person by way of endorsements (other than for collection
or
deposit in the ordinary course of business), all Contingent Obligations, and
other items which in accordance with GAAP is required to be classified as a
liability on a balance sheet; but excluding all accounts payable in the ordinary
course of business so long as payment therefor is due within one year; provided that in
no
event shall the term Indebtedness include surplus and retained earnings, lease
obligations (other than pursuant to Capital Leases), reserves for deferred
income taxes and investment credits, other deferred credits or reserves or
deferred compensation obligations.
“Indebtedness
for Money Borrowed” means with respect to any Person, without duplication, all
indebtedness in respect of money borrowed, as reflected on the balance sheet
of
such Person in accordance with GAAP, including without limitation all Capital
Leases and the deferred purchase price of any property or asset, evidenced
by a
promissory note, bond, debenture or similar written obligation for the payment
of money (including conditional sales or similar title retention agreements),
other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of
business.
“Initial
Maturity Date” means August 4, 2008.
“Insolvency”
means, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan
is
insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
“Insolvent”
means to pertain to a condition of Insolvency.
“Interbank
Offered Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan for the Interest
Period applicable thereto, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary),
to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor
page) as the
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London
interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 A.M.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period
for a term comparable to such Interest Period (or, if no such comparable term
is
quoted, an interpolated rate as reasonably determined by the
Agent). If for any reason such rate is not available, the term
“Interbank Offered Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan
for the Interest Period applicable thereto, the rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBO
Page
as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately
11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such
Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period; provided, however,
if more than
one rate is specified on Screen LIBO Page, the applicable rate shall be the
arithmetic mean of all such rates (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest
1/100 of 1%).
“Interest
Period” means, for each Eurodollar Rate Loan, a period commencing on the date
such Eurodollar Rate Loan is made or Converted or on the last day of the
preceding Interest Period, as the case may be, and ending on (x) the next
occurring day that is the fifteenth day of a calendar month or (y) in the case
of an Interest Period of one week, the last day of such week (provided, that
Interest Periods of one week in duration may not be selected by a Borrower
other
than in anticipation of a prepayment of a Loan); provided,
that,
(a) if
an Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan would end on a day which is not
a
Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next Business Day
(unless such extension would cause the applicable Interest Period to end in
the
succeeding calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on
the
next preceding Business Day); and
(b) except
in the case of a one-week Interest Period, any Interest Period which begins
on
the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.
“Interest
Rate Selection Notice” means the written notice delivered by an Authorized
Representative in connection with the election of a subsequent Interest Period
for any Eurodollar Rate Loan or the Conversion of any Base Rate Loan into a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, in the form of Exhibit
E.
“Ireland
Holding Ltd.” means Aircastle Ireland Holding Limited, a limited company
incorporated in Ireland.
“Irish
Holdco” means a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent organized under the laws of
Ireland and designated by the Parent to become the Irish Holdco
Party.
“Irish
Holdco Party” means Irish Holdco from and after the time it accedes to the
Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 5.1.
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“Joint
Lead Arrangers” means X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and Calyon New York
Branch.
“Lease”
has the meaning given in the Security Agreement.
“Lease
Event of Default” means any event characterized as an “event of default” (or the
equivalent) under any Lease of any Eligible Asset (or that would be so
characterized assuming the sending of any required notice by the lessor in
a
timely manner).
“Lender”
has the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“Lessee
Notice” means a certificate in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Agent, duly completed and executed by an Applicable Borrower with respect to
an
Eligible Asset; and the Agent agrees that the form of Lessee Notice attached
hereto as Exhibit
M is acceptable.
“Lien”
means any interest in property securing any obligation owed to, or a claim
by, a
Person other than the owner of the property, whether such interest is based
on
the common law, statute or contract, and including but not limited to the lien
or security interest arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, security
agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment
for security purposes. For the purposes of this Agreement, any
Borrower and any Subsidiary shall be deemed to be the owner of any property
which it has acquired or holds subject to a conditional sale agreement,
financing lease, or other arrangement pursuant to which title to the property
has been retained by or vested in some other Person for security
purposes.
“Loan”
or “Loans” means any of the Revolving Loans.
“Loan
Documents” means this Agreement, the Security Instruments, the Facility
Guaranties, the Assumption Letters, the Fee Letters and all other instruments
and documents heretofore or hereafter executed or delivered to or in favor
of
any Lender or the Agent in connection with the Loans made and transactions
contemplated under this Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented
or
replaced from the time to time.
“Lockbox
Agreement” means a lockbox agreement between any Beneficial Owner (if
applicable), any Borrower, the Depositary Bank and the Agent substantially
the
form of Exhibit
O hereto, as supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof.
“Maintenance
Adjusted Current Market Value” means the most likely trading price of an
Eligible Asset, as determined by the Appraiser in a “desk top” evaluation report
delivered to the Agent on or prior to the day falling 5 Business Days prior
to
the date of the initial Loan for such Eligible Asset, adjusted for its actual
technical status and maintenance condition; provided that such
value shall assume the sale of such Eligible
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Asset
in a single sale transaction on an arm’s length basis for cash or equivalent
consideration, as well as adequate time and effective exposure to potential
buyers.
“Manufacturer”
means any manufacturer of any Financed Eligible Asset.
“Manufacturer’s
Warranty” means any warranty made or offered by any Manufacturer with respect to
any Financed Eligible Asset.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the ability of the Credit
Parties, taken as a whole, to pay or perform their respective obligations,
liabilities and indebtedness under the Loan Documents as such payment or
performance becomes due in accordance with the terms thereof, or (ii) the
rights, powers and remedies of the Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document
or the validity, legality or enforceability thereof.
“Moody’s”
means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer
Plan” means an Employee Benefit Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” as defined
in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate
thereof is making, or is accruing an obligation to make, contributions or has
made, or been obligated to make, contributions within the preceding six (6)
Fiscal Years.
“Obligations”
means the unpaid principal of and interest on (including, without limitation,
interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after
the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding, relating to AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party
or any Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations
and
liabilities of AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party or any Borrower to the Agent
(acting in any capacity) or to any Lender (or, in the case of Rate Hedging
Obligations, any affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or indirect, absolute
or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred,
which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other
Loan Document, any Rate Hedging Obligation entered into with any Lender or
any
affiliate of any Lender or any other document made, delivered or given in
connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest,
reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including,
without limitation, all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Agent
(acting in any capacity) or to any Lender that are required to be paid by AIH
III, the Irish Holdco Party or any Borrower pursuant thereto) or
otherwise.
“Old
Eligible Aircraft” means an Eligible Aircraft that does not satisfy the
condition set forth in clause (x) of paragraph (e) of the definition of Eligible
Aircraft.
“Operating
Circular” means an operating circular issued by the Federal Reserve
Bank.
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“Other
Eligible Assets” means the collective reference to “Eligible Assets” as defined
in the Existing Warehouse Credit Agreement.
“Organizational
Action” means with respect to any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, trust or other
legally authorized incorporated or unincorporated entity, any corporate,
organizational or partnership action (including any required shareholder,
trustee, member or partner action), or other similar official action, as
applicable, taken by such entity.
“Organizational
Documents” means with respect to any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, trust or other
legally authorized incorporated or unincorporated entity, (i) the articles
of
incorporation, certificate of incorporation, articles of organization,
certificate of limited partnership, trust agreement or other applicable
organizational or charter documents relating to the creation of such entity
which will, in each case, contain provisions reasonably satisfactory to the
Lenders to ensure such entity’s bankruptcy remoteness, including provisions
relating to the appointment of a special member or independent director, the
consent of which will be required to approve any decisions related to bankruptcy
matters and (ii) the bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, limited
partnership agreement or other applicable documents relating to the operation,
governance or management of such entity.
“Parent”
means Aircastle Limited, an exempted company organized and existing under the
laws of Bermuda.
“Parent
Credit Parties” means credit parties to the Parent Revolving Credit
Agreement.
“Parent
Revolving Credit Agreement” means that certain $250,000,000 Credit Agreement
(2006-B), dated as of December 15, 2006 as amended by the First Amendment
thereto dated as of January 22, 2007, and the Second Amendment thereto dated
as
of April 5, 2007, by and among the Parent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent and the lenders party thereto.
“Partnership
Interests” has the meaning therefor provided in the Pledge
Agreement.
“Payment
Date” means any date provided for herein on which the principal of, interest on
or other amounts in respect of the Loans is due and payable.
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle
A of Title IV of ERISA and any successor thereto.
“Permitted
Lien” means any Lien permitted by Section
8.3.
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“Person”
means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
limited liability partnership, business trust, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other
entity of whatever nature.
“Pledge
Agreement” means, collectively (or individually as the context may indicate),
(i) those certain Pledge and Security Agreements or Share Charges entered prior
to and still effective as of the Closing Date, and (ii) any additional Pledge
and Security Agreement or Share Charge (substantially in the form of Exhibit X-0, X-0,
X-0
or S-4 attached
hereto,
as applicable), delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 5.1, 5.2
or
2.14, as hereafter amended, supplemented or replaced from time to
time.
“Pledged
Interests” means the interests so defined in the Pledge Agreement including,
without limitation, all Capital Stock of AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party
and each Borrower.
“Prime
Rate” means the per annum rate of interest established from time to time by the
Reference Bank as its prime or reference rate, which rate may not be the lowest
rate of interest charged by the Reference Bank to its customers.
“Principal
Office” means the principal office of the Agent presently located at 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 or such other office and address as the Agent
may from time to time designate. Payments shall be made to the
account specified in the Lockbox Agreement or to such other account as the
Agent
may from time to time specify in writing.
“Prohibited
Countries” means any country in which an Aircraft or Engine would not be covered
by the insurance requirements of Section 3.7 of the Security Agreement
(including, if required, political risk insurance), any country with which
the
United States does not maintain normal diplomatic relations and any country
where or with nationals of which it is unlawful for Persons subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States to conduct business without material
restrictions or limitations.
“Purchase
Price” with respect to any Eligible Assets means the actual purchase price paid
for such Eligible Assets by the Applicable Borrower, together with all other
reasonable out of pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees of each
of the Borrower and the Agent) incurred or which is estimated by the Borrower
to
be incurred in respect of such Eligible Assets, in each case reasonably
acceptable to the Agent plus without
duplication, the cost of any Approved Improvements or any Qualified
Conversion.
“Qualified
Conversion” means the conversion of a Financed Aircraft from passenger
configuration to a freighter configuration that meets the following
conditions: (a) such conversion is performed by a conversion company
that is well established with a program that has an FAA granted Supplemental
Type Certificate to perform the intended work, and either (b)(i) such conversion
is performed by an Approved Conversion Company or (ii) either (x) the
senior unsecured long-term debt rating of the conversion company is not less
than BBB/Baa2 or (y) the conversion company has caused a
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performance
bond, letter of credit or other security naming the Agent as beneficiary, in
an
amount equal to 125% of the Loan of such Financed Aircraft, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lenders.
“Qualified
Trustee” means (i) Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxx Fargo Bank Northwest, N.A.,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., or another bank or trust company having a combined
capital and surplus of at least One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000)
or
(ii) any other Person acceptable to the Agent.
“Qualifying
Lender” means a Lender, beneficially entitled to the interest payable to that
Lender in respect of any Loan under this Agreement; (a) which is a bank carrying
on a bona fide banking business in Ireland; (b) which is a person resident
in a
country with which Ireland has a double taxation treaty or resident in a member
state of the European Communities (other than Ireland) provided the loan is
not
connected with an Irish branch or agency of such Lender; or (c) which is a
corporation established under the laws of the USA which is subject to tax in
the
USA on its worldwide income and the Loan is not connected with an Irish branch
or agency of such Lender.
“Quarterly
Period” means a fiscal quarter of the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries.
“Rate
Hedging Obligations” means any and all obligations of AIH III, the Irish Holdco
Party, any Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and
howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including
all
renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor),
under (i) any and all agreements, devices or arrangements designed to protect
at
least one of the parties thereto from the fluctuations of interest rates,
exchange rates or forward rates applicable to such party’s assets, liabilities
or exchange transactions, including, but not limited to, Dollar-denominated
or
cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward currency exchange
agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements, forward rate
currency or interest rate options, puts, warrants and those commonly known
as
interest rate “swap” agreements; and (ii) any and all cancellations, buybacks,
reversals, terminations or assignments of any of the foregoing.
“Reference
Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“Regulation
A” means a Regulation A circular issued by such Federal Reserve
Bank.
“Regulation
D” means Regulation D of the Board as the same may be amended or supplemented
from time to time.
“Regulatory
Change” means any change effective after the Closing Date in United States
federal or state laws or regulations (including Regulation D and capital
adequacy regulations) or foreign laws or regulations or the adoption or making
after such date of any interpretations, directives or requests applying to
a
class of banks, which includes any of the Lenders, under any United States
federal or state or foreign laws or regulations (whether or not having the
force
of law) by any court or governmental or
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monetary
authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof or
compliance by any Lender with any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy, including those relating to “highly leveraged transactions,” whether
or not having the force of law, and whether or not failure to comply therewith
would be unlawful and whether or not published or proposed prior to the date
hereof.
“Reorganization”
means, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan
is
in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
“Reportable
Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the
regulations thereunder with respect to a Single Employer Plan, other than those
events as to which the thirty day notice period has been waived.
“Required
Lenders” means, as of any date, Lenders on such date having Credit Exposures (as
defined below) aggregating more than 50% of the aggregate Credit Exposures
of
all the Lenders on such date. For purposes of the preceding sentence,
the amount of the “Credit Exposure” of each Lender shall be equal at all times
(a) other than following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, to the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment; and (b) following
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to the
aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage of
Revolving Credit Outstandings; provided that, for
the purpose of this definition only, if any Lender shall have failed to fund
its
Applicable Commitment Percentage of any Loan, the Revolving Credit Commitment
of
such Lender shall be deemed reduced by the amount it so failed to fund for
so
long as such failure shall continue and such Lender’s Credit Exposure
attributable to such failure shall be deemed held by any Lender making more
than
its Applicable Commitment Percentage of such Loan to the extent it covers such
failure.
“Requirement
of Law” means as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or
other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty,
rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other
Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person
or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is
subject.
“Reserve
Requirement” means, at any time, the maximum rate at which reserves (including,
without limitation, any marginal, special, supplemental, or emergency reserves)
are required to be maintained under regulations issued from time to time by
the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) by member
banks of the Federal Reserve System against “Eurocurrency
liabilities” (as such term is used in Regulation D). Without limiting
the effect of the foregoing, the Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other
reserves required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to (i)
any
category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the
Eurodollar Rate is to be determined, or (ii) any category of extensions of
credit or other assets which include Eurodollar Rate Loans. The
Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective
date
of any change in the Reserve Requirement.
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“Revolving
Credit Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the obligation of such
Lender to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers up to an aggregate principal
amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage of the Total
Revolving Credit Commitment.
“Revolving
Credit Facility” means the facility described in Article II hereof
providing for Loans to the Borrowers by the Lenders in the aggregate principal
amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment.
“Revolving
Credit Outstandings” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Loans then outstanding.
“Revolving
Credit Termination Date” means the earliest of (i) the Stated Termination Date,
(ii) the date of termination of Lenders’ obligations pursuant to Section 9.1 upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, (iii) such date as the Borrowers may
voluntarily and permanently terminate the Revolving Credit Facility by payment
in full of all Revolving Credit Outstandings, together with all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon and reduce the Total Revolving Credit Commitment to
zero
pursuant to Section
2.6 or (iv) the
date as of
which the initial closing of the ACS 2008-1 Transaction has
occurred.
“Revolving
Loan” or “Revolving Loans” means any borrowing pursuant to a Loan under the
Revolving Credit Facility in accordance with Article
II.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Secured
Party” has the meaning given in the Security Agreement.
“Security
Agreement” means, collectively (or individually as the context may indicate),
any Security Agreement (substantially in the form of Exhibit J attached
hereto) delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 2.12, 5.1
or
5.2, as hereafter modified, amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“Security
Instruments” means, collectively, the Pledge Agreement, Security Agreement, the
Lockbox Agreement, the Account Control Agreement and all other agreements,
instruments and other documents, whether now existing or hereafter in effect,
pursuant to which any Guarantor, Borrower, any Beneficial Owner, any Subsidiary,
any Intermediary or any other Person shall grant or convey to the Agent or
the
Lenders a Lien in property as security for all or any portion of the
Obligations, as any of them may be amended, modified or supplemented from time
to time.
“Single
Employer Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan covered by Title IV of ERISA that
is maintained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, other than a Multiemployer
Plan.
“Solvent”
means, when used with respect to any Person, that at the time of
determination:
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(a) the
fair value of its assets (both at fair valuation and at present fair saleable
value on an orderly basis) is in excess of the total amount of its liabilities,
including Contingent Obligations; and
(b) it
is then able and expects to be able to pay its debts as they
mature;
(c) it
has capital sufficient to carry on its business as conducted and as proposed
to
be conducted; and
(d) with
respect to any Person incorporated in Ireland, such Person is “unable to pay its
debts” as that phrase is defined under Irish law in Section 214 of the Companies
Xxx 0000 and Section 2(3) of the Companies (Amendment) Xxx 0000.
“Special
Purpose Subsidiary” means one or more special purpose bankruptcy-remote entities
(directly or indirectly “economically” owned by Parent) and formed for the
purpose of financing Eligible Assets.
“Stated
Termination Date” means (i) the Initial Maturity Date or, if on the Initial
Maturity Date no Default or Event of Default shall occur and be continuing
and
the Parent has exercised the Extension Option, the Extended Maturity Date or
(ii) if earlier, the Accelerated Maturity Date .
“Subsidiary”
means any corporation or other entity in which more than 50% of its outstanding
voting stock or more than 50% of all equity interests is owned directly or
indirectly by one or more Guarantors, Borrowers and/or by one or more of any
Guarantor’s Subsidiaries or any Borrower’s Subsidiaries. With respect
to any specified Guarantor or Borrower, the “Subsidiaries” of such Guarantor or
Borrower shall mean (y) any Subsidiary owned directly or indirectly by such
Guarantor or Borrower or by any of its Subsidiaries, or (z) any trust with
respect to which such Guarantor or such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
has
a beneficial interest.
“Taxes”
means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees,
deductions or withholdings imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed
by
any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or
penalties applicable thereto.
“Termination
Event” means: (i) a “Reportable Event”; (ii) the filing, pursuant to
Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA of an application for a waiver
of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Single Employer Plan, the
failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m)
of
the Code with respect to any Single Employer Plan, or the failure by any Loan
Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a
Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of any Single Employer Plan, including but not limited to the
imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA
in favor of the PBGC or a Single Employer Plan; (iv) the receipt by any Loan
Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator
of
any notice relating to
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an
intention to terminate any Single Employer Plan or to appoint a trustee to
administer any Single Employer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (v) a
determination that any Single Employer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at
risk” status (within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA); (vi) the incurrence by
any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect
to
the partial or complete withdrawal from any Single Employer Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; or (vii) the receipt by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability
or a
determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent,
in
Reorganization or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of
Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 or Title IV of ERISA.
“Total
Revolving Credit Commitment” means a principal amount equal to $300,000,000, as
may be reduced from time to time in accordance with Section
2.6.
“Treaty”
means the “Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and
the Government of Ireland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital Gains”
as amended and in effect on the date hereof.
“Trust
Agreement” means a trust agreement between a Beneficial Owner and a Qualified
Trustee.
“Trust
Estate” means all estate, right, title and interest of each Trustee in and to
each Eligible Asset, each lease and all related documents and all other property
of the Trustee, including, without limitation, all amounts of rent, insurance
proceeds (other than liability insurance proceeds payable to or for the benefit
of any Borrower, any Beneficial Owner, any Lender or the Agent) and requisition,
indemnity or other payments or any kind for or with respect to each Eligible
Asset.
“Trustee”
means a Qualified Trustee, solely in its capacity as trustee under a Trust
Agreement.
“Type”
means any type of Loan (i.e., a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate
Loan).
“Unleaseable”
with respect to a Financed Eligible Asset means (a) such Financed Eligible
Asset
shall not be subject to an Eligible Lease for 120 consecutive days (excluding
the number of days such Eligible Asset shall be undergoing (i) maintenance
or
repairs in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, (ii) Approved
Improvements or (iii) a Qualified Conversion) and (b) after such 120 day period
the Agent shall have reasonably determined that AIH III or the Irish Holdco
Party, as applicable, will be unable to lease such Financed Eligible Asset
within 120 days after the date of determination.
“Voting
Stock” means shares of capital stock issued by a corporation, or equivalent
interests in any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the
absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or
persons performing
similar functions) of such Person, even if the right so to vote has been
suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
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1.2. Rules
of
Interpretation.
(a) All
accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms and shall be interpreted in accordance with GAAP applied
on a Consistent Basis.
(b) The
headings, subheadings and table of contents used herein or in any other Loan
Document are solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a
part
of any such document or affect the meaning, construction or effect of any
provision thereof.
(c) Except
as otherwise expressly provided, references herein to articles, sections,
paragraphs, clauses, annexes, appendices, exhibits and schedules are references
to articles, sections, paragraphs, clauses, annexes, appendices, exhibits and
schedules in or to this Agreement.
(d) All
definitions set forth herein or in any other Loan Document shall apply to the
singular as well as the plural form of such defined term, and all references
to
the masculine gender shall include reference to the feminine or neuter gender,
and vice versa, as the context may require.
(e) When
used herein or in any other Loan Document, words such as “hereunder”, “hereto”,
“hereof” and “herein” and other words of like import shall, unless the context
clearly indicates to the contrary, refer to the whole of the applicable document
and not to any particular article, section, subsection, paragraph or clause
thereof.
(f) References
to “including” means including without limiting the generality of any
description preceding such term, and for purposes hereof the rule of ejusdem generis shall not be
applicable to limit a general statement, followed by or referable to an
enumeration of specific matters, to matters similar to those specifically
mentioned.
(g) All
dates and times of day specified herein shall refer to such dates and times
in
New York, New York.
(h) Each
of the parties to the Loan Documents and their counsel have reviewed and
revised, or requested (or had the opportunity to request) revisions to, the
Loan
Documents, and any rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved
against the drafting party shall be inapplicable in the construing and
interpretation of the Loan Documents and all exhibits, schedules and appendices
thereto.
(i) Any
reference to an officer of any Borrower or any other Person by reference to
the
title of such officer shall be deemed to refer to each other officer of such
Person, however titled, exercising the same or substantially similar
functions.
(j) All
references to any agreement or document as amended, modified or supplemented,
or
words of similar effect, shall mean such document or agreement, as the case
may
be, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time only as and to the
extent permitted therein and in the Loan Documents.
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ARTICLE
II
THE
REVOLVING CREDIT
FACILITY
2.1. Revolving
Loans. (a) Commitment. Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Lender severally agrees
to
make Loans to any of the Borrowers under the Revolving Credit Facility from
time
to time from the Closing Date until the Revolving Credit Termination Date on
a
pro rata basis as to the total borrowing requested by the applicable Borrower
on
any day determined by such Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage up to but
not exceeding the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender, provided, however,
that (A) the
proceeds of such Loan shall be used by such Borrower to (i) finance or reimburse
a Borrower for up to the Allowed Percentage of (x) an Eligible Asset and (y),
without duplication of amounts included in clause (x), 65% of the costs incurred
in connection with any Approved Improvements or any Qualified Conversion related
to such Eligible Asset and (ii) subsequent to the initial purchase of such
Eligible Asset, to finance up to the Allowed Percentage of such Eligible Asset
and (B) the amount of such Loan (together with any other Loans relating to
such
Eligible Asset) shall not exceed the Allowed Percentage of such Eligible Asset;
and provided, further,
that the Lenders
will not be required and shall have no obligation to make any such Loan (i)
so
long as a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
(ii)
if the Agent has accelerated the maturity of any of the Loans as a result of
an
Event of Default; and provided, further,
that immediately
after giving effect to each such Loan, (A) the Borrowers shall be in compliance
with the Borrowing Base Covenant; and (B) the amount of Revolving Credit
Outstandings shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment; and provided, further,
that (1) no
Revolving Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be made which has an
Interest Period that extends beyond the Stated Termination Date and (2) each
Revolving Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan may, subject to the provisions
of
Section 2.6, be
repaid only on the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto unless
such payment is accompanied by the additional payment, if any, required by
Section
4.5. Amounts borrowed and subsequently repaid shall not be
available to the Borrower to re-borrow.
(b) Amounts. Each
Revolving Loan hereunder and each Conversion under Section 2.7, shall be
in an amount of at least $500,000 (other than Revolving Loans made in connection
with an Approved Improvement or a Qualified Conversion).
(c) Procedures. An
Authorized Representative shall give the Agent (i) at least three (3) Business
Days’ irrevocable written notice of an Interest Rate Selection Notice with
appropriate insertions, effective upon receipt, of each Revolving Loan that
is
to be Converted into a Eurodollar Rate Loan prior to 10:30 A.M. and (ii) at
least one (1) Business Day’s written notice, revocable only on or before noon
the following Business Day of a Borrowing Notice with appropriate insertions,
effective upon receipt, of each Revolving Loan (which shall be borrowed as
a
Base Rate Loan) prior to 10:30 A.M. and (iii) at least one (1) Business Day’s
irrevocable written notice of an Interest Rate Selection Notice with appropriate
insertions, effective upon receipt, of each Revolving Loan that is to be
Converted into a Base Rate Loan prior to 10:30
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A.M. Each
such notice shall (A) specify the name of the respective Borrower, the amount
of
the borrowing, the date of borrowing or Conversion (as applicable), type of
Revolving Loan (Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate), the date of borrowing and, if
a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Interest Period to be used in the computation of
interest and (B) identify the Financed Eligible Asset the acquisition of which
is to be financed with the proceeds of the borrowing. Notice of
receipt of such Borrowing Notice or Interest Rate Selection Notice, as the
case
may be, together with the amount of each Lender’s portion of a Loan requested
thereunder, shall be provided by the Agent to each Lender by facsimile
transmission with reasonable promptness, but (provided the Agent shall have
received such notice by 10:30 A.M.) not later than 1:00 P.M. on the same day
as
the Agent’s receipt of such notice.
(i) Promptly
(and, to the extent feasible, not later than 2:00 P.M.) on the date specified
for each borrowing under this Section 2.1, each Lender shall, pursuant to the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, make the amount of the
Loan or Loans to be made by it on such day available by wire transfer to the
Agent in the amount of its pro rata share, determined according to such Lender’s
Applicable Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Loan or Revolving Loans to
be
made on such day. Such wire transfer shall be directed to the Agent at the
Principal Office and shall be in the form of Dollars constituting immediately
available funds. The amount so received by the Agent shall, subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, be made available to the
Applicable Borrower by delivery of the proceeds thereof to the Borrowers’
Account or otherwise as shall be directed in the applicable Borrowing Notice
by
an Authorized Representative and reasonably acceptable to the
Agent.
(ii) Each
Loan will be made initially as a Base Rate Loan. The Borrowers shall
have the option to elect the duration of the initial and any subsequent Interest
Periods and to Convert the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section
2.7. Eurodollar Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans may be
outstanding at the same time, provided, however,
there shall
not be outstanding at any one time Eurodollar Rate Loans for any or any Borrower
having more than two (2) different Interest Periods. If the Agent
does not receive an Interest Rate Selection Notice giving notice of election
of
the duration of an Interest Period by the time prescribed by Section 2.7, the
applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have elected for any Eurodollar Loan
an
Interest Period of the duration provided in clause (x) of the definition of
Interest Period.
2.2. Payment
of
Interest.
(a) The
Borrowers, jointly and severally, shall pay interest to the Agent for the
account of each Lender on the outstanding and unpaid principal amount of each
Loan made by such Lender for the period commencing on the date of such Loan
until such Loan shall be due at the then applicable Base Rate for Base Rate
Loans or applicable Eurodollar Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans, as designated
by
the Authorized Representative pursuant to Section 2.1; provided,
however,
that if any
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all amounts outstanding
hereunder shall bear interest during such period at the Default
Rate.
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(b) Interest
on each Loan shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days for Eurodollar
Rate Loans and 365/366 days for Base Rate Loans and calculated in each case
for
the actual number of days elapsed. Interest on each Loan shall be
paid (x) monthly in arrears on the twentieth (20th)
calendar day of
each calendar month (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next
succeeding Business Day), (y) upon payment or prepayment of the principal amount
of any Loan or any portion thereof, on the amount so paid or prepaid and (z)
at
the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
2.3. Payment
of
Principal.
(a) Scheduled
Repayment;
Voluntary Prepayments. The principal amount of each Revolving
Loan shall be due and payable to the Agent for the benefit of each Lender in
full on the Stated Termination Date, or earlier as specifically provided
herein. The Borrower may prepay the outstanding principal amount of
any Eurodollar Loan, in whole or in part, upon two Business Days’ notice to the
Lenders and, in the case of Base Rate Loans, upon same day notice to the. All
such prepayments must be accompanied by accrued interest up to, and including,
the date of such prepayment and any compensation due under Section 4.5
hereof.
(b) Mandatory
Prepayments.
(i) Upon the
sale or refinancing of any Financed Eligible Asset or other asset by any
Borrower (including the sale or disposition of the equity interests in any
such
Borrower that holds a Financed Eligible Asset (including a transfer to any
Special Purpose Subsidiary in connection with the ACS 2008-1 Transaction or
otherwise) but excluding any transfer of an Eligible Asset to a direct or
indirect Subsidiary of AIH III or the Irish Holdco Party who, in connection
with
such transfer will assume all of the transferor’s obligations and shall satisfy
all requirements under Section 5.2 to become
a Borrower hereunder), or upon the refinancing of any Indebtedness of any
Borrower arising from any Loan hereunder, the Borrowers, jointly and severally,
shall immediately pay to the Agent an amount equal to the greater of (A) the
outstanding principal of and accrued interest on any Loans made to, or for
the
benefit of, such Borrower in connection with such Financed Eligible Asset and
(B) an amount sufficient to bring the Borrowers into compliance with the
Borrowing Base Covenant after giving effect to such sale, disposition or
refinancing. If any net proceeds of such sale or refinancing remain
after the repayment in full of all outstanding principal and accrued interest
on
the Loans attributable to the Financed Eligible Asset sold, such excess proceeds
shall be applied first, to reduce the outstanding principal and accrued interest
on Loans as directed by AIH III or the Irish Holdco Party until the Borrowers
are in compliance with the Borrowing Base Covenant and second, if no Default
or
Event of Default exists at the time, to the Applicable Borrower to be used
or
distributed by the Applicable Borrower in its sole discretion.
(ii) If as of
any Calculation Date the aggregate principal amount of the Loans shall be
greater than the Aggregate Allowed Percentage of the Borrowing Base on such
day,
the Borrowers shall, on the Payment Date immediately following such Calculation
Date, prepay the Loans in an amount equal to the
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amount
necessary to cause the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans
to be
not greater than the Aggregate Allowed Percentage of the Borrowing Base on
such
Payment Day.
(iii) If the
estimated amount of out of pocket costs incurred by an Applicable Borrower
in
connection with the acquisition of a Financed Eligible Asset exceeds the actual
amount of such out of pocket costs included in the Purchase Price of such
Financed Eligible Asset, the Borrowers shall prepay the Loan relating to such
Financed Eligible Asset in an amount equal to the Aggregate Allowed Percentage
of such excess out of pocket costs within five Business Days after a Responsible
Officer learns of such excess.
(iv) The
Borrowers, jointly and severally, shall prepay the Loans in respect of a
Financed Eligible Asset upon the occurrence of an Event of Loss in respect
of
such Finance Eligible Asset and on the date required by Section 3.8(b) of the
Security Agreement. If any net proceeds received in respect of such
Event of Loss remain after the repayment in full of all outstanding principal
and accrued interest on such Loans, if no Default or Event of Default exists
at
the time, such excess proceeds shall be paid to the Applicable Borrower and
may
be used by such Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and
the
other Loan Documents.
2.4. Manner
of
Payment. Each
payment of principal (including any prepayment) and payment of interest and
fees, and any other amount required to be paid to the Lenders with respect
to
the Loans, shall be made to the Agent at the Principal Office, for the account
of each Lender, in Dollars and in immediately available funds without setoff,
deduction or counterclaim before 12:30 P.M. on the date such payment is
due.
(a) The
Agent shall deem any payment made by or on behalf of any Borrower hereunder
that
is not made both in Dollars and in immediately available funds and prior to
12:30 P.M. to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall not
be deemed to be received by the Agent until the time such funds become available
funds. Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default
or Event of Default. Interest shall continue to accrue on any
principal as to which a non-conforming payment is made until the later of (x)
the date such funds become available funds or (y) the next Business Day at
the
Default Rate from the date such amount was due and payable.
(b) In
the event that any payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a day other
than
a Business Day, then such due date shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless provided otherwise under clause (ii) of the definition
of
“Interest Period”; provided that
interest shall continue to accrue during the period of any such extension and
provided, further,
that in no
event shall any such due date be extended beyond the Revolving Credit
Termination Date.
(c) Any
payment or prepayment of any principal or interest on any Loan hereunder shall
be accompanied by a certificate signed by an Authorized Representative and
delivered to the Agent, which certificate shall identify such Loan, the amount
of principal and interest paid thereon, and the Borrower to whom, or for whose
benefit, such Loan was originally advanced.
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2.5. Pro
Rata
Payments. Except
as otherwise provided herein, (a) each payment on account of the principal
of
and interest on the Loans and the fees described in Section 2.9 shall be
made to the Agent for the account of the Lenders pro rata based on their
Applicable Commitment Percentages, (b) all payments to be made by any Borrower
for the account of each of the Lenders on account of principal, interest and
fees, shall be made without diminution, setoff, recoupment or counterclaim,
and
(c) the Agent will promptly distribute to the Lenders in immediately available
funds payments received in fully collected, immediately available funds from
any
Borrower.
2.6. Reductions.
(a) The Borrowers shall, by notice from an Authorized
Representative, have the right from time to time but not more frequently than
once each calendar month, upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ written
notice to the Agent, effective upon receipt, to reduce the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment. The Agent shall give each Lender, within one (1) Business
Day
of receipt of such notice, facsimile notice, or telephonic notice (confirmed
in
writing), of such reduction. Each such reduction shall be in the
aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or such greater amount which is in an integral
multiple of $1,000,000, or the entire remaining Total Revolving Credit
Commitment, and shall permanently reduce the Total Revolving Credit
Commitment. Each reduction of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment
shall be accompanied by payment of the Revolving Loans to the extent that the
principal amount of Revolving Credit Outstandings exceeds the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment after giving effect to such reduction, together with accrued
and unpaid interest on the amounts prepaid. No such reduction shall
result in the payment of any Eurodollar Rate Loan other than on the last day
of
the Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan unless such prepayment is
accompanied by amounts due, if any, under Section 4.5;
and
(b) Any
net proceeds received in connection with any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.3 shall be
applied on such date toward the prepayment of the Loans and the reduction of
the
Total Revolving Credit Commitment as set forth in paragraph (a)
above.
2.7. Conversions
and Elections of
Subsequent Interest Periods. Subject
to the limitations set forth below and in Article IV, the Borrowers
may:
(a) upon
delivery, effective upon receipt, of a properly completed Interest Rate
Selection Notice to the Agent on or before 10:30 A.M. on any Business Day,
Convert all or a part of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans on the last
day of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loans; and
(b) provided
that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
upon delivery, effective upon receipt, of a properly completed Interest Rate
Selection Notice to the Agent on or before 10:30 A.M. three (3) Business Days’
prior to the date of such election or Conversion:
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(i) elect
a subsequent Interest Period for all or a portion of Eurodollar Rate Loans
to
begin on the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Eurodollar
Rate Loans; and
(ii) Convert
Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans on any Business Day.
Each
election and Conversion pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be
subject to the limitations on Eurodollar Rate Loans set forth in the definition
of “Interest Period” herein and in Sections 2.1, 2.3 and
Article
IV. The Agent shall give written notice to each Lender of such
notice of election or Conversion prior to 3:00 P.M. on the day such notice
of
election or Conversion is received. All such Continuations or
Conversions of Loans shall be effected pro rata based on the Applicable
Commitment Percentages of the Lenders.
2.8. Increase
and Decrease in
Amounts. The
amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment that shall be available to
the
Borrowers as Loans shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit
Outstandings.
2.9. Fees. Borrower
shall pay (i) the fees specified in the Fee Letters on the dates specified
therein and (ii) a commitment fee for the period from and including the date
hereof to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, computed at a rate of 0.25%
per
annum to but excluding the Initial Maturity Date and, if the Extension Option
has been exercised, 0.375% per annum from and including the Initial Maturity
Date to the Stated Termination Date on the average daily amount of the available
unused Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender during the period for which
payment is made, payable monthly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date, commencing
on the first such date to occur after the date hereof.
2.10. Deficiency
Advances. No
Lender shall be responsible for any default of any other Lender in respect
to
such other Lender’s obligation to make any Loan hereunder nor shall the
Revolving Credit Commitment of any Lender hereunder be increased as a result
of
such default of any other Lender. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, in the event any Lender shall fail to advance funds to any
Borrower as herein provided, the Agent may in its discretion and in its capacity
as a Lender, but shall not be obligated to, advance all or any portion of such
amount or amounts (each, a “deficiency advance”) and shall thereafter be
entitled to payments of principal of and interest on such deficiency advance
in
the same manner and at the same interest rate or rates as if it had originally
made such Loan; provided that, (i) such defaulting Lender shall not be entitled
to receive payments of principal, interest or fees with respect to such
deficiency advance until such deficiency advance shall be paid by such Lender
and (ii) upon payment to the Agent from such other Lender of the entire
outstanding amount of each such deficiency advance, together with accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, from the most recent date or dates interest was paid
to
the Agent by a Borrower on each Loan comprising the deficiency advance at the
interest rate per annum for overnight borrowing by the Agent from the Federal
Reserve Bank, then such payment shall be to the Agent as a Lender in full
payment of such deficiency advance and such Borrower shall be deemed to have
borrowed the amount of such deficiency advance from such other Lender as of
the
most recent date or dates, as the case may be, upon which any payments of
interest were made by such Borrower thereon.
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2.11. Use
of
Proceeds. The
proceeds of each Loan made pursuant to the Revolving Credit Facility hereunder
shall be used by the Applicable Borrower to (a) finance or reimburse a Borrower
for up to the Allowed Percentage of an Eligible Asset, and 65% of the costs
incurred in connection with any Approved Improvements or any Qualified
Conversion or (b) subsequent to the initial purchase of an Eligible Asset,
finance up to the Allowed Percentage of such Eligible Asset.
2.12. Designation
of Borrowing
Affiliate; Releases.
(a)
An Authorized Representative may from time to time designate any Holdings
Subsidiary Trust or Holdings SPC which has not joined in the execution of this
Agreement as a “Borrowing Affiliate” hereunder by causing such Holdings
Subsidiary Trust or Holdings SPC to execute and deliver a duly completed
Assumption Letter (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit Q) to the
Agent with the written acknowledgment of the Borrowers and the Agent at the
foot
thereof, together with (a) Facility Guaranties executed by each Beneficial
Owner
of any such Holdings Subsidiary Trust, by each Subsidiary of any such Beneficial
Owner (other than such Holdings Subsidiary Trust), by each Subsidiary of such
Holdings Subsidiary Trust or of such Holdings SPC and by the Applicable
Intermediary (if any), (b) Security Agreements signed by such Holdings
Subsidiary Trust or Holdings SPC, by each Beneficial Owner of any such Holdings
Subsidiary Trust, by each Subsidiary of any such Beneficial Owner, by each
Subsidiary of such Holdings Subsidiary Trust or Holdings SPC and by the
Applicable Intermediary (if any), (c) Pledge Agreements signed by the respective
Beneficial Owners and other owners, granting a security interest in the Pledged
Interests in such Holdings Subsidiary Trust or Holdings SPC in any Subsidiary
thereof, in any Beneficial Owner and in any Subsidiary thereof, and in the
Applicable Intermediary (if any), and (d) all additional documents required
under such Assumption Letter. Upon such execution, delivery and
consent, such Holdings Subsidiary Trust or Holdings SPC (as the case may be)
shall for all purposes be a party hereto as a Borrower as fully as if it had
executed and delivered this Agreement.
(b)
So long as (w) all Loans made to or on behalf of any Borrower, together with
all
accrued interest on such Loans, have been paid in full, (x) all other
outstanding Obligations of such Borrower (except Obligations to pay principal
and interest on Loans other than those Loans described in clause (w)) have
been
paid in full, (y) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and will be
continuing after giving effect to such termination, and (z) any prepayment
required under Section
2.3(b) has been made, then such Borrower may, by not less than three (3)
days prior notice to the Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders
thereof), (i) terminate its status as a “Borrowing Affiliate” and “Borrower”
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (ii) (with respect to any
Beneficial Owner of such Borrower) unless such Person also holds a beneficial
interest in any other Borrower, terminate the status of such Person and any
other Subsidiary of such Person as a “Guarantor” hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents, and (iii) terminate the status of the Applicable Intermediary
(if any) and any other Subsidiary of such Borrower as a “Guarantor” hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents. Upon such terminations (provided
the conditions to such terminations are satisfied), the Agent shall take all
actions reasonably requested by such Borrower (A) to release the Liens of the
Agent on all Collateral owned by such Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including
the Applicable Intermediary, if any) and to release such Borrower and such
Subsidiaries from all of their
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respective
obligations under the Loan Documents (including without limitation a written
release to such effect), (B) unless such Beneficial Owner also holds a
beneficial interest in any other Borrower, to release the Liens of the Agent
on
all Collateral owned by such Beneficial Owner and its other Subsidiaries and
to
release such Beneficial Owner and such other Subsidiaries from all of their
respective obligations under the Loan Documents (including without limitation
a
written release to such effect), (C) to release the Lien of the Agent with
respect to any Pledged Interests in such Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the
Applicable Intermediary, and (D) (unless such Beneficial Owner also holds a
beneficial interest in any other Borrower) to release the Lien of the Agent
with
respect to any Pledged Interests in such Beneficial Owner. Any
provision of this Section 2.12 or any
other provision of any Loan Document notwithstanding, in no event shall AIH
III
or the Irish Holdco Party, be released from its obligations to pay
indemnification to, or reimburse any costs or expenses of, the Agent or any
Lender (including without limitation the obligations under Article IV and Sections
4.6, 7.15,
11.5
and 11.9), which
agreements and obligations shall survive any release or termination of any
Credit Party (other than AIH III ) pursuant to this Section
2.11.
2.13. Joint
and Several
Liability. Each
Borrower (including without limitation each Borrowing Affiliate) agrees and
acknowledges that the Obligations (subject to the proviso in the last sentence
in the definition of “Obligations” as such term is defined in Section 1.1
herein) constitute and will constitute joint and several obligations and
liabilities of the Borrowers; provided, however, that anything herein or in
any
other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability
of
each Borrower with respect to the joint and several liability under this Section
2.13 shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such
Borrower under applicable federal, state and applicable foreign laws relating
to
the insolvency of debtors. Each Borrower further agrees and
acknowledges that all actions taken, elections made and notices and certificates
furnished or received by it under or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall
constitute the action, election, notice or certification of all of the Borrowers
under the Loan Documents, and that each Authorized Representative shall have
full authority to act for and on behalf of all of the Borrowers for all purposes
of the Loan Documents. Each Borrower agrees that the joint and several liability
of the Borrowers shall not be impaired or affected by any modification,
supplement, extension or amendment of any contract or agreement to which the
parties thereto may hereafter agree, nor by any modification, release or other
alteration of any of the rights of the Agent or any Lender with respect to
the
Collateral other than as provided in Section 2.12(b) hereof, nor by any delay,
extension of time, renewal, compromise or other indulgence granted by the Agent,
any Lender or any other Person with respect to any of the Obligations, nor
by
any other agreements or arrangements whatever with any other Borrower or with
anyone else, each Borrower hereby waiving all notice of any such delay,
extension, release, substitution, renewal, compromise or any such delay,
extension, release, substitution, renewal, compromise or other indulgence,
and
hereby consenting to be bound thereby as fully and effectually as if it had
expressly agreed thereto in advance. The liability of each Borrower
hereunder is direct and unconditional as to all of the Obligations hereunder,
and may be enforced without requiring the Agent, any Lender or any other Person
first to resort to any other right, remedy or security; no Borrower shall have
any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnity whatsoever, nor any right
of recourse to security for indemnity whatsoever, nor any right of recourse
to
security for any of the Obligations hereunder, unless and until all of said
Obligations have been paid in full; except as provided in Section
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2.12(b)
hereof and subject to the proviso to the first sentence of this Section 2.13,
nothing shall discharge or satisfy the liability of any Borrower hereunder
except the full payment and performance of all of the Obligations; any and
all
present and future debts and obligations of each Borrower to the other Borrowers
are hereby waived and postponed in favor of and subordinated to the full payment
and performance of all present and future Obligations of the Borrowers to the
Agent, the Lenders and any other Person.
2.14. Eligible
Lease Involving
Eligible Intermediary. In
lieu of leasing a Financed Eligible Asset directly to an Eligible Carrier,
a
Borrower may lease such Financed Eligible Asset directly to an Eligible
Intermediary pursuant to an Eligible Lease described in clause (X) of the
proviso to the definition of “Eligible Lease”; provided
that
(a)
such Eligible Intermediary simultaneously subleases such Eligible Asset to
an
Eligible Carrier pursuant to an Eligible Lease described in clause (Y) of the
proviso to the definition of “Eligible Lease” and such sublease is pledged as
collateral security for the obligations of the Eligible Intermediary under
the
head lease;
(b)
in the case of any Loan with respect to such Eligible Asset,
all Loan conditions that pertain to any Eligible Lease or other Lease by a
Borrower of such Eligible Asset (including without limitation requirements
concerning the perfection of Liens on Collateral, and delivery of copies of
the
Leases and Lessee Notices) shall be satisfied with respect to each such Lease
to
or by the Applicable Intermediary;
(c)
all provisions of any Loan Document that pertain
to any Eligible Lease or other Lease by a Borrower of such Eligible Asset shall
apply to each such Lease to or by the Applicable Intermediary; and
(d)
the lease/sublease structure shall not result in adverse tax or other
consequences to the Agent or any Lender which have not been indemnified or
otherwise addressed to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent.
ARTICLE
III
SECURITY
3.1. Security. As
security for the full and timely payment and performance of all Obligations,
each Borrower will, or will cause the Credit Parties to, on or before the date
of the initial Loan do or cause to be done all things necessary in the
reasonable opinion of the Agent and its counsel to grant to the Agent for the
benefit of the Lenders a duly perfected first priority security interest under
all applicable laws in all Collateral subject to no prior Lien or other
encumbrance (that, in each case, has not previously been satisfied in full)
or
restriction on transfer (other than Permitted Liens).
3.2. Further
Assurances. At
the request of the Agent, each Borrower will, or will cause the other Credit
Parties to, execute, by its duly authorized officers, alone or with the Agent,
any certificate, instrument, statement or document, or to procure any such
certificate, instrument, statement or document, or to take such other action
(and pay all connected costs)
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which
the Agent reasonably deems necessary from time to time to create, continue
or
preserve the liens and security interests in Collateral (and the perfection
and
priority thereof) of the Agent contemplated hereby and by the other Loan
Documents and specifically including all Collateral acquired by any Borrower,
or
any Guarantor or any other Credit Party after the Closing Date.
3.3. Information
Regarding
Collateral. AIH
III, the Irish Holdco Party and each Borrower represents, warrants
and covenants that (i) the chief executive office of the Parent, AHC Ltd.,
Ireland Holding Ltd. and each Credit Party providing Collateral pursuant to
a
Security Instrument (each, a “Grantor”) at the Closing Date is located at the
address or addresses specified on Schedule 3.3, and
(ii) Schedule
3.3 (as may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time)
contains a true and complete list of (a) the name and address of each Grantor,
(b) each location of the chief executive office and principal place of business
of each Grantor and (c) the country of
registration (if applicable) of each Eligible Asset. No Borrower
shall change, or permit any other Grantor to change, the location of its chief
executive office or principal place of business, or use or permit any other
Grantor to use, any additional trade style, except upon giving not less than
thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Agent and taking or causing to be
taken all such action at the Borrowers’ or such other Grantor’s expense as may
be reasonably requested by the Agent to perfect or maintain the perfection
of
the Lien of the Agent in Collateral.
3.4. Quiet
Enjoyment. The
Agent and each Lender hereby agree that, so long as no Lease Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing under an Eligible Lease, it will not
interfere with the quiet enjoyment of the possession and use of the Eligible
Asset by the Applicable Carrier during the term of such Eligible Lease and
it
will (subject to any requirements or restrictions imposed by applicable law)
dispose of its interest in the Eligible Asset leased under such Eligible Lease
expressly subject to such Eligible Lease and on terms such that the purchaser
provides a similar right of quiet enjoyment to such Applicable
Carrier. Upon the request of any Borrower, the Agent (on behalf of
itself and the Lenders) will confirm the immediately preceding sentence in
writing to any Applicable Carrier.
ARTICLE
IV
CHANGE
IN
CIRCUMSTANCES
4.1. Requirements
of
Law.
(a) If
the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation
or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:
(i) shall
impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory
loan
or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities
in
or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or
any
other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise
included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate; or
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(ii) shall
impose on such Lender any other condition;
and
the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost (other than a Tax)
to
such Lender, by an amount that such Lender deems to be material, of making,
converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans or to reduce
any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof (other than by reason of
any
Tax), then, in any such case, the Borrowers shall promptly pay such Lender,
upon
its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender (on
an
after-tax basis) for such increased cost or reduced amount
receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional
amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrowers
(with
a copy to the Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so
entitled.
(b) If
any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any
Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or
application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling
such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether
or
not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent
to
the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations
hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could
have
achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration
such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy)
by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time,
after
submission by such Lender to the Borrowers (with a copy to the Agent) of a
written request therefor, the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation (on an
after-tax basis) for such reduction.
(c) Each
Lender shall promptly notify AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party and the Agent
of
any event of which it has knowledge occurring after the date hereof, which
will
entitle a Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section 4.1, and such
Lender shall, upon written request by AIH III, or the Irish Holdco Party or
any
Borrower, designate a different Applicable Lending Office if such designation
will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and will
not, in the judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to
it. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to
this Section submitted by any Lender to the Borrowers (with a copy to the Agent)
shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section, the Borrowers shall not be required
to
compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts incurred more
than
three months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrowers of such
Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if
the
circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such
three-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive
effect. The obligations of the Borrowers pursuant to this Section
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans
and
all other amounts payable hereunder.
4.2. Limitation
on Types of
Loans. If
on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate
Loan:
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(a) the
Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that by reason of
circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means
do
not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period;
or
(b) the
Required Lenders determine (which determination shall be conclusive) and notify
the Agent that the Eurodollar Rate will not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to the Lenders of funding Eurodollar Rate Loans for such Interest
Period;
then
the Agent shall give the Borrowers prompt notice thereof specifying the relevant
Type of Loans and the relevant amounts or periods, and so long as such condition
remains in effect, the Lenders shall be under no obligation to make additional
Loans of such Type, Continue Loans of such Type or to Convert Loans of any
other
Type into Loans of such Type, and the Borrowers shall, jointly and severally,
on
the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for the outstanding
Loans
of the affected Type, either prepay such Loans or Convert such Loans into Base
Rate Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
4.3. Illegality. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that it becomes unlawful
for
any Lender or its Applicable Lending Office to make, maintain, or fund
Eurodollar Rate Loans hereunder, then such Lender shall promptly notify the
Borrowers thereof and such Lender’s obligation to make or Continue Eurodollar
Rate Loans and to Convert other Types of Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans shall
be suspended until such time as such Lender may again make, maintain, and fund
Eurodollar Rate Loans (in which case the provisions of Section 4.4 shall be
applicable).
4.4. Treatment
of Affected
Loans. If
the obligation of any Lender to make a Eurodollar Rate Loan or to Continue,
or
to Convert Loans of any other Type into, Loans of a particular Type shall be
suspended pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.3 hereof (Loans of such Type being herein
called “Affected Loans” and such Type being herein called the “Affected Type”),
such Lender’s Affected Loans shall be automatically Converted into Base Rate
Loans on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for Affected
Loans (or, in the case of a Conversion required by Section 4.3 hereof, on such
earlier date as such Lender may specify to the Borrowers with a copy to the
Agent) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that
the
circumstances specified in Section 4.1 or 4.3 hereof that gave rise to such
Conversion no longer exist:
(a) to
the extent that such Lender’s Affected Loans have been so Converted, all
payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such
Lender’s Affected Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans;
and
(b) all
Loans that would otherwise be made or Continued by such Lender as Loans of
the
Affected Type shall be made or Continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all
Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be Converted into Loans of the
Affected Type shall be Converted instead into (or shall remain as) Base Rate
Loans.
If
such Lender gives notice to the Borrowers (with a copy to the Agent) that the
circumstances specified in Section 4.1 or 4.3
hereof that gave rise to the Conversion of such Lender’s Affected Loans pursuant
to this Section
4.4 no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly
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upon
such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Loans of the Affected Type
made by other Lenders are outstanding, such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be
automatically Converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest
Period(s) for such outstanding Loans of the Affected Type, to the extent
necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders
holding Loans of the Affected Type and by such Lender are held pro rata (as
to
principal amounts, Types, and Interest Periods) in accordance with their
respective Revolving Credit Commitments.
4.5. Compensation. Upon
the request of any Lender, AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party and the Borrowers,
jointly and severally, shall pay to such Lender such amount or amounts as shall
be sufficient (in the reasonable opinion of such Lender) to compensate it for
any loss, cost, or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any
payment, prepayment, or Conversion of a Eurodollar Rate Loan for any reason
(including, without limitation, the acceleration of the Loans pursuant to Section 9.1) on a
date other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan;
or
(b) any
failure by any Borrower for any reason (including, without limitation, the
failure of any condition precedent specified in Article V to be
satisfied) to borrow, Convert, Continue, or prepay a Eurodollar Rate Loan on
the
date for such borrowing, Conversion, Continuation, or prepayment specified
in
the relevant notice of borrowing, prepayment, Continuation, or Conversion under
this Agreement.
4.6. Taxes.
(a) Any
and all payments by any Borrower to or for the account of any Lender or the
Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear
of
and without deduction or withholding for any and all Taxes, and all liabilities
with respect thereto, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld
or
assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding, in the
case of each Lender and the Agent, Taxes imposed on its income, receipts,
capital, net worth or items of tax preference and franchise, doing business
and
similar Taxes (imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes), imposed on such
Lender or Agent as a result of a present or former connection between the Agent
or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing
such
tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other
than any such connection arising solely from the Agent or such Lender having
executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under,
or
enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document). If any such
non-excluded Taxes (“Indemnified Taxes”) or Other Taxes (as defined below) are
required to be withheld after the date hereof from or in respect of any sum
payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to any Lender or the
Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making
all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums
payable under this Section 4.6) such
Lender or the Agent receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received
had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions,
(iii) such Borrower shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law, and
(iv) such Borrower shall furnish to the Agent, at its address referred to in
Section 11.2,
the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof or
other evidence of payment reasonably acceptable to such
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Lender
or the Agent; provided, however,
that the
Borrowers shall not be required to increase such amounts payable to any Lender
with respect to any Taxes (i) that are attributable to such Lender’s failure to
comply with the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section or (ii)
that are United States or Irish withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable
to
such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, except
to
the extent that such Lender’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of
assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrowers with respect to
such Taxes pursuant to this paragraph.
(b) In
addition, AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party and the Borrowers agree, jointly
and
severally, to timely pay any and all present or future stamp or documentary
taxes which arise from the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or the provision of the security interest in any Collateral
required hereunder (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).
(c) AIH
III, the Irish Holdco Party and the Borrowers agree, jointly and severally,
to
indemnify each Lender and the Agent for the full amount of Indemnified Taxes
and
Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes
imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 4.6) paid by
such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including
penalties, interest, and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto.
(d) Each
Lender, on or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement
in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof and on or prior
to the date on which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender,
and
from time to time thereafter if requested in writing by any Borrower or the
Agent (unless such failure is due to a change in treaty, law or regulation
occurring subsequent to the date on which a form originally was required to
be
provided), shall provide the Borrowers and the Agent with (i) a complete and
properly executed Internal Revenue Service Form X-0XXX, X-0XXX or W-8IMY
(including all required accompanying information), as appropriate, or any
successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service (including a United
States taxpayer identification number), certifying that such Lender is entitled
to benefits under an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party
which reduces the rate of withholding tax on payments of interest, certifying
that the Lender is eligible for the “portfolio interest exemption” or certifying
that the income receivable pursuant to this Agreement is effectively connected
with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States or (ii) Internal
Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form prescribed by the Internal
Revenue Service. In addition, each Lender and the Agent agrees that
it will (i) take all actions reasonably requested by AIH III, the Irish Holdco
Party or a Borrower in writing that are consistent with applicable legal and
regulatory restrictions to claim any available reductions or exemptions from
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes and (ii) otherwise cooperate with
AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party and the Borrowers to minimize any amounts
payable by AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party or the Borrowers under this Section 4.6; provided,
however,
that in each
case, any out-of-pocket cost relating to such action or cooperation requested
by
AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party or a Borrower shall be borne by AIH III, the
Irish Holdco Party or such Borrower and no Lender shall be required to take
any
action that it determines in its sole good faith discretion, may be adverse
in
any non de minimis respect to it and not indemnified to its
satisfaction. Each Lender listed on the signature page hereto
represents that it is a Qualifying Lender as of the Closing Date and each
assignee represents that it is a Qualifying Lender as of the date such party
becomes an assignee.
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(e) A
Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S.
withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which a Borrower is
located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect
to
payments under this Agreement shall deliver to such Borrower (with a copy to
the
Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably
requested by such Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation
prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such
Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation
and in such Lender’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would not
materially prejudice the legal position of such Lender.
(f) If
AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party or any Borrower is required to pay additional
amounts to or for the account of any Lender pursuant to this Section 4.6, then
such Lender will agree to use reasonable efforts to change the jurisdiction
of
its Applicable Lending Office so as to eliminate or reduce any such additional
payment which may thereafter accrue if such change, in the sole judgment of
such
Lender, is not otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
(g) Within
thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of Taxes, AIH III, the Irish
Holdco Party or the applicable Borrower shall furnish to the Agent the original
or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing such payment or otherwise evidence
of such payment as is reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
(h) If
the Agent or any Lender receives a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to
which it has been indemnified by AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party or a Borrower
or with respect to which AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party or a Borrower has
paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.6, it shall
pay over such refund to AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party or such Borrower (but
only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid,
by
AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party or a Borrower under this Section 4.6 with
respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses (including any net increase in Taxes imposed on such
Person by reason of such refund and the payment by such Person pursuant to
this
sentence) of the Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any
interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such
refund); provided, that AIH
III, the Irish Holdco Party or the Borrower, upon the request of the Agent
or
such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to AIH III, the Irish Holdco
Party or such Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed
by
the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Agent or such Lender in the event
the Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental
Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Agent
or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information
relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to AIH III, the Irish Holdco
Party or any Borrower or any other Person.
(i) Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of AIH III, the Irish Holdco
Party or any Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of AIH III,
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the
Irish Holdco Party and each Borrower contained in this Section 4.6 shall
survive the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the payment
in
full of the Loans.
ARTICLE
V
CONDITIONS
TO MAKING
LOANS
5.1. Conditions
of
Closing. The
effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the prior or concurrent
satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions precedent set forth in this
Section 5.1. In addition, the effectiveness of Irish Holdco’s
accession to this Agreement, whether on or after the Closing Date, is subject
to
the prior or concurrent satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions
precedent set forth in this Section 5.1 as is applicable to the Irish Holdco
Party. For the limited purpose of this Section 5.1, the phrases
“shall have received”, “shall have approved”, “shall have demonstrated”, “shall
have delivered” and similar phrases contemplating that future performances were
required shall be construed as being performed or waived as of the Closing
Date:
(a) the
Agent shall have received, as of the Closing Date, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders, the following:
(i) executed
originals of each of this Agreement, the initial Facility Guaranties, the
initial Security Agreements, the initial Pledge Agreements and the
other initial Loan Documents, together with all schedules and exhibits
thereto;
(ii) the
favorable written opinion or opinions with respect to the Loan Documents and
the
transactions contemplated thereby of special counsel to the Credit Parties
dated
the Closing Date (including opinions of New York and Bermuda counsel and upon
Irish Holdco becoming the Irish Holdco Party, Irish counsel), addressed to
the
Agent (on behalf of itself and the Lenders), substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 and Exhibit
G-3 or
otherwise reasonably satisfactory to special counsel to the Agent;
(iii) resolutions
of the boards of directors or other appropriate governing body (or of the
appropriate committee thereof) of each Credit Party (except in the case of
a
Credit Party that is a trust), certified by its secretary or assistant secretary
as of the Closing Date, approving and adopting the Loan Documents to be executed
by such Person, and authorizing the execution and delivery thereof;
(iv) specimen
signatures of officers of each Credit Party executing the Loan Documents on
behalf of such party, certified by the secretary or assistant secretary of
such
party;
(v) the
Organizational Documents of each Credit Party and each of the trustees for
each
Holdings Subsidiary Trust certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of
State or comparable official of its jurisdiction of organization
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(provided
that the Trust Agreement of a Holdings Subsidiary Trust may be certified by
the
secretary or assistant secretary of its Beneficial
Owner);
(vi) certificates
issued as of a recent date by the Secretaries of State or comparable officials
of the respective jurisdictions of formation of each of the Credit Parties
(excluding Holdings Subsidiary Trusts) as to the due existence and good standing
of such Person;
(vii) notice
of appointment of the initial Authorized Representative(s);
(viii) Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements appropriate for filing in all places
required by applicable law to perfect the Liens of the Agent under the Security
Instruments as a first priority Lien as to items of Collateral in which a
security interest may be perfected by the filing of financing statements, and
such other documents and/or evidence of other actions as may be necessary under
applicable law to perfect the Liens of the Agent under the Security Instruments
as a first priority Lien in and to such other Collateral as the Agent may
require;
(ix) the
delivery by the Borrowers of all stock certificates and other certificates,
if
any, evidencing ownership of any Pledged Interests, accompanied in each case
by
duly executed stock or transfer powers (or other appropriate transfer documents)
in blank affixed thereto; and
(x) the
delivery by AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party and the Borrowers of “control
agreements” that have been executed by the respective issuers (and consented to
by the respective Credit Parties) with respect to any uncertificated Pledged
Interests; and
(xi) evidence
that any fees payable by any Credit Party on the Closing Date to the Agent
and
the Lenders have been paid in full; and
(b) in
the good faith judgment of the Agent and the Lenders:
(i)
no litigation, action, suit, investigation or other arbitral, administrative
or
judicial proceeding shall be pending or threatened which could reasonably be
likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(ii) the
Credit Parties shall have received all approvals, consents and waivers, and
shall have made or given all necessary filings and notices as shall be required
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby without the occurrence of
any
default under, conflict with or violation of (A) any applicable law, rule,
regulation, order or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitral authority
or (B) any agreement, document or instrument to which any of the Credit Parties
is a party or by which any of them or their properties is bound.
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5.2. Conditions
of Revolving
Loans. The
obligation of the Lenders to make Revolving Loans hereunder on or subsequent
to
the Closing Date (other than additional loans to a Borrower in connection with
Approved Improvements, or a Qualified Conversion) is subject to the conditions
precedent that:
(a) each
of the conditions to making the Revolving Credit Facility available to the
Borrowers, as set forth in Section 5.1, shall
have been satisfied on or prior to the date of the initial Loan after the
Closing Date;
(b) the
representations and warranties of the Credit Parties set forth in Article VI and in
each of the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the date of such Loan, with the same effect as though
such
representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date, except
to
the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an
earlier date;
(c) the
Borrowing Affiliate with respect to such Loan shall have executed and delivered
to the Agent an Assumption Letter, and each Borrower and the Agent shall have
executed such Assumption Letter and the Borrowing Affiliate shall have delivered
to the Agent all other agreements, instruments and documents required by such
Assumption Letter;
(d) the
Borrowing Affiliate with respect to such Loan shall have delivered to the Agent
(i) Facility Guaranties (if any) fully executed by any Beneficial Owner of
such
Borrowing Affiliate, by each Subsidiary of any such Beneficial Owner (other
than
such Borrowing Affiliate), by each Subsidiary of such Borrowing Affiliate and
by
the Applicable Intermediary (if any); (ii) Pledge Agreements fully executed
by
the appropriate pledgors, granting a security interest in all Pledged Interests
with respect to each such Beneficial Owner, such Borrowing Affiliate, each
Subsidiary of any Beneficial Owner, each Subsidiary of such Borrowing Affiliate,
and the Applicable Intermediary (if any); (iii) Security Agreements fully
executed by such Borrowing Affiliate, any Beneficial Owner of such Borrowing
Affiliate, each Subsidiary of any Beneficial Owner, each Subsidiary of such
Borrowing Affiliate, and the Applicable Intermediary (if any); and (iv) Lockbox
Agreements executed by each Borrower;
(e) the
Agent shall have received the latest drafts of the following within 5 Business
Days prior to the date of the Loan, an organized pre-closing of the required
documentation shall have occurred at least one Business Day prior to the date
of
the Loan, and the Agent shall have received final versions of the following,
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders, on or prior to
the
date of the Loan:
(i) each
of the documents and instruments (including without limitation the opinions
of
counsel, the resolutions of boards of directors or other appropriate governing
bodies or committees, the specimen signatures, officer’s certificates,
Organizational Documents and governmental certificates (if any) of existence,
qualification, good standing and assumed name) required by Section 5.1 as if
such Borrowing Affiliate had been a Borrowing Affiliate (and its Beneficial
Owner, their respective Subsidiaries and the Applicable Intermediary (if any)
had been in such positions) on the Closing Date;
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(ii) with
respect to each Financed Eligible Asset registered in the United States, the
favorable written opinion with respect to the Loan Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby of FAA Counsel dated the date of such Loan,
addressed to the Agent (on behalf of itself and the Lenders), substantially
in
the form of Exhibit
G-2 or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to special counsel to the
Agent;
(iii) with
respect to every other Financed Eligible Asset, the favorable written opinion
with respect to the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby
of
local counsel in each Applicable Foreign Jurisdiction dated the date of such
Loan, addressed to the Agent (on behalf of itself and the Lenders),
substantially in the forms of Exhibit G-3 and Exhibit
G-4 or
otherwise reasonably satisfactory to special counsel to the Agent;
(iv) certificates
of insurance from qualified brokers of aircraft insurance or other evidence
satisfactory to the Agent, evidencing all insurance required by the Loan
Documents (including without limitation all insurance required by Exhibit L with
respect to each Eligible Asset that is to be a Financed Eligible
Asset);
(v) a
Borrowing Notice;
(vi) a
certificate of an Authorized Representative substantially in the form of Exhibit
R containing computations of the Borrowing Base and providing information about
the Financed Eligible Asset, in each case after giving effect to such Loan
and
any related Financed Eligible Asset;
(vii) Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements appropriate for filing in all places
required by applicable law to perfect the Liens of the Agent under the Security
Instruments as a first priority Lien as to items of Collateral in which a
security interest may be perfected by the filing of financing statements, and
such other documents and/or evidence of other actions as may be necessary under
applicable law to perfect the Liens of the Agent under the Security Instruments
as a first priority Lien in and to such other Collateral as the Agent may
require, including without limitation:
(1) the
delivery by the Borrowers of all stock certificates and other certificates,
if
any, evidencing ownership of any Pledged Interests, accompanied in each case
by
duly executed stock or transfer powers (or other appropriate transfer documents)
in blank affixed thereto; and
(2) the
delivery by the Borrowers of “control agreements” that have been executed by the
respective issuers (and consented to by the respective Credit Parties) with
respect to any uncertificated Pledged Interests;
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(3) with
respect to each Financed Eligible Asset registered in the United States,
evidence of the filing with the FAA Recording Office all documents required
by
the FAA in order to protect the Applicable Borrower’s right, title and interest
in such Financed Eligible Asset;
(4) with
respect to each Financed Eligible Asset not registered in the United States,
evidence of the filing with each applicable recording office in each Applicable
Foreign Jurisdiction of all documents required by such office or any Applicable
Foreign Aviation Law in order to protect the Applicable Borrower’s right, title
and interest in such Financed Eligible Asset in such Applicable Foreign
Jurisdiction;
(5) a
copy of the executed purchase agreement and executed xxxx of sale evidencing
the
purchase by the Applicable Borrower of each Financed Eligible
Asset;
(6) copies
of the certificates of aircraft registration issued by the FAA and certificates
of airworthiness issued by the FAA, in each case with respect to each Aircraft
registered in the United States; and
(7) evidence
of registration and other applicable qualification issued by any Applicable
Foreign Jurisdiction to the extent such registration or qualification is
required by an Applicable Foreign Aviation Law, in each case with respect to
each Eligible Asset not registered in the United States;
(viii) results
of a search of Liens filed with the FAA or any Applicable Foreign Jurisdiction
with respect to any Eligible Asset that is or is to be a Financed Eligible
Asset;
(ix) for
each Financed Eligible Asset that will be subject to an Eligible Lease on the
date of the initial Loan, copies of each such Eligible Lease; and
(x)
for each Financed Eligible Asset that will be subject to an Eligible Lease
on
the date of the initial Loan for such Financed Eligible Asset, a Lessee Notice
and evidence (which may be in the form of a legal opinion) that the Agent shall
have the right, under the laws of the Applicable Foreign Jurisdiction, to
enforce directly the Eligible Lease against the Lessee, including without
limitation, the obligation of the Lessee to make payments under the Eligible
Lease to the applicable Account; and
(xi) the
written report of the Appraiser setting forth the Maintenance Adjusted Current
Market Value of the Financed Eligible Asset that is the subject of such initial
Loan.
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(f)
at the time of (and after giving effect to) the initial Loan, no Default or
Event of Default specified in Article IX shall have
occurred and be continuing;
(g)
immediately after giving effect to the initial Loan;
(i) the
aggregate principal balance of all outstanding Revolving Loans for each Lender
shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; and
(ii) the
Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the lesser of (x) the amount
obtained by multiplying the Aggregate Allowed Percentage times the Borrowing
Base and (y) the Total Revolving Credit Commitment.
5.3. Conditions
of Subsequent
Advances Under Revolving Loans.
The
obligation of the Lenders to make an additional loan to a Borrower in connection
with Approved Improvements or a Qualified Conversion is subject to the
conditions precedent that:
(a) the
representations and warranties of the Credit Parties set forth in Article VI and in
each of the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the date of such Loan, with the same effect as though
such
representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date, except
to
the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an
earlier date;
(b) the
Agent shall have received final versions of the following at least one Business
Day prior to the date of the Loan:
(i) a
Borrowing Notice; and
(ii) a
certificate of an Authorized Representative substantially in the form of Exhibit
R containing computations of the Borrowing Base and providing information about
the Financed Eligible Asset, in each case after giving effect to such Loan
and
any related Financed Eligible Asset;
(c)
at the time of (and after giving effect to) the initial Loan, no Default
or Event of Default specified in Article IX shall have
occurred and be continuing; and
(d) immediately
after giving effect to the initial Loan;
(i) the
aggregate principal balance of all outstanding Revolving Loans for each Lender
shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment;
(ii) the
Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the lesser of (x) the amount
obtained by multiplying the Aggregate Allowed Percentage times the Borrowing
Base and (y) the Total Revolving Credit Commitment.
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ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS
AND
WARRANTIES
AIH
III, the Irish Holdco upon becoming the Irish Holdco Party each other Guarantor,
and each Borrower represents and warrants with respect to itself, its
Subsidiaries (if any) and each other Credit Party (which representations and
warranties shall survive the delivery of the documents mentioned herein and
the
making of Loans), that:
6.1. Organization
and
Authority.
(a) Each
Borrower, each Subsidiary and each other Credit Party is a trust, corporation,
partnership or limited liability company duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation;
(b) Each
Borrower, each Subsidiary and each other Credit Party (x) has the requisite
power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its
business as now being conducted and as contemplated in the Loan Documents,
and
(y) is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction in which failure so to
qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) Each
Borrower has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this
Agreement and to borrow hereunder, and to execute, deliver and perform each
of
the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(d) Each
Credit Party (other than the Borrowers) has the power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
and
(e) When
executed and delivered, each of the Loan Documents to which any Credit Party
is
a party will be the legal, valid and binding obligation or agreement, as the
case may be, of such Credit Party (as the case may be), enforceable against
such
Credit Party (as the case may be) in accordance with its terms, subject to
the
effect of any applicable bankruptcy, moratorium, insolvency, reorganization
or
other similar law affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally
and to the effect of general principles of equity (whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity);
6.2. Loan
Documents. The
execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of each of the Loan
Documents to which it is a party:
(a) have
been duly authorized by all requisite Organizational Action of such Credit
Party
(as the case may be) required for the lawful execution, delivery and performance
thereof;
(b) do
not violate any provisions of (i) applicable law, rule or regulation, (ii)
any
judgment, writ, order, determination, decree or arbitral award of any
Governmental Authority or arbitral authority binding on such Credit Party or
their respective properties, or (iii) the Organizational Documents of such
Credit Party;
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(c) does
not and will not be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute an
event of default, or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would
constitute an event of default, under any contract, indenture, agreement or
other instrument or document to which such Credit Party is a party, or by which
the properties or assets of such Credit Party are bound; and
(d) does
not and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any
of
the properties or assets of such Credit Party or any Subsidiary except any
Liens
in favor of the Agent and the Lenders created by the Security
Instruments;
6.3. Solvency.
At the time of each Loan to a Borrower, such Borrower and each Beneficial Owner
of such Borrower and each Eligible Intermediary, if any, is Solvent after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents;
6.4. Subsidiaries
and
Stockholders. No
Borrower or Guarantor (other than AIH III and the Irish Holdco Party) has any
Subsidiaries, except that a Guarantor may have a beneficial interest in a
Borrower, a Borrower may own an Eligible Intermediary and a Borrower may be
a
Subsidiary of a Guarantor;
6.5. Ownership
Interests.
(a) No
Borrower or Guarantor owns any interest in any Person, except that a Guarantor
may have a beneficial interest in a Borrower, and a Borrower may own an Eligible
Intermediary; and
(b) AIH
III or the Irish Holdco Party owns, directly or indirectly, all of the Capital
Stock of each Borrower, except for directors’ qualifying shares, if
any.
6.6. Liens. The
Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Lenders) has a first priority perfected
Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on all Collateral under the Security
Instruments;
6.7. Title
to
Properties. Each
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, each Guarantor and each other Credit
Party has good and marketable title to all its real and personal properties,
subject to no transfer restrictions or Liens of any kind except as provided
in
the Security Instruments and the Leases; and
6.8. Taxes.
Except
as set forth in Schedule 6.8, each
Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries, each Guarantor and each other Credit Party
has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and foreign Tax
returns in each case that are required to be filed by it and that, the failure
to file, would have a Material Adverse Effect (individually or in the aggregate)
and, except for Taxes and assessments being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and against which reserves in
accordance with GAAP reflected in the financial statements most recently
delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) and
satisfactory to the Borrowers’ independent certified public accountants have
been established, have paid or caused to be paid all Taxes as shown on said
returns or on any assessment received by it, to the extent that such Taxes
have
become due;
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6.9. Other
Agreements
. No
Guarantor, other Credit Party nor any Subsidiary of AIH III or of the Irish
Holdco Party:
(i) is
a party to or subject to any judgment, order, decree, agreement, lease or
instrument, or subject to other restrictions, which individually or in the
aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(ii) is
in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the
obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any agreement or instrument
to
which such Guarantor, other Credit Party or such Subsidiary is a party, which
default has, or if not remedied within any applicable grace period could
reasonably be likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect; or
(iii) shall
have, prior to its execution of the Assumption Letter, conducted business other
than related to the acquisition, leasing, maintenances, financing (solely under
the Loan Documents), ownership and disposition of Eligible Assets or have
incurred any liabilities except to the extent related to such
business, including, without limitation, under the Eligible Lease to which
it is
a party, an aircraft acquisition, sale, maintenance or overhaul agreement and
the Loan Documents, none of which liabilities (except (a) the purchase price
in
respect of an Eligible Asset, (b) liabilities in respect of Approved
Improvements and (c) those arising under the Loan Documents and the Eligible
Leases) are material to the Borrowers taken as a whole.
6.10. Litigation. Except
as set forth in Schedule 6.10, there
is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding at law or in equity or by or
before any governmental instrumentality or agency or arbitral body pending,
or,
to the knowledge of any Borrower, threatened by or against any Guarantor, any
Borrower or any Subsidiary of AIH III or of the Irish Holdco Party or any other
Credit Party or affecting any such Person or any properties or rights of any
such Person, which could reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
6.11. Federal
Regulations. No
part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder,
will be used (a) for “buying” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the
respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and
from time to time hereafter in effect for any purpose that violates the
provisions of the Regulations of the Board or (b) for any purpose that violates
the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If requested by any
Lender or the Agent, the Borrowers will furnish to the Agent and each Lender
a
statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR
Form
G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable, referred to in Regulation U;
6.12. Investment
Company. No
Credit Party is an “investment company,” or “promoter” or “principal
underwriter” for, an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (15 U.S.C. § 80a-1, et
seq.). The application of the proceeds of the Loans and repayment
thereof by each Borrower and the performance by each Borrower and the other
Credit Parties of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will
not
violate any provision of said Act, or any rule, regulation or order issued
by
the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, in each case as in effect
on
the date hereof;
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6.13. Patents,
Etc. Each
Borrower, each Guarantor and each other Credit Party owns or has the right
to
use, under valid license agreements or otherwise, all material patents,
licenses, franchises, trademarks, trademark rights, trade names, trade name
rights, trade secrets and copyrights necessary to or used in the conduct of
its
businesses as now conducted and as contemplated by the Loan Documents, without
known conflict with any patent, license, franchise, trademark, trade secret,
trade name, copyright, other proprietary right of any other Person;
6.14. No
Untrue
Statement. Neither
(a) this Agreement nor any other Loan Document or certificate or document
executed and delivered by or on behalf of any Borrower or any other Credit
Party
in accordance with or pursuant to any Loan Document nor (b) any written
statement, representation, or warranty provided to the Agent in connection
with
the negotiation or preparation of the Loan Documents contains any
misrepresentation or untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a
material fact necessary, in light of the circumstance under which it was made,
in order to make any such warranty, representation or statement contained
therein not misleading;
6.15. No
Consents,
Etc. Neither
the respective businesses or properties of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary,
nor any relationship among the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary and any other
Person, nor any circumstance in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby,
is
such as to require a consent, approval or authorization of, or filing,
registration or qualification with, any Governmental Authority or any other
Person on the part of any Credit Party as a condition to the execution, delivery
and performance of, or consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Loan
Documents, which, if not obtained or effected, would be reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect, or if so, such consent, approval, authorization,
filing, registration or qualification has been duly obtained or effected, as the
case may
be;
6.16. Employee
Benefit
Plans.
(a) Neither
any Guarantor nor any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries has
or
has ever sponsored any Single Employer Plan, been a participating employer
in
any Multiemployer Plan, or had any obligation to fund any such
plan;
(b) Neither
any Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any “accumulated funding
deficiency” with respect to any Single Employer Plan or failure to satisfy the
minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Single Employer Plan, whether or not
waived; during the six-year period prior to the date on which this
representation is made or deemed made or any other liability to the PBGC which
remains outstanding, in each case, in an amount that would be reasonably likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) No
Termination Event has occurred during the six-year period prior to the date
on
which this representation is made or deemed made or is reasonably expected
to
occur
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with
respect to any Single Employer Plan or Multiemployer Plan, neither any Credit
Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any unpaid withdrawal liability
with
respect to any Multiemployer Plan that, in each case, could be reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) The
present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based
on
those assumptions used to fund such Single Employer Plan) did not, as of the
last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is
made or deemed made for each such plan, exceed the then current value of the
assets of such Single Employer Plan allocable to such benefits by a material
amount;
6.17. No
Default. As
of the date hereof, there does not exist any Default or Event of Default
hereunder;
6.18. Environmental
Laws. Except
as listed on Schedule
6.18, each Borrower, each Guarantor and each Subsidiary of AIH III or of
the Irish Holdco Party is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws
and has been issued and currently maintains all required federal, state and
local permits, licenses, certificates and approvals. Except as listed
on Schedule
6.18, neither any Borrower, any Guarantor nor any Subsidiary of AIH III
or of the Irish Holdco Party has been notified of any pending or threatened
action, suit, proceeding or investigation, and neither any Borrower, any
Guarantor nor any Subsidiary of AIH III or of the Irish Holdco Party is aware
of
any facts, which (a) calls into question, or could reasonably be expected to
call into question, compliance by any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary
of AIH III or of the Irish Holdco Party with any Environmental Laws, (b) seeks,
or could reasonably be expected to form the basis of a meritorious proceeding,
to suspend, revoke or terminate any license, permit or approval necessary for
the operation of any Borrower’s, any Guarantor’s or any of AIH III’s or of the
Irish Holdco Party’s Subsidiary’s business or facilities or for the generation,
handling, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, or (c)
seeks to cause, or could reasonably be expected to form the basis of a
meritorious proceeding to cause, any property of any Borrower, any Guarantor
or
any Subsidiary of AIH III or of the Irish Holdco Party or other Credit Party
to
be subject to any restrictions on ownership, use, occupancy or transferability
under any Environmental Law;
6.19. Employment
Matters. No
Borrower, Guarantor or Credit Party has or has ever had any employee other
than
officers thereof; and
6.20.
Taxes. The
Irish Holdco Party is eligible for the benefits of the Income Tax Treaty between
the United States of America and Ireland. No Borrower, to its
knowledge, as of the date of this Agreement, is required to withhold or deduct
any Taxes imposed by any non-U.S. Governmental Authority, in an amount or to
an
extent that would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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ARTICLE
VII
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Unless
the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, AIH III, the Irish
Holdco upon becoming the Irish Holdco Party and each Borrower will, and where
applicable will cause each Guarantor and each Subsidiary (if any)
to:
7.1. Financial
Reports,
Etc.
(a) As
soon as practical and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal
Year, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent and each Lender audited
consolidated balance sheets of Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of
such
Fiscal Year, and the notes thereto (if any), and the relating audited
consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ (or members’) equity
and cash flows, and the respective notes thereto (if any), for such Fiscal
Year,
setting forth comparative financial statements for the preceding year (if
applicable), reported on by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent certified
public accountants of nationally recognized standing all prepared in accordance
with GAAP and accompanied by a certificate of an Authorized Representative,
which certificate shall be in the form of Exhibit
H;
(b) as
soon as practical and in any event within 60 days after the end of each fiscal
quarter (except the last fiscal quarter of the Fiscal Year), deliver to the
Agent and each Lender consolidated income statements of Parent and its
Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP and accompanied by a certificate
of an Authorized Representative to the effect that such financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Parent
and
its Subsidiaries and of each of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries
as of the end of such fiscal period and the results of their operations for
such
fiscal period;
(c) as
soon as practical and in any event within 10 days after the end of each calendar
month with respect to a draft (for the Agent) and within 30 days after the
end
of each calendar month with respect to a final report (for the Agent and each
Lender), deliver or cause to be delivered as set forth above a report in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, stating that each Borrower
is in compliance with the covenants and terms hereof and that no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in each case as of the end
of
such month (the “Monthly Covenant Compliance Report”);
(d) promptly
upon their becoming available to AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party or any
Borrower, such Person shall deliver to the Agent and each Lender a copy of
(i)
all regular or special reports or effective registration statements which AIH
III, the Irish Holdco Party, any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary
shall
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor thereto)
or
any securities exchange, (ii) any proxy statement distributed by AIH III, the
Irish Holdco Party, any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary to its
shareholders, bondholders or the financial community in general, and (iii)
any
management letter or other report submitted to any Borrower, any Guarantor
or
any Subsidiary by independent accountants in connection with any annual, interim
or special audit of any Borrower or any Subsidiary; and
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(e) promptly,
from time to time, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent and each Lender
such other information regarding AIH III’s, the Irish Holdco Party’s, any
Borrower’s, any Guarantor’s and any Subsidiary’s operations, business affairs
and financial condition as the Agent or such Lender may reasonably
request.
Subject
to Section
11.16, the Agent and the Lenders are hereby authorized to deliver a copy
of any such financial or other information delivered hereunder to the Lenders
(or any affiliate of any Lender) or to the Agent, to any Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction over the Agent or any of the Lenders pursuant to any written
request therefor or in the ordinary course of examination of loan files, or
to
any other Person who shall acquire or consider the assignment of, or acquisition
of any participation interest in, any Obligation permitted by this
Agreement;
7.2. Maintain
Properties. If
a Financed Eligible Asset is not subject to an Eligible Lease, maintain and
make
repairs to such Financed Eligible Asset in compliance with the requirements
set
forth in Section
3.4 of the Security Agreement; and each Borrower, Guarantor and
Subsidiary shall maintain all other properties necessary to its operations
in
good working order and condition, make all needed repairs, replacements and
renewals to such other properties, and maintain free from Liens all trademarks,
trade names, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, and other
intellectual property and proprietary information (or adequate licenses
thereto), in each case as are reasonably necessary to conduct its business
as
currently conducted or as contemplated hereby, all in accordance with customary
and prudent business practices;
7.3. Existence,
Qualification,
Etc. Except
as otherwise expressly permitted under Section 8.7, do or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect its existence and all material rights and franchises, and maintain its
license or qualification to do business as a foreign corporation and good
standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or
the
nature of its business makes such license or qualification
necessary;
7.4. Regulations
and
Taxes. Comply
in all material respects with or contest in good faith all statutes and
governmental regulations and timely pay all Taxes, assessments, governmental
charges, claims for labor, supplies, rent and any other obligation which, if
unpaid, would become a Lien other than a Permitted Lien against any of its
properties;
7.5. Insurance. Maintain
or cause to be maintained with respect to each Financed Eligible Asset and
all
other Collateral the insurance described on Exhibit L and
cause the
Agent for itself and on behalf of the Lenders to be named additional insureds
(in the case of any liability insurance) and loss payee or contract party (in
the case of any hull insurance) on such insurance and on any and all other
insurance maintained by any Credit Party with respect to such Financed Aircraft
or provided by or on behalf of a lessee or other Person pursuant to the terms
of
any Lease;
7.6. True
Books. Keep
true books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries will
be
made of all of its dealings and transactions, and set up on its books such
reserves as may be required by GAAP with respect to doubtful accounts and all
taxes, assessments,
charges, levies and claims and with respect to its business in general, and
include such reserves in interim as well as year-end financial
statements;
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7.7. Right
of
Inspection. Permit
any Person designated by any Lender or the Agent to visit and inspect any
Financed Eligible Asset, or any other property, corporate book or financial
report of any Borrower or any Subsidiary and to discuss its affairs, finances
and accounts with its principal officers and independent certified public
accountants; and cause each Eligible Carrier to permit any Person designated
by
any Lender or any Agent to inspect any Financed Eligible Asset, all at
reasonable times, at reasonable intervals and with reasonable prior notice,
subject to any restriction on inspection contained in an Eligible Lease with
respect to such Financed Eligible Asset, provided that
notwithstanding any such Lease, (a) any Person designated by a Lender or the
Agent may inspect such Financed Eligible Asset at any reasonable time upon
an
event of default under such Lease, and (b) upon any Event of Default, the
Applicable Borrower will use its best efforts to cause the Applicable Carrier
(and any other Person) to permit any Person designated by a Lender or the Agent
to inspect such Financed Eligible Asset at any time;
7.8. Observe
all
Laws. Conform
to and duly observe in all material respects all laws, rules and regulations
and
all other valid requirements of any Governmental Authority with respect to
the
conduct of its business;
7.9. Governmental
Licenses. Obtain
and maintain all licenses, permits, certifications and approvals of all
applicable Governmental Authorities as are required for the conduct of its
business as currently conducted and as contemplated by the Loan
Documents;
7.10. Covenants
Extending to Other
Persons. Cause
each Guarantor and each of their respective Subsidiaries (if any) to do with
respect to itself, its business and its assets, each of the things required
of
any Borrower in Sections 7.2 through
7.9, and 7.18
inclusive;
7.11.
Officer’s Knowledge of
Default. Upon
any officer of any Guarantor or any Borrower obtaining knowledge of any Default
or Event of Default hereunder or under any other obligation of any Borrower
or
any Subsidiary or other Credit Party to any Lender, or any event, development
or
occurrence which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
cause such officer or an Authorized Representative to promptly notify the Agent
of the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof, and what action such
Borrower or such Subsidiary or other Credit Party proposes to take with respect
thereto;
7.12.
Suits or Other
Proceedings. Upon
any officer of any Guarantor or any Borrower obtaining knowledge of any action,
suit, litigation, investigation, or other proceeding being instituted or
threatened against any Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Credit Party, in
any
court or before any Governmental Authority, or any attachment, levy, execution
or other process being instituted against any assets of any Borrower or any
Subsidiary or other Credit Party, making a claim or claims in an aggregate
amount greater than $250,000, exclusive of punitive damages, not
otherwise covered by insurance or that would otherwise be reasonably expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect, promptly deliver to the Agent written notice
thereof stating the nature and status of such action, suit, litigation,
investigation, dispute, proceeding, levy, execution or other
process;
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7.13. Notice
of Environmental
Complaint or Condition. Promptly
provide to the Agent true, accurate and complete copies of any and all notices,
complaints, orders, directives, claims or citations received by any Borrower,
any Guarantor or any Subsidiary relating to any (a) violation or alleged
violation by any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any applicable
Environmental Law; (b) release or threatened release by any Borrower, any
Guarantor or any Subsidiary, or by any Person handling, transporting or
disposing of any Hazardous Material on behalf of any Borrower, any Guarantor
or
any Subsidiary, or at any facility or property owned or leased or operated
by
any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary, of any Hazardous Material, except
where occurring legally pursuant to a permit or license; or (c) liability or
alleged liability of any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary for the
costs
of cleaning up, removing, remediating or responding to a release of Hazardous
Materials;
7.14. Environmental
Compliance. If
any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary shall receive any letter, notice,
complaint, order, directive, claim or citation alleging that any Borrower,
any
Guarantor or any Subsidiary has violated any Environmental Law, has released
any
Hazardous Material, or is liable for the costs of cleaning up, removing,
remediating or responding to a release of Hazardous Materials, any Borrower,
any
Guarantor and any Subsidiary shall, within the time period permitted and to
the
extent required by the applicable Environmental Law or the Governmental
Authority responsible for enforcing such Environmental Law, remove or remedy,
or
cause the applicable Subsidiary to remove or remedy, such violation or release
or satisfy such liability;
7.15. Indemnification.
Without limiting the generality of Section 11.9, AIH III, the Irish Holdco
Party
and each Borrower hereby agrees jointly and severally to indemnify and hold
the
Agent and the Lenders, and their respective officers, directors, employees
and
agents, harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties,
liabilities, damages and expenses (including assessment and cleanup costs and
reasonable attorneys’, consultants’ or other expert fees, expenses and
disbursements) arising directly or indirectly from, out of or by reason of
(a)
the violation of any Environmental Law by any Borrower or any Subsidiary or
with
respect to any property owned, operated or leased by any Borrower or any
Subsidiary or (b) the handling, storage, transportation, treatment, emission,
release, discharge or disposal of any Hazardous Materials by or on behalf of
any
Borrower or any Subsidiary, or on or with respect to property owned or leased
or
operated by any Borrower or any Subsidiary. The provisions of this
Section 7.15
shall survive repayment of the Obligations and expiration or termination of
this
Agreement;
7.16. Further
Assurances. At
the Borrowers’ cost and expense, upon request of the Agent, duly execute and
deliver or cause to be duly executed and delivered, to the Agent such further
instruments, documents (including any additional Facility Guaranties in
connection with new Guarantors), certificates, financing and continuation
statements, and do and cause to be done such further acts that may be reasonably
necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Agent to carry out
more
effectively the provisions and purposes of this Agreement, the Security
Instruments and the other Loan Documents;
7.17. Hedging
Agreements. Subject
to Section 8.4,
each Borrower or any Guarantor may, in its sole discretion, maintain Hedging
Agreements with a Lender or a Lender Affiliate in an aggregate notional amount
for the Borrowers and Guarantors not greater than the Total Revolving Credit
Commitment;
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7.18. Continued
Operations. Subject
to Section
8.15, continue at all times to conduct its business and engage
principally in the same line or lines of business substantially as heretofore
conducted;
7.19. Maintenance
of Eligible
Assets; Other Covenants and Restrictions; Non-Discrimination.
(a) Ensure
that any Lease with respect to any Financed Eligible Asset contains covenants
and restrictions regarding the maintenance, alteration, replacement, pooling,
sublease and (in the case of a Lease) return of such Eligible Asset by the
Applicable Carrier, which covenants and restrictions satisfy the requirements
of
Schedule
7.19(a) hereto;
(b) Promptly
and diligently take or cause to be taken all steps which a prudent international
aircraft lessor or financier would reasonably take in light of all of the
relevant circumstances to compel the relevant Eligible Carrier to comply with
the terms of any Lease, or, if applicable and the Applicable Borrower is
entitled to do so, to repossess the applicable Financed Eligible Asset (and,
if
a prudent international aircraft lessor or financier would determine it
necessary or desirable, to de-register and export the same to a safe location)
if any failure to comply with such Lease is not promptly remedied;
7.20. Re-registration
of
Eligible
Assets. Ensure
that any Lease with respect to any Eligible Asset contain covenants and
restrictions regarding re-registration of such Eligible Asset, which covenants
and restrictions satisfy the requirements of the Security
Agreement;
7.21. Employee
Benefit
Plans. Without
limiting the generality of Section 8.9, with
reasonable promptness, and in any event within thirty (30) days after any
Borrower knows or has reason to know thereof, give notice to the Agent of (a)
the establishment of any Single Employer Plan by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
(which notice shall include a copy of such plan), (b) the failure of any Credit
Party or any ERISA Affiliate to make a required installment or payment under
Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code by the due date; (c) the
occurrence of a Termination Event, and/or (d) the institution of proceedings
or
the taking of any other action by the PBGC or any Credit Party or any ERISA
Affiliate or any Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or
the
termination, Reorganization or insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan, or
determination that any Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status
(within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 or Title IV of
ERISA;
7.22. Accounts. AIH
III, the Irish Holdco Party, the Guarantors and the Borrowers shall establish
the Accounts as provided in the Lockbox Agreement and shall deposit all proceeds
(including without limitation rent) from any Lease of any Financed Eligible
Asset to the Accounts designated under the Lockbox Agreement;
7.23. Eligible
Lease; Lessee
Notice. Deliver
to the Agent promptly upon execution, any Lease entered into by any Borrower,
together with a Lessee Notice in connection with such Lease, the opinion
referred to in Section
5.2(e)(iii) and the evidence referred to in Section 5.2(e)(x);
and
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ARTICLE
VIII
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Unless
the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, AIH III, the Irish
Holdco upon becoming the Irish Holdco Party and each Borrower will not, and
will
cause each Guarantor and each Subsidiary thereof (if any) not to:
8.1. Acquisitions. Enter
into any agreement, contract, binding commitment or other arrangement providing
for any Acquisition, or take any action to solicit the tender of securities
or
proxies in respect thereof in order to effect any Acquisition, except for the
Acquisition of a Subsidiary as permitted by Section
8.6;
8.2. Capital
Expenditures. Make
or become committed to make any Capital Expenditures, except for Capital
Expenditures to maintain or purchase Eligible Assets or in connection with
Approved Improvements and Qualified Conversions;
8.3. Liens. Incur,
create or permit to exist any Lien, charge or other encumbrance of any nature
whatsoever with respect to (a) any property or assets now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary or (b) any Financed
Eligible Asset, except the following (the “Permitted Liens”):
(i) Liens
created under the Security Instruments in favor of the Agent and the Lenders;
and Liens arising under the Eligible Leases in favor of the Applicable
Intermediary (as lessor) or the Applicable Borrower which Liens in each case
have been assigned to the Agent;
(ii) Liens
set forth in Schedule
6.7;
(iii) Liens
imposed by law for Taxes (A) not yet due or (B) which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, each of which Liens
in clause (B) above shall be fully bonded over, to the reasonable satisfaction
of the Agent;
(iv) statutory
Liens of landlords and Liens of mechanics, materialmen and other Liens imposed
by law or created in the ordinary course of business and (i) in existence less
than 90 days from the date of creation thereof for amounts not yet due or (ii)
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted, which are inferior in respect of the Collateral to the Liens
conferred under the Security Instruments or have been fully bonded over to
the
reasonable satisfaction of the Agent, and with respect to which adequate
reserves or other appropriate provisions are being maintained in accordance
with
GAAP;
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(v) Liens
arising out of any judgment or award with respect to which an appeal or
proceeding for review is being prosecuted in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted, and with respect to which a stay of execution
is in effect;
(vi) Liens
created by the Applicable Carrier under an Eligible Lease that are not subject
to clause (vii) below, which Liens are created without the knowledge of the
Applicable Borrower and are released or fully bonded over to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Agent within 30 days after the Applicable Borrower has
notice or knowledge of any such Lien;
(vii) with
respect to any Lease and the related Eligible Asset, (i) any “Permitted Liens”
(as defined in or the equivalent term in such Lease Agreement and as agreed
to
by the Agent) (except a Permitted Lien that is a Lessor Lien (as defined in
or
the equivalent term in such Lease Agreement)), and (ii) any other Lien created
by a Lessee, a sublessee of a Lessee or any Person claiming by or through a
Lessee or sublessee, in each case in this clause (ii) as agreed to by the Agent;
provided, that
with respect to Liens of the type listed in clause (ii), such Lien is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or, upon the Applicable
Borrower receiving notice or knowledge of such Lien, such Applicable Borrower
is
diligently and promptly enforcing the lessor’s rights against the
Lessee;
(viii) any
head lease in respect of any Eligible Asset;
(ix) any
Lien from air navigation authority, airport tending, gate or handling (or
similar) charges or levies (A) not yet overdue or (B) which are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings, each of which Liens in clause (B)
above shall be fully bonded over, to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Agent;
(x) Liens
securing Indebtedness described in Section
8.4(b);
(xi) Liens
securing Indebtedness described in Section
8.4(f);
(xii) Liens
granted by a Borrower, Guarantor or any Subsidiary thereof in favor of a Lender
or an Affiliate of a Lender in an aggregate amount not to exceed the lesser
of
(A) $10,000,000 and (B) 5% of the Borrowing Base, in each case in connection
with Indebtedness permitted under Section
8.4(c).
8.4. Indebtedness. Incur,
create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness of AIH III, any Guarantor
or
any Subsidiary thereof, howsoever evidenced, except:
(a) Indebtedness
owing to (including guaranties in favor of) the Agent or any Lender in
connection with this Agreement or other Loan Document;
(b) the
endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business;
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(c) Indebtedness
arising from Hedging Agreements permitted under Section 7.17; provided
that the
aggregate notional amount of Hedging Agreements shall not exceed the Total
Revolving Credit Commitment;
(d) unsecured
intercompany Indebtedness for loans and advances made by AIH III, the Irish
Holdco Party or any Beneficial Owner to a Borrower or a Guarantor, provided that such
intercompany Indebtedness is evidenced by a promissory note or similar written
instrument acceptable to the Agent which provides that such Indebtedness is
subordinated to obligations, liabilities and undertakings of the holder or
owner
thereof under the Loan Documents on terms acceptable to the Agent;
(e) Contingent
Obligations of AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party or any other Credit Party in
support of the obligations of any Credit Party.
(f)
Contingent Obligations of any Credit Party in support of any Subsidiary in
connection with the purchase of an Eligible Asset or with an Eligible Lease
pursuant to which such Subsidiary is the lessor; and
(g) Indebtedness
existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 8.4
hereof.
8.5. Transfer
of
Assets. Sell,
lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any assets other than (a) leases by
Borrowers and Applicable Intermediaries of Eligible Assets under Eligible
Leases, (b) sales by Borrowers and Applicable Intermediaries of Eligible Assets
or all of the beneficial interest or ownership of a Beneficial Owner or a
Borrower, provided that (i)
the
purchaser of such Eligible Asset or beneficial interest from a Borrower or
Applicable Intermediary shall have acknowledged receipt of the Applicable
Borrower’s irrevocable instruction to pay the sales price for such Eligible
Asset or beneficial interest directly to the Collection Account identified
in
the Lockbox Agreement to which the Applicable Borrower is a party, (ii) the
net
proceeds of such sales are promptly applied in accordance with Section 2.3(b), and
(iii) at the time of any such sale the requirements of Section 2.12 for
release of the respective Borrower or Guarantor have been satisfied, or (c)
Engine swaps, interchange or pooling arrangements to the extent permitted under
any Eligible Lease;
8.6. Subsidiaries;
Investments. Own,
create or permit to exist any Subsidiary of AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party
any
Borrower or any Guarantor (except that a Guarantor may own beneficial interests
in, or (subject to Section 8.4(d)) make
advances to, a Borrower or another Guarantor and any Credit Party may own an
Applicable Intermediary), or otherwise purchase, own, invest in or otherwise
acquire, directly or indirectly, any stock or other securities, or make or
permit to exist any interest whatsoever in any other Person or permit to exist
any loans or advances to any Person, other than (i) loans referred to in Section 8.4(d), and
(ii) loans to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries from funds made available
to
such Borrower from distributions made under Section 5.1 of the
applicable Lockbox Agreement;
8.7. Merger
or
Consolidation. (a)
Consolidate with or merge into any other Person, or (b) permit any other Person
to merge into it, or (c) liquidate, wind-up or dissolve or sell, transfer or
lease or otherwise dispose of all or a substantial part of its assets without
the consent of the Agent, except as permitted by Section 8.5 and
except in the case of a Borrower or Guarantor that simultaneously terminates
its
status as a Borrower or Guarantor hereunder in accordance with Section
2.12;
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8.8. Transactions
with
Affiliates. Other
than transactions permitted under Section 8.7, enter
into any transaction after the Closing Date, including, without limitation,
the
purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property, real or personal, or the
rendering of any service, with any Affiliate of such Person, except (a) that
such Persons may render services to a Borrower, a Guarantor, the Parent or
their
Subsidiaries for compensation at the same rates generally paid by Persons
engaged in the same or similar businesses for the same or similar services,
(b)
that a Borrower, a Guarantor the Parent or any Subsidiary thereof may render
services to such Persons for compensation at the same rates generally charged
by
such Borrower, such Guarantor or such Subsidiary, (c) in either case (a) and
(b)
in the ordinary course of business and pursuant to the reasonable requirements
of a such Person’s business consistent with past practice of such Person and
upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to such Person than would
be
obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an
Affiliate, (d) that any Borrower may make loans to the Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries from funds made available to such Borrower from
distributions made under Section 5.1 of the applicable Lockbox Agreement, and
(e) that the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may render services to the Credit
Parties under comparable terms provided to its other Affiliates;
8.9. Employee
Benefit Plans;
Employees. Sponsor
any Employee Benefit Plan, become a participating employer in any Multiemployer
Plan or agree to have any obligation to contribute to or fund any such plan,
or
hire or retain any employee other than officers thereof;
8.10. Fiscal
Year. Change
its Fiscal Year, or have any fiscal year other than the Fiscal
Year;
8.11. Dissolution,
etc. Wind
up, liquidate or dissolve (voluntarily or involuntarily) or commence or suffer
any proceedings seeking any such winding up, liquidation or dissolution, except
in connection with a transaction permitted pursuant to Section
8.7;
8.12. Change
in
Control. Cause,
suffer or permit to exist or occur any Change of Control;
8.13. Negative
Pledge
Clauses. AIH
III, the Irish Holdco Party, each Borrower and each Eligible Intermediary shall
not enter into or cause, suffer or permit to exist any agreement with any Person
other than the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement or any other
Loan Documents which prohibits or limits the ability of such Credit Party to
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property,
assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided that any
Eligible Lease may contain such a prohibition or limitation so long as the
prohibition or limitation does not apply to any Lien granted in favor of the
Agent or any Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents;
8.14. Partnerships. Become
a general partner in any general or limited partnership;
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8.15. Business
and
Operations. Engage
in any (i) business or operations other than the ownership, financing, leasing
and sale of Eligible Aircraft and Eligible Engines or the ownership of a
Borrower, a Guarantor or Eligible Intermediary engaged in such business or
operations, or matters reasonably incidental thereto, or the performance of
the
Loan Documents, provided, however,
that, except
as otherwise provided in Section 2.1(a), no
Borrower that owns or is the Applicable Borrower with respect to any Aircraft
or
Engine may own or be the Applicable Borrower with respect to any other Aircraft
or Engine and (ii) business in Bermuda or Ireland other than the performance
of
its obligations under the Loan Documents; and
8.16.
Ownership, Operation
and
Leasing of Financed Eligible Assets.
(a) Permit
any Person other than a Borrower (or a Beneficial Owner solely by virtue of
its
beneficial interest in the respective Borrower) to own beneficially or of record
any Financed Eligible Asset;
(b) Permit
any Financed Eligible Asset to be leased, subleased or chartered to any Person
other than the Applicable Carrier or the Applicable Intermediary, or to be
operated by any Person other than the Applicable Borrower or the Applicable
Carrier, except as permitted in the Security Agreement or any
Lease;
(c) Permit
any Financed Eligible Asset to be leased to an Eligible Carrier except under
the
terms of an Eligible Lease;
(d) Permit
any Financed Eligible Asset to be flown into or located in any country (or
part
thereof) if as a result thereof such Financed Eligible Asset would not be
covered by insurance;
8.17. Bank
Accounts. Permit
any Borrower or other Credit Party to open or allow to exist any bank accounts
for which the aggregate average daily balance, together with any bank accounts
of the other Credit Parties, will be in excess of $500,000 unless the Agent
is
granted a Security Interest in such account by subjecting such account to a
Lockbox Agreement or an Account Control Agreement.
8.18. Representations
Regarding
Agent and Lenders. Represent
or hold out, or permit any Credit Party or Applicable Carrier to represent
or
hold out, the Agent or any Lender as (a) the owner of any Financed Eligible
Asset, (b) carrying goods or passengers on any Financed Aircraft, or (c) being
in any way responsible for any operation of carriage (whether for hire or reward
or gratuitously) which may be undertaken by any Borrower, Guarantor, Subsidiary
or Applicable Carrier; or
8.19. AIH
III, the Irish Holdco
Party. In
the case of AIH III and the Irish Holdco Party, conduct, transact or otherwise
engage in any business or operations other than those incidental to its voting,
equity, beneficial or any other ownership interests of each Borrower and the
performance of the Loan Documents; or
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8.20. Organizational
Documents. Amend
its Organizational Documents without the consent of the Lenders and the
Collateral Agent (as defined in the Security Agreement for such Credit Party);
or
8.21. Borrowing
Base
Covenant. Permit
the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding hereunder to exceed the
Aggregate Allowed Percentage of the Borrowing Base (the “Borrowing Base
Covenant”).
ARTICLE
IX
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND
ACCELERATION
9.1. Events
of
Default. If
any one or more of the following events (herein called “Events of Default”)
shall occur for any reason whatsoever (and whether such occurrence shall be
voluntary or involuntary or come about or be effected by operation of law or
pursuant to or in compliance with any judgment, decree or order of any court
or
any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority), that is to
say:
(a) if
default shall be made in the due and punctual payment of the principal of any
Loan or other Obligation, when and as the same shall be due and payable whether
pursuant to any provision of Article II, at
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise; or
(b) if
default shall be made in the due and punctual payment of any amount of interest
on any Loan or other Obligation or of any fees or other amounts payable to
any
of the Lenders or the Agent within three (3) Business Days after the date on
which the same shall be due and payable; or
(c) if
default shall be made in the performance or observance of any covenant set
forth
in Sections
7.5, 7.11,
7.12,
7.23
or Article VIII
hereunder or set forth in Section 9(h);
or
(d) if
a default shall be made in the performance or observance of, or shall occur
under, any covenant, agreement or provision contained in this Agreement (other
than as described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above), or if a default shall
be
made in the performance or observance of, or shall occur under, any covenant,
agreement or provision contained in any of the other Loan Documents (beyond
any
applicable grace period, if any, contained therein) or in any instrument or
document evidencing or creating any obligation, guaranty, or Lien in favor
of
the Agent (acting in any capacity) or any of the Lenders or delivered to the
Agent (acting in any capacity) or any of the Lenders in connection with or
pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Obligations, and such default shall
continue for 30 or more days after the earlier of receipt of notice of such
default to an Authorized Representative from the Agent (acting in any capacity)
or an officer of any Borrower becomes aware of such default, or if any Loan
Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of any
action by the Agent (acting in any capacity)), or if without the written consent
of the Lenders, this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be disaffirmed
or shall terminate, be terminable or be terminated or become void or
unenforceable for any reason whatsoever (other than in accordance with its
terms
in the absence of default or by reason of any action by the Lenders or the
Agent
(acting in any capacity)); or
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(e) if
there shall occur (i) a default, which is not waived, in the payment of any
principal, interest, premium or other amount with respect to any Indebtedness
or
Rate Hedging Obligation (other than the Loans and other Obligations) of AIH
III,
the Irish Holdco Party, any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) a
default, which is not waived, in the performance, observance or fulfillment
of
any term or covenant contained in any agreement or instrument under or pursuant
to which any such Indebtedness or Rate Hedging Obligation may have been issued,
created, assumed, guaranteed or secured by AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party,
any
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) any other event of default as
specified in any agreement or instrument under or pursuant to which any such
Indebtedness or Rate Hedging Obligation may have been issued, created, assumed,
guaranteed or secured by AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party, any Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries, and such default or event of default under clause (i), (ii)
or
(iii) above shall continue for more than the period of grace, if any, therein
specified, or such default or event of default under clause (i), (ii) or (iii)
above shall permit the holder of any such Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee
acting on behalf of one or more holders) to accelerate the maturity thereof;
or
(f) if
there shall occur an “Event of Default”, which is not waived under either the
Parent Revolving Credit Agreement or the Existing Warehouse Credit Agreement;
or
(g) if
any representation, warranty or other statement of fact contained in any Loan
Document or in any writing, certificate, report or statement at any time
furnished to the Agent (acting in any capacity) or any Lender by or on behalf
of
any Borrower or any other Credit Party pursuant to or in connection with any
Loan Document, or otherwise, shall be false or misleading in any material
respect when given; or
(h) if
any of the Parent Credit Parties, the Warehouse Credit Parties, AIH III, the
Irish Holdco Party, the Borrowers, the Subsidiaries and the other Credit Parties
shall be unable to pay its debts generally as they become due; or any of the
Parent Credit Parties, the Existing Warehouse Credit Parties, AIH III, the
Irish
Holdco Party, the Borrowers, the Subsidiaries and the other Credit Parties
shall
file a petition to take advantage of any insolvency statute; make an assignment
for the benefit of its creditors; commence a proceeding for the appointment
of a
receiver, trustee, examiner, liquidator or conservator of itself or of the
whole
or any substantial part of its property; file a petition or answer seeking
liquidation, reorganization, examination or arrangement or similar relief under
the federal bankruptcy laws or any other applicable law or statute;
or
(i) if
a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter an order, judgment or decree
appointing a custodian, receiver, trustee, examiner, liquidator or conservator
of any of the Parent Credit Parties, the Existing Warehouse Credit Parties,
AIH
III, the Irish Holdco Party, the Borrowers, the Subsidiaries and the other
Credit Parties or of the whole or any substantial part of any such Person’s
properties and such order, judgment or decree continues unstayed and in effect
for a period of sixty (60) days, or approve a
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petition
filed against any of the Parent Credit Parties, the Existing Warehouse Credit
Parties, AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party, the Borrowers, the Subsidiaries and
the other Credit Parties seeking liquidation, reorganization, examination or
arrangement or similar relief under the federal bankruptcy laws or any other
applicable law or statute of the United States of America or any state, which
petition is not dismissed within sixty (60) days; or if, under the provisions
of
any other law for the relief or aid of debtors, a court of competent
jurisdiction shall assume custody or control of the Parent Credit Parties,
the
Existing Warehouse Credit Parties, AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party, the
Borrowers, the Subsidiaries and the other Credit Parties or of the whole or
any
substantial part of any such Person’s properties, which control is not
relinquished within sixty (60) days; or if there is commenced against the any
of
the Parent Credit Parties, the Existing Warehouse Credit Parties, AIH III,
the
Irish Holdco Party, the Borrowers, the Subsidiaries and the other Credit Parties
any proceeding or petition seeking reorganization, arrangement or similar relief
under the federal bankruptcy laws or any other applicable law or statute of
the
United States of America or any state which proceeding or petition remains
undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days; or if the any of the Parent Credit
Parties, the Existing Warehouse Credit Parties, AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party,
the Borrowers, the Subsidiaries and the other Credit Parties takes any action
to
indicate its consent to or approval of any such proceeding or petition;
or
(j) if
any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall, other than in the ordinary course
of business, suspend all or any part of its operations material to the conduct
of its business of the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole for a period
of more than 60 day; or
(k) if
this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall for any reason not be, or be
asserted by any Borrower or any other Credit Party or Subsidiary not to be,
a
legal, valid and binding obligation of any Borrower or any Credit Party (as
the
case may be) enforceable in accordance with its terms; or
(l) if
any Lien of the Agent pursuant to any Loan Document shall for any reason not
be,
or be asserted by any Borrower or any other Credit Party or Subsidiary not
to be
a valid, first priority perfected Lien on the Collateral identified therein
(except to the extent that such Lien is not required hereunder or under the
Security Agreement to be a valid, first priority perfected Lien on such
Collateral), subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens; or
(m) (i)
any Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section
406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Employee Benefit Plan,
(ii) any “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA),
or failure to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan,
whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Single Employer Plan
or
any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Single Employer Plan shall arise on the
assets of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, (iii) a Termination Event shall
have occurred; (iv) a Reportable
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Event
shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee
appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate,
any
Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings
or
appointment of a trustee is likely to result in the termination of such Single
Employer Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) any Single Employer Plan
shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (vi) any Credit Party or
any
ERISA Affiliate shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders
is
likely to, incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the
Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan; (vii) any other event
or
condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Employee Benefit Plan; and
in
each case in clauses (i) through (vii) above, such event or condition, together
with all other such events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect;
then,
and in any such event and at any time thereafter, if such Event of Default
or
any other Event of Default shall continue to exist and not have been cured
or
waived,
(A) either
or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) the Agent, with
the consent of the Required Lenders, may, and at the direction of the Required
Lenders shall, declare any obligation of the Lenders to make further Loans
terminated, whereupon the obligation of each Lender to make further Loans
hereunder shall terminate immediately, and (ii) the Agent shall at the direction
of the Required Lenders, at their option, declare by notice to the Borrowers
any
or all of the Obligations to be immediately due and payable, and the same,
including all interest accrued thereon and all other obligations of any Borrower
to the Agent and the Lenders, shall forthwith become immediately due and payable
without presentment, demand, protest, notice or other formality of any kind,
all
of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in any
instrument evidencing the Obligations to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however,
that notwithstanding the above, if there shall occur an Event of Default under
clause (g) or (h) above, then the obligation of the Lenders to make Loans
hereunder shall automatically terminate and any and all of the Obligations
shall
be immediately due and payable without the necessity of any action by the Agent
or the Required Lenders or notice to the Agent or the Lenders;
(B) each
Borrower shall, upon demand of the Agent or the Required Lenders, promptly
cause
to be performed at Borrowers’ expense by independent certified public
accountants acceptable to the Agent an audit of all Financed Eligible Asset;
and
(C) the
Agent and each of the Lenders shall have all of the rights and remedies
available under the Loan Documents or under any applicable law, including
without limitation all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under
any
applicable Uniform Commercial Code, the FAA Act, the Convention or any other
applicable law.
9.2. Agent
to
Act. In
case any one or more Events of Default shall occur and not have been waived,
the
Agent may, and at the direction of the Required Lenders shall, proceed to
protect and enforce their rights or remedies either by suit in equity or by
action at law, or both, whether for the specific performance of any covenant,
agreement or other provision contained herein or in any other Loan Document,
or
to enforce the payment of the Obligations or any other legal or equitable right
or remedy.
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9.3. Cumulative
Rights. No
right or remedy herein conferred upon the Lenders or the Agent is intended
to be
exclusive of any other rights or remedies contained herein or in any other
Loan
Document, and every such right or remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in
addition to every other such right or remedy contained herein and therein or
now
or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute, or
otherwise.
9.4. No
Waiver. No
course of dealing between any Borrower and any Lender or the Agent or any
failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Agent in exercising any rights
or remedies under any Loan Document or otherwise available to it shall operate
as a waiver of any rights or remedies and no single or partial exercise of
any
rights or remedies shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any
other rights or remedies hereunder or of the same right or remedy on a future
occasion.
9.5. Allocation
of
Proceeds. If
an Event of Default has occurred and not been waived, and the maturity of the
Loans has been accelerated pursuant to Article IX hereof, all payments received
by the Agent hereunder, in respect of any principal of or interest on the
Obligations or any other amounts payable by any Borrower hereunder, shall be
applied by the Agent in the following order (or in such manner as the Required
Lenders may determine):
(a) amounts
due to the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.9 and
11.5;
(b) amounts
due to the Agent pursuant to Section
10.8;
(c) payments
of interest on Loans, to be applied for the ratable benefit of the Lenders
and
amounts due to any of the Lenders in respect of Obligations consisting of
liabilities under any Hedging Agreement with any of the Lenders on a pro rata
basis according to the amounts owed;
(d) payments
of principal of Loans, to be applied for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders;
(e) amounts
due to the Lenders pursuant to Sections 7.15 and
11.9;
(f) payments
of all other amounts due under any of the Loan Documents, if any, to be applied
for the ratable benefit of the Lenders; and
(g) any
surplus remaining after application as provided for herein, to any Borrower
or
otherwise as may be required by applicable law.
9.6. Activities
of Eligible
Carriers. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the Credit
Parties shall not be deemed to be in breach of their respective obligations
hereunder or thereunder with respect to the care, maintenance, alteration,
possession, return, replacement, pooling, subleasing, use or operation of any
Financed Eligible Asset or any part thereof subject to an Eligible Lease by
virtue of a default by the Applicable Carrier under such Eligible Lease so
long
as each of the following conditions is satisfied:
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(a) such
default by the Applicable Carrier is not within the control of any Credit
Party;
(b) the
Credit Parties are in compliance with Section 7.19;
and
(c) such
default does not relate to any use or location of an Eligible Asset in any
jurisdiction that constitutes an Event of Default hereunder, any failure to
make
any payment required by this Agreement or any other Loan Document when due
hereunder or thereunder, or any failure to maintain any insurance required
under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any failure to maintain perfection
of
the Agent’s Lien on any Collateral.
ARTICLE
X
THE
AGENT
10.1. Appointment,
Powers, and
Immunities. Each
Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Agent to act as its agent
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as “Mortgagee” under each
Security Agreement and as “Security Agent” under each Lockbox Agreement
(references in this Article X to the term “Agent” being deemed to include as
well such other capacities), with such powers and discretion as are specifically
delegated to the Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. The Agent (which term as used in this sentence and in
Section 10.5 and the first sentence of Section 10.6 hereof shall include its
affiliates and its own and its affiliates’ officers, directors, employees, and
agents):
(a) shall
not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in
the
Loan Documents and shall not be a trustee or fiduciary for any
Lender;
(b) shall
not be responsible to the Lenders for any recital, statement, representation,
or
warranty (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Loan
Document or any certificate or other document referred to or provided for in,
or
received by any of them under, any Loan Document, or for the value, validity,
effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability, or sufficiency of any Loan Document,
or any other document referred to or provided for therein or for any failure
by
any Credit Party or any other Person to perform any of its obligations
thereunder;
(c) shall
not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or verify
the performance or observance of any covenants or agreements by any Credit
Party
or the satisfaction of any condition or to inspect the property (including
the
books and records) of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or
affiliates;
(d) shall
not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings
under any Loan Document; and
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(e) shall
not be responsible for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it under
or in
connection with any Loan Document, except for its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
The
Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible
for
the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected
by
it with reasonable care.
10.2. Reliance
by
Agent. The
Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any certification, notice, instrument,
writing, or other communication (including, without limitation, any thereof
by
telephone or facsimile) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have
been signed, sent or made by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons,
and
upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel for any Credit
Party), independent accountants, and other experts selected by the
Agent. As to any matters not expressly provided for by the Loan
Documents, the Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take
any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall
be
fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions
of
the Required Lenders, and such instructions shall be binding on all of the
Lenders; provided, however, that the Agent shall not be required to take any
action that exposes the Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to
any
Loan Document or applicable law or unless it shall first be indemnified to
its
satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which
may
be incurred by it by reason of taking any such action.
10.3. Defaults. The
Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of
a
Default or Event of Default unless the Agent has received written notice from
a
Lender or a Borrower specifying such Default or Event of Default and stating
that such notice is a “Notice of Default”. In the event that the
Agent receives such a notice of the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default,
the Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders. The Agent
shall (subject to Section 10.2 hereof) take such action with respect to such
Default or Event of Default as shall reasonably be directed by the Required
Lenders, provided that, unless and until the Agent shall have received such
directions, the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action,
or
refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of
Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interest of the
Lenders.
10.4. Rights
as
Lender. With
respect to its Revolving Credit Commitment and the Loans made by it, JPMCB
(and
any successor acting as Agent) in its capacity as a Lender hereunder shall
have
the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the
same as though it were not acting as the Agent, and the term “Lender” or
“Lenders” shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Agent in
its individual capacity. The Agent and its affiliates may (without
having to account therefor to any Lender) accept deposits from, lend money
to,
make investments in, provide services to, and generally engage in any kind
of
lending, trust, or other business with any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries or affiliates as if it were not acting as Agent, and JPMCB (and
any
successor acting as Agent) and its affiliates may accept fees and other
consideration from any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates
for
services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to
account for the same to the Lenders.
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10.5. Indemnification. The
Lenders agree to indemnify the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed under Section
11.9 hereof, but without limiting the obligations of any Borrower under such
Section) ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit
Commitments, for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees), or disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever that may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent (including by any Lender)
in any way relating to or arising out of any Loan Document or the transactions
contemplated thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under any
Loan
Document; provided that no Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing
to
the extent they arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Person to be indemnified. Without limitation of the foregoing, each
Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share
of any costs or expenses payable by any Borrower under Section 11.5, to the
extent that the Agent is not promptly reimbursed for such costs and expenses
by
any Borrower. The agreements contained in this Section 10.5 shall
survive payment in full of the Loans and all other amounts payable under this
Agreement.
10.6. Non-Reliance
on Agent and
Other Lenders. Each
Lender agrees that it has, independently and without reliance on the Agent
or
any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own credit analysis of the Credit Parties and their
Subsidiaries and decision to enter into this Agreement and that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender, and
based
on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own analysis and decisions in taking or not taking action
under the Loan Documents. Except for notices, reports, and other
documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders
by
the Agent hereunder, the Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to
provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the affairs,
financial condition, or business of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries
or affiliates that may come into the possession of the Agent or any of its
affiliates.
10.7. Resignation
of
Agent. The
Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the Lenders and the
Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have
the right to appoint a successor Agent, subject (so long as no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing) to the written consent of an
Authorized Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the
Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30)
days after the retiring Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the
retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which
shall be a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of
America having combined capital and surplus of at least
$500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent
hereunder by a successor, such successor shall thereupon succeed to and become
vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges, and duties of the
retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties
and
obligations hereunder. After any retiring Agent’s resignation
hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article X shall continue in effect
for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it
while it was acting as Agent.
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10.8. Fees. The
Borrowers agree, jointly and severally, to pay to the Agent, for its individual
account, an Agent’s fee as from time to time agreed to by any Borrower and the
Agent in writing.
ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1. Assignments
and
Participations. i) Each
Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation,
all
or a portion of its Loans and its Revolving Credit Commitment); provided,
however, that
(i) each
such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee;
(ii) except
in the case of an assignment to another Lender or an assignment of all of a
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, any such partial
assignment shall be in an amount at least equal to $5,000,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;
(iii) each
such assignment by a Lender shall be of a constant, and not varying, percentage
of all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement; and
(iv) the
parties to such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent for its
acceptance an Assignment and Acceptance in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
together with a processing fee of $3,500 (which amount shall not be payable
by
any Borrower);
(v) except
in the case of an assignment to another Lender, any assignment of all or any
portion of the Revolving Credit Commitment shall require the consent of the
Agent and, unless a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
an Authorized Representative, such consent in each case not to be unreasonably
withheld; and
(vi) neither
any Borrower nor AIH III nor the Irish Holdco Party shall incur any greater
expense or liabilities (including, without limitation, indemnities and increased
costs (other than with respect to taxes, which shall be governed by the
provisions of Section
4.6 hereof)) than it would have incurred had such assignment not taken
place.
Upon
execution, delivery, and acceptance of such Assignment and Acceptance, the
assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of such
assignment, have the obligations, rights, and benefits of a Lender hereunder
and
the assigning Lender shall, to the extent of such assignment, relinquish its
rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement. If the
assignee is a Non-U.S. Lender, it shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent
certification as to exemption from deduction or withholding of Taxes in
accordance with Section
4.6.
(b) The
Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 11.2 a copy
of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register
for the
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recordation
of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Revolving Credit Commitment
of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender from time to time
(the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and
binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Agent
and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register
as
a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register
shall be available for inspection by any Borrower or any Lender at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(c) Upon
its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by the parties thereto,
together with payment of the processing fee, the Agent shall, if such Assignment
and Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto,
(i)
accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained
therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the parties
thereto.
(d) Each
Lender may sell participations to one or more Persons in all or a portion of
its
rights, obligations or rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its Revolving Credit Commitment or its Loans); provided, however,
that (i)
such Lender s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii)
such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations, (iii) the participant shall be entitled to
the
benefit of the yield protection provisions contained in Article IV and the
right of set-off contained in Section 11.3, (iv)
neither any Borrower nor AIH III nor the Irish Holdco Party shall have any
greater obligation to a participant than it would have had to such Lender in
the
absence of the existence of such participant and (v) each Borrower shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, and such Lender shall
retain the sole right to enforce the obligations of any Borrower relating to
its
Loans and to approve any amendment, modification, or waiver of any provision
of
this Agreement (other than amendments, modifications, or waivers decreasing
the
amount of principal of or the rate at which interest or fees are payable on
such
Loans, extending any scheduled principal payment date or date fixed for the
payment of interest on such Loans, releasing all or substantially all of the
Collateral (except for a release of Collateral in accordance with Section 2.12),
releasing any Guarantor (except for a release of a Guarantor in accordance
with
Section 2.12),
or extending or increasing its Revolving Credit Commitment).
(e) Notwithstanding
any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any Lender may at any time
assign and pledge all or any portion of its Loans to any Federal Reserve Bank
as
collateral security pursuant to Regulation A and any Operating Circular issued
by such Federal Reserve Bank. No such assignment shall release the
assigning Lender from its obligations hereunder.
(f)
Any Lender may furnish any information concerning any Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in the possession of such Lender from time to time to assignees
and
participants (including prospective assignees and participants), subject,
however, to the provisions of Section
11.16.
11.2. Notices. All
notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be
effective shall be in writing (including by facsimile), and, unless otherwise
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expressly
provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered,
or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or, in the case of
telecopy notice, when received, addressed as follows in the case of AIH III,
the
Irish Holdco Party, the Borrowers and the Agent, and as set forth in an
administrative questionnaire delivered to the Agent in the case of the Lenders,
or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties
hereto
(a) if
to AIH III or any Borrower (or, in connection with notice of service of process
with respect to any Credit Party):
to
Holdings or such Borrower (or such Credit Party, as applicable)
c/o
Aircastle Advisor LLC
300
First Stamford Place – Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Lease
Management
E-Mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
(b) if
to the Irish Holdco Party or any Borrower organized under the laws
ofIreland:
c/o
Aircastle Advisor (Ireland) Limited
0
XxxxXxxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxx
0, Xxxxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0-000-0000
Facsimile: 011-353-1-665-0801
with
a copy to:
Aircastle
Advisor LLC
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx – Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Lease
Management
E-Mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
(c) if
to the Agent:
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Electronic
Mail: Xxxxx.x.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
with
a copy to:
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Electronic
Mail: Xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
(d) if
to any other Credit Party, at the address set forth on the signature page of
the
Facility Guaranty or Security Instrument executed by such Credit Party, as
the
case may be.
11.3. Right
of Set-off;
Adjustments.
(a) Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender
(and each of its affiliates) is hereby authorized at any time and from time
to
time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and
all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any
time
held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender (or any of its
affiliates) to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower against any
and
all of the obligations of any Borrower now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement, irrespective of whether such Lender shall have made any demand under
this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each
Lender agrees promptly to notify the applicable Borrower after any such set-off
and application made by such Lender; provided, however,
that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application. The rights of each Lender under this Section 11.3 are in
addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other
rights of set-off) that such Lender may have.
(b) If
any Lender (a “benefitted Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all
or part of the Loans owing to it, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral
in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, or
otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral
received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Loans
owing to it, or interest thereon, such benefitted Lender shall purchase for
cash
from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such
other Lender’s Loans owing to it, or shall provide such other Lenders with the
benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary
to cause such benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of
such
collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however,
that if all
or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from
such benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase
price
and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without
interest. Each Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a
participation from a Lender pursuant to this
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Section
11.3 may, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all of its rights of payment
(including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully
as
if such Person were the direct creditor of the Borrowers in the amount of such
participation.
11.4. Survival. All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive
the making by the Lenders of the Loans and the execution and delivery to the
Lenders of this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect so long
as
any of Obligations remain outstanding or any Lender has any Loan hereunder
or
any Borrower has continuing obligations hereunder unless otherwise provided
herein. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is
referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and
permitted assigns of such party and all covenants, provisions and agreements
by
or on behalf of any Borrower which are contained in the Loan Documents shall
inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the Lenders
or
any of them.
11.5. Expenses. AIH
III, the Irish Holdco Party and each Borrower agree, jointly and severally,
to
pay on demand (subject, in the case of preparation, execution, delivery and
administration costs, to the Fee Letter), all reasonable costs and expenses
of
the Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery, administration, modification, and amendment of this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, subject to any cap that may have otherwise
been agreed, and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including,
without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent
(excluding the cost of internal counsel) with respect thereto and with respect
to advising the Agent as to its rights and responsibilities under the Loan
Documents. AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party and each Borrower further
agree, jointly and severally, to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the
Agent and the Lenders, if any (including, without limitation, reasonable
external attorneys’ fees and expenses), in connection with the enforcement
(whether through negotiations, legal proceedings, or otherwise) of the Loan
Documents and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.
11.6. Amendments
and
Waivers. Neither
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may
be
amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions
of
this Section 11.6. The Required Lenders and each Credit Party party
to the relevant Loan Document may, or, with the written consent of the Required
Lenders, the Agent and each Credit Party party to the relevant Loan Document
may, from time to time, (a) enter into written amendments, supplements or
modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding
any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in
any
manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder
or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Agent,
as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements
of
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default
and its consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such
amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) forgive the principal amount
or
extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, reduce the stated
rate
of any interest or fee payable hereunder (except that any amendment or
modification of defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement
shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes
of
this clause (i) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof, or increase
the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment, in each case without the written consent of each
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Lender
directly affected thereby; (ii) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any
Lender under this Section 11.6 without the written consent of such Lender;
(iii)
reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, consent
to the assignment or transfer by AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party or any Borrower
of any of their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement and
the
other Loan Documents, release all or substantially all of the Collateral or
release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations under
the various Facility Guarantees, in the case of clauses (i) through (iii)
without the written consent of all Lenders; or (iv) amend, modify or waive
any
provision of Article X without the written consent of the Agent. Any
such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply
equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Credit Parties,
the
Lenders, the Agent and all future holders of the Loans. In the case
of any waiver, the Credit Parties, the Lenders and the Agent shall be restored
to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be
cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or
other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent
thereon;
No
notice to or demand on any Borrower in any case shall entitle such Borrower
or
any other Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other
circumstances, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. No
delay or omission on any Lender’s or the Agent’s part in exercising any right,
remedy or option shall operate as a waiver of such or any other right, remedy
or
option or of any Default or Event of Default.
11.7. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when
so
executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and it shall not be
necessary in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for more
than
one such fully-executed counterpart.
11.8. Return
of
Funds. If
after receipt of any payment of all or any part of the Obligations, any Lender
is for any reason compelled to surrender such payment to any Person because
such
payment is determined to be void or voidable as a preference, impermissible
setoff, a diversion of trust funds or for any other reason, this Agreement
shall
continue in full force and each Borrower, jointly and severally, shall be liable
to, and shall indemnify and hold the Agent or such Lender harmless for, the
amount of such payment surrendered until the Agent or such Lender shall have
been finally and irrevocably paid in full. The provisions of the
foregoing sentence shall be and remain effective notwithstanding any contrary
action which may have been taken by the Agent or the Lenders in reliance upon
such payment, and any such contrary action so taken shall be without prejudice
to the Agent or the Lenders’ rights under this Agreement and shall be deemed to
have been conditioned upon such payment having become final and
irrevocable.
11.9.
Indemnification;
Limitation of Liability.
(a)
AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party and each Borrower, jointly and severally, agree
to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent (which term for purposes of this Section 11.9 includes
the “Mortgagee” under each Security Agreement and the “Security Agent” under
each Lockbox Agreement), the Joint Lead Arrangers and each Lender and each
of their affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
and advisors (each, an “Indemnified Party”)
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from
and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable external
attorneys’ fees, but excluding principal and accrued interest on any Loan) that
may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in
each
case arising out of or in connection with or by reason of (including, without
limitation, in connection with any investigation, litigation, or proceeding
or
preparation of defense in connection therewith) the Loan Documents, any of
the
transactions contemplated herein, any Aircraft, Engine or other Collateral,
any
possession, performance, transportation, management, sale, ownership,
registration, mortgage, charging, control, maintenance, service, repair, design,
testing, defect, overhaul, purchase, bearing, use or operation of any Aircraft,
Engine or other Collateral, or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of
the
Loans, except to the extent such claim, damage, loss, liability, cost, or
expense is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct. In the case of an investigation, litigation or
other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 11.9 applies,
such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation
or proceeding is brought by AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party, any Borrower,
its
directors, shareholders or creditors or an Indemnified Party or any other Person
or any Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated. AIH III, the Irish
Holdco Party and each Borrower agree that no Indemnified Party shall have any
liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise) to
it,
any of its Subsidiaries, any Guarantor or any security holders or creditors
thereof arising out of, related to or in connection with the transactions
contemplated in any Loan Document, except to the extent that such liability
directly results from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct. AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party and each Borrower agree
not to assert any claim against the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, any Lender,
any of their affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers,
employees, attorneys, agents, and advisers, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or
otherwise relating to the Loan Documents, any of the transactions contemplated
herein or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Loans.
(b) Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of AIH III, the Irish Holdco
Party or any Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of AIH III,
the
Irish Holdco Party and each Borrower contained in this Section 11.9 shall
survive the payment in full of the Loans and all other amounts payable under
this Agreement.
(c) Except
as expressly provided herein, each Lender, each Borrower and the Agent agree
that this Agreement and each other Loan Document entered into by a Holdings
Subsidiary Trust is executed by a Qualified Trustee, not individually but solely
as Trustee under a Trust Agreement in the exercise of the power and authority
conferred and vested in it as such Trustee, that each and all of the
representations, undertakings and agreements by a Qualified Trustee, or for
the
purpose or with the intention of binding a Qualified Trustee, are made and
intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust Estates (and, to the extent
any Lender, Borrower or Agent has an interest therein, any liability insurance
proceeds), and that in no case whatsoever shall any Qualified Trustee be
personally liable for any loss in respect of such representations, undertakings
and agreements, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating
any
liability on any Qualified Trustee individually or personally, to perform any
covenant, either express or implied, herein, all such liability, if any, being
expressly waived by
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each
Lender, each Borrower and the Agent and by each and every Person now or
hereafter claiming by, through or under such Persons except with respect to
the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Qualified Trustee or for any
Liens on the Collateral arising from, through or under such Qualified Trustee
in
its individual capacity, and that so far as any Qualified Trustee, individually
or personally is concerned, each Lender, each Borrower and the Agent and any
Person claiming by, through or under such Persons shall look solely, except
as
provided above, to the Trust Estates (and, to the extent any Lender, Borrower
or
Agent has an interest therein, any liability insurance proceeds), for the
performance of any obligation under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. The term “Trustee” as used in this Section 11.9(c) shall
include any Qualified Trustee succeeding a Qualified Trustee, as trustee under
a
Trust Agreement. Any obligation of any Holdings Subsidiary Trust
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents may be performed by a Beneficial
Owner, and any such performance shall not be construed as revocation of the
trust created by any Trust Agreement.
11.10. Joint
Lead Arrangers. The
Joint Lead Arrangers shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability,
responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than the rights to receive
reimbursement or payment of costs or expenses incurred by them as provided
in
Section 11.5 and the right to indemnity under Section
11.9.
11.11. Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be determined
to be illegal or invalid as to one or more of the parties hereto, then such
provision shall remain in effect with respect to all parties, if any, as to
whom
such provision is neither illegal nor invalid, and in any event all other
provisions hereof shall remain effective and binding on the parties
hereto.
11.12. Entire
Agreement. This
Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, constitutes the entire
agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all previous proposals, negotiations, representations, and other
communications between or among the parties, both oral and written, with respect
thereto.
11.13. Payments. All
principal, interest, and other amounts to be paid by any Borrower under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be paid to the Agent at the
Principal Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds, without setoff,
deduction or counterclaim. Subject to the definition of “Interest
Period” herein, whenever any payment under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such
payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension
of
time in such case shall be included in the computation of interest and fees,
as
applicable, and as the case may be.
11.14. Confidentiality. The
Agent and each Lender (each, a “Lending Party”) agrees to keep confidential any
information furnished or made available to it by AIH III, the Irish Holdco
Party
or any other Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof, pursuant to or in connection
with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided that nothing herein
shall prevent any Lending Party from disclosing such information (a) to any
other Lending Party or any affiliate of any Lending Party, or any officer,
director, employee, agent, or advisor of any Lending Party or affiliate or
any
Lending Party, (b) to any other Person if reasonably incidental to the
administration of the credit facility provided herein, (c) as required by any
law, rule, or regulation, (d) upon the order of any court or administrative
agency, (e) upon the request or demand of any regulatory agency or authority,
(f) that is or becomes available to the public or that is or becomes available
to any Lending Party other than as a result of a disclosure by any Lending
Party
prohibited by this Agreement, (g) in connection with any litigation to which
such Lending
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Party
or any of its affiliates may be a party, (h) to the extent necessary in
connection with the exercise of any remedy under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, and (i) subject to provisions substantially similar to those
contained in this Section, to any actual or proposed participant or
assignee.
11.15. Governing
Law; Waiver of
Jury Trial.
(a) THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
(b) AIH
III, THE IRISH HOLDCO PARTY AND
EACH BORROWER HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND
THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL
COURT
SITTING IN THE XXXXXX XX XXX XXXX, XXXXX XX XXX XXXX, XXXXXX XXXXXX OF AMERICA
AND, BY THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, AIH III, THE IRISH HOLDCO
PARTY AND EACH BORROWER EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN, OR TO THE EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION
OVER IT AND ITS PROPERTY BY, ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING, AND AIH III, THE IRISH HOLDCO PARTY AND EACH BORROWER HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY
SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
(c) AIH
III, THE IRISH HOLDCO PARTY AND
EACH BORROWER AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY PERSONAL SERVICE
OF
A COPY OF THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT OR OTHER LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT,
ACTION OR PROCEEDING, OR BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (POSTAGE PREPAID)
TO
THE ADDRESS PROVIDED IN SECTION
11.2(a), OR BY
ANY OTHER METHOD OF SERVICE PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE APPLICABLE LAWS IN EFFECT
IN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(d) NOTHING
CONTAINED IN SUBSECTIONS
(a) OR
(b)
HEREOF SHALL PRECLUDE THE AGENT OR
ANY LENDER FROM BRINGING ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY
SUCH JURISDICTION, AIH III, THE IRISH HOLDCO PARTY AND EACH BORROWER HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES,
IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, OBJECTION TO THE EXERCISE
OF
JURISDICTION OVER IT AND ITS PROPERTY BY ANY SUCH OTHER COURT OR COURTS WHICH
NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE AVAILABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
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(e) IN
ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO
ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS OR REMEDIES UNDER OR RELATED TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT
OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR THAT MAY IN
THE
FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AIH III, THE IRISH HOLDCO PARTY,
THE BORROWERS, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY AGREE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE
A
COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT SUCH PERSON MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY
IN
ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
11.16. Judgment
Currency.
(a) To
the extent permitted by applicable law, if for the purposes of obtaining
judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in United
States Dollars into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest
extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall
be
determined in accordance with Section 1.3 of this Agreement on the Business
Day
preceding that on which final judgment is given.
To
the extent permitted by applicable law, the obligation of each Credit Party
in
respect of any sum due in United States Dollars from it to any Lender or the
Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than
United States Dollars, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business
Day
following receipt by such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) of any sum
adjudged to be so due in such other currency, such Lender or the Agent (as
the
case may be) may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United
States Dollars with such other currency; if the United States Dollars so
purchased are less than such sum due to such Lender or the Agent (as the case
may be) in United States Dollars, each Credit Party agrees, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any
such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be)
against such loss, and if the United States Dollars so purchased exceed such
sum
due to any Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) in United States Dollars,
such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) agrees to remit to each such
Credit Party such excess.
11.17. USA
PATRIOT
Act. Each
Lender hereby notifies AIH III, the Irish Holdco Party and each Borrower that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain,
verify and record information that identifies each Borrower, which information
includes the name and address of such Borrower and other information that will
allow such Lender to identify each Borrower in accordance with the
Act.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be made,
executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and
year
first above written.
AIRCASTLE
INVESTMENT HOLDINGS 3 LIMITED
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Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Assistant Secretary and General Counsel | |||
By:
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |||
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JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as Agent and as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Managing Director | |||
Signature
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CALYON
NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Director | |||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Managing Director | |||
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