Contract
Exhibit
10.1(a)
FIRST
LIEN REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
Among
DELTA
AIR LINES, INC.,
as
Borrower,
and
THE
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER NAMED HEREIN,
as
Guarantors
and
THE
LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
UBS
SECURITIES LLC,
as
Syndication Agent
X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
as
Co-Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner
XXXXXX
BROTHERS INC.,
as
Co-Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner
UBS
SECURITIES LLC,
as
Joint Bookrunner
CALYON
New York Branch,
as
Co-Documentation Agent
RBS
Securities Corporation,
as
Co-Documentation Agent
Dated
as of April 30, 2007
Table
of Contents
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SECTION
1. DEFINITIONS
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2
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SECTION
1.01.
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Defined
Terms.
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2
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SECTION
1.02.
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Terms
Generally
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42
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SECTION
1.03.
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Accounting
Terms; GAAP
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43
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SECTION
2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT
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43
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SECTION
2.01.
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Commitments
of the Lenders; Credit-Linked Deposit Loans.
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43
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SECTION
2.02.
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Letters
of Credit
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44
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SECTION
2.03.
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Requests
for Borrowings.
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52
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SECTION
2.04.
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Funding
of Borrowings
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54
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SECTION
2.05.
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Interest
Elections
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55
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SECTION
2.06.
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Limitation
on Eurodollar Tranches
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56
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SECTION
2.07.
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Interest
on Loans.
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56
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SECTION
2.08.
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Default
Interest
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56
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SECTION
2.09.
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Alternate
Rate of Interest
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57
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SECTION
2.10.
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Amortization
of Credit-Linked Deposits; Repayment of Loans; Evidence of
Debt.
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57
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SECTION
2.11.
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Optional
Termination or Reduction of Commitment; Reduction of Credit-Linked
Deposits.
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58
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SECTION
2.12.
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Mandatory
Prepayment; Commitment Termination.
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59
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SECTION
2.13.
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Optional
Prepayment of Loans.
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61
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SECTION
2.14.
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Increased
Costs
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61
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SECTION
2.15.
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Break
Funding Payments
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63
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SECTION
2.16.
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Taxes
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64
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SECTION
2.17.
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Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment.
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65
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SECTION
2.18.
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Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
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67
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SECTION
2.19.
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Certain
Fees
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67
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SECTION
2.20.
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Commitment
Fee
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68
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SECTION
2.21.
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Letter
of Credit Fees
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68
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SECTION
2.22.
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Nature
of Fees
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69
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SECTION
2.23.
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Right
of Set-Off
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69
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SECTION
2.24.
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Security
Interest in Letter of Credit Account
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69
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SECTION
2.25.
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Payment
of Obligations
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69
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SECTION
2.26.
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Defaulting
Lenders
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70
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SECTION
2.27.
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Credit-Linked
Deposit Account
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70
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SECTION
2.28.
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Currency
Equivalents
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71
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SECTION
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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72
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SECTION
3.01.
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Organization
and Authority
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72
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SECTION
3.02.
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Air
Carrier Status
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72
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SECTION
3.03.
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Due
Execution
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72
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SECTION
3.04.
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Statements
Made
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73
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SECTION
3.05.
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Financial
Statements; Material Adverse Change.
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73
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SECTION
3.06.
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Ownership
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74
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SECTION
3.07.
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Liens
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74
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SECTION
3.08.
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Use
of Proceeds
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74
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SECTION
3.09.
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Litigation
and Environmental Matters
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74
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SECTION
3.10.
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FAA
Slot Utilization
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75
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SECTION
3.11.
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Primary
Foreign Slot Utilization
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75
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SECTION
3.12.
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Primary
Route Utilization
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75
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SECTION
3.13.
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Margin
Regulations; Investment Company Act.
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76
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SECTION
3.14.
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ERISA
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76
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SECTION
3.15.
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Properties.
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76
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SECTION
3.16.
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Perfected
Security Interests
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77
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SECTION
3.17.
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Payment
of Taxes
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77
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SECTION
3.18.
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Section
1110
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78
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SECTION
4. CONDITIONS OF LENDING
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78
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SECTION
4.01.
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Conditions
Precedent to Initial Loans and Initial Letters of Credit
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78
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SECTION
4.02.
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Conditions
Precedent to Each Loan and Each Letter of Credit
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84
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SECTION
5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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85
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SECTION
5.01.
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Financial
Statements, Reports, etc.
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85
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SECTION
5.02.
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Existence
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89
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SECTION
5.03.
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Insurance.
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89
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SECTION
5.04.
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Maintenance
of Properties
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90
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SECTION
5.05.
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Obligations
and Taxes
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90
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SECTION
5.06.
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Notice
of Event of Default, etc.
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91
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SECTION
5.07.
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Access
to Books and Records
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91
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SECTION
5.08.
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Compliance
with Laws.
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92
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SECTION
5.09.
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Appraisal
Reports and Field Audits
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93
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SECTION
5.10.
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FAA
and DOT Matters; Citizenship
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93
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SECTION
5.11.
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FAA
Slot Utilization
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93
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SECTION
5.12.
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Primary
Foreign Slot Utilization
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94
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SECTION
5.13.
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Primary
Route Utilization
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94
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SECTION
5.14.
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Additional
Subsidiaries
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94
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SECTION
5.15.
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[Reserved].
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95
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SECTION
5.16.
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Additional
Collateral; Additional Grantors.
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95
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SECTION
5.17.
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Pledged
Spare Parts
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95
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SECTION
5.18.
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Further
Assurances
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96
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SECTION
5.19.
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Post
Closing Items
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96
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SECTION
6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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97
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SECTION
6.01.
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Liens
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97
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SECTION
6.02.
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Merger,
etc.
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100
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SECTION
6.03.
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Indebtedness
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100
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SECTION
6.04.
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Fixed
Charge Coverage
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103
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SECTION
6.05.
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Unrestricted
Cash Reserve
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103
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SECTION
6.06.
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Coverage
Ratio
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103
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SECTION
6.07.
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Dividends;
Capital Stock
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105
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SECTION
6.08.
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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105
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SECTION
6.09.
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Investments,
Loans and Advances
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106
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SECTION
6.10.
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Disposition
of Assets
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109
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SECTION
6.11.
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Nature
of Business
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109
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SECTION
6.12.
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Fiscal
Year
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109
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SECTION
7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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109
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SECTION
7.01.
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Events
of Default
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109
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SECTION
8. THE AGENTS
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113
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SECTION
8.01.
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Administration
by Agents
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113
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SECTION
8.02.
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Rights
of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
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113
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SECTION
8.03.
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Liability
of Agents.
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113
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SECTION
8.04.
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Reimbursement
and Indemnification
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114
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SECTION
8.05.
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Successor
Agents
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115
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SECTION
8.06.
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Independent
Lenders
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115
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SECTION
8.07.
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Advances
and Payments.
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116
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SECTION
8.08.
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Sharing
of Setoffs
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116
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SECTION
8.09.
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Other
Agents
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117
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SECTION
9. GUARANTY
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117
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SECTION
9.01.
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Guaranty.
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117
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SECTION
9.02.
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No
Impairment of Guaranty
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118
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SECTION
9.03.
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Continuation
and Reinstatement, etc.
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118
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SECTION
9.04.
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Subrogation
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119
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SECTION
10. MISCELLANEOUS
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119
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SECTION
10.01.
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Notices
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119
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SECTION
10.02.
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Successors
and Assigns
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120
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SECTION
10.03.
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Confidentiality
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124
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SECTION
10.04.
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Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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124
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SECTION
10.05.
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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126
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SECTION
10.06.
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No
Waiver
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126
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SECTION
10.07.
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Extension
of Maturity
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126
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SECTION
10.08.
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Amendments,
etc.
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126
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SECTION
10.09.
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Severability
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128
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SECTION
10.10.
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Headings
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128
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SECTION
10.11.
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Survival
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128
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SECTION
10.12.
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Execution
in Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
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128
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SECTION
10.13.
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USA
Patriot Act
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129
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SECTION
10.14.
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Registrations
with International Registry
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129
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SECTION
10.15.
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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129
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iv
ANNEX
A
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-
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Commitment
Amounts; Credit-Linked Deposits
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EXHIBIT
A
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-
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Form
of First Lien Real Estate Mortgage
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EXHIBIT
B
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-
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Form
of First Lien Security Agreement
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EXHIBIT
C
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-
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Form
of First Lien Pledge Agreement
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EXHIBIT
D
|
-
|
Form
of First Lien Slot, Gate and Route Security and Pledge
Agreement
|
EXHIBIT
E
|
-
|
Form
of First Lien Aircraft Mortgage
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EXHIBIT
F-1
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-
|
Form
of First Lien Trademark Security Agreement
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EXHIBIT
F-2
|
-
|
Form
of First Lien Patent Security Agreement
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EXHIBIT
F-3
|
-
|
Form
of First Lien Copyright Security Agreement
|
EXHIBIT
G-1
|
-
|
Form
of Opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx
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EXHIBIT
G-2
|
-
|
Form
of Opinion of Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx LLP
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EXHIBIT
G-3
|
-
|
Form
of Opinion of Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx PLL
|
EXHIBIT
G-4
|
-
|
Form
of Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt
|
EXHIBIT
G-5
|
-
|
Form
of Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Xxxxxxx LLP
|
EXHIBIT
G-6
|
-
|
Form
of Opinion of Daugherty,
Fowler, Peregrin, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx
|
EXHIBIT
H
|
-
|
Form
of Instrument of Assumption and Joinder
|
EXHIBIT
I
|
-
|
Form
of Intercreditor Agreement
|
EXHIBIT
J
|
-
|
Form
of Assignment and Acceptance
|
EXHIBIT
K
|
-
|
Form
of Eligible Accounts Receivable Calculation
Certificate
|
SCHEDULE
1.01(a)
|
-
|
Excluded
Flight Simulators
|
SCHEDULE
1.01(b)
|
-
|
Immaterial
Subsidiaries
|
SCHEDULE
1.01(c)
|
-
|
Restricted
Accounts
|
SCHEDULE
1.01(d)
|
-
|
Restructuring
Aircraft
|
SCHEDULE
3.06
|
-
|
Subsidiaries
|
SCHEDULE
3.07
|
-
|
Existing
Liens
|
SCHEDULE
3.09
|
-
|
Litigation
|
SCHEDULE
3.14
|
-
|
ERISA
|
SCHEDULE
3.15(a)
|
-
|
Real
Property Interests
|
SCHEDULE
3.17
|
-
|
Taxes
|
SCHEDULE
3.18
|
-
|
Pre
10/22/94 Section 1110 Collateral
|
SCHEDULE
5.16
|
-
|
737-800
Aircraft Agreements
|
SCHEDULE
6.03
|
-
|
Indebtedness
|
SCHEDULE
6.08
|
-
|
Transactions
with Affiliates
|
SCHEDULE
6.09
|
-
|
Existing
Investments
|
v
FIRST
LIEN REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
Dated
as of April 30, 2007
FIRST
LIEN REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of April 30, 2007,
among
DELTA AIR LINES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”),
the
direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than Excluded
Subsidiaries and, at the option of the Borrower, Immaterial Subsidiaries)
signatory hereto (each a “Guarantor”
and
collectively the “Guarantors”),
each
of the Lenders from time to time party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
a
national banking corporation (“JPMCB”),
as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”),
and
as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Collateral
Agent”),
X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. (“JPMSI”)
and
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC. (“LBI”),
as
co-lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, UBS SECURITIES LLC, as syndication
agent (in such capacity, the “Syndication
Agent”)
and as
joint bookrunner, and CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH and RBS SECURITIES CORPORATION,
as
co-documentation agents (in such capacity, the “Co-Documentation
Agents”).
INTRODUCTORY
STATEMENT
The
Borrower has applied to the Lenders for a loan facility of up to $1,600,000,000
comprised of (a) a revolving credit and revolving letter of credit facility
in
an aggregate principal amount (or Dollar Amount, in the case of Revolving
LC
Exposure) not to exceed $1,000,000,000 as set forth herein and (b) a synthetic
revolving credit and revolving letter of credit facility in an aggregate
principal amount up to $600,000,000 as set forth herein, all of the Borrower’s
obligations under each of which are to be guaranteed by the
Guarantors.
The
proceeds of the Loans, as well as the proceeds of the Second Lien Term Loans
and
cash on hand, will be used to repay in full all of the obligations of the
Borrower and the Guarantors under and in connection with the Existing DIP
Facilities, for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries and for the other purposes described in
Section
3.08.
To
provide guarantees and security for the repayment of the Loans, the
reimbursement of any draft drawn under a Letter of Credit and the payment
of the
other obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors hereunder and under
the
other Loan Documents, the Borrower and the Guarantors will, among other things,
provide to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
the
following (each as more fully described herein):
(a) a
guaranty from each of the Guarantors of the due and punctual payment and
performance of the First Priority Obligations of the Borrower pursuant to
Section
9
hereof;
and
1
(b) a
security interest in or mortgages (or comparable Liens) with respect to the
Collateral from the Borrower and each of the Guarantors pursuant to the
Collateral Documents.
Accordingly,
the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION
1.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.01. Defined
Terms.
“ABR”,
when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the
Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined
by
reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Account”
shall
mean all “accounts” as defined in the UCC, and all rights to payment for
interest (other than with respect to debt and credit card
receivables).
“Account
Debtor”
shall
mean the Person obligated on an Account.
“Administrative
Agent”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Affiliate”
shall
mean, as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is
in
control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.
For
purposes of this definition, a Person (a “Controlled
Person”)
shall
be deemed to be “controlled by” another Person (a “Controlling
Person”)
if the
Controlling Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to direct or
cause
the direction of the management and policies of the Controlled Person whether
by
contract or otherwise; provided, that the PBGC shall not be an Affiliate
of the
Borrower or any Guarantor.
“Agents”
shall
mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent,
the
Documentation Agents, the Joint Bookrunners and the Joint Lead Arrangers.
“Agreement”
shall
mean this First Lien Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement, as the same
may be
amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or amended and restated
from
time to time.
“Aggregate
Exposure”
shall
mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to (a) until
the
Closing Date, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Commitments at such time and
(b) thereafter, the sum of (i) the aggregate then unpaid principal amount
of
such Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit then outstanding or, if the Termination Date
shall have occurred, such Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit Outstanding Exposure,
and (ii) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect or, if
the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
2
“Aggregate
Exposure Percentage”
shall
mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to the Aggregate
Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
“Air
Transportation Stabilization Act and Regulations”
shall
mean the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, P.L. 107-42,
as
the same may be amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated
thereunder (14 C.F.R. Part 1310) and related OMB Regulations, 14 C.F.R. Part
1300.
“Aircraft”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage.
“Airframe”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage.
“Airport
Authority”
shall
mean any city or any public or private board or other body or organization
chartered or otherwise established for the purpose of administering, operating
or managing airports or related facilities, which in each case is an owner,
administrator, operator or manager of one or more airports or related
facilities.
“Alternate
Base Rate”
shall
mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime
Rate
in effect on such day and (b) the sum of the Federal Funds Effective Rate
in
effect on such day plus½
of
1%.
Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or
the
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective
date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
“Alternative
Currency”
shall
mean (a) Euros and (b) any currency other than Dollars or Euros in which
the
Issuing Lender is willing to issue a Letter of Credit.
“ALPA
Notes”
shall
mean the senior unsecured notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$650,000,000 to be issued by the Borrower for the benefit of the Air Line
Pilots
Association in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization and the Bankruptcy
Restructuring Agreement referred to therein.
“Amex”
shall
mean American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
“Applicable
Margin”
shall
mean the rate per annum set forth under the relevant column heading
below:
ABR
Loans
|
Eurodollar
Loans
|
|
Revolving
Loans
|
1.00%
|
2.00%
|
Credit-Linked
Deposit Loans
|
1.00%
|
2.00%
|
“Applicable
Participation Fee”
shall
mean 2.00%.
“Appraisal
Report”
shall
mean an appraisal in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and prepared by the Appraisers or the Real Estate
Appraiser, as applicable, which certifies, at the time of determination,
the
Appraised Value of the applicable Appraised Collateral.
3
“Appraised
Collateral”
shall
mean Collateral that is Mortgaged Collateral, Primary Routes, Appraised FAA
Slots, Flight Simulators, Tooling, Ground Support Equipment, Real Property
Assets or any other individual asset that, in each case is included in an
Appraisal Report.
“Appraised
FAA Slots”
shall
mean FAA Slots that are included in an Appraisal Report.
“Appraised
Value”
shall
mean (a) in the case of Appraised Collateral, the fair market value thereof
as
reflected in the most recent Appraisal Report obtained in respect of such
Collateral or assets in accordance with this Agreement; provided
that,
with respect to Mortgaged Collateral, “Appraised Value” shall mean the average
of the Appraised Value (as otherwise calculated pursuant to this definition)
reflected in the Appraisal Reports obtained from three separate Appraisers
with
respect to such Collateral and (b) in the case of Eligible Accounts Receivable,
Eligible Accounts Receivable, as reflected in the most recent Officer’s
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section
5.01(n),
each
such value referred to in this definition to be (A) determined in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (B) subject to reserves
and other criteria established by the Administrative Agent in its commercially
reasonable discretion.
“Appraisers”
shall
mean (a) Simat, Helliesen & Xxxxxxx, Inc., as to the FAA Slots, Primary
Routes, Primary Foreign Slots, Ground Support Equipment, Tooling and Flight
Simulators, (b) Simat, Helliesen & Xxxxxxx, AVITAS, Inc. and BK Associates,
Inc., as to Mortgaged Collateral and (c) such other appraisal firm or firms
as
may be retained by the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower,
from time to time.
“Approved
Fund”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
10.02(b).
“ARB
Indebtedness”
shall
mean, with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, without
duplication, all Indebtedness or obligations of the Borrower or such Subsidiary
created or arising with respect to any limited recourse revenue bonds issued
for
the purpose of financing or refinancing improvements to, or the construction
or
acquisition of, airport and other related facilities and equipment, the use
or
construction of which qualifies and renders interest on such bonds exempt
from
certain federal or state taxes.
“Asset
Sale”
shall
mean any sale of Collateral or series of related sales of Collateral (excluding
any Permitted Disposition other than any sale of Eligible Collateral) that
yields Net Cash Proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess
of
$1,000,000.
“Assignment”
shall
have the meaning given in the Cape Town Convention.
“Assignment
and Acceptance”
shall
mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee
(with
the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section
10.02),
and
accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit
J.
“Associated
Rights”
shall
have the meaning given in the Cape Town Convention.
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“Bankruptcy
Code”
shall
mean The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as heretofore and hereafter amended,
and
codified as 11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.
“Bankruptcy
Court”
shall
mean the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New
York.
“Barclays”
shall
mean Barclays Bank PLC.
“Barclays
Capital”
shall
mean Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays.
“Benchmark
LIBOR Rate”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.27(b).
“Board”
shall
mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“Borrower”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Borrowing”
shall
mean the incurrence, conversion or continuation of Loans of a single Type
made
from all the Revolving Lenders or the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders, as the
case
may be, on a single date and having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, a single
Interest Period.
“Borrowing
Request”
shall
mean a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section
2.03.
“Business
Day”
shall
mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in New York City are required or authorized to remain closed (and,
for a
Letter of Credit, other than a day on which the Issuing Lender issuing such
Letter of Credit is closed); provided,
however,
that
when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall
also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits
on the London interbank market.
“Cape
Town Convention”
shall
mean the official English language texts of the Convention on International
Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol to the Convention on
International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft
Equipment which were signed in Cape Town, South Africa, as in effect in any
applicable jurisdiction, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Capitalized
Lease”
shall
mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of property by such Person as lessee
which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in
accordance with GAAP. The
amount of obligations of such Person under a Capitalized Lease shall be the
capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cases”
shall
mean the voluntary petitions for relief filed by the Borrower and each of
the
Guarantors with the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code.
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“Cash
Collateralization”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
2.02(j).
“CERCLA”
shall
mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of
1980, as heretofore and hereafter amended.
“Change
in Law”
shall
mean, after the date hereof, (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation
after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law (including pursuant
to any treaty or, for purposes of Section
5.09,
any
other agreement governing the right to fly international routes), rule or
regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority, Airport Authority, or Foreign Aviation Authorities after the date
of
this Agreement applicable to the Borrower or any of the Guarantors or (c)
compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Lender (or, for purposes of Section
2.14(b),
by any
lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s
holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether
or
not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued
after
the date of this Agreement.
“Change
of Control”
shall
mean (a) the acquisition after the Closing Date (other than pursuant to a
Permitted Change of Control Transaction) of ownership, directly or indirectly,
beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in
effect
on the date hereof), of Equity Interests representing more than 40% of the
aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding
Equity
Interests of the Borrower; or (b) during any period of twelve consecutive
months, a majority of the board of directors (excluding vacant seats) of
the
Borrower shall cease to consist of Continuing Directors.
“Closing
Date”
shall
mean the date on which this Agreement has been executed and the conditions
precedent to the making of the initial Loans, the funding of the Credit-Linked
Deposits or the issuance of the initial Letters of Credit (whichever may
occur
first) set forth in Section
4.01
have
been satisfied or waived.
“Closing
Date Transactions”
shall
mean the Transactions other than (x) the borrowing of Loans after the Closing
Date and the use of the proceeds thereof and (y) the request for and issuance
of
Letters of Credit hereunder after the Closing Date.
“Co-Documentation
Agents”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Code”
shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and
the
regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“Collateral”
shall
mean all of the “Collateral” referred to in the Collateral Documents, which
shall not include (a) the Excluded Accounts or (b) other items as set forth
in
the Collateral Documents.
“Collateral
Agent”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
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“Collateral
Coverage Ratio”
shall
mean the First Lien Collateral Coverage Ratio or the Total Collateral Coverage
Ratio.
“Collateral
Documents”
shall
mean, collectively, the First Lien Security Agreement, the First Lien Pledge
Agreement, the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage (including, without limitation,
any
Mortgage Supplement), the First Lien Real Estate Mortgages, the First Lien
SGR
Security Agreement, the First Lien Trademark Security Agreement, the First
Lien
Patent Security Agreement, the First Lien Copyright Security Agreement, any
Control Agreements and other agreements, instruments or documents that create
or
purport to create a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the
First Priority Secured Parties.
“Collateral
Event”
shall
mean, with respect to an item of Appraised Collateral, any of the events
described below:
(a) with
respect to any and all Appraised FAA Slots affected thereby, the occurrence
of
any event, including the Borrower’s or any applicable Guarantor’s abandonment or
failure to comply with any applicable Use or Lose Rule, that would allow
the FAA
or other Governmental Authority or Foreign Aviation Authority to withdraw,
cancel, suspend or terminate the Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s authority to
hold or use 15% or more of the Appraised FAA Slots at any one airport (with
the
resulting appraisal under Section
5.09
being of
the Appraised FAA Slots at such airport); or
(b) with
respect to any Primary Route, abandonment by the Borrower or any applicable
Guarantor thereof or the occurrence of any event that would allow the DOT,
any
Governmental Authority, or any Foreign Aviation Authority to withdraw, cancel,
suspend or terminate the authority granted to the Borrower or any applicable
Guarantor that authorizes the Borrower or any applicable Guarantor to operate
scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail over such
Primary Route or to use any associated Primary Foreign Slot(s) other than
(i) in
cases where such Primary Route or Primary Foreign Slot(s) has been transferred
or otherwise disposed of as permitted in this Agreement or the First Lien
SGR
Security Agreement or (ii) in the case of any suspension or loss of a Primary
Foreign Slot(s), such suspension or loss could not reasonably be expected
to
have a material adverse effect on the value of the relevant Primary Route
taken
as a whole; or
(c) the
failure of any material assumption contained in any Appraisal Report to be
true,
except to the extent such failure could not reasonably be expected to affect
in
a materially adverse manner the Appraised Value of the applicable Appraised
Collateral.
“Comair”
shall
mean Comair, Inc., an Ohio corporation.
“Commitment”
shall
mean, as to any Lender, the sum of the Revolving Commitment and the
Credit-Linked Deposit of such Lender or any combination thereof (as the context
requires), it being understood that the “Commitment” of a Lender in respect of
the Credit-Linked Deposit shall remain in effect until the Total Credit-Linked
Deposit has been reduced to $0 in accordance with this Agreement.
“Commitment
Fee”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.20.
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“Commitment
Fee Rate”
shall
mean ½ of 1% per annum; provided that at all times during which the Borrower has
a corporate family rating of B1 or higher from Xxxxx’x and a corporate credit
rating of B+ or higher from S&P, in each case with stable outlook or better,
the Commitment Fee Rate shall be ⅜ of 1% per annum.
“Confirmation
Order”
shall
mean the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan of Reorganization
pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, together with all schedules
and
exhibits thereto.
“Connection
Carrier”
shall
mean any regional carrier that operates flights using the “DL” designation code
pursuant to contractual arrangements with the Borrower.
“Consummation
of the Plan of Reorganization”
shall
mean the occurrence of the Effective Date (as defined in the Plan of
Reorganization) and the substantial consummation of the Plan of Reorganization
within the meaning of Section 1101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Continuing
Directors”
shall
mean the directors of the Borrower on the Closing Date, after giving effect
to
the Plan of Reorganization and the other transactions contemplated hereby,
and
each other director, if, in each case, such other director’s nomination for
election to the board of directors of the Borrower is recommended by at least
a
majority of the then Continuing Directors.
“Control
Agreements”
shall
mean the Shifting Control Deposit Account Agreements, the Full Control Deposit
Account Agreements, the Shifting Control Securities Account Agreements and
the
Full Control Securities Account Agreements.
“Credit-Linked
Deposit”
shall
mean, as to each Credit-Linked Deposit Lender, the cash deposit made by such
Lender pursuant to Section
2.01(b),
as such
deposit may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to this
Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Credit-Linked Deposit of each
Credit-Linked Deposit Lender shall not be reduced by the making of any
Credit-Linked Deposit Loans or reimbursement of drawings under Credit-Linked
Deposit Letters of Credit as a result of the withdrawal of any amounts then
on
deposit in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account. The amount of each Credit-Linked
Deposit Lender’s original Credit-Linked Deposit is set forth under the heading
“Credit-Linked Deposit” opposite its name in Annex A hereto or in the Assignment
and Acceptance pursuant to which such Credit-Linked Deposit Lender shall
have
acquired its Credit-Linked Deposit, as applicable. The initial amount of
the
Credit-Linked Deposits is $600,000,000.
“Credit-Linked
Deposit Account”
shall
mean the account established by the Administrative Agent under its sole and
exclusive control maintained at the office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, designated as the “Credit-Linked Deposit
Account” that shall be used solely to hold the Credit-Linked Deposits.
“Credit-Linked
Deposit Availability Period”
shall
mean the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the
Termination Date.
“Credit-Linked
Deposit Facility”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Facility” in this Section
1.01.
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“Credit-Linked
Deposit LC Disbursement”
shall
mean any payment made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Credit-Linked Deposit
Letter of Credit.
“Credit-Linked
Deposit LC Exposure”
shall
mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate maximum undrawn amount of
all
outstanding Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit at such time plus (b)
the
aggregate principal amount of all Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursements
that
have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time.
The
Credit-Linked Deposit LC Exposure of any Credit-Linked Deposit Lender at
any
time shall be its Credit-Linked Deposit Percentage of the total Credit-Linked
Deposit LC Exposure at such time.
“Credit-Linked
Deposit Lender”
shall
mean a Lender having a Credit-Linked Deposit or holding Credit-Linked Deposit
Loans.
“Credit-Linked
Deposit Letters of Credit”
shall
mean, at any time, letters of credit issued pursuant to Section
2.02
in an
amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Total Credit-Linked Deposit LC Available
Amount and (ii) the aggregate amount of outstanding Letters of Credit
denominated in Dollars at such time. Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit
shall be (a) standby letters of credit, (b) issued for general corporate
purposes of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (c) denominated in Dollars and
(d) otherwise in such form as may be reasonably approved from time to time
by
the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Lender.
“Credit-Linked
Deposit Loan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.01(b).
“Credit-Linked
Deposit Outstanding Exposure”
shall
mean, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of the Credit-Linked Deposit
Loans then outstanding plus the then outstanding Credit-Linked Deposit LC
Exposure.
“Credit-Linked
Deposit Participation Amount”
shall
mean, at any time, the excess, if any of (a) the Total Credit-Linked Deposit
over (b) the aggregate principal amount of the Credit-Linked Deposit Loans
then
outstanding. The Credit-Linked Deposit Participation Amount of any Credit-Linked
Deposit Lender at any time shall be its Credit-Linked Deposit Percentage
of the
total Credit-Linked Deposit Participation Amount at such time.
“Credit-Linked
Deposit Participation Fee”
shall
mean the participation fee payable to the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders pursuant
to Section
2.21(b).
“Credit-Linked
Deposit Percentage”
shall
mean, with respect to any Credit-Linked Deposit Lender, the percentage which
such Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit then constitutes of the Total Credit-Linked
Deposit.
“Cure
Collateral”
shall
mean (a) cash collateral and Qualified Permitted Investments pledged to the
Collateral Agent (and held in segregated accounts at the Administrative Agent
subject to Full Control Deposit Account Agreements and/or Full Control
Securities Account Agreements, as the case may be), (b) amounts deemed to
have
been received by the Borrower and designated as Cure Collateral pursuant
to
Section
6.06(c)
and (c)
other assets (including aircraft, airframes, engines, spare parts, Group
Support
Equipment and Flight Simulators) of the Borrower or any Guarantor which shall
be
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and all of which assets
shall
(i) (other than Cure Collateral of the type described in clause (a) and (b)
above) be valued by a new Appraisal Report or Field Audit, as the case may
be,
at the time the Borrower designates such assets as Cure Collateral and (ii)
be
subject to a perfected first priority (subject to Specified Permitted Collateral
Liens) Lien and/or mortgage (or comparable Lien) in favor of the Collateral
Agent and otherwise subject only to Permitted Collateral Liens.
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“CVG
Notes”
shall
mean the unsecured notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$85,000,000 to be issued by the Borrower to the trustee under the Trust
Indenture dated as of February 1, 1992 between Kenton County Airport Board
and
UMB Bank N.A., as trustee (the “CVG
Bond Indenture”),
on
behalf of the holders of bonds issued under the CVG Bond Indenture in accordance
with the Plan of Reorganization and the CVG Settlement Agreement referred
to
therein.
“Defaulting
Lender”
shall
mean any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Loans or
participations in any Letter of Credit required to be funded hereunder within
one (1) Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless
the subject of a good faith dispute or subsequently cured, (b) has otherwise
failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or its banking
Affiliates) any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one
(1)
Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute
or
subsequently cured, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject
of a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
“Designated
Cash Management Obligations”
means,
as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person in respect of any treasury, depository and cash
management services and automated clearing house transfers of funds services
provided by a Lender or any of its banking Affiliates, as permitted by
Section
6.03(h),
including obligations for the payment of fees, interest, charges, expenses,
attorneys’ fees and disbursements in connection therewith, in each case as
designated by the Borrower from time to time by notice to the Administrative
Agent as constituting “Designated Cash Management Obligations”.
“Designated
Hedging Agreement”
means
any Hedging Agreement to the extent that the Indebtedness related thereto
is
owing to a Lender or any of its Affiliates and is permitted by Section
6.03(f)
or
(g),
designated by the Borrower from time to time by notice to the Administrative
Agent as a “Designated Hedging Agreement”.
“Disposition”
shall
mean, with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms “Dispose”
and
“Disposed
of”
shall
have correlative meanings.
“Dollar
Amount”
shall
mean, at any time, for any amount, (i) if denominated in Dollars, the amount
thereof and (ii) if denominated in an Alternative Currency, the amount thereof
converted to Dollars in accordance with Section
2.28.
“Dollars”
and
“$”
shall
mean lawful money of the United States of America.
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“DOT”
shall
mean the United States Department of Transportation and any successor
thereto.
“Earned
Revenue Percentage”
shall
mean, a percentage, representing the estimated portion of credit card revenue
which has been earned by performance at any point in time, based on a rolling
twelve-month analysis of ticket sales versus “booking curve” (i.e., tickets used
for actual flights) experienced by the Borrower during the most recent Rolling
Twelve Month period for which such information is available at the time of
such
determination. The Earned Revenue Percentage shall be subject to
re-determination by the Administrative Agent based upon information contained
in
each Officer’s Certificate delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section
5.01(n),
as
updated from time to time, in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative
Agent, by the most recent Field Audit.
“EBITDAR”
shall
mean, for any period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP, without
duplication, an amount equal to (a) the consolidated net income (or net loss)
of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus
(b) the
sum of (i) any provision for income taxes, (ii) Interest Expense for such
period, (iii) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual losses for such period,
(iv) depreciation and amortization for such period, (v) amortized debt discount
for such period, (vi) the amount of any deduction to consolidated net income
as
the result of any grant to any employee of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries
of
any Equity Interests, (vii) depreciation, amortization and aircraft rent
expense
for such period, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of
consolidated net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period
in
accordance with GAAP, (viii) any aggregate net loss during such period arising
from a Capital Asset Sale (as defined below), (ix) all other non-cash charges
for such period, (x) costs and expenses, including fees, incurred directly
in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the
Loan
Documents to the extent included in the calculation of consolidated net income,
(xi) expenses incurred with respect to the Chapter 11 reorganization as set
forth on the Borrower’s consolidated statement of income for such period,
including (A) professional and other fees, (B) key employee retention program
payments, (C) financing fees, (D) severance costs and (E) any litigation
expenses incurred during or in connection with the Cases and (xii) any charges
arising from Fresh Start Reporting adjustments that do not impact the cash
flows
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the extent included in the calculation
of consolidated net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
period
in accordance with GAAP, minus
(c) the
sum of (i) income tax credits, (ii) interest income, (iii) extraordinary,
non-recurring or unusual gains for such period, (iv) any aggregate net gain
during such period arising from the sale, exchange or other disposition of
capital assets by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (including any fixed assets,
whether tangible or intangible, all inventory sold in conjunction with the
disposition of fixed assets and all securities) (a “Capital
Asset Sale”),
(v)
any gains arising from Fresh Start Reporting adjustments that do not impact
the
cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (vi) any other non-cash
gains that have been added in determining consolidated net income, in each
case
to the extent included in the calculation of consolidated net income of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period in accordance with GAAP. For
purposes of this definition, the following items shall be excluded in
determining consolidated net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries:
(1)
the income (or deficit) of any other Person accrued prior to the date it
became
a Subsidiary of, or was merged or consolidated into, the Borrower or and
of its
Subsidiaries; (2) the income (or deficit) of any other Person (other than
a
Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an
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ownership
interest, except to the extent any such income has actually been received
by the
Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, in the form of cash dividends
or
distributions; (3) any restoration to income of any contingency reserve,
except
to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out of income accrued
during such period; (4) any write-up of any asset; (5) any net gain from
the
collection of the proceeds of life insurance policies; (6) any net gain arising
from the acquisition of any securities, or the extinguishment, under GAAP,
of
any Indebtedness, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (7) in the
case of
a successor to the Borrower by consolidation or merger or as a transferee
of its
assets, any earnings of such successor prior to such consolidation, merger
or
transfer of assets; and (8) any deferred credit representing the excess of
equity in any Subsidiary at the date of acquisition of such Subsidiary over
the
cost to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the investment in such
Subsidiary.
“Eligible
Accounts” shall
mean, at the time of any determination thereof, all of the Accounts owned
by the
Borrower and the Guarantors and reflected in the most recent Officer’s
Certificate (substantially in the form of Exhibit K) delivered by the Borrower
to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
5.01(n).
Criteria and eligibility standards used in determining Eligible Accounts
may
be fixed and revised from time to time by the Administrative
Agent,
in its
reasonable discretion,
and in the Administrative
Agent’s
reasonable exclusive judgment, with
any
changes in such criteria to be effective upon the date of the next Field
Audit
to be conducted pursuant to the terms herein. Unless otherwise approved from
time to time in writing by the Administrative Agent, no Account shall be
an
Eligible Account if, without duplication:
(a) the
Borrower or a Guarantor does not have sole lawful and absolute title to such
Account; or
(b) it
is not
subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the First Priority Secured Parties, subject to no
other
Liens other than Liens permitted by this Agreement; or
(c) (i)
it is
unpaid more than 90 days from the original date of invoice or 60 days from
the
original due date or (ii) it has been written off the books of the Borrower
or a
Guarantor or has been otherwise designated on such books as uncollectible;
or
(d) the
Account Debtor is the subject of any bankruptcy case or insolvency proceeding
of
any kind (other than postpetition accounts payable of an Account Debtor that
is
a debtor in possession under the Bankruptcy Code and reasonably acceptable
to
the Administrative Agent); or
(e) the
Account is not payable in Dollars or the Account Debtor is either not organized
under the laws of the United States of America, any state of the United States
of America or the District of Columbia or is located outside or has its
principal place of business or substantially all of its assets outside the
United States; provided
the
restrictions in this clause (e) shall not apply to any Account if the Account
Debtor related thereto is a travel agency that is a member of Bank Settlement
Plan so long as the method used for converting such Account payables into
Dollars for purposes of valuation is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent; or
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(f) the
Account Debtor is the United States of America or any department, agency
or
instrumentality thereof, unless the relevant Borrower duly assigns its rights
to
payment of such Account to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Assignment
of Claims Act of 1940, as amended, which assignment and related documents
and
filings shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent; or
(g) the
associated revenue from such Account has not been earned by the Borrower
or the
Guarantor (it being understood that Accounts arising from Travel Agency Cash
Transactions shall be deemed earned at the time such receivable is recorded);
or
(h) to
the
extent the Account has been classified as a note receivable by the Borrower
or a
Guarantor; or
(i) the
Account is a non-trade Account (other than any interest with respect to deposit
accounts or Permitted Investments); or
(j) it
arises
out of a sale made by the Borrower or a Guarantor to an employee, officer,
agent, director, stockholder, Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower or
a
Guarantor; or
(k) such
Account was not paid in full, and the Borrower or a Guarantor created a new
receivable for the unpaid portion of the Account, and other Accounts
constituting chargebacks, debit memos and other adjustments for unauthorized
deductions; or
(l) such
Account is subject to any counterclaim, deduction, defense, setoff or dispute,
but only to the extent of the amount of such counterclaim, deduction, defense,
setoff or dispute, unless the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion,
has
established an appropriate reserve and determines to include such Account
as an
Eligible Account; or
(m) as
to any
Account, to the extent that a check, promissory note, draft, trade acceptance
or
other instrument for the payment of money has been received, presented for
payment and returned uncollected for any reason (other than bank error prior
to
the correction thereof); or
(n) such
Account is a clearinghouse interline Account.
“Eligible
Accounts Receivable”
shall
mean, at the time of determination thereof, the sum of Eligible Accounts
plus
the Estimated Credit Card Receivables Component.
“Eligible
Assignee”
shall mean (a) a commercial bank having total assets in excess of
$1,000,000,000, (b) a finance company, insurance company or other financial
institution or fund, in each case reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent,
which in the ordinary course of business extends credit of the type contemplated
herein or invests therein and has total assets in excess of $200,000,000
and
whose becoming an assignee would not constitute a prohibited transaction
under
Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA, (c) an Affiliate of the
assignor Lender, (d) an Approved Fund and (e) any other financial institution
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
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“Eligible
Collateral”
shall
mean (a) all Mortgaged Collateral, Ground Support Equipment, Tooling, Flight
Simulators, Primary Routes, FAA Slots, Eligible Accounts Receivable and Real
Property Assets, in each case to the extent owned or held by the Borrower
or a
Guarantor and on which the Collateral Agent shall have a valid and perfected
first priority (subject to Specified Permitted Collateral Liens) Lien and/or
mortgage (or comparable Lien) and which is otherwise subject only to Permitted
Collateral Liens, provided
that if
an Aircraft is Parked for more than thirty (30) days, such Aircraft shall
be
excluded from Eligible Collateral in its entirety unless three new Appraisal
Reports establishing the current Appraised Value of such Aircraft in its
Parked
condition are delivered to the Administrative Agent, (b) cash collateral
and
Permitted Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $750,000,000 pledged
to the Collateral Agent and held in accounts subject to Control Agreements,
(c)
cash collateral and Permitted Investments maintained in accounts with the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
2.12(a)
and (d)
any Cure Collateral designated (or deemed designated pursuant to Section
6.06(c))
by the
Borrower at its discretion.
“Engine”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage.
“Entry
Point Filing Forms”
shall
mean each of the FAA form AC 8050-135 forms to be filed with the FAA on the
Closing Date.
“Environmental
Laws”
shall
mean all laws (including common law), statutes, rules, regulations, codes,
ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions or legally binding
requirements or agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by or with
any
Governmental Authority, relating to the environment, preservation or reclamation
of natural resources, the handling, treatment, storage, disposal, Release
or
threatened Release of, or the exposure of any Person (including employees)
to,
any pollutants, contaminants or any toxic, radioactive or otherwise hazardous
materials.
“Environmental
Liability”
shall
mean any liability, contingent or otherwise, (including any liability for
damages, natural resource damage, costs of environmental investigation,
remediation or monitoring, administrative oversight, costs, fines or penalties)
resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law or
requirement of any Airport Authority relating to environmental matters, (b)
the
generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment, disposal or
the
arrangement for disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any
Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous
Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement, lease or other
consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed
with
respect to any of the foregoing.
“Environmental
Permits”
shall
mean any and all permits, licenses, approvals, registrations, notifications,
exemptions and any other authorization issued pursuant to or required under
any
Environmental Law or by any Airport Authority with respect to environmental
matters.
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“Equity
Interests”
shall
mean shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests
in a
limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity
ownership interests in a Person (whether direct or indirect), and any warrants,
options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire
any
such equity interest.
“ERISA”
shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time
to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA
Affiliate”
shall
mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with
the
Borrower, is treated as (i) a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c)
of the Code, or (ii) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section
412
of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code,
or
that is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section
4001 of ERISA.
“Escrow
Accounts”
shall
mean (1) accounts of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, solely to the extent
any
such accounts hold funds set aside by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to manage
the collection and payment of amounts collected, withheld or incurred by
the
Borrower or such Subsidiary for the benefit of third parties relating to:
(a)
federal income tax withholding and backup withholding tax, employment taxes,
transportation excise taxes and security related charges, (b) any and all
state
and local income tax withholding, employment taxes and related charges and
fees
and similar taxes, charges and fees, including, but not limited to, state
and
local payroll withholding taxes, unemployment and supplemental unemployment
taxes, disability taxes, xxxxxxx’x or workers’ compensation charges and related
charges and fees, (c) state and local taxes imposed on overall gross receipts,
sales and use taxes, fuel excise taxes and hotel occupancy taxes, (d) passenger
facility fees and charges collected on behalf of and owed to various
administrators, institutions, authorities, agencies and entities, (e) other
similar federal, state or local taxes, charges and fees (including without
limitation any amount required to be withheld or collected under applicable
law)
and (f) other funds held in trust for an identified beneficiary in an aggregate
amount pursuant to this clause (f) not to exceed $150,000,000; in each case,
held in escrow accounts, trust funds or other segregated accounts, plus
accrued
interest; or (2) accounts,
capitalized interest accounts, debt service reserve accounts, escrow accounts
and other similar accounts or funds established in connection with the ARB
Indebtedness.
“Estimated
Credit Card Receivables Component”
shall
mean an amount representing the estimated portion (determined in accordance
with
the other provisions of this definition) of receivables owing to the Borrower
in
connection with ticket purchases from and other goods and services provided
by
the Borrower on major credit cards (including, without limitation, Visa,
MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club, Discover and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx) which
have been earned by performance by the Borrower but not yet paid to the Borrower
by the credit card issuer or by the Borrower’s credit card processing bank, as
applicable, as determined monthly in accordance with the following formula
and
set forth in the most recent Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Administrative
Agent
pursuant to Section
5.01(n).
Such amount shall be equal to (i) the average number of days the relevant
credit
card receivables remained outstanding in the most recent fiscal month
multiplied
by (ii) the average daily credit card sales earned for the most recent fiscal
month. The average daily credit card sales earned for the most recent fiscal
month shall be equal to (a) the gross retail credit card sales for the most
recent fiscal
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month
available at the time of determination (it being understood that such number
shall only include the Specified Dollar Receivables (as defined below) if
the
circumstances described in clause (2) below shall exist) multiplied
by (b) the Applicable Earned Percentage divided
by (c) the number of days in such month. For
all
purposes hereof, except as set forth in the last sentence of this definition,
“Applicable
Earned Percentage”
shall
be equal to the Earned Revenue Percentage. The
Estimated Credit Card Receivables Component shall be subject to such adjustments
as may be deemed appropriate by the Administrative
Agent
based upon the results of each Field Audit of the Borrower conducted after
the
Closing Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) until the occurrence of a Visa/MasterCard
Dollar Trigger Event that results in a reserve held by the credit card
processing bank (the “Applicable
Reserve”)
that
is less than 100% of the value of airline tickets and other goods and services
sold on Visa or MasterCard but not yet flown or used or otherwise earned
by
performance by the Borrower (the “Unearned
Value”),
or
that is not calculated based on the Unearned Value, retail credit card
receivables due from the credit card processing bank for Visa or MasterCard
that
are denominated in Dollars (the “Specified
Dollar Receivables”)
shall
not be subject to the formula set forth above and the Applicable Earned
Percentage to be applied to such receivables shall be equal to 100%, (2)
after
the occurrence of a Visa/MasterCard Dollar Trigger Event that results in
an
Applicable Reserve that is equal to 0% of the Unearned Value, or that is
not
calculated based upon the Unearned Value, the Specified Dollar Receivables
shall
be subject to the formula set forth above (i.e., the Applicable Earned
Percentage to be applied to such receivables shall be equal to the Earned
Revenue Percentage), and (3) after the occurrence of a Visa/MasterCard Dollar
Trigger Event that results in an Applicable Reserve that is greater than
0% but
less than 100% of the Unearned Value, the Applicable Earned Percentage to
be
applied to the Specified Dollar Receivables shall be determined on a straight
line basis between the percentages set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above
(it
being understood that the Applicable Earned Percentage to be applied to such
Specified Dollar Receivables shall be equal to 100% minus
the
product of (A) the Applicable Reserve and (B) the excess, if any, of (I)
100%
over (II) the Earned Revenue Percentage).
“Euro”
or
“€”
shall
mean the official currency of the European Union.
“Eurodollar”,
when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the
Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined
by
reference to the LIBO Rate.
“Eurodollar
Tranche”
shall
mean the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans under a particular Facility
the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the
same
date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally
have been made on the same day).
“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
7.
“Event
of Loss”
shall
have the meaning given such term in the First Lien Aircraft
Mortgage.
“Excess
Credit-Linked Deposits”
shall
mean, at any time, the excess, if any, of the Total Credit-Linked Deposit
over
the Credit-Linked Deposit LC Exposure at such time.
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“Exchange
Rate”
means
on any day with respect to any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which
such currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day on the Reuters World Currency Page for
such currency; in the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters
World
Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such
other
publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed
upon
by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or, in the absence of such
agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of
the
spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its
foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then
being
conducted, at or about 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such date for the
purchase of Dollars for delivery two Business Days later; provided,
however, that if at any time of any such determination, for any reason, no
such
spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable
method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination
shall
be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Excluded
Accounts”
shall
mean (i) the Escrow Accounts, (ii) the Payroll Accounts, (iii) the Xxxxx
Cash
Accounts, (iv) the Restricted Accounts and (v) any other deposit accounts
or
securities accounts subject to Permitted Liens of the type described in clauses
(c) or (e) of the definition thereof or liens permitted under clauses (a),
(d),
(j), (p), (v), (w), (bb), (dd), (ee) or (s) (to the extent relating to any
of
the foregoing clauses) of Section
6.01.
“Excluded
Subsidiaries”
shall
mean Aero Assurance, Ltd. and its subsidiaries.
“Excluded
Taxes”
shall
mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, any Lender,
any Issuing Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or
on
account of any Obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise
taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of
America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is
organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of
any
Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch
profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax
imposed
by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the
case
of a Foreign Lender, any withholding tax that is imposed by any jurisdiction
other than the United States of America or any state thereof or is imposed
by
the United States of America on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at
the
time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates
a new
lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply
with Section
2.16(f),
except
to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled,
at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax
pursuant to Section
2.16(a).
“Existing
Amex DIP Facility”
shall
mean the Second Amended and Restated Advance Payment Supplements to Delta’s
Co-Branded Credit Card Program Agreement and Membership Rewards Agreement
(as
amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended or otherwise
modified to the date hereof), dated as of March 27, 2006, among the Borrower,
the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto, Amex
and
American Express Bank, F.S.B.
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“Existing
DIP Facilities”
shall
mean the Existing GE DIP Facility and the Existing Amex DIP Facility.
“Existing
DIP Facility Letter of Credit”
shall
mean each letter of credit that was issued under the Existing GE DIP Facility
and remains outstanding as of the Closing Date.
“Existing
GE DIP Facility”
shall
mean that certain Amended and Restated Secured Super-Priority Debtor in
Possession Credit Agreement (as amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented, extended or otherwise modified to the date hereof), dated as
of
March 27, 2006, among the Borrower, the direct and indirect subsidiaries
of the
Borrower party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and
General
Electric Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral
agent.
“FAA”
shall
mean the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States of America
and any
successor thereto.
“FAA
Slots”
shall
mean all “slots” as defined in 14 CFR § 93.213(a)(2), as that section may be
amended or re-codified from time to time, or, in the case of slots at New
York
LaGuardia, as defined in the Final Order, Operating Limitations at New York
LaGuardia Airport, Docket No. FAA 0000-00000-00 dated December 13, 2006,
as such
order may be amended or re-codified from time to time, and
in any subsequent order issued by the FAA related to New York’s LaGuardia
Airport, as such order may be amended or re-codified from time to
time, in
each
case of the Borrower and, if applicable, any other Guarantor, now held or
hereafter acquired (other than “slots” which have been permanently allocated to
another air carrier and in which the Borrower and, if applicable, any Guarantor
holds temporary use rights).
“Facility”
shall
mean each of (a) the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans made
thereunder (the “Revolving
Facility”)
and
(b) the Credit-Linked Deposit Commitments and the extensions of credit made
thereunder (the “Credit-Linked
Deposit Facility”).
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate”
shall
mean, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the
next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers,
as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank
of
New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a
Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100
of
1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
“Fees”
shall
collectively mean the Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit Fees and other fees
referred to in Section 2.19.
“Field
Audit”
shall
mean a field examination conducted by a Field Auditor of the Borrower’s and the
Guarantors’ accounts receivable and books and records related thereto, and the
results of such field examination shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent in all respects.
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“Field
Auditor”
shall
mean the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates, appraisers or other advisors
who may be retained by the Administrative Agent to conduct a Field Audit.
“Fifth-Freedom
Rights”
shall
mean the operational right to enplane passenger traffic and cargo in a foreign
country and deplane it in another foreign country.
“First
Lien Aircraft Mortgage”
shall
mean that “First Lien Aircraft Mortgage” as defined in Section
4.01(e),
as the
same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or amended
and
restated from time to time.
“First
Lien Copyright Security Agreement”
shall
mean that certain First Lien Copyright Security Agreement as defined in
Section
4.01(f),
as the
same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or amended
and
restated from time to time.
“First
Lien Collateral Coverage Ratio”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
6.06(a).
“First
Lien Obligations”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
6.06(a).
“First
Lien Patent Security Agreement”
shall
mean that certain First Lien Patent Security Agreement as defined in
Section
4.01(f),
as the
same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or amended
and
restated from time to time.
“First
Lien Pledge Agreement”
shall
mean that certain First Lien Pledge Agreement as defined in Section
4.01(c),
as the
same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or amended
and
restated from time to time.
“First
Lien Real Estate Mortgages”
shall
mean, collectively, (a) that certain First Lien Real Estate Deed to Secure
Debt,
Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement, dated the date hereof,
by
the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit
A and
(b) each other mortgage granted pursuant to the terms hereof, as the same
may be
amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or amended and restated
from
time to time.
“First
Lien Security Agreement”
shall
mean that certain First Lien Security Agreement as defined in Section
4.01(c),
as the
same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or amended
and
restated from time to time.
“First
Lien SGR Security Agreement”
shall
mean that certain First Lien Slot, Gate and Route Security and Pledge Agreement
as defined in Section
4.01(d),
as the
same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or amended
and
restated from time to time.
“First
Lien Trademark Security Agreement”
shall
mean that certain First Lien Trademark Security Agreement as defined in
Section
5.19(a),
as the
same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or amended
and
restated from time to time.
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“First
Priority Obligations”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“First
Priority Obligations Payment Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“First
Priority Secured Parties”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio”
shall
mean, at any date for which such ratio is to be determined, the ratio of
EBITDAR
for the Rolling Twelve Month period ended on such date to the sum of the
following for such period: (a) Interest Expense, plus
(b) the aggregate cash aircraft rental expense of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period payable in cash in respect
of any aircraft leases (other than Capitalized Leases), all as determined
in
accordance with GAAP.
“Flight
Simulators”
shall
mean the flight simulators and flight training devices of the Borrower or
any
applicable Guarantor (including, without limitation, any such simulators
or
training devices located on a Real Property Asset) other than the flight
simulators listed on Schedule 1.01(a)
(as such
Schedule may be amended from time to time with the consent of the Administrative
Agent).
“Foreign
Aviation Authorities”
shall
mean any foreign governmental, quasi-governmental, regulatory or other agencies,
public corporations or private entities that exercise jurisdiction over the
authorization (a) to serve any foreign point on each of the Routes and/or
to
conduct operations related to the Routes and Supporting Route Facilities
and/or
(b) to hold and operate any Foreign Slots.
“Foreign
Lender”
shall
mean any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other
than
that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the
United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia
shall
be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Foreign
Slot”
shall
mean all of the rights and operational authority, now held or hereafter
acquired, of the Borrower and, if applicable, a Guarantor, to conduct one
landing or takeoff at a specific time or in a specific time period on a specific
day of the week at each non-U.S. airport served in conjunction with the
Borrower’s, or, if applicable, a Guarantor’s operations over a Route, other than
“slots” which have been permanently allocated to another air carrier and in
which the Borrower and, if applicable, any Guarantor, hold temporary use
rights.
“Fresh
Start Reporting”
shall
mean the preparation of consolidated financial statements of the Borrower
in
accordance with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement
of
Position (90-7), which reflects the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization on a presumed effective date of
April
30, 2007.
“Full
Control Agreement”
shall
mean any Full Control Deposit Account Agreement or any Full Control Securities
Account Agreement.
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“Full
Control Deposit Account Agreement”
shall
mean an agreement in writing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to
the Collateral Agent, by and among the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the
case
may be, the Collateral Agent, and any bank at which the relevant deposit
account
of the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the case may be, is at any time
maintained.
“Full
Control Securities Account Agreement”
shall
mean an agreement in writing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to
the Collateral Agent, by and among the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the
case
may be, the Collateral Agent and any securities intermediary in respect of
the
relevant securities account.
“GAAP”
shall
mean generally accepted accounting principles applied in accordance with
Section
1.03.
“Gate
Interests”
shall
mean all of the right, title, privilege, interest, and authority now or
hereafter acquired or held by the Borrower or, if applicable, a Guarantor
in
connection with the right to use or occupy holdroom and passenger boarding
and
deplaning space in any airport terminal located in the United States at which
the Borrower conducts scheduled operations.
“Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx”
shall
mean Xxxxxxx Sachs Credit Partners L.P.
“Governmental
Authority”
shall
mean the government of the United States of America, any other nation or
any
political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank organization,
or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing or
regulatory powers or functions of or pertaining to government. Governmental
Authority shall not include any Person in its capacity as an Airport
Authority.
“Ground
Support Equipment”
shall
mean the equipment owned by the Borrower or, if applicable, a Guarantor for
crew
and passenger ground transportation, cargo, mail and luggage handling, catering,
fuel/oil servicing, de-icing, cleaning, aircraft maintenance and servicing,
dispatching, security and motor vehicles.
“Guarantee”
of
or
by any Person (the “guarantor”)
shall
mean any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing
or
having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation
of any other Person (the “primary
obligor”)
in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply
funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation
or
to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security
for
the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or
services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity
capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary
obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other
obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit
or
letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation;
provided,
that
the term Guarantee shall not include (i) endorsements for collection or deposits
or (ii) customary contractual indemnities in commercial agreements, in each
case
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice. The
amount
of any obligation relating to a Guarantee
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shall
be
deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the
primary
obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made (or, if less, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability for which such Person may be liable pursuant
to
the terms of the instrument evidencing such Guarantee) or, if not stated
or
determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof
(assuming such Person is required to perform) as determined by the guarantor
in
good faith.
“Guarantor”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Hazardous
Materials”
shall
mean all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous
or
toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances
or
wastes of any nature that are regulated pursuant to, or could reasonably
be
expected to give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law.
“Hedging
Agreement”
shall
mean any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future, fuel hedging
or
other derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or
settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, fuel or other
commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial
or
pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value
or
any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions.
“Immaterial
Subsidiaries”
shall
mean one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower, for which, (a) the assets
of all
such designated Subsidiaries constitute, in the aggregate, no more than 2½% of
the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
(determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower
for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section
5.01),
and
(b) the revenues of such Subsidiaries account for no more than 2½% of the total
revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for
the
twelve-month period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter
of
the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant
to
Section
5.01.
The
domestic Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date that are not Guarantors
on the Closing Date shall be listed on Schedule 1.01(b).
“Indebtedness”
of
any
Person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person
for borrowed money (including in connection with deposits or advances),
(b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional
sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by
such
Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred
purchase price of property or services (excluding current accrued expenses
incurred and current accounts payable, in each case in the ordinary course
of
business), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the
holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise,
to
be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether
or
not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all Guarantees
by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all obligations of such
Person in respect of Capitalized Leases, (h) all
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obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of
letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (i) all obligations, contingent
or
otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (j) all
obligations of such person to pay a specified purchase price for goods or
services, whether or not delivered or accepted, i.e., take-or-pay and similar
obligations, and (k) all obligations in respect of Hedging Agreements valued
at
the amount equal to what would be payable by such Person to its counterparty
to
such Hedging Agreements if such Hedging Agreement was terminated early on
such
date of determination. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such
Person
is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result
of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity,
except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person
is
not liable therefor.
“Indemnified
Taxes”
shall
mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitee”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
10.04(b).
“Intercreditor
Agreement”
shall
mean that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated the date hereof among the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, as administrative
agent and collateral agent under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Borrower
and the Guarantors party thereto in substantially the form attached as Exhibit
I.
“Interest
Election Request”
shall
mean a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance
with Section
2.05.
“Interest
Expense”
shall
mean, for any period, the gross cash interest expense (including the interest
component of Capitalized Leases), of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on
a
consolidated basis for such period, all as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“Interest
Payment Date”
shall
mean (a) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of one, two
or
three months (or any other Interest Period shorter than three months), the
last
day of such Interest Period, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest
Period of more than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole
multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and the last
day
of such Interest Period and (c) with respect to ABR Revolving Loans, the
last
Business Day of each March, June, September and December.
“Interest
Period”
shall
mean, as to any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, the period commencing on the
date
of such Borrowing (including as a result of a conversion from ABR Loans)
or on
the last day of the preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing
and
ending on the numerically corresponding day (or if there is no corresponding
day, the last day) in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months
thereafter (or the appropriate date thereafter for any other Interest Period
available to all the Lenders under the relevant Facility), as the Borrower
may
elect in the related notice delivered pursuant to Sections 2.03
or
2.05;
provided,
that
(i) if any Interest Period would end on a day which shall not be a Business
Day,
such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar
month,
in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business
Day,
and (ii) no Interest Period shall end later than the Termination
Date.
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“International
Interest”
shall
mean “International Interest” as defined in the Cape Town
Convention.
“International
Registry”
shall
mean “International Registry” as defined in the Cape Town
Convention.
“Investments”
shall
mean any stock, evidence of indebtedness or other security of any Person,
any
loan, advance, contribution of capital, extension of credit or commitment
therefor (including, without limitation, the Guarantee of loans made to others,
but excluding current trade and customer accounts receivable arising in the
ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary trading
terms in the ordinary course of business), and any purchase or acquisition
of
(a) any security of another Person or (b) a line of business, or all or
substantially all of the assets, of any Person.
“Issuing
Lender”
shall
mean JPMCB (or any of its banking affiliates), in its capacity as the issuer
of
Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided
in
Section
2.02(i),
and one
or more other Lenders agreeing to act in such capacity, which other Lenders
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
The Issuing Lender may, in its reasonable discretion, in consultation with
the
Borrower, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates
of the Issuing Lender, in which case the term “Issuing Lender” shall include any
such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such
Affiliate.
“Jet
Fuel Assets”
shall
mean (a) the existing jet fuel inventory of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’,
or any Connection Carrier’s or SkyTeam Partner’s, operations in or pipelines in
transit to Atlanta, Cincinnati and New York that is to be sold to the Jet
Fuel
Counterparty pursuant to the Jet Fuel Inventory Supply Agreement, or other
jet
fuel subject to the Jet Fuel Inventory Supply Agreement, (b) the Borrower’s or
its Subsidiaries’ rights in certain existing supply and third-party sale
agreements to be assigned or assumed by the Jet Fuel Counterparty pursuant
to
the Jet Fuel Inventory Supply Agreement, (c) the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’
rights in certain existing infrastructure agreements to be transferred to
the
Jet Fuel Counterparty pursuant to the Jet Fuel Inventory Supply Agreement
and
(d) proceeds of the foregoing.
“Jet
Fuel Counterparty”
shall
mean X. Xxxx & Company, a New York general partnership, or any of its
Affiliates, or any other Person that becomes a party to the Jet Fuel Inventory
Supply Agreement.
“Jet
Fuel Inventory Supply Agreement”
shall
mean the Jet Fuel Inventory Supply Agreement among the Borrower, the Jet
Fuel
Counterparty and Epsilon Trading, Inc., dated as of August 31, 2006, as amended,
renewed or replaced from time to time.
“Joint
Bookrunners”
shall
mean JPMSI, LBI and UBS, in their capacities as joint bookrunners.
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“Joint
Lead Arrangers”
shall
mean JPMSI and LBI, in their capacities as co-lead arrangers.
“JPMCB”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“JPMSI”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“LBI”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“LC
Disbursement”
shall
mean a Revolving LC Disbursement or a Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement.
“LC
Exposure”
shall
mean, at any time, the Revolving LC Exposure and the Credit-Linked Deposit
LC
Exposure at such time.
“LCPI”
shall
mean Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc.
“Lenders”
shall
mean the Revolving Lenders and the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders.
“Letters
of Credit”
shall
mean the collective reference to the Revolving Letters of Credit and the
Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit. Letters of Credit will from time
to
time be deemed to be Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit or Revolving
Letters of Credit in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.02(a).
“Letter
of Credit Account”
shall
mean the account established by the Borrower under the sole and exclusive
control of the Administrative Agent maintained at the office of the
Administrative Agent at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 designated
as
the “Delta Air Lines LC Account” that shall be used solely for the purposes set
forth herein.
“Letter
of Credit Fees”
shall
mean the fees payable in respect of Letters of Credit pursuant to Section
2.21.
“LIBO
Rate”
shall
mean, with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to
a
Eurodollar Revolving Loan, the rate per annum appearing on Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or
any
successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations
comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as
determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of
providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the
London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar
deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event
that
such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO
Rate”
with
respect to such Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing for such Interest Period shall
be
the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable
to
such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank
market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to
the commencement of such Interest Period.
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“Lien”
shall
mean (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, deed to secure debt,
hypothecation, security interest, easement (including, without limitation,
reciprocal easement agreements and utility agreements), rights-of-ways,
reservations, encroachments, zoning and other land use restrictions, claim
or
any other title defect, lease, encumbrance, restriction, lien or charge of
any
kind whatsoever and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any
conditional sale, capital lease or other title retention agreement (or any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
“Loans”
shall
mean, collectively, the Revolving Loans and the Credit-Linked Deposit
Loans.
“Loan
Documents”
shall
mean this Agreement, the Letters of Credit (including applications for Letters
of Credit and related reimbursement agreements), the Collateral Documents,
the
Intercreditor Agreement and any other instrument or agreement (which is
designated as a Loan Document therein) executed and delivered by the Borrower
or
a Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender,
in
each case, as the same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented,
extended or amended and restated from time to time.
“Margin
Stock”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.13(a).
“Material
Adverse Change”
shall
mean any event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
shall
mean a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations or financial
condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the
validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or
remedies of the Agents and the Lenders thereunder, or (c) the ability of
the
Borrower or any Guarantor to pay its respective obligations under the Loan
Documents.
“Material
Indebtedness”
shall
mean Indebtedness (other than the Obligations and Letters of Credit), of
any one
or more of the Borrower and the Guarantors in an aggregate principal amount
exceeding $50,000,000.
“Maturity
Date”
shall
mean April 30, 2012.
“Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx”
shall
mean Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Commercial Finance Corp.
“Moody’s”
shall
mean Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgaged
Collateral”
shall
mean all of the “Collateral” as defined in the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage
(including any Mortgage Supplement).
“Mortgage
Supplement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
shall
mean a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, which is
maintained or contributed to by (or to which there is an obligation to
contribute of) the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower or an ERISA
Affiliate, and each such plan for the five-year period immediately following
the
latest date on which the Borrower, or a Subsidiary of the Borrower or an
ERISA
Affiliate maintained, contributed to or had an obligation to contribute to
such
plan.
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“Multiple
Employer Plan”
shall
mean a Single Employer Plan, which (a) is maintained for employees of the
Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate and at least one person (as defined in Section
3(9) of ERISA) other than the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates or (b) was
so
maintained and in respect of which the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate could
have
liability under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such Plan has
been or
were to be terminated.
“Net
Cash Proceeds”
shall
mean, in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds
thereof in the form of cash and Permitted Investments (including any such
proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note
or
installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise,
but
only as and when received), net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees,
investment banking fees and brokerage fees, (ii) amounts required to be applied
to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder
on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event or
otherwise required to be repaid upon such sale (other than any Lien pursuant
to
a Collateral Document), (iii) proceeds of insurance or condemnation awards
maintained for the benefit of any third party applied to restore assets as
required by the terms of any agreement with such third party, (iv) other
customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and
net of
taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after
taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements) and (v) reserves provided, to the extent required by GAAP,
against
any liabilities that are directly attributed to such Asset Sale; provided
that any
such unutilized reserves shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds at any time and
to
the extent that the maintenance of such reserves is no longer required by
GAAP
and, provided further,
that,
in the case of any Asset Sale of fuel that has been pre-ordered in the ordinary
course of business occurring substantially concurrently with the purchase
of
such fuel subject to such Asset Sale, “Net
Cash Proceeds”
shall
be deemed net of the purchase price of such fuel.
“Obligations”
shall
mean the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest, reasonable
fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs accruing after the maturity of the
Loans
and interest, reasonable fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs accruing
after
the filing of any petition of bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not
a
claim for post-filing or post-petition interest, fees or costs is allowed
in
such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower to any Agent or any Lender, whether direct or indirect, absolute
or
contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred,
which
arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith
or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement
obligations, reasonable fees, indemnities, reasonable out-of-pocket costs,
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including all reasonable fees, charges
and
disbursements of counsel to any Agent or any Lender that are required to
be paid
by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise.
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“Officer’s
Certificate”
shall
mean, as applied to the Borrower or any Guarantor, a certificate executed
by a
Responsible Officer of such Person in his/her capacity as such.
“Other
Taxes”
shall
mean any and all present or future stamp, mortgage, intangible or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising
from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
“Parked”
shall
mean, as to any Aircraft, that such Aircraft has been removed from service,
other than Aircraft temporarily grounded for maintenance being actively
conducted.
“Participant”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section
10.02(d).
“Patriot
Act”
shall
mean the USA Patriot Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law on
October 26, 2001 or any subsequent legislation that amends, supplements or
supersedes such Act.
“Payroll
Accounts”
shall
mean depository accounts used only for payroll.
“PBGC”
shall
mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor agency or
entity
performing substantially the same functions.
“Pension
Act”
shall
mean the Pension Protection Act of 2006, as it presently exists or as it
may be
amended from time to time.
“Permitted
Acquisition”
shall
mean any acquisition, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise,
by the Borrower or any Guarantor of all or substantially all the assets of,
or
all the Equity Interests (or, so long as the acquired Person becomes a Guarantor
pursuant to Section
5.14
hereof,
Equity Interests sufficient to cause the acquired Person to become a Subsidiary)
in, a Person or a division, line of business or other business unit of a
Person
but only so long as:
(a) (i)
no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately prior
or
immediately after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition and (ii) all
transactions related thereto shall have been consummated in all material
respects in accordance with applicable laws;
(b) with
respect to any acquisition in excess of $25,000,000, the Borrower shall have
delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate to the effect set
forth in clause (a) above, together with the relevant financial information
for
the Person or assets to be acquired, promptly after consummation of such
acquisition; and
(c) with
respect to any acquisition in excess of $25,000,000, the Borrower shall have
provided the Administrative Agent with written notice and with copies of
the
material acquisition documents promptly after consummation of such
acquisition.
“Permitted
Change of Control Transaction”
shall
mean any transaction, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise,
pursuant to which a Permitted Holder acquires all or substantially all the
assets of, or all the Equity Interests in, the Borrower but only so long
as:
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(a) (i)
no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately prior
or
immediately after giving effect to such Permitted Change of Control Transaction
and (ii) all transactions related thereto shall have been consummated in
all
material respects in accordance with applicable laws;
(b) the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s
Certificate to the effect set forth in clause (a) above, together with the
relevant financial information for the Permitted Holder, promptly after
consummation of such transaction;
(c) the
Borrower shall have provided the Administrative Agent with written notice
and
with copies of the material acquisition documents promptly after consummation
of
such transaction; and
(d) the
operations of the Borrower are not merged with the operations of any other
major
U.S. airline owned by such Permitted Holder.
“Permitted
Collateral Liens”
shall
mean those Liens permitted pursuant to clauses (b),
(e),
(f),
(g),
(i)
(solely
with respect to interests of airport operators in the assets located at the
applicable facilities), (k)
(solely
to the extent relating to the underlying credit card receivables and related
assets), (l),
(m),
(n),
(q),
(r),
(u),
(cc)(i)
(solely to the extent relating to the applicable underlying accounts or amounts
or other assets deposited therein, in each case arising in the ordinary course
of business) or (s)
(to the
extent relating to any of the foregoing clauses) of Section
6.01.
“Permitted
Disposition”
shall
mean any of the following:
(a) (i)
the
sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the sale of Spare
Parts in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) swaps, exchanges,
interchange or pooling of assets or, in the case of Mortgaged Collateral,
other
transfers of possession (subject to the limitations set forth in the Collateral
Documents) in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the
sale
or other disposition of Permitted Investments for cash or in exchange for
Permitted Investments;
(c) sales
or
dispositions of surplus, obsolete, negligible or uneconomical assets (other
than
Mortgaged Collateral that are not Parts (as defined in the First Lien Aircraft
Mortgage)) no longer used in the business of Borrower and the
Guarantors;
(d) sales
or
dispositions of assets among the Borrower and the Guarantors; provided
that,
with respect to any such asset that constitutes Collateral, such asset remains
subject to a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
First
Priority Secured Parties following such sale or disposition (it being understood
that the Borrower and the Guarantors shall execute any documents and take
any
actions reasonably required to create, grant, establish, preserve or perfect
such Lien in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement or the
other
Collateral Documents dealing with the creation, granting, establishment,
preservation or perfection of Liens);
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(e) (i)
abandonment of Intellectual Property; provided, that such abandonment is
(A) in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and (B) with
respect to Intellectual Property that is not material to the business of
Borrower and it Subsidiaries and (ii) licensing or sublicensing of Intellectual
Property in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(f) the
sale
or discount of Accounts to a collection agency in connection with collections
of
delinquent receivables;
(g) (i)
abandonment of FAA Slots, Gate Interests, Routes or Supporting Route Facilities;
provided,
that
such abandonment is (A) in connection with the downsizing of any hub or other
facility located in Cincinnati as reflected in the budgets provided pursuant
to
Section
5.01(e),
(B) in
connection with the downsizing of any other hub or facility as reflected
in the
budgets provided pursuant to Section
5.01(e),
which
does not materially and adversely affect the business of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (C) in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices and does not materially and adversely affect
the
business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) transfer
or
other disposition in the ordinary course of business of FAA Slots, Foreign
Slots, Gate Interests, Routes or Supporting Route Facilities, in each case,
to
the extent not constituting Eligible Collateral or utilized in connection
therewith, (iii) exchange of FAA Slots in the ordinary course of business
that
in the Borrower’s reasonable judgment are of reasonably equivalent value, and
(iv) assignments of leases or granting of leases of (A) Aircraft or Engines
to
the extent permitted pursuant to the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage and (B)
other
aircraft or engines (that do not constitute Collateral), in each case, in
the
ordinary course of business;
(h) the
sale
or other disposition of any 737-800 aircraft substantially concurrently with
the
consummation of the purchase of such aircraft to the extent such purchase
occurs
pursuant to a purchase agreement to which the Borrower or a Subsidiary was
a
party as of the Closing Date;
(i) to
the
extent not prohibited by any of the Collateral Documents, the disposition
of
leasehold or similar interests in real property that is not Real Property
Assets, including through assignment, sublease or lease termination or
rejection, in whole or in part, or the return, surrender, exchange or
abandonment of any property subject thereto;
(j) any
sale
of Margin Stock for fair value as determined in good faith by
Borrower;
(k) (i)
any
loss of or damage to property of the Borrower or any Guarantor, (ii) any
taking
of property of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or (iii) an Event of Loss;
(l) the
sale,
assignment and/or other transfer of the Jet Fuel Assets to the Jet Fuel
Counterparty, in each case pursuant to the Jet Fuel Inventory Supply
Agreement;
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(m) Permitted
Liens of the type described in clause (d) of the definition thereof;
and
(n) the
lease
or sublease of assets and properties in the ordinary course of
business.
“Permitted
Holder”
shall
mean any corporation or limited liability company organized under the laws
of
the United States of America or any state thereof organized for the purpose
of
consummating any Permitted Change of Control Transaction so long as such
entity
is a holding company which has (or simultaneously with such Change of Control
Transaction will acquire) as its other principal investment another major
U.S.
airline.
“Permitted
Investments”
shall
mean:
(a) direct
obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency
thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from
the
date of acquisition thereof;
(b) direct
obligations of state and local government entities in each case maturing
within
one year from the date of acquisition thereof, which have a rating of at
least
A- (or the equivalent thereof) from S&P or A3 (or the equivalent thereof)
from Xxxxx’x;
(c) obligations
of domestic or foreign companies and their subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, agencies, sponsored enterprises or instrumentalities chartered
by an
Act of Congress, which are not backed by the full faith and credit of the
United
States of America), including, without limitation, bills, notes, bonds,
debentures, and mortgage-backed securities, in each case maturing within
one
year from the date of acquisition thereof and which have a rating of at least
A-
(or the equivalent thereof) from S&P or A-3 (or the equivalent thereof) from
Xxxxx’x;
(d) investments
in commercial paper maturing within 365 days from the date of acquisition
thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a rating of at least A-2
(or
the equivalent thereof) from S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) from
Xxxxx’x;
(e) investments
in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed
by or
placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any
domestic office of any other commercial bank of recognized standing organized
under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof that
has a
combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $250,000,000
and which has a long term unsecured debt rating
of
at least A from S&P and A2 from Xxxxx’x (or is the principal banking
Subsidiary of a bank holding company that has such ratings);
(f) fully
collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than six (6)
months
for underlying securities that would otherwise be eligible for
investment;
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(g) Investments
of money in an investment company organized under the Investment Company
Act of
1940, as amended, or in pooled accounts or funds offered through mutual funds,
investment advisors, banks and brokerage houses which invest its assets in
obligations of the type described in (a) through (f) above. This could include,
but not be limited to, money market funds or short-term and intermediate
bonds
funds; and
(h) money
market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7
under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA (or the equivalent
thereof) by S&P and Aaa (or the equivalent thereof) by Xxxxx’x and (iii)
have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and
(i) investments,
in accordance with investment policies approved by the board of directors
of the
Borrower, in the ordinary course of business.
“Permitted
Liens”
shall
mean: (a) Liens imposed by law (other than Liens imposed under Environmental
Laws and any Lien imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments, levies or
charges
of any Governmental Authority for claims not yet delinquent or which are
being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which
adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are being maintained in
accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen,
consignors, mechanics, materialmen and other Liens (other than Liens imposed
under Environmental Laws and any Lien imposed under ERISA) in existence on
the
Closing Date (which, in the case of Real Property Assets, are specified in
the
applicable First Lien Real Estate Mortgage) or imposed by law and created
in the
ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue
or are
being contested in compliance with Section
5.05;
(c) (i)
Liens (other than any Lien imposed under ERISA) incurred or (ii) or deposits
made (including, without limitation, surety bonds and appeal bonds), in each
case, in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other
types of social security benefits (or benefits arising under other public
liability laws or similar legislation) or to secure the performance of tenders,
bids, leases, contracts (other than for the repayment of Indebtedness),
statutory obligations and other similar obligations or arising as a result
of
progress payments under government contracts; (d) leases, subleases, licenses,
use agreements, usufructs, easements (including, without limitation, reciprocal
easement agreements and utility agreements), rights-of-way, covenants,
reservations, encroachments, land use restrictions or encumbrances, which,
in
the case of Real Property Assets, (i) do not interfere materially with the
ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the
case
may be, (ii) do not materially detract from the value of the property to
which they attach or materially impair the use thereof to the Borrower or
any
Guarantor, as the case may be and (iii) do not materially adversely affect
the
marketability of the applicable property; (e) letters of credit or deposits
in
the ordinary course to secure leases; (f) Liens imposed by applicable law
on the
assets of the Borrower or any Guarantor located at an airport for the benefit
of
any nation or government or national or governmental authority of any nation,
state, province or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency,
department, regulator, airport authority, air navigation authority or other
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government in respect of the regulation of
commercial aviation or the registration, airworthiness or operation of civil
aircraft and having jurisdiction over the Borrower or such Guarantor including,
without limitation, the FAA or DOT, (g) Liens in favor of depositary banks
arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of setoff)
and that are within
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the
general parameters customary in the banking industry, (h) in the case of
Real
Property Assets, those Liens specified in the applicable First Lien Real
Estate
Mortgage; (i) in the case of any Mortgaged Collateral, those Liens specified
in
the applicable First Lien Aircraft Mortgage; and (j) extensions, renewals
or
replacements of any Lien referred to in paragraphs (a) through (g) above,
provided,
that
the principal amount of the obligation secured thereby is not increased and
that
any such extension, renewal or replacement is limited to the property originally
encumbered thereby.
“Person”
shall
mean any natural person, corporation, division of a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, estate,
unincorporated organization, Airport Authority or Governmental Authority
or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Xxxxx
Cash Accounts”
shall
mean domestic or foreign deposit or securities accounts of the Borrower and
Guarantors holding aggregate balances in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000
with respect to domestic accounts and $150,000,000 with respect to foreign
accounts at any one time.
“Plan”
shall
mean a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan that is a pension
plan
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA.
“Plan
of Reorganization”
shall
mean the Debtors’ Joint Plan of Reorganization pursuant to Chapter 11 of the
United States Bankruptcy Code together with all schedules and exhibits thereto,
as confirmed by the Confirmation Order, together with any amendments,
supplements or modifications thereto that have been approved or authorized
by
the Bankruptcy Court prior to the Closing Date.
“Pledged
Spare Parts”
shall
mean Spare Parts which are maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower or
any
Guarantor at a Spare Parts Location.
“Post-Petition
Aircraft Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Plan of Reorganization.
“Primary
Foreign Slots”
shall
mean the Foreign Slots set forth on Schedule 4(f) to the First Lien SGR Security
Agreement, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time pursuant to
the
First Lien SGR Security Agreement.
“Primary
Routes”
shall
mean the Routes set forth on Schedule 4(h) to the First Lien SGR Security
Agreement, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time pursuant to
the
First Lien SGR Security Agreement.
“Primary
Supporting Route Facilities”
shall
mean the Supporting Route Facilities of the Borrower and, if applicable,
a
Guarantor, at the airports listed on Schedule 4(i) to the First Lien SGR
Security Agreement.
“Prime
Rate”
shall
mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by
JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City;
each
change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such
change is publicly announced as being effective.
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“Prospective
Assignment”
shall
have the meaning given in the Cape Town Convention.
“Prospective
International Interest”
shall
have the meaning given in the Cape Town Convention.
“Prospective
Sale”
shall
have the meaning given in the Cape Town Convention.
“Protocol”
shall
mean the Protocol referred to in the defined term “Cape Town
Convention.”
“Qualified
Judgment”
shall
mean any judgment arising from the resolution of disputed pre-petition claims,
so long as, and to the extent that, a reserve has been established therefor
(including a reserve of Equity Interests of the Borrower to satisfy certain
pre-petition claims pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization).
“Qualified
Permitted Investments”
shall
mean Permitted Investments of the type described in clause (e) of the definition
thereof issued, guaranteed or placed with the Administrative Agent and other
Permitted Investments of the type from time to time generally permitted in
money
market deposit accounts at JPMCB.
“Qualified
Restructuring Indebtedness”
shall
mean any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect
to
any Restructuring Aircraft other than any such Indebtedness (i) created by
any
Post-Petition Aircraft Agreement that has been entered into relating to such
Restructuring Aircraft or (ii) arising out of the assumption without
modification of pre-petition agreements related to such Restructuring
Aircraft.
“Real
Estate Appraiser”
shall
mean, in the case of the Real Property Assets, (a) American Appraisal Associates
with respect to those certain parcels of real property described in Schedule
3.15(a) or (b) such other appraisal firms as may be retained by the
Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, from time to
time.
“Real
Property Assets”
shall
mean those certain parcels of real property owned in fee by the Borrower
and
described in Schedule 3.15(a) and together with, in each case, all buildings,
improvements, facilities, appurtenant fixtures and equipment, easements and
other property and rights incidental or appurtenant to the ownership of such
parcel of real property (as each such real property is more particularly
described in the applicable First Lien Real Estate Mortgage) (including,
without
limitation, all Collateral described in the applicable First Lien Real Estate
Mortgage), and, from time to time, all Collateral identified in a First Lien
Real Estate Mortgage granted pursuant to Section
5.14,
Section
5.16
or any
other provision of this Agreement (including in connection with the designation
of such real property or related asset as Cure Collateral).
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“Recovery
Event”
shall
mean any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty
insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any Collateral
or any
Event of Loss.
“Redeemable
Stock”
shall
mean any class or series of Equity Interests of any Person that by its terms
or
otherwise (a) is required to be redeemed prior to the Maturity Date, (b)
may be
required to be redeemed at the option of the holder of such class or series
of
Equity Interests at any time prior to the Maturity Date or (c) is convertible
into or exchangeable for (i) Equity Interests referred to in clause (a) or
(b)
above or (ii) Indebtedness.
“Register”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
10.02(b)(iv).
“Related
Parties”
shall
mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person
and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release”
shall
mean any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
injecting, escaping, leaching, migrating, dumping, or disposing into the
indoor
or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or discarding of barrels,
containers and other closed receptacles containing any hazardous substance
or
pollutant or contaminant).
“Replacement
Airframe”
shall
have the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Aircraft
Mortgage.
“Replacement
Engine”
shall
have the meaning given to such term in the First Lien Aircraft
Mortgage.
“Required
Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders”
shall
mean the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of
(i)
until the Closing Date, the Total Credit-Linked Deposit then in effect and
(ii)
thereafter, the Total Credit-Linked Deposit then in effect (or, if the Total
Credit-Linked Deposit shall have been reduced to zero pursuant to Section
2.11
or
Section
2.12),
Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount
of all Credit-Linked Deposit Loans outstanding and (y) the Credit-Linked
Deposit
LC Exposure.
“Required
Lenders”
shall
mean, at any time, Lenders holding more than 50% of (a) until the Closing
Date,
the Commitments then in effect and (b) thereafter, the sum of (i) (A) the
Total
Credit-Linked Deposit or (B) following the termination of the Credit-Linked
Deposits, the aggregate principal amount of all Credit-Linked Deposit Loans
outstanding plus
the
Credit-Linked Deposit LC Exposure, and (ii) the Total Revolving Commitments
then
in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Total
Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
“Responsible
Officer”
shall
mean the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer,
vice president, controller, chief accounting officer, secretary or assistant
secretary of the Borrower or any Guarantor, as applicable, but in any event,
with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, treasurer,
controller or chief accounting officer of the Borrower or any Guarantor,
as
applicable.
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“Restricted
Accounts”
shall
mean the accounts identified as Restricted Accounts on Schedule
1.01(c);
“Restricted
Captive Insurance Company Subsidiary”
shall
mean a Subsidiary that is a captive insurance company and is prohibited from
becoming a Guarantor hereunder pursuant to applicable rules and regulations.
“Restricted
Payment”
shall
mean any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other
property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Guarantor,
or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including
any
sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption,
retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests
in
the Borrower.
“Restructuring
Aircraft”
shall
mean each of the aircraft listed on Schedule 1.01(d).
“Revolving
Availability Period”
shall
mean the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the
Termination Date.
“Revolving
Commitment”
shall
mean the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and
participate in Revolving Letters of Credit hereunder in an aggregate principal
and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading
“Revolving Commitment” opposite its name in Annex A hereto or in the Assignment
and Acceptance pursuant to which such Revolving Lender became a party hereto,
as
the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The
original aggregate amount of the Total Revolving Commitments is
$1,000,000,000.
“Revolving
Commitment Percentage”
shall
mean, at any time, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the percentage
obtained by dividing its Revolving Commitment at such time by the Total
Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated,
the
Revolving Commitment Percentage of each Revolving Lender that existed
immediately prior to such termination.
“Revolving
Extensions of Credit”
shall
mean, as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum
of (a)
the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender
then
outstanding and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the
Revolving LC Exposure then outstanding.
“Revolving
Facility”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Facility” in this Section
1.01.
“Revolving
LC Commitment”
shall
mean a Dollar Amount not to exceed $400,000,000.
“Revolving
LC Disbursement”
shall
mean a payment made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Revolving Letter
of
Credit.
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“Revolving
LC Exposure”
shall
mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate maximum undrawn Dollar Amount
of
all outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit at such time plus
(b) the
aggregate Dollar Amount of all Revolving LC Disbursements that have not yet
been
reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The Revolving LC
Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Revolving Commitment
Percentage of the total Revolving LC Exposure at such time.
“Revolving
Lender”
shall
mean each Lender having a Revolving Commitment.
“Revolving
Letter of Credit”
shall
mean any irrevocable letter of credit issued pursuant to Section
2.02
(other
than Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit), which letter of credit shall
be
(i) a standby letter of credit, (ii) issued for general corporate purposes
of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) denominated in Dollars or any
Alternative Currency and (iv) otherwise in such form as may be reasonably
approved from time to time by the Administrative Agent and the applicable
Issuing Lender.
“Revolving
Letter of Credit Available Amount”
shall
mean, at any time, the lesser of (i) the excess, if any, of (x) the Revolving
LC
Commitment in effect at such time over (y) the Revolving LC Exposure at such
time and (ii) the excess, if any, of (x) the Total Revolving Commitment in
effect at such time over (y) the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit
outstanding at such time.
“Revolving
Loan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.01(a).
“Rolling
Twelve Months”
shall
mean, with respect to any date of determination, the month most recently
ended
and the eleven (11) immediately preceding months for which, in each case,
financial statements are available considered as a single period.
“Routes”
shall
mean the routes for which the Borrower or, if applicable, a Guarantor, holds
or
hereafter acquires the requisite authority to operate foreign air transportation
pursuant to Title 49 including, without limitation, applicable frequencies,
exemption and certificate authorities, Fifth-Freedom Rights and “behind/beyond
rights”.
“Sale”
shall
have the meaning given in the Cape Town Convention.
“S&P”
shall
mean Standard & Poor’s, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc.
“SEC”
shall
mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second
Lien Administrative Agent”
shall
mean the “Administrative Agent” under and as defined in the Second Lien Credit
Agreement.
“Second
Lien Collateral Agent”
shall
mean the “Collateral Agent” under and as defined in the Second Lien Credit
Agreement.
“Second
Lien Credit Agreement”
shall
mean that certain Second Lien Term Loan and Guaranty Agreement (as the same
may
be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or amended and restated
from time to time), dated as of April 30, 2007, among the Borrower, the
Guarantors, the lenders party thereto, Xxxxxxx Sachs, as administrative agent
and collateral agent, and the other parties thereto.
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“Second
Lien Obligations”
shall
have the meaning given to the term “Obligations” in the Second Lien Credit
Agreement.
“Second
Lien Term Loans”
shall
mean the “Second Lien Term Loans” as such term is defined in the Second Lien
Credit Agreement.
“Second
Priority Obligations”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Shifting
Control Agreement”
shall
mean any Shifting Control Deposit Account Agreement or any Shifting Control
Securities Account Agreement.
“Shifting
Control Deposit Account Agreement”
shall
mean an agreement in writing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to
the Collateral Agent, by and among the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the
case
may be, the Collateral Agent, and the relevant bank at which the relevant
deposit account of the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the case may be, is
at any
time maintained.
“Shifting
Control Securities Account Agreement”
shall
mean an agreement in writing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to
the Collateral Agent, by and among the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the
case
may be, the Collateral Agent and any securities intermediary in respect of
the
relevant securities account.
“Single
Employer Plan”
shall
mean a single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA,
that
(a) is maintained for employees of the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate or
(b) was
so maintained and in respect of which the Borrower could reasonably be expected
to have liability under Title IV of ERISA in the event such Plan has been
or
were to be terminated.
“SkyTeam
Partner”
shall
mean any airline that is a member of the SkyTeam international airline
alliance.
“Spare
Engine”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage.
“Spare
Parts”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage.
“Spare
Parts Locations”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage.
“Specified
Jet Fuel Action”
shall
mean, if the transactions effected pursuant to the Jet Fuel Inventory Supply
Agreement are re-characterized as Indebtedness owed by the Borrower, any
action
by the Jet Fuel Counterparty, as secured party, to the extent such action
seeks
to foreclose (or obtain a lien) on the Jet Fuel Assets.
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“Specified
Permitted Collateral Liens”
shall
mean Permitted Collateral Liens (other than Liens permitted under clauses
(c)(i)
(other than any such Liens that are non-consensual or imposed by law), (c)(ii)
and (e) of the definition of Permitted Liens and clause (j) of the definition
of
Permitted Liens (to the extent related to such other specified clauses of
such
definition) and clauses (m), (n) and (u) of Section
6.01
and
clause (s) of Section
6.01
(to the
extent related to such other specified clauses of Section
6.01)).
“Statutory
Reserve Rate”
shall
mean a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number
one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of
the
maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or
supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to
which
the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the LIBO Rate, for
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in
Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those
imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to
constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements
without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may
be
available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any
comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve
percentage.
“Subordinations”
shall
have the meaning given in the Cape Town Convention.
“Subsidiary”
shall
mean, with respect to any Person (in this definition referred to as the
“parent”),
any
corporation, association or other business entity (whether now existing or
hereafter organized) of which at least a majority of the securities or other
ownership or membership interests having ordinary voting power for the election
of directors is, at the time as of which any determination is being made,
owned
or controlled by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or
by the
parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise specified,
all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a
Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Supporting
Route Facilities”
shall
mean gates, ticket counters and other facilities assigned, allocated, leased,
or
made available to the Borrower at non-U.S. airports used in the operation
of
scheduled service over a Route.
“Swap
Termination Value”
shall
mean, in respect of any contract or agreement relating to Indebtedness permitted
by Section
6.03(f)
or
(g),
after
taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement
relating to such contract or agreement, (a) for any date on or after the
date
such contract or agreement has been closed out and termination value(s)
determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for
any
date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined
as the
xxxx-to-market value(s) for such contract or agreement, as determined based
upon
one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by
any
recognized dealer in such contract or agreement (which may include a Lender
or
any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Syndication
Agent”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
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“Taxes”
shall
mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Termination
Date”
shall
mean the earlier to occur of (a) the Maturity Date and (b) the acceleration
of
the Loans and the termination of the Commitments (which, in the case of the
Credit-Linked Deposit, means that the obligation to issue Credit-Linked Deposit
Letters of Credit or make Credit-Linked Deposit Loans shall terminate and
the
Credit-Linked Deposits shall be returned to the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders)
in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Termination
Event”
shall
mean (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the
regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event
for
which the 30-day notice period is waived under subsections .27, .28, .29,
.30,
.31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. 4043), (b) an event described in Section
4068
of ERISA, (c) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from
a
Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial
employer,” as such term is defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (d) the
incurrence of liability by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate under Section
4064 of ERISA upon the termination of a Multiple Employer Plan, (e) the
imposition of Withdrawal Liability or receipt of notice from a Multiemployer
Plan that such liability may be imposed, (f) a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, (g) providing notice of intent to
terminate a Plan pursuant to Section 4041(c) of ERISA or the treatment of
a Plan
amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, if such amendment
requires the provision of security, (h) the institution of proceedings to
terminate a Plan by the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA, (i) the existence
with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) and, on and after the
effectiveness of the Pension Act, any failure by any Plan 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, (j) the filing
pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of
an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect
to any
Plan, or (k) any other event or condition which would reasonably be expected
to
constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or
the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the imposition of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than for the payment of premiums
to the
PBGC in the ordinary course). Notwithstanding the above, for purposes of
this
definition, the sale by the Borrower of its interest in Comair shall not
be
considered a “reportable event” under clause (a) above.
“Title
14”
shall
mean Title 14 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations, including
Part
93, Subparts K and S thereof, as amended from time to time or any successor
or
recodified regulation.
“Title
49”
shall
mean Title 49 of the United States Code, which, among other things, recodified
and replaced the U.S. Federal Aviation Act of 1958, and the rules and
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto or any subsequent legislation that
amends, supplements or supersedes such provisions.
“Tooling”
shall
mean tooling inventory, including but not limited to dies, molds, tooling,
casting patterns, gauges, jigs, racks and stands for engines, cowls, radome
and
wheels, aircraft jacks, test benches, test equipment, lathes, welders, grinders,
presses, punches and hoists and other similar items (whether or not completed
or
fixed or handheld).
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“Total
Collateral Coverage Ratio”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
6.06(b).
“Total
Credit-Linked Deposit”
shall
mean, at any time, the sum of all Credit-Linked Deposits at such time, as
the
same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to this Agreement.
“Total
Credit-Linked Deposit LC Available Amount”
shall
mean, at any time, the excess, if any, of the Total Credit-Linked Deposit
over
the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Credit-Linked Deposit
Loans.
“Total
Obligations”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
6.06(b).
“Total
Revolving Commitment”
shall
mean, at any time, the sum of the Revolving Commitments at such
time.
“Total
Revolving Extensions of Credit”
shall
mean, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit
of
the Revolving Lenders outstanding at such time.
“Transactions”
shall
mean the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and Guarantors
of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which they may be a party,
the
creation of the Liens in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent,
the
borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof and the request for
and
issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“Travel
Agency Cash Transaction”
shall
mean any purchase in cash or check of a ticket through a travel agency that
is a
member of Bank Settlement Plan or Airline Reporting Corporation, as applicable,
it being understood and agreed that the account receivable in respect of
such
purchase that is included in the calculation of Eligible Account shall be
net of
any set-off for commissions or refunds and shall be included only to the
extent
such travel agency is unconditionally required to pay such net amount to
the
applicable clearinghouse or for the account of the Borrower.
“Type”,
when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined
by reference to the LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate and when used in
reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving
Commitment or Credit-Linked Deposit.
“UBS”
shall
mean UBS Securities LLC.
“UBS
Finance”
shall
mean UBS Loan Finance LLC.
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“UCC”
shall
mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from
time
to time.
“United
States Citizen”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.02.
“Unrestricted
Cash”
shall
mean all cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrower and the Guarantors
held
in accounts (other than the Escrow Accounts, Payroll Accounts and Restricted
Accounts) which are the subject of Control Agreements that have been executed
and delivered to the Collateral Agent.
“Unused
Total Revolving Commitment”
shall
mean, at any time, (a) the Total Revolving Commitment less
(b) the
Total Revolving Extensions of Credit.
“Use
or
Lose Rule”
shall
mean with respect to FAA Slots or Foreign Slots, as the case may be, the
terms
of 14 C.F.R. Section 93.227 or other applicable utilization requirements
issued
by the FAA, other Governmental Authorities, any Foreign Aviation Authorities
or
any Airport Authorities.
“Visa/MasterCard
Dollar Trigger Event”
shall
mean any amendment to the existing processing agreement or the Borrower entering
into any replacement processing agreement with respect to Visa and MasterCard
receivables denominated in Dollars that changes the percentage or calculation
of
reserves held by the credit card processing bank in respect of such receivables
(solely, in the case of any such change in calculation, to the extent resulting
in a calculation that is no longer based upon Unearned Value (as such term
is
defined in the definition of “Estimated Credit Card Receivables Component”
contained herein)).
“Withdrawal
Liability”
shall
have the meaning given such term under Part I of Subtitle E of
Title IV of ERISA and shall include liability that results from either a
complete or partial withdrawal.
SECTION
1.02. Terms
Generally.
The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural
forms
of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise
(a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument
or
other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented, extended,
amended and restated or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on
such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference
herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s permitted
successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and
words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in
its
entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein
to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer
to
Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement,
(e) the
words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and
properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and
(f)
“knowledge” or “aware” or words of similar import shall mean, when used in
reference to the Borrower or the Guarantors, the actual knowledge of any
Responsible Officer.
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SECTION
1.03. Accounting
Terms; GAAP.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial
nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time
to
time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that
the
Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect
of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application
thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent
notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any
provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice
is
given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof,
then
such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and
applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until
such
notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance
herewith. Upon any such request for an amendment, the Borrower, the Required
Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree to consider in good faith any
such
amendment in order to amend the provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect
equitably such accounting changes so that the criteria for evaluating the
Borrower’s financial condition shall be the same after such accounting changes
as if such accounting changes had not occurred.
SECTION
2.
AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF CREDIT
SECTION
2.01. Commitments
of the Lenders; Credit-Linked Deposit Loans.
(a) Revolving
Commitment.
(i)
Each
Revolving Lender severally, and not jointly with the other Revolving Lenders,
agrees, upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, to
make
revolving credit loans denominated in Dollars (each a “Revolving
Loan”
and
collectively, the “Revolving
Loans”)
to the
Borrower at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability
Period in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed, when added to such
Revolving Lender’s Revolving LC Exposure, the Revolving Commitment of such
Lender, which Revolving Loans may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance
with
the provisions of this Agreement. At
no
time shall the sum of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of
the
Revolving Loans plus
the
Revolving LC Exposure exceed the Total Revolving Commitment.
(ii)
Each
Borrowing of a Revolving Loan shall be made from the Revolving Lenders
pro
rata in
accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments; provided,
however,
that
the failure of any Revolving Lender to make any Revolving Loan shall not
in
itself relieve the other Revolving Lenders of their obligations to
lend.
(b) Making
of Credit-Linked Deposit Loans.
Each
Credit-Linked Deposit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its
Credit-Linked Deposit in full in Dollars on the Closing Date. Upon the terms
and
subject to the conditions herein set forth (including, without limitation,
the
provisions of Section
2.27
and
Section
4)
each
Credit-Linked Deposit Lender, severally and not jointly with the other
Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders, agrees to make loans
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(each
a
“Credit-Linked
Deposit Loan”
and
collectively, the “Credit-Linked
Deposit Loans”)
in
Dollars to the Borrower at any time and from time to time during the
Credit-Linked Deposit Availability Period; provided
that,
after giving effect to any such Credit-Linked Deposit Loan, (i) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Credit-Linked Deposit Loans of such
Credit-Linked Deposit Lender plus such Credit-Linked Deposit Lender’s
Credit-Linked Deposit LC Exposure does not exceed such Credit-Linked Deposit
Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit and (ii) the Credit-Linked Deposit Outstanding
Exposure does not exceed the Total Credit-Linked Deposit. Credit-Linked Deposit
Loans made pursuant to this subsection (b) may be repaid and reborrowed in
accordance with the provisions of this agreement.
(c) Pro
Rata Funding.
Each
Credit-Linked Deposit Borrowing shall be funded by the Credit-Linked Deposit
Lenders pro
rata in
accordance with their respective Credit-Linked Deposit Percentages, solely
from
amounts on deposit in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account pursuant to the terms
and conditions set forth herein.
(d) Type
of Borrowing.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section
2.03(b),
each
Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as
the
Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may
make
any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate
of
such Lender to make such Loan; provided
that any
exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to
repay
such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Amount
of Borrowing.
At the
commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such
Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is in an integral multiple
of
$1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time that each ABR Borrowing
is
made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1,000,000 provided,
that an
ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire Unused
Total Revolving Commitment or the entire Excess Credit-Linked Deposits, as
the
case may be, or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC
Disbursement as contemplated by Section
2.02(f).
Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time.
(f) Limitation
on Interest Period.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall
not be
entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if
the
Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity
Date.
SECTION
2.02. Letters
of Credit.
(a)
General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (including,
with
respect to issuances of Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit, Section
2.27),
the
Borrower may request the issuance of (and, subject to the penultimate sentence
of clause (b)
below,
the Issuing Lender shall issue) (1) Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit,
at
any time and from time to time during the Credit-Linked Deposit Availability
Period, and (2) Revolving Letters of Credit, at any time and from time to
time
during the Revolving Availability Period, in each case, for the Borrower’s own
account or the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Borrower.
For
purposes hereof, (i) Letters of Credit shall at all times and from time to
time
be deemed to be (x) Credit-Linked Deposit Letters
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of
Credit
(other than any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency)
to the
extent the aggregate principal amount of such Letters of Credit does not
exceed
the Total Credit-Linked Deposit LC Available Amount and (y) Revolving Letters
of
Credit (A) to the extent, and in the amount by which, the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars exceeds
the
Total Credit-Linked Deposit LC Available Amount and (B) if such Letters of
Credit are denominated in any Alternative Currency, (ii) drawings under any
Letter of Credit denominated in any Alternative Currency shall be deemed
to have
been made under Revolving Letters of Credit, (iii) drawings under any Letter
of
Credit denominated in Dollars shall be deemed to have been made under Revolving
Letters of Credit for so long as, and to the extent that, there are any undrawn
Revolving Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars outstanding (and thereafter
shall be deemed to have been made under Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of
Credit)
and (iv) any Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars that expires or terminates
will be deemed to be a Revolving Letter of Credit, for so long as, and to
the
extent that, there are outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit denominated
in
Dollars immediately prior to such expiration or termination; provided, however,
that, at any time during which an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be
continuing and the Required Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders shall have notified
the Administrative Agent of their election to trigger the terms of this proviso,
(I) Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars shall be deemed to be Revolving
Letters of Credit and Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit, (II) drawings
under Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars shall be deemed to have been
made
under Revolving Letters of Credit and Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit
and (III) any Letter of Credit that expires or terminates shall be deemed
to be
a Revolving Letter of Credit and a Credit-Linked Deposit Letter of Credit,
in
each case pro rata based upon (1) the Revolving LC Exposure immediately prior
to
such Event of Default determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions
of
this Section
2.02(a)
and (2)
the Credit-Linked Deposit LC Exposure immediately prior to such Event of
Default
determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section
2.02(a).
To the
extent necessary to implement the foregoing, the identification of a Letter
of
Credit as a Revolving Letter of Credit or a Credit-Linked Deposit Letter
of
Credit may change from time to time and a portion of a Letter of Credit may
be
deemed to be a Credit-Linked Deposit Letter of Credit and the remainder be
deemed to be a Revolving Letter of Credit. Any such reallocations shall be
made
in a manner to be determined by the Administrative Agent. In the event of
any
inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the
terms
and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement
submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing
Lender relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall control.
(b) Notice
of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions.
To
request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or
extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall either
provide
(i) telephonic notice promptly followed by written notice or (ii) hand deliver
or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for
doing
so have been approved by the Issuing Lender (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)) to the Issuing Lender and
the
Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter
of
Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended,
and specifying (1) the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension
(which
shall be a Business Day), (2) the date on which such
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Letter
of
Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this
Section), (3) the amount of such Letter of Credit, (4) for Revolving Letters
of
Credit, the currency of such Letter of Credit, (5) the name and address of
the
beneficiary thereof and (6) such other information as shall be necessary
to
prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the
Issuing Lender, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application
on
the Issuing Lender’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter
of Credit; provided,
that to
the extent such standard form is inconsistent with the Loan Documents, the
Loan
Documents shall control. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed
or
extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each
Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that),
after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (v)
the LC
Exposure shall not exceed the sum of the Revolving LC Commitment and the
Total
Credit-Linked Deposit, (w) the Revolving LC Exposure shall not exceed the
Revolving LC Commitment, (x) the aggregate amount of the Unused Total Revolving
Commitment shall not be less than zero, (y) the Credit-Linked Deposit LC
Exposure shall not exceed the Total Credit-Linked Deposit and (z) the
Credit-Linked Deposit Outstanding Exposure shall not exceed the Total
Credit-Linked Deposit. No Issuing Lender (other than an Affiliate of the
Administrative Agent) shall permit any such issuance, renewal, extension
or
amendment resulting in an increase in the amount of any Letter of Credit
to
occur without first obtaining written confirmation from the Administrative
Agent
that it is then permitted under this Agreement.
(c) Expiration
Date.
Each
Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the
earlier of (i) the date that is one year after the date of the issuance of
such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof,
one
year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business
Days prior to the Maturity Date.
(d) Participations.
(A)
By the
issuance of a Revolving Letter of Credit (or an amendment, renewal or extension
of a Revolving Letter of Credit, including any amendment increasing the amount
thereof, or in connection with any part of any Letter of Credit being deemed
to
be a Revolving Letter of Credit pursuant to Section
2.02(a)),
and
without any further action on the part of the Issuing Lender or the Revolving
Lenders, the Issuing Lender hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each
Revolving Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Lender, a participation
in
such Revolving Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lender’s Revolving
Commitment Percentage of the Dollar Amount available to be drawn under such
Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each
Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, such Revolving
Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Dollar Amount of each Revolving
LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Lender and not reimbursed by the Borrower
on
the date due as provided in paragraph (e)
of this
Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower
for any reason. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its
obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect
of
Revolving Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal
or
extension of any Revolving Letter of Credit or the occurrence of an Event
of
Default or reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that
each
such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or
reduction whatsoever.
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(B) By
the
issuance of a Credit-Linked Deposit Letter of Credit (or an amendment, renewal
or extension of a Credit-Linked Deposit Letter of Credit, including any
amendment increasing the amount thereof, or in connection with any part of
any
Letter of Credit being deemed to be a Credit-Linked Deposit Letter of Credit
pursuant to Section
2.02(a))
and
without any further action on the part of the Issuing Lender or the
Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders, the Issuing Lender hereby grants to each
Credit-Linked Deposit Lender, and each Credit-Linked Deposit Lender hereby
acquires from the Issuing Lender, a participation in such Credit-Linked Deposit
Letter of Credit equal to such Credit-Linked Deposit Lender’s Credit-Linked
Deposit Percentage of the aggregate principal amount available to be drawn
under
such Credit-Linked Deposit Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance
of the foregoing, each Credit-Linked Deposit Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees that if the Issuing Lender makes a Credit-Linked Deposit
LC Disbursement which is not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as
provided in paragraph (e)
of this
Section, or is required to refund any reimbursement payment in respect of
a
Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement to the Borrower for any reason, the
Administrative Agent shall reimburse the Issuing Lender for the amount of
such
Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement from the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders’
Credit-Linked Deposits on deposit in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account on
a pro
rata basis in accordance with each Credit-Linked Deposit Lender’s Credit-Linked
Deposit Percentage of such Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement. In the
event
any such Credit-Linked Deposits are withdrawn by the Administrative Agent
from
the Credit-Linked Deposit Account to reimburse the Issuing Lender for an
unreimbursed Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement, the Borrower shall have
the
right, but not the obligation, at any time prior to the Maturity Date, to
pay
over to the Administrative Agent in reimbursement thereof an amount equal
to the
amount so charged, and such payment shall be deposited by the Administrative
Agent in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account. A certificate of the Issuing
Lender
submitted to any Credit-Linked Deposit Lender with respect to any amounts
owing
under this section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Each
Credit-Linked Deposit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation
to
acquire and fund participations in respect of Credit-Linked Deposit Letters
of
Credit pursuant to this subparagraph (B)
is
absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of
any
Credit-Linked Deposit Letter of Credit or the occurrence of an Event of Default
or the return of the Credit-Linked Deposits, and that each such payment shall
be
made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
Without
limiting the foregoing, each Credit-Linked Deposit Lender irrevocably authorizes
the Administrative Agent to apply amounts of its Credit-Linked Deposit as
provided in this subparagraph (B),
whether
or not the conditions to borrow set forth in Section
4.02
are
satisfied.
Each
Credit-Linked Deposit Lender hereby grants, without prejudice to the other
provisions of this Agreement, to the Issuing Lender a security interest in
its
interest in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account and all amounts on deposit
therein
as collateral security for its obligations to the Issuing Lender under this
Agreement and agrees that the Issuing Lender may exercise all rights and
remedies of a secured party under the UCC or any other applicable law.
(e) Reimbursement.
If the
Issuing Lender shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit,
the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the
Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Dollar Amount of such LC
Disbursement or (subject to the two immediately succeeding sentences), with
respect to any Revolving Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative
Currency, an amount equal to the amount of such
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Revolving
LC Disbursement in the applicable Alternative Currency not later than the
first
Business Day following the date the Borrower receives notice of such LC
Disbursement; provided,
that,
in the case of any LC Disbursement made in Dollars, to the extent not reimbursed
and, subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to borrowing
set
forth herein, including, without limitation, making a request in accordance
with
Section
2.03(a)
or
2.02(e)(B)
that
such payment shall be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Credit-Linked
Deposit Loans, as the case may be, in an equivalent amount and, to the extent
so
financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and
replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Credit-Linked Deposit
Loans, as the case may be.
If the
Borrower’s reimbursement of, or obligation to reimburse, any amounts in any
Alternative Currency would subject the Administrative Agent, the applicable
Issuing Lender or any Lender to any stamp duty, ad valorem charge or similar
tax
that would not be payable if such reimbursement were made or required to
be made
in Dollars, the Borrower shall pay the amount of any such tax requested by
the
Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Lender or Lender. If the Borrower
fails to make such payment when due, then (i) if such payment relates to
an
Alternative Currency Revolving Letter of Credit, automatically and with no
further action required, the Borrower’s obligation to reimburse the applicable
Revolving LC Disbursement shall be permanently converted into an obligation
to
reimburse the Dollar Amount of such Revolving LC Disbursement and (ii) the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Issuing Lender
of the
applicable Revolving LC Disbursement and the Dollar Amount thereof.
(A) If
the
Borrower fails to make any payment due under paragraph (e)
above
with respect to a Revolving Letter of Credit when due (including by a
Borrowing), the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of
the
applicable Revolving LC Disbursement (as converted to Dollars, if applicable),
the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Revolving
Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of
such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent
its
Revolving Commitment Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower,
in
the same manner as provided in Section
2.04
with
respect to Revolving Loans made by such Revolving Lender (and Section
2.04
shall
apply, mutatis mutandis,
to the
payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent
shall promptly pay to the Issuing Lender the amounts so received by it from
the
Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent
of any
payment from the Borrower pursuant to this Section
2.02(e)
with
respect to any Revolving LC Disbursement, the Administrative Agent shall
distribute such payment to the Issuing Lender or, to the extent that Revolving
Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing
Lender, then to such Revolving Lenders and the Issuing Lender as their interests
may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph
to
reimburse the Issuing Lender for any Revolving LC Disbursement (other than
the
funding of ABR Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Revolving
Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such
LC
Disbursement.
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(B) If
the
Borrower is obligated to make any payment due under paragraph (e)
above
with respect to a Credit-Linked Deposit Letter of Credit when due (including
by
a Borrowing), the Administrative Agent shall notify each Credit-Linked Deposit
Lender of the applicable Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement, the payment
then
due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Credit-Linked Deposit Lender’s
Credit-Linked Deposit Percentage thereof, and the Administrative Agent shall
promptly withdraw and pay to the Issuing Lender each Credit-Linked Deposit
Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit Percentage of the Dollar Amount of such
Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement from such Credit-Linked Deposit Lender’s
Credit-Linked Deposit. Upon telephonic notice to the Administrative Agent,
the
Borrower may elect that amounts so withdrawn be deemed Credit-Linked Deposit
Loans made on such date by each such Credit-Linked Deposit Lender in an amount
equal to its Credit-Linked Deposit Percentage of the amount of such withdrawal;
provided
that at
the time of such election the conditions to borrowing set forth in Section
4.02
shall
have been met with respect to any such Credit-Linked Deposit Loan. Promptly
following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment by the Borrower
in
respect of any Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement, the Administrative
Agent
shall credit such payment to the Credit-Linked Deposit Account to be added
to
the Credit-Linked Deposits of the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders in accordance
with their Credit-Linked Deposit Percentages. The Borrower acknowledges that
each payment made pursuant to this subparagraph (B) in respect of any
Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement is required to be made for the benefit
of
the distributees indicated in the immediately preceding sentence. Any
payment made from the Credit-Linked Deposit Account, or from funds of the
Administrative Agent, pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing
Lender
for any Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement (other than the funding of
Credit-Linked Deposit Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a
Loan
and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such
Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement.
(f) Obligations
Absolute.
The
Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in
paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and
irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms
of
this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective
of
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this
Agreement, or any term or provision therein or herein, (ii) any draft or
other
document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent
or
invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate
in
any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit
against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with
the
terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but
for
the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge
of, or
provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither
the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders, the Credit-Linked Deposit
Lenders nor the Issuing Lender, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have
any
liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance
or
transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment
thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the
preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay
in
transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under
or
relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make
a
drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any
consequence
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arising
from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Lender; provided,
that
the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Lender from liability
to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential
damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to
the
extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused
by
the Issuing Lender’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts
and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms
thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender
(as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing
Lender
shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In
furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof,
the
parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their
face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit,
the
Issuing Lender may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment
upon
such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless
of
any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment
upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the
terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement
Procedures.
The
Issuing Lender shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all
documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of
Credit.
The Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment
and
whether the Issuing Lender has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder;
provided,
that
any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the
Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Lender and the Revolving
Lenders or Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders with respect to any such LC
Disbursement in accordance with the terms herein.
(h) Interim
Interest.
If the
Issuing Lender shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower
shall
reimburse (including by a Borrowing) such LC Disbursement in full not later
than
the first Business Day following the date such LC Disbursement is made, the
unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including
the
date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower
reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to
ABR
Revolving Loans; provided,
that,
if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant
to
paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section
2.08
shall
apply; provided further
that, in
the case of a Revolving LC Disbursement made under a Revolving Letter of
Credit
in an Alternative Currency, the amount of interest due with respect thereto
shall (i) in the case of any Revolving LC Disbursement that is reimbursed
on the
Business Day immediately succeeding such Revolving LC Disbursement, (A) be
payable in the applicable Alternative Currency and (B) if not reimbursed
on the
date of such Revolving LC Disbursement, bear interest at a rate equal to
the
rate reasonably determined by the applicable Issuing Lender to be the cost
to
such Issuing Lender of funding such Revolving LC Disbursement plus the
Applicable Margin applicable to Eurodollar Revolving Loans at such time and
(ii)
in the case of any Revolving LC Disbursement that is reimbursed after the
Business Day immediately succeeding such Revolving LC Disbursement (A) be
payable in Dollars, (B) accrue on the Dollar Amount of such Revolving LC
Disbursement and (C) bear interest as provided above. Interest accrued pursuant
to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Lender, except
that
interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender
pursuant to paragraph (e)(A)
of this
Section or from the Credit-Linked Deposit of any Credit-Linked Deposit Lender
pursuant to paragraph (e)(B)
of this
Section to reimburse the Issuing Lender shall be for the account of such
Lender
to the extent of such payment.
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(i) Replacement
of the Issuing Lender.
Any
Issuing Lender may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Lender and the
successor Issuing Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving
Lenders and the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders of any such replacement of
the
Issuing Lender. At the time any such replacement shall become effective,
the
Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced
Issuing Lender pursuant to Section
2.21.
From
and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing
Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Lender under
this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter
and
(ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Lender” shall be deemed to refer to
such successor or to any previous Issuing Lender, or to such successor and
all
previous Issuing Lenders, as the context shall require. After the replacement
of
an Issuing Lender hereunder, the replaced Issuing Lender shall remain a party
hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing
Lender under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it
prior
to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters
of
Credit.
(j) Replacement
of Letters of Credit; Cash Collateralization.
The
Borrower shall (i) upon or prior to the occurrence of the Termination Date
(x) cause all Letters of Credit which expire after the Termination Date
(the “Outstanding
Letters of Credit”)
to be
returned to the Issuing Lender undrawn and marked “cancelled” or (y) if the
Borrower does not do so in whole or in part either (A) provide one or more
“back-to-back” letters of credit to each applicable Issuing Lender with respect
to any such Outstanding Letters of Credit in a form reasonably satisfactory
to
each such Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent, issued by a bank
reasonably satisfactory to each such Issuing Lender and the Administrative
Agent, and/or (B) deposit cash in the Letter of Credit Account, as
collateral security for the Borrower’s reimbursement obligations in connection
with any such Outstanding Letters of Credit (such deposit in the amounts
set
forth below “Cash
Collateralization”),
such
cash (or any applicable portion thereof) to be promptly remitted to the Borrower
(provided no Event of Default or event which upon notice or lapse of time
or
both would constitute an Event of Default has occurred or is continuing)
upon
the expiration, cancellation or other termination or satisfaction of the
Borrower’s reimbursement obligations with respect to such Outstanding Letters of
Credit, in whole or in part; in an aggregate principal amount for all such
“back-to-back” letters of credit and any such Cash Collateralization equal to
102% of the then outstanding amount of all LC Exposure (less
the
amount, if any, on deposit in the Letter of Credit Account prior to taking
any
action pursuant to clauses (A) or (B) above) and (ii) if required pursuant
to
Section
2.28(b),
deposit
in the Letter of Credit Account, an amount required pursuant to Section
2.28(b);
provided
that the
portions of such amount attributable to undrawn Alternative Currency Revolving
Letters of Credit or Revolving LC Disbursements in an Alternative Currency
that
the Borrower is not late in reimbursing shall be deposited in the applicable
Alternative Currencies in the actual amounts of such undrawn Revolving Letters
of Credit and Revolving LC Disbursements. The Administrative Agent shall
have
exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal,
over the Letter of Credit Account. Other than any interest earned on the
investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option
and
sole discretion of the Administrative Agent (in accordance with its usual
and
customary practices for investments of
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this
type) and at the Borrower’s risk and reasonable expense, such deposits shall not
bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate
in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative
Agent to reimburse the Issuing Lender for LC Disbursements for which it has
not
been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the
satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC
Exposure at such time.
If the
Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant
to Section
2.28(b),
such
amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the
Borrower within three Business Days after Section
2.28(b)
no
longer requires the provision of such cash collateral.
(k) Issuing
Lender Agreements.
Unless
otherwise requested by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender shall
report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) on the first Business Day
of
each week, the daily activity (set forth by day) in respect of Letters of
Credit
during the immediately preceding week, including all issuances, extensions,
amendments and renewals, all expirations and cancellations and all disbursements
and reimbursements, (ii) on or prior to each Business Day on which such Issuing
Lender expects to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, the
date
of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, the aggregate face amount
of
the Letters of Credit to be issued, amended, renewed, or extended by it (and
whether, subject to Section
2.02(b),
the
face amount of any such Letter of Credit was changed thereby) and the aggregate
face amount of such Letters of Credit outstanding after giving effect to
such
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, (iii) on each Business Day on
which
such Issuing Lender makes any LC Disbursement, the date of such LC Disbursement
and the amount of such LC Disbursement, (iv) on any Business Day on which
a
Borrower fails to reimburse an LC Disbursement required to be reimbursed
to such
Issuing Lender on such day, the date of such failure, and the amount of such
LC
Disbursement and (v) on any other Business Day, such other information as
the
Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(l) Conversion.
In the
event that the Loans become immediately due and payable on any date pursuant
to
Section
7.01,
all
amounts (i) that the Borrower is at the time or thereafter becomes required
to
reimburse or otherwise pay to the Administrative Agent in respect of Revolving
LC Disbursements made under any Alternative Currency Letter of Credit (other
than amounts in respect of which such Borrower has deposited cash collateral
pursuant to Section
2.02(j),
if such
cash collateral is deposited in the applicable Alternative Currency to the
extent so deposited or applied), (ii) that the Revolving Lenders are at the
time
or thereafter become required to pay to the Administrative Agent and the
Administrative Agent is at the time or thereafter becomes required to distribute
to the applicable Issuing Lender pursuant to Section
2.02(e)
in
respect of unreimbursed Revolving LC Disbursements made under any Alternative
Currency Revolving Letter of Credit and (iii) of each Revolving Lender’s
participation in any Alternative Currency Letter of Credit under which a
Revolving LC Disbursement has been made shall, automatically and with no
further
action required, be converted into the Dollar Amount of such amounts. On
and
after such conversion, all amounts accruing and owed to the Administrative
Agent, the applicable Issuing Lender or any Lender in respect of the Obligations
described in this paragraph shall accrue and be payable in Dollars at the
rates
otherwise applicable hereunder.
SECTION
2.03. Requests
for Borrowings.
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(a) Revolving
Loans.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent in connection with making
the
initial Revolving Loans, to request a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, the Borrower
shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (i) in
the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City
time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and
(ii)
in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided,
that
any such notice of an ABR Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC
Disbursement as contemplated by Section
2.02(e)
may be
given not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of the proposed
Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and
shall
be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative
Agent
of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent
and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request
shall specify the following information in compliance with Section
2.01(a):
(i) the
aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing (which shall comply with
Section
2.01(e));
(ii) the
date
of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
and
(iv) in
the
case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable
thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
“Interest Period”.
If
no
election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing
shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect
to
any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to
have
selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt
of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section
2.03(a),
the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Revolving Lender of the details thereof
and of the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the
requested Borrowing.
(b) Credit-Linked
Deposit Loan.
To
request the Borrowing of Credit-Linked Deposit Loans, the Borrower shall
notify
the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (i) in the case of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three
(3)
Business Days (or, in the case of a Borrowing on the Closing Date, two (2)
Business Days) before the date of the proposed Borrowing and (ii) in the
case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on
the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided,
that
any such notice of an ABR Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC
Disbursement as contemplated by Section
2.02(e)
may be
given not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of the proposed
Borrowing. Such telephonic notice shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed
promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written
Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed
by
the Borrower. Such telephone and written Borrowing Request shall specify
the
following information in compliance with Section
2.01:
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(i) the
aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing (which shall comply with
Section
2.01(e));
(ii) the
date
of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) the
portion of the Borrowing that is to be an ABR Borrowing and that is to be
a
Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv) in
the
case of such portion of the Borrowing that is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the
initial Interest Period applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated
by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If
no
election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing
shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect
to
any portion of the requested Borrowing that is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing,
then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of
one
month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of the Borrowing Request in
accordance with this Section
2.03(b),
the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Credit-Linked Deposit Lender of the
details thereof and of the amount of such Credit-Linked Deposit Lender’s Loan to
be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION
2.04. Funding
of Borrowings.
(a)
Each Revolving Lender shall make each Revolving Loan to be made by it hereunder
on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds
by
3:00 p.m., New York City time, or such earlier time as may be reasonably
practicable, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated
by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent
will
make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts
so
received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower designated by the
Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Loans made
to
finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section
2.02(e)
shall be
remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Lender.
(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Revolving Lender
prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make
available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available
on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding
amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the
applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable
Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith upon written demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon,
for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to
the
Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent,
at
(i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective
Rate
and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower,
the interest rate otherwise applicable to such Borrowing. If such Lender
pays
such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute
such
Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
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(c) Each
Credit-Linked Deposit Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative
Agent to make available to the Borrower an amount on deposit in the Deposit
Account equal to such Credit Linked Deposit Lender’s Percentage of such
Credit-Linked Deposit Borrowing (it being understood that the funding obligation
of each Credit-Linked Deposit Lender with respect to such Borrowing shall
be
required to be satisfied solely by making such amount available, and the
Borrower shall have no recourse against such Credit-Linked Deposit Lender
with
respect to the satisfaction of such funding obligation). The Administrative
Agent shall disburse the relevant portions of the amounts on deposit in the
Credit-Linked Deposit Accounts in the manner specified in the applicable
Borrowing Request.
SECTION
2.05. Interest
Elections.
(a) The
Borrower may elect from time to time to (i) convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar
Loans, (ii) convert Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans, provided that any such
conversion of Eurodollar Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest
Period with respect thereto or (iii) continue any Eurodollar Loan as such
upon
the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto
(b) To
make
an Interest Election Request pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall
notify
the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a
Borrowing Request would be required under Section
2.03(a)
or
Section
2.03(b)
if the
Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election
to
be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest
Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by
hand
delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election
Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the
Borrower.
(c) Each
telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section
2.01:
(i) the
Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different
options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the
portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case
the
information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall
be
specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the
effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request,
which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
and
(iv) if
the
resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be
applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a
period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If
any
such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing
but
does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to
have
selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
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(d) Promptly
following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent
shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of
each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If
the
Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect
to a
Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such
Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, and upon the request of the Required Lenders,
(i) no
outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing
and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an
ABR
Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
SECTION
2.06. Limitation
on Eurodollar Tranches.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings,
conversions and continuations of Eurodollar Loans and all selections of Interest
Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so
that,
(a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the
Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to $5,000,000
or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more than
twenty
Eurodollar Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.
SECTION
2.07. Interest
on Loans.
(a) Subject
to the provisions of Section
2.08,
each
ABR Loan shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number
of days
elapsed over a year of 360 days or, when the Alternate Base Rate is based
on the
Prime Rate, a year with 365 days or 366 days in a leap year) at a rate per
annum
equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) Subject
to the provisions of Section
2.08,
each
Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual
number
of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at a rate per annum equal, during
each
Interest Period applicable thereto, to the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period
in
effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) Accrued
interest on all Loans shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date
applicable thereto, on the Termination Date and after the Termination Date
on
written demand and (with respect to Eurodollar Loans) upon any repayment
or
prepayment thereof (on the amount repaid or prepaid); provided
that in
the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan to an ABR Loan, accrued
interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such
conversion.
SECTION
2.08. Default
Interest.
If the
Borrower or any Guarantor, as the case may be, shall default in the payment
of
the principal of or interest on any Loan or in the payment of any other amount
becoming due hereunder (including, without limitation, the reimbursement
pursuant to Section
2.02(e)
of any
LC Disbursements), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise,
the
Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall on written demand of
the
Administrative Agent from time to time pay interest, to the extent permitted
by
law, on all overdue amounts up to (but not including) the date of actual
payment
(after as well as
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before
judgment) at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number
of
days elapsed over a year of 360 days or when the Alternate Base Rate is
applicable and is based on the Prime Rate, a year with 365 days or 366 days
in a
leap year) equal to (a) with respect to any Loan, the rate then applicable
for
such Borrowings plus 2.0%, (b) in the case of overdue unreimbursed amounts
with
respect to any Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement, the rate otherwise
applicable to such Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursement as provided in
Section
2.02(h)
plus 2%
and (c) in the case of all other amounts, the rate applicable for ABR Loans
plus
2.0%.
SECTION
2.09. Alternate
Rate of Interest.
In the
event, and on each occasion, that on the date that is two Business Days prior
to
(i) the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Loan or (ii)
the
determination of the Benchmark LIBOR Rate, the Administrative Agent shall
have
reasonably determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding
upon
the Borrower absent manifest error) that reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the applicable LIBO Rate or the Benchmark LIBOR Rate, the
Administrative Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, give written,
facsimile or telegraphic notice of such determination to the Borrower and
the
Lenders and, until the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer
exist,
(i) any request by the Borrower for a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans hereunder
(including pursuant to a refinancing with Eurodollar Loans and including
any
request to continue, or to convert to, Eurodollar Loans) shall be deemed
a
request for a Borrowing of ABR Loans and (ii) the Credit-Linked Deposits
shall
be invested so as to earn a return equal to the greater of the Federal Funds
Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance
with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and, for purposes of
Section
2.27(b),
shall
equal the then applicable ABR.
SECTION
2.10. Amortization
of Credit-Linked Deposits; Repayment of Loans; Evidence of
Debt.
(a) The
Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent
for
the ratable account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each
Loan
on the Termination Date.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall return Credit-Linked Deposits in the aggregate
amount
of $6,000,000 to the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders on March 31 of each year,
beginning on March 31, 2008. To the extent not previously returned and subject
to the Borrower’s compliance with Section
2.12(c),
all
Credit-Linked Deposits shall be returned to the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders
on
the Maturity Date. Any optional return of Credit-Linked Deposits effected
pursuant to Section
2.11
shall be
applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled returns of Credit-Linked Deposits
as
directed by the Borrower. Each return of Credit-Linked Deposits pursuant
to this
Section
2.10(b)
shall be
accompanied by accrued interest on the amount of Credit-Linked Deposits so
returned to but excluding the date of return.
(c) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting
from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and
interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder.
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(d) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i)
the
amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period
applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and
payable
or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and
(iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder
for
the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof. The Borrower shall
have the right, upon reasonable notice, to request information regarding
the
accounts referred to in the preceding sentence.
(e) The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d)
of this
Section shall be prima
facie
evidence
of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided
that the
failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts
or
any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower
to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(f) Any
Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.
In
such event, the Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to such Lender
a
promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by
such
Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in a form furnished by
the
Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Thereafter,
the
Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all
times
(including after assignment pursuant to Section
10.02)
be
represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order
of
the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note,
to
such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION
2.11. Optional
Termination or Reduction of Commitment; Reduction of Credit-Linked
Deposits.
(a) Upon
at least one (1) Business Day prior written notice to the Administrative
Agent,
the Borrower may at any time in whole permanently terminate, or from time
to
time in part permanently reduce, the Unused Total Revolving Commitment; provided
that each such notice shall be revocable to the extent such termination or
reduction would have resulted from a refinancing of the Obligations, which
refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed. Each
such
reduction of the Unused Total Revolving Commitment shall be in the principal
amount not less than $5,000,000 and in an integral multiple of $1,000,000.
Simultaneously with each reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitment,
the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Revolving Lender the Commitment Fee accrued and unpaid on the amount of the
Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender so terminated or reduced through
the date thereof. Any reduction of the Total Revolving Commitment pursuant
to
this Section shall be applied to reduce the Revolving Commitment of each
Revolving Lender on a pro rata basis.
(b) Upon
at
least one (1) Business Day prior written notice, the Borrower may at any
time or
from time to time direct the Administrative Agent to permanently reduce the
Total Credit-Linked Deposits; provided
that
each such notice shall be revocable to the extent such termination or reduction
would have resulted from a refinancing of the Obligations, which refinancing
shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed; and provided further
that (i)
each reduction of the Credit-Linked Deposits shall be in a principal amount
not
less than $5,000,000 and in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and (ii) the
Borrower shall not direct the Administrative Agent to reduce the Credit-Linked
Deposits if, after giving effect to such
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reduction
(and to the provisions of Section
2.02(a)),
the
aggregate Credit-Linked Deposit Outstanding Exposure would exceed the Total
Credit-Linked Deposit. In the event the Credit-Linked Deposits shall be reduced
as provided in the preceding sentence, such reduction shall be applied ratably
to the Credit-Linked Deposits of the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders and the
Administrative Agent will return all amounts in the Credit-Linked Deposit
Account in excess of the reduced Total Credit-Linked Deposit to the
Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders, ratably in accordance with their Credit-Linked
Deposit Percentages of the Total Credit-Linked Deposit (as determined
immediately prior to such reduction).
SECTION
2.12. Mandatory
Prepayment; Commitment Termination.
(a) Within
three (3) Business Days of the Borrower or any Guarantor receiving any Net
Cash
Proceeds as a result of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event (including, without
limitation, an Event of Loss concerning an Airframe, Engine, Spare Engine
or
Spare Parts), the Borrower or such Guarantor shall, if the Borrower
shall not be in compliance with Section
6.06(a)
or
6.06(b)
on the
date such Net Cash Proceeds are received, deposit such received Net Cash
Proceeds (solely
to the extent necessary to maintain compliance with Section
6.06(a)
and
(b))
into an
account that is maintained with the Administrative Agent for such purpose
and
subject to a Full Control Agreement; provided
that (i)
in the case of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Event of Loss so deposited and
involving an Airframe, Engine or Spare Engine, the Borrower shall be permitted
to use such Net Cash Proceeds to replace such Airframe, Engine or Spare Engine,
as the case may be, with a Replacement Airframe or Replacement Engine, as
the
case may be, in accordance with the requirements of the First Lien Aircraft
Mortgage, with such Replacement Airframe or Replacement Engine to be subject
to
the Lien of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Priority Secured
Parties pursuant to the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage and otherwise satisfying
the requirements of the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage at the time of (or
substantially simultaneously with) the release of such Net Cash Proceeds,
(ii)
in the case of Net Cash Proceeds of any Recovery Event (other than Net
Cash Proceeds covered by clause (i) above) so deposited, the Borrower may
use
such Net Cash Proceeds to repair or replace the assets which are the
subject of such Recovery Event with comparable assets, (iii) in the case
of any
Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale so deposited, the Borrower may use such
Net
Cash Proceeds to replace the assets which are the subject of such Asset
Sale with comparable assets within 365 days after such deposit is made, (iv)
all
such Net Cash Proceeds shall be subject to release as provided in Section
6.06(d)
or, at
the option of the Borrower at any time, may be applied in accordance with
the
requirements of Section
2.12(b),
and (v)
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the amount of any such deposit
may
be applied, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, by the Administrative
Agent
in accordance with Section
2.12(b)),
provided
that any
release of Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to clause (iii) of this Section shall
be
conditioned on the Borrower being in compliance with Section
6.06(a)
and
6.06(b),
after
giving effect thereto (it being understood that the failure to be in compliance
with Section
6.06(a)
or
6.06(b)
shall
not prevent the release of any Net Cash Proceeds in connection with any repair
or replacement of assets permitted hereunder so long as no decrease in either
Collateral Coverage Ratio will result therefrom).
(b) Amounts
to be applied in connection with prepayments and Commitment reductions made
pursuant to this Section
2.12
shall be
applied, first,
to the
permanent prepayment of the Credit-Linked Deposit Loans (with a corresponding
reduction in the Total
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Credit-Linked
Deposit) on a pro rata
basis
(it being understood that such payments shall be delivered to the Credit-Linked
Deposit Lenders on a pro rata
basis
and that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section
2.10(a),
there
shall be no ability to reborrow amounts prepaid pursuant to this Section
2.12),
second,
to the
permanent reduction of the Total Credit-Linked Deposit in an amount equal
to the
Excess Credit-Linked Deposits (with a corresponding return of Credit-Linked
Deposits equal to such amount to be delivered to the Credit-Linked Deposit
Lenders on a pro rata
basis),
third,
to the
reallocation of Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit as Revolving Letters
of
Credit (subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to borrowing set forth
herein) in an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Revolving Letter of Credit
Available Amount and (y) the Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit outstanding
prior to giving effect to any such reallocation (any such reallocation to
be
accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction in the Credit-Linked Deposit,
with a corresponding return of Credit-Linked Deposits equal to such amount
to be
delivered to the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders on a pro rata
basis),
fourth,
to Cash
Collateralize the outstanding Credit-Linked Deposit LC Exposure (any such
Cash
Collateralization to be accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction
in
the Credit-Linked Deposit in an amount equal to the Credit-Linked Deposit
LC
Exposure so collateralized and a return of Credit-Linked Deposits equal to
such
amount to the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders on a pro rata
basis),
fifth,
subject
to the Intercreditor Agreement, to the prepayment of the Revolving Loans
on a
pro rata
basis
(any such prepayment to be accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction
in
the Revolving Commitments) and, sixth,
subject
to the Intercreditor Agreement, to Cash Collateralize the outstanding Revolving
LC Exposure, after giving effect to the reallocation described above (any
such
Cash Collateralization to be accompanied by a permanent reduction in the
Revolving Commitments in an amount equal to the Revolving LC Exposure so
collateralized; such reduction (or any part thereof, as applicable) to be
effective upon any release or application of such cash collateral in an amount
equal to the amount so released or applied). The application of any prepayment
pursuant to Section
2.12
shall be
made, first,
to ABR
Loans and, second,
to
Eurodollar Loans.
(c) Upon
the
Termination Date, the Commitments shall be terminated in full and the Borrower
shall repay the Loans in full and, except as the Administrative Agent may
otherwise agree in writing, if any Letter of Credit remains outstanding,
provide
Cash Collateralization for such Letter of Credit.
(d) All
prepayments under this Section
2.12
shall be
accompanied by accrued but unpaid interest on the principal amount being
prepaid
to (but not including) the date of prepayment, plus any Fees and any losses,
costs and expenses, as more fully described in Section
2.15
and
2.19
hereof.
SECTION
2.13. Optional
Prepayment of Loans.
(a) The
Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay
any
Loans, in whole or in part, (i) with respect to Eurodollar Loans, upon (A)
telephonic notice followed promptly by written or facsimile notice or (B)
written or facsimile notice received by 1:00 p.m., New
York
City time, three Business Days prior to the proposed date of prepayment and
(ii)
with respect to ABR Loans and Credit-Linked Deposit Loans, upon written or
facsimile notice received by 1:00 p.m., New
York
City time, one Business Day prior to the
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proposed
date of prepayment; provided
that ABR
Loans may be prepaid on the same day notice is given if such notice is received
by the Administrative Agent by 12:00 noon, New York City time; provided further,
however,
that
(A) each such partial prepayment shall be in an amount not less than $5,000,000
and in integral multiples of $1,000,000, (B) no prepayment of Eurodollar
Loans shall be permitted pursuant to this Section
2.13(a)
other
than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto unless such
prepayment is accompanied by the payment of the amounts described in
Section
2.15,
and (C)
no partial prepayment of a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans shall result in
the
aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans remaining outstanding
pursuant to such Borrowing being less than $10,000,000.
(b) Any
prepayments under Section
2.13(a)
shall be
applied at the Borrower’s option, to (i) repay the outstanding Revolving Loans
of the Revolving Lenders (without any reduction in the Total Revolving
Commitment) and Cash Collateralize the outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit
until all Revolving Loans shall have been paid in full (plus any accrued
but
unpaid interest and fees thereon) and no Revolving Letters of Credit shall
be
outstanding, or, if outstanding, then backed by Cash Collateralization and/or
(ii) prepay the Credit-Linked Deposit Loans of the Credit-Linked Deposit
Lenders
(with such prepayments to be deposited in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account
for
the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders on a pro rata
basis
and without any reduction in the Credit-Linked Deposits). All prepayments
under
Section
2.13(a)
shall be
accompanied by accrued but unpaid interest on the principal amount being
prepaid
to (but not including) the date of prepayment, plus any Fees and any losses,
costs and expenses, as more fully described in Sections 2.15
and
2.19
hereof.
(c) Each
notice of prepayment shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount
of
the Loans to be prepaid and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the Borrowing
or
Borrowings pursuant to which made, shall be irrevocable and shall commit
the
Borrower to prepay such Loan by the amount and on the date stated therein;
provided, that the Borrower may revoke any notice of prepayment under this
Section
2.13
if such
prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of the Obligations hereunder,
which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.
The
Administrative Agent shall, promptly after receiving notice from the Borrower
hereunder, notify each Lender of the principal amount of the Loans held by
such
Lender which are to be prepaid, the prepayment date and the manner of
application of the prepayment.
SECTION
2.14. Increased
Costs.
(a) If
any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended
by,
any Lender (except any such reserve requirement subject to Section
2.14(c))
or the
Issuing Lender; or
(ii) impose
on
any Lender or the Issuing Lender or the London interbank market any other
condition (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans
made
by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein or any
Credit-Linked Deposit;
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and
the
result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender
of
making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation
to
make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing
Lender
of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or any
Credit-Linked Deposit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable
by such Lender or the Issuing Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest
or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender,
as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such
Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If
any
Lender or the Issuing Lender reasonably determines in good faith that any
Change
in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing
the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s capital or on the
capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company, if any, as a
consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in
Letters
of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing
Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Lender or
such
Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for
such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing
Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s
holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time
the
Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be,
such
additional amount or amounts, in each case as documented by such Lender or
Issuing Lender to the Borrower as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing
Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company for any such
reduction suffered; it being understood that to the extent duplicative of
the
provisions in Section
2.16,
this
Section
2.14(b)
shall
not apply to Taxes.
(c) The
Borrower shall pay to each Lender, (i) as long as such Lender shall be
required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting
of or including Eurodollar funds or deposits, additional interest on the
unpaid
principal amount of each Eurodollar Loan equal to the actual costs of such
reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender
in
good faith, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error), and (ii) as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with
any reserve ratio requirement or analogous requirement of any other central
banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance
of the Commitments or the funding of the Eurodollar Loans or the Credit-Linked
Deposit, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual
costs allocated to such Commitment, Credit-Linked Deposit or Loan by such
Lender
(as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) which in each case shall be due and payable
on
each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower
shall
have received at least fifteen (15) days’ prior notice (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent, and which notice shall specify the Statutory Reserve
Rate,
if any, applicable to such Lender) of such additional interest or cost from
such
Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice fifteen (15) days prior to the relevant
Interest Payment Date, such additional interest or cost shall be due and
payable
fifteen (15) days from receipt of such notice.
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(d) A
certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Lender setting forth the amount or
amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or its
holding
company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a),
(b)
or
(c)
of this
Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Lender,
as the
case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within fifteen
(15)
days after receipt thereof.
(e) Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Lender to demand compensation
pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the
Issuing Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided,
that
the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing
Lender
pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more
than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as
the
case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s
intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further
that, if
the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is
retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended
to
include the period of retroactive effect thereof. The protection of this
Section
shall be available to each Lender regardless of any possible contention as
to
the invalidity or inapplicability of the law, rule, regulation, guideline
or
other change or condition which shall have occurred or been imposed.
SECTION
2.15. Break
Funding Payments.
In the
event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than
on
the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result
of
the occurrence and continuance an Event of Default), (b) the failure to borrow,
convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in
any
notice delivered pursuant hereto, (c) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan
other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a
result
of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.18
or
Section
10.08(b)
or (d)
the return of any Credit-Linked Deposit to any Credit-Linked Deposit Lender
other than on the last day of the period covered by the Benchmark LIBOR Rate
then in effect, then, in any such event, at the request of such Lender (or,
in
the case of clause (d) above, the Issuing Lender) the Borrower shall compensate
such Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such
loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount
reasonably determined in good faith by such Lender or Issuing Lender to be
the
excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on
the
principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the applicable
rate of interest for such Loan (excluding, however the Applicable Margin
included therein, if any), for the period from the date of such event to
the
last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of
a
failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been
the
Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would
accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which
such
Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for
dollar
deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar
market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that
such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered
to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower
shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within
fifteen (15) days after receipt thereof.
SECTION
2.16. Taxes.
(a) Any
and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder
shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified
Taxes
or Other Taxes; provided, that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct
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any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (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) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Lender (as the
case
may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no
such
deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and
(iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Any
and
all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section
2.27(b)
hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Administrative Agent
shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such
payments, then (i) the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower
and
advise it of the additional amount required to be paid so that the sum payable
by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
2.27(b)
after
making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section) to the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders is
an
amount equal to the sum they would have received from the Administrative
Agent
had no deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall pay such additional
amount
to the Administrative Agent, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall make all
required deductions, (iv) the Administrative Agent shall pay the full amount
deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law and (v) the Borrower shall indemnify, within 30 days after written demand
therefor, the Administrative Agent for the full amount of any deductions
paid by
the Administrative Agent with respect to any payments made on account of
any
obligation of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
2.27(b).
(c) In
addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(d) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing
Lender, within thirty (30) days after written demand therefor, for the full
amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative
Agent,
such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect
to any
payment by or on account of any
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obligation
of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed
or
asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any
penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly
or
legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A
certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the
Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Lender, or by the Administrative Agent
on
its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Lender, shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) As
soon
as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the
Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by
such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment to the extent available,
a
copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(f) Any
Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding
tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or
any
treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under
this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly
completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or requested
by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding
or
at a reduced rate.
(g) If
the
Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it
has
received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been
indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section
2.16,
it
shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity
payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this
Section
2.16
with
respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without
interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority
with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request
of
the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over
to
the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the
relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender
in
the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such
refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed
to
require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns
(or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential)
to
the Borrower or any other Person.
SECTION
2.17. Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment.
(a) The
Borrower shall make each payment or prepayment required to be made by it
hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC
Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section
2.14
or
2.15,
or
otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due, in
immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts
received after such time on any date may, in the reasonable discretion of the
Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for
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purposes
of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the
Administrative Agent at its offices at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
pursuant to wire instructions to be provided by the Administrative Agent, except
payments to be made directly to the Issuing Lender as expressly provided herein
and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14,
2.15
and
10.04
shall be
made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall
distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person
to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment
hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of
any
payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period
of
such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in the applicable
currency.
(b) If
at any
time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative
Agent or to the Collateral Agent to pay fully all First Priority Obligations
then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first,
towards
payment of Fees and expenses then due under Sections 2.19
and
10.04
payable
to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in their respective
capacities as such, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance
with the amounts of Fees and expenses then due to such parties, (ii)
second,
towards
payment of Fees and expenses then due under Sections 2.20,
2.21
and
10.04
payable
to the Agents, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender and towards payment of
interest then due on account of the Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit,
ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of
such Fees and expenses and interest then due to such parties, and (iii)
third,
towards
payment of (A) principal of the Revolving Loans, unreimbursed LC Disbursements
and Credit-Linked Deposit Loans then due hereunder, and (B) any obligations
owing to any Lender or its banking Affiliates in connection with Designated
Cash
Management Obligations, to the extent such Designated Cash Management
Obligations are secured as permitted by Section
6.01(e),
and any
Indebtedness under any Designated Hedging Agreement, to the extent such
Indebtedness is secured as permitted by Section
6.01(f)
(pro rata
among
the holders of such Indebtedness), ratably among the parties entitled thereto
in
accordance with the amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements,
Designated Cash Management Obligations and Indebtedness under any Designated
Hedging Agreement then due to such parties.
(c) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior
to
the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender hereunder that the Borrower will not make
such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made
such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon
such
assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may
be,
the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such
payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be,
severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the
amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Lender with interest thereon,
for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to
but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of
the
Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent
in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation.
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(d) If
any
Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Section
2.02(e),
2.04(a)
or
(b)
or
10.04(c),
then
the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under
such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully
paid.
SECTION
2.18. Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a)
If the
Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender under
Section
2.14
or to
any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant
to Section
2.16,
then
such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office
for funding or booking its Loans or Credit-Linked Deposits hereunder, to assign
its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or
affiliates or to file any certificate or document reasonably requested by the
Borrower, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation, assignment
or
filing (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section
2.14
or
2.16,
as the
case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to
such
Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or
assignment.
(b) If,
after
the date hereof, any Lender requests compensation under Section
2.14
or if
the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section
2.16,
or if
any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans or Credit-Linked Deposits
hereunder, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice
to
such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and
delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions
contained in Section
10.02),
all
its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that
shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender
accepts such assignment); provided,
that
(i) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the
outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements,
accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts due, owing and
payable to it hereunder at such time, from the assignee (to the extent of such
outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the
case of all other amounts) and (ii) in the case of payments required to be
made pursuant to Section
2.16,
such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender
shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior
thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances
entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to
apply.
SECTION
2.19. Certain
Fees.
The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, (a)
for the
respective accounts of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the fees set
forth in that certain Arrangers Fee Letter dated as of January 29, 2007 among
the Administrative Agent, JPMSI, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, LBI, LCPI, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, UBS,
UBS Finance, Barclays, Barclays Capital and the Borrower at the times set forth
therein, and as otherwise heretofore agreed and (b)
the fees
set forth in that certain Administrative Agent Fee Letter dated as of January
29, 2007 among the Administrative Agent and the Borrower at the times set forth
therein, and as otherwise heretofore agreed.
SECTION
2.20. Commitment
Fee.
The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the accounts of the Revolving
Lenders a commitment fee (the “Commitment
Fee”)
for
the period commencing on the Closing Date to the Termination Date or the earlier
date of termination of the Revolving Commitment, computed (on the basis of
the
actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at the Commitment Fee
Rate on the average daily Unused Total Revolving Commitment. Such Commitment
Fee, to the extent then accrued, shall be payable (a) on the last Business
Day
of each March, June, September and December, (b) on the Termination Date, and
(c) as provided in Section
2.11
hereof,
upon any reduction or termination in whole or in part of the Total Revolving
Commitment.
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SECTION
2.21. Letter
of Credit Fees.
(a)
The
Borrower shall pay with respect to each Revolving Letter of Credit (i) to
the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Revolving Lenders a fee calculated
(on
the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at
the
per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to
Eurodollar Loans under the Revolving Facility on the daily average Revolving
LC
Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed Revolving
LC Disbursements), to be shared ratably among the Revolving Lenders and
(ii) to the Issuing Lender such Issuing Lender’s customary fees for
issuance, amendments and processing referred to in Section
2.02.
In
addition, the Borrower agrees to pay each Issuing Lender for its account a
fronting fee of 0.125% per annum in respect of each Revolving Letter of Credit
issued by such Issuing Lender, for the period from and including the date of
issuance of such Revolving Letter of Credit to and including the date of
termination of such Revolving Letter of Credit. Accrued fees described in this
paragraph in respect of each Revolving Letter of Credit shall be due and payable
quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September
and
December and on the Termination Date.
(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay (i) in addition to the fees payable to the Credit-Linked
Deposit Lenders pursuant to Section
2.27(b),
to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Credit-Linked Deposit Lender a
participation fee with respect to its participations in Credit-Linked Deposit
Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the Applicable Participation Fee on
the
daily amount of such Credit-Linked Deposit Lender's Credit-Linked Deposit
Participation Amount during the period from and including the Closing Date
to
but excluding the date on which the entire amount of such Lender's Credit-Linked
Deposit is returned to it and (ii) to the Issuing Lender such Issuing Lender’s
customary fees for issuance, amendments and processing referred to in
Section
2.02.
In
addition, the Borrower agrees to pay each Issuing Lender for its account a
fronting fee of 0.125% per annum on the outstanding amount of each Credit-Linked
Deposit Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender from and including the
date of issuance thereof to but excluding the date of termination, expiration
or
drawing in full of such Credit-Linked Deposit Letter of Credit. Accrued
participation fees and fronting fees described in this paragraph shall be due
and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June,
September and December and on the date on which the Credit-Linked Deposits
are
returned to the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders and any such fees accruing after
the date on which the Credit-Linked Deposits are returned to the Credit-Linked
Deposit Lenders shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to any
Issuing Lender pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after
demand. All such participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on
the
basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days
elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
SECTION
2.22. Nature
of Fees.
All
Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the
Administrative Agent, as provided herein and in the fee letters described in
Section
2.19.
Once
paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.
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SECTION
2.23. Right
of Set-Off.
Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default pursuant
to
Section
7.01(b),
the
Administrative Agent and each Lender (and their respective banking 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 but excluding deposits in the Escrow
Accounts, Payroll Accounts and other accounts, in each case, held in trust
for
an identified beneficiary) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time
owing by the Administrative Agent and each such Lender (or any of such banking
Affiliates) to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any Guarantor
against any and all of any such overdue amounts owing under the Loan Documents,
irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall
have made any demand under any Loan Document. Each Lender and the Administrative
Agent agree promptly to notify the Borrower and Guarantors after any such
set-off and application made by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (or
any
of such banking Affiliates), as the case may be, provided that the failure
to
give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
The rights of each Lender and the Administrative Agent under this Section are
in
addition to other rights and remedies which such Lender and the Administrative
Agent may have upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event
of
Default.
SECTION
2.24. Security
Interest in Letter of Credit Account.
The
Borrower and the Guarantors hereby pledge to the Collateral Agent, for its
benefit and for the benefit of the other First Priority Secured Parties, and
hereby grant to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of
the
other First Priority Secured Parties, a first priority security interest, senior
to all other Liens, if any, in all of the Borrower’s and the Guarantors’ right,
title and interest in and to the Letter of Credit Account and any direct
investment of the funds contained therein and any proceeds thereof. Cash held
in
the Letter of Credit Account shall not be available for use by the Borrower,
and
shall be released to the Borrower only as described in clause (ii)(B) of
Section
2.02(j).
SECTION
2.25. Payment
of Obligations.
Subject
to the provisions of Section
7.01,
upon
the maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) of any of the Obligations
under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents of the Borrower and
the
Guarantors, the Lenders shall be entitled to immediate payment of such
Obligations.
SECTION
2.26. Defaulting
Lenders.
(a)
If at
any time any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, on
ten
(10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and such
Lender, replace such Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall
be
obligated to) assign pursuant to Section
10.02(b)
(with
the assignment fee to be paid by the Borrower in such instance) all of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more assignees;
provided
that
neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to
the
Borrower to find a replacement Lender or other such Person.
(b) Any
Lender being replaced pursuant to Section
2.26(a)
above
shall (i) execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance with respect to
such
Lender’s outstanding Commitments, Loans, Credit-Linked Deposits and
participations in Letters of Credit, and (ii) deliver any documentation
evidencing such Loans to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent. Pursuant
to
such Assignment and Acceptance, (A) the assignee Lender shall acquire all or
a
portion, as the case may be, of the assigning Lender’s outstanding Commitments,
Loans, Credit-
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Linked
Deposits and participations in Letters of Credit, (B) all obligations of the
Borrower owing to the assigning Lender relating to the Commitments, Loans and
participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to
such
assigning Lender concurrently with such assignment and acceptance and (C) upon
such payment and, if so requested by the assignee Lender, delivery to the
assignee Lender of the appropriate documentation executed by the Borrower in
connection with previous Borrowings, the assignee Lender shall become a Lender
hereunder and the assigning Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder
with respect to such assigned Loans, Credit-Linked Deposits and participations,
except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement, which
shall survive as to such assigning Lender.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained above, any Lender that is an Issuing Lender
hereunder may not be replaced at any time that it has a Letter of Credit
outstanding hereunder unless arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such
Issuing Lender have been made with respect to each such outstanding Letter
of
Credit and the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder except in
accordance with the terms of Section
8.05.
SECTION
2.27. Credit-Linked
Deposit Account.
(a)
The
Credit-Linked Deposits shall be held by the Administrative Agent in the
Credit-Linked Deposit Account, and no party other than the Administrative Agent
shall have a right of withdrawal from the Credit-Linked Deposit Account or
any
other right or power with respect to the Credit-Linked Deposits, except as
expressly set forth in Section
2.01,
2.11,
or
2.12.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the sole
funding obligation of each Credit-Linked Deposit Lender in respect of its
participation in Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit and, subject to
Section
2.02(d)(B),
its
Credit-Linked Deposit Loans, shall be satisfied in full upon the funding of
its
Credit-Linked
Deposit on the Closing Date.
(b) Each
of
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender issuing any
Credit-Linked Deposit Letter of Credit and each Credit-Linked Deposit Lender
hereby acknowledges and agrees that each Credit-Linked Deposit Lender is funding
its Credit-Linked Deposit to the Administrative Agent for application in the
manner contemplated by Section
2.01,
2.02
and
2.11
and that
the Administrative Agent has agreed to invest the Credit-Linked Deposit
Participation Amount so as to earn a return (except during periods when, and
to
the extent to which, such Credit-Linked Deposits are used to cover unreimbursed
Credit-Linked Deposit LC Disbursements, and subject to Section
2.09)
for the
Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders equal to a rate per annum, reset daily on each
Business Day for the period until the next following Business Day, equal to
(i)
such day's rate for one month LIBOR deposits (the "Benchmark
LIBOR Rate")
minus
(ii) 0.15% (calculated on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as
applicable). Such amount will be paid to the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders
by
the Administrative Agent quarterly in arrears when Letter of Credit fees are
payable pursuant to Section
2.21.
In
addition to the foregoing payments by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower
agrees to make payments to the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders quarterly in
arrears when Letter of Credit fees are payable pursuant to Section
2.21
with
respect to any period (and together with the payment of such fees) in an amount
equal to 0.15% of the daily amount of the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders'
Credit-Linked Deposit Participation Amount during such period.
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(c) The
Borrower shall have no right, title or interest in or to the Credit-Linked
Deposits and no obligations with respect thereto (except for the reimbursement
obligations provided in Section
2.02),
it
being acknowledged and agreed by the parties hereto that the making of the
Credit-Linked Deposits by the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders and the provisions
of this Section
2.27
constitute agreements among the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender
issuing any Credit-Linked Deposit Letter of Credit and each Credit-Linked
Deposit Lender with respect to the funding obligations of each Credit-Linked
Deposit Lender in respect of its participation in Credit-Linked Deposit Loans
and Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit and, other than amounts withdrawn
pursuant to Section
2.01(b)
and
Section
2.02(e)(B),
do not
constitute any loan or extension of credit to the Borrower. Without limiting
the
generality of the foregoing, each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that
no
amount on deposit at any time in any Credit-Linked Deposit Account shall be
the
property of any Loan Party, shall constitute “Collateral” under the Loan
Documents, or shall otherwise be available in any manner to satisfy any
obligation of any Loan Party under the Loan Documents (other than to finance
Credit-Linked Deposit Loans in accordance with Section
2.01
and
drawings under the Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit in accordance with
Section
2.02).
SECTION
2.28. Currency
Equivalents.
(a)
The
Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Amount of (x) the Revolving
LC
Exposure in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative
Currency based on the Exchange Rate (i) as of the end of each fiscal quarter
of
the Borrower and (ii) on or about the date of the related notice requesting
the
issuance of such Revolving Letter of Credit and (y) any other amount to be
converted into Dollars in accordance with the provisions hereof at the time
of
such conversion.
(b) If
after
giving effect to any such determination of a Dollar Amount, the Revolving LC
Exposure exceeds 105% of the Revolving LC Commitment, the Borrower shall, within
five (5) Business Days of receipt of notice thereof from the Administrative
Agent setting forth such calculation in reasonable detail, deposit cash
collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
2.02(j)(ii)
in
an amount equal to such excess.
SECTION
3.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
In
order
to induce the Lenders to make Loans and issue and/or participate in Letters
of
Credit hereunder, the Borrower and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally
represent and warrant as follows:
SECTION
3.01. Organization
and Authority.
Each of
the Borrower and the Guarantors (a) is duly organized, validly existing and
in
good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the applicable
jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and is
duly
qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to
so
qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has the requisite corporate
or
limited liability company power and authority to effect the Transactions, and
(c) has all requisite power and authority and the legal right to own or lease
and operate its properties (subject, in the case of any Restructuring Aircraft,
to the Post-Petition Aircraft Agreement applicable to such Restructuring
Aircraft) and pledge or mortgage Collateral, and to conduct its business as
now
or currently proposed to be conducted.
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SECTION
3.02. Air
Carrier Status.
(a)
Each of
the Borrower and Comair is an “air carrier” within the meaning of Section 40102
of Title 49 and holds a certificate under Section 41102 of Title 49. Each of
the
Borrower and Comair holds an air carrier operating certificate issued pursuant
to Chapter 447 of Title 49. Each of the Borrower and Comair is a “citizen of the
United States” as defined in Section 40102(a)(15) of Title 49 and as that
statutory provision has been interpreted by the DOT pursuant to its policies
(a
“United
States Citizen”).
Each
of the Borrower and Comair possesses all necessary certificates, franchises,
licenses, permits, rights, designations, authorizations, exemptions,
concessions, frequencies and consents which relate to the operation of the
routes flown by it and the conduct of its business and operations as currently
conducted except where failure to so possess would not, in the aggregate, have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Other
than Comair, no Guarantor is an “air carrier” within the meaning of Section
40102(a)(2) of Title 49, and no Guarantor holds a certificate under Section
41102 of Title 49 (other than as a result of a Guarantor becoming an “air
carrier” or holding such certificate in connection with a Permitted
Acquisition).
SECTION
3.03. Due
Execution.
The
execution, delivery and performance by each of the Borrower and the Guarantors
of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (a) are within the
respective corporate or limited liability company powers of each of the Borrower
and the Guarantors, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or
limited liability company action, including the consent of shareholders or
members where required, and do not (i) contravene the charter, by-laws or
limited liability company agreement (or equivalent documentation) of any of
the
Borrower or the Guarantors, (ii) violate any applicable law (including, without
limitation, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) or regulation (including,
without limitation, Regulations T, U or X of the Board), or any order or decree
of any court or Governmental Authority, other than violations by the Borrower
or
the Guarantors which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (iii) conflict with or result in a breach of, constitute a default
under, or create an adverse liability or rights under, any material indenture,
mortgage or deed of trust or any material lease, agreement or other instrument
binding on the Borrower or the Guarantors or any of their properties, which,
in
the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
or (iv) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any
of
the property of any of the Borrower or the Guarantors other than the Liens
granted pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; and (b) do
not
require the consent, authorization by or approval of or notice to or filing
or
registration with any Governmental Authority other than (i) the filing of
financing statements under the New York Uniform Commercial Code, (ii) the
filings and consents contemplated by the Collateral Documents, (iii) approvals,
consents and exemptions that have been obtained on or prior to the Closing
Date
and (iv) consents, approvals and exemptions that the failure to obtain in the
aggregate would not be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the
Borrower and the Guarantors. This Agreement is, and each of the other Loan
Documents to which the Borrower and each of the Guarantors is or will be a
party, when delivered hereunder or thereunder, will be, a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Borrower and each Guarantor, as the case may be,
enforceable against the Borrower and the Guarantors, as the case may be, in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally
and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered
in
a proceeding in equity or at law.
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SECTION
3.04. Statements
Made.
No
representation or warranty or certification of the Borrower or any Guarantor
contained in writing in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or in any other
document, report, public or private confidential information memorandum,
financial statement, certificate or other written information furnished by
or on
behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection
with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified
or
supplemented by other information so furnished, other than to the extent that
any such statements constitute projections, budgets, estimates or other forward
looking statements), taken as a whole and in light of the circumstances in
which
made, contains, when furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or
omits
to state a material fact necessary to make such statements not materially
misleading; and, to the extent that any such information constitutes
projections, budgets, estimates or other forward looking statements, such
projections, budgets, estimates or other forward looking statements were
prepared in good faith on the basis of assumptions believed by the Borrower
or
such Guarantor to be reasonable at the time such projections, budgets, estimates
or other forward looking statements were furnished (it being understood that
projections, budgets, estimates or other forward looking statements by their
nature are inherently uncertain, that no assurances can be given that
projections, budgets, estimates or other forward looking statements will be
realized and that actual results in fact may differ materially from any
projections, budgets, estimates or other forward looking statements provided
to
the Administrative Agent or the Lenders).
SECTION
3.05. Financial
Statements; Material Adverse Change.
(a) The
Borrower has furnished the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders with
copies of the audited consolidated financial statement and schedules of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006,
certified by its chief financial officer. Such financial statements present
fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the financial
condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on
a
consolidated basis as of such date and for such period; such balance sheets
and
the notes thereto disclose all liabilities, direct or contingent, of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof required to be disclosed
by
GAAP and such financial statements were prepared in a manner consistent with
GAAP in all material respects.
(b) Since
January 29, 2007, there has been no Material Adverse Change.
SECTION
3.06. Ownership.
As of
the Closing Date, other than as set forth on Schedule 3.06,
(a)
each of the Persons listed on Schedule 3.06
is a
wholly-owned, direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower, and (b) the
Borrower owns no other Subsidiaries, whether directly or
indirectly.
SECTION
3.07. Liens.
Except
for the Liens existing on the Closing Date as reflected on Schedule 3.07,
there
are no Liens of any nature whatsoever on any assets of the Borrower or any
of
the Guarantors other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section
6.01
(including any waiver or amendment thereto subsequent to the Closing Date).
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SECTION
3.08. Use
of
Proceeds.
The
proceeds of the Loans and Letters of Credit shall be used to repay amounts
outstanding under the Existing DIP Facilities or to provide back-to-back letters
of credit or cash collateral in respect of the Existing DIP Facility Letters
of
Credit, to pay certain accrued administrative expenses, for working capital
and
for other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Guarantors
(including for the payment of fees and transaction costs as contemplated hereby
and as referred to in Section
2.19).
SECTION
3.09. Litigation
and Environmental Matters.
Other
than as set forth on Schedule 3.09:
(a) There
are
no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the knowledge
of
the Borrower or the Guarantors, threatened against or affecting the Borrower
or
the Guarantors or any of their respective properties, before any court or
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
domestic or foreign, (i) that would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect or (ii) that purport to, or could reasonably be expected to,
affect the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of the Loan
Documents or, in any material respect, the rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders thereunder or in
connection with the Transactions.
(b) Except
with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Borrower
and each Guarantor is currently in compliance with all, and has not violated
any, Environmental Laws and/or requirements of any Airport Authority with
respect to environmental matters and maintains and complies with all, and has
not violated any, Environmental Permits and (ii) none of the Borrower or the
Guarantors has (x) become subject to any Environmental Liability, or (y)
received written or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or the Guarantors, verbal
notice of any pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or the Guarantors,
threatened claim with respect to any Environmental Liability, and there is
no
reasonable basis for any Environmental Liability.
SECTION
3.10. FAA
Slot Utilization.
Except
for matters which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, the Borrower and the Guarantors, as applicable, are utilizing, or
causing to be utilized, their respective FAA Slots in a manner consistent with
applicable rules, regulations, laws and contracts in order to preserve both
their respective right to hold and operate the FAA Slots, taking into account
any waivers or other relief granted to the Borrower and any Guarantor by the
FAA, other applicable U.S. Governmental Authority or U.S. Airport Authority.
Except as otherwise disclosed in the Borrower’s most recent Form 10-K, neither
the Borrower nor any Guarantor has received any written notice from the FAA,
other applicable U.S. Governmental Authority or U.S. Airport Authority, or
are
aware of any other event or circumstance, that would be reasonably likely to
impair in any material respect their respective right to hold and operate any
FAA Slot, except that which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.11. Primary
Foreign Slot Utilization.
The
Borrower and the Guarantors, as applicable, are utilizing, or causing to be
utilized, their respective Primary Foreign Slots in a manner consistent with
applicable regulations, foreign laws and contracts in order to preserve their
respective right to hold and operate the Primary Foreign Slots. Except as
otherwise disclosed in the Borrower’s most recent Form 10-K, neither the
Borrower nor any Guarantor, as applicable, has received any written notice
from
any applicable Foreign Aviation Authorities, or is aware of any other event
or
circumstance that would be reasonably likely to impair in any material respect
their respective right to hold and operate any such Primary Foreign Slot, except
that which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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SECTION
3.12. Primary
Route Utilization.
The
Borrower and the Guarantors, as applicable, hold the requisite authority to
operate each of their respective Primary Routes pursuant to Title 49, applicable
foreign law, and the applicable rules and regulations of the FAA, DOT and any
applicable Foreign Aviation Authorities, and have, at all times after being
awarded each such Primary Route, complied in all material respects with all
of
the terms, conditions and limitations of each such certificate or order issued
by the DOT and the applicable Foreign Aviation Authorities regarding such
Primary Route and with all applicable provisions of Title 49, applicable foreign
law, and the applicable rules and regulations of the FAA, DOT and any Foreign
Aviation Authorities regarding such Primary Route. There exists no failure
of
the Borrower and any applicable Guarantor to comply with such terms, conditions
or limitations that gives the FAA, DOT or any applicable Foreign Aviation
Authorities the right to terminate, cancel, suspend, withdraw or modify in
any
materially adverse respect the rights of the Borrower and the Guarantors, as
applicable, in any such Primary Route, except to the extent that such failure
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.13. Margin
Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a) Neither
the Borrower nor any Guarantor is engaged, nor will it engage, principally
or as
one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying
margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Board,
“Margin
Stock”),
or
extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock and
no
proceeds of any Loans or proceeds from any Letter of Credit will be used to
purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose
of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock in violation of Regulation
U.
(b) Neither
the Borrower nor any Guarantor is, or after the making of the Loans will be,
or
is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended. Neither the making of any Loan, nor the
issuance of any Letters of Credit, nor the application of the proceeds or
repayment thereof by the Borrower, nor the consummation of the other
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, will violate any provision
of
such Act or any rule, regulation or order of the SEC thereunder.
SECTION
3.14. ERISA.
Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.14
and
other than in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings of the Borrower and
certain of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Borrower in the
Bankruptcy Court, no Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected
to
occur. Except to the extent the same could not reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect and except as otherwise disclosed in the Borrower’s most
recent Form 10-K (including the Notes to the financial statements contained
therein), the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each
Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent
financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value
of
the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all accumulated benefit
obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the
date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed
the
fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.
As of
the date hereof, neither the Borrower nor any of its ERISA Affiliates
contributes to or is obligated to contribute to any Multiemployer Plan subject
to Title IV of ERISA.
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SECTION
3.15. Properties.
(a) The
Borrower and the Guarantors have good title to (and with respect to Real
Property Assets, good and marketable title to) each of the properties and assets
reflected on the financial statements referred to in Section
3.05
hereof,
including, without limitation, the Real Property Assets (other than such
properties or assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business since the
date of such financial statements or as permitted hereunder). As of the Closing
Date, Schedule 3.15(a)
is a
true and complete description of (i) each parcel of real property owned by
the
Borrower or any Guarantor and (ii) the entity who owns such real
property.
(b) Except
as
could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result
in
a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of the Borrower and the Guarantors owns,
or
is licensed to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other
intellectual property material to its business and (ii) the use thereof by
such
Borrower or Guarantor, to the Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s knowledge, does not
infringe upon the rights of any other Person.
(c) As
of the
Closing Date, neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor has received any written
notice of a pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any Real
Property Asset having a fair market value in excess of $5,000,000.
SECTION
3.16. Perfected
Security Interests.
The
Collateral Documents, taken as a whole, are effective to create in favor of
the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the First Priority Secured Parties, a
legal, valid and enforceable security interest in all of the Collateral subject
as to enforceability to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law. At such time as (a) financing statements in appropriate
form are filed in the appropriate offices (and the appropriate fees are paid),
(b) the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage (including, without limitation, any
Mortgage Supplement) is filed for recordation with the FAA (and the appropriate
fees are paid) and registrations with respect to the International Interests
in
the Mortgaged Collateral constituted by the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage are
duly made in the International Registry, (c) with respect to identified
intellectual property registered in the United States, the First Lien Trademark
Security Agreement and the First Lien Patent Security Agreement are filed in
the
appropriate divisions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (and
the
appropriate fees are paid) and the First Lien Copyright Security Agreement
is
filed in the United States Copyright Office (and the appropriate fees are paid),
(d) the First Lien Real Estate Mortgages are filed in the appropriate recording
office (and the appropriate fees are paid), (e) execution of the Control
Agreements and (f) delivery of pledged securities under the First Lien Pledge
Agreement (together with appropriate stock powers) to the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the First Priority Secured Parties,
shall have a first priority perfected security interest and/or mortgage (or
comparable Lien) in all of the Collateral to the extent that the Liens on such
Collateral may be perfected upon the filings or upon the taking of the actions
described in clauses (a) through (f) above, subject in each case only to Liens
permitted by Section
6.01
(or, in
the case of the Real Property Assets, subject only to the Permitted Liens and
other Liens specified in the applicable First Lien Real Estate Mortgage).
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SECTION
3.17. Payment
of Taxes.
Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.17
(and
except as otherwise specifically permitted by the Plan of Reorganization and
the
Bankruptcy Court), each of the Borrower and the Guarantors has timely filed
or
caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed
and
has paid or caused to be paid when due all Taxes required to have been paid
by
it, except and solely to the extent that, in each case (a) such Taxes are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Borrower or
such Guarantor, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves
therefor or (b) the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.18. Section
1110.
The
Aircraft, Engines and Spare Engines listed on Schedule 3.18
represent each of the Aircraft, Engine and Spare Engine constituting Mortgaged
Collateral as of the Closing Date that were first placed in service prior to
October 22, 1994.
SECTION
4.
CONDITIONS
OF LENDING
SECTION
4.01. Conditions
Precedent to Initial Loans and Initial Letters of Credit.
The
obligation of the Lenders to make the initial Loans and fund their Credit-Linked
Deposits or of the Issuing Lender to issue the initial Letter of Credit,
whichever may occur first, is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in
accordance with Section
10.08)
of the
following conditions precedent:
(a) Supporting
Documents.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received for each of the Borrower and the
Guarantors:
(i)
a
copy of
such entity’s certificate of incorporation or formation, as amended, certified
as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its incorporation
or formation;
(ii)
a
certificate of the Secretary of State of the state of such entity’s
incorporation or formation, dated as of a recent date, as to the good standing
of that entity (to the extent available in the applicable jurisdiction) and
as
to the charter documents on file in the office of such Secretary of State;
(iii)
a
certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such entity dated
the
date of the initial Loans or the initial Letter of Credit hereunder, whichever
first occurs, and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete
copy of the by-laws or limited liability company agreement of that entity as
in
effect on
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the
date
of such certification, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy
of
resolutions adopted by the board of directors, board of managers or members
of
that entity authorizing the Borrowings and Letter of Credit extensions hereunder
(to the extent applicable), the execution, delivery and performance in
accordance with their respective terms of this Agreement, the Loan Documents
and
any other documents required or contemplated hereunder or thereunder and the
granting of the security interest in the Letter of Credit Account and other
Liens contemplated hereby or the other Loan Documents, (C) that the certificate
of incorporation or formation of that entity has not been amended since the
date
of the last amendment thereto indicated on the certificate of the Secretary
of
State furnished pursuant to clause (i) above, and (D) as to the incumbency
and
specimen signature of each officer of that entity executing this Agreement
and
the Loan Documents or any other document delivered by it in connection herewith
or therewith (such certificate to contain a certification by another officer
of
that entity as to the incumbency and signature of the officer signing the
certificate referred to in this clause (iii)); and
(iv)
an
Officer’s Certificate from the Borrower certifying (A) as to the truth in all
material respects of the representations and warranties contained in the Loan
Documents as though made on and as of the date of the initial Loans or initial
Letter of Credit, whichever first occurs, except to the extent that any such
representation or warranty relates to a specified date, in which case such
representation or warranty shall be or was true and correct in all material
respects as of such date after giving effect to the Consummation of the Plan
of
Reorganization and to the Closing Date Transactions and (B) the absence of
any
event occurring and continuing, or resulting from the initial extensions of
credit on the Closing Date that constitutes an Event of Default or event which,
with giving of notice or passage of time or both, would be an Event of
Default.
(b) Credit
Agreement.
Each
party hereto shall have duly executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent
this Agreement.
(c) Security
Agreement, Pledge Agreement and Perfection Certificate.
The
Borrower and each of the Guarantors shall have duly executed and delivered
to
the Collateral Agent a First Lien Security Agreement in substantially the form
of Exhibit B (the “First
Lien Security Agreement”)
and a
First Lien Pledge Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit C (the
“First
Lien Pledge Agreement”),
together with (i) any pledged Collateral (together with undated stock powers
or
note powers, as applicable, executed in blank) required to be delivered
thereunder, (ii) all documents, certificates, forms and filing fees that the
Collateral Agent may deem necessary to perfect and protect the Liens and
security interests created under the First Lien Security Agreement and First
Lien Pledge Agreement, including, without limitation, financing statements
in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, as may be
required to grant, continue and maintain an enforceable security interest in
the
Collateral (subject to the terms hereof and of the other Loan Documents) in
accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in all relevant
jurisdictions and (iii) the perfection certificate attached as an exhibit
to the First Lien Security Agreement.
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(d) SGR
Security Agreement.
Each of
the Borrower and Comair shall have duly executed and delivered to the Collateral
Agent a slot, gate and route security and pledge agreement, in substantially
the
form of Exhibit D (the “First
Lien SGR Security Agreement”),
together with (i) in respect of each of the FAA Slots, undated slot transfer
documents, executed in blank to be held in escrow by the Collateral Agent and
(ii) all financing statements in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
the
Collateral Agent, as may be required to grant, continue and maintain an
enforceable security interest in the applicable Collateral (subject to the
terms
hereof and of the other Loan Documents) in accordance with the Uniform
Commercial Code as enacted in all relevant jurisdictions.
(e) Aircraft
Mortgage.
Each of
the Borrower and Comair shall have duly executed and delivered to the Collateral
Agent an aircraft mortgage, in substantially the form of Exhibit E (the
“First
Lien Aircraft Mortgage”),
and a
Mortgage Supplement with respect to the Mortgaged Collateral in substantially
the form annexed to the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage, together with (i) evidence
of the filing for recordation with the FAA of the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage
and the Mortgage Supplement (together with any other necessary documents,
instruments, affidavits or certificates) as the Collateral Agent may deem
reasonably necessary to perfect and protect the Liens created thereby,
including, without limitation, recordings and filings with the FAA, and all
filings and recording fees and taxes in respect thereof shall have been duly
paid, (ii) copies of the Entry Point Filing Forms, and (iii) evidence that
all
other action that the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary to perfect
and protect the Liens and security interests created under the First Lien
Aircraft Mortgage and the Mortgage Supplement has been taken. The parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that any Lien described in this Agreement on the Mortgaged
Collateral is a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit
of
the First Priority Secured Parties.
(f) Intellectual
Property Security Agreements.
The
Borrower and each applicable Guarantor shall have duly executed and delivered
to
the Collateral Agent a (i) First Lien Patent Security Agreement in substantially
the form of Exhibit F-2 (the “First
Lien Patent Security Agreement”)
and
(ii) First Lien Copyright Security Agreement, in substantially the form of
Exhibit F-3 (the “First
Lien Copyright Security Agreement”),
together with all documents, certificates, forms and filing fees that the
Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary to perfect and protect the Liens
and security interests created in the identified intellectual property in the
First Lien Patent Security Agreement and the First Lien Copyright Security
Agreement.
(g) Real
Estate Mortgages. The
Borrower or the applicable Guarantor (as the case may be) shall have duly
executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent the First Lien Real Estate
Mortgages, together with (i) evidence that First Lien Real Estate Mortgages
shall be recorded in all places to the extent that the Collateral Agent may
deem
reasonably necessary to perfect and protect the Liens created thereby,
including, without limitation, recordings and filings with the appropriate
agencies, and all filings and recording fees and taxes in respect thereof shall
have been duly paid and (ii) evidence that all other action that the Collateral
Agent may deem reasonably necessary to perfect and protect the Liens and
security interests created under the First Lien Real Estate Mortgages has been
taken.
(h) Appraisals
and Field Audits.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to it, (i) appraisals from (1) the Appraisers in respect of the
Appraised Collateral (other than the Real Property Assets) and (2) the Real
Estate Appraiser in respect of the Real Property Assets and (ii) a Field Audit
in respect of the Eligible Accounts Receivable.
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(i) Opinions
of Counsel.
The
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Collateral Agent shall have
received:
(i)
a
written
opinion of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for
the Borrower;
(ii)
a
written
opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx, counsel to the Borrower and the
Guarantors, dated the date of the initial Loans or the issuance of the initial
Letters of Credit, whichever first occurs, substantially in the form of Exhibit
G-1;
(iii)
a
written
opinion of each of (A) Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, (B) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx PLL, (C) Akerman Senterfitt and (D) Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Xxxxxxx
LLP, each a special local counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantors, each
dated
the date of the initial Loans or the issuance of the initial Letters of Credit,
whichever first occurs, substantially in the form of Exhibits G-2, G-3, G-4
and
G-5, respectively;
(iv)
a
written
opinion of Daugherty, Fowler, Peregrin, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx, special FAA
counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-6; and
(v)
a
written
opinion with respect to each First Lien Real Estate Mortgage reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of such other local real estate counsel
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(j) Payment
of Fees and Expenses.
The
Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the then unpaid balance
of
all accrued and unpaid Fees due, owing and payable under and pursuant to this
Agreement, as referred to in Section
2.19
and as
heretofore agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and all
reasonable fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative
Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners and the Collateral Agent
(including the reasonable fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of counsel
to the Administrative Agent) as to which invoices have been issued and
presented.
(k) Lien
Searches; International Registry Searches.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received UCC searches conducted in the
jurisdictions in which the Borrower and the Guarantors are incorporated or
such
other jurisdictions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require and
Lien
searches conducted in the recording office of the Federal Aviation
Administration and, with respect to the applicable Mortgaged Collateral,
“priority search certificates” (as defined in the Regulations and Procedures for
the International Registry), all as may be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (dated as of a date reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent), reflecting the absence of Liens and encumbrances on
the
assets of the Borrower and the Guarantors other than Liens permitted hereunder
and as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
absence of registrations on the International Registry with respect to the
applicable Mortgaged Collateral other than the registrations contemplated
herein, and (in the case of the searches conducted at the recording office
of
the FAA) indicating that the Borrower (or a Guarantor) is the registered owner
of each of the aircraft which is intended to be covered by the First Lien
Aircraft Mortgage.
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(l) Insurance.
(i)
The
Collateral Agent shall have received certificates of insurance with respect
to
insurance maintained by the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the case may be,
which
certificates evidence compliance by the Borrower and the Guarantors with the
insurance requirements set forth herein and in the Collateral Documents as
of
the Closing Date and contain signatures of duly authorized representatives
of
AON Risk Services or such other insurance broker as may be reasonably acceptable
to the Collateral Agent.
(ii)
The
Collateral Agent shall have been named as loss payees and/or additional insured,
as applicable, with respect to the Collateral on such policies of insurance
of
the Borrower and the Guarantors as the Collateral Agent may have reasonably
requested (or as otherwise specified in the Collateral Documents).
(m) Title/Survey.
The
Collateral Agent shall have received title insurance policies with respect
to
each Real Property Asset from Lawyers Title Insurance Company or another title
company reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and real property surveys
with respect to the Real Property Assets, all in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
(n) Order;
Plan of Reorganization.
(i) The
Confirmation Order shall have been entered in accordance with the Bankruptcy
Code, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, any applicable orders of the
Bankruptcy Court and any applicable local rules and the provisions relating
to
the Facilities contained therein shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, (ii) the Confirmation Order shall be in full force and
effect, shall not, without the consent of the Agents (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), have been reversed or modified
or be subject to stay or a motion to stay, (iii) all conditions to the
effectiveness of the Plan of Reorganization shall have been satisfied or waived
(the waiver thereof (other than the waiver of the condition that the
Confirmation Order shall have become a Final Order), if materially adverse
to
the Lenders, having been approved by the Administrative Agent (which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)) and the
Consummation of the Plan of Reorganization shall occur on the Closing Date
contemporaneously with the making of the initial Loans hereunder, and (iv)
the
pro forma capital and ownership structure shall be substantially as described
in
the Joint Plan of Reorganization of the Borrower and its domestic Subsidiaries
filed with the Bankruptcy Court on April 25, 2007 and such plan shall not have
been amended in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders without the consent
of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed).
(o) Repayment
of Existing DIP Facility.
Upon
Consummation of the Plan of Reorganization and the making of the initial Loans
or the initial Letters of Credit, the Existing DIP Facilities shall have been
repaid in full (or, in the case of any Existing DIP Facility Letter of Credit,
cash-collateralized or guaranteed by a back-to-back letter of credit), and
all
action necessary to release all collateral pledged to secure the Loans shall
have been taken, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. Substantially all other existing Indebtedness of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, other than any Indebtedness otherwise permitted
hereunder, shall have been repaid, restructured or reinstated as expressly
contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization.
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(p) Consents.
All
material governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in
connection with the financing contemplated hereby shall have been obtained,
in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and
be
in full force and effect.
(q) Financial
Statements.
The
Lenders shall have received (i) audited consolidated financial statements of
the
Borrower for the three most recent fiscal years ended prior to the Closing
Date,
(ii) unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for
each quarterly period ended subsequent to the date of the latest financial
statements delivered pursuant to clause (i) of this Section
4.01(q)
and 60
days or more prior to the Closing Date, (iii) a pro forma
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of the date of the most recent
consolidated balance sheet delivered pursuant to the preceding clauses (i)
or
(ii), giving effect to the consummation of the Plan of Reorganization and the
financings contemplated hereby and thereby, and (iv) a business plan of the
Borrower including quarterly projections through December 31, 2007 and annual
projections through December 31, 2010. Documents required to be delivered
pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) hereof which are made available via XXXXX,
or
any successor system of the SEC, in the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, shall be deemed delivered to the Lenders on
the
date such documents are made so available; provided
that,
upon request, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to
the
Administrative Agent.
(r) No
Illegality.
No law
or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders that restrains, prevents or imposes
materially adverse conditions upon the Closing Date Transactions.
(s) Representations
and Warranties.
All
representations and warranties set forth in Section
3
hereof
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing
Date, after giving effect to the Consummation of the Plan of Reorganization
and
to the Closing Date Transactions, as though made on and as of such date (except
to the extent any such representation or warranty by its terms is made as of
a
different specified date, in which event such representation or warranty shall
be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified date).
(t) No
Event of Default.
After
giving effect to the Consummation of the Plan of Reorganization and the Closing
Date Transactions, no Event of Default or event which, with the giving of notice
or passage of time or both, would be an Event of Default shall have occurred
and
be continuing on the Closing Date.
(u) Intercreditor
Agreement.
The
Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and
the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have executed the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(v) Eligible
Collateral.
At the
time the Lenders make the initial Loans or fund the Credit-Linked Deposit or
the
Issuing Lender issues the initial Letter of Credit, whichever may occur first,
and after giving effect thereto, the Appraised Value of the Eligible Collateral
shall not (A) be less than 175% of the aggregate First Lien Obligations
outstanding on the Closing Date and (B) be less than 125% of the sum of (i)
the
aggregate First Lien Obligations outstanding on the Closing Date and (ii) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Second Lien Term
Loans.
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(w) Restructuring
Aircraft Certificate.
The
Borrower shall have delivered an Officer’s Certificate certifying that there
have been no material adverse developments or changes in the status of the
Qualified Restructuring Indebtedness from the information previously disclosed
to the Administrative Agent.
(x) Eligible
Accounts Receivable Certificate.
The
Borrower shall have delivered an Officer’s Certificate, substantially in the
form of Exhibit K, setting forth the amount of the Eligible Accounts Receivable
as of the Closing Date, together with all supporting documents with respect
to
such Eligible Accounts Receivable as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request.
(y) Corporate
Ratings.
The
Borrower shall have obtained a corporate credit rating from S&P and a
corporate family rating from Xxxxx’x.
(z) No
Material Adverse Effect.
Since
January 29, 2007, no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred.
(aa)
Second
Lien Credit Agreement.
The
Second Lien Credit Agreement shall have become effective in accordance with
its
terms and the Borrower shall have received $900,000,000 in gross proceeds from
the borrowing of Second Lien Term Loans thereunder.
(bb)
Other
Documentation and Information.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received (i) such documents and certificates
as
the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to
the
organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower and each Guarantor
and
the authorization of the Transactions and (ii) a fully executed copy of the
Second Lien Credit Agreement.
SECTION
4.02. Conditions
Precedent to Each Loan and Each Letter of Credit.
The
obligation of the Lenders to make each Loan, fund its Credit-Linked Deposit
and
of the Issuing Lender to issue each Letter of Credit, including the initial
Loan
and the initial Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver
in
accordance with Section
10.08)
of the
following conditions precedent:
(a) Notice.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request pursuant to
Section
2.03
with
respect to such borrowing or issuance, as the case may be.
(b) Representations
and Warranties.
All
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents (other than, with respect to Loans made or Letters of Credit issued
after the Closing Date, the representations and warranties set forth in Sections
3.05(b)
and
3.09(a))
shall
be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of each
Borrowing or the issuance of each Letter of Credit hereunder with the same
effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date and in such
case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of such date.
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(c) No
Default.
On the
date of each Borrowing hereunder or the issuance of each Letter of Credit,
no
Event of Default or event which upon notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing nor shall
any such event occur by reason of the making of the requested Borrowing or
the
issuance of the requested Letter of Credit.
The
request by the Borrower for, and the acceptance by the Borrower of, each
extension of credit hereunder shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty by the Borrower that the conditions specified in this Section have
been
satisfied or waived at that time.
SECTION
5.
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
From
the
date hereof and for so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter
of
Credit remains outstanding (in a face amount in excess of the sum of (i) the
amount of cash then held in the Letter of Credit Account and (ii) the face
amount of back-to-back letters of credit delivered pursuant to Section
2.02(j)),
any
Credit-Linked Deposit remains outstanding, or any Loan or other amount is owing
to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder (other than contingent
indemnification obligations not due and payable), the Borrower and each of
the
Guarantors agree to:
SECTION
5.01. Financial
Statements, Reports, etc. Deliver
to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders:
(a) Within
90
days after the end of each fiscal year, the Borrower’s consolidated balance
sheet and related statement of income and cash flows, showing the financial
condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of
the
close of such fiscal year and the results of their respective operations during
such year, the consolidated statement of the Borrower to be audited for the
Borrower by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants of
recognized national standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants
(without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any
qualification or exception (other than with respect to the 2005 audit and the
2006 audit) as to the scope of such audit) and to be certified by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower to the effect that such consolidated financial
statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition
and
results of operations of the Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. Documents required
to be delivered pursuant to this clause (a) which are made available via XXXXX,
or any successor system of the SEC, in the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form
10-K, shall be deemed delivered to the Lenders on the date such documents are
made so available; provided
that,
upon request, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to
the
Administrative Agent;
(b) Within
45
days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year, the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheets and related statements of
income
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and
cash
flows, showing the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
on a
consolidated basis as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the results of
their operations during such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of
the
fiscal year, each certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly
presenting in all material respects the financial condition and results of
operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the
absence of footnotes. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this clause
(b) which are made available via XXXXX, or any successor system of the SEC,
in
the Borrower’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, shall be deemed delivered to the
Lenders on the date such documents are made so available; provided
that,
upon request, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to
the
Administrative Agent;
(c) (i)
concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under (a) and (b) above,
a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (A) certifying that
no
Event of Default or event which upon notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute an Event of Default has occurred, or, if such an Event of Default
or
event has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective
action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (B) setting forth
computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
demonstrating compliance with the provisions of Sections 6.04,
6.05
and
6.06
and (C)
stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred
since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section
3.05
and, if
any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the
financial statements accompanying such certificate; and (ii) concurrently with
any delivery of financial statements under (a) above, a certificate (which
certificate may be limited to accounting matters and disclaim responsibility
for
legal interpretations) of the accountants auditing the consolidated financial
statements delivered under (a) above certifying that, in the course of the
regular audit of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, such
accountants have obtained no knowledge that an Event of Default pursuant to
Section
7.01(c)
due to
any failure to comply with Section 6.04
or
6.05
has
occurred and is continuing or if, in the opinion of such accountants, such
an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, specifying the nature thereof
and all relevant facts with respect thereto;
(d) promptly
after the same become publicly available, copies of all registration statements
and all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed
by it with the SEC, or any governmental authority succeeding to any of or all
the functions of said commission, or with any national securities exchange,
as
the case may be. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this clause
(d)
which are made available via XXXXX, or any successor system of the SEC, shall
be
deemed delivered when made so available; provided
that,
upon request, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to
the
Administrative Agent;
(e) Within
ninety (90) days from the last Business Day of the immediately preceding fiscal
year, a detailed consolidated budget for the following 12-month period
(including projected statements of operations and cash flow for such
period);
(f) as
soon
as available and in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days after the
Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates knows or has reason to know that any
Termination Event has occurred, a statement of a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower describing the full details of such Termination Event and the action,
if any, which the Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate is required or proposes
to
take with respect thereto, together with any notices required or proposed to
be
given to or filed with or by the Borrower, the ERISA Affiliate, the PBGC, a
Plan
participant or the Plan administrator with respect thereto;
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(g) promptly
and in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days after receipt thereof by
the
Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC copies of each notice
received by the Borrower or any such ERISA Affiliate of the PBGC’s intention to
terminate any Single Employer Plan of the Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate
or to
have a trustee appointed to administer any such Plan;
(h) if
requested by the Administrative Agent, promptly and in any event within thirty
(30) days after the filing thereof with the Internal Revenue Service, copies
of
each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series)
with respect to each Plan of the Borrower or any of its ERISA
Affiliates;
(i) within
fifteen (15) Business Days after notice is given or required to be given to
the
PBGC under Section 302(f)(4)(A) of ERISA of the failure of the Borrower or
any
of its ERISA Affiliates to make timely payments to a Plan, a copy of any such
notice filed and a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting
forth (i) sufficient information necessary to determine the amount of the lien
under Section 302(f)(3) of ERISA, (ii) the reason for the failure to make the
required payments and (iii) the action, if any, which the Borrower or any of
its
ERISA Affiliates proposed to take with respect thereto;
(j) promptly
and in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days after receipt thereof by
the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor, a copy of
each notice received by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate concerning (i)
the
imposition of Withdrawal Liability by a Multiemployer Plan, (ii) the
determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in
reorganization within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, (iii) the termination
of
a Multiemployer Plan within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or (iv) the amount
of liability incurred, or which may be incurred, by the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate in connection with any event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii)
above;
(k) promptly
after a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge of (i) the filing or commencement
of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) the
receipt of any environmental audits and reports, whether prepared by personnel
of the Borrower or any Guarantor or by independent consultants, which relate
to
an Environmental Liability which could be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, notification thereof (together with, in the case of clause (ii) above,
copies of such audits and reports), each such notice to be accompanied by a
statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details
of
the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed
to be taken with respect thereto;
(l) promptly,
from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business
affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Guarantor as the
Administrative Agent, at the request of any Lender, may reasonably
request;
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(m) within
(i) twenty (20) Business Days following the end of each calendar month, a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or, if applicable, a
Guarantor, (x) stating that at all times since the last certificate delivered
under this Section
5.01(m)
(or, in
the case of the first certificate to be delivered after the Closing Date, at
all
times since the Closing Date) the Borrower or Guarantor, as the case may be,
has
utilized the Primary Routes and the Primary Foreign Slots in a manner consistent
in all material respects with applicable regulations, rules, law, foreign law
and contracts in order to preserve their respective rights in and to use each
of
the Primary Routes and Primary Foreign Slots and (y) setting forth (A) any
permanent disposition or transfer by the Borrower or such Guarantor of any
Appraised FAA Slot, Primary Foreign Slot or Primary Route and (B) airports
associated with additional Primary Routes allocated to or assigned by the
Borrower or such Guarantor which airports are not already listed on Schedule
4(g) to the First Lien SGR Security Agreement or Schedule 4(i) to the First
Lien
SGR Security Agreement and (ii) five (5) Business Days following the end of
each
calendar month, copies of any report filed by the Borrower or any Guarantor
in
such calendar month with the FAA, DOT or any other applicable Governmental
Authority or Airport Authority or any Foreign Aviation Authorities regarding
utilization of Primary Routes or Primary Foreign Slots or access to the Primary
Supporting Route Facilities, as well as a summary thereof, in a format
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(n) at
any
time that Eligible Accounts Receivable shall be included as Eligible Collateral,
promptly and in any event within 30 days after the end of each month while
Eligible Accounts Receivable are part of Eligible Collateral, an Officer’s
Certificate from the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit K, setting
forth the amount of Eligible Accounts Receivable as of such date, together
with
all supporting documents with respect to Eligible Accounts Receivable as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
(o) promptly
after a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge thereof, notice of any Collateral
Event;
(p) promptly
after a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge thereof, notice of any Event
of
Loss;
(q) promptly
after a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge of any Visa/MasterCard Dollar
Trigger Event, notification thereof (accompanied by a statement of a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of such Visa/MasterCard Dollar
Trigger Event).
Subject
to the next succeeding sentence, information delivered pursuant to this
Section
5.01
to the
Administrative Agent may be made available by the Administrative Agent to the
Lenders by posting such information on the Intralinks website on the Internet
at
xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.
Information delivered pursuant to this Section
5.01
may also
be delivered by electronic communication pursuant to procedures approved by
the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
10.01
hereto.
Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section
5.01
(to the
extent not made available as set forth above) shall be deemed to have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date on which the Borrower provides
written notice to the Administrative Agent that such information has been posted
on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx
(to the
extent such information has been posted or is available as described in such
notice). Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section
5.01
shall be
in a format which is suitable for transmission.
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Any
notice or other communication delivered pursuant to this Section
5.01,
or
otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, shall be deemed to contain material
non-public information unless (i) expressly marked by the Borrower as “PUBLIC”
or (ii) such notice or communication consists of copies of the Borrower’s public
filings with the SEC.
SECTION
5.02. Existence.
Preserve and maintain in full force and effect all governmental rights,
privileges, qualifications, permits, licenses and franchises necessary in the
normal conduct of its business except (a)(i) if in the reasonable business
judgment of the Borrower it is no longer necessary for the Borrower and the
Guarantors to preserve and maintain such rights, privileges, qualifications,
permits, licenses and franchises, and (ii) such failure to preserve the same
could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and (b) as otherwise permitted in connection with (i) sales of assets
permitted by Section
6.10
or (ii)
mergers, liquidations and dissolutions permitted by Section
6.02.
SECTION
5.03. Insurance.
(a) In
addition to the requirements of Section
5.03(b)
or as
set forth in each Real Property Mortgage, (i) keep its properties (other than
the Mortgaged Collateral, as to which only the insurance provisions of the
First
Lien Aircraft Mortgage shall be applicable) insured at all times, against such
risks, including fire and other risks insured against by extended coverage,
and
on such term and conditions, as is prudent and customary with U.S. based
companies of the same or similar size in the same or similar businesses; (ii)
maintain in full force and effect public liability insurance against claims
for
personal injury or death or property damage occurring upon, in, about or in
connection with the use of any properties owned, occupied or controlled by
the
Borrower or any Guarantor, as the case may be, in such amounts and with such
deductibles as are customary with companies of the same or similar size in
the
same or similar businesses and in the same geographic area; and (iii) maintain
such other insurance or self insurance as may be required by law.
(b) Maintain
business interruption insurance in amounts that are reasonably satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent and as is customary in the United States domestic
airline industry for major United States air carriers having both substantial
domestic and international operations.
(c) All
such
insurance referred to in Section 5.03(a)
with
respect to the Collateral (other than the Mortgaged Collateral as to which
only
the provisions of the Aircraft Mortgage shall be applicable) shall (i) contain
a
Lender’s Loss Payable Endorsement in favor of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of
the First Priority Secured Parties, in all loss or damage insurance policies,
(ii) provide that no cancellation thereof shall be effective until at least
thirty (30) days after written notice thereof to the Collateral Agent, on behalf
of the First Priority Secured Parties, permitting the Collateral Agent to cure
any default with respect to applicable outstanding premiums, (iii) name the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the First Priority Secured Parties, as
loss
payees for physical damage insurance with respect to property which constitutes
Collateral (other than the Mortgaged Collateral as to which only the provisions
of the Aircraft Mortgage shall be applicable) or a Real Property Asset as to
which a Lien has been granted to the Collateral Agent, and as additional
insureds for liability insurance, (iv)
provide that once the Collateral Agent has given notice of the occurrence of
an
Event of Default, no loss in excess of $5,000,000 shall be adjusted or otherwise
settled without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, and (v)
state
that none of the Collateral Agent, any of the Lenders, nor any other First
Priority Secured Party shall be responsible for premiums, commissions, club
calls, assessments or advances.
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(d) Promptly
deliver to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices received from its insurers
with respect to insurance programs required by the Terrorism Risk Insurance
Act
of 2002 (as extended by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2005)
and,
if so requested by the Collateral Agent, procure and maintain in force the
insurance that is offered in such programs to the same extent maintained by
companies of the same or similar size in the same or similar
businesses.
(e) No
less
frequently than annually, but in any event prior to expiration of any insurance
policy maintained in connection herewith or in connection with any Collateral
Document, furnish to the Collateral Agent certificates of insurance with respect
to insurance maintained by the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the case may be,
which certificates evidence compliance by the Borrower and the Guarantors with
the insurance requirements set forth herein and in any of the Collateral
Documents and contain signatures of duly authorized representatives of AON
Risk
Services or such other insurance broker as may be reasonably acceptable to
the
Collateral Agent, at all times prior to policy termination, cessation or
cancellation.
(f) Make
available at the Borrower’s headquarters, upon the reasonable request of the
Collateral Agent and upon reasonable prior notice, all insurance policies
maintained by the Borrower and the Guarantors for the review of the Collateral
Agent and any agents or representatives thereof.
SECTION
5.04. Maintenance
of Properties.
Except
to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, in its reasonable business
judgment, keep and maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep and
maintain, all property material to the conduct of its business in good working
order and condition (ordinary wear and tear and damage by casualty and
condemnation excepted), except where the failure to keep such property in good
working order and condition would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
5.05. Obligations
and Taxes.
Pay all
its material obligations (other than any obligations with respect to any
Restructuring Aircraft, except obligations under any Post-Petition Aircraft
Agreement applicable to such Restructuring Aircraft) promptly and in accordance
with their terms and pay and discharge promptly all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges, levies or claims (other than such taxes, assessments
and
governmental charges, levies and claims to the extent addressed in the Plan
of
Reorganization, which shall be paid in accordance with the Plan of
Reorganization) imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect
of
its property, before the same shall become more than ninety (90) days
delinquent, except in each case where the failure to do so would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; provided,
however,
that
the Borrower and each Guarantor shall not be required to pay and discharge
or to
cause to be paid and discharged any such obligation, tax, assessment, charge,
levy or claim so long as (i) the validity or amount thereof shall be contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (ii) the Borrower and the
Guarantors shall have set aside on their books adequate reserves therefor in
accordance with GAAP.
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SECTION
5.06. Notice
of Event of Default, etc. Promptly
upon the Borrower’s knowledge thereof give to the Administrative Agent notice in
writing of any Event of Default or the occurrence of any event or circumstance
which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute
an
Event of Default.
SECTION
5.07. Access
to Books and Records.
(a)
Maintain
or cause to be maintained at all times true and complete books and records
in
all material respects in a manner consistent with GAAP in all material respects
of the financial operations of the Borrower and the Guarantors and provide
the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and their respective representatives
and advisors reasonable access to all such books and records (subject to
requirements under any confidentiality agreements, if applicable), as well
as
any appraisals of the Collateral, during regular business hours, in order that
the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may upon reasonable prior
notice and with reasonable frequency, but in any event, so long as no Event
of
Default has occurred and is continuing, no more than one time per year, examine
and make abstracts from such books, accounts, records, appraisals and other
papers, and permit the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and their
respective representatives and advisors to confer with the officers of the
Borrower and the Guarantors and representatives (provided that the Borrower
shall be given the right to participate in such discussions with such
representatives) of the Borrower and the Guarantors, all for the purpose of
verifying the accuracy of the various reports delivered by the Borrower or
the
Guarantors to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement
or for otherwise ascertaining compliance with this Agreement; and at any
reasonable time and from time to time during regular business hours, upon
reasonable notice to the Borrower, permit the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, and any agents or representatives (including, without
limitation, appraisers) thereof to visit the properties of the Borrower and
the
Guarantors and to conduct examinations of and to monitor the Collateral held
by
the Collateral Agent, in each case at the expense of the Borrower (provided,
that the Borrower shall not be required to pay the expenses of more than one
such visit a year unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing).
(b) Grant
access to and the right to inspect all final reports, final audits (and draft
reports and audits where no final reports or audits are available) and other
similar internal information of the Borrower relating to the Real Property
Assets with respect to environmental matters upon reasonable notice, and obtain
any third party verification of matters relating to the Release or alleged
Release of Hazardous Materials at the Real Property Assets and compliance with
Environmental Laws and requirements of Airport Authorities with respect to
environmental matters (for matters that would impact the value of the Real
Property Assets) reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent at any time
and from time to time.
SECTION
5.08. Compliance
with Laws.
(a) Comply,
and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations and orders of any Airport Authority (with respect to environmental
matters) or Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including
Environmental Laws), except where such noncompliance, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(b) To
the
extent the following are required by Environmental Laws, any Governmental
Authority or any requirements of an Airport Authority relating to environmental
matters, conduct, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to conduct, any and all
investigations, studies, sampling and testing and take, and cause each of its
Subsidiaries to take, any and all necessary remedial action in connection with
the presence, storage, use, disposal, transportation or Release of any Hazardous
Materials for which the Borrower or the Guarantors or their respective
Subsidiaries is, or could be, liable. The foregoing shall not apply if, and
only
to the extent that (i) the Borrower’s or the Guarantors’ or their respective
Subsidiaries’ liability for or any requirement of an Airport Authority with
respect to such presence, storage, use, disposal, transportation or Release
of
any Hazardous Materials is being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted by such Persons, (ii) such remedial action
is
taken by other Persons responsible for such remedial action through an
indemnification of the Borrower or the Guarantors or any Subsidiary thereof
or
(iii) such non-compliance would not in any case or in the aggregate reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. In the event that the Borrower
or
the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries undertakes any such
investigation, study, sampling, testing or remedial action with respect to
any
Hazardous Materials, the Borrower or such Guarantors will, and will cause any
such Subsidiary to, conduct and complete such action in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws and all applicable
requirements of Airport Authorities relating to environmental
matters.
(c) If
an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or upon a reasonable belief
that
the Borrower has breached any representation, warranty or covenant hereunder
with regard to environmental matters, at the request of the Administrative
Agent
from time to time, the Borrower will provide to the Administrative Agent within
sixty (60) days after such request, or such longer time period as is reasonably
necessary to secure any required governmental or third party authorizations
for
soil or groundwater investigations or other invasive samplings, at the expense
of the Borrower, an environmental site assessment report for any properties
of
the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries described in such
request, prepared by an environmental consulting firm reasonably acceptable
to
the Administrative Agent, reasonable in scope based upon the circumstances
of
the request, indicating, where relevant under the circumstances of the request,
the presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the estimated cost of any
compliance, removal or remedial action in connection with any Hazardous
Materials on such properties; without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines at any time that a material
risk exists that any such report will not be provided in the time referred
to
above, the Administrative Agent reasonably may retain an environmental
consulting firm to prepare such report at the expense of the Borrower, and
the
Borrower and the Guarantors hereby grant, and agree to cause any Subsidiary
that
owns property described in such a request to grant, at the time of such request
to the Administrative Agent, such firm and any agents or representatives thereof
a right, subject to the rights of tenants, to enter into their respective
properties to undertake such an assessment.
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SECTION
5.09. Appraisal
Reports and Field Audits.
Cooperate with the Appraiser, Real Estate Appraiser or Field Auditor, as the
case may be, such that the Administrative Agent shall receive one or more
Appraisal Reports or Field Audits, as the case may be, establishing the value
of
the Appraised Collateral or Eligible Accounts Receivable, as the case may be,
(a) in the case of Appraisal Reports, by no later than thirty (30) days prior
to
each anniversary of the Closing Date, (b) on the date upon which any additional
property or assets that constitutes Appraised Collateral (including, without
limitation, applicable Cure Collateral) is pledged as Collateral to the
Collateral Agent to secure the First Priority Obligations, but only with respect
to such additional Collateral, (c) promptly at the request of the Administrative
Agent upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default,
(d) in the case of Field Audits, promptly at the request of the Administrative
Agent (which are not contemplated to occur more than once per year, but in
any
event, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no more
than once per year) and (e) upon a Change in Law with respect to any assets
which constitute Collateral, which change could reasonably be expected to result
in the Borrower’s failure to maintain the required coverage ratios pursuant to
Section
6.06.
In
addition to the requirements set forth in this Section
5.09,
if at
any time the Collateral Agent in its reasonable good faith business judgment
believes that a Collateral Event has occurred, it may request the delivery
of an
updated Appraisal Report with respect to the affected Collateral, and the
Borrower and the Guarantors shall cooperate with the Appraiser to ensure that
the Collateral Agent receives the same. The Borrower may from time to time
cause
to be delivered subsequent Appraisal Reports if it believes that the affected
item of Collateral has a higher Appraised Value than that reflected in the
most
recent Appraisal Report delivered.
SECTION
5.10. FAA
and DOT Matters; Citizenship.
In the
case of the Borrower and any applicable Guarantor (a) maintain at all times
its
status as an “air carrier” within the meaning of Section 40102(a)(2) of Title
49, and hold a certificate under Section 41102(a)(1) of Title 49; (b) at all
times hereunder be a United States Citizen; (c) maintain at all times its status
at the FAA as an air carrier and hold an air carrier operating certificate
and
other operating authorizations issued by the FAA pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Parts
119
and 121 as currently in effect or as may be amended or recodified from time
to
time; and (d) except as specifically permitted herein or in the First Lien
SGR
Security Agreement, possess and maintain all necessary certificates, exemptions,
franchises, licenses, permits, designations, rights, concessions, Gate
Interests, authorizations, frequencies and consents which are material to the
operation of the FAA Slots, the Routes and Foreign Slots utilized by it and
the
conduct of its business and operations as currently conducted except, in any
case described in this clause (d), where the failure to do so, either
individually or in the aggregate, could not be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
5.11. FAA
Slot Utilization.
Subject
to transfers, exchanges and other dispositions permitted by this Agreement
and
the First Lien SGR Security Agreement, utilize (or arrange for utilization
by
exchanging FAA Slots with other air carriers) the FAA Slots (except FAA Slots
which are reasonably determined by the Appraisers to be of de minimis value)
in
a manner consistent in all material respects with applicable regulations, rules,
laws and contracts in order to preserve its right to hold and operate the FAA
Slots, taking into account any waivers or other relief granted to the Borrower
by the FAA, any other applicable Governmental Authority or any Airport
Authority.
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SECTION
5.12. Primary
Foreign Slot Utilization.
Subject
to transfers, exchanges and other dispositions permitted by this Agreement
and
the First Lien SGR Security Agreement, utilize (or arrange for utilization
by
exchanging Primary Foreign Slots with other air carriers) the Primary Foreign
Slots (except Primary Foreign Slots which are reasonably determined by the
Appraisers to be of de minimis value) in a manner consistent in all material
respects with applicable regulations, rules, foreign law and contracts in order
to preserve its right to hold and operate the Primary Foreign Slots, taking
into
account any waivers or other relief granted to the Borrower by any applicable
Foreign Aviation Authorities.
SECTION
5.13. Primary
Route Utilization.
Subject
to transfers, exchanges and other dispositions permitted by this Agreement
and
the First Lien SGR Security Agreement, utilize the Primary Routes (except
Primary Routes which are reasonably determined by the Appraisers to be of de
minimis value) in a manner consistent in all material respects with applicable
regulations, rules, treaties, foreign law and contracts in order to preserve
its
right to hold and operate the Primary Routes and maintain access to the Primary
Supporting Route Facilities sufficient to ensure its ability to retain its
rights in and to the Primary Routes, taking into account any waivers or other
relief granted to the Borrower by the FAA, any other applicable Governmental
Authority, any Airport Authority or any applicable Foreign Aviation
Authorities.
SECTION
5.14. Additional
Subsidiaries.
If any
additional Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed or acquired after the Closing
Date, the Borrower will promptly, and in any event within twenty (20) Business
Days after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, (a) to the extent such
Subsidiary is an entity incorporated or organized in the United States and
is
not an Immaterial Subsidiary, an Excluded Subsidiary or a Restricted Captive
Insurance Company Subsidiary, cause such Subsidiary to become a party to the
Guarantee contained in Section
9
hereof,
each applicable Collateral Document and all other agreements, instruments or
documents that create or purport to create and perfect a Lien in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Priority Secured Parties, by
executing an Instrument of Assumption and Joinder substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit H and, subject to preexisting Liens on such
Subsidiary’s assets and the terms thereof (to the extent the same are permitted
under this Agreement), promptly take such actions to create and perfect Liens
on
such Subsidiary’s assets to secure the First Priority Obligations to the extent
required under the applicable Collateral Documents and (c) cause any Equity
Interests or promissory notes evidencing Indebtedness of such Subsidiary that,
in each case, are owned by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor to
be
pledged to the extent required by the Collateral Documents, provided
that, if
such Subsidiary is directly owned by the Borrower or any Guarantor and is
organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of
America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, Equity Interests
of
such Subsidiary to be pledged shall be limited to 65% of the outstanding voting
Equity Interests of such Subsidiary.
SECTION
5.15. [Reserved].
SECTION
5.16. Additional
Collateral; Additional Grantors.
(a) If
any
aircraft, engines, spare parts or owned real property (including, in the case
of
owned real property, only owned real property valued individually in excess
of
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$5,000,000
or $20,000,000 in the aggregate from the Closing Date, but excluding any
leasehold interests) are acquired by the Borrower or any Guarantor after the
Closing Date (other than any spare parts that become subject to a Lien pursuant
to the Aircraft Mortgage upon acquisition thereof), the Borrower will promptly
notify the Administrative Agent thereof and at the Administrative Agent’s
request within forty-five (45) days of such notice, will cause such assets
to be
subjected to a Lien securing the First Priority Obligations to the extent not
excluded from the definition of “Collateral” under the Loan Documents, subject
to preexisting Liens on such assets permitted hereunder and any other Liens
permitted hereunder, and will take, and cause the Guarantors to take, such
actions as shall be necessary to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions
described in this paragraph (a), all at the expense of the Borrower and
Guarantors; provided,
however,
that
this clause (a) shall not apply (i) if and to the extent that, on the date
of
and after giving effect to such acquisition, the Borrower shall be in compliance
with Section
6.06(a)
and
Section
6.06(b)
and
shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate
certifying to such compliance or (ii) to any aircraft, engines, spare parts
or
owned real property to the extent that the Administrative Agent has received,
on
or before the date of such acquisition, a copy of an executed commitment letter,
letter of intent, memorandum or understanding or other similar document that
evidences a commitment to consummate a financing of such aircraft, engines,
spare parts or owned real property within forty-five (45) days of the date
of
such acquisition and such financing actually occurs within forty-five (45)
days
(it being understood that the Lenders hereby authorize the Collateral Agent
to
withhold or delay such filing if the Collateral Agent shall be satisfied in
its
sole discretion that the applicable financing shall be consummated within a
reasonable timeframe thereafter); provided further
that the
Administrative Agent shall not require the execution or delivery of any Mortgage
Supplement, or require the Borrower or any Guarantor to take any actions with
respect to the FAA, relating to any of the 737-800 aircraft to be sold pursuant
to agreements described on Schedule 5.16
hereof.
(b) Upon
any
Guarantor acquiring any right, title or interest in any FAA Slots, Foreign
Slots, Routes, Supporting Route Facilities or Gate Interests acquired in
connection with a Permitted Acquisition, such Guarantor will promptly, and
in
any event within twenty (20) Business Days of such acquisition, become a party
to the First Lien SGR Security Agreement.
SECTION
5.17. Pledged
Spare Parts.
Segregate all of its Pledged Spare Parts from any Spare Parts which are subject
to any consignment arrangement, and shall keep all Spare Parts not so subject
to
a consignment arrangement in Spare Parts Locations, except to the extent
permitted in the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage. The Pledged Spare Parts will
be
maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower and Comair, as required by the First
Lien Aircraft Mortgage.
SECTION
5.18. Further
Assurances.
Execute
any and all further documents and instruments, and take all further actions,
that may be required or advisable under applicable law, the Cape Town Convention
or by the FAA, or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order
to
create, grant, establish, preserve, protect and perfect the validity, perfection
and priority of the Liens and security interests created or intended to be
created by the Collateral Documents, to the extent required under this Agreement
or the Collateral Documents, including, without limitation, amending, amending
and restating, supplementing, assigning or otherwise modifying, renewing or
replacing the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage or other agreements, instruments
or
documents relating thereto, in each case as may be reasonably requested by
the
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Collateral
Agent, in order to (i) create interests (including, but not limited to,
International Interests, Assignments, Prospective International Interests,
Prospective Assignments, Sales, Prospective Sales, Assignments of Associated
Rights and Subordinations) that may be registered and/or assigned under the
Cape
Town Convention, (ii) create, grant, establish, preserve, protect and perfect
the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Priority
Secured Parties to the fullest extent possible under the Cape Town Convention,
including, where necessary, the subordination of other rights or interests
and
(iii) realize the benefit of the remedial provisions that are contemplated
by
the Cape Town Convention, subject to the provisions of Section 4.07 of the
First
Lien Aircraft Mortgage.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provisions of the Loan
Documents, the Borrower hereby (a) agrees to exclude the application of Article
XVI(1)(a) of the Protocol and (b) consents, pursuant to Article XV of the
Protocol, to any Assignment of Associated Rights within the scope of Article
33(1) of the Cape Town Convention which is permitted or required by the
applicable Loan Documents and further agrees that the provisions of the
preceding paragraph shall apply, in particular, with respect to Articles 31(4)
and 36(1) of the Cape Town Convention to the extent applicable to any such
Assignment of Associated Rights.
SECTION
5.19. Post
Closing Items.
(a)
Within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date, the Borrower and each applicable
Guarantor shall have duly executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent a
Trademark Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit F-1 (the
“First
Lien Trademark Security Agreement”),
together with all documents, certificates, forms and filing fees that the
Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary to perfect and protect the Liens
and security interests created in the identified intellectual property in the
First Lien Trademark Security Agreement.
(b) Within
thirty (30) days of the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative
Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, consent to in writing), the Borrower
and each applicable Guarantor shall have delivered to
the Collateral Agent a Shifting Control Agreement or any other Control
Agreement, properly executed by the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the case
may
be, and each bank or other financial institution (as may be specified by the
Borrower) at which the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the case may be, maintains
a deposit account or securities account (it being understood that no Control
Agreement shall be required to be delivered with respect to any Excluded
Account).
(c) Within
thirty (30) days of the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative
Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, consent to in writing), the Borrower
and each applicable Guarantor shall have delivered evidence of the registrations
in the International Registry of International Interests in the Airframes,
Engines and Spare Engines constituted by the First Lien Aircraft
Mortgage.
SECTION
6.
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
From
the
date hereof and for so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter
of
Credit remains outstanding (in a face amount in excess of the sum of (i) the
amount of cash then held in the Letter of Credit Account and (ii) the face
amount of back-to-back letters of credit delivered pursuant to Section
2.02(j)),
any
Credit-Linked Deposit remains outstanding, or any Loan or other amount is owing
to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder (other than contingent
indemnification obligations not due and payable), the Borrower and each of
the
Guarantors will not:
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SECTION
6.01. Liens.
Incur,
create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or
the
Guarantors, now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any of such
Guarantors, other than:
(a) Liens
which were existing on the Closing Date as reflected on Schedule 3.07;
(b) Permitted
Liens;
(c) Liens
in
favor of the Collateral Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the Loan Documents;
(d) Liens
securing Indebtedness or Capitalized Leases permitted by Section 6.03(l)
or any
permitted refinancing thereof, provided
that
such Lien attach only to the assets of the Borrower or Guarantor (including
related leases thereof and, in the case of personal property, other assets
integral to the use thereof including security deposits from any sublessee
collaterally assigned for the benefit of lessors) subject to such acquisition
or
financing;
(e) Liens
on
the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens in favor of the Collateral
Agent securing the Designated Cash Management Obligations;
(f) Liens
on
the Collateral that are pari
passu
with the
Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent securing Indebtedness permitted by
Section
6.03(f)
or
(g)
and
relating to Designated Hedging Agreements; provided
that the
maximum amount of such Indebtedness that constitutes First Priority Obligations
shall not exceed $200,000,000 at any time;
(g) licenses,
leases and subleases of (A) Mortgaged Collateral and Collateral (as defined
in
the First Lien SGR Security Agreement) granted to others but only to the extent
permitted by the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage with respect to Mortgaged
Collateral and to the extent permitted by the First Lien SGR Security Agreement
with respect to Collateral as defined therein and (B) all other assets to the
extent such license, sublicense, lease or sublease does not interfere in any
material respect with the business of the Borrower and the Guarantors, taken
as
a whole;
(h) Liens
arising from precautionary UCC financing statements regarding operating leases
permitted by this Agreement;
(i) any
interest or title of a licensor, sublicensor, lessor, sublessor or airport
operator under any lease, license or use agreement;
(j) Liens
on
real and personal property acquired in connection with acquisitions permitted
by
this Agreement to the extent such Liens exist on such acquired property at
the
time of acquisition or Liens existing on any property or asset of any Person
that becomes a Guarantor after the date hereof prior to the time such Person
becomes a Guarantor, provided,
(1) such Liens are not created in contemplation of or in connection with
such acquisition or such Person becoming a Guarantor, as the case may be, (2)
such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower
or
any Guarantor and (3) such Liens shall secure only those obligations which
it
secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a
Guarantor, as the case may be;
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(k) Liens
in
favor of credit card processors securing obligations in connection with credit
card processing services incurred in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practices;
(l) Liens
on
(1) the Borrower’s right to receive a refund of unearned insurance premiums and
(2) insurance policies and the proceeds thereof, to secure the Borrower’s
payment of such insurance premiums financed by Indebtedness permitted pursuant
to Section
6.03(e);
(m) junior
Liens (subject and fully subordinate to the Liens granted to the Collateral
Agent on behalf of the First Priority Secured Parties hereunder and under the
Collateral Documents in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement) on the
Collateral in favor of Second Lien Collateral Agent securing the Second Lien
Obligations, provided,
that
(1) such Liens shall be subject in all respects to terms set forth in the
Intercreditor Agreement and (2) the instruments and agreements pursuant to
which
such Liens are created are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
the
Administrative Agent;
(n) junior
Liens on the Collateral securing the Indebtedness permitted pursuant to
Section
6.03(m),
provided,
that
such Liens shall be subject in all respects to an intercreditor agreement
substantially in the form of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(o) Liens
consisting of setoff or netting rights in connection with Hedging Agreements;
(p) Liens
securing reimbursement obligations in respect of standby or documentary letters
of credit or bankers acceptances, provided
that in
the case of (1) documentary letters of credit or bankers acceptances, such
Liens
attach only to the documents, goods covered thereby and proceeds thereof and
(2)
in the case of standby letters of credit, such Liens may only be on cash in
an
amount not to exceed $150,000,000;
(q) Liens
on
the underlying commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred
in the ordinary course of business;
(r) Liens
which arise under Article 2 of the UCC;
(s) replacement,
extension and renewal of any Lien permitted hereby, provided
that any
such replacement, extension, or renewal of any Lien shall not extend to any
property or assets of the Borrower or any Guarantor which was not subject to
the
Lien being replaced, extended or renewed;
(t) Liens
in
favor of any of the Borrower or a Guarantor that do not encumber any Collateral;
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(u) Liens
arising by operation of law in connection with judgments, attachment or awards
which do not constitute an Event of Default hereunder;
(v) other
Liens incurred by the Borrower and the Guarantors (except with respect to Real
Property Assets) so long as the Indebtedness and other obligations secured
thereby does not exceed Indebtedness permitted by Section
6.03(ee);
(w)
Liens
on
cash collateral and fuel inventory (and the proceeds thereof) or letters of
credit in each case securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section
6.03(f),
and
Indebtedness permitted by Section
6.03(g)
in an
aggregate amount at any one time for all such cash and letters of credit in
excess of the amount thereof that is secured as permitted by Section
6.01(f),
not in
excess (other than with respect to Liens on fuel inventory and the proceeds
thereof) of $500,000,000;
(x)
Liens
on
Margin Stock, if and to the extent the value of all Margin Stock of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries exceeds 25% of the total assets subject to this
Section
6.01;
(y)
Liens
on
any Restructuring Aircraft created by or pursuant to any Post-Petition Aircraft
Agreement;
(z)
Liens
on
the Excluded Accounts and amounts on deposit therein in favor of the
beneficiaries of the amounts on deposit therein to the extent such Liens secure
obligations owed to such beneficiaries;
(aa)
the
Lien
of the Jet Fuel Counterparty on the Jet Fuel Assets, in the event that the
transactions underlying the Jet Fuel Inventory Supply Agreement are
re-characterized as Indebtedness owed by the Borrower;
(bb)
Liens
attaching solely to xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits in connection with Investments
permitted pursuant to Section
6.09;
(cc)
Liens
securing Indebtedness permitted by (i) Section
6.03(h)
and (ii)
Section
6.03(y);
(dd) Liens
on
cash collateral securing surety and appeal bonds in an aggregate amount for
all
such cash collateral not exceeding $150,000,000; and
(ee) other
Liens so long as the obligations secured thereby do not exceed $25,000,000
at
any time.
SECTION
6.02. Merger,
etc. Merge
into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge
into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose
of
(in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all
of
its assets, or all or substantially all of the stock of any of its Subsidiaries
(in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or
dissolve, except (kk) that
any Subsidiary (so long as such Subsidiary is not the Borrower) may merge into
the Borrower or any other Guarantor in a transaction in which the Borrower
or
any Guarantor is the surviving corporation, provided
that (i)
immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default or event with which
upon notice
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or
the
passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing and (ii) any such merger involving a Person whose Equity
Interests are not 100% owned by the Borrower directly or indirectly immediately
prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by
Section
6.10;
(ll)
that any
Subsidiary (so long as such Subsidiary is not the Borrower) may liquidate or
dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or
dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially
disadvantageous to the Lenders, provided
that an
Event of Default does not result from such liquidation or dissolution,
(mm)
any
Person (other than the Borrower) may merge into the Borrower or any Guarantor
pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition in which the Borrower or such Guarantor
is
the surviving corporation, (nn)
asset
sales permitted hereunder and (oo)
any
Permitted Change of Control Transaction.
SECTION
6.03. Indebtedness.
Contract, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except
for:
(a) Indebtedness
under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement or any refinancing thereof
in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement; provided
that the
principal amount of Indebtedness incurred in connection with any such
refinancing shall not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness so
refinanced;
(c) Indebtedness
incurred prior to the Closing Date or with respect to which an option exists
(including existing Capitalized Leases) as set forth on Schedule 6.03;
(d) intercompany
Indebtedness between the Borrower and the Guarantors, which Indebtedness shall
be pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the First Lien Pledge Agreement,
to the extent required pursuant to the terms thereof;
(e) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Guarantor owed to one or more Persons in connection
with
the financing of certain insurance premiums;
(f) Indebtedness
owed to any Lender (or any of its banking Affiliates) or any other Person in
respect of fuel xxxxxx and other derivatives contracts, in each case to the
extent that such agreement or contract is entered into for bona fide hedging
purposes and, in the case of such other derivatives contracts, in the ordinary
course of business;
(g) Indebtedness
owed to any Lender or any of its banking Affiliates or any other Person in
respect of (i) foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements, currency
future or option contracts and other similar agreements designed to hedge
against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and currency values and (ii)
interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option
contracts and other similar agreements designed to hedge against fluctuations
in
interest rates, in each case to the extent that such agreement or contract
is
entered into in the ordinary course of business for bona fide hedging purposes;
(h) Indebtedness
owed to any Lender or any of its banking Affiliates or any other Person in
respect of any overdrafts and related liabilities arising from treasury,
depository and cash management services or in connection with any automated
clearing house transfers of funds;
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(i) Indebtedness
of any of the Borrower and the Guarantors consisting of take-or-pay obligations
contained in supply agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business
and consistent with past practices of the Borrower and the Guarantors;
(j) Indebtedness
of any of the Borrower and the Guarantors arising in the ordinary course of
business of the relevant party and owing to Citibank, N.A., its banking
Affiliates and other financial institutions providing netting services permitted
to be incurred and outstanding pursuant to this Agreement so long as such
Indebtedness does not remain outstanding for more than three (3) Business Days
from the date of its incurrence;
(k) Indebtedness
of any of the Borrower and the Guarantors to credit card processors in
connection with credit card processing services incurred in the ordinary course
of business of the Borrower and the Guarantors;
(l) (i)
Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition of aircraft, engines, spare
parts or other operating assets; provided
that no
such Indebtedness may be incurred more than twelve (12) months after such
acquisition if, after giving effect to such Indebtedness, an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing under Section
6.06;
and
(ii) other Indebtedness secured by aircraft, engines, spare parts or other
operating assets that are not subject to Liens described in Section
6.01(c)
(including without limitation as a result of any release of such Liens pursuant
to Section
6.06(d));
(m)
Indebtedness
of the Borrower and the Guarantor in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$1,000,000,000, provided
that
such Indebtedness shall have a final maturity six months after the Maturity
Date
and shall be on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(n) Indebtedness
consisting of promissory notes issued to current or former directors,
consultants, managers, officers and employees or their spouses or estates to
purchase or redeem capital stock of the Borrower issued to such director,
consultant, manager, officer or employee in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$1,000,000 annually;
(o) Indebtedness
to the extent permitted by an Investment permitted by Section
6.09(j);
(p) Indebtedness
of a person or acquired assets that is the subject of a Permitted Acquisition
which Indebtedness was in existence at the time of such Permitted Acquisition
and not incurred in contemplation thereof;
(q) intercompany
Indebtedness owed by the Borrower and any Guarantor to another Subsidiary,
which
is not a Guarantor, in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate
at
any one time outstanding;
(r) any
Indebtedness extending, renewing, replacing or refinancing (collectively,
“Refinancing”)
all or
any portion of any Indebtedness permitted under paragraph (c),
(l),
(m),
(p),
(x),
(y)
or
(z),
provided
that (1)
any such Refinancing of Indebtedness permitted under clause (m)
which is
subordinated to the Obligations shall remain subordinated on substantially
the
same basis, and (2) the weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness,
in the case of clause (m),
shall
not be shortened, provided further
that any
such Refinancing of Indebtedness permitted under clause (c)
or
(l)(i)
may
exceed the amount being Refinanced so long as the Lien securing such Refinancing
does not extend to any property or asset of the Borrower or any Guarantor which
was not subject to the Lien securing the Indebtedness being
Refinanced;
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(s) other
unsecured Indebtedness incurred subsequent to the Closing Date;
(t) Indebtedness
in respect of Redeemable Stock;
(u) Indebtedness
in respect of deferred rent;
(v) Indebtedness
in respect of deferred taxes;
(w)
Indebtedness
permitted to be secured pursuant to Section
6.01(p);
(x) Indebtedness
under the ALPA Notes and the CVG Notes;
(y) Indebtedness
secured by purchase money security interests and Capitalized Leases (including
in the form of sale-leaseback, synthetic lease or similar transactions) to
the
extent such Indebtedness was incurred in connection with ARB Indebtedness;
provided,
that
the amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed 100% of the purchase price
or
construction cost (including any capitalized interest and issuance fees and
expenses) of the subject asset;
(z) Indebtedness
relating to any Restructuring Aircraft created by or pursuant to any
Post-Petition Aircraft Agreement;
(aa)
Indebtedness
consisting of indemnification obligations owed by Comair to Bombardier Inc.,
a
Canadian national corporation, relating to certain CRJ leases, in an amount
not
to exceed $9,000,000 in the aggregate;
(bb)
in
the
event that the transactions underlying the Jet Fuel Inventory Supply Agreement
are re-characterized as Indebtedness owed by the Borrower, such
Indebtedness;
(cc)
reimbursement
obligations in respect of standby or documentary letters of credit or bankers
acceptances that are secured by Liens permitted pursuant to Section
6.01(p);
(dd)
surety
and appeal bonds secured by Liens permitted pursuant to Section
6.01(dd);
and
(ee)
Indebtedness not to exceed $25,000,000 at any one time outstanding for
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor incurred subsequent to the Closing
Date that will be secured Indebtedness.
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SECTION
6.04. Fixed
Charge Coverage.
Permit
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending
in the months below to be less than the corresponding ratio opposite such
month:
Fiscal
quarter ending
|
Ratio
|
June
2007
|
1.00:1.00
|
September
2007
|
1.00:1.00
|
December
2007
|
1.00:1.00
|
March
2008
and thereafter for each fiscal quarter ending
through
the Maturity Date
|
1.20:1.00
|
SECTION
6.05. Unrestricted
Cash Reserve.
Permit
the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash to be less than $750,000,000 at any
time after the 30th
day
following the Closing Date.
SECTION
6.06. Coverage
Ratio.
(a)
Permit
at any time the ratio (the “First
Lien Collateral Coverage Ratio”)
of (i)
the Appraised Value of the Eligible Collateral to (ii) the sum of (x) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans plus
(y) the
LC Exposure (other than LC Exposure which has been Cash Collateralized in
accordance with Section
2.12(b) plus
(z) the
Swap Termination Value of all Designated Hedging Agreements to the extent
secured as permitted by Section
6.01(f)
(such
sum, the “First
Lien Obligations”)
to be
less than 175%, provided,
that
if, (A) upon (1)
delivery
of an Appraisal Report or a Field Audit (as applicable) pursuant to Section
5.09
or
(2)
the
establishment of reserves pursuant to clause (B) of the definition of “Appraised
Value” contained herein and (B) solely with respect to determining compliance
with this Section as a result thereof, it is determined that the Borrower shall
not be in compliance with this Section
6.06(a),
the
Borrower shall, within forty-five (45) days of the date of such Appraisal
Report, Field Audit or establishment of reserves (as applicable), (I) designate
Cure Collateral as additional Eligible Collateral in accordance with clause
(d)
of the definition of Eligible Collateral in Section
1.01
or (II)
prepay the Loans, in each case in an amount sufficient to enable the Borrower
to
comply with this Section
6.06(a);
provided further
that the
preceding proviso shall be disregarded for purposes of Section
4.02(c).
(b) Permit
at
any time the ratio (the “Total
Collateral Coverage Ratio”)
of (i)
the Appraised Value of the Eligible Collateral to (ii) the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the First Lien Obligations plus
the
outstanding principal amount of the Second Lien Term Loans (such sum the
“Total
Obligations”)
to be
less than 125%, provided,
that
if, (A) upon (1) delivery of an Appraisal Report or a Field Audit (as
applicable) pursuant to Section
5.09
hereof
or (2) the establishment of reserves pursuant to clause (B) of the definition
of
“Appraised Value” contained herein and (B) solely with respect to determining
compliance with this Section as a result thereof, it is determined that the
Borrower shall not be in compliance with this Section
6.06(b),
the
Borrower shall, within forty-five (45) days of the date of such Appraisal
Report, Field Audit or establishment of reserves (as applicable), (I) designate
Cure Collateral as additional Eligible Collateral in accordance with clause
(d)
of the definition of Eligible Collateral in Section
1.01
or (II)
prepay the Loans, in each case in an amount sufficient to enable the Borrower
to
comply with this Section
6.06(b);
provided further
that the
preceding proviso shall be disregarded for purposes of Section
4.02(c).
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(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Borrower shall fail at any
time to be in compliance with this Section
6.06
solely
as a result of an Event of Loss (as defined in the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage)
or other Recovery Event, in each case, covered by insurance (pursuant to which
the Collateral Agent is named as loss payee and with respect to which payments
are to be delivered directly to the Collateral Agent) for which the insurer
thereof has been notified of the relevant claim and has not challenged such
coverage, any calculation made pursuant to this Section
6.06
shall
deem the Borrower to have received Net Cash Proceeds (and to have taken all
steps necessary to designate, and to have designated, such Net Cash Proceeds
as
Cure Collateral) in an amount equal to the expected coverage amount (as
determined by the Borrower in good faith and updated from time to time to
reflect any agreements reached with the applicable insurer and net of any
amounts required to be paid out of such proceeds and secured by a Lien permitted
pursuant to Section
6.01(l))
until
the earlier of (i) the date any such Net Cash Proceeds are actually received
by
the Collateral Agent, (ii) the date that is 270 days after such Event of Loss
or
Recovery Event and (iii) the date on which any such insurer denies such claim;
provided
that,
prior to giving effect to this clause (c),
the
Appraised Value of the Eligible Collateral shall be no less than (x) 150% of
the
First Lien Obligations or (y) 100% of the Total Obligations.
It is
understood and agreed that if the Collateral Agent should receive any Net Cash
Proceeds directly from the insurer in respect of an Event of Loss or a Recovery
Event and at the time of such receipt, (A) no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and the Borrower is in compliance with Section
6.06(a) and (b) (without giving effect to the receipt of such Net Cash
Proceeds), the Collateral Agent shall promptly cause such proceeds to be paid
to
the Borrower or the applicable Guarantor and (B) an Event of Default shall
have
occurred and be continuing or the Borrower fails to be in compliance with
Section 6.06(a) or (b) (without giving effect to the receipt of such Net Cash
Proceeds), the Collateral Agent shall promptly cause such proceeds to be
deposited into the account of the Borrower or the applicable Guarantor
maintained for such purpose with the Administrative Agent that is subject to
a
Full Control Agreement and such proceeds shall be applied or released from
such
account in accordance with Section
2.12(a).
(d) At
the
Borrower’s request, (i) the Lien on an operating asset constituting Collateral
in connection with any financing permitted pursuant to (x) Section
6.03(l)
secured
by such operating asset or (y) Section
6.03(y)
or (ii)
the Lien on an asset constituting Eligible Collateral will be promptly released,
provided,
in each
case, that the following conditions are satisfied or waived: (A) no Event of
Default or event which upon notice or lapse of time or both would constitute
an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (B) either (x) after
giving effect to such release, the remaining Eligible Collateral shall continue
to satisfy this Section
6.06,
(y) the
Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount required to comply with this
Section
6.06,
or (z)
the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent Cure Collateral in an amount
required to comply with this Section
6.06,
and (C)
the Borrower shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate demonstrating compliance
with this Section
6.06
following such release. In connection herewith, the Collateral Agent agrees
to
promptly provide any documents or releases reasonably requested by the Borrower
to evidence such release.
SECTION
6.07. Dividends;
Capital Stock.
Declare
or pay, directly or indirectly, or otherwise make any Restricted Payment or
set
apart any sum for the aforesaid purposes, except (a)
dividends or other distributions or transfers to the Borrower or another
Guarantor; (b)
dividends by any Guarantor to any other holder of its equity on a pro rata
basis;
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(c)
dividends in the form of capital stock or increases in the aggregate liquidation
value of any preferred stock; (d)
repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon (i) the exercise of stock
options if the Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price
thereof or (ii) the withholding of a portion of Equity Interests issued to
(A)
employees under the Plan of Reorganization and (B) employees and other
participants under an equity compensation program of the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries, in each case to cover withholding tax obligations of such persons
in respect of such issuance; (e)
dividends or repurchases of Equity Interests with the proceeds from the issuance
of additional Equity Interests or subordinated Indebtedness permitted hereunder,
provided
that no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of payment
of
such dividend; (f)
to the
extent not otherwise permitted under clauses (c) or (e) of this Section,
dividends or other distributions or transfers pursuant to stock option plans,
other benefit plans or other arrangements for management or employees of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in a maximum aggregate amount not to exceed
$2,000,000; and (g)
other
Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000
annually.
SECTION
6.08. Transactions
with Affiliates.
Sell or
transfer any property or assets to, or otherwise engage in any other material
transactions with, any of its Affiliates (other than the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries), other than (a)
on
overall terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such
Guarantor than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third
parties; (b)
transactions contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization; (c)
fees and
compensation paid to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers, directors
or employees of the Borrower or any Guarantor as reasonably determined by the
board of directors or senior management, as the case may be, of the Borrower
or
any Guarantor; (d)
any
dividends, other distributions or payments permitted by Section
6.07;
(e)
the
existence of, and the performance by a Guarantor or the Borrower of its
obligations under the terms of, any limited liability company, limited
partnership or other organization document or securityholders agreement
(including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related
thereto) to which it is a party on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule
6.08,
and
similar agreements that it may enter into thereafter; (f)
the
provision of any legal, accounting or administrative services to the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in accordance with
past practices; and (g)
transactions with Affiliates set forth on Schedule 6.08.
SECTION
6.09. Investments,
Loans and Advances.
Purchase, hold or acquire any Investments, except for:
(a) ownership
by the Borrower and the Guarantors of the capital stock of each of the
Subsidiaries subject in each case to Section
6.02;
(b) Permitted
Investments;
(c) advances
and loans among the Borrower and the Guarantors;
(d) Investments
in the Escrow Accounts and other trust accounts;
(e) Investments
existing on the date hereof and described on Schedule 6.09
hereto;
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(f) Investments
in connection with (i) foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements,
currency future or option contracts and other similar agreements designed to
hedge against fluctuations in foreign interest rates and currency values, (ii)
interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements and interest rate future or option
contracts and other similar agreements designed to hedge against fluctuations
in
interest rates, and (iii) fuel xxxxxx and other derivatives contracts, in each
case to the extent that such agreement or contract is entered into for bona
fide
hedging purposes and (other than in the case of fuel xxxxxx) in the ordinary
course of business;
(g) Investments
received (x) in settlement of amounts due to any of the Borrower and the
Guarantors effected in the ordinary course of business (including as a result
of
dispositions permitted by this Agreement) or (y) in connection with the
bankruptcy or the reorganization of any customers or suppliers;
(h) Investments
in an amount not to exceed $150,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding in connection with (1) Investments in travel or airline related
businesses made in connection with marketing and promotion agreements, alliance
agreements, distribution agreements, agreements with respect to fuel
consortiums, agreements relating to flight training, agreements relating to
insurance arrangements, agreements relating to parts management systems and
other similar agreements, (2) additional Investments in joint ventures listed
on
Schedule 6.09
or
Investments in new joint ventures made after the Closing Date, and (3)
Investments by the Borrower and the Guarantors not otherwise permitted under
this Agreement;
(i) advances
to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower and the Guarantors in
an
aggregate not to exceed (i) $250,000 at any time outstanding to any individual
officer, director or employee or (ii) $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time
outstanding for all such advances;
(j) Investments
held or invested in by any of the Borrower and the Guarantors in the form of
foreign cash equivalents in the ordinary course of business;
(k) advances
to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower and the Guarantors in
connection with relocation expenses or signing bonuses for newly hired officers,
directors or employees of the Borrower and the Guarantors;
(l) Investments
in the form of lease, utility and other similar deposits or any other deposits
permitted hereunder in the ordinary course of business;
(m) pledges
and deposits by the Borrower and the Guarantors permitted under Sections
6.01
or
6.03;
(n) (i)
Investments and guarantees by the Borrower and the Guarantors permitted under
Sections 6.01
or
6.03,
(ii)
Guarantees in the ordinary course of business of obligations that do not
constitute Indebtedness of (A) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (B)
any regional air carrier that is a member of the Delta Connection program owed
to airport operators in connection with its activities under the Delta
Connection program and (iii) advances to airport operators of landing fees
and
other customary airport charges on behalf of carriers for which the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries provides ground handling services;
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(o) loans
or
Investments by the Borrower or any Guarantor that could otherwise be made as
a
distribution permitted under Section
6.07;
provided
that for
purposes of Section
6.07
such
loan or Investment shall be treated as a distribution thereunder;
(p) Investments
held by the Borrower or any Guarantor to the extent such Investments reflect
an
increase in the value of Investments;
(q) Investments
by the Borrower and the Guarantors creating new Subsidiaries so long as they
comply with Section
5.14
hereof;
(r) Investments
in Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$25,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(s) Investments
in Aero Assurance, Ltd. or New Sky, Ltd., to the extent reasonably necessary
to
support the working capital insurance obligations of the Borrower and the
Guarantors;
(t) any
Permitted Acquisition by the Borrower or any Guarantor so long as (1) on a
pro
forma basis after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition, the Borrower
and
the Guarantors shall be in compliance with Sections 6.04,
6.05
and
6.06
and (2)
in the event the purchase price for such Permitted Acquisition exceeds
$750,000,000, the sum of (A) the unrestricted cash of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and (B) the Unused Total Revolving Commitment, in each case, as
determined immediately prior to such acquisition, shall be no less than
$1,500,000,000;
(u) any
Investments acquired in connection with Permitted Acquisitions;
(v) capitalization
or forgiveness of any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower by any Guarantor or
owed
to any Guarantor by the Borrower or any other Guarantor;
(w) cancellation,
forgiveness, set-off, or acceptance of prepayments by the Borrower or any
Guarantor with respect to debt, other obligations and/or equity securities
in
the ordinary course of business and to the extent not otherwise prohibited
by
the terms of this Agreement;
(x) Investments
consisting of the acquisition of equity interests pursuant to Sections
6.07(d)
and
6.07(e);
(y) the
Borrower and the Guarantors may hold Investments comprised of notes payable,
or
stock or other securities issued by Account Debtors to the Borrower or such
Guarantor, as the case may be, pursuant to negotiated agreements with respect
to
settlement of such Account Debtor’s Accounts in the ordinary course of business,
consistent with past practices;
(z)
the
Borrower and the Guarantors may make Investments with the funds held in the
Excluded Accounts;
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(aa)
the
Borrower may make any Investment in any Guarantor, any Guarantor may make any
Investment in the Borrower and any Guarantor may make any Investment in any
other Guarantor;
(bb)
the
Borrower may make Investments in the form of advances under a revolving loan
facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 outstanding
at any time, to the Borrower’s Plans or any similar benefit plans of the
Borrower (together, the “Benefits
Plans”)
for
the payment of ordinary operating expenses of the Benefits Plans (including
the
payment of benefits in accordance with the terms of the Benefits Plans and
periodic premiums under insurance or annuity contracts) or for the purposes
incidental to the ordinary operation of the Benefits Plans;
(cc)
Investments
resulting from any sale or other Disposition of assets otherwise permitted
by
Section
6.10;
and
(dd)
the
Borrower and the Guarantors may make other Investments in an aggregate amount
outstanding at any one time not to exceed $25,000,000 for all Investments made
pursuant to this clause (cc).
The
amount of any investment or loan shall be the initial amount of such investment
less all returns of principal, capital, dividends and other cash returns thereof
and less all liabilities expressly assumed by another person in connection
with
the sale of such investment.
SECTION
6.10. Disposition
of Assets.
Sell or
otherwise Dispose of any Collateral (including, without limitation, the capital
stock of any Subsidiary, but excluding any Permitted Disposition), except that
such sale or other Disposition of Collateral shall be permitted provided that
upon consummation of any such sale or other Disposition (i) no Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the Borrower is in compliance,
after giving effect to the grace periods referred to in Section
6.06
and
after giving effect to such sale or other Disposition (including any deposit
of
any Net Cash Proceeds received upon consummation thereof in an account subject
to a Full Control Agreement), with Section
6.06
hereof;
provided
that
nothing contained in this Section
6.10
is
intended to excuse performance by the Borrower or any Guarantor of any
requirement of any Collateral Document that would be applicable to a Disposition
permitted hereunder.
SECTION
6.11. Nature
of Business.
Enter
into any business that is materially different from those conducted by the
Borrower and the Guarantors on the Closing Date, except for any business
ancillary to the businesses conducted by the Borrower and the Guarantors on
the
Closing Date.
SECTION
6.12. Fiscal
Year.
Change
the last day of its fiscal year from December 31.
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SECTION
7.
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
SECTION
7.01. Events
of Default.
In the
case of the happening of any of the following events and the continuance thereof
beyond the applicable grace period if any (each, an “Event
of Default”):
(a) any
representation or warranty made by the Borrower or any Guarantor in this
Agreement, in any other Loan Document or in any written document required to
be
delivered in connection herewith or therewith, shall prove to have been false
or
materially misleading when made or delivered; or
(b) default
shall be made in the payment of any (i) Fees or interest on the Loans and such
default shall continue unremedied for more than five (5) Business Days, (ii)
other amounts payable hereunder when due (other than amounts set forth in
clauses (i) and (iii) hereof), and such default shall continue unremedied for
more than ten (10) Business Days, or (iii) principal of the Loans or
reimbursement obligations or cash collateralization in respect of Letters of
Credit, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due
date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration
thereof or otherwise; or
(c) default
shall be made by the Borrower or any Guarantor in the due observance or
performance of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section
6
hereof
(subject to the Borrower’s right to cure non-compliance with the covenants
contained in Section
6.06(a)
and
6.06(b)
as
described therein); or
(d) default
shall be made by the Borrower or any Guarantor in the due observance or
performance of any other covenant, condition or agreement to be observed or
performed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents and such default shall continue unremedied for more than thirty (30)
days from the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer having knowledge of such
default and (ii) written notice by the Administrative Agent of such default;
or
(e) other
than with respect to (x) any Qualified Restructuring Indebtedness and (y) any
Specified Jet Fuel Action, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment of principal,
interest or premium in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the
same shall become due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable grace
periods or waivers or amendments); or
(f) other
than with respect to (x) any Qualified Restructuring Indebtedness, (y) any
Specified Jet Fuel Action and (z) the Regional Airports Improvement Corporation
Facilities Sublease Refunding Revenue Bonds, Issue of 1996, Delta Air Lines,
Inc. (Los Angeles International Airport), any event or condition occurs that
results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled
maturity or that enables or permits (after giving effect to any grace periods)
the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent
on
its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to
require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior
to
its scheduled maturity, provided
that the
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foregoing
shall not apply to Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of (i) the sale,
transfer or other disposition (including as a result of a casualty or
condemnation event) of any property or assets pursuant to the terms of such
Indebtedness to the extent that (A) such sale, transfer or other disposition
does not give rise to a default thereunder and (B) the payment of such
Indebtedness is made in accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness with
the
proceeds of such sale, transfer or other disposition or (ii) in the case of
any
ARB Indebtedness, a change in law causing a determination of taxability-related
call in respect of such ARB Indebtedness; or
(g) an
involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall
be
filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of
the Borrower or any Guarantor or its debts, or of a substantial part of its
assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official
for
the Borrower or any Guarantor for a substantial part of its assets, and, in
any
such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty
(60)
days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall
be
entered; or
(h) the
Borrower or any Guarantor shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or
file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under
any
Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law
now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to
contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described
in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or
similar official for the Borrower or any Guarantor or for a substantial part
of
its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a
petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the
purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(i) the
Borrower or any Guarantor admits in writing its inability to pay its debts;
or
(j) a
Change
of Control shall occur; or
(k) any
material provision of any Loan Document shall, for any reason, cease to be
valid
and binding on the Borrower or any of the Guarantors, or the Borrower or any
of
the Guarantors shall so assert in any pleading filed in any court or any
material portion of any Lien on the Collateral (as reasonably determined by
the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Borrower) intended to be
created by the Loan Documents shall cease to be or shall not be a valid and
perfected Lien having the priorities contemplated hereby or thereby; or
(l) any
final
judgment in excess of $50,000,000 (exclusive of any Qualified Judgment, any
Specified Jet Fuel Action and any judgment or order the amounts of which are
fully covered by insurance less any applicable deductible and as to which the
insurer has been notified of such judgment and has not denied coverage) shall
be
rendered against the Borrower or any of the Guarantors and the enforcement
thereof shall not have been stayed, vacated, satisfied, discharged or bonded
pending appeal within sixty (60) consecutive days; or
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(m) any
Termination Event that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect shall have occurred; or
(n) (i)
the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate thereof shall have been notified by the sponsor
or trustee of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred Withdrawal Liability
to
such Multiemployer Plan, (ii) the Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate does not
have
reasonable grounds, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to contest
such
Withdrawal Liability and is not in fact contesting such Withdrawal Liability
in
a timely and appropriate manner, and (iii) the amount of such Withdrawal
Liability specified in such notice, when aggregated with all other amounts
required to be paid to Multiemployer Plans in connection with Withdrawal
Liabilities (determined as of the date of such notification), exceeds an amount
that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
or
(o) the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate thereof shall have been notified by the sponsor
of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or
is
being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, if as a result of
such reorganization or termination the aggregate annual contributions of the
Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates to all Multiemployer Plans that are then
in
reorganization or being terminated have been or will be increased over the
amounts contributed to such Multiemployer Plans for the plan years that include
the date hereof by an amount that could reasonably be expected to result in
a
Material Adverse Effect; or
(p) it
shall
be determined that the Borrower or any Guarantor is liable for the payment
of
claims arising out of any failure to comply (or to have complied) with
applicable Environmental Laws or regulations or requirements of Airport
Authorities (with respect to environmental matters) the payment of which will
have a Material Adverse Effect, and the enforcement thereof shall not have
been
stayed, vacated or discharged within 30 days; or
(q) all
or
substantially all of the Borrower’s flights and operations are suspended for
more than two (2) consecutive days (other than as a result of an FAA suspension
due to force majeure or any other extraordinary event similarly affecting major
United States air carriers having both substantial domestic and international
operations);
then,
and
in every such event and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such
event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders,
the Administrative Agent shall, by written notice to the Borrower, take one
or
more of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate
forthwith the Commitments (which, in the case of the Credit-Linked Deposit,
means that the obligation to issue Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit
or
make Credit-Linked Deposit Loans shall terminate and the Credit-Linked Deposits
shall be returned to the Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement); (ii) declare the Loans or any portion thereof then
outstanding to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the principal of the
Loans together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and
all
other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan
Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand,
protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Borrower and the Guarantors, anything contained herein or in
any
other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding; (iii) require the Borrower
and the Guarantors promptly upon written demand to
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deposit
in the Letter of Credit Account Cash Collateralization for the LC Exposure
(and
to the extent the Borrower and the Guarantors shall fail to furnish such funds
as demanded by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall be
authorized to debit the accounts of the Borrower and the Guarantors maintained
with the Administrative Agent in such amounts); (iv) set-off amounts in the
Letter of Credit Account or any other accounts (other than Escrow Accounts,
Payroll Accounts or other accounts held in trust for an identified beneficiary)
maintained with the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (or any of
their respective affiliates) and apply such amounts to the obligations of the
Borrower and the Guarantors hereunder and in the other Loan Documents; and
(v)
exercise any and all remedies under the Loan Documents and under applicable
law
available to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders.
In
case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (g) or (h)
of
this Section, the actions and events described in (i), (ii) and (iii) above
shall be required or taken automatically, without presentment, demand, protest
or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
Any
payment received as a result of the exercise of remedies hereunder shall be
applied in accordance with Section
2.17(b).
SECTION
8.
THE
AGENTS
SECTION
8.01. Administration
by Agents.
(a)
Each of
the Lenders and each Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent as its agents and authorizes
the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf
and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and
the
Collateral Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers
as
are reasonably incidental thereto.
(b) Each
of
the Lenders and each Issuing Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, and in their sole
discretion:
(i)
in
connection with the sale or other disposition of any asset that is part of
the
Collateral of the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the case may be, to the extent
permitted by the terms of this Agreement, to release a Lien granted to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the First Priority Secured Parties, on
such
asset;
(ii)
to
determine that the cost to the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the case may be,
is
disproportionate to the benefit to be realized by the First Priority Secured
Parties by perfecting a Lien in a given asset or group of assets included in
the
Collateral and that the Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be, should
not be required to perfect such Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent, for
the
benefit of the First Priority Secured Parties;
(iii)
to
enter
into and perform its obligations under the other Loan Documents;
and
(iv)
to
enter
into intercreditor and/or subordination agreements in accordance with
Section
6.01(n)
on terms
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
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SECTION
8.02. Rights
of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
Any
institution serving as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in their respective capacities
as Lenders as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were
not
an Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, and such bank and its respective
Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in
any
kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof
as if it were not an Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent
hereunder.
SECTION
8.03. Liability
of Agents.
(a) The
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or
obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, (i) the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties,
regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
(ii) the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not have any
duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers,
except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that each
such agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required
Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary
under the circumstances as provided in Section
10.08),
and
(iii) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable
for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the institution serving
as an Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in
any
capacity. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be
liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the
request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in
Section
10.08)
or in
the absence of its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to have
knowledge of any Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof is
given to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent by the Borrower
or a
Lender, and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not be
responsible for, or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into, (A) any
statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this
Agreement, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (C) the performance or
observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions
set
forth herein, (D) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or
genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document,
or
(E) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section
4
or
elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required
to
be delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
(b) The
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon,
and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request,
certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent also may rely upon any statement
made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper
Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel
(who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by
it
in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or
experts.
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(c) Each
of
the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may perform any and all of
its
respective duties and exercise its respective rights and powers by or through
any one or more sub-agents appointed by such agent. The Administrative Agent
and
the Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its
duties and exercise its rights and powers through its Related Parties. The
exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such
sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective
activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided
for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent.
SECTION
8.04. Reimbursement
and Indemnification.
Each
Lender agrees (a) to reimburse on demand the Administrative Agent (and the
Collateral Agent) for such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure Percentage of any
expenses and fees incurred for the benefit of the Lenders under this Agreement
and any of the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, counsel fees
and
compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of
the
Lenders, and any other expense incurred in connection with the operations or
enforcement thereof, not reimbursed by the Borrower or the Guarantors and (b)
to
indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
and any of their Related Parties, on demand, in the amount equal to such
Lender’s Aggregate Exposure Percentage, from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses, or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may
be
imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against it or any of them in any way
relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents or
any
action taken or omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement or any of
the
Loan Documents to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower or the Guarantors
(except such as shall result from their respective gross negligence or willful
misconduct).
SECTION
8.05. Successor
Agents.
Subject
to the appointment and acceptance of a successor agent as provided in this
paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the
Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation by
the
Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the
consent (provided no Event of Default or event which upon notice or lapse of
time or both would constitute an Event of Default has occurred or is continuing)
of the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so
appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its
resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, in consultation with
the Borrower, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, appoint a
successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank institution with an office
in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance
of
its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor
shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges
and
duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees
payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same
as
those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower
and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation
hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section
10.04
shall
continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its
sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken
or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Administrative
Agent.
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SECTION
8.06. Independent
Lenders.
Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or any other Lender and based
on
such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make
its
own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement,
any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or
thereunder.
SECTION
8.07. Advances
and Payments.
(a) On
the
date of each Loan, the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (but not
obligated) to advance, for the account of each of the Lenders, the amount of
the
Loan to be made by it in accordance with its Revolving Commitment hereunder.
Should the Administrative Agent do so, each of the Lenders agrees forthwith
to
reimburse the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the amount
so advanced on its behalf by the Administrative Agent, together with interest
at
the Federal Funds Effective Rate if not so reimbursed on the date due from
and
including such date but not including the date of reimbursement.
(b) Any
amounts received by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement
(other than amounts to which the Administrative Agent is entitled pursuant
to
Sections 2.18,
8.04
and
10.04),
the
application of which is not otherwise provided for in this Agreement, shall
be
applied in accordance with Section
2.17(b).
All
amounts to be paid to a Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be credited
to
that Lender, after collection by the Administrative Agent, in immediately
available funds either by wire transfer or deposit in that Lender’s
correspondent account with the Administrative Agent, as such Lender and the
Administrative Agent shall from time to time agree.
SECTION
8.08. Sharing
of Setoffs.
Each
Lender agrees that if it shall, through the exercise either by it or any of
its
banking Affiliates of a right of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim against
the Borrower or a Guarantor, including, but not limited to, a secured claim
under Section 506 of the Bankruptcy Code or other security or interest arising
from, or in lieu of, such secured claim and received by such Lender (or any
of
its banking Affiliates) under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law, or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of its Loans or LC Exposure
as a result of which the unpaid portion of its Loans or LC Exposure is
proportionately less than the unpaid portion of the Loans or LC Exposure of
any
other Lender (a) it shall promptly purchase at par (and shall be deemed to
have
thereupon purchased) from such other Lender a participation in the Loans or
LC
Exposure of such other Lender, so that the aggregate unpaid principal amount
of
each Lender’s Loans and LC Exposure and its participation in Loans and LC
Exposure of the other Lenders shall be in the same proportion to the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of all Loans then outstanding and LC Exposure as the
principal amount of its Loans and LC Exposure prior to the obtaining of such
payment was to the principal amount of all Loans outstanding and LC Exposure
prior to the obtaining of such payment and (b) such other adjustments shall
be
made from time to time as shall be equitable to ensure that the Lenders share
such payment pro-rata,
provided,
that if
any such non-pro-rata
payment
is thereafter recovered or otherwise set aside, such purchase of participations
shall be rescinded (without interest). The Borrower expressly consents to the
foregoing arrangements and agrees that any Lender holding (or deemed to be
holding) a participation in a Loan or LC Exposure acquired pursuant to this
Section or any of its banking Affiliates may exercise any and all rights of
banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim with respect to any and all moneys owing
by the Borrower to such Lender as fully as if such Lender was the original
obligee thereon, in the amount of such participation.
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SECTION
8.09. Other
Agents.
No
Agent (other than the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent) shall
have
any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this
Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting
the foregoing, no such Agent shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary
relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied,
and will not rely, on any such Agent in deciding to enter into this Agreement
or
in taking or not taking action hereunder.
Each
such Agent shall be entitled to the benefit of the exculpation and
indemnification provided in this Section
8
to the
same extent as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
SECTION
9.
GUARANTY
SECTION
9.01. Guaranty.
(a) Each
of
the Guarantors unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the due and punctual
payment by the Borrower of the First Priority Obligations (including interest
accruing on and after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or of
reorganization of the obligor whether or not post filing interest is allowed
in
such proceeding). Each of the Guarantors further agrees that, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, the First Priority Obligations may be extended
or
renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it,
and
it will remain bound upon this guaranty notwithstanding any extension or renewal
of any of the First Priority Obligations. The First Priority Obligations of
the
Guarantors shall be joint and several.
(b) To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Guarantors waives presentation
to, demand for payment from and protest to the Borrower or any other Guarantor,
and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. The obligations of the
Guarantors hereunder shall not, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
be
affected by (i) the failure of the Administrative Agent or a Lender to assert
any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Borrower
or
any other Guarantor under the provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any provision hereof
or
thereof; (iii) any rescission, waiver, compromise, acceleration, amendment
or
modification of any of the terms or provisions of any of the Loan Documents;
(iv) the release, exchange, waiver or foreclosure of any security held by the
Collateral Agent for the First Priority Obligations or any of them; (v) the
failure of the Collateral Agent or a Lender to exercise any right or remedy
against any other Guarantor; or (vi) the release or substitution of any
Collateral or any other Guarantor.
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(c) To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Guarantors further agrees that
this guaranty constitutes a guaranty of payment when due and not just of
collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or a Lender to any security held
for
payment of the First Priority Obligations or to any balance of any deposit,
account or credit on the books of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent
or a Lender in favor of the Borrower or any other Guarantor, or to any other
Person.
(d) To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Guarantors hereby waives any
defense that it might have based on a failure to remain informed of the
financial condition of the Borrower and of any other Guarantor and any
circumstances affecting the ability of the Borrower to perform under this
Agreement.
(e) To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor’s guaranty shall not be
affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the
First
Priority Obligations or any other instrument evidencing any First Priority
Obligations, or by the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection, or
extent of any collateral therefor or by any other circumstance relating to
the
First Priority Obligations which might otherwise constitute a defense to this
guaranty (other than the occurrence of the First Priority Obligations Payment
Date). None of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, nor any of the
Lenders makes any representation or warranty in respect to any such
circumstances or shall have any duty or responsibility whatsoever to any
Guarantor in respect of the management and maintenance of the First Priority
Obligations.
(f) Upon
the
occurrence of the Obligations becoming due and payable (by acceleration or
otherwise), the Lenders shall be entitled to immediate payment of such
Obligations by the Guarantors upon written demand by the Administrative
Agent.
SECTION
9.02. No
Impairment of Guaranty.
To the
extent permitted by applicable law, the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder
shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination
for
any reason, including, without limitation, any claim of waiver, release,
surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense
(other than the occurrence of the First Priority Obligations Payment Date)
or
set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the First Priority Obligations.
To
the extent permitted by applicable law, without limiting the generality of
the
foregoing, the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be discharged
or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent or a Lender to assert any claim or demand or to enforce
any
remedy under this Agreement or any other agreement, by any waiver or
modification of any provision hereof or thereof, by any default, failure or
delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the First Priority
Obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other
act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk
of
the Guarantors or would otherwise operate as a discharge (other than the
occurrence of the First Priority Obligations Payment Date) of the Guarantors
as
a matter of law, until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date shall have
occurred.
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SECTION
9.03. Continuation
and Reinstatement, etc. Each
Guarantor further agrees that its guaranty hereunder shall continue to be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or
any
part thereof, of any First Priority Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise
be
restored by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, any Lender or any
other First Priority Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of
the
Borrower or a Guarantor, or otherwise.
SECTION
9.04. Subrogation.
Upon
payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent or a Lender hereunder, all rights of such Guarantor against the Borrower
arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation or otherwise, shall
in all respects be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all the First Priority Obligations (including interest
accruing on and after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or of
reorganization of an obligor whether or not post filing interest is allowed
in
such proceeding). If any amount shall be paid to such Guarantor for the account
of the Borrower relating to the First Priority Obligations, such amount shall
be
held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and
shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to be
credited and applied to the First Priority Obligations, whether matured or
unmatured.
SECTION
10.
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
10.01. Notices.(a)
Except
in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given
by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other
communications provided for herein or under any other Loan Document shall be
in
writing (including by facsimile or electronic mail (other than to the Borrower,
unless agreed) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent),
and
shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified
or
registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i) if
to the
Borrower or any Guarantor, to it at Delta Air Lines, Inc., 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention of: (x) Treasurer, Dept. 856, Telecopier No.:
(000)
000-0000, Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 and (y) General Counsel, Dept. 971,
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000, Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000;
(ii)
if
to
JPMCB as Administrative Agent, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and
Agency Services Group, 0000 Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention
of: Xxxxxxx X Xxx (Telecopy No.: 713-750-2358), with a copy to JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention of: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
(Telecopy No.: 212-270-5100);
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(iii)
if
to the
Issuing Lender, to it at the address most recently specified by it in notice
delivered by it to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, with a copy to
the
Administrative Agent as provided in clause (ii) above; and
(iv)
if
to any
other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in Annex
A
hereto or, if subsequently delivered, an administrative questionnaire in a
form
as the Administrative Agent may require.
(b) Notices
and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished
by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided,
that
the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section
2
unless
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The
Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its reasonable discretion, agree
to
accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic
communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided,
that
approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.
(c) Any
party
hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices
and
other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of
receipt.
SECTION
10.02. Successors
and Assigns.
(a)
The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby
(including any Affiliate of the Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of
Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer
any
of their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent
of
each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without
such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise
transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this
Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed
to
confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing
Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided
in paragraph (d) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated
hereby, the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender
and
the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason
of
this Agreement.
(b) (i)
Subject
to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign
to
one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
this
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Commitment, Credit-Linked
Deposit and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(A) the
Administrative Agent, provided
that no
consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of
all
or any portion of Credit-Linked Deposits to an assignee that is (I) immediately
prior to giving effect to such assignment a Lender, (II) an Affiliate of a
Lender, or (III) an Approved Fund;
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(B) the
Issuing Lender; and
(C) the
Borrower; provided
that no
consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment (I) if an Event
of
Default has occurred and is continuing or (II) if the assignee is a Lender,
an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.
(ii)
Assignments
shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) any
assignment of any portion of the Total Revolving Commitment, Revolving Loans
and
LC Exposure shall be made to an Eligible Assignee;
(B) except
in
the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved
Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Revolving Commitment, Credit-Linked Deposits or Loans, the amount of such
Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment
(determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such
assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than
$1,000,000 (with respect to Credit-Linked Deposits) or $5,000,000 (with respect
to Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans), and after giving effect to such
assignment, the portion of the Loan or Commitment held by the assigning Lender
of the same tranche as the assigned portion of the Loan or Commitment shall
not
be less than $1,000,000 (with respect to Credit-Linked Deposits) or $5,000,000
(with respect to Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans), in each case unless
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided
that no
such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing;
(C) each
partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of
all
the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided
that
this clause shall not be
construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the
assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Type of Commitments,
Loans or Credit-Linked Deposits;
(D) the
parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent
an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee
of
$3,500 for the account of the Administrative Agent; and
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(E) the
assignee, if it was not a Lender immediately prior to such assignment, shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in a form
as
the Administrative Agent may require.
For
the
purposes of this Section
10.02(b),
the
term “Approved
Fund”
means
any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing,
holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a)
a
Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an
entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii)
Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this
Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent
of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights
and
obligations of a Revolving Lender and/or Credit-Linked Deposit Lender, as the
case may be, under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall,
to
the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be
released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an
Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto
but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14,
2.16
and
10.04).
Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement
that does not comply with this Section
10.02
shall be
treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d)
of
this Section. Without the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not
be
unreasonably withheld) and the Administrative Agent, the Credit-Linked Deposit
of any Credit-Linked Deposit Lender shall not be released in connection with
any
assignment by such Credit-Linked Deposit Lender, but shall instead be purchased
by the relevant assignee and continue to be held for application (to the extent
not already applied) in accordance with Section
2.02
to
satisfy such assignee’s obligations in respect of Credit-Linked Deposit LC
Disbursements.
(iv)
The
Administrative Agent shall maintain at its offices a copy of each Assignment
and
Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names
and
addresses of the Lenders, and the Revolving Commitments and Credit-Linked
Deposits of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to,
each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).
The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Guarantors,
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders may treat each
Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof
as a
Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice
to
the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower,
the Issuing Lender and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to
time
upon reasonable prior notice.
(c) Upon
its
receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire in
a form as the Administrative Agent may require (unless the assignee shall
already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred
to
in paragraph (b) of
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this
Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b)
of
this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and
Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register;
provided,
that if
either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any
payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section
2.02(d)
or
(e),
2.04(b)
or
10.04(c),
the
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and
Acceptance and record the information therein in the Register unless and until
such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest
thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless
it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(d) (i)
Any
Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or
the
Issuing Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities
(a
“Participant”)
in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans and Credit-Linked
Deposits and participations in Credit-Linked Deposit Letters of Credit owing
to
it); provided,
that
(A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto
for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the other Lenders shall continue
to
deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument
pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such
Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve
any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided,
that
such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without
the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in the first proviso to Section
10.08(a) that
affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (d)(ii) of this Section, the
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.14
and
2.16 to
the
same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law,
each
Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section
8.08
as
though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
the
requirements of Section
8.08
as
though it were a Lender.
(ii)
A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
Section
2.16
than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation
to
such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A
Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be
entitled to the benefits of Section
2.16
unless
the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and
such
Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section
2.16(f)
as
though it were a Lender.
(e) Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations
to a
Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section
10.02
shall
not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided,
that no
such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from
any
of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for
such
Lender as a party hereto.
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(f) Any
Lender may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed
assignment or participation pursuant to this Section
10.02,
disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant,
any
information relating to the Borrower or any of the Guarantors furnished to
such
Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of the Guarantors; provided,
that
prior to any such disclosure, each such assignee or participant or proposed
assignee or participant are advised of and agree to be bound by either the
provisions of Section
10.03
or other
provisions at least as restrictive as Section
10.03.
SECTION
10.03. Confidentiality.
Each
Lender agrees to keep any information delivered or made available by the
Borrower or any of the Guarantors to it confidential from anyone other than
persons employed or retained by such Lender who are or are expected to become
engaged in evaluating, approving, structuring or administering the Loans, and
who are advised by such Lender of the confidential nature of such information;
provided,
that
nothing herein shall prevent any Lender from disclosing such information (a)
to
any of its Affiliates (it being understood that the Persons to whom such
disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such
information and instructed to keep such information confidential) or to any
other Lender, (b) upon the order of any court or administrative agency, (c)
upon
the request or demand of any regulatory agency or authority, (d) which has
been
publicly disclosed other than as a result of a disclosure by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender which is not permitted by this Agreement, (e) in connection
with any litigation to which the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or their
respective Affiliates may be a party to the extent reasonably required, (f)
to
the extent reasonably required in connection with the exercise of any remedy
hereunder, (g) to such Lender’s legal counsel and independent auditors, and (h)
to any actual or proposed participant or assignee of all or part of its rights
hereunder or to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty (or the
professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating
to
the Borrower and its obligations, in each case, subject to the proviso in
Section
10.02(f).
If any
Lender is in any manner requested or required to disclose any of the information
delivered or made available to it by the Borrower or any of the Guarantors
under
clauses (b) or (e) of this Section, such Lender will, to the extent permitted
by
law, provide the Borrower with prompt notice, to the extent reasonable, so
that
the Borrower may seek, at its sole expense, a protective order or other
appropriate remedy or may waive compliance with this Section.
SECTION
10.04. Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) (i)
The
Borrower shall pay or reimburse: (A) all reasonable fees and reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent (including the reasonable
fees, disbursements and other charges of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
(“Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx”),
special counsel to the Administrative Agent, and any other regulatory or local
counsel retained by Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx or the Administrative Agent) associated
with
the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, and the
preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Loan Documents and
any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether
or
not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated);
and
(B) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent
(including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, special counsel to the Administrative Agent, and any other counsel
retained by Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx or the Administrative Agent) and the Lenders in
connection with the enforcement of the Loan Documents.
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(ii)
The
Borrower shall pay or reimburse (A) all reasonable fees and reasonable expenses
of the Administrative Agent and its internal and third-party auditors, the
Appraisers, the Real Estate Appraiser and consultants incurred in connection
with the Administrative Agent’s (a) periodic field examinations and appraisals
and (b) other monitoring of assets as allowed hereunder and (B) all reasonable
fees and reasonable expenses of the Issuing Lenders in connection with the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand
or any payment thereunder.
(iii)
All
payments or reimbursements pursuant to the foregoing clauses (a)(i) and (ii)
shall be paid within thirty (30) days of written demand together with back-up
documentation supporting such reimbursement request.
(b) The
Borrower shall indemnify each Agent, the Issuing Lenders and each Lender, and
each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being
called an “Indemnitee”)
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or
asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a
result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement
or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of
their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions
or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of
Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the
Issuing Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the
documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with
the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence
or Release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated
by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related
in any way or asserted against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(iv)
any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding
relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other
theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided,
that
such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent
that
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined
by
a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee.
(c) To
the
extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it
to
the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
or
the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such portion of the unpaid amount equal
to such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure Percentage (determined as of the time that
the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought);
provided,
that
the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or
related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender in its capacity as such.
(d) To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct
or
actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions,
any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
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SECTION
10.05. Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a)
This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of
the
State of New York.
(b) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State
of
New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court
of
the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof,
in
any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of
any
such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York
State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the
parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding
shall, to the extent permitted by law, be conclusive and may be enforced in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided
by
law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action
or proceeding relating to this Agreement against the Borrower or its properties
in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent
it
may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of
or
relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this
Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance
of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section
10.01.
Nothing
in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION
10.06. No
Waiver.
No
failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or
any
of the Lenders to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or
remedy hereunder or any of the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power
or
remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power or remedy. All remedies hereunder are cumulative and are
not
exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
SECTION
10.07. Extension
of Maturity.
Should
any payment of principal of or interest or any other amount due hereunder become
due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall
be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of principal,
interest shall be payable thereon at the rate herein specified during such
extension.
SECTION
10.08. Amendments,
etc.
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(a) No
modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any
Collateral Document (other than any Control Agreement), and no consent to any
departure by the Borrower or any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be
effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required
Lenders, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the purpose for which given; provided,
however,
that no
such modification or amendment shall without the written consent of (i) each
Lender directly affected thereby (A) increase the Commitment of any Lender
or
extend the expiry of the Commitment of any Lender (it being understood that
a
waiver of an Event of Default shall not constitute an increase in or extension
of the expiry of the Commitment of a Lender), (B) reduce the principal amount
of
any Loan, any reimbursement obligation in respect of any Letter of Credit,
or
the rate of interest payable thereon (provided that only the consent of the
Required Lenders shall be necessary for a waiver of default interest referred
to
in Section
2.08),
extend
the date on which the Credit-Linked Deposits are required to be returned to
the
Credit-Linked Deposit Lenders or extend any date for the payment of interest
hereunder or reduce any Fees payable hereunder or extend the final maturity
of
the Borrower’s obligations hereunder or (C) amend, modify or waive any provision
of Section
2.17(b)
or (ii)
all of the Lenders (A) amend or modify any provision of this Agreement which
provides for the unanimous consent or approval of the Lenders, (B) amend this
Section
10.08
or
modify the percentage of the Lenders required in the definition of Required
Lenders or (C) release all or substantially all of the Liens granted to the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, or release all or substantially all of the Guarantors. No such
amendment or modification shall adversely affect the rights and obligations
of
the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender or the Collateral Agent hereunder
without its prior written consent. No notice to or demand on the Borrower or
any
Guarantor shall entitle the Borrower or any Guarantor to any other or further
notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances. Each assignee
under Section
10.02(b)
shall be
bound by any amendment, modification, waiver, or consent authorized as provided
herein, and any consent by a Lender shall bind any Person subsequently acquiring
an interest on the Loans held by such Lender. No amendment to this Agreement
shall be effective against the Borrower or any Guarantor unless signed by the
Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in Section
10.08(a),
(i) in the event that the Borrower requests that this Agreement be modified
or amended in a manner which would require the unanimous consent of all of
the
Lenders and such modification or amendment is agreed to by the Required Lenders,
then the Borrower may replace any such non-consenting Lender in accordance
with
Section
10.02;
provided
that
such amendment or modification can be effected as a result of the assignment
contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required
by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this clause (i)); (ii) no Defaulting
Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver
or
consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be
increased or extended without the consent of such Lender (it being understood
that any Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded
for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders) and
(iii) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified
an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature
in
any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall
become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to
any
Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders
within five (5) Business Days notice thereof.
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SECTION
10.09. Severability.
Any
provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the
invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not
invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION
10.10. Headings.
Section
headings used herein are for convenience only and are not to affect the
construction of or be taken into consideration in interpreting this
Agreement.
SECTION
10.11. Survival.
All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower
herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection
with
or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon
by
the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit,
regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf
and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Event of Default or incorrect
representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and
shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any
accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this
Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding
and
so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of
Sections 2.14,
2.15,
2.16
and
10.04
and
Section
8
shall
survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the return
of
the Credit-Linked Deposits, the expiration or termination of the Letters of
Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision
hereof.
SECTION
10.12. Execution
in Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.
This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all
of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement
constitutes the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter
hereof and supersedes any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral
or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in
Section
4.01,
this
Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the
Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each
of
the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to
the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by
telecopy or electronic .pdf copy shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION
10.13. USA
Patriot Act.
Each
Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot Act hereby notifies
the Borrower and each Guarantor that pursuant to the requirements of the Act,
it
is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the
Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and
each Guarantor and other information that will allow such Lender to identify
the
Borrower and each Guarantor in accordance with the Patriot Act.
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SECTION
10.14. Registrations
with International Registry.
Each of
the parties hereto consents to the registrations with the International Registry
of the International Interest constituted by the First Lien Aircraft Mortgage,
and each party hereto covenants and agrees that it will take all such action
reasonably requested by Borrower or Collateral Agent in order to make any
registrations with the International Registry, including becoming a registry
user entity with the International Registry and providing consents to any
registration as may be contemplated by the Loan Documents.
SECTION
10.15. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING
WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN
INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS
AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day
and
the year first written.
DELTA
AIR LINES, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
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ASA
HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:President
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COMAIR
HOLDINGS, LLC
By:
/s/
Xxx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxx Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
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COMAIR,
INC.
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxx Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and CFO
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COMAIR
SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxx Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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CROWN
ROOMS, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Assistant Treasurer
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DAL
GLOBAL SERVICES, LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Assistant Treasurer
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DAL
MOSCOW, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Treasurer
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DELTA
AIRELITE BUSINESS JETS, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
President
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DELTA
BENEFITS MANAGEMENT, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Treasurer
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DELTA
CONNECTION ACADEMY, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
VP of Finance and CFO
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DELTA
LOYALTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Treasurer
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DELTA
TECHNOLOGY, LLC
By:
/s/
E. Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
E. Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Secretary
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EPSILON
TRADING, LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Treasurer and Comptroller
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KAPPA
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
President
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JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and
Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
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JPMORGAN
SECURITIES, INC., as Co-Lead Arranger and Joint
Bookrunner
By:
/s/
Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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BARCLAYS
BANK PLC, as Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Director
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CALYON
NEW YORK BRANCH, as Co-Documentation Agent and Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
By:
/s/
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Director
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C.I.T.
LEASING CORPORATION, as Lender
By:
/s/Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President
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XXXXXXXXXXX
XX, XXX XXXX AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES, as Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx C.A. Xxxxxxxx,
Jr.
Name:
Xxxxxx C. A. Xxxxxxxx, Jr.
Title:
Senior Vice President & Manager
By:
/s/
Xxxxx
Wesemeier
Name:
Xxxxx Wesemeier
Title:
Assistant Treasurer
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CREDIT
SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Director
By: /s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Assistant Vice President
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SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title:
Authorized Signatory
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ING
CAPITAL LLC, as Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title:
Director
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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XXXXXX
BROTHERS INC.,
as Co-Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner
By:
/s/
Xxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
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XXXXXX
COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., as Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
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XXXXX COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORP, as Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
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RBS
SECURITIES CORPORATION, as Co-Documentation Agenet
By:
/s/
L. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
L. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
SVP
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ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as Lender
By:
/s/
L. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
L. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
SVP
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UBS
LOAN FINANCE LLC, as Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx X
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Director
Banking Products Services, US
By:
/s/
Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Associate Director
Banking Products Services, US
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UBS
SECURITIES LLC, as Syndication Agent and Joint
Bookrunner
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Director
Banking Products Services, US
By:
/s/
Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Associate Director
Banking Products Services, US
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U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxx X.
Xxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxx
Title:
Assistant Vice President
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WACHOVIA
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Director
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XXXXXXX
BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION,
as Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Authorized
Signatory
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