EXECUTION COPY
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (2003-ERJ1)
Dated as of December 19, 2003
between
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Subordination Agent,
as agent and trustee for the
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust 2003-ERJ1,
as Borrower
and
CREDIT LYONNAIS, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Liquidity Provider
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Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust 2003-ERJ1
Continental Airlines 7.875% Pass Through Certificates,
Series 2003-ERJ1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS.......................................................1
Section 1.01. Certain Defined Terms...................................1
ARTICLE II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENT...............................7
Section 2.01. The Advances............................................7
Section 2.02. Making the Advances.....................................7
Section 2.03. Fees....................................................9
Section 2.04. Reductions or Termination of the Maximum Commitment.....9
Section 2.05. Repayments of Interest Advances or the Final Advance....9
Section 2.06. Repayments of Provider Advances........................10
Section 2.07. Payments to the Liquidity Provider Under the
Intercreditor Agreement................................11
Section 2.08. Book Entries...........................................11
Section 2.09. Payments from Available Funds Only.....................11
Section 2.10. Extension of the Expiry Date; Non-Extension Advance....12
Section 2.11. Right to Further Extend Expiry Date....................12
ARTICLE III OBLIGATIONS OF THE BORROWER....................................12
Section 3.01. Increased Costs........................................12
Section 3.02. Capital Adequacy.......................................13
Section 3.03. Payments Free of Deductions............................14
Section 3.04. Payments...............................................15
Section 3.05. Computations...........................................15
Section 3.06. Payment on Non-Business Days...........................15
Section 3.07. Interest...............................................16
Section 3.08. Replacement of Borrower................................17
Section 3.09. Funding Loss Indemnification...........................17
Section 3.10. Illegality.............................................17
Section 3.11. Mitigation.............................................18
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT............................................18
Section 4.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Section 2.01..18
Section 4.02. Conditions Precedent to Borrowing......................20
ARTICLE V COVENANTS........................................................20
Section 5.01. Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower..................20
Section 5.02. Negative Covenants of the Borrower.....................20
ARTICLE VI LIQUIDITY EVENTS OF DEFAULT.....................................20
Section 6.01. Liquidity Events of Default............................20
ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS..................................................21
Section 7.01. Amendments, Etc........................................21
Section 7.02. Notices, Etc...........................................21
Section 7.03. No Waiver; Remedies....................................22
Section 7.04. Further Assurances.....................................22
Section 7.05. Indemnification; Survival of Certain Provisions........22
Section 7.06. Liability of the Liquidity Provider....................23
Section 7.07. Costs, Expenses and Taxes..............................23
Section 7.08. Binding Effect; Participations.........................24
Section 7.09. Severability...........................................25
Section 7.10. GOVERNING LAW..........................................25
Section 7.11. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial;
Waiver of Immunity.....................................25
Section 7.12. Execution in Counterparts..............................26
Section 7.13. Entirety...............................................26
Section 7.14. Headings...............................................26
Section 7.15. LIQUIDITY PROVIDER'S OBLIGATION TO MAKE ADVANCES.......26
Section 7.16. Head Office Obligation.................................27
ANNEX I Interest Advance Notice of Borrowing
ANNEX II Non-Extension Advance Notice of Borrowing
ANNEX III Downgrade Advance Notice of Borrowing
ANNEX IV Final Advance Notice of Borrowing
ANNEX V Notice of Termination
ANNEX VI Notice of Replacement Subordination Agent
ANNEX VII Acknowledgement and Agreement
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (2003-ERJ1)
This REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (2003-ERJ1), dated as of December
19, 2003, is made by and between WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware
corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as Subordination Agent
under the Intercreditor Agreement (each as defined below), as agent and trustee
for the Trust (as defined below) (the "BORROWER"), and CREDIT LYONNAIS, a
societe anonyme organized under the laws of France, acting through its New York
Branch (the "LIQUIDITY PROVIDER").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Trust Agreement (such term and all other
capitalized terms used in these recitals having the meanings set forth or
referred to in Section 1.01), the Trust is issuing the Certificates; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower, in order to support the timely payment of a
portion of the interest on the Certificates in accordance with their terms, has
requested the Liquidity Provider to enter into this Agreement, providing in part
for the Borrower to request in specified circumstances that Advances be made
hereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS.
(a) As used in this Agreement and unless expressly indicated, or
unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following capitalized terms
shall have the following respective meanings for all purposes of this Agreement:
"ACKNOWLEDGMENT AGREEMENT" means the Acknowledgment and Agreement
substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex VII, dated as of the date
hereof.
"ADDITIONAL COSTS" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.01.
"ADVANCE" means an Interest Advance, a Final Advance, a Provider
Advance or an Applied Provider Advance, as the case may be.
"AGREEMENT" means this Revolving Credit Agreement (2003-ERJ1), dated
as of December 19, 2003, between the Borrower and the Liquidity Provider, as the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
"APPLICABLE LIQUIDITY RATE" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.07(f).
"APPLICABLE MARGIN" means (i) with respect to any Unpaid Advance or
Applied Provider Advance, 2.75% per annum and (ii) with respect to any Unapplied
Provider Advance, the rate per annum specified in the Fee Letter applicable to
this Agreement.
"APPLIED DOWNGRADE ADVANCE" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.06(a).
"APPLIED NON-EXTENSION ADVANCE" has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.06(a).
"APPLIED PROVIDER ADVANCE" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.06(a).
"BASE RATE" means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect
from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to (a) the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next
preceding 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 of the
quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Liquidity Provider
from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it, plus (b)
one-quarter of one percent (1/4 of 1%).
"BASE RATE ADVANCE" means an Advance that bears interest at a rate
based upon the Base Rate.
"BORROWER" has the meaning assigned to such term in the recital of
parties to this Agreement.
"BORROWING" means the making of Advances requested by delivery of a
Notice of Borrowing.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close in Houston,
Texas, New York, New York or, so long as any Certificate is outstanding, the
city and state in which the Trustee, the Borrower or any Loan Trustee maintains
its Corporate Trust Office or receives or disburses funds, and, if the
applicable Business Day relates to any Advance or other amount bearing interest
based on the LIBOR Rate, on which dealings are carried on in the London
interbank market.
"CONSENT PERIOD" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.10.
"DEPOSIT AGREEMENT" means the Deposit Agreement dated as of December
10, 2003, between Xxxxx Fargo Bank Northwest, National Association, as Escrow
Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as Depositary, pertaining to the Certificates, as the
same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof.
"DEPOSITARY" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Deposit
Agreement.
"DEPOSITS" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Deposit
Agreement.
"DOWNGRADE ADVANCE" means an Advance made pursuant to Section
2.02(c).
"DOWNGRADE EVENT" means a downgrading of the Liquidity Provider's
short-term unsecured debt rating or short-term issuer credit rating, as the case
may be, issued by either Rating Agency below the applicable Threshold Rating
unless each Rating Agency shall have confirmed in writing on or prior to the
date of such downgrading that such downgrading will not result in the
downgrading, withdrawal or suspension of the ratings of the Certificates, in
which case such downgrading of the Liquidity Provider's short-term unsecured
debt rating or short-term issuer credit rating, as the case may be, shall not
constitute a Downgrade Event and shall be referred to herein as a "PROVIDER
DOWNGRADE".
"EFFECTIVE DATE" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
4.01. The delivery of the certificate of the Liquidity Provider contemplated by
Section 4.01(e) shall be conclusive evidence that the Effective Date has
occurred.
"EXCLUDED TAXES" means (i) Taxes imposed on, based on or measured by
the income of, or franchise Taxes imposed on, the Liquidity Provider or its
Lending Office by the jurisdiction where such Liquidity Provider's principal
office or such Lending Office is located or any other taxing jurisdiction in
which such Tax is imposed as a result of the Liquidity Provider being, or having
been, organized in, or conducting, or having conducted, any activities unrelated
to the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements in, such
jurisdiction or (ii) withholding Taxes, whether or not indemnified under Section
3.03.
"EXCLUDED WITHHOLDING TAXES" means (i) any withholding Tax imposed
by the United States except if the Liquidity Provider is, on the date it becomes
the Liquidity Provider hereunder, a "resident" of a jurisdiction entitled to
claim the benefits of an income tax treaty with the United States in respect of
amounts payable hereunder, any such withholding Tax to the extent imposed as a
result of a change in applicable law (other than any addition of, or change in,
any "anti-treaty shopping", "limitation on benefits", or similar provision in
any treaty or other applicable law restricting the availability of treaty
benefits (including, without limitation any provision similar to the Protocol
Amending the Convention Between the United States of America and the Kingdom of
the Netherlands for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of
Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income, signed at Washington on October
13, 1993)) after the date such Liquidity Provider became the Liquidity Provider
hereunder, and (ii) any Tax imposed or to the extent increased as a result of
the Liquidity Provider failing to deliver to the Borrower any certificate or
document (the delivery of which certificate or document in the good faith
judgment of the Liquidity Provider will not expose the Liquidity Provider to any
adverse consequence and which the Liquidity Provider is legally entitled to
provide) which is reasonably requested by the Borrower to establish that
payments under this Agreement are exempt from (or entitled to a reduced rate of)
withholding Tax.
"EXPENSES" means liabilities, obligations, damages, settlements,
penalties, claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses, and disbursements
(including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of legal
counsel and costs of investigation), provided that Expenses shall not include
any Taxes other than sales, use and V.A.T. taxes imposed on fees and expenses
payable pursuant to Section 7.07.
"EXPIRY DATE" means December 16, 2004, initially, or any date to
which the Expiry Date is extended pursuant to Section 2.10 or 2.11.
"EXTENSION EFFECTIVE DATE" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.11.
"FINAL ADVANCE" means an Advance made pursuant to Section 2.02(d).
"INDEMNIFIED TAX" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.03.
"INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT" means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as
December 10, 2003, among the Trustee, the Liquidity Provider and the
Subordination Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
"INTEREST ADVANCE" means an Advance made pursuant to Section
2.02(a).
"INTEREST PERIOD" means, with respect to any LIBOR Advance, each of
the following periods:
(i) the period beginning on the third Business Day following either
(A) the Liquidity Provider's receipt of the Notice of Borrowing
for such LIBOR Advance or (B) the withdrawal of funds from the
Cash Collateral Account for the purpose of paying interest on
the Certificates as contemplated by Section 2.06(a) hereof and,
in either case, ending on the next Regular Distribution Date;
and
(ii) each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the next
Regular Distribution Date;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if (x) the Final Advance shall have been made, or (y)
other outstanding Advances shall have been converted into the Final Advance,
then the Interest Periods shall be successive periods of one month beginning on
the third Business Day following the Liquidity Provider's receipt of the Notice
of Borrowing for such Final Advance (in the case of clause (x) above) or the
Regular Distribution Date following such conversion (in the case of clause (y)
above).
"LENDING OFFICE" means the lending office of the Liquidity Provider
presently located at New York, New York, or such other lending office as the
Liquidity Provider from time to time shall notify the Borrower as its Lending
Office hereunder; provided that the Liquidity Provider shall not change its
Lending Office to another lending office outside the United States of America
except in accordance with Section 3.11 hereof.
"LIBOR ADVANCE" means an Advance bearing interest at a rate based
upon the LIBOR Rate.
"LIBOR RATE" means, with respect to any Interest Period,
(i) the rate per annum appearing on display page 3750 (British
Bankers Association-LIBOR) of the Telerate Service (or any
successor or substitute therefor) at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two Business Days before the first day of such
Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a
maturity comparable to such Interest Period, or
(ii) if the rate calculated pursuant to clause (i) above is not
available, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the next 1/16 of 1%) of the rates per annum at which
deposits in dollars are offered for the relevant Interest
Period by three banks of recognized standing selected by
the Liquidity Provider in the London interbank market at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days
before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount
approximately equal to the principal amount of the LIBOR
Advance to which such Interest Period is to apply and for
a period comparable to such Interest Period.
"LIQUIDITY EVENT OF DEFAULT" means the occurrence of either (a) the
Acceleration of all of the Equipment Notes (PROVIDED that, with respect to the
period prior to the Delivery Period Expiry Date, such Equipment Notes have an
aggregate outstanding principal balance in excess of $200,000,000) or (b) a
Continental Bankruptcy Event.
"LIQUIDITY INDEMNITEE" means (i) the Liquidity Provider, (ii) the
directors, officers, employees and agents of the Liquidity Provider, and (iii)
the successors and permitted assigns of the persons described in clauses (i) and
(ii), inclusive.
"LIQUIDITY PROVIDER" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
recital of parties to this Agreement.
"MAXIMUM AVAILABLE COMMITMENT" means, subject to the proviso
contained in the third sentence of Section 2.02(a), at any time of
determination, (a) the Maximum Commitment at such time less (b) the aggregate
amount of each Interest Advance outstanding at such time; provided that
following a Provider Advance or a Final Advance, the Maximum Available
Commitment shall be zero.
"MAXIMUM COMMITMENT" means initially $50,965,556, as the same may be
reduced from time to time in accordance with Section 2.04(a).
"NON-EXTENSION ADVANCE" means an Advance made pursuant to Section
2.02(b).
"NOTICE OF BORROWING" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.02(e).
"NOTICE OF REPLACEMENT SUBORDINATION AGENT" has the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 3.08.
"PERFORMING NOTE DEFICIENCY" means any time that less than 65% of
the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Equipment Notes are
Performing Equipment Notes.
"PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT" means the final Prospectus Supplement dated
December 3, 2003 relating to the Certificates, as such Prospectus Supplement may
be amended or supplemented.
"PROVIDER ADVANCE" means a Downgrade Advance or a Non-Extension
Advance.
"PROVIDER DOWNGRADE" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of "Downgrade Event".
"REGULATORY CHANGE" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.01.
"REPLENISHMENT AMOUNT" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.06(b).
"REQUIRED AMOUNT" means, for any day, the sum of the aggregate
amount of interest, calculated at the rate per annum equal to the Stated
Interest Rate for the Certificates, that would be payable on the Certificates on
each of the three successive semiannual Regular Distribution Dates immediately
following such day or, if such day is a Regular Distribution Date, on such day
and the succeeding two semiannual Regular Distribution Dates, in each case
calculated on the basis of the Pool Balance of the Certificates on such day and
without regard to expected future payments of principal on the Certificates.
"TERMINATION DATE" means the earliest to occur of the following: (i)
the Expiry Date; (ii) the date on which the Borrower delivers to the Liquidity
Provider a certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower,
certifying that all of the Certificates have been paid in full (or provision has
been made for such payment in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement and
the Trust Agreement) or are otherwise no longer entitled to the benefits of this
Agreement; (iii) the date on which the Borrower delivers to the Liquidity
Provider a certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower,
certifying that a Replacement Liquidity Facility has been substituted for this
Agreement in full pursuant to Section 3.6(e) of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(iv) the fifth Business Day following the receipt by the Borrower of a
Termination Notice from the Liquidity Provider pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof;
and (v) the date on which no Advance is, or may (including by reason of
reinstatement as herein provided) become, available for a Borrowing hereunder.
"TERMINATION NOTICE" means the Notice of Termination substantially
in the form of Annex V to this Agreement.
"TRANSFEREE" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
7.08(b).
"UNAPPLIED PROVIDER ADVANCE" means any Provider Advance other
than an Applied Provider Advance.
"UNPAID ADVANCE" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.05.
(b) For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor
Agreement:
"ACCELERATION", "CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNT", "CERTIFICATE",
"CERTIFICATEHOLDER", "CLOSING DATE", "CONTINENTAL", "CONTINENTAL BANKRUPTCY
EVENT", "CONTROLLING PARTY", "CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE", "DELIVERY PERIOD EXPIRY
DATE", "DISTRIBUTION DATE", "DOWNGRADED FACILITY", "EQUIPMENT NOTES", "FEE
LETTER", "FINAL LEGAL DISTRIBUTION DATE", "FINANCING AGREEMENT", "INDENTURE",
"INVESTMENT EARNINGS", "LIQUIDITY OBLIGATIONS", "LOAN TRUSTEE", "XXXXX'X",
"NON-EXTENDED FACILITY", "NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT", "OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS",
"PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT", "PERFORMING EQUIPMENT NOTE", "Person", "POOL
BALANCE", "RATING AGENCIES", "RATINGS CONFIRMATION", "REGULAR DISTRIBUTION
DATES", "REPLACEMENT LIQUIDITY FACILITY", "RESPONSIBLE OFFICER", "SCHEDULED
PAYMENT", "SPECIAL PAYMENT", "STANDARD & POOR'S", "STATED INTEREST RATE",
"SUBORDINATION AGENT", "TAXES", "THRESHOLD RATING", "TRUST", "TRUST AGREEMENT",
"TRUSTEE", "UNDERWRITERS", "UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT" and "WRITTEN NOTICE".
ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENT
Section 2.01. THE ADVANCES. The Liquidity Provider hereby
irrevocably agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make
Advances to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period
from the Effective Date until 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Expiry Date
(unless the obligations of the Liquidity Provider shall be earlier terminated in
accordance with the terms of Section 2.04(b)) in an aggregate amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed the Maximum Commitment.
Section 2.02. MAKING THE ADVANCES. (a) Interest Advances shall be
made in one or more Borrowings by delivery to the Liquidity Provider of one or
more written and completed Notices of Borrowing in substantially the form of
Annex I attached hereto, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, in an
amount not exceeding the Maximum Available Commitment at such time and shall be
used solely for the payment when due of interest with respect to the
Certificates at the Stated Interest Rate therefor in accordance with Section
3.6(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Interest Advance made hereunder
shall automatically reduce the Maximum Available Commitment and the amount
available to be borrowed hereunder by subsequent Advances by the amount of such
Interest Advance (subject to reinstatement as provided in the next sentence).
Upon repayment to the Liquidity Provider in full or in part of the amount of any
Interest Advance made pursuant to this Section 2.02(a), together with accrued
interest thereon (as provided herein), the Maximum Available Commitment shall be
reinstated by an amount equal to the amount of such Interest Advance so repaid
but not to exceed the Maximum Commitment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Maximum
Available Commitment shall not be so reinstated at any time if (x) both a
Performing Note Deficiency exists and a Liquidity Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, or (y) a Final Advance has been made.
(b) A Non-Extension Advance shall be made in a single Borrowing if
this Agreement is not extended in accordance with Section 3.6(d) of the
Intercreditor Agreement (unless a Replacement Liquidity Facility to replace this
Agreement shall have been delivered to the Borrower as contemplated by said
Section 3.6(d) within the time period specified in such Section 3.6(d)) by
delivery to the Liquidity Provider of a written and completed Notice of
Borrowing in substantially the form of Annex II attached hereto, signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower, in an amount equal to the Maximum Available
Commitment at such time, and shall be used to fund the Cash Collateral Account
in accordance with such Section 3.6(d) and Section 3.6(f) of the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(c) A Downgrade Advance shall be made in a single Borrowing upon the
occurrence of a Downgrade Event (as provided for in Section 3.6(c) of the
Intercreditor Agreement) unless a Replacement Liquidity Facility to replace this
Agreement shall have been previously delivered to the Borrower in accordance
with Section 3.6(c), by delivery to the Liquidity Provider of a written and
completed Notice of Borrowing in substantially the form of Annex III attached
hereto, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, in an amount equal to
the Maximum Available Commitment at such time, and shall be used to fund the
Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Sections 3.6(c) and 3.6(f) of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
(d) A Final Advance shall be made in a single Borrowing upon the
receipt by the Borrower of a Termination Notice from the Liquidity Provider
pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof by delivery to the Liquidity Provider of a
written and completed Notice of Borrowing in substantially the form of Annex IV
attached hereto, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, in an amount
equal to the Maximum Available Commitment at such time, and shall be used to
fund the Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Sections 3.6(f) and 3.6(i)
of the Intercreditor Agreement.
(e) Each Borrowing shall be made on notice in writing (a "NOTICE OF
BORROWING") in substantially the form required by Section 2.02(a), 2.02(b),
2.02(c) or 2.02(d), as the case may be, given by the Borrower to the Liquidity
Provider. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be effective upon delivery of a copy
thereof to the Liquidity Provider's office at the address specified in Section
7.02. If a Notice of Borrowing is delivered by the Borrower in respect of any
Borrowing no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, upon
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 with respect
to a requested Borrowing, the Liquidity Provider shall make available to the
Borrower, in accordance with its payment instructions, the amount of such
Borrowing in U.S. dollars and immediately available funds, before 4:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on such Business Day or on such later Business Day specified in
such Notice of Borrowing. If a Notice of Borrowing is delivered by the Borrower
in respect of any Borrowing on a day that is not a Business Day or after 1:00
p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, upon satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 4.02 with respect to a requested Borrowing, the
Liquidity Provider shall make available to the Borrower, in accordance with its
payment instructions, the amount of such Borrowing in U.S. dollars and in
immediately available funds, before 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the first
Business Day next following the day of receipt of such Notice of Borrowing or on
such later Business Day specified by the Borrower in such Notice of Borrowing.
Payments of proceeds of a Borrowing shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the Borrower in accordance with such wire
transfer instructions as the Borrower shall furnish from time to time to the
Liquidity Provider for such purpose. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be
irrevocable and binding on the Borrower.
(f) Upon the making of any Advance requested pursuant to a Notice of
Borrowing in accordance with the Borrower's payment instructions, the Liquidity
Provider shall be fully discharged of its obligation hereunder with respect to
such Notice of Borrowing, and the Liquidity Provider shall not thereafter be
obligated to make any further Advances hereunder in respect of such Notice of
Borrowing to the Borrower or to any other Person. If the Liquidity Provider
makes an Advance requested pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing before 12:00 noon
(New York City time) on the second Business Day after the date of payment
specified in Section 2.02(e), the Liquidity Provider shall have fully discharged
its obligations hereunder with respect to such Advance and an event of default
shall not have occurred hereunder. Following the making of any Advance pursuant
to Section 2.02(b), 2.02(c) or 2.02(d) hereof to fund the Cash Collateral
Account, the Liquidity Provider shall have no interest in or rights to the Cash
Collateral Account, the funds constituting such Advance or any other amounts
from time to time on deposit in the Cash Collateral Account; PROVIDED that the
foregoing shall not affect or impair the obligations of the Subordination Agent
to make the distributions contemplated by Section 3.6(e) or 3.6(f) of the
Intercreditor Agreement and PROVIDED FURTHER, that the foregoing shall not
affect or impair the rights of the Liquidity Provider to provide written
instructions with respect to the investment and reinvestment of amounts in the
Cash Collateral Account to the extent provided in Section 2.2(b) of the
Intercreditor Agreement. By paying to the Borrower proceeds of Advances
requested by the Borrower in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement,
the Liquidity Provider makes no representation as to, and assumes no
responsibility for, the correctness or sufficiency for any purpose of the amount
of the Advances so made and requested.
Section 2.03. FEES. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Liquidity
Provider the fees set forth in the Fee Letter applicable to this Agreement.
Section 2.04. REDUCTIONS OR TERMINATION OF THE MAXIMUM COMMITMENT.
(a) AUTOMATIC REDUCTION. Promptly following each date on which the
Required Amount is reduced as a result of a reduction in the Pool Balance of the
Certificates or otherwise, the Maximum Commitment shall automatically be reduced
to an amount equal to such reduced Required Amount (as calculated by the
Borrower); PROVIDED that on the first Regular Distribution Date, the Maximum
Commitment shall automatically be reduced to the then Required Amount. The
Borrower shall give notice of any such automatic reduction of the Maximum
Commitment to the Liquidity Provider within two Business Days thereof. The
failure by the Borrower to furnish any such notice shall not affect such
automatic reduction of the Maximum Commitment.
(b) TERMINATION. Upon the making of any Provider Advance or Final
Advance hereunder or the occurrence of the Termination Date, the obligation of
the Liquidity Provider to make further Advances hereunder shall automatically
and irrevocably terminate, and the Borrower shall not be entitled to request any
further Borrowing hereunder.
Section 2.05. REPAYMENTS OF INTEREST ADVANCES OR THE FINAL ADVANCE.
Subject to Sections 2.06, 2.07 and 2.09 hereof, the Borrower hereby agrees,
without notice of an Advance or demand for repayment from the Liquidity Provider
(which notice and demand are hereby waived by the Borrower), to pay, or to cause
to be paid, to the Liquidity Provider on each date on which the Liquidity
Provider shall make an Interest Advance or the Final Advance, an amount equal to
(a) the amount of such Advance (any such Advance, until repaid, is referred to
herein as an "UNPAID ADVANCE"), plus (b) interest on the amount of each such
Unpaid Advance as provided in Section 3.07 hereof; PROVIDED that if (i) the
Liquidity Provider shall make a Provider Advance at any time after making one or
more Interest Advances which shall not have been repaid in accordance with this
Section 2.05 or (ii) this Liquidity Facility shall become a Downgraded Facility
or Non-Extended Facility at any time when unreimbursed Interest Advances have
reduced the Maximum Available Commitment to zero, then such Interest Advances
shall cease to constitute Unpaid Advances and shall be deemed to have been
changed into an Applied Downgrade Advance or an Applied Non-Extension Advance,
as the case may be, for all purposes of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, for the purpose of determining when such Interest Advance is
required to be repaid to the Liquidity Provider in accordance with Section 2.06
and for the purposes of Section 2.06(b)). The Borrower and the Liquidity
Provider agree that the repayment in full of each Interest Advance and Final
Advance on the date such Advance is made is intended to be a contemporaneous
exchange for new value given to the Borrower by the Liquidity Provider.
Section 2.06. REPAYMENTS OF PROVIDER ADVANCES. (a) Amounts advanced
hereunder in respect of a Provider Advance shall be deposited in the Cash
Collateral Account and invested and withdrawn from the Cash Collateral Account
as set forth in Sections 3.6(c), 3.6(d), 3.6(e) and 3.6(f) of the Intercreditor
Agreement. Subject to Sections 2.07 and 2.09, the Borrower agrees to pay to the
Liquidity Provider, on each Regular Distribution Date, commencing on the first
Regular Distribution Date after the making of a Provider Advance, interest on
the principal amount of any such Provider Advance as provided in Section 3.07
hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that amounts in respect of a Provider Advance
withdrawn from the Cash Collateral Account for the purpose of paying interest on
the Certificates in accordance with Section 3.6(f) of the Intercreditor
Agreement (the amount of any such withdrawal being (y) in the case of a
Downgrade Advance, an "APPLIED DOWNGRADE ADVANCE" and (z) in the case of a
Non-Extension Advance, an "APPLIED NON-EXTENSION ADVANCE" and, together with an
Applied Downgrade Advance, an "APPLIED PROVIDER ADVANCE") shall thereafter
(subject to Section 2.06(b)) be treated as an Interest Advance under this
Agreement for purposes of determining the Applicable Liquidity Rate for interest
payable thereon; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that if, following the making of a
Provider Advance, the Liquidity Provider delivers a Termination Notice to the
Borrower pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof, such Provider Advance shall thereafter
be treated as a Final Advance under this Agreement for purposes of determining
the Applicable Liquidity Rate for interest payable thereon and the obligation
for repayment thereof and as an Applied Downgrade Advance or Applied
Non-Extension Advance, as the case may be, for purposes of Section 2.6(c) of the
Intercreditor Agreement. Subject to Sections 2.07 and 2.09 hereof, immediately
upon the withdrawal of any amounts from the Cash Collateral Account on account
of a reduction in the Required Amount, the Borrower shall repay to the Liquidity
Provider a portion of the Provider Advances in a principal amount equal to such
reduction, plus interest on the principal amount prepaid as provided in Section
3.07 hereof.
(b) At any time when an Applied Provider Advance (or any portion
thereof) is outstanding, upon the deposit in the Cash Collateral Account of any
amount pursuant to clause "third" of Section 2.4(b) of the Intercreditor
Agreement, clause "third" of Section 3.2 of the Intercreditor Agreement or
clause "fourth" of Section 3.3 of the Intercreditor Agreement (any such amount
being a "REPLENISHMENT AMOUNT") for the purpose of replenishing or increasing
the balance thereof up to the Required Amount at such time, (i) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Applied Provider Advances (and of Provider
Advances treated as an Interest Advance for purposes of determining the
Applicable Liquidity Rate for interest payable thereon) shall be automatically
reduced by the amount of such Replenishment Amount and (ii) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Unapplied Provider Advances shall be
automatically increased by the amount of such Replenishment Amount.
(c) Upon the provision of a Replacement Liquidity Facility in
replacement of this Agreement in accordance with Section 3.6(e) of the
Intercreditor Agreement, amounts remaining on deposit in the Cash Collateral
Account after giving effect to any Applied Provider Advance on the date of such
replacement shall be reimbursed to the replaced Liquidity Provider, but only to
the extent such amounts are necessary to repay in full to the replaced Liquidity
Provider all amounts owing to it hereunder.
Section 2.07. PAYMENTS TO THE LIQUIDITY PROVIDER UNDER THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. In order to provide for payment or repayment to the
Liquidity Provider of any amounts hereunder, the Intercreditor Agreement
provides that amounts available and referred to in Articles II and III of the
Intercreditor Agreement, to the extent payable to the Liquidity Provider
pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement (including, without
limitation, Section 3.6(f) of the Intercreditor Agreement), shall be paid to the
Liquidity Provider in accordance with the terms thereof. Amounts so paid to the
Liquidity Provider shall be applied by the Liquidity Provider to Liquidity
Obligations then due and payable in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement
and shall discharge in full the corresponding obligations of the Borrower
hereunder (or, if not provided for in the Intercreditor Agreement, then in such
manner as the Liquidity Provider shall deem appropriate).
Section 2.08. BOOK ENTRIES. The Liquidity Provider shall maintain in
accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the
indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from Advances made from time to time and
the amounts of principal and interest payable hereunder and paid from time to
time in respect thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the failure by the Liquidity
Provider to maintain such account or accounts shall not affect the obligations
of the Borrower in respect of Advances.
Section 2.09. PAYMENTS FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS ONLY. All payments to be
made by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made only from the amounts
that constitute Scheduled Payments, Special Payments or payments under the Fee
Letter, Section 9.1 of the Participation Agreements and Section 6 of the Note
Purchase Agreement and only to the extent that the Borrower shall have
sufficient income or proceeds therefrom to enable the Borrower to make payments
in accordance with the terms hereof after giving effect to the priority of
payments provisions set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. The Liquidity
Provider agrees that it will look solely to such amounts to the extent available
for distribution to it as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement and this
Agreement and that the Borrower, in its individual capacity, is not personally
liable to it for any amounts payable or liability under this Agreement except as
expressly provided in this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any
Participation Agreement. Amounts on deposit in the Cash Collateral Account shall
be available to the Borrower to make payments under this Agreement only to the
extent and for the purposes expressly contemplated in Section 3.6(f) of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 2.10. EXTENSION OF THE EXPIRY DATE; NON-EXTENSION ADVANCE.
No earlier than the 60th day and no later than the 40th day prior to the then
effective Expiry Date (unless such Expiry Date is on or after the date that is
15 days after the Final Legal Distribution Date for the Certificates), the
Borrower shall request that the Liquidity Provider extend the Expiry Date to the
earlier of (i) the date that is 15 days after the Final Legal Distribution Date
for the Certificates and (ii) the date that is the day immediately preceding the
364th day occurring after the last day of the Consent Period (as hereinafter
defined). Whether or not the Borrower has made such request, the Liquidity
Provider shall advise the Borrower, no earlier than the 40th day (or, if
earlier, the date of the Liquidity Provider's receipt of such request, if any,
from the Borrower) and no later than the 25th day prior to the then effective
Expiry Date (such period, the "CONSENT PERIOD"), whether, in its sole
discretion, it agrees to so extend the Expiry Date. If the Liquidity Provider
advises the Borrower on or before the date on which the Consent Period ends that
such Expiry Date shall not be so extended, or fails to irrevocably and
unconditionally advise the Borrower on or before the date on which the Consent
Period ends that such Expiry Date shall be so extended (and, in each case, if
the Liquidity Provider shall not have been replaced in accordance with Section
3.6(e) of the Intercreditor Agreement), the Borrower shall be entitled on and
after the date on which the Consent Period ends (but prior to the then effective
Expiry Date) to request a Non-Extension Advance in accordance with Section
2.02(b) hereof and Section 3.6(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 2.11 RIGHT TO FURTHER EXTEND EXPIRY DATE. Subject to the
proviso in the immediately succeeding sentence, the Liquidity Provider shall
have the right at any time and without the consent of the Borrower to extend the
then effective Expiry Date to the date that is 15 days after the Final Legal
Distribution Date for the Certificates by giving not less than five nor more
than ten days' prior written notice of such extension to the Borrower, the
Trustee and Continental (which notice shall specify the effective date of such
extension (the "EXTENSION EFFECTIVE DATE")). On the Extension Effective Date,
the then effective Expiry Date shall be so extended without any further act;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if prior to the Extension Effective Date a Downgrade
Event shall have occurred, the then effective Expiry Date shall not be so
extended.
ARTICLE III
OBLIGATIONS OF THE BORROWER
Section 3.01. INCREASED COSTS. The Borrower shall pay to the
Liquidity Provider from time to time such amounts as may be necessary to
compensate the Liquidity Provider for any increased costs incurred by the
Liquidity Provider which are attributable to its making or maintaining any LIBOR
Advances hereunder or its obligation to make any such Advances hereunder, or any
reduction in any amount receivable by the Liquidity Provider under this
Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement in respect of any such Advances or such
obligation (such increases in costs and reductions in amounts receivable being
herein called "ADDITIONAL COSTS"), resulting from any change after the date of
this Agreement in U.S. federal, state, municipal, or foreign laws or regulations
(including Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System), or the adoption or making after the date of this Agreement of any
interpretations, directives, or requirements applying to a class of banks
including the Liquidity Provider under any U.S. federal, state, municipal, or
any foreign laws or regulations (whether or not having the force of law) by any
court, central bank or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof (a "REGULATORY CHANGE"), which: (1) changes the basis of
taxation of any amounts payable to the Liquidity Provider under this Agreement
in respect of any such Advances or such obligation (other than with respect to
Excluded Taxes); or (2) imposes or modifies any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan or similar requirements relating to any extensions of credit or
other assets of, or any deposits with other liabilities of, the Liquidity
Provider (including any such Advances or such obligation or any deposits
referred to in the definition of LIBOR Rate or related definitions).
The Liquidity Provider will notify the Borrower of any event
occurring after the date of this Agreement that will entitle the Liquidity
Provider to compensation pursuant to this Section 3.01 as promptly as
practicable after it obtains knowledge thereof and determines to request such
compensation, which notice shall describe in reasonable detail the calculation
of the amounts owed under this Section. Determinations by the Liquidity Provider
for purposes of this Section 3.01 of the effect of any Regulatory Change on its
costs of making or maintaining Advances or on amounts receivable by it in
respect of Advances, and of the additional amounts required to compensate the
Liquidity Provider in respect of any Additional Costs, shall be prima facie
evidence of the amount owed under this Section.
Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, the Liquidity Provider
and the Subordination Agent agree that any permitted assignee or participant of
the initial Liquidity Provider which is not a bank shall not be entitled to the
benefits of the preceding two paragraphs (but without limiting the provisions of
Section 7.08 hereof).
Section 3.02. CAPITAL ADEQUACY. If (1) the adoption, after the date
hereof, of any applicable governmental law, rule or regulation regarding capital
adequacy, (2) any change, after the date hereof, in the interpretation or
administration of any such law, rule or regulation by any central bank or other
governmental authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof
or (3) compliance by the Liquidity Provider or any corporation controlling the
Liquidity Provider with any applicable guideline or request of general
applicability, issued after the date hereof, by any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) that constitutes
a change of the nature described in clause (2), has the effect of requiring an
increase in the amount of capital required to be maintained by the Liquidity
Provider or any corporation controlling the Liquidity Provider, and such
increase is based upon the Liquidity Provider's obligations hereunder and other
similar obligations, the Borrower shall, subject to the provisions of Section
3.11, pay to the Liquidity Provider from time to time such additional amount or
amounts as are necessary to compensate the Liquidity Provider for such portion
of such increase as shall be reasonably allocable to the Liquidity Provider's
obligations to the Borrower hereunder. From and after the Extension Effective
Date and prior to the occurrence of a Provider Downgrade, the Liquidity Provider
will be entitled to compensation pursuant to this Section 3.02 only to the
extent that the Liquidity Provider would have been so entitled if the Extension
Effective Date had not occurred. From and after the Extension Effective Date and
after the occurrence of a Provider Downgrade, the Liquidity Provider will be
entitled to compensation pursuant to this Section 3.02 only to the extent that
the Liquidity Provider would have been so entitled had the Liquidity Provider
made a Downgrade Advance upon the occurrence of such Provider Downgrade.
The Liquidity Provider will notify the Borrower of any event
occurring after the date of this Agreement that will entitle the Liquidity
Provider to compensation pursuant to this Section 3.02 as promptly as
practicable after it obtains knowledge thereof and determines to request such
compensation, which notice shall describe in reasonable detail the calculation
of the amounts owed under this Section. Determinations by the Liquidity Provider
for purposes of this Section 3.02 of the effect of any increase in the amount of
capital required to be maintained by the Liquidity Provider and of the amount
allocable to the Liquidity Provider's obligations to the Borrower hereunder
shall be prima facie evidence of the amounts owed under this Section.
Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, the Liquidity Provider
and the Subordination Agent agree that any permitted assignee or participant of
the initial Liquidity Provider which is not a bank shall not be entitled to the
benefits of the preceding two paragraphs (but without limiting the provisions of
Section 7.08 hereof).
Section 3.03. PAYMENTS FREE OF DEDUCTIONS. (a) All payments made by
the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made without reduction or withholding
for or on account of any present or future Taxes of any nature whatsoever now or
hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed, other than Excluded
Taxes (such non-excluded Taxes being referred to herein, collectively, as
"INDEMNIFIED TAXES" and, individually, as an "INDEMNIFIED Tax"). If any Taxes
are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Liquidity Provider
under this Agreement, (i) the Borrower shall within the time prescribed therefor
by applicable law pay to the appropriate governmental or taxing authority the
full amount of any such Taxes (including any additional Tax required to be
deducted or withheld in respect of the additional amounts payable under clause
(ii) hereof) and make such reports or returns in connection therewith at the
time or times and in the manner prescribed by applicable law, and (ii) in the
case of Indemnified Taxes, the amounts payable to the Liquidity Provider shall
be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Liquidity Provider (after
deduction or withholding for or on account of all Indemnified Taxes and any
additional Taxes required to be deducted or withheld or payable by the Liquidity
Provider by reason of the receipt or accrual of the additional amounts payable
pursuant to this clause (ii)) interest or any other such amounts payable under
this Agreement at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement.
If the Liquidity Provider (including a successor Liquidity Provider)
is not organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, to
the extent it is eligible to do so, the Liquidity Provider agrees to provide to
the Borrower, prior to the first date any amount is payable to it hereunder, two
executed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as
appropriate, or any successor or other form prescribed by the Internal Revenue
Service, certifying that the Liquidity Provider is exempt from or entitled to a
reduced rate of United States withholding tax on payments pursuant to this
Agreement. In addition, the Liquidity Provider will provide, from time to time
upon the reasonable request of the Borrower, such additional forms or
documentation as may be necessary to establish an available exemption from (or
an entitlement to a reduced rate of) withholding Tax on payments hereunder.
Within 30 days after the date of each payment hereunder, the Borrower shall
furnish to the Liquidity Provider the original or certified copy of (or other
documentary evidence of) the payment of the Indemnified Taxes applicable to such
payment.
(b) If the Liquidity Provider (including a successor Liquidity
Provider) is not organized under the laws of the United States or any State
thereof, all Advances made by the Liquidity Provider under this Agreement shall
be made free and clear of, and without reduction for or on account of, any Taxes
that are imposed by a jurisdiction in which the Liquidity Provider is organized,
has its Lending Office or maintains its principal place of business. If any such
Taxes are required to be withheld or deducted from any Advances, the Liquidity
Provider shall (i) within the time prescribed therefor by applicable law pay to
the appropriate governmental or taxing authority the full amount of any such
Taxes (and any additional Taxes in respect of the additional amounts payable
under clause (ii) hereof) and make such reports or returns in connection
therewith at the time or times and in the manner prescribed by applicable law,
and (ii) pay to the Borrower an additional amount which (after deduction of all
such Taxes) shall be sufficient to yield to the Borrower the full amount that
would have been received by it had no such withholding or deduction been
required. The Borrower shall, for federal income tax purposes and for all
purposes hereunder, treat such payments as Interest Advances, and, as such, will
treat such payments as loans made by the Liquidity Provider to the Borrower,
unless otherwise required by law. Within 30 days after the date of each payment
hereunder, the Liquidity Provider shall furnish to the Borrower the original or
a certified copy of (or other documentary evidence of) the payment of the Taxes
applicable to such payment.
(c) If any exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, any Taxes
required to be deducted or withheld from amounts payable by the Liquidity
Provider hereunder is reasonably available to the Borrower to establish that
payments under this Agreement are exempt from (or entitled to a reduced rate of)
Tax, the Borrower shall deliver to the Liquidity Provider such form or forms and
such other evidence of the eligibility of the Borrower for such exemption or
reduction as the Liquidity Provider may reasonably identify to the Borrower as
being required as a condition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of,
any such Taxes.
Section 3.04. PAYMENTS. The Borrower shall make or cause to be made
each payment to the Liquidity Provider under this Agreement so as to cause the
same to be received by the Liquidity Provider not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on the day when due. The Borrower shall make all such payments in
U.S. dollars, to the Liquidity Provider in immediately available funds, by wire
transfer to the account of Credit Lyonnais, at Credit Lyonnais, 0000 Xxxxxx xx
xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, ABA #000000000, Account # 0188179370100,
Reference: Continental ERJ Liquidity Facility, Attention: Loan Servicing
Department; or to such other U.S. bank account as the Liquidity Provider may
from time to time direct the Subordination Agent.
Section 3.05. COMPUTATIONS. All computations of interest based on
the Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the
case may be, and all computations of interest based on the LIBOR Rate shall be
made on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of
days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the
period for which such interest is payable.
Section 3.06. PAYMENT ON NON-BUSINESS DAYS. Whenever any payment to
be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day,
such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no additional
interest shall be due as a result (and if so made, shall be deemed to have been
made when due). If any payment in respect of interest on an Advance is so
deferred to the next succeeding Business Day, such deferral shall not delay the
commencement of the next Interest Period for such Advance (if such Advance is a
LIBOR Advance) or reduce the number of days for which interest will be payable
on such Advance on the next interest payment date for such Advance.
Section 3.07. INTEREST. (a) Subject to Section 2.09, the Borrower
shall pay, or shall cause to be paid, without duplication, interest on (i) the
unpaid principal amount of each Advance from and including the date of such
Advance (or, in the case of an Applied Provider Advance, from and including the
date on which the amount thereof was withdrawn from the Cash Collateral Account
to pay interest on the Certificates) to but excluding the date such principal
amount shall be paid in full (or, in the case of an Applied Provider Advance,
the date on which the Cash Collateral Account is fully replenished in respect of
such Advance) and (ii) any other amount due hereunder (whether fees,
commissions, expenses or other amounts or, to the extent permitted by law,
installments of interest on Advances or any such other amount) that is not paid
when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) from and
including the due date thereof to but excluding the date such amount is paid in
full, in each such case, at a fluctuating interest rate per annum for each day
equal to the Applicable Liquidity Rate (as defined below) for such Advance or
such other amount, as the case may be, as in effect for such day, but in no
event at a rate per annum greater than the maximum rate permitted by applicable
law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if at any time the otherwise applicable interest
rate as set forth in this Section 3.07 shall exceed the maximum rate permitted
by applicable law, then any subsequent reduction in such interest rate will not
reduce the rate of interest payable pursuant to this Section 3.07 below the
maximum rate permitted by applicable law until the total amount of interest
accrued equals the amount of interest that would have accrued if such otherwise
applicable interest rate as set forth in this Section 3.07 had at all times been
in effect.
(b) Each Advance (including, without limitation, each outstanding
Unapplied Provider Advance) will be either a Base Rate Advance or a LIBOR
Advance as provided in this Section 3.07. Each such Advance will be a Base Rate
Advance for the period from the date of its borrowing to (but excluding) the
third Business Day following the Liquidity Provider's receipt of the Notice of
Borrowing for such Advance. Thereafter, such Advance shall be a LIBOR Advance;
provided that the Borrower (at the direction of the Controlling Party, so long
as the Liquidity Provider is not the Controlling Party) may (x) convert the
Final Advance into a Base Rate Advance on the last day of an Interest Period for
such Advance by giving the Liquidity Provider no less than four Business Days'
prior written notice of such election or (y) elect to maintain the Final Advance
as a Base Rate Advance by not requesting a conversion of the Final Advance to a
LIBOR Advance under Clause (5) of the applicable Notice of Borrowing (or, if
such Final Advance is deemed to have been made, without delivery of a Notice of
Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.06, by requesting, prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York
City time) on the first Business Day immediately following the Borrower's
receipt of the applicable Termination Notice, that such Final Advance not be
converted from a Base Rate Advance to a LIBOR Advance).
(c) Each LIBOR Advance shall bear interest during each Interest
Period at a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period plus
the Applicable Margin for such LIBOR Advance, payable in arrears on the last day
of such Interest Period and, in the event of the payment of principal of such
LIBOR Advance on a day other than such last day, on the date of such payment (to
the extent of interest accrued on the amount of principal repaid).
(d) Each Base Rate Advance shall bear interest at a rate per annum
equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for such Base Rate Advance,
payable in arrears on each Regular Distribution Date and, in the event of the
payment of principal of such Base Rate Advance on a day other than a Regular
Distribution Date, on the date of such payment (to the extent of interest
accrued on the amount of principal repaid).
(e) Each amount not paid when due hereunder (whether fees,
commissions, expenses or other amounts or, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, installments of interest on Advances but excluding Advances) shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus 2.00% until paid.
(f) Each change in the Base Rate shall become effective immediately.
The rates of interest specified in this Section 3.07 with respect to any Advance
or other amount shall be referred to as the "APPLICABLE LIQUIDITY RATE".
Section 3.08. REPLACEMENT OF BORROWER. From time to time and subject
to the successor Borrower's meeting the eligibility requirements set forth in
Section 6.9 of the Intercreditor Agreement applicable to the Subordination
Agent, upon the effective date and time specified in a written and completed
Notice of Replacement Subordination Agent in substantially the form of Annex VI
attached hereto (a "NOTICE OF REPLACEMENT SUBORDINATION Agent") delivered to the
Liquidity Provider by the then Borrower, the successor Borrower designated
therein shall be substituted for the Borrower for all purposes hereunder.
Section 3.09. FUNDING LOSS INDEMNIFICATION. The Borrower shall pay
to the Liquidity Provider, upon the request of the Liquidity Provider, such
amount or amounts as shall be sufficient (in the reasonable opinion of the
Liquidity Provider) to compensate it for any loss, cost, or expense incurred by
reason of the liquidation or redeployment of deposits or other funds acquired by
the Liquidity Provider to fund or maintain any LIBOR Advance (but excluding loss
of anticipated profits) incurred as a result of:
(1) Any repayment of a LIBOR Advance on a date other than the last
day of the Interest Period for such Advance; or
(2) Any failure by the Borrower to borrow a LIBOR Advance on the
date for borrowing specified in the relevant notice under Section 2.02.
Section 3.10. ILLEGALITY. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Agreement, if any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any
change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental
authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof, or compliance by the Liquidity Provider (or its Lending
Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful
or impossible for the Liquidity Provider (or its Lending Office) to maintain or
fund its LIBOR Advances, then upon notice to the Borrower by the Liquidity
Provider, the outstanding principal amount of the LIBOR Advances shall be
converted to Base Rate Advances (a) immediately upon demand of the Liquidity
Provider, if such change or compliance with such request, in the judgment of the
Liquidity Provider, requires immediate repayment; or (b) at the expiration of
the last Interest Period to expire before the effective date of any such change
or request.
Section 3.11. MITIGATION. If a condition arises or an event occurs
which would, or would upon the giving of notice, result in the payment of any
additional costs or amounts pursuant to Section 3.01, 3.02 or 3.03 or require
the conversion of any Advance pursuant to Section 3.10, the Liquidity Provider,
promptly upon becoming aware of the same, shall notify the Borrower and shall
use reasonable efforts (consistent with applicable legal and regulatory
restrictions) to mitigate the effects of such condition or event, including the
designation of a different Lending Office or furnishing of the proper
certificates under any applicable tax laws, tax treaties and conventions to the
extent that such certificates are legally available to the Liquidity Provider;
PROVIDED, that the Liquidity Provider shall be under no obligation to take any
step that, in its good-faith opinion would (i) result in its incurring any
material additional costs in performing its obligations hereunder unless the
Borrower has agreed to reimburse it therefor or (ii) be otherwise
disadvantageous to the Liquidity Provider in the reasonable judgment of the
Liquidity Provider.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 4.01. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EFFECTIVENESS OF SECTION 2.01.
Section 2.01 of this Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first
date (the "EFFECTIVE DATE") on which the following conditions precedent have
been satisfied or waived:
(a) The Liquidity Provider shall have received each of the
following, and in the case of each document delivered
pursuant to paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii), each in form and
substance satisfactory to the Liquidity Provider:
(i) This Agreement duly executed on behalf of the Borrower and
the Fee Letter applicable to this Agreement duly executed on
behalf of each of the parties thereto (other than the
Liquidity Provider);
(ii) The Acknowledgement Agreement, duly executed on behalf of
each of the parties thereto (other than the Liquidity
Provider);
(iii) Fully executed copies of each of the Operative Agreements
(other than the initial Fee Letter entered into by the
initial Liquidity Provider) executed and delivered on or
before the date hereof and each document, instrument,
certificate and opinion delivered pursuant thereto on the
Closing Date, in each case, together with any amendments,
modifications or supplements thereto entered into after the
date such document was executed;
(iv) A copy of the Prospectus Supplement and specimen copies of
the Certificates; and
(v) Evidence that there shall have been made and shall be in
full force and effect, all filings, recordings and/or
registrations, and there shall have been given or taken
any notice or other similar action as may be reasonably
necessary or, to the extent reasonably requested by the
Liquidity Provider, reasonably advisable, in order to
establish, perfect, protect and preserve the right, title
and interest, remedies, powers, privileges, liens and
security interests of, or for the benefit of, the Trustee,
the Borrower and the Liquidity Provider created by the
Operative Agreements executed and delivered on or prior to
the Closing Date;
(vi) An agreement from Continental, pursuant to which (i)
Continental agrees to provide copies of quarterly
financial statements and audited annual financial
statements to the Liquidity Provider, and such other
information as the Liquidity Provider shall reasonably
request with respect to the transactions contemplated by
the Operative Agreements, in each case, only to the extent
that Continental is obligated to provide such information
pursuant to Section 8.2.1 of the Leases to the parties
thereto and (ii) Continental agrees to allow the Liquidity
Provider to inspect Continental's books and records
regarding such transactions, and to discuss such
transactions with officers and employees of Continental;
(vii) Legal opinions from (a) Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger, special
counsel to the Borrower, and (b) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP,
special counsel to Continental, each in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Liquidity Provider; and
(viii) Such other documents, instruments, opinions and approvals
pertaining to the transactions contemplated hereby or by the
other Operative Agreements as the Liquidity Provider shall
have reasonably requested.
(b) The following statement shall be true on and as of the
Effective Date: no event has occurred and is continuing, or
would result from the entering into of this Agreement or the
making of any Advance, which constitutes a Liquidity Event of
Default.
(c) The Liquidity Provider shall have received payment in full of
all fees and other sums required to be paid to or for the
account of the Liquidity Provider on or prior to the
Effective Date.
(d) All conditions precedent to effectiveness of this Agreement
as a Replacement Liquidity Facility contained in Section
3.6(e) of the Intercreditor Agreement shall have been
satisfied or waived.
(e) The Borrower shall have received a certificate, dated the
date hereof, signed by a duly authorized representative of
the Liquidity Provider, certifying that all conditions
precedent to the effectiveness of Section 2.01 have been
satisfied or waived.
Section 4.02. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BORROWING. The obligation of
the Liquidity Provider to make an Advance on the occasion of each Borrowing
shall be subject to the conditions precedent that the Effective Date shall have
occurred and, on or prior to the date of such Borrowing, the Borrower shall have
delivered a Notice of Borrowing which conforms to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and has been completed as may be required by the relevant form of
the Notice of Borrowing for the type of Advance requested.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
Section 5.01. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER. So long as any
Advance shall remain unpaid or the Liquidity Provider shall have any Maximum
Commitment hereunder or the Borrower shall have any obligation to pay any amount
to the Liquidity Provider hereunder, the Borrower will, unless the Liquidity
Provider shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a) PERFORMANCE OF THIS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS. Punctually pay or
cause to be paid all amounts payable by it under this Agreement and the other
Operative Agreements and observe and perform in all material respects the
conditions, covenants and requirements applicable to it contained in this
Agreement and the other Operative Agreements.
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Furnish to the Liquidity Provider with
reasonable promptness, such other information and data with respect to the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements as from time to time may
be reasonably requested by the Liquidity Provider; and permit the Liquidity
Provider, upon reasonable notice, to inspect the Borrower's books and records
with respect to such transactions and to meet with officers and employees of the
Borrower to discuss such transactions.
(c) CERTAIN OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. Furnish to the Liquidity Provider
with reasonable promptness, such Operative Agreements entered into after the
date hereof as from time to time may be reasonably requested by the Liquidity
Provider.
Section 5.02. NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER. So long as any
Advance shall remain unpaid or the Liquidity Provider shall have any Maximum
Commitment hereunder or the Borrower shall have any obligation to pay any amount
to the Liquidity Provider hereunder, the Borrower will not appoint or permit or
suffer to be appointed any successor Borrower without the prior written consent
of the Liquidity Provider, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
ARTICLE VI
LIQUIDITY EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 6.01. LIQUIDITY EVENTS OF DEFAULT. If (a) any Liquidity
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (b) there is a Performing
Note Deficiency, the Liquidity Provider may, in its discretion, deliver to the
Borrower a Termination Notice, the effect of which shall be to cause (i) the
obligation of the Liquidity Provider to make Advances hereunder to expire on the
fifth Business Day after the date on which such Termination Notice is received
by the Borrower, (ii) the Borrower to promptly request, and the Liquidity
Provider to promptly make, a Final Advance in accordance with Section 2.02(d)
hereof and Section 3.6(i) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) all other
outstanding Advances to be automatically converted into Final Advances for
purposes of determining the Applicable Liquidity Rate for interest payable
thereon, and (iv) subject to Sections 2.07 and 2.09 hereof, all Advances
(including, without limitation, any Provider Advance and Applied Provider
Advance), any accrued interest thereon and any other amounts outstanding
hereunder to become immediately due and payable to the Liquidity Provider.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.01. AMENDMENTS, ETC. No amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement, nor consent to any departure by the Borrower
therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing
and signed by the Liquidity Provider, and, in the case of an amendment or of a
waiver by the Borrower, the Borrower, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
given.
Section 7.02. NOTICES, ETC. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in
writing (including telecopier and mailed or delivered or sent by telecopier):
Borrower: Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Liquidity Provider: Credit Lyonnais
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Reference: Continental ERJ Liquidity Facility
Attention: Client Banking Services - Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Credit Lyonnais
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Reference: Continental ERJ Liquidity Facility
Attention: Global Transportation Group - Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by
such Person in a written notice to the others. All such notices and
communications shall be effective (i) if given by telecopier, when transmitted
to the telecopier number specified above, (ii) if given by mail, when deposited
in the mails addressed as specified above, and (iii) if given by other means,
when delivered at the address specified above, except that written notices to
the Liquidity Provider pursuant to the provisions of Article II and Article III
hereof shall not be effective until received by the Liquidity Provider. A copy
of all notices delivered hereunder to either party shall in addition be
delivered to each of the parties to the Participation Agreements at their
respective addresses set forth therein.
Section 7.03. NO WAIVER; REMEDIES. No failure on the part of the
Liquidity Provider to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right under this
Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right under this Agreement preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein
provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 7.04. FURTHER ASSURANCES. The Borrower agrees to do such
further acts and things and to execute and deliver to the Liquidity Provider
such additional assignments, agreements, powers and instruments as the Liquidity
Provider may reasonably require or deem advisable to carry into effect the
purposes of this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements or to better
assure and confirm unto the Liquidity Provider its rights, powers and remedies
hereunder and under the other Operative Agreements.
Section 7.05. INDEMNIFICATION; SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN Provisions. The
Liquidity Provider shall be indemnified hereunder to the extent and in the
manner described in Section 9.1 of the Participation Agreements. In addition,
the Borrower agrees to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless the
Liquidity Provider from, against and in respect of, and shall pay on demand, all
Expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever (other than any Expenses of the nature
described in Section 3.01, 3.02 or 7.07 hereof or in the Fee Letter applicable
to this Agreement (regardless of whether indemnified against pursuant to said
Sections or in such Fee Letter)), that may be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against any Liquidity Indemnitee, in any way relating to, resulting
from, or arising out of or in connection with any action, suit or proceeding by
any third party against such Liquidity Indemnitee and relating to this
Agreement, the Fee Letter applicable to this Agreement, the Intercreditor
Agreement or any Financing Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Borrower shall
not be required to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless any Liquidity
Indemnitee in respect of any Expense of such Liquidity Indemnitee to the extent
such Expense is (i) attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of such Liquidity Indemnitee or any other Liquidity Indemnitee; (ii) ordinary
and usual operating overhead expense; (iii) attributable to the failure by the
Liquidity Provider to perform or observe any agreement, covenant or condition on
its part to be performed or observed in this Agreement or the Intercreditor
Agreement, or (iv) a Tax. The indemnities contained in Section 9.1 of the
Participation Agreements, and the provisions of Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.09,
7.05 and 7.07 hereof, shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 7.06. LIABILITY OF THE LIQUIDITY PROVIDER. (a) Neither the
Liquidity Provider nor any of its officers, employees, directors or Affiliates
shall be liable or responsible for: (i) the use which may be made of the
Advances or any acts or omissions of the Borrower or any beneficiary or
transferee in connection therewith; (ii) the validity, sufficiency or
genuineness of documents, or of any endorsement thereon, even if such documents
should prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or
forged; or (iii) the making of Advances by the Liquidity Provider against
delivery of a Notice of Borrowing and other documents which do not comply with
the terms hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Borrower shall have a claim
against the Liquidity Provider, and the Liquidity Provider shall be liable to
the Borrower, to the extent of any damages suffered by the Borrower which were
the result of (A) the Liquidity Provider's willful misconduct or gross
negligence in determining whether documents presented hereunder comply with the
terms hereof, or (B) any breach by the Liquidity Provider of any of the terms of
this Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement, including, but not limited to,
the Liquidity Provider's failure to make lawful payment hereunder after the
delivery to it by the Borrower of a Notice of Borrowing strictly complying with
the terms and conditions hereof. In no event, however, shall the Liquidity
Provider be liable on any theory of liability for any special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages (including, without limitation, any loss of
profits, business or anticipated savings).
(b) Neither the Liquidity Provider nor any of its officers,
employees, directors or Affiliates shall be liable or responsible in any respect
for (i) any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or
delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with this
Agreement or any Notice of Borrowing delivered hereunder, or (ii) any action,
inaction or omission which may be taken by it in good faith, absent willful
misconduct or gross negligence (in which event the extent of the Liquidity
Provider's potential liability to the Borrower shall be limited as set forth in
the immediately preceding paragraph), in connection with this Agreement or any
Notice of Borrowing.
Section 7.07. COSTS, EXPENSES AND TAXES. The Borrower agrees to pay,
or cause to be paid (A) on the Effective Date and on such later date or dates on
which the Liquidity Provider shall make demand, all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
expenses of outside counsel for the Liquidity Provider) of the Liquidity
Provider in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery,
filing and recording of this Agreement, any other Operative Agreement and any
other documents which may be delivered in connection with this Agreement and (B)
on demand, all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees
and expenses) of the Liquidity Provider in connection with (i) the enforcement
of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement, (ii) the modification or
amendment of, or supplement to, this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement
or such other documents which may be delivered in connection herewith or
therewith (whether or not the same shall become effective) or any waiver or
consent thereunder (whether or not the same shall become effective) or (iii) any
action or proceeding relating to any order, injunction, or other process or
decree restraining or seeking to restrain the Liquidity Provider from paying any
amount under this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any other Operative
Agreement or otherwise affecting the application of funds in the Cash Collateral
Account. In addition, the Borrower shall pay any and all recording, stamp and
other similar taxes and fees payable or determined to be payable in connection
with the execution, delivery, filing and recording of this Agreement, any other
Operative Agreement and such other documents, and agrees to hold the Liquidity
Provider harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or
resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such taxes or fees.
Section 7.08. BINDING EFFECT; PARTICIPATIONS. (a) This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower and the Liquidity
Provider and their respective successors and assigns, except that neither the
Liquidity Provider (except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.08) nor
(except as contemplated by Section 3.08) the Borrower shall have the right to
assign its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein without the
prior written consent of the other party, subject to the requirements of Section
7.08(b). The Liquidity Provider may grant participations herein or in any of its
rights hereunder (including, without limitation, funded participations and
participations in rights to receive interest payments hereunder) and under the
other Operative Agreements to such Persons (other than Continental and its
Affiliates) as the Liquidity Provider may in its sole discretion select, subject
to the requirements of Section 7.08(b). No such granting of participations by
the Liquidity Provider, however, will relieve the Liquidity Provider of its
obligations hereunder. In connection with any participation or any proposed
participation, the Liquidity Provider may disclose to the participant or the
proposed participant any information that the Borrower is required to deliver or
to disclose to the Liquidity Provider pursuant to this Agreement. The Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that the Liquidity Provider's source of funds may derive
in part from its participants. Accordingly, references in this Agreement and the
other Operative Agreements to determinations, reserve and capital adequacy
requirements, increased costs, reduced receipts, additional amounts due pursuant
to Section 3.03 and the like as they pertain to the Liquidity Provider shall be
deemed also to include those of each of its participants that are banks
(subject, in each case, to the maximum amount that would have been incurred by
or attributable to the Liquidity Provider directly if the Liquidity Provider,
rather than the participant, had held the interest participated).
(b) If, pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Liquidity Provider
sells any participation in this Agreement to any bank or other entity (each, a
"TRANSFEREE"), then, concurrently with the effectiveness of such participation,
the Transferee shall (i) represent to the Liquidity Provider (for the benefit of
the Liquidity Provider and the Borrower) either (A) that it is incorporated
under the laws of the United States or a state thereof or (B) that under
applicable law and treaties, no taxes will be required to be withheld with
respect to any payments to be made to such Transferee in respect of this
Agreement, (ii) furnish to the Liquidity Provider and the Borrower either (x) a
statement that it is incorporated under the laws of the United States or a state
thereof or (y) if it is not so incorporated, two copies of a properly completed
United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, as
appropriate, or other applicable form, certificate or document prescribed by the
Internal Revenue Service certifying, in each case, such Transferee's entitlement
to a complete exemption from United States federal withholding tax in respect to
any and all payments to be made hereunder, and (iii) agree (for the benefit of
the Liquidity Provider and the Borrower) to provide the Liquidity Provider and
the Borrower a new Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, as appropriate, (A) on or before
the date that any such form expires or becomes obsolete or (B) after the
occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously
delivered by it and prior to the immediately following due date of any payment
by the Borrower hereunder, certifying in the case of a Form W-8BEN or Form
W-8ECI that such Transferee is entitled to a complete exemption from United
States federal withholding tax on payments under this Agreement. Unless the
Borrower has received forms or other documents reasonably satisfactory to it
(and required by applicable law) indicating that payments hereunder are not
subject to United States federal withholding tax, the Borrower will withhold
taxes as required by law from such payments at the applicable statutory rate.
(c) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7.08, the
Liquidity Provider may assign and pledge all or any portion of the Advances
owing to it to any Federal Reserve Bank or the United States Treasury as
collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve
Bank, provided that any payment in respect of such assigned Advances made by the
Borrower to the Liquidity Provider in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement shall satisfy the Borrower's obligations hereunder in respect of such
assigned Advance to the extent of such payment. No such assignment shall release
the Liquidity Provider from its obligations hereunder.
Section 7.09. SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement which is
prohibited, unenforceable or not authorized in any jurisdiction shall, as to
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition,
unenforceability or non-authorization without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof or affecting the validity, enforceability or legality of such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 7.10. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 7.11. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL;
WAIVER OF IMMUNITY. (a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally:
(i) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement, or
for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect hereof or
thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the
State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the
Southern District of New York, and the appellate courts from any thereof;
(ii) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in
such courts, and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to
the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such
action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not
to plead or claim the same;
(iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or
proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or
certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage
prepaid, to each party hereto at its address set forth in Section 7.02
hereof, or at such other address of which the Liquidity Provider shall
have been notified pursuant thereto; and
(iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect
service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the
right to xxx in any other jurisdiction.
(b) THE BORROWER AND THE LIQUIDITY PROVIDER EACH HEREBY AGREE TO
WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF
ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN
THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELATIONSHIP
THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED, including, without limitation, contract claims,
tort claims, breach of duty claims and all other common law and statutory
claims. The Borrower and the Liquidity Provider each warrant and represent
that it has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel, and that it
knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following
consultation with such legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, AND
CANNOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THIS WAIVER SHALL
APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS
TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(c) The Liquidity Provider hereby waives any immunity it may have
from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States or of any State
and waives any immunity any of its properties located in the United States
may have from attachment or execution upon a judgment entered by any such
court under the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 or
any similar successor legislation.
Section 7.12. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on
separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and
delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts,
taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.
Section 7.13. ENTIRETY. This Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement
and the other Operative Agreements to which the Liquidity Provider is a party
constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings and agreements of
such parties.
Section 7.14. HEADINGS. Section headings in this Agreement are
included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a
part of this Agreement for any other purpose.
Section 7.15. LIQUIDITY PROVIDER'S OBLIGATION TO MAKE ADVANCES.
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE
LIQUIDITY PROVIDER TO MAKE ADVANCES HEREUNDER, AND THE BORROWER'S RIGHTS TO
DELIVER NOTICES OF BORROWING REQUESTING THE MAKING OF ADVANCES HEREUNDER, SHALL
BE UNCONDITIONAL AND IRREVOCABLE, AND SHALL BE PAID OR PERFORMED, IN EACH CASE
STRICTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 7.16. HEAD OFFICE OBLIGATION. The Liquidity Provider hereby
agrees that the obligations of the Liquidity Provider hereunder are also the
obligations of the Head Office of Credit Lyonnais in Paris, France. Accordingly,
any beneficiary of this Agreement will be able to proceed directly against the
Head Office of Credit Lyonnais, if the New York Branch of Credit Lyonnais
defaults in its obligations to such beneficiary under this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first set forth above.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Subordination Agent, as agent and trustee
for the Trust, as Borrower
By
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Name:
Title:
CREDIT LYONNAIS, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Liquidity Provider
By
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Name:
Title:
Annex I to
Revolving Credit Agreement
INTEREST ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
The undersigned, a duly authorized signatory of the undersigned
borrower (the "BORROWER"), hereby certifies to Credit Lyonnais, New York Branch
(the "LIQUIDITY PROVIDER"), with reference to the Revolving Credit Agreement
(2003-ERJ1) dated as of December 19, 2003, between the Borrower and the
Liquidity Provider (the "LIQUIDITY AGREEMENT"; the terms defined therein and not
otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined or referenced),
that:
(1) The Borrower is the Subordination Agent under the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(2) The Borrower is delivering this Notice of Borrowing for the
making of an Interest Advance by the Liquidity Provider to be used,
subject to clause (3)(v) below, for the payment of interest on the
Certificates which was payable on ____________, ____ (the "DISTRIBUTION
DATE") in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement
and the Certificates, which Advance is requested to be made on
____________, ____. The Interest Advance should be transferred to [name of
bank/wire instructions/ABA number] in favor of account number [ __ ],
reference [ __ ].
(3) The amount of the Interest Advance requested hereby (i) is
$_______________.__, to be applied in respect of the payment of the
interest which was due and payable on the Certificates on the Distribution
Date, (ii) does not include any amount with respect to the payment of
principal of, or premium on, the Certificates, (iii) was computed in
accordance with the provisions of the Certificates, the Trust Agreement
and the Intercreditor Agreement (a copy of which computation is attached
hereto as Schedule I), (iv) does not exceed the Maximum Available
Commitment on the date hereof, (v) does not include any amount of interest
which was due and payable on the Certificates on such Distribution Date
but which remains unpaid due to the failure of the Depositary to pay any
amount of accrued interest on the Deposits on such Distribution Date and
(vi) has not been and is not the subject of a prior or contemporaneous
Notice of Borrowing.
(4) Upon receipt by or on behalf of the Borrower of the amount
requested hereby, (a) the Borrower will apply the same in accordance with
the terms of Section 3.6(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) no portion
of such amount shall be applied by the Borrower for any other purpose and
(c) no portion of such amount until so applied shall be commingled with
other funds held by the Borrower.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that, pursuant to the Liquidity
Agreement, the making of the Interest Advance as requested by this Notice of
Borrowing shall automatically reduce, subject to reinstatement in accordance
with the terms of the Liquidity Agreement, the Maximum Available Commitment by
an amount equal to the amount of the Interest Advance requested to be made
hereby as set forth in clause (i) of paragraph (3) of this Notice of Borrowing
and such reduction shall automatically result in corresponding reductions in the
amounts available to be borrowed pursuant to a subsequent Advance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has executed and delivered this
Notice of Borrowing as of the ____ day of _________, ____.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Subordination Agent, as Borrower
By:
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Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE I TO INTEREST ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
[Insert copy of computations in accordance with Interest Advance Notice of
Borrowing]
Annex II to
Revolving Credit Agreement
NON-EXTENSION ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
The undersigned, a duly authorized signatory of the undersigned
borrower (the "BORROWER"), hereby certifies to Credit Lyonnais, New York Branch
(the "LIQUIDITY PROVIDER"), with reference to the Revolving Credit Agreement
(2003-ERJ1) dated as of December 19, 2003, between the Borrower and the
Liquidity Provider (the "LIQUIDITY AGREEMENT"; the terms defined therein and not
otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined or referenced),
that:
(1) The Borrower is the Subordination Agent under the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(2) The Borrower is delivering this Notice of Borrowing for the
making of the Non-Extension Advance by the Liquidity Provider to be used
for the funding of the Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Section
3.6(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, which Advance is requested to be
made on __________, ____. The Non-Extension Advance should be transferred
to [name of bank/wire instructions/ABA number] in favor of account number
[ __ ], reference [ __ ].
(3) The amount of the Non-Extension Advance requested hereby (i) is
$_______________.__, which equals the Maximum Available Commitment on the
date hereof and is to be applied in respect of the funding of the Cash
Collateral Account in accordance with Sections 3.6(d) and 3.6(f) of the
Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) does not include any amount with respect to
the payment of the principal of, or premium on, the Certificates, (iii)
was computed in accordance with the provisions of the Certificates, the
Trust Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement (a copy of which
computation is attached hereto as Schedule I), and (iv) has not been and
is not the subject of a prior or contemporaneous Notice of Borrowing under
the Liquidity Agreement.
(4) Upon receipt by or on behalf of the Borrower of the amount
requested hereby, (a) the Borrower will deposit such amount in the Cash
Collateral Account and apply the same in accordance with the terms of
Sections 3.6(d) and 3.6(f) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) no portion
of such amount shall be applied by the Borrower for any other purpose and
(c) no portion of such amount until so applied shall be commingled with
other funds held by the Borrower.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that, pursuant to the Liquidity
Agreement, (A) the making of the Non-Extension Advance as requested by this
Notice of Borrowing shall automatically and irrevocably terminate the obligation
of the Liquidity Provider to make further Advances under the Liquidity
Agreement; and (B) following the making by the Liquidity Provider of the
Non-Extension Advance requested by this Notice of Borrowing, the Borrower shall
not be entitled to request any further Advances under the Liquidity Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has executed and delivered this
Notice of Borrowing as of the ____ day of _________, ____.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Subordination Agent, as Borrower
By:
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Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE I TO NON-EXTENSION ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
[Insert copy of computations in accordance with Non-Extension Advance Notice
of Borrowing]
Annex III to
Revolving Credit Agreement
DOWNGRADE ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
The undersigned, a duly authorized signatory of the undersigned
borrower (the "BORROWER"), hereby certifies to Credit Lyonnais, New York Branch
(the "LIQUIDITY PROVIDER"), with reference to the Revolving Credit Agreement
(2003-ERJ1) dated as of December 19, 2003, between the Borrower and the
Liquidity Provider (the "LIQUIDITY AGREEMENT"; the terms defined therein and not
otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined or referenced),
that:
(1) The Borrower is the Subordination Agent under the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(2) The Borrower is delivering this Notice of Borrowing for the
making of the Downgrade Advance by the Liquidity Provider to be used for
the funding of the Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Section
3.6(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement by reason of the occurrence of a
Downgrade Event, which Advance is requested to be made on __________,
____. The Downgrade Advance should be transferred to [name of bank/wire
instructions/ABA number] in favor of account number [ __ ], reference
[ __ ].
(3) The amount of the Downgrade Advance requested hereby (i) is
$_______________.__, which equals the Maximum Available Commitment on the
date hereof and is to be applied in respect of the funding of the Cash
Collateral Account in accordance with Sections 3.6(c) and 3.6(f) of the
Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) does not include any amount with respect to
the payment of the principal of, or premium on, the Certificates, (iii)
was computed in accordance with the provisions of the Certificates, the
Trust Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement (a copy of which
computation is attached hereto as Schedule I), and (iv) has not been and
is not the subject of a prior or contemporaneous Notice of Borrowing under
the Liquidity Agreement.
(4) Upon receipt by or on behalf of the Borrower of the amount
requested hereby, (a) the Borrower will deposit such amount in the Cash
Collateral Account and apply the same in accordance with the terms of
Sections 3.6(c) and 3.6(f) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) no portion
of such amount shall be applied by the Borrower for any other purpose and
(c) no portion of such amount until so applied shall be commingled with
other funds held by the Borrower.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that, pursuant to the Liquidity
Agreement, (A) the making of the Downgrade Advance as requested by this Notice
of Borrowing shall automatically and irrevocably terminate the obligation of the
Liquidity Provider to make further Advances under the Liquidity Agreement; and
(B) following the making by the Liquidity Provider of the Downgrade Advance
requested by this Notice of Borrowing, the Borrower shall not be entitled to
request any further Advances under the Liquidity Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has executed and delivered this
Notice of Borrowing as of the ____ day of _________, ____.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Subordination Agent, as Borrower
By:
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Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE I TO DOWNGRADE ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
[Insert copy of computations in accordance with Downgrade Advance Notice of
Borrowing]
Annex IV to
Revolving Credit Agreement
FINAL ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
The undersigned, a duly authorized signatory of the undersigned
borrower (the "BORROWER"), hereby certifies to Credit Lyonnais, New York Branch
(the "LIQUIDITY PROVIDER"), with reference to the Revolving Credit Agreement
(2003-ERJ1) dated as of December 19, 2003, between the Borrower and the
Liquidity Provider (the "LIQUIDITY AGREEMENT"; the terms defined therein and not
otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined or referenced),
that:
(1) The Borrower is the Subordination Agent under the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(2) The Borrower is delivering this Notice of Borrowing for the
making of the Final Advance by the Liquidity Provider to be used for the
funding of the Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Section 3.6(i)
of the Intercreditor Agreement by reason of the receipt by the Borrower of
a Termination Notice from the Liquidity Provider with respect to the
Liquidity Agreement, which Advance is requested to be made on
____________, ____. The Final Advance should be transferred to [name of
bank/wire instructions/ABA number] in favor of account number [ __ ],
reference [ __ ].
(3) The amount of the Final Advance requested hereby (i) is
$_________________.__, which equals the Maximum Available Commitment on
the date hereof and is to be applied in respect of the funding of the Cash
Collateral Account in accordance with Sections 3.6(f) and 3.6(i) of the
Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) does not include any amount with respect to
the payment of principal of, or premium on, the Certificates, (iii) was
computed in accordance with the provisions of the Certificates, the Trust
Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement (a copy of which computation is
attached hereto as Schedule I), and (iv) has not been and is not the
subject of a prior or contemporaneous Notice of Borrowing.
(4) Upon receipt by or on behalf of the Borrower of the amount
requested hereby, (a) the Borrower will deposit such amount in the Cash
Collateral Account and apply the same in accordance with the terms of
Sections 3.6(f) and 3.6(i) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) no portion
of such amount shall be applied by the Borrower for any other purpose and
(c) no portion of such amount until so applied shall be commingled with
other funds held by the Borrower.
(5) The Borrower hereby requests that the Advance requested hereby
be a Base Rate Advance [and that such Base Rate Advance be converted into
a LIBOR Advance on the third Business Day following your receipt of this
notice.]1
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1 Bracketed language may be included at Borrower's option.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that, pursuant to the Liquidity
Agreement, (A) the making of the Final Advance as requested by this Notice of
Borrowing shall automatically and irrevocably terminate the obligation of the
Liquidity Provider to make further Advances under the Liquidity Agreement; and
(B) following the making by the Liquidity Provider of the Final Advance
requested by this Notice of Borrowing, the Borrower shall not be entitled to
request any further Advances under the Liquidity Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has executed and delivered this
Notice of Borrowing as of the ____ day of _________, ____.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Subordination Agent, as Borrower
By
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Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE I TO FINAL ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
[Insert copy of computations in accordance with Final Advance Notice of
Borrowing]
Annex V to
Revolving Credit Agreement
NOTICE OF TERMINATION
[Date]
Wilmington Trust Company,
as Subordination Agent, as Borrower
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 19, 2003, between
Wilmington Trust Company, as Subordination Agent, as agent and
trustee for the Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, 2003-ERJ1,
as Borrower, and Credit Lyonnais, New York Branch (the "LIQUIDITY
AGREEMENT")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You are hereby notified that, pursuant to Section 6.01 of the
Liquidity Agreement, by reason of the occurrence of a Liquidity Event of Default
and the existence of a Performing Note Deficiency (each as defined therein), we
are giving this notice to you in order to cause (i) our obligations to make
Advances (as defined therein) under such Liquidity Agreement to terminate on the
fifth Business Day after the date on which you receive this notice and (ii) you
to request a Final Advance under the Liquidity Agreement pursuant to Section
3.6(i) of the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the Liquidity Agreement) as
a consequence of your receipt of this notice.
THIS NOTICE IS THE "NOTICE OF TERMINATION" PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE
LIQUIDITY AGREEMENT. OUR OBLIGATIONS TO MAKE ADVANCES UNDER THE LIQUIDITY
AGREEMENT WILL TERMINATE ON THE FIFTH BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH YOU
RECEIVE THIS NOTICE.
Very truly yours,
CREDIT LYONNAIS, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Liquidity Provider
By
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Name:
Title:
cc: Wilmington Trust Company,
as Trustee
Annex VI to
Revolving Credit Agreement
NOTICE OF REPLACEMENT SUBORDINATION AGENT
[Date]
Attention:
Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 19, 2003, between
Wilmington Trust Company, as Subordination Agent, as agent and trustee for
the Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, 2003-ERJ1, as Borrower, and
Credit Lyonnais, New York Branch (the "LIQUIDITY AGREEMENT")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
For value received, the undersigned beneficiary hereby irrevocably
transfers to:
______________________________
[Name of Transferee]
______________________________
[Address of Transferee]
all rights and obligations of the undersigned as Borrower under the Liquidity
Agreement referred to above. The transferee has succeeded the undersigned as
Subordination Agent under the Intercreditor Agreement referred to in the first
paragraph of the Liquidity Agreement, pursuant to the terms of Section 8.1 of
the Intercreditor Agreement.
By this transfer, all rights of the undersigned as Borrower under
the Liquidity Agreement are transferred to the transferee and the transferee
shall hereafter have the sole rights and obligations as Borrower thereunder. The
undersigned shall pay any costs and expenses of such transfer, including, but
not limited to, transfer taxes or governmental charges.
We ask that this transfer be effective as of __________, ____.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Subordination Agent, as Borrower
By
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Name:
Title:
Annex VII to
Revolving Credit Agreement
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT
(2003-ERJ1)
dated as of December 19, 2003
AMONG
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee under the
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust 0000-XXX0,
XXXXXXXX, N.A.,
as initial Liquidity Provider,
CREDIT LYONNAIS, NEW YORK BRANCH
as Replacement Liquidity Provider,
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.,
AND
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity except
as expressly set forth herein but
solely as Subordination Agent and Trustee
___________________________________
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT (2003-ERJ1)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT (2003-ERJ) (this "ACKNOWLEDGMENT Agreement"),
dated as of December 19, 2003, among CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., a Delaware
corporation ("CONTINENTAL"); WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware corporation,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee under the Continental
Airlines Pass Through Trust 2003-ERJ1 (the "TRUSTEE"); CITIBANK, N.A., a
national banking association ("CITIBANK"), as initial Liquidity Provider; CREDIT
LYONNAIS, a societe anonyme organized under the laws of France, acting through
its New York Branch ("CREDIT LYONNAIS"), as Replacement Liquidity Provider; and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity except as expressly set
forth in the Intercreditor Agreement referred to below, but solely as
Subordination Agent and trustee under the Intercreditor Agreement referred to
below (in such capacity, together with any duly appointed successor, the
"SUBORDINATION AGENT").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee, Citibank, as Liquidity Provider, and Wilmington Trust
Company, not in its individual capacity except as expressly set forth therein,
but solely as Subordination Agent and trustee thereunder, are parties to the
Intercreditor Agreement (2003-ERJ1), dated as of December 10, 2003 (the
"INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT");
WHEREAS, Citibank, as Liquidity Provider, and Wilmington Trust Company,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Subordination Agent under the
Intercreditor Agreement, as agent and trustee for the Continental Airlines Pass
Through Trust 2003-ERJ1 (the "TRUST"), have entered into the Revolving Credit
Agreement (2003-ERJ1), dated as of December 10, 2003 (the "ORIGINAL LIQUIDITY
FACILITY"),
WHEREAS, Continental wishes to replace Citibank as Liquidity Provider with
Credit Lyonnais;
WHEREAS, Credit Lyonnais, as Liquidity Provider, and Wilmington Trust
Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Subordination Agent under
the Intercreditor Agreement, as agent and trustee for the Trust, are entering
into the Revolving Credit Agreement (2003-ERJ1), dated as of December 19, 2003
(the "REPLACEMENT LIQUIDITY FACILITY"); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to acknowledge the replacement of
Citibank by Credit Lyonnais as Liquidity Provider;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained
and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise defined in this
Acknowledgment Agreement, terms defined in Section 1.1 of the Intercreditor
Agreement are used herein as defined therein.
ARTICLE II
REQUEST TO TRUSTEE AND SUBORDINATION AGENT
SECTION 2.1. REQUEST. Pursuant to Section 3.6(e)(v) of the Intercreditor
Agreement, Continental hereby requests the Trustee and the Subordination Agent
to execute and deliver this Acknowledgment Agreement, the Replacement Liquidity
Facility and the Fee Letter from Credit Lyonnais to the Subordination Agent and
Embraer, each dated as of the date hereof.
ARTICLE III
REPLACEMENT OF LIQUIDITY FACILITY
SECTION 3.1. TERMINATION OF ORIGINAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY. Each of the
parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that, as of the date hereof, the
Original Liquidity Facility shall be terminated and shall no longer be the
"Liquidity Facility" under the Intercreditor Agreement and that Citibank shall
no longer be, nor have any of the rights or obligations of, the "Liquidity
Provider" under the Intercreditor Agreement and the Original Liquidity Facility
(except with respect to any fees payable under its Fee Letter with respect to
the Original Liquidity Facility), and all obligations of Citibank as the
"Liquidity Provider" thereunder and under any of the other Operative Agreements
shall irrevocably terminate and be of no further force and effect. The parties
hereto confirm that no amounts whatsoever are payable by or to Citibank, as
"Liquidity Provider" pursuant to the Original Liquidity Facility, the
Intercreditor Agreement or any other Operative Agreement. The Subordination
Agent confirms that, as of the date hereof, it has not requested any Advance
under the Liquidity Facility.
SECTION 3.2. REPLACEMENT LIQUIDITY FACILITY. Each of the parties hereto
hereby acknowledges and agrees that, as of the date hereof, the Replacement
Liquidity Facility shall be the "Liquidity Facility" under the Intercreditor
Agreement (as a "Replacement Liquidity Facility" thereunder), and that Credit
Lyonnais shall be, and shall have all the rights and obligations of, the
"Liquidity Provider" under the Intercreditor Agreement (as a "Replacement
Liquidity Provider" thereunder).
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 4.1. MISCELLANEOUS. The Intercreditor Agreement and the other
Operative Agreements (other than the Original Liquidity Facility and original
Fee Letter relating to the Original Liquidity Facility) shall remain unchanged
(except to the extent expressly provided herein) and in full force and effect,
and each party hereto (other than Citibank) hereby ratifies and confirms in all
respects all of its obligations thereunder. Each party hereto agrees to execute
and deliver all such further agreements or documents, if any, as shall be
necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Acknowledgment Agreement.
This Acknowledgment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all
of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any of
the parties hereto may execute this Acknowledgment Agreement by signing any such
counterpart. THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The parties hereby agree
that the provisions of Sections 10.11(a)(i) and (ii) of the Intercreditor
Agreement shall be incorporated herein as if set forth in full herein, and each
of the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally makes the submissions and
agreements and gives the consents and waivers described in such Sections
10.11(a)(i) and (ii) in respect of any action, claim, proceeding or judgment
relating to this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Acknowledgment Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written, and
acknowledge that this Acknowledgment Agreement has been made and delivered in
the City of New York, and this Acknowledgment Agreement has become effective
only upon such execution and delivery.
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.
By
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Name:
Title:
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Trustee
By
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Name:
Title:
CITIBANK, N.A.,
By
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Name:
Title:
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual capacity except as expressly set
forth herein but solely as Subordination
Agent and Trustee
By
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Name:
Title:
CREDIT LYONNAIS, NEW YORK BRANCH
By
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Name:
Title:
