AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT TO PLEDGE OF ACCOUNTS
Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted because it (i) is not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed
Exhibit 10.11
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT TO PLEDGE OF ACCOUNTS
This AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT TO PLEDGE OF ACCOUNTS, dated as of
September 6, 2023 (this “Amendment”), is entered into by and among Mesa Airlines, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Mesa”), Mesa Air Group Airline Inventory Management, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company (“Mesa Inventory Management”, and together with Mesa being referred to herein, individually, as a “Borrower” and, collectively, as the “Borrowers”), Mesa Air Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Holdings”, and together with the Borrowers being referred to herein, individually, as a “Loan Party” and, collectively, as the “Loan Parties”), as a Guarantor, the persons designated as “Lenders” on the signature pages hereto (the “Lenders”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association (“WTNA”) (as successor to CIT Bank, a division of First- Citizens Bank & Trust Company), in its capacity as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and WTNA (as successor to First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (as successor by merger to CIT Bank, N.A.)), as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, Holdings, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to the Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2022 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2022, and by Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2023, the “Existing Agreement”, as further amended by this Amendment, the “Amended Agreement”, and as the Amended Agreement may hereafter be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Amended Agreement.
WHEREAS, Holdings and the Collateral Agent are parties to the Pledge of Accounts, dated as of January 27, 2023 (the “Existing Account Pledge Agreement”, as amended by this Amendment, the “Amended Account Pledge Agreement”, and as the Amended Account Pledge Agreement may hereafter be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Account Pledge Agreement”).
WHEREAS, the Loan Parties desire to (a) amend the Existing Agreement (i) to increase the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments (as defined in the Existing Agreement), (ii) to provide for the reborrowing by the Borrowers, on the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), of the portion of the Effective Date Bridge Loans that was previously repaid by the Borrowers, and (iii) in certain other particulars, and (b) amend the Existing Account Pledge Agreement in certain particulars, and each of the Borrowers, Holdings, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent have agreed to such amendments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to Existing Agreement. The Existing Agreement is, (i) with respect to the amendment described in this Section 1(g), effective as of August 31, 2023, and (ii) with respect to the other amendments described in this Section 1, effective as of the Amendment Effective Date upon the satisfaction (or waiver in writing by the Lenders in their sole discretion) of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 hereof, hereby amended as follows:
“Adjusted CMV” [***]
“Additional Bridge Loan” [***]
“Amendment No. 3” means Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement and Amendment to Pledge of Accounts, dated as of September 6, 2023, by and among the Borrowers, Holdings, the Lenders party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
“Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” means September 6, 2023.
“ASA CMV” means the “current market value” (as defined by the American Society of Appraisers).
“CMV” [***]
“CMV Ratio” [***]
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“Initial Effective Date Bridge Loan” means a Revolving Loan to be made by the Revolving Lenders to the Borrower Representative for the benefit of Borrowers on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date pursuant to Sections 2.01(b) and 2.02, in a principal amount [***].
“Secured Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Borrowing Base” means an amount equal to:
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“Effective Date Bridge Loan” means, collectively, the Initial Effective Date Bridge Loan and the Additional Bridge Loan, which Revolving Loans shall be due and payable on the Effective Date Bridge Loan Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.07(c).
“Effective Date Loans” means, collectively, the Effective Date Revolving Loan and the Initial Effective Date Bridge Loan.
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“(d) Additional Bridge Loan. Subject to Section 2.01(a) and the other terms and conditions set forth herein, [***]
“(c) Effective Date Bridge Loan. On the Effective Date Bridge Loan Maturity Date, the Borrowers shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, the outstanding principal amount of the Effective Date Bridge Loan. [***]
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SECTION 2. Amendments to Existing Account Pledge Agreement. The Existing Account Pledge Agreement is, effective as of the Amendment Effective Date upon the satisfaction (or waiver in writing by the Lenders in their sole discretion) of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 hereof, hereby amended by replacing each reference to the defined term “Obligations” set forth therein (including, without limitation, each reference to such defined term set forth in Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 15(b) and 16 of the Existing Account Pledge Agreement) with the defined term “Secured Obligations”.
SECTION 3. Conditions of Effectiveness of Amendment. The amendments to the Existing Agreement set forth in Section 1 hereof and the amendments to the Existing Account Pledge Agreement set forth in Section 2 hereof shall, in each case, become effective as of the date hereof upon the satisfaction (or waiver in writing by the Lenders in their sole discretion) of the following conditions (such date being referred to herein as the “Amendment Effective Date”):
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date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the state or other jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, where applicable; (B) true, correct and complete copies of such resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent or the Lenders may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof
(1) executing any agreement, certificate or other document required to be delivered hereby or (2) authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Amendment and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party; and (C) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent or the Lenders may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its state of organization or formation, in the state in which its principal place of business is located, and in each other state in which a failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties of the Loan Parties. Each Loan Party represents and warrants as follows:
(ii) each of this Amendment, the Amended Agreement and the Amended Account Pledge Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
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SECTION 5. Limitation on Scope. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Existing Agreement, the Existing Account Pledge Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. The amendments set forth herein shall be limited precisely as provided for herein and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of, amendment of, consent to departure from or modification of any term or provision of the Loan Documents or any other document or instrument referred to therein or of any transaction or further or future action on the part of the Loan Parties requiring the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders except to the extent specifically provided for herein. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have not, and shall not be deemed to have, waived any of their respective rights and remedies against the Loan Parties for any existing or future Defaults or Events of Default. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders reserve the right to insist on strict compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Account Pledge Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each Loan Party expressly acknowledges such reservation of rights. Any future or additional amendment of any provision of the Credit Agreement, the Account Pledge Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be effective only if set forth in a writing separate and distinct from this Amendment and executed by the appropriate parties in accordance with the terms thereof.
SECTION 6. Reference to and Effect on the Existing Agreement and the Other Loan Documents.
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SECTION 7. Costs and Expenses. [***]
SECTION 8. Post-Closing Obligations. No later than [***] after the Amendment Effective Date (or such later date as may be agreed by the Lenders in their sole discretion), the Loan Parties shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders favorable opinions of (a) DLA Piper LLP (US), special counsel to the Loan Parties, (b) Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP, special Nevada counsel to the Loan Parties, and (c) Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Peregrin, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Aviation Authority counsel to the Loan Parties, in each case, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders. Failure to provide any of the above-referenced opinions within such [***] period shall constitute an immediate Event of Default (with no grace period) under the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 9. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts), each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including, without limitation, by Adobe portable document format file (also known as a “PDF” file)) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Amendment. The words “execution,” “executed,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment or any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Laws, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided, that nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent; provided, further, that, without limiting the foregoing, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, any electronic signature shall be promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart.
SECTION 10. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
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REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD CALL FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
SECTION 11. Miscellaneous. This Amendment shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 12.04, 12.05, 12.13, 12.14, 12.16(b), 12.17 and 12.19 of the Credit Agreement, each of which is incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
MESA AIRLINES, INC.
By Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Secretary
MESA AIR GROUP AIRLINE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
By: Mesa Airlines, Inc., its sole member
By Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Secretary MESA AIR GROUP, INC.
By Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Secretary
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WILMINGTON BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
By Name: Xxxx Xxx
Title: Vice President
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UNITED AIRLINES, INC., as a Lender
By Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
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EVP and CFO
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EXHIBIT A
SCHEDULE 2.01
Commitments and Pro Rata Shares
Lender |
Revolving Commitment Amount |
Revolving Commitment Pro Rata Share |
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EXHIBIT A
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EXHIBIT B
Form of Amendment No. 2 to Mortgage and Security Agreement (Mesa Spare Parts Facility) [Attached.]
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EXHIBIT B
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EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (MESA SPARE PARTS FACILITY)
This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (MESA
SPARE PARTS FACILITY), dated as of September 6, 2023 (this “Amendment”), is entered into by and among Mesa Airlines, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Mesa”), Mesa Air Group Airline Inventory Management, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company (“Mesa Inventory Management”, and together with Mesa being referred to herein, individually, as a “Grantor” and, collectively, as the “Grantors”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association (“WTNA”) (as successor to First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (as successor by merger to CIT Bank, N.A.)), acting as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Lenders.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
WHEREAS, the Grantors and the Collateral Agent are parties to that certain Mortgage and Security Agreement (Mesa Spare Parts Facility), dated as of August 12, 2016 (the “Original Mortgage”, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Agreement” (which is more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto), as amended by this Amendment, the “Amended Agreement”, and as the Amended Agreement may hereafter be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”).
WHEREAS, the Grantors, Mesa Air Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation, as a Guarantor, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and WTNA, as Administrative Agent, are parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2022 (as amended by (i) Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2022, (ii) Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2023, and (iii) Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement and Amendment to Pledge of Accounts, dated as of September 6, 2023 (“Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement”), and as further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Amended Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as applicable.
WHEREAS, in connection with Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement and as a condition to the effectiveness thereof, the Grantors are required to enter into this Amendment.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
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SECTION 1. Amendments to Existing Agreement. The Existing Agreement is, effective as of the date hereof and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 hereof, hereby amended as follows:
“Other Debt Obligations” means all debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries owed to United from time to time under (i) the United CPA, (ii) any aircraft leases, engine leases or other operating leases of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with United, and (iii) any agreement or instrument evidencing Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries held by United (other than the Obligations), whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
SECTION 2. Conditions of Effectiveness of Amendment. The amendments to the Existing Agreement set forth in Section 1 hereof shall become effective as of the date hereof when, and only when, the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by each of the parties hereto. The filing of this Amendment with the Aviation Authority shall constitute evidence that the amendments to the Existing Agreement set forth in Section 1 hereof are in effect.
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties of the Grantors. Each Grantor represents and warrants as follows:
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extent such conflict, breach, contravention, violation or limitation could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4. Limitation on Scope. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Existing Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. The amendments set forth herein shall be limited precisely as provided for herein and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of, amendment of, consent to departure from or modification of any term or provision of the Loan Documents or any other document or instrument referred to therein or of any transaction or further or future action on the part of the Grantors requiring the consent of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party except to the extent specifically provided for herein. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties have not, and shall not be deemed to have, waived any of its rights and remedies against the Grantors for any existing or future Defaults or Events of Default. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties reserve the right to insist on strict compliance with the terms of the Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each Grantor expressly acknowledges such reservation of rights. Any future or additional amendment of any provision of the Security Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be effective only if set forth in a writing separate and distinct from this Amendment and executed by the appropriate parties in accordance with the terms thereof.
SECTION 5. Reference to and Effect on the Existing Agreement and the Other Loan Documents.
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Document” executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6. Costs and Expenses. [***]
SECTION 7. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts), each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including, without limitation, by Adobe portable document format file (also known as a “PDF” file)) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Amendment. The words “execution,” “executed,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment or any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Laws, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided, that nothing herein shall require the Collateral Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent; provided, further, that, without limiting the foregoing, upon the request of the Collateral Agent, any electronic signature shall be promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart.
SECTION 8. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
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REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD CALL FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
SECTION 9. Miscellaneous. This Amendment shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 12.14, 12.16(b) and 12.17 of the Credit Agreement, each of which is incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
MESA AIRLINES, INC.
By: Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Secretary
MESA AIR GROUP AIRLINE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
By: Mesa Airlines, Inc., is sole member
By: Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Secretary
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WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent
By: Name: Xxxx Xxx
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Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING AGREEMENT:
Mortgage and Security Agreement (Mesa Spare Parts Facility), dated as of August 12, 2016, by Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Mesa Air Group Airline Inventory Management, L.L.C., as grantors, in favor of Wilmington Trust, National Association (as successor to First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (as successor by merger to CIT Bank, N.A.)), as administrative agent and collateral agent, which was recorded by the Federal Aviation Administration on October 5, 2016 and assigned Conveyance No. CW010632, as supplemented by the following described instruments:
Instrument |
Date of Instrument |
FAA Recording Date |
FAA Conveyance No. |
Mortgage and Security Agreement Supplement No. 1 (Mesa Spare Parts Facility) |
08/30/16 |
10/05/16 |
CW010632 |
Mortgage and Security Agreement Supplement No. 2 (Mesa Spare Parts Facility) |
08/30/16 |
10/05/16 |
CW010632 |
Mortgage and Security Agreement Supplement No. 3 (Mesa Spare Parts Facility) |
11/23/16 |
12/16/16 |
NJ008907 |
Mortgage and Security Agreement Supplement No. 4 (Mesa Spare Parts Facility) |
09/27/19 |
10/30/19 |
LC013229 |
Mortgage and Security Agreement Supplement No. 5 (Mesa Spare Parts Facility) |
09/27/19 |
10/30/19 |
LC013230 |
Mortgage and Security Agreement Supplement No. 6 (Mesa Spare Parts Facility) |
04/23/20 |
05/27/20 |
LJ014394 |
Mortgage and Security Agreement Supplement No. 7 (Mesa Spare Parts Facility) |
12/30/20 |
03/09/21 |
CF013605 |
Mortgage and Security Agreement Supplement No. 8 (Mesa Spare Parts Facility) |
01/29/21 |
04/07/21 |
DT023131 |
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Mortgage and Security Agreement Supplement No. 9 (Mesa Spare Parts Facility)
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09/08/21 |
12/13/21 |
DP027766 |
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Amendment No. 1 to Mortgage and Security Agreement (Mesa Spare Parts Facility) |
as of 12/27/22 |
04/11/23 |
WV009599 |
Agency Resignation, Appointment, Assignment and Assumption Agreement, among Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Successor Collateral Agent, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Xxxxx Air Group Airline Inventory Management, L.L.C., as Borrowers, Mesa Air Group, Inc., and First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, as Resigning Collateral Agent |
as of 1/27/23 |
06/07/23 |
SD027882 |
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