FACILITY AGREEMENT [Atlas/747-8F2011] Dated as of February 10, 2011 among ATLAS AIR, INC., Borrower, EACH LOAN PARTICIPANT IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO, Loan Participants, NORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, as Agent, and BANK OF UTAH, Security...
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FACILITY AGREEMENT
[Atlas/747-8F2011]
[Atlas/747-8F2011]
Dated as of
February 10,
2011
among
ATLAS AIR, INC.,
Borrower,
Borrower,
EACH LOAN PARTICIPANT
IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO,
IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO,
Loan Participants,
NORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE,
as Agent,
and
BANK OF UTAH,
Security Trustee
Security Trustee
Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale
Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
BNP Paribas
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
Underwriters
Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
BNP Paribas
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
Underwriters
Re: Financing of Two Boeing 747-8F Aircraft
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1 |
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS | 1 | ||
SECTION 2 |
THE LOAN; BORROWER'S NOTICE OF DELIVERY DATES; | |||
CLOSING PROCEDURE | 2 | |||
SECTION 3 |
LOAN ECONOMICS | 6 | ||
SECTION 4 |
CONDITIONS | 16 | ||
SECTION 5 |
CLOSING PROCEDURE | 22 | ||
SECTION 6 |
EXTENT OF INTEREST OF HOLDERS | 23 | ||
SECTION 7 |
REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES | 23 | ||
SECTION 8 |
INDEMNITIES; ETC | 27 | ||
SECTION 9 |
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER | 35 | ||
SECTION 10 |
NOTICES | 38 | ||
SECTION 11 |
GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF | |||
JURY TRIAL | 38 | |||
SECTION 12 |
INVOICES AND PAYMENT OF EXPENSES | 39 | ||
SECTION 13 |
SECTION 1110 COMPLIANCE | 40 | ||
SECTION 14 |
CONFIDENTIALITY | 40 | ||
SECTION 15 |
NONDISTURBANCE | 41 | ||
SECTION 16 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 41 | ||
SECTION 17 |
PATRIOT ACT; MONEY LAUNDERING | 44 | ||
SECTION 18 |
REGISTRATIONS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY | 44 | ||
SECTION 19 |
THE AGENT | 44 | ||
Schedules: |
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I. |
Notice and Account Information | |||
II. |
Commitments | |||
III. |
Tax Provisions | |||
Exhibit A - |
Form of Borrowing Notice | |||
Exhibit B - |
Form of Assignment Agreement | |||
Exhibit C - |
Form of Loan Certificates | |||
Exhibit D - |
Form of Guarantee | |||
Exhibit E - |
Form of Mortgage | |||
Appendix X - |
Definitions and Rules of Usage |
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THIS FACILITY AGREEMENT [Atlas/747-8F 2011] (this “Agreement”) dated as of February
10, 2011 among (i) Atlas Air, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), (ii) each Loan
Participant identified on Schedule I hereto (collectively, together with their successors and
permitted assigns, the “Loan Participants”), (iii) Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, as
Agent hereunder (together with its successors hereunder in such capacity, the “Agent”) and
(iv) Bank of Utah, as Security Trustee hereunder (together with its successors hereunder in such
capacity, the “Security Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, certain terms are used herein as defined in Section 1 hereof; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower will be acquiring certain Boeing 747-8F aircraft from the manufacturer
thereof and intends to finance the payment of the purchase price therefor with, among other things,
the proceeds of the loans to be made by the Loan Participants hereunder; and
WHEREAS, the Loan Participants are willing to make such loans on the terms and conditions
provided here, including the granting to the Security Trustee of a mortgage lien on such aircraft
contemporaneously with the acquisition thereof pursuant to a Mortgage and Security Agreement in
respect of each Designated Aircraft in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto (prior to its
execution and delivery, in the form of such Exhibit and, thereafter as executed and delivered (and
thereafter supplemented), the “Mortgage”).
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
SECTION 1 Certain Definitions.
Except as otherwise defined in this Agreement, including its annexes, schedules and exhibits,
terms used herein in capitalized form shall have the meanings attributed thereto in Appendix X to
the Mortgage for each Designated Aircraft, as applicable, and the rules of usage specified therein
shall be applicable to this Agreement. In addition, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Designated Aircraft” shall mean one or both of the following, as the context
requires:(i) the Boeing 747-8F aircraft bearing manufacturer’s serial number ____* and FAA
registration No. ____* (“Aircraft No. 1”), equipped with four Engines, currently scheduled for
delivery in July 2011, such aircraft being delivered to the Borrower under the Aircraft Purchase
Agreement, and (ii) the Boeing 747-8F aircraft bearing manufacturer’s serial number ____ *
* | Manufacturer’s Serial Numbers and United States Registration Numbers to be advised. |
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and FAA
registration
No. * (“Aircraft No. 2”), equipped with four Engines, currently
scheduled for delivery in September 2011, such aircraft being delivered to the Borrower under the
Aircraft Purchase Agreement, each a “Designated Aircraft” and collectively, the “Designated
Aircraft”. From and after the Delivery Date of each such aircraft, the term “Designated Aircraft”
shall mean each such “Aircraft” as defined in its related
Mortgage Supplement(s).
“Applicable Margin” shall be (i) for any Type A Loan Certificate of any Series, the
sum of the Liquidity Margin applicable to such Loan Certificate of such Series plus 1.65% per
annum; and (ii) for any Type B Loan Certificate of any Series, 2.95% per annum, subject, in each
case, to Section 3(b)(iv).
“Appraisals” shall mean, for any Designated Aircraft, desktop appraisals of
the Dollar base value (determined in accordance with standard ISTAT methodologies and assuming
half-life condition of such Designated Aircraft obtained by the Borrower from the Appraisers at the
Borrower’s own cost and expense.
“Appraisers” shall mean Aircraft Value Analysis Company, Avitas, Inc. and Ascend
Worldwide Ltd., or such other appraisal firm(s) agreed by the
Borrower and the Agent.
“Average Base Value” shall mean, for any Designated Aircraft and as at any date of
determination, the average of base values set out in the Appraisals as calculated by the Agent.
“Commitment Termination Date” for each Designated Aircraft shall be December 31,
2011.
“Engines” shall mean (i) initially, as to any Designated Aircraft, the General
Electric GEnx-2B67 engines originally installed thereon and (ii) at any later date of determination
as to any Designated Aircraft, the “Engines” as defined in its associated Mortgage.
“Participation Percentage” shall mean, for any Loan Participant, and for any
Designated Aircraft, the percentage set next to the name of such Loan Participant for such
Designated Aircraft on Schedule II hereto.
SECTION 2 The Loan; Borrower’s Notice of Delivery Dates; Closing Procedure.
(a) Commitment; Loan Certificates; Special Funding Elections.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Loan Participant
agrees to make a secured loan to the Borrower in respect of each Designated Aircraft (herein
called, for such Designated Aircraft, a “Loan”) on a date to be designated pursuant
to Section 2(b)(i) hereof, but in no event later than the Commitment Termination Date for
such Designated Aircraft, in an amount in Dollars up to its
* | Manufacturer’s Serial Numbers and United States Registration Numbers to be advised. |
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Participation Percentage multiplied by the lesser of (i) $120,000,000 and (ii) 75% of
the Average Base Value of such
Designated Aircraft, as such Average Base Value is determined on or about, but no earlier than, the
date that is 35 days prior to the Delivery Date of such Designated Aircraft (for any Loan
Participant, and for any Designated Aircraft, its “Commitment” for such Designated
Aircraft), and to receive, as evidence of each Loan, Loan Certificate(s) of the applicable Type and
Series in the amount of such Loan.
(ii) The Loan Certificates shall be issued by reference to a particular “Type” and “Series”.
The “Type” of any Loan Certificate, designated as “Type A” or “Type B”. shall
indicate whether such Loan Certificate is held by a Type A Loan Participant or a Type B Loan
Participant The “Series” of any Loan Certificate shall indicate the Designated Aircraft in
respect of which such Loan Certificate was issued, with a particular Series being denoted by
reference to such Designated Aircraft’s manufacturer serial number. The Type and Series of a Loan
Certificate shall be indicated on the face of such Loan Certificate. Each Loan and the related
Commitment may be designated as being of a Type and Series of its related Loan Certificates.
(iii) Schedule I hereto sets out the Type of Loan Certificates that each Loan Participant has
irrevocably elected to receive on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns. Any Loan
Certificate initially issued to a Type A Loan Participant shall be and remain a Type A Loan
Certificate, and any Loan Certificate initially issued to a Type B Loan Participant shall be and
remain a Type B Loan Certificate. A Loan Certificate, once issued as a particular Type, shall only
be transferred and reissued as such Type, entitling its Holder to the rights, and subjecting such
Holder to the obligations, applicable to such Type only, as further set forth herein.
(b) Funding Procedures.
(i) In connection with the financing of each Designated Aircraft hereunder, the Borrower
agrees to give the Agent at least three (or, in the case the Borrower elects to have the related
Loan bear interest at a Fixed Rate, five) Business Days’ prior written notice (which notice, to be
effective on any Business Day, must be received no later than 9:00 a.m. New York time) of the
anticipated Delivery Date for such Designated Aircraft (for any Designated Aircraft and its related
Series, its “Funding Date”), which date shall be a Business Day not later than the
Commitment Termination Date, and which notice shall be in substantially the form of the Notice of
Borrowing attached hereto as Exhibit A. Unless previously elected pursuant to Section 3(b)(iii)(5)
or 3(c)(ii), respectively, the Notice of Borrowing shall if desired by the Borrower, identify
whether the Borrower elects a Fixed Rate to be applicable to the related Loan. The Agent shall
promptly provide a copy of such Notice of Borrowing to the relevant Loan Participants.
(ii) In order to facilitate the timely closing of the transactions contemplated hereby, for
each Designated Aircraft, the Borrower, by delivery of the Notice of Borrowing for such Designated
Aircraft to the Agent, irrevocably instructs the Loan Participants to: (A) wire transfer (for
receipt by no later than 9:00 a.m. New York
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City time) on the Funding Date for such Designated Aircraft its Commitment for such Designated
Aircraft by the wiring of immediately available funds (reference: Atlas/747-8F 2011) to the account
of the Security Trustee specified on Schedule I (the “Account”); (B) in the case of any
Type A Loan Participant, enter into arrangements to establish its Liquidity Margin for the related
Loan (if it has not already done so); and (C) if the Borrower shall have elected a Fixed Rate,
enter into a Swap Transaction on the terms set forth herein for its portion of such Designated
Aircraft’s Loan (if it has not already done so).
(iii) The funds so paid by each such Loan Participant (the “Deposit”) into the Account
for any Designated Aircraft are to be held by the Security Trustee for account of such Loan
Participant. Subject to paragraph (vi) below, upon the satisfaction (as determined by each Loan
Participant) of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 hereof in respect of the applicable
Designated Aircraft, such Loan Participant (or its special counsel acting on its behalf) shall
instruct the Security Trustee to disburse the Deposit for application of its Commitment for such
Designated Aircraft in the financing as contemplated by Section 2(c) hereof.
(iv) If, for any reason, the Designated Aircraft to be financed hereunder on its Funding Date
shall not be so financed, the Deposit for such Designated Aircraft, and earnings thereon, will be
invested and reinvested by the Security Trustee at the sole direction, for the account, and at the
risk of the Borrower in an overnight investment selected by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable
to the Agent and the Security Trustee. Upon the Borrower’s oral (to be confirmed in writing)
instructions, earnings on any such investments shall be applied to the Borrower’s payment
obligations to each Loan Participant under this Section 2(b) to the extent of such earnings.
(v) If the actual Delivery Date for any Designated Aircraft is a date falling after the
Funding Date for such Designated Aircraft, the Borrower shall pay interest hereunder to each Loan
Participant on the amount of its Deposit transferred to the Security Trustee for each Loan
Certificate as indicated on Schedule 1 to the Notice of Borrowing for the period from and including
the Funding Date for such Designated Aircraft to but excluding the earlier of (A) the Delivery Date
for such Designated Aircraft or (B) the Cutoff Date (as defined below). For each Loan Participant,
such interest shall accrue on the amount of such Loan Participant’s Commitment at the applicable
Applicable Rate established for such Loan. Interest on the Commitments accrued pursuant to the
preceding sentence shall (I) if accrued to the Delivery Date for the applicable Designated
Aircraft, be paid on the first Interest Payment Date for such Aircraft and (II) if accrued to the
Cutoff Date, be due and payable to each Loan Participant on such date.
(vi) If for any reason, other than the failure of any Loan Participant to comply with the
terms hereof, the Delivery Date for any Designated Aircraft shall not have occurred on or prior to
five Business Days after the Funding Date for such Designated Aircraft (the “Cutoff Date”),
the Borrower hereby irrevocably agrees that such Loan Participant may cancel, terminate or
otherwise unwind its funding arrangements made in the London interbank market or otherwise to fund
its Commitment
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on the Funding Date for such Designated Aircraft (including, for any Type A Loan
Participant, its related liquidity arrangements) and, if applicable, such Loan Participant
may cancel, terminate or otherwise unwind the related Swap Transaction, and such Loan
Participant may notify the Security Trustee thereof, and the Security Trustee shall return
its Commitment for such Designated Aircraft to it, subject, however, to such Loan
Participant’s continuing commitment to fund as provided herein.
(vii) In the event of the occurrence of the events described in paragraph (vi) above,
the Borrower agrees to pay promptly (but in any event within three Business Days of the
relevant Cutoff Date):
(A) | any Break Amount incurred by the relevant Loan Participant (for which purpose such Loan Participant shall be deemed to have the amount of its Commitment prepaid as a funded Loan); and | ||
(B) | without duplication of the amounts covered by the preceding clause (A), all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such Loan Participant (including, without limitation, reasonable legal costs and expenses) to the extent payable pursuant to Section 12 hereof. |
(c) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and simultaneous with receipt by
the Borrower of the Loan for any Designated Aircraft pursuant to this Section 2, the Borrower shall
authorize the delivery and filing for record at the FAA of the Mortgage and/or the related Mortgage
Supplement for such Designated Aircraft. On the Delivery Date for each Designated Aircraft
specified in the Borrower’s notice referred to in Section 2(b)(i), subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, each Loan Participant agrees, and hereby directs the Security
Trustee, to pay the amount of its Commitment for the Aircraft to the Borrower by wire transferring
such amounts to the Aircraft Manufacturer’s account identified by the Borrower in the Notice of
Borrowing, or to such other account as the Borrower shall direct the Security Trustee in writing,
upon closing.
(d) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) in me case of an Event of
Default described in Section 8.06 or 8.07 of the Mortgage, the Commitments in respect of each
Designated Aircraft shall automatically terminate (without any notice or other act by the Agent or
any Loan Participant) and (ii) in the case of any other Event of Default, the Agent, acting on
instruction of the Majority in Interest of Holders, may terminate the Commitments in respect of any
Designated Aircraft by notifying the Borrower thereof, whereupon, in the case of a Type A Loan
Participant, Liquidity Break Amount, if any, shall be payable as provided in Section 3(c)(ii).
(e) The closing with respect to the financing of each Designated Aircraft shall take place at
the offices of Xxxxxx Price P.C., 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
SECTION 3 Loan Economics.
(a) Principal Amortization. Annex A for the Loan Certificates for the Series
issued in respect of any Designated Aircraft (and the related Schedule 1 of the Mortgage
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Supplement
for such Designated Aircraft) shall be calculated using a mortgage-style (level payments
of principal and interest) methodology utilizing the Benchmark Rate for such Loan Certificates and
amortizing as follows: the Loan Certificates of each Series shall amortize over twelve years on a
quarterly basis on each Interest Payment Date (the first such amortizing payment to be made on the
first Interest Payment Date next following the Funding Date of such Loan) to a balloon payment of
$30,000,000 (in aggregate principal amount for all Loan Certificates for such Series) payable on
the last (48th) such installment. The “Benchmark Rate” for the Loan Certificates of each
Series shall be: the lesser of (A) (1) if the Borrower shall have elected to have the related Loan
initially bear interest at a Fixed Rate, pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, the blended Fixed Rate
payable on the Type A Loan Certificates and the Type B Loan Certificates; or (2) if the Borrower
shall not have so elected, the blended initial Floating Rate payable on the Type A Loan
Certificates and the Type B Loan Certificates and (B) 7% per annum. The Agent, using the Benchmark
Rate as so determined, shall determine the Annex A for the Loan Certificates of each Series (and
the related Schedule 1 of the Mortgage Supplement for the related Aircraft) on the basis specified
in this Section 3(a) and shall confirm such proposed schedules with the Borrower. Promptly after
the determination thereof, the Agent shall advise the Borrower and the applicable Loan Participants
of the Benchmark Rate and resulting amortization schedules.
(b) Interest. The Borrower shall, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Section 3(b), have the right to select an initial Floating Rate or a Fixed Rate for the Loan.
(i) Floating Rate. If the Borrower shall not have notified the Loan Participants
of its request, pursuant to the Notice of Borrowing for any Designated Aircraft, to have the
Loan bear interest at a fixed rate, then the Applicable Rate for each Loan and related Series
of Loan Certificates shall be, for each Interest Period relating to such Series, the Floating
Rate for such Interest Period. Interest on each Loan payable by reference to the Floating
Rate shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment Date relating to such
Series and shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual number of days
elapsed.
(ii) Fixed Rate Setting. The Borrower may notify the Agent of its request,
pursuant to the Notice of Borrowing for the Loan in respect of any Designated Aircraft, to
have such Loan bear interest at a fixed rate (a “Fixed Rate Notice”), which Fixed
Rate shall be fixed two Business Days prior to the Funding Date of such Designated Aircraft
and be effective on such Funding Date (the “Swap Effective Date”). Upon delivery by
the Borrower of a Fixed Rate Notice to the Agent, the following procedures shall apply to
determine the “Swap Rate”:
(1) The Agent will notify the Loan Participants of the Swap Effective Date and
provide a copy of the Fixed Rate Notice to each thereof. No later than 10:00 a.m. New
York time on the fourth Business Day prior to the Funding Date for the applicable
Designated Aircraft, the Agent will notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Loan
Participants) of a single fixed rate of interest (the “Agent Quote”) for the
Swap Rate applicable to the Loan for such Designated Aircraft. The Agent Quote shall be
agreed to by each Loan Participant and shall be derived on the basis of an Internal
Swap Transaction
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(giving effect to the anticipated amortization, maturity and Swap Effective Date of such
Loan). In accordance with timing procedures to be agreed, the Borrower shall either accept or
reject the Agent Quote; provided, that acceptance of the Agent Quote over the
telephone shall be deemed a legally valid and binding acceptance thereof by the Borrower. If
the Borrower accepts such Agent Quote, such interest rate will be the “Swap Rate” for
the applicable Loan effective on the Swap Effective Date.
(2) The Agent shall promptly notify the Loan Participants and Security Trustee of the
Swap Rate, if any, for the applicable Loan determined in accordance with the above
procedures.
(3) During the period prior to the Funding Date in respect of any Designated Aircraft,
the parties hereto will further contemplate entering into a mutually acceptable arrangement
designed to enable the Borrower to hedge or otherwise lock-in an interest rate in respect of
the Loan to be made on such Funding Date on a forward basis.
(iii) Fixed Rate. If the Applicable Rate for any Series of Loan Certificates and
the related Loan is a Fixed Rate:
(1) Interest on the Loan shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date and shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 day year consisting of 12 30-day months.
(2) The Fixed Rate on a Fixed Rate Loan shall be subject to adjustment as provided in
clause (v) below.
(3) On the date (i) of any prepayment of Loan Certificates pursuant to the Mortgage or
(ii) of any acceleration of Loan Certificates pursuant to the Mortgage, the Agent will
request that each relevant Swap Counterparty settle-out (or xxxx-to-market) its Swap
Transaction in whole or in part (in the case of a partial prepayment of Loan Certificates,
and to the extent thereof) and in furtherance thereof use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause such Loan Participant to advise the Agent and the Borrower by 11:00 a.m., New York
time, on such date (the “Settlement Date”) of the Swap Break Amount applicable to such event.
(4) Each Loan Participant agrees that, so long as no Special Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, it shall promptly pay to the Borrower at such account
as the Borrower may specify any Swap Breakage Gain in respect of any Series of Loan
Certificates (or its related Commitment), except that it may first deduct therefrom any
amounts then due to it (or the other Loan Participants) under the Operative Documents and
apply any amount so retained to the satisfaction thereof. Each Holder may retain any Swap
Breakage Gain that arises after the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Special Default as
security for the obligations of the Borrower until the earlier of (i) the
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date that such Event of Default or Special Default is cured by the Borrower, promptly following
which date such amount shall be paid over to the Borrower, or (ii) the date that Section 9.07 of
the Mortgage shall be applicable, promptly following which date such amounts shall be remitted to
the Security Trustee for application as provided in such Section 9.07.
(5) Upon the request of the Borrower to the Agent, the Agent shall obtain from each Loan
Participant a good faith written estimate of the Swap Breakage Loss or Swap Breakage Gain, as the
case may be, in connection with the occurrence, or anticipated occurrence, of any event
contemplated by the Operative Documents that might give rise to an obligation to pay Swap Breakage
Loss or to receive Swap Breakage Gain.
(6) Upon determination by a Loan Participant of any Swap Breakage Loss or Swap Breakage Gain
payable to or by it, as the case may be, such Loan Participant will provide to the Borrower a
certificate, certifying such Swap Breakage Loss or Swap Breakage Gain, which certified amount shall
be determined in accordance with the procedures set out in the definition of “Swap Break Amount”.
(iv) Margin Adjustment.
(1) The Applicable Margin is subject to adjustment for each Loan Participant to preserve
such Loan Participant’s net return on capital based on its internal risk models if and to the
extent the Aircraft is reregistered outside of an Approved Country (as defined below) and the
resulting security package fails to provide (i) to the Security Trustee the same degree and quality
of security as available under the law of an Approved Country and (ii) to such Loan Participant the
Basel II treatment and the Basel III treatment (each as internally determined in good faith by such
Loan Participant) required to support the internal risk “score” afforded by such resulting security
package. Any determination of a need for such an adjustment shall be communicated to the Security
Trustee and the Borrower promptly following notice by the Borrower of any such reregistration
(either proposed or actual) and shall be effective immediately upon such reregistration. The
determination of any such adjustment by a Loan Participant (including as to its internal modeling
and Basel II and/or Basel III application) shall be conclusive absent fraud or manifest error. Any
such adjustment may be to increase or to decrease the Applicable Margin, and the Loan Participants
agree to recalculate any applicable adjustment at the time of any reregistration; provided that the
Applicable Margin shall automatically revert to the original “Applicable Margin” hereunder in the
event the Aircraft is reregistered in an Approved Country. “Approved Country” means any of
the United Kingdom and the United States; provided that any such country shall upon 90 days written
notice from the Agent to the Borrower cease to be an Approved Country if there shall have occurred
therein a change in law or interpretation that has a material adverse effect on the grant,
perfection, priority or enforceability of liens on aircraft collateral registered in such country.
Notwithstanding anything to
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the contrary contained herein, no upward adjustment of the Applicable Margin by any
Loan Participant pursuant to this Section 3(b)(iv)(l) shall exceed the highest
adjustment as would be applicable to a Loan Participant domiciled in any of France,
Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom or the United States.
(2) A Loan Participant intending to make a claim for an Applicable Margin
adjustment pursuant to Section 3(b)(iv)(l) shall, within 30 days after receipt of
written notice of any proposed or actual reregistration, provide written notice to the
Agent and the Borrower in writing of the event by reason of which it is entitled to do
so (the “Adjustment Notice”); provided, that: (x) the Adjustment Notice shall
describe the events giving rise to such adjustment, the basis for determining such
adjustment and the amount thereof, together with a statement that the determinations
made in respect of such adjustment comply with the provisions of this Section
3(b)(iv); and (y) such Loan Participant shall not be required to disclose any
confidential information relating to the organization of its affairs, or its capital
structure or return on capital.
(v) Fixed Rate Adjustment. If any Series of Loan Certificates and the related
Loan shall bear interest at a Fixed Rate, such rate shall be as provided in the definition of
Fixed Rate, adjusted automatically by the amount of any increase or decrease of the
Applicable Margin as determined pursuant to clause (iv) above. Any adjustment effected by the
preceding sentence shall be calculated by the Agent, shall be notified promptly to the
Security Trustee and the Borrower and the Loan Participants, and such calculation shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
(vi) Past Due Interest. All amounts due and payable by Borrower under the
Operative Documents that are not paid when due shall bear interest at the Past Due Rate,
payable on demand.
(c) Liquidity Costs.
(i) Subject to clause (ii) below, the Liquidity Margin for the Type A Loan Certificates
and the related Loan in respect of any Series shall be established two Business Days prior to
the Delivery Date for such Designated Aircraft.
(ii) The Liquidity Margin for the Type A Loan Certificates and the related Loan for any
Series may be “forward fixed” by the Borrower upon request to the Type A Loan Participants.
Insofar as the actual Funding Date for the Loan to be made in respect of such Designated
Aircraft is unknown, the related Liquidity Margin will have built-in flexibility to allow the
Funding Date to occur within a period commencing on or about the anticipated delivery date of
such Designated Aircraft and ending on the Commitment Termination Date for such Designated
Aircraft (or such earlier date designated by the Borrower), and the related Liquidity Margin
will be priced accordingly.
(d) Structuring Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to, or for account of, the
Underwriters the structuring fee as specified in the Fee Letter.
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(e) Commitment Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay a commitment fee to the Security
Trustee for account of the Loan Participants in an amount equal to 85 basis points per annum,
calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed in respect of the unutilized
maximum Commitments of the Loan Participants for each Designated Aircraft. Accrued commitment fees
shall be payable (i) quarterly on the 10th day of each April, July, October and, if the Commitments
in respect of each Designated Aircraft have not been fully drawn by such date, the Commitment
Termination Date (or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next following Business Day) and
(ii) on the Delivery Date of such Designated Aircraft. Commitment fees for any Designated Aircraft
shall commence their accrual from and including the date hereof and shall continue to accrue to but
excluding the earlier of (x) the date of the making of the Loan in respect of such Designated
Aircraft to be financed hereunder or (y) the Commitment Termination Date for such Designated
Aircraft. The Security Trustee agrees to pay to each Loan Participant such Loan Participant’s
commitment fee received by it promptly following receipt thereof. Commitment fees shall be
non-refundable.
(f) Agency Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay an agency fee to the Agent in an amount
equal to $3500 per year, which fee shall be payable annually in advance to the Agent on the date of
the making of the Loan in respect of the first Designated Aircraft to be financed hereunder and
each of the anniversary dates thereof (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next following
Business Day). Such fee shall not be refundable. The agency fee specified in this Section 3(f)
shall cease to be payable to the Agent from and after the date the Loan Certificates in respect of
each Designated Aircraft shall have been paid in full.
(g) LIBOR Break Amounts. The Borrower shall indemnify each Loan Participant against
any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Loan Participant or deemed incurred by that Loan
Participant under this Section 3(g) (characterized as a “negative” LIBOR Break Amount) as a result
of:
(i) funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in an Advance requested
by the Borrower in a Notice of Borrowing for any Designated Aircraft but not made for any
reason (other than by reason of default by that Loan Participant alone);
(ii) the Loan (or part of the Loan) for any Designated Aircraft being repaid on a date
other than an Interest Payment Date;
(iii) the Maturity Date of the Loan for any Designated Aircraft not being also an
Interest Payment Date; or
(iv) the Loan (or part of the Loan) for any Designated Aircraft not being prepaid in
accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower,
in each case including, without limitation, in relation to funds borrowed or mobilized, the
liquidation or redeployment of any deposits taken or made, and/or the loss of margin, which amount
shall be payable on the dates specified herein for payment of LIBOR Break Amount. All “negative”
LIBOR Break Amounts hereunder shall be equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest
that otherwise would have accrued on the principal amount so paid, prepaid or
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not borrowed for the period from the date of such payment, prepayment or failure to borrow to the
last day of the then current Interest Period for the Loan in respect of the applicable Designated
Aircraft (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, the Interest Period for such Loan that would have
commenced on the date specified for such borrowing) at the applicable LIBOR rate provided for
herein (excluding the Applicable Margin) over (ii) the amount of interest that otherwise would have
accrued on such principal amount at a rate per annum equal to the interest component of the amount
the applicable Loan Participant would have bid in the London interbank market for Dollar deposits
of leading banks in amounts comparable to such principal amount and with maturities comparable to
such period (as reasonably determined by such Loan Participant). Any amount payable by Borrower
under this Section 3(g) shall be referred to as a “LIBOR Break Amount”.
(h) Liquidity Break Amount. The Borrower shall indemnify each Type A Loan
Participant against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Type A Loan Participant or deemed
incurred by that Type A Loan Participant under this Section 3(h) as a result of any Liquidity
Event. The amount of such indemnity shall be determined for each Series (or its related
Commitment), and shall be equal to the cumulative amount of the present values of the interest
amount for each (whole or partial) Interest Period relating to such Series as to which a Liquidity
Margin applies and which succeeds the date of such Liquidity Event, calculated at a per annum rate
equal to the Liquidity Reserve Differential that would have accrued and been payable on the last
day of such Interest Period on the amount so paid or prepaid or Commitment cancelled in respect of
such Series over the remaining balance of the refinancing term (through the Maturity Date for such
Series) of such Loan. Any calculation by an affected Type A Loan Participant required by this
definition shall be conclusive (and without the necessity for such Type A Loan Participant to
disclose the manner or inputs for its determining the same); provided, that such affected
Type A Loan Participant will furnish to the Borrower an officer’s certificate from a duly
authorized officer stating that Liquidity Break Amount has been incurred and listing the Liquidity
Break Amount, which furnishing of such amount in such officer’s certificate shall be deemed a
certification by such Type A Loan Participant that the determinants for calculating the Liquidity
Reserve Differential were based on its Treasury-assessed liquidity costs as at the applicable dates
and that the calculation thereof was made on a non-discriminatory basis and in accordance with this
provision; there will be no further calculation or disclosure of refinancing practice in order to
evidence or verify the actual liquidity breakage losses. There shall be no “Liquidity Breakage
Gain”. Interest calculated as aforesaid shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and
actual number of days elapsed. The amount of such indemnity shall be determined by each Type A Loan
Participant and shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided that the furnishing by any Type
A Loan Participant of any Liquidity Reserve Differential amount shall be deemed a certification by
such Type A Loan Participant that the determinants for calculating the Liquidity Reserve
Differential were based on its Treasury-assessed liquidity costs as at the applicable dates, that
such assessment was made on a nondiscriminatory basis, and that the calculation thereof was made in
accordance with this Agreement. Any amount payable by Borrower under this Section 3(h) shall be
referred to as a “Liquidity Break Amount”. As amongst the Type A Loan Participants, insofar
as the Liquidity Break Amount is calculated on the weighted average of their individual Liquidity
Margins, the Liquidity Break Amount payable to each Type A Loan Participant shall be paid to them
on the basis of their individual Liquidity Margins, and the Security Trustee agrees to make
payments on account of the Liquidity Break Amount to each Type A Loan Participant accordingly, it
being
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agreed that the Security Trustee may rely on the written direction of the Agent for the allocation
of such amounts.
(i) LTV Test.
(i) An LTV Test will be performed on each Designated Aircraft on:
(1) The fourth anniversary of the Delivery Date for such Designated Aircraft (the
“First LTV Test Date”): and
(2) The eighth anniversary of the Delivery Date for such Designated Aircraft (the
“Second LTV Test Date”: the First LTV Test Date and the Second LTV Test Date
being referred to collectively herein as the “LTV Test Dates”).
(ii) When an LTV Test is conducted for any Designated Aircraft pursuant to the preceding
paragraph (i), and the resulting LTV for such Designated Aircraft is more than (x) in the
case of the First LTV Test Date, 83.75% or (y) in the case of the Second LTV Test Date,
73.75%, then the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in respect of such Designated Aircraft on
the Interest Payment Date falling on or about the applicable LTV Test Date in an amount
necessary to reduce the LTV for such Designated Aircraft to the stipulated percentage, such
prepayment to be accompanied by accrued interest thereon and any associated Break Amount
(other than any Liquidity Break Amount, which shall not be payable in connection with any
such prepayment).
(iii) The loan to value test (the “LTV Test”) will be calculated as the
percentage (the “LTV”) derived by dividing the then outstanding Loan in respect of
the Series relating to any Designated Aircraft by the arithmetic average of the Dollar base
values (determined in accordance with standard ISTAT methodologies) of such Designated
Aircraft as determined by a desktop half-life appraisal by each of Ascend, AVITAS and AVAC,
each of which appraisals shall be dated ten Business Days prior to the applicable LTV Test
Date.
(iv) Each LTV Test will be arranged by the Agent in a manner such that the results
thereof will be available no later than ten Business Days prior to the applicable LTV Test
Date, and the costs of the related appraisals shall be paid by the Borrower.
(v) The principal amounts to be prepaid under Section 3(i)(ii) above in respect of the
Loan of any Series shall be applied pro rata amongst all remaining installments of such Loan;
provided that, at the Borrower’s option and subject to payment by the Borrower of any
associated Break Amount (calculated as though the related Loan Certificates were being repaid
and reborrowed with the resulting amortization schedule as hereafter provided), the Borrower
may direct the Agent to recalculate the amortization schedules for the Loan Certificates in
respect of such Series to provide that the remaining principal amount is repaid on a level
mortgage-style basis calculated on the same basis as the original amortization schedule for
the Loans in respect of such Series as provided in Section 3(a)
hereof. If such amortization
schedules are so recalculated and the Borrower
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has approved them, the resulting schedules shall be incorporated in the related Loan
Certificates by an allonge executed and delivered by the Borrower, and the related
amortization schedule attached to the related Mortgage Supplement shall be amended by an
appropriate instrument prepared by the Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower.
(j) Right of Repayment and Cancellation in Relation to a Single Loan
Participant. If:
(1) any sum payable to any Loan Participant by the Borrower is required to be
increased under paragraph (d) of Schedule III hereto; or
(2) any Loan Participant claims indemnification from the Borrower under Section
8(c) hereof, or
(3) the Market Disruption Floating Interest Rate or the Market Disruption Fixed
Interest Rate quoted by any Type B Loan Participant after the occurrence of a Market
Disruption Event is deemed unacceptably high by the Borrower, acting reasonably;
then the Borrower may, while the circumstance giving rise to the requirement or indemnification
continues, upon not less than 30 days (or such shorter period as the relevant Loan Participant may
agree) prior notice to the Agent and such Loan Participant either (1) cancel the commitment of that
Loan Participant and repay that Loan Participant’s Loans together with accrued Commitment Fee, if
any, accrued interest thereon, Break Amount, if any, the Prepayment Fee, if any, and such Loan
Participant’s allocable share of all other amounts due and owing by the Borrower under the
Operative Documents or (2) cause that Loan Participant to transfer its Loans, Commitments and other
rights and obligations hereunder to a transferee designated by the Borrower and permitted under
Section 16(c) for a purchase price equal to the outstanding amount of principal owed to such Loan
Participant as of the relevant date of transfer together with any accrued and unpaid Commitment
Fee, accrued interest, Break Amount thereon and the Prepayment Fee, if any. In the case of any
prepayment effected pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of this Section 3(j), (x) in respect of the Break
Amount payable to any Type A Loan Participant in association therewith, only 50% of the component
thereof constituting Liquidity Break Amount shall be payable; provided, that, as to any
such Liquidity Break Amount calculation, the Liquidity Reserve Differential shall not include the
reduction of 0.25% per annum set forth in the definition thereof and (y) in respect of the
Prepayment Fee (if any) payable to any Type B Loan Participant in association therewith, only 50%
of such Prepayment Fee shall be payable.
(k) Yield Protection.
(i) If with respect to any Interest Period relating to any Series and any Type B
Loan Certificate of such Series:
(1) the Agent (acting on advice of the Type B Loan Participants, each acting
reasonably and in good faith) determines (which determination shall be binding and
conclusive on all parties) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the London
interbank market or any other applicable
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financial market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the
LIBOR rate for such period; or
(2) the Holder of such Type B Loan Certificate, acting reasonably and in good
faith, advises the Agent that the LIBOR rate as determined in accordance with the
provisions of the Mortgage will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
Holder of maintaining or funding its Loan in line with prudent banking practice for
such Interest Period; provided, that such inadequacy is the result of
circumstances affecting the relevant interbank market generally and is not directly
and solely the result of a deterioration in the financial condition of such Holder,
(each, a “Market Disruption Event”), then (x) the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and (y)
so long as such circumstances shall continue, the portion of the Loan that relates to such Type B
Loan Certificate shall bear interest, for each Interest Period of the related Series (A) in the
case of a Floating Rate Loan, at the cost of funds of such Holder for such Interest Period
(determined as provided in paragraph (ii) below), expressed as a percentage rate per annum, plus
the Applicable Margin (applicable to Type B Loan Certificates of such Series) (the “Market
Disruption Floating Interest Rate”) and (B) in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan, at the Fixed Rate
applicable to such Type and Series of Loan Certificates plus an amount equal to the difference of
(I) the cost of funds of such Holder for such Interest Period (determined as provided in paragraph
(ii) below), expressed as a percentage rate per annum minus (II) the LIBOR rate for such Interest
Period (the “Market Disruption Fixed Interest Rate”).
(ii) If the provisions of this Section 3(k) are applicable, then each affected Holder
shall report, as provided in paragraph (iv) below, to the Agent its cost of funds for such
Interest Period and, based on the report of each such Holder as to such cost of funds, the
Agent shall calculate the weighted average thereof. Promptly following the calculation of
such average, the Agent shall advise the Borrower and the affected Holders thereof.
(iii) The report by any Holder of a Type B Loan Certificate to the Agent of its cost of
funds for any Interest Period shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and shall
constitute a certification by such Holder that the interest rate so provided is an accurate,
fair and non-discriminatory calculation of its Treasury-assessed funding costs for such
period.
(iv) If the provisions of this Section 3(k) are applicable, each Type B Loan Participant
shall report to the Agent its cost of funds for each affected Interest Period as soon as
practicable and, in any event, prior to the first day of such Interest Period (or promptly
thereafter); provided that if such Type B Loan Participant is not able to obtain deposits in
the London interbank (or other relevant) market matching such Interest Period, notice of its
cost of funds rate shall be provided as follows: (i) prior to the first day of such Interest
Period (or promptly thereafter), such Type B Loan Participant shall provide to the Agent an
approximation of the cost to such Type B Loan Participant of such funding for such Interest
Period; and (ii) prior to the last day of such Interest Period (or earlier, to the extent
practicable if deposits of a duration longer than
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one day are obtained), such Type B Loan Participant shall provide to the Agent the actual
cost to such Type B Loan Participant of such funding for such Interest Period.
(v) Notwithstanding Section 2.06 of the Mortgage (or any other provision in the
Operative Documents requiring that interest be paid on a pro rata basis), in respect of each
Interest Period of the related Series with respect to which a Market Disruption Event shall
be applicable, the Security Trustee shall pay to each affected Holder of such Series from the
funds provided by the Borrower pursuant to the preceding clause (ii) interest on the portion
of the Loan that relates to the Type B Loan Certificate of such Series held by such Holder at
the Market Disruption Floating Interest Rate applicable to such Holder or the Market
Disruption Fixed Interest Rate applicable to such Holder, as the case may be, provided in
clause (i) above for such Holder.
(vi) All amounts payable under this Section 3(k) shall be calculated on the basis of a
year of 360 days and actual number of days elapsed.
(1) Alternative Basis. If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Agent or the
Borrower so requires, the Agent and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not
more than 30 days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest
payable in respect of Type B Loan Certificates, provided that any alternative basis agreed shall,
with the prior consent of each affected Type B Loan Participant and the Borrower, be binding on all
parties. For the avoidance of doubt, during any such period of negotiation, the Borrower shall be
required to perform its obligations under the preceding paragraph (k).
(m) Manner of Payment. All amounts payable by the Borrower under this Agreement
shall be payable without setoff or counterclaim in immediately available funds to the Person
entitled thereto, and to such Person’s account specified on Schedule I or as otherwise directed.
SECTION 4 Conditions.
(a) Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of the Commitments. It is agreed
that the respective Commitments of each Loan Participant in respect of each Designated Aircraft and
the effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions
precedent:
(i) The following documents shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the respective party or parties thereto, shall each be satisfactory in form and substance
to such Loan Participant and shall be in full force and effect and executed counterparts
shall have been delivered to such Loan Participant and its counsel:
(1) this Agreement;
(2) the Guarantee; and
(3) the Fee Letter.
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(ii) Such Loan Participant shall have received the following, in each case in form and
substance satisfactory to it:
(1) a certified copy of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Borrower and a
copy of resolutions of the board of directors of the Borrower or the executive committee
thereof, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower, duly
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, the
Mortgage and each other document required to be executed and delivered by the Borrower on the
Delivery Date in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereof;
(2) a certificate of the Borrower as to the person or persons authorized to execute and
deliver this Agreement, the other Operative Documents, and any other documents to be executed
on behalf of the Borrower in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and as to
the signature of such person or persons;
(3) a certified copy of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Guarantor and a
copy of resolutions of the board of directors of the Guarantor or the executive committee
thereof, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Guarantor, duly
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of the Guarantee;
(4) a certificate of the Guarantor as to the person or persons authorized to execute and
deliver the Guarantee in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and as to the
signature of such person or persons;
(5) an incumbency certificate of the Security Trustee as to the person or persons
authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Mortgage, and any other documents to be
executed on behalf of the Security Trustee in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby and the signatures of such person or persons;
(6) a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors of the Security Trustee,
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Security Trustee, duly
authorizing the transactions contemplated hereby and the execution and delivery of each of
the documents required to be executed and delivered on behalf of the Security Trustee in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;
(7) copies of the following as it relates to the Borrower: (i) its air carrier
certificate (as defined in 49 U.S.C. Sec. 41101 and issued pursuant to Part 119 of the
Federal Aviation Regulations) and (ii) its operations specifications certificate issued under
Part 121 of the Federal Aviation Regulations; and
(8) a copy of the articles of association of the Security Trustee, each certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Security Trustee.
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(iii) Such Loan Participant shall have received such further “KYC” requirements from the
Borrower and/or the Guarantor as it shall require to comply with its internal procedures.
(iv) The Borrower and/or the Guarantor shall have paid, or made arrangements with such
Loan Participant to pay, all fees, costs and expenses of such Loan Participant, the Agent and
the Security Trustee that are then due and payable in accordance with Section 12 and the Fee
Letter.
(v) On the date hereof, no event shall have occurred and be continuing which constitutes
(or would, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, constitute) an Event of
Default.
(vi) As of the date hereof, no Material Adverse Change has occurred since December 31,
2009 and is continuing.
(b) Conditions Precedent to the Loan Participants’ Participation in a Designated
Aircraft. It is agreed that the respective obligations of each Loan Participant to lend its
Commitment to the Borrower in respect of each Designated Aircraft and Series is subject to the
effectiveness of this Agreement under Section 4(a) and the satisfaction prior to or on the Delivery
Date for such Designated Aircraft of the following conditions precedent:
(i) Such Loan Participant shall have received due notice with respect to the Delivery
Date for such Designated Aircraft pursuant to Section 2 hereof in the form of the Notice of
Borrowing referred to therein (or shall have waived such notice either in writing or as
provided in Section 2).
(ii) No change shall have occurred after the date of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement in applicable law or regulations thereunder or interpretations thereof by
appropriate regulatory authorities which, in the reasonable opinion of such Loan Participant
would make it a violation of law or regulations for such Loan Participant to make its
Commitment for such Designated Aircraft available to acquire its Loan Certificate(s) or to
realize the benefits of the security afforded by the Mortgage.
(iii) On the Delivery Date of such Designated Aircraft, (A) (x) unless the Type A Loan
Participants have previously established the Liquidity Margin pursuant to Section 3(c)(ii),
the Type A Loan Participants are able to access U.S. dollars in the LIBOR or other applicable
financial markets so as to fund (and to finance) their respective Loan to be made on such
date to the Maturity Date and (y) the Type B Loan Participants are able to access U.S.
dollars in the LIBOR or other applicable financial markets so as to fund (and to finance)
their respective Loan to be made on such date to the succeeding Interest Payment Date and (B)
no Material Adverse Change has occurred since December 31, 2009 and is continuing.
(iv) (x) each Underwriter shall have received its installment of the structuring fee
specified in Section 3(d), (y) the Agent shall have received its agency fee specified in
Section 3(e) for the first year and (z) the Borrower and/or the Guarantor shall have paid, or
made arrangements with such Loan Participant to pay, all other fees, costs
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and expenses of such Loan Participant, the Agent and the Security Trustee that are then due and
payable in accordance with Section 12.
(v) As of the Delivery Date of such Designated Aircraft, there shall not have occurred and be
continuing, since the date hereof, an event or series of events (excluding ordinary business cycles
and changes of a general nature in the global economy) which shall have a material adverse effect
on the international commercial air cargo business and which would reasonably be expected to
materially adversely affect the Borrower’s ability to perform its obligations under the Operative
Documents; provided, that the condition precedent set forth in this clause (v) shall be
deemed satisfied on the Delivery Date of each Designated Aircraft, unless all of the Loan
Participants shall have unanimously determined that such an event or series of events has occurred
and is continuing as of such Delivery Date.
(vi) The following documents shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
respective party or parties thereto, shall each be satisfactory in form and substance to such Loan
Participant and shall be in full force and effect and executed counterparts shall have been
delivered to such Loan Participant and its counsel, provided that only such Loan Participant shall
receive an executed original of its Loan Certificate(s) to be issued to it:
(1) the Mortgage and/or Mortgage Supplement covering such Designated Aircraft and dated
the Delivery Date for such Designated Aircraft;
(2) the Loan Certificates for such Series, with Annex A for each Loan
Certificate (and the related Schedule 1 of the Mortgage Supplement for such
Designated Aircraft) duly completed (which Annex A and related Schedule 1 to be prepared by
the Agent) as provided in Section 3(a) hereof;
(3) the Consent and Agreement in respect of such Designated
Aircraft;
(4) the Warranty Xxxx of Sale and FAA Xxxx of Sale for such Designated Aircraft;
(5) the DERA for such Designated Aircraft; and
(6) a copy of that portion of the Aircraft Purchase Agreement certified by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower as being a true and accurate copy of the same that relates to the
Assigned Warranties and the related obligations of the Borrower or a successor in interest to
the Borrower which has the right to exercise any such warranty.
(vii) A Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or statements covering all the security
interests created by or pursuant to the granting clause of the Mortgage that are not covered by the
recording system established by the Federal Aviation Act shall have been authorized by the
Borrower, and such financing statement or statements shall have been duly filed in all places
deemed necessary or advisable in the
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opinion of counsel for the Loan Participants, and any additional Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements deemed advisable by such Loan Participant shall have been authorized by the Borrower and
duly filed and all other action shall have been taken as is deemed necessary or advisable, in the
opinion of counsel for the Loan Participants, to establish and perfect the Security Trustee’s
security interest in such Designated Aircraft.
(viii) All appropriate action required to have been taken by the Federal Aviation
Administration, or any governmental or political agency, subdivision or instrumentality of the
United States, on or prior to the Delivery Date for such Designated Aircraft in connection with the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement shall have been taken, and all orders, permits, waivers,
authorizations, exemptions and approvals of such entities required to be in effect on such Delivery
Date in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement shall have been issued, and
all such orders, permits, waivers, authorizations, exemptions and approvals shall be in full force
and effect on such Delivery Date.
(ix) On the Delivery Date for such Designated Aircraft, the following statements shall be
true, and such Loan Participant shall have received evidence satisfactory to it (including a
printout of the “priority search certificates” (as defined in the Regulations for the International
Registry) from the International Registry relating to such Designated Aircraft (and the constituent
Airframe and Engines)) to the effect that:
(1) the Borrower has good title to such Designated Aircraft, free and clear of Liens
other than (subject to filing and recording of the FAA Xxxx of Sale with the FAA if the
Borrower does not already own such Designated Aircraft) the mortgage and security and
international interests created by the Mortgage and the Mortgage Supplement for such
Designated Aircraft and, if applicable, a Subordinated Lien;
(2) the FAA Xxxx of Sale, the Mortgage and the Mortgage Supplement for such Designated
Aircraft have been duly filed with the FAA for recordation (or are in form suitable for
recordation and are in the process of being so filed for recordation) and there exist no
Liens of record on such Designated Aircraft prior to the Lien of the Mortgage;
(3) the international interest of the Mortgage Supplement with respect to the Airframe
and Engines associated with such Designated Aircraft shall have been registered with the
International Registry (or arrangements satisfactory to the Security Trustee for such
registration immediately upon delivery shall have been made), and there exists no registered
international interest on the International Registry prior to such international interest;
(4) such Designated Aircraft has been duly certified as to type and airworthiness by the
FAA, and the Borrower has authority to operate such Designated Aircraft (and such Loan
Participant shall have received copies of the type certification and the airworthiness
certificate for such Designated Aircraft); and
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(5) the Security Trustee is entitled to the protection of Section 1110 of the
United States Bankruptcy Code in connection with its right to take possession of such
Designated Aircraft in the event of a case under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy
Code in which the Borrower is a debtor.
(x) On the Delivery Date of such Designated Aircraft, (A) the representations and warranties
of the Borrower contained in Section 7 of this Agreement shall be true and accurate as though made
on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely
to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and accurate on
and as of such earlier date), and (B) no event shall have occurred and be continuing which
constitutes (or would, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, constitute) an
Event of Default.
(xi) Such Loan Participant shall have received an opinions addressed to such Loan Participant
and the Security Trustee from (i) Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP, special New York counsel to
the Borrower and Guarantor and (ii) in-house counsel to the Borrower, each dated the Delivery Date
of such Designated Aircraft, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the addressees
thereof.
(xii) Such Loan Participant shall have received an opinion addressed to such Loan Participant,
the Security Trustee and the Borrower from special counsel in the jurisdiction in which such
Designated Aircraft is to be registered as to matters relating to such registration and perfection
of the mortgage lien on such Designated Aircraft contemplated hereby, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the addressees thereof.
(xiii) Such Loan Participant shall have received from Xxxxxx Price P.C., special New York
counsel for the Loan Participants, an opinion satisfactory in substance and form to such Loan
Participant, dated the Delivery Date of such Designated Aircraft, as to such matters incident to
the transactions contemplated hereby as such Loan Participant may reasonably request.
(xiv) Such Loan Participant shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer
of the Borrower, dated the Delivery Date of such Designated Aircraft, addressed to the Loan
Participant and certifying as to the matters stated in paragraphs (x), (xvi) and (xvii) of this
Section 4(b).
(xv) Such Loan Participant shall have received (A) an independent insurance brokers’ report
and certificate(s) of insurance, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Loan
Participant, dated the Delivery Date of such Designated Aircraft, as to the due compliance with the
terms of Schedule 1 to the Mortgage relating to insurance with respect to such Designated Aircraft,
(B) confirmation from such broker that the type, scope and amount of the insurances evidenced by
such insurance certificates and maintained by the Borrower in respect of such Designated Aircraft
is consistent with market practice for major international cargo airlines flying comparable
equipment as the Borrower and (C) a certificate, in form and substance
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reasonably acceptable to such. Loan Participant, signed by a responsible Officer of the
Borrower confirming indemnification or insurance provided by the United States and evidence
of such indemnification or insurance, if any.
(xvi) On the Delivery Date of such Designated Aircraft, it shall be true that no Event
of Loss (or event which with the passage of time would become an Event of Loss) with respect
to such Designated Aircraft (or constituent Airframe) or any Engine has occurred.
(xvii) No action or proceeding shall have been instituted nor shall governmental action
be threatened before any court or governmental agency, nor shall any order, judgment or
decree have been issued or proposed to be issued by any court or governmental agency at the
time of the Delivery Date of such Designated Aircraft to set aside, restrain, enjoin or
prevent the completion and consummation of this Agreement or the transaction contemplated
hereby.
(xviii) On the Delivery Date of Such Designated Aircraft, the Aircraft Manufacturer
shall have received the entire purchase price of such Designated Aircraft due to it, such
purchase price to have been funded by (i) the Loan made in respect thereof and (ii) equity
provided by the Borrower or debt supported by a Subordinated Lien.
Promptly upon the recording of the Mortgage and the Mortgage Supplement at the FAA covering each
Designated Aircraft pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act, the Borrower will cause Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx,
P.C., special counsel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to deliver to each Loan Participant and the
Borrower an opinion as to the due and valid registration of such Designated Aircraft in the name of
the Borrower, the due recording of the related FAA Xxxx of Sale, Mortgage and Mortgage Supplement
and the lack of filing of any intervening documents with respect to such Designated Aircraft.
SECTION 5 Closing Procedure.
(a) Following the Borrower’s notice of the Delivery Date for any Designated Aircraft as
provided in Section 2 hereof, the Borrower will obtain an authorization code from the FAA for the
international interest of the Security Trustee with respect to the Airframe and each Engine
associated with such Designated Aircraft by filing with the FAA an FAA Entry Point Filing Form — AC
Form 8050-135 and the parties will pre-position the related Mortgage and/or Mortgage Supplement
with FAA counsel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, together with the FAA Xxxx of Sale for such Designated
Aircraft and the application for registration of such Designated Aircraft in the name of the
Borrower. On the Delivery Date of any Designated Aircraft and in sufficient time to permit the
closing to occur during business hours of the FAA in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, each Loan Participant
will wire transfer its Commitment prior to 9:00 a.m. New York time for such Designated Aircraft to
the Security Trustee. On the Delivery Date of any Designated Aircraft, by conference telephone call
among the Aircraft Manufacturer, the Borrower, the Loan Participants (and/or their counsel acting
on their behalf), the Security Trustee and FAA counsel, the Aircraft Manufacturer will authorize
the filing of the FAA Xxxx of Sale for such Designated Aircraft to be delivered on such Delivery
Date and the Borrower will (a) cause the ownership interest of the Airframe and each Engine
associated with such
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Designated Aircraft to be duly registered with the International Registry as a contract of
sale,
(b) authorize the filing of the Mortgage and/or the Mortgage Supplement for such Designated
Aircraft upon receipt by the Aircraft Manufacturer of the purchase price for such Designated
Aircraft and receipt by the Borrower (or its order) of the Loan for such Designated Aircraft and
(c) cause an international interest in the Airframe and each Engine associated with such Designated
Aircraft listing the Security Trustee as creditor to be registered with the International Registry
with respect to the Mortgage and the Mortgage Supplement for such Designated Aircraft. The
irrevocable authorization to FAA counsel to date the FAA Xxxx of Sale for any Designated Aircraft
and file the FAA Xxxx of Sale and the Mortgage and/or Mortgage Supplement for such Designated
Aircraft will occur prior to the transfer of the Loan for such Designated Aircraft to or for
account of the Borrower, but the filing will not occur until the earlier of the Aircraft
Manufacturer’s receipt of the purchase price for such Designated Aircraft and of the Borrower’s (or
its order) receipt of the funds at the designated account. The Loan Certificate(s) for each
Designated Aircraft will be delivered to the applicable Loan Participants and legal opinions
delivered to all parties immediately following the transfer of the related Loan as provided in
Section 2(c).
(b) The Borrower irrevocably authorizes FAA counsel to file with the FAA the Mortgage
and/or Mortgage Supplement for each Designated Aircraft and register the appropriate International
Interests with the International Registry for such Designated Aircraft following the closing of the
financing for such Designated Aircraft. FAA counsel may rely, without any further investigation, on
any statement or certification by the Security Trustee that the closing of the financing for any
Designated Aircraft has occurred.
SECTION 6 Extent of Interest of Holders.
No Holder shall have any further interest in, or other right with respect to, the mortgage and
security interests created by the Mortgage in respect of any Designated Aircraft when and if the
Original Amount of and interest on all related Loan Certificate(s) held by such Holder and all
other sums payable to such Holder hereunder, under the Mortgage and under such Loan Certificate(s)
in respect of such Designated Aircraft shall have been paid in full, provided, however, to the
extent, for any reason, any such sums paid to a Holder is rescinded or must otherwise be restored
by such Holder, the obligations of the Borrower and the security interests created by such Mortgage
shall be automatically reinstated with respect to such Holder and the Security Trustee, as
applicable.
SECTION 7 Representation and Warranties.
(a) Borrower’s Representations and Warranties. The Borrower makes the following
representations and warranties set out in this Section 7 to each Loan Participant on the date
hereof and on the Delivery Date of each Designated Aircraft (except to the extent such
representation or warranties relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation or
warranty shall only be made as to the date on which it is expressed to be made):
(i) the Borrower is a corporation duly organized and validly existing in good
standing pursuant to the laws of the State of Delaware; is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its operations or the nature
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of its business requires, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material
Adverse Change on the Borrower or its business; is a U.S. Air Carrier; and has the corporate power
and authority to engage in air transport and to carry on cargo service as presently conducted, to
own such Designated Aircraft and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Operative
Documents;
(ii) it has duly authorized, executed and delivered this Agreement and each of the Operative
Documents to which it is (or will be) a party, and each of the Operative Documents to which it is
(or will be) a party constitutes, or when entered into will constitute, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except
as the same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general principles of
equity;
(iii) neither the execution and delivery by the Borrower of the Operative Documents to which
it is or will be a party, nor the consummation by the Borrower of any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, nor the compliance by the Borrower with any of the terms and
provisions hereof and thereof, (A) requires or will require any approval of its stockholders, or
approval or consent of any trustees or holders of any indebtedness or obligations of the Borrower
except such as have been (or will be) duly obtained, (B) violates or will violate its certificate
of incorporation or by-laws, (C) contravenes or will contravene any provision of, or constitutes or
will constitute a default under, or results or will result in any breach of, any indenture,
mortgage, lease, chattel mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sale contract, bank loan or credit
agreement, license or other agreement, instrument or contractual restriction to which it is a party
or by which it is bound or (D) contravenes or will contravene any applicable law binding on it;
(iv) no authorization of, giving of notice to, or registration with, or taking of any other
action in respect of, any governmental authority or agency or any other applicable governmental
authority or agency is required for the execution and delivery of, or the carrying out by, the
Borrower of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any other of the Operative Documents to
which the Borrower is or will be a party, except for (A) the orders, permits, waivers, exemptions,
authorizations and approvals of the regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the operation
of such Designated Aircraft by the Borrower, which orders, permits, waivers, exemptions,
authorizations and approvals have been duly obtained or will on or prior to the Delivery Date of
such Designated Aircraft be duly obtained, and will on such Delivery Date be in full force and
effect, (B) any normal periodic and other reporting requirements under the Federal Aviation Act and
the regulations promulgated thereunder and the applicable rules, and regulations of the FAA, in
each case to the extent required to be given or obtained only after the Delivery Date of such
Designated Aircraft and (C) any filings, registrations or applications specifically described in
this Agreement;
(v) there are no pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened actions or proceedings
against the Borrower before any court or administrative agency
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that would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect Borrower’s ability to perform its
obligations under the Operative Documents;
(vi) except for (A) the filing with the FAA of an FAA Entry Point Filing Form — AC Form
8050-135 and the procurement of unique authorization codes for the registration of the ownership
interest of the Borrower in the Airframe and each Engine associated with such Designated Aircraft
represented by the contract of sale constituting the FAA Xxxx of Sale and/or the Warranty Xxxx of
Sale and the registration of the Borrower’s ownership interest with respect to each contract of
sale in respect of the Airframe and each Engine associated with such Designated Aircraft, the
filing with the FAA of an FAA Entry Point Filing Form — AC Form 8050-135 as to the international
interest of the Security Trustee with respect to the Airframe and each Engine associated with such
Designated Aircraft and the procurement of unique authorization codes for each thereof and the
registration of the Security Trustee’s international interest in the Airframe and each Engine
associated with such Designated Aircraft with the International Registry, (B) the filing for
recording pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act of the FAA Xxxx of Sale for such Designated Aircraft
(and the application for registration of such Designated Aircraft in the name of the Borrower) and
the Mortgage with the Mortgage Supplement for such Designated Aircraft, (C) the filing of financing
statements (and continuation statements at periodic intervals) with respect to the interests
created by such documents under the Uniform Commercial Code of Delaware and such other states as
may be specified in the opinion furnished pursuant to Section 4(b)(xi)(i) hereof and (D) the
affixation of the nameplates referred to in Section 3.04 of the Mortgage for such Designated
Aircraft, no further action, including any filing or recording of any document (including any
financing statement in respect thereof under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any
applicable jurisdiction), is necessary or advisable in order to establish and perfect the first
mortgage Lien on such Designated Aircraft in favor of the Security Trustee pursuant to the Mortgage
for such Designated Aircraft or to establish as against third parties the international interest
under such Mortgage in any applicable jurisdiction in the United States;
(vii) there has not occurred any event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default
under the Mortgage for such Designated Aircraft which is presently continuing;
(viii) (x) The Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or as permitted by Form
10-Q in the case of interim unaudited consolidated financial statements);
(y) The Original Financial Statements fairly represent in all material respects the
consolidated financial condition and operations of the Guarantor as at the respective dates
thereof and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the periods
indicated therein; and
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(z) There has been no Material Adverse Change since December 31, 2009 except as
disclosed by it to the Agent in writing prior to the date hereof;
(ix) on the Delivery Date of such Designated Aircraft, the Borrower will have good title to
such Designated Aircraft delivered on such Delivery Date free and clear of all Liens, except the
Lien of the Mortgage for such Designated Aircraft and Inchoate Liens;
(x) neither the Borrower nor anyone acting on behalf of the Borrower has directly or
indirectly offered any interest in the Loan Certificates for such Designated Aircraft for sale to,
or solicited any offer to acquire any of the same from, anyone other than the related Loan
Participants and not more than 35 other institutions believed capable of evaluating and bearing the
risks of investment in the transactions contemplated hereby;
(xi) on the Delivery Date for such Designated Aircraft, such Designated Aircraft will have
been insured by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage, will have
suffered no Event of Loss and will be in the condition and state of repair required under the terms
of the related Mortgage, and, within two Business Days of the Delivery Date for such Designated
Aircraft, such Designated Aircraft will have been duly certified by the FAA as to type and
airworthiness;
(xii) the Borrower is not an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation
under, the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(xiii) none of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished
by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Security Trustee or any Loan Participant in connection with
the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other
information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading;
(xiv) no part of the proceeds of the Loan hereunder in respect of such Designated Aircraft
will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of
the Regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, including Regulations U and X;
(xv) (A) the Borrower: is a “transacting user entity” (as such term is defined in the
Regulations of the International Registry); is “situated”, for the purposes of the Cape Town
Convention, in the United States; and has the power to “dispose” (as such term is used in the Cape
Town Convention) of the Airframe and related Engines financed on the Delivery Date of the related
Designated Aircraft; (B) the Airframe and related Engines financed on the Delivery Date of the
related Designated Aircraft are “aircraft objects” (as defined in the Cape Town Convention); (C)
the United States is a Contracting State under the Cape Town Convention; (D) the FAA Xxxx of Sale
for the
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Airframe associated with such Designated Aircraft and/or the Warranty Xxxx of Sale for such
Designated Aircraft constitutes a “contract of sale” (as defined in the Cape Town
Convention), and the Mortgage and the Mortgage Supplement for such Designated Aircraft
conveys an international interest in such Designated Aircraft; and (E) the payment of
principal of and interest on the Loan Certificates in respect of such Designated Aircraft,
and the performance by the Borrower of its other obligations under the Operative Documents,
are “associated rights” (as defined in the Cape Town Convention); and
(xvi) In respect of such Designated Aircraft, there are no registrations on the
International Registry in relation to the Airframe and each Engine associated with such
Designated Aircraft other than those referred to in clause (vi)(A) above.
(b) Representations and Warranties of the Security Trustee and Loan Participants. Each
Finance Party hereby represents and warrants to each of the other Parties, as of the date hereof,
that:
(i) it is a duly organized, validly existing and (if applicable) in good standing under
the applicable laws of its jurisdiction of organization;
(ii) it has the full requisite power and authority, including trust power (if
applicable), to execute, deliver and enter into the Operative Documents to which it is or is
contemplated to become a Party, to comply with the terms hereof and thereof, and to perform
its obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(iii) it has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Operative Documents to which it
is or is contemplated to become a Party and, assuming due execution and delivery by each of
the parties thereto, each such Operative Document constitutes its legal, valid and binding
obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability
thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization,
arrangement, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law);
(iv) without making any inquiries (legal, factual or otherwise), it does not have any
knowledge of any circumstances that will give rise to a claim pursuant to Section 8(b) or
8(c) hereof; and
(v) in the case of the Security Trustee, it is a transacting user entity.
(c) Loan Certificates. Each Loan Participant severally represents and warrants that it
is acquiring its interest in its Loan Certificates either (A) in the ordinary course of its general
banking business or (B) for investment and not with a view to any distribution thereof that would
require registration under the Securities Act, subject, however, to the disposition of its property
being at all times within its control.
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SECTION 8 Indemnities; Etc.
(a) General Indemnity.
(i) Subject to the exclusions stated in (b) below and the other limitations in this
Section 8, the Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify each Indemnitee against, and agrees to protect,
save and keep harmless each of them from any and all Expenses imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against any Indemnitee arising out of or directly resulting from (A) the operation, possession,
use, maintenance, overhaul, testing, registration, reregistration, delivery, non-delivery, lease,
nonuse, modification, alteration, or sale of any Designated Aircraft, associated Airframe or any
associated Engine, or any engine used in connection with any associated Airframe or any part of any
of the foregoing by the Borrower, any lessee or any other Person whatsoever, whether or not such
operation, possession, use, maintenance, overhaul, testing, registration, reregistration, delivery,
non-delivery, lease, nonuse, modification, alteration, or sale is in compliance with the terms of
the related Mortgage, including, without limitation, claims for death, personal injury or property
damage or other loss or harm to any person whatsoever and claims relating to any laws, rules or
regulations pertaining to such operation, possession, use, maintenance, overhaul, testing,
registration, reregistration, delivery, non-delivery, lease, non-use, modification, alteration,
sale or return including environmental control, noise and pollution laws, rules or regulations; (B)
the manufacture, design, purchase, acceptance, rejection, delivery, or condition of any Designated
Aircraft, associated Airframe or any associated Engine, any engine used in connection with any
associated Airframe, or any part of any of the foregoing including, without limitation, latent and
other defects, whether or not discoverable, or trademark or copyright infringement; (C) any breach
of or failure to perform or observe, or any other noncompliance with, any covenant or agreement to
be performed, or other obligation of the Borrower under any of the Operative Documents, or the
falsity of any representation or warranty of the Borrower in any of the Operative Documents; (D)
the offer, sale and delivery by the Borrower or anyone acting on behalf of the Borrower of any Loan
Certificates or successor debt obligations issued in connection with the refunding or refinancing
thereof (including, without limitation, any claim arising out of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any other Federal or state statute,
law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise relating to securities (collectively
“Securities Liabilities”)) (the indemnity provided in this clause (D) to extend also to any
Person who controls an Indemnitee, its successors, assigns, employees, directors, officers,
servants and agents within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended);
and (E) the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents or any lease under the Mortgage
for any Designated Aircraft, any Event of Default under the Mortgage for any Designated Aircraft or
the enforcement against the Borrower of any of the terms thereof (including, without limitation,
Article IX of such Mortgage).
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(ii) Claims Excluded. The foregoing indemnity shall not extend to any Expense of
any Indemnitee to the extent attributable to one or more of the following:
(1) acts or omissions involving the willful misconduct, fraud or gross negligence of
such Indemnitee or any Person acting on behalf of such Indemnitee (other than gross
negligence imputed to such Indemnitee solely by reason of its interest in the applicable
Designated Aircraft);
(2) the failure by such Indemnitee to perform or observe any agreement, covenant or
condition in any of the Operative Documents applicable to it, including, without limitation,
the creation or existence of a Finance Party Encumbrance (except to the extent such failure
was caused directly by the failure of the Borrower to perform any of its obligations under
the Operative Documents);
(3) any representation or warranty by such Indemnitee in the Operative Documents or in
connection therewith being incorrect in any material respect;
(4) with respect to any Indemnitee, a disposition (voluntary or involuntary) by such
Indemnitee of all or any part of such Indemnitee’s interest in any Loan Certificate, the
Airframe associated with any Designated Aircraft, any Engine associated with any Designated
Aircraft or in any Operative Document other than during the continuance of an Event of
Default;
(5) any Tax, or increase in tax liability under any tax law whether or not the Borrower
is required to indemnify for such Tax pursuant to Schedule III hereto (such matter being the
subject to the indemnity in Schedule III hereto);
(6) a failure on the part of the Security Trustee to distribute in accordance with the
Mortgage for any Designated Aircraft any amounts received and distributable by it thereunder;
(7) any Claim to the extent such Claim would have arisen if such Indemnitee had not
engaged in the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents;
(8) any Claim that constitutes a Finance Party Encumbrance attributable to such
Indemnitee;
(9) any Claim to the extent attributable to violations of applicable securities laws
attributable to any Loan Participant’s own actions in connection with any offer, sale,
assignment or other disposition of its Loans under this Agreement by such Loan Participant;
(10) the authorization or giving or withholding of any future amendments, supplements,
waivers, or consents with respect to any of the
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Operative Documents other than such as have been consented to, approved,
authorized or requested by the Borrower;
(11) any Expense which is specified to be for account of an Indemnitee pursuant
to the Operative Documents without express right of reimbursement under any Operative
Document;
(12) any Claim to the extent it is an ordinary and usual internal operating
expense of such Indemnitee other than such expenses caused by an Event of Default; or
(13) any acts or events (other than acts or events related to the performance or
failure to perform by Borrower of its obligations pursuant to the terms of the
Operative Documents) that occur after the Security Trustee is required to release all
Mortgage Collateral from the Lien of the Mortgage for any Designated Aircraft, except
to the extent attributable to acts or events occurring prior thereto.
The foregoing indemnity shall not extend to any Expense to the extent that such Expense is not
caused by, or does not arise out of, an act, omission or event which occurs prior to the
termination of the Lien of the Mortgage for any Designated Aircraft and the payment of all other
payments required to be paid by the Borrower under the Operative Documents or that is expressly
required by the terms of the Operative Documents to be paid by such Indemnitee.
The Borrower further agrees that any payment or indemnity pursuant to this Section 8(b) in
respect of any “Expense” shall be in an amount which, after deduction of all Taxes required to be
paid by such recipient with respect to such payment or Indemnity under the laws of any Federal,
state or local government or taxing authority in the United States, or under the laws of any taxing
authority or governmental subdivision of a foreign country, or any territory or possession of the
United States or any international authority, shall be equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the
amount of such Expense over (B) the net reduction in Taxes required to be paid by such recipient
resulting from the accrual or payment of such Expense.
(iii) Claims Procedure. If a claim is made against an Indemnitee involving
one or more Expenses and such Indemnitee has notice thereof, such Indemnitee shall promptly
after receiving such notice give notice of such claim to the Borrower; provided that the
failure to provide such notice shall not release the Borrower from any of its obligations to
indemnify hereunder except to the extent that the Borrower is prejudiced as a result of the
failure to give such notice in a timely fashion, and no payment by the Borrower to an
Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 8(a) shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or release of
any right or remedy which the Borrower may have against such Indemnitee for any actual
damages as a result of the failure by such Indemnitee to give the Borrower such notice. The
Borrower shall be entitled, at its sole cost and expense, acting through counsel reasonably
acceptable to the respective Indemnitee, so long as the Borrower has acknowledged in writing
its responsibility for such Expense hereunder (unless such Expense is covered by the second
paragraph of this Section 8(a)(ii), except that such acknowledgment does not apply if the
decision of a
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court or arbitrator provides that the Borrower is not liable hereunder), (A) in any judicial
or administrative proceeding that involves solely a claim for one or more Expenses, to
assume responsibility for and control thereof, (B) in any judicial or administrative
proceeding involving a claim for one or more Expenses and other claims related or unrelated
to the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents, to assume responsibility for
and control of such claim for Expenses to the extent that the same may be and is severed
from such other claims (and such Indemnitee shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain such
severance), and (C) in any other case, to be consulted by such Indemnitee with respect to
judicial proceedings subject to the control of such Indemnitee and to be allowed, at the
Borrower’s sole expense, to participate therein. The Indemnitee may participate at its own
expense and with its own counsel in any judicial proceeding controlled by the Borrower
pursuant to the preceding provisions. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Borrower
shall not be entitled to assume responsibility for and control of any such judicial or
administrative proceedings if any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if
such proceedings will involve a material risk of the sale, forfeiture or loss of any
Designated Aircraft unless the Borrower shall have posted a bond or other security
reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Indemnitee with respect to such risk or if such
proceedings could entail any risk of criminal liability being imposed on such Indemnitee.
The Indemnitee shall supply the Borrower with such information reasonably requested by the
Borrower as is necessary or advisable for the Borrower to control or participate in any proceeding
to the extent permitted by this Section 8(a)(iii). Such Indemnitee shall not enter into a
settlement or other compromise with respect to any Expense without the prior written consent of the
Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless such Indemnitee
waives its right to be indemnified with respect to such Expense under this Section 8(a).
The Borrower shall supply the Indemnitee with such information reasonably requested by the
Indemnitee as is necessary or advisable for the Indemnitee to control or participate in any
proceeding to the extent permitted by this Section 8(a).
In the case of any Expense indemnified by the Borrower hereunder which is covered by a policy
of insurance maintained by the Borrower (or any Lessee) pursuant to Article VI of the Mortgage for
any Designated Aircraft or otherwise, it shall be a condition of such indemnity with respect to any
particular Indemnitee that such Indemnitee shall cooperate with the insurers in the exercise of their rights to investigate, defend or
compromise such Expense as may be required to retain the benefits of such insurance with respect to
such Expense. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, with respect to any Expense
which is covered under policies of insurance maintained by the Borrower (or any Lessee) pursuant to
Article VI of the Mortgage for any Designated Aircraft or otherwise, the rights of an Indemnitee to
control or participate in any proceedings shall be modified to the extent necessary to comply with
the requirements of such policies and the rights of the insurers thereunder.
To the extent of any payment of any Expense pursuant to this Section 8(a), the Borrower,
without any further action, shall be subrogated to any claims the Indemnitee may have relating
thereto. The Indemnitee agrees to give such further assurances or agreements and
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cooperate with the Borrower to permit the Borrower to pursue such claims, if any, to the
extent reasonably requested by the Borrower.
In the event that the Borrower shall have paid an amount to an Indemnitee pursuant to this
Section 8(a), and such Indemnitee subsequently shall be reimbursed in respect of such indemnified
amount from any other Person, such Indemnitee shall promptly pay the Borrower the amount of such
reimbursement, including interest received attributable thereto, provided that no Special Default
or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) Tax Indemnities. The general tax and withholding tax indemnities are specified in
Schedule III hereto, which provisions are incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Increased Costs.
(i) If, by reason of any Change in Law occurring after the date hereof:
(x) a Loan Participant or any Holding Company of such Loan Participant has a
reduction on its rate of return on its capital as relates to the class of assets and
liabilities that includes its commitments and Loans (taking into account any Swap
Transaction) made under this Agreement below that which such Loan Participant or
Holding Company would have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into account
the capital adequacy policies developed by such Loan Participant in connection with
the adoption and/or implementation of the Basel II and Basel III accords);
(y) a Loan Participant or any Holding Company of such Loan Participant incurs
a cost as a result of such Loan Participant entering into or assuming or maintaining a
commitment or performing its obligations (including its obligation to participate in
the making of the Loan or enter into any Swap Transaction) under this Agreement; or
(z) there is any increase in the cost to a Loan Participant or any Holding
Company of such Loan Participant of funding or maintaining all or any of the Loans
(including any Swap Transaction) comprised in a class of loans formed by or including
such Loan Participant’s share of the Loans made or to be made by such Loan
Participant, including any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement assessed
against assets of, deposits with or for account of, or credit extended by, such Loan
Participant;
then, subject to the provisions of this Section 8(c), the Borrower shall, from time to time on
demand of the Agent (on behalf of any Loan Participant), promptly pay to the Security Trustee for
the account of that Loan Participant, amounts sufficient to hold harmless and indemnify such Loan
Participant on an After-Tax Basis, from and against, as the case may be, (x) the reasonably
allocable portion of any such reduction in the rate of return on capital, (y) any such actual cost,
(z) any such increased cost (or such proportion of such increased cost as is reasonably
attributable to its participating in the funding or maintaining of the Loans or any Swap
Transaction) (together, “Increased Costs”); provided, that:
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(1) the Borrower shall have no liability under this Section 8(c) in respect of any
Taxes;
(2) the Borrower shall have no liability under this Section 8(c) if (i) the Borrower
elects to direct the transfer or to repay the affected Loans and cancels the affected
commitments pursuant to Section 3(j) hereof (provided that the Borrower shall nevertheless be
liable under this Section 8(c) for increased costs relating to the period prior to such
prepayment and cancellation), (ii) such Loan Participant is not also seeking indemnification
against similar increased costs, to the extent it is entitled to do so, in transactions with
substantial borrowers (it being agreed that an officer’s certificate to the contrary from any
such Loan Participant shall constitute sufficient evidence of such fact) or (iii) the claim
for Increased Costs arises out of a voluntary relocation by such Loan Participant of its
Facility Office;
(3) such Loan Participant shall only be entitled to receive compensation for such
Increased Costs from and after the time that is 120 days prior to the date the Increased Cost
Notice referred below is received by Borrower; and
(4) such Loan Participant will (at Borrower’s expense) use commercially reasonable
efforts to mitigate the amount of the Increased Costs associated with such event, including
designating a different Facility Office to hold the Loans if such designation will avoid or
reduce such Increased Costs and will not, in the
sole opinion of such Loan Participant, result in any economic, legal or regulatory
disadvantage to such Loan Participant (other than economic disadvantages for which the
Borrower has provided an indemnity acceptable to such Loan Participant).
(ii) A Loan Participant intending to make a claim for increased Costs pursuant to Section
8(c)(i) shall, within 30 days after becoming aware of the same, provide written notice to the Agent
and the Borrower in writing of the event by reason of which it is entitled to do so (the
“Increased Cost Notice”); provided, that:
(x) the Increased Cost Notice shall described the events giving rise to such
Increased Costs, the basis for determining and allocating such Increased Costs and the amount
of each request by such Loan Participant for compensation under this Section 8(c), together
with a statement that the determinations and allocations made in respect of the Increased
Costs comply with the provisions of this Section 8(c); and
(y) such Loan Participant shall not be required to disclose any confidential
information relating to the organization of its affairs, or its capital structure or return
on capital.
(iii) Certificate of Loan Participants. A certificate of a Loan Participant as to (i) any
amount payable to it under this Agreement or (ii) the amount of any
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indemnity payable to it, or for its account, under this Section 8(c) shall, in either case and in
the absence of manifest error, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amount of such
obligation of the Borrower so long the underlying determinations and allocations are made on a
reasonable basis.
(iv) No Greater Obligation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if a
Loan Participant changes its Facility Office or Agent changes the office through which it is acting
or Agent or a Loan Participant assigns or transfers the whole or any part of the Loan or its
rights, benefits or obligations under this Agreement and such change, assignment or transfer would
at the date of such change, assignment or transfer subject the Borrower to any greater obligation
or liability under this Agreement or any other Operative Documents than it would have been under on
such date if no such change, assignment or transfer had then taken place, then unless such change,
assignment or transfer was made at the request of the Borrower in order to mitigate or avoid the
requirement for payment of additional amounts or increased costs or after the occurrence and
continuation of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall not be obliged to pay any amounts in excess
of the amount that it would have been obliged to pay had no change, assignment or transfer then
taken place.
(d) Illegality.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, if any Change in Law or Illegality
Event shall make it unlawful for any Loan Participant to maintain its Commitment or its portion of
the Loans in respect of any Designated Aircraft, then the affected Loan Participant shall deliver
to Borrower and Agent a written certification describing in reasonable detail the events giving
rise to such unlawfulness. Upon receipt by Borrower of such notice, the Borrower and such Loan
Participant shall negotiate for a period of 60 days in an effort to mitigate such illegality.
During such mitigation period the affected Loan Participant shall not be required to make any
Advances to the Borrower hereunder. If after such mitigation period, such unlawfulness cannot be
resolved, then the provisions of clause (ii) below shall apply.
(ii) If there shall have occurred and be continuing an event with respect to a Loan
Participant of the type described in clause (i) above (an “Impaired Loan Participant”),
then the Agent may and, if so instructed by the Borrower shall:
(x) notify the Borrower and each other Loan Participant that such unlawfulness has
occurred and give notice that (a) if no Advance shall then have been made by such Impaired
Loan Participant, no Advance shall be made to the Borrower by such Impaired Loan Participant
or (b) if an Advance shall then have been made by such Impaired Loan Participant, no further
Advances shall be made to the Borrower by such Impaired Loan Participant, and request each
other Loan Participant to take up the relevant portion of such Impaired Loan Participant’s
commitments, if any, in which case each such other Loan Participant may (but shall not be
obligated to) in its sole discretion assume its pro rata share of such Impaired Loan
Participant’s commitments by providing written notice of such assumption to the Agent within
five Business Days, and if such other Loan
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Participant does not so elect in writing to assume its pro rata share of the Impaired Loan
Participant’s commitments, the Agent shall send a further notice to each remaining Loan
Participant, which in turn may (but shall not be obligated to) in its sole discretion assume the
remaining available commitments of such Impaired Loan Participant on a pro rata basis by providing
written notice of such assumption to the Agent within five Business Days; and
(y) notify the Borrower and each other Loan Participant that such unlawfulness has
occurred and, to the extent that applicable laws do not require the immediate repayment of all or a
portion of such Impaired Loan Participant’s Loans, request each other Loan Participant to assume
the relevant portion of such Impaired Loan Participant’s Loans, in which case each such other Loan
Participant may (but shall not be obligated to) in its sole discretion assume its pro rata share of
such Impaired Loan Participant’s Loans by providing written notice of such assumption to the Agent
within five Business Days and otherwise complying with the procedure set out in Section 16(c)
hereof, and if any other Loan Participant does not so elect in writing to assume its pro rata share of the Impaired Loan
Participant’s Loans, the Agent shall send a further notice to each remaining Loan Participants,
which in turn may (but shall not be obligated to) in its sole discretion assume the remaining
available Loans of such Impaired Loan Participant on a pro rata basis by providing written notice
of such assumption to the Agent within five Business Days and otherwise complying with the
procedure set out in Section 16(c) hereof; and
(z) to the extent that any of such Impaired Loan Participant’s Loans are not assumed by
one or more of the other Loan Participants as contemplated in clause (x) or (y) above, or that
applicable laws require the immediate repayment of all or a portion of such Impaired Loan
Participant’s Loans, require the Borrower to repay the Loans advanced by such Impaired Loan
Participant in full together with accrued interest, Break Amount, if any, the Prepayment Fee, if
any, and all other amounts accrued and owing to such Impaired Loan Participant under the Operative
Documents, whereupon the Borrower shall on the date specified in such notice (which shall be the
earlier of the date on which applicable laws require the immediate repayment of all or a portion of
such Impaired Loan Participant’s Loans and the Interest Payment Date first occurring not earlier
than ten Business Days from the date of such notice), repay in full all such amounts. In the case
of any prepayment effected pursuant to this clause (z), (A) in respect of the Break Amount payable
to any Type A Loan Participant in association therewith, only 50% of the component thereof
constituting Liquidity Break Amount shall be payable; provided, that, as to any such
Liquidity Break Amount calculation, the Liquidity Reserve Differential shall not include the
reduction of 0.25% per annum set forth in the definition thereof and (B) in respect of the
Prepayment Fee (if any) payable to any Type B Loan Participant in association therewith, only 50%
of such Prepayment Fee shall be payable.
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For the avoidance of doubt, the failure by any Loan Participant to provide written notice of
assumption of an Impaired Loan Participant’s commitments or Loans within the relevant time frame
contemplated by clause (x) or (y) above, as applicable, shall be conclusive evidence that such Loan
Participant has elected not to assume any such additional commitments or Loans. To the extent that
any of such Impaired Loan Participant’s commitments or Loans are not assumed by one or more of the
other Loan Participants as contemplated in clause (x) or (y) above, as applicable, the unassumed
portion will be cancelled and the Commitments will be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 9 Covenants of the Borrower.
(a) Borrower Merger. The Borrower may not enter into any transaction (whether by way
of reconstruction, reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, merger, transfer, sale, lease
or otherwise, a “Merger”) whereby all or substantially all of its
undertaking, property and assets would become the property of any other Person or, in the case of
any such Merger, of the continuing corporation resulting therefrom (the “Successor
Corporation”) unless: (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom; (ii) the Person acquiring the undertaking, property or assets will become, or the
Successor Corporation will be, liable for the obligations of the Borrower under the Operative
Documents to which it is a party, and the Agent shall have received evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of such liability,
(iii) such Person or the Successor Corporation is a corporation incorporated under the laws of any
state in the United States (and, if not Delaware, all UCC filings shall have been effected in order
to ensure that the Security Trustee continues to have a first priority and perfected lien against
the Mortgage Estate in respect of each Designated Aircraft) and is a certified air carrier;
(iv) all registrations, recordings and filings, and such other actions with respect to the
Operative Documents, shall have been effected as shall be necessary or advisable in the reasonable
opinion of the Agent to protect their security interest in each Designated Aircraft; and (v) such
Person or the Successor Corporation has a Tangible Net Worth after giving effect to such Merger no
less than the Tangible Net Worth of the Borrower immediately prior to such Merger (and the Agent
shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it to such effect). As used herein,
“Tangible Net Worth” means, as at any date for any Person, the sum for such Person and
its Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles), of the following:
(a) the amount of capital stock, plus
(b) the amount of surplus and retained earnings (or, in the case of a surplus or
retained earnings deficit, minus the amount of such deficit), minus
(c) the sum of the following: cost of treasury shares and the book value of all
assets which should be classified as intangibles, including goodwill, minority
interests, research and development costs, trademarks, trade names, copyrights,
patents and franchises, and unamortized debt discount and expense.
(b) U.S. Air Carrier. The Borrower covenants and agrees that at all times until the
Lien of the Mortgage for each Designated Aircraft shall be discharged pursuant to
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Section 14.01 thereof, it will be an “air carrier” within the meaning of the Federal Aviation Act
operating under certificates issued pursuant to Section 40102(a) of such Act and shall otherwise
meet the standards of the definition of U.S. Air Carrier.
(c) Further Assurances. The Borrower covenants and agrees with each party. hereto as
follows:
(i) The Borrower will cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered all and
every such further acts, conveyances and assurances as any Holder shall reasonably require
for accomplishing the purposes of this Agreement and the other Operative Documents; provided
that any instrument or other document so executed by the Borrower will not expand any
obligations or limit any rights of the Borrower in respect of the transactions contemplated
by any Operative Documents. The Borrower shall cause each Designated Aircraft to remain duly
registered, in the name of the Borrower, except as otherwise required or permitted hereunder
or under the related Mortgage, under the Federal Aviation Act.
(ii) The Borrower, at its expense, will cause (A) the Mortgage, all Mortgage Supplements
and all amendments to the Mortgage, in each case, for each Designated Aircraft, to he
promptly filed and recorded, or filed for recording, to the extent permitted under the
Federal Aviation Act, or required under any other applicable law, (B) subject only to the
consent of the Security Trustee (or the Aircraft Manufacturer, in the case of the FAA Xxxx of
Sale for any Designated Aircraft), the registration with the International Registry of the
contract of sale and the international interests with respect to each FAA Xxxx of Sale and/or
Warranty Xxxx of Sale, the Mortgage and Mortgage Supplement, in each case, for each
Designated Aircraft, and (C) the Lien of the Mortgage for each Designated Aircraft to at all
times be and remain a first priority and perfected Lien on the Mortgage Estate thereunder
(subject to Inchoate Liens). The Borrower agrees to furnish the Security Trustee and the Loan
Participants with copies of the foregoing documents with recording and registration data as
promptly as practicable following the issuance of same by the FAA and the International
Registry.
The Borrower shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable costs and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Security Trustee and the Holders after the date hereof in
connection with (x) any supplements or amendments of the Operative Documents (including, without
limitation, any related recording and registration costs) requested by Borrower or otherwise
reasonably required to effectuate the intent of the Operative Documents, (y) any Event of Default
and any enforcement or collection proceedings resulting therefrom or in connection with the
negotiation of any restructuring or “work-out” (whether or not consummated), or (z) the enforcement
of this Section 9(c).
(d) Financial Information. The Borrower shall supply or procure the supply to the
Agent in sufficient copies for all the Loan Participants, to the extent such materials are not made
available on the Guarantor’s website:
(i) as soon as practicable and in any event within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Guarantor, consolidated statements of income and cash
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flows and a consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity of the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries for such year, and a consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form
corresponding consolidated figures from the preceding annual audit, all in reasonable detail
and reported on by independent public accountants of recognized national standing selected
by the Borrower (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without
any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such
consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operations of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except for inconsistencies required by
changes to GAAP and changes approved by such accountants in accordance with GAAP);
(ii) as soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days after the end of each
quarterly period (other than the last quarterly period) in each fiscal year of the Guarantor
beginning after December 31, 2010, consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and
cash flows of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for the period from the beginning of the
current fiscal year to the end of such quarterly period, and a consolidated balance sheet of
the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly period, setting forth in
each case in comparative form figures for the corresponding period in the preceding fiscal
year, all in reasonable detail and presenting fairly in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operations of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, certified by the
Guarantor’s chief executive officer or chief financial officer as having been prepared on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except for inconsistencies
required by changes to GAAP and changes approved by the accountants referred to in clause (i)
above in accordance with GAAP), subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence
of footnotes; and
(iii) The Borrower shall supply or procure the supply to the Agent in sufficient copies
for all the Loan Participants, to the extent such materials are not made available on the
Borrower’s website and provided that the Borrower is not prohibited or restricted by law from
doing so:
(x) promptly, any documents or information that the Guarantor files with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and that is disclosable to the Guarantor’s
shareholders; and
(y) promptly, such further information regarding the Mortgage Estate in
respect of each Designated Aircraft, financial condition, business and operations of
the Borrower or the Guarantor as any Finance Party (through the Agent) may reasonably
request.
SECTION 10 Notices.
All notices, demands, instructions and other communications required or permitted to be given
to or made upon any party hereto shall be in writing and shall be personally delivered or
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sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile, or by prepaid courier
service, and shall be effective upon receipt.
Unless otherwise specified in a notice sent or delivered in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this Section 10, notices, demands, instructions and other communications in writing
shall be given to or made upon the respective parties hereto at their respective addresses (or to
their respective facsimile numbers) as follows: (a) if to the Borrower or the Security Trustee, to
the respective addresses set forth in Section 14.06 of the Mortgage in respect of each Designated
Aircraft, (b) if to a Loan Participant or the Agent, to the address set forth on Schedule I hereto,
or (c) if to any subsequent Holder, addressed to such Holder at its address set forth in the
Certificate Register maintained pursuant to the Mortgage in respect of the applicable Designated
Aircraft.
SECTION 11 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) This Agreement shall in all respects be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
law of the State of New York, including all matters of construction, validity and performance.
(b) Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to
the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York
County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any
appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or any other Operative Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and
each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect
of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the
extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final
judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this
Agreement or any other Operative Document shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have
to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Operative Document
against another party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of
venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court
referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of
such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 10. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Operative Document will
affect the right of any party to this Agreement or any other Operative Document to serve process in
any other manner permitted by law.
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(e) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT
OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 12 Invoices and Payment of Expenses.
The Security Trustee, the Agent and the Loan Participants shall promptly submit to the
Borrower for its prompt approval copies of invoices of the Transaction Expenses (as defined below)
as they are received. The Borrower agrees to pay Transaction Expenses promptly upon receipt of
invoices of such Transaction Expenses. For the purposes hereof, “Transaction Expenses”
means (i) with respect to the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement
(and the term sheet relating hereto) and the closing or anticipated closing of each Designated
Aircraft on the related Delivery Date, the reasonable fees, and out-of-pocket expenses and
disbursements of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx, P.C., special counsel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Xxxxxx Price
P.C., special counsel to the Loan Participants (subject to any fee arrangements as separately
agreed), (ii) all fees, taxes and other charges payable in connection with the recording or filing
of instruments and financing statements, or registration of any international interest with the
International Registry, (iii) each Loan Participant’s reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs
and expenses relating to the negotiation and closing of this transaction, and (iv) the structuring
fee of the Underwriters as separately agreed and the Security Trustee fee as separately agreed;
provided the Transaction Expenses of a Loan Participant which fails to fund its Loan for any
Designated Aircraft notwithstanding the satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent
shall not be subject to reimbursement.
SECTION 13 Section 1110 Compliance.
Notwithstanding any provision herein or elsewhere contained to the contrary, it is understood
and agreed among the parties hereto that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the
other Operative Documents are expressly intended to be, shall be and should be construed so as to
be, entitled to the full benefits of 11 U.S.C. Section 1110, as amended from time to time, and any
successor provision thereto.
SECTION 14 Confidentiality. Each party hereto shall, and shall use all reasonable
efforts to ensure that its respective officers, directors, employees and agents, maintain as
confidential and shall not, without the prior written consent of the Borrower and the Agent,
disclose to any third party the terms of any Operative Document, or any of the information,
reports, invoices or documents (except to the extent that it is available on the Guarantor’s
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website) supplied by or on behalf of any of the Parties, save that such party shall be entitled to
disclose any such terms, information, reports, invoices or documents:
(a) in connection with any proceedings arising out of or in connection with any of the
Operative Documents to the extent that such party is advised by legal counsel that it is necessary
to protect its interests or is legally required to do so; or if required to do so by an order of a
court of competent jurisdiction whether in pursuance of any procedure for discovering documents or
otherwise; or
(b) pursuant to any law or regulation having the force of law (including rules and regulations
of the SEC); or
(c) to any fiscal, monetary, tax, governmental or other competent authority or supervisory
boards and bodies; or
(d) to its auditors, bankers, legal or other professional advisers (which are under an ethical
obligation to or agree to hold such information confidential); or
(e) in any manner contemplated by any of the Operative Documents; or
(f) for due diligence purposes in connection with significant transactions or dealings
involving any party, and which are outside the ordinary course of that party’s business, including
investments, acquisitions or financings, to other potential parties to such dealings or
transactions or their professional advisors, provided that such other parties (i) shall not be
permitted to retain any copies of any of the Operative Documents or to disclose same to any third
party; and (ii) shall enter into a confidentiality agreement on terms substantially similar to
those contained in this Section 14, except that such confidentiality agreement shall not provide
for any disclosure of the terms of the Operative Documents or any non-public information, including
pursuant to tins due diligence exemption; or
(g) if the information contained therein shall have emanated in conditions free from
confidentiality restrictions from some person other than such party and such party would, but for
the preceding provisions of this Section 14, have been free to disclose or use the same.
SECTION 15 Nondisturbance.
The Security Trustee and each Loan Participant each agrees that neither it nor anyone acting
on its behalf will interfere in the Borrower’s quiet enjoyment of each Designated Aircraft so long
as no Event of Default under the Mortgage relating to such Designated Aircraft shall have occurred
and be continuing.
SECTION 16 Miscellaneous.
(a) The representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Borrower, the
Security Trustee and each Loan Participant provided for in this Agreement and each party’s
obligations under any and all thereof, shall survive the expiration or other termination of this
Agreement or any other Operative Document, except as expressly provided herein or therein.
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(b) This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument. Neither this Agreement nor any of the terms hereof may be terminated,
amended, supplemented, waived or modified, except by an instrument in writing signed by the party
or parties thereto.
(c) (i) This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of, and shall
be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns
including each successive holder of any Loan Certificate(s) issued and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement or the Mortgage for any Designated Aircraft whether or not an express assignment to any
such holder of rights under the Agreement has been made.
(ii) The Borrower may not assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement
or the other Operative Documents except to the extent expressly provided thereby.
(iii) The Loan Participants may not assign their Commitments without the express written
consent of the Borrower. Each Holder may assign its Loan Certificates, in whole or in part,
to any Person as provided in Section 2.08 of the Mortgage, which assignment shall be effected
pursuant to an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, without the consent of the Borrower, no Holder may
assign its Loan Certificates, in whole or in part, (i) in any manner which would result in a
violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable law, (ii) so long as no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, to (A) any airline, commercial air carrier,
air freight forwarder, entity engaged in the business of parcel transport or other similar
business that is a competitor of the Borrower, or any Person controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with any such entity or (B) any hedge fund, (iii) so long as no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in an original principal amount of less than
$10,000,000, (iv) such that, after giving effect to such assignment there shall be more than
eight different Loan Participants or Holders and (v) if the effect of such assignment were to
in any way diminish as at the date of such assignment Borrower’s rights or increase the
Borrower’s liability or obligations or amounts owing in respect thereof (including with
respect to withholding taxes, increased costs, interest rate adjustments or Swap Breakage
Loss) above that which would result or would have been incurred as at the date of such
assignment had such assignment or participation not occurred. For the avoidance of doubt, in
the event that a Holder assigns or transfers a Loan Certificate in accordance with the
foregoing (other than upon request by the Borrower or after the occurrence and continuation
of an Event of Default) and, as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment
or transfer occurs the Borrower’s rights or obligations are so diminished or increased, as
applicable, then the Borrower shall have no liability or obligations or owe any amounts in
respect thereof (including with respect to withholding taxes, increased costs, interest rate
adjustments or Swap Breakage Loss) above that which would result or would have been incurred
had such assignment or participation not occurred as at such date. Subject to Section 2(a),
effective upon the assignment of any Commitment, the assigning Loan Participant shall be
relieved of its obligations in respect of such Commitment to the extent the assignee thereof
shall have become obligated in respect
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thereof. The Borrower shall not be liable for any costs, fees or expenses in connection with
any assignment of Commitments or transfer of Loan Certificates.
(d) No Loan Participant shall have any obligation or duty to the Borrower, or to other Persons
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations or duties of such
Loan Participant expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Operative Documents and no
Loan Participant shall be liable for performance by any other party hereto of such other party’s
obligations or duties hereunder. Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, under no
circumstances whatsoever shall any Loan Participant be liable to the Borrower for any action or
inaction on the part of the Security Trustee in connection with the transactions contemplated
herein, whether or not such action or inaction is caused by willful misconduct or gross negligence
of the Security Trustee.
(e) Any reference herein to an approval, consent or waiver to be given by the Loan
Participants shall be deemed hereunder to be an approval, consent or waiver, as the case may be, if
a Majority in Interest of Holders approve, consent or waive, as the case may be.
(f) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any Loan Participant may pledge its Loans
and related Loan Certificate to a Federal Reserve Bank, any European central bank or any other bank
or other financial institution or authority in connection with a programmatic financing by such
Loan Participant of certain of its assets.
(g) The Operative Documents constitute the entire understanding of the parties relating to the
subject matter thereof and supersedes all previous agreements, whether written or oral, concerning
such subject matter.
(h) If, at any time, any provision of the Operative Documents is or becomes illegal, invalid
or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity
or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such
provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
(i) In no event shall any Party be liable on any theory of liability for any special,
indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, and each Party hereby waives, releases and
agrees not to xxx upon any such claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or
not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
SECTION 17 Patriot Act; Money Laundering.
(a) Each of the Agent and the Loan Participants hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant
to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October
26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the
Borrower and the Guarantor, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and
Guarantor and other information that will allow each of the Agent and the Loan Participants (as the
case may be) to identify the Borrower and the Guarantor in accordance with the Act.
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(b) For the purpose of the German Money Laundering Act (Geldwäschegesetz), the
Borrower hereby confirms that it is acting for its own account.
SECTION 18 Registrations with the International Registry.
Each of the parries hereto consents to the registration with the International Registry of the
international interests with respect to the Mortgage and each Mortgage Supplement, in each case,
for each Designated Aircraft, and each party hereto covenants and agrees that it will take all such
action reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Security Trustee in order to make any
registrations with the International Registry, including becoming a registry user entity with the
International Registry and providing consents to any registration as may be contemplated by the
Operative Documents.
SECTION 19 The Agent.
(a) Appointment Powers and Immunities. Each holder of a Loan Certificate hereby
appoints and authorizes Nord/LB to act as Agent hereunder and under the other Operative Documents
with such powers as are specifically delegated to the Agent by the terms of this Agreement and of
the other Operative Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Nord/LB accepts such appointment. The Agent (which term as used in this sentence and in
Section 19(d) and the first sentence of Section 19(e) hereof shall include reference to Nord/LB’s
affiliates and its own and its affiliates’ officers, directors, employees and agents): (i) shall
have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and in the
other Operative Documents, and shall not by reason of this Agreement or any other Operative
Document be a trustee for any holder of a Loan Certificate; (ii) shall not be responsible to the
holder of a Loan Certificates for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties contained
in this Agreement or in any other Operative Document, or in any certificate or other document
referred to or provided for in, or received by any of them under, this Agreement or any other
Operative Document, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or
sufficiency of this Agreement, any Loan Certificate or any other Operative Document or any other
document referred to or provided for herein or therein or for any failure by the Borrower or any
other person to perform any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder; (iii) shall not be required
to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings hereunder or under any other
Operative Document; and (iv) shall not be responsible for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it hereunder or under any other Operative Document or under any other document or instrument
referred to or provided for herein or therein or in connection herewith or therewith, except for
its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact
and shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such agent or
attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith.
(b) Reliance by Agent. The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any certification,
notice or other communication (including, without limitation, any thereof by telephone, telecopy,
telex, telegram or cable) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent
by or on behalf of the proper person or persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel,
independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agent. As to any matters not expressly
provided for by this Agreement or any other Operative Document, the Agent shall in all cases be
fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting,
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hereunder or thereunder in accordance with instructions given by the Majority in Interest of
Holders, as provided herein, or all of the holders of Loan Certificates as is required in such
circumstance, and such instructions of such holder of a Loan Certificates and any action taken or
failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the holders of Loan Certificates.
(c) Defaults. The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the
occurrence of a Default unless the Agent has received notice from a holder of a Loan Certificate or
the Borrower specifying such Default and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default”. The
Agent shall (subject to Section 19(f) hereof) take such action with respect to such Default as
shall be directed by the Majority in Interest of Holders, provided that, unless and until the Agent
shall have received such directions, the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such
action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable
in the best interest of the holders of Loan Certificates except to the extent that this Agreement
expressly requires that such action be taken, or not be taken, only with the consent or upon the
authorization of the Majority in Interest of Holders or all of the holders of Loan Certificates.
(d) Indemnification. The holders of Loan Certificates agree to indemnify the Agent
ratably in accordance with their respective Loan Certificates, for any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against the Agent (including by any holder of a Loan Certificate) arising out of or by reason of
any investigation in or in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other
Operative Document or any other documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the enforcement of any of the terms hereof or
thereof or of any such other documents, provided that no holder of a Loan
Certificate shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent
(e) Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Holder of a Loan Certificate. Each holder of a
Loan Certificate agrees that it has, independently and without reliance on the Agent or any other
holder of a Loan Certificate, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own credit analysis of the Borrower and the Guarantor and decision to enter
into the Operative Documents to which it is or is to be a party and that it will, independently and
without reliance upon the Agent or any other holder of a Loan Certificate, and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
analysis and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement. The Agent shall not be
required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by the Borrower or the
Guarantor of this Agreement or any of the other Operative Documents or any other document referred
to or provided for herein or therein or to inspect their respective properties or books. Except for
notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the
holders of Loan Certificates by the Agent hereunder, the Agent shall not have any duty or
responsibility to provide any holder of a Loan Certificate with any credit or other information
concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of Borrower or the Guarantor (or any of
their affiliates) that may come into the possession of the Agent or any of its affiliates.
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(f) Failure to Act. Except for action expressly required of the Agent hereunder and
under the other Operative Documents, the Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or
refusing to act hereunder and thereunder unless it shall receive further assurances to its
satisfaction from the holders of Loan Certificates of their indemnification obligations under
Section 19(d) hereof against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason
of taking or continuing to take any such action.
(g) Resignation or Removal of Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a
successor Agent as provided below, the Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the
Holders, the Borrower and the Security Trustee, and the Agent may be removed at any time with or
without cause by the Majority in Interest of Holders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the
Majority in Interest of Holders (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the consent of the Borrower, not to be unreasonably withheld) shall have the right to
appoint a successor Agent. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Majority in
Interest of Holders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring
Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or the Majority in Interest of Holders’ removal of the
retiring Agent, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the holders of Loan Certificates, appoint
a successor Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent,
such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its
duties and obligations hereunder. After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as
Agent, the provisions of this Section 19 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any
actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Agent. Unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, a successor Agent shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Borrower.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Facility Agreement to be duly executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
ATLAS AIR, INC., as Borrower |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Vice President & Treasurer |
BANK OF UTAH, as Security Trustee |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |||
Its: Vice President | ||||
NORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, as a Loan Participant and as Agent |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Its: | Managing Director |
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Its: | Vice President | |||
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Loan Participant |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Its: | Managing Director | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Its: | Director |
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BNP PARIBAS, as a Loan Participant |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Its: | Director Transportation Group Aviation Finance |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Its: | Associate | |||
DEKABANK DEUTSCHE GIROZENTRALE, as a Loan Participant |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Its: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Executive Director | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Its: | Xxxx Xxxxxx, Authorized Officer | |||