MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT among GENESIS FUNDING LIMITED, as the Issuer THE ISSUER SUBSIDIARIES IDENTIFIED HEREIN, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS in its capacity as the Trustee and the Security Trustee, FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY as the...
among
GENESIS
FUNDING LIMITED,
as the
Issuer
THE
ISSUER SUBSIDIARIES IDENTIFIED HEREIN,
DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
in its
capacity as the Trustee and the Security Trustee,
FINANCIAL
GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY
as the
Policy Provider,
GENESIS
LEASE LIMITED
as the
Manager
and
PHOENIX
AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
as the
Replacement Manager
Dated as
of [ ], 2006
Table of
Contents
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ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS |
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Section
1.01 |
Definitions.
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1
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ARTICLE
II APPOINTMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES |
4
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Section
2.01 |
Appointment.
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4
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Section
2.02 |
Limitations.
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5
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Section
2.03 |
Issuer
Group Services. |
6
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Section
2.04 |
Accounting
Services. |
10
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Section
2.05 |
Additional
Services. |
12
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Section
2.06 |
Additional
Aircraft. |
12
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Section
2.07 |
New
Subsidiaries. |
12
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Section
2.08 |
The
Issuer Group Responsibility. |
13
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ARTICLE
III STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE; LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY |
13
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Section
3.01 |
Standard
of Performance. |
13
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Section
3.02 |
Liability
and Indemnity. |
13
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ARTICLE
IV MANAGER UNDERTAKINGS |
15
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Section
4.01 |
Manager
Undertakings. |
15
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Section
4.02 |
Representations
of the Manager. |
18
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Section
4.03 |
Competitors.
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19
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Section
4.04 |
Access.
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19
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ARTICLE
V UNDERTAKINGS OF THE ISSUER GROUP |
20
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Section
5.01 |
Cooperation.
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20
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Section
5.02 |
Information.
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20
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Section
5.03 |
Scope of
Services |
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Section
5.04 |
Ratification.
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21
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Section
5.05 |
Covenants.
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21
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Section
5.06 |
Ratification
by Subsidiaries. |
22
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Section
5.07 |
Organization
and Standing . |
22
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ARTICLE
VI MANAGEMENT FEES AND EXPENSES |
22
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Section
6.01 |
Management
Fees. |
22
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Section
6.02 |
Expenses.
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23
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Section
6.03 |
Payment
of Expenses. |
23
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ARTICLE
VII TERM; REPLACEMENT OF OR RESIGNATION BY THE MANAGER |
24
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Section
7.01 |
Term.
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24
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Section
7.02 |
Replacement
or Resignation. |
24
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Section
7.03 |
Consequences
of Replacement or Resignation. |
27
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Section
7.04 |
Survival.
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27
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ARTICLE
VIII ASSIGNMENT AND DELEGATION |
28
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Section
8.01 |
Assignment
and Delegation. |
28
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ARTICLE
IX MISCELLANEOUS |
28
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Section
9.01 |
Notices.
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28
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Section
9.02 |
Governing
Law. |
30
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Section
9.03 |
Jurisdiction.
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30
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Section
9.04 |
WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. |
30
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Section
9.05 |
Counterparts;
Third Party Beneficiaries. |
30
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Section
9.06 |
Entire
Agreement. |
30
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Section
9.07 |
Table of
Contents; Headings. |
31
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Section
9.08 |
Amendments.
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Section
9.09 |
No
Partnership |
31
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Section
9.10 |
Concerning
the Security Trustee and the Trustee. |
31
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Section
9.11 |
Restrictions
on Disclosure. |
31
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Section
9.12 |
Power of
Attorney. |
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SCHEDULES
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SCHEDULE
1 -
Accounts
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SCHEDULE
2 -
Issuer
Group Services Power of Attorney |
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THIS
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of [ ], 2006, is
made among GENESIS FUNDING LIMITED (the “Issuer”), a Bermuda exempted
company, each ISSUER SUBSIDIARY signatory to this Agreement or that becomes a
party under Section 5.06 hereof (collectively with the Issuer, the “Issuer
Group”), DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, not in its individual
capacity but solely as the trustee under the Indenture (the
“Trustee”) and as the security trustee under the Security Trust
Agreement (the “Security Trustee”), FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURANCE
COMPANY, as the policy provider (the “Policy Provider”), GENESIS
LEASE LIMITED, in its capacity as Manager (the “Manager”) and PHOENIX
AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., in its capacity as Replacement Manager (the
“Replacement Manager”).
For the
consideration set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Manager, the Trustee, the Security
Trustee, the Policy Provider, the Issuer and the other Issuer Group Members
agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Definitions. For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings.
Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used but not defined
herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
“Affiliate”
means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person
specified; provided, however, that the Issuer, the other Issuer Group Members,
on the one hand, and the Trustee, the Security Trustee and the Manager, on the
other hand, shall not be considered to be Affiliates of each
other.
“After-Tax
Basis” means on a basis such that any payment received, deemed to have
been received or receivable by any Person shall, if necessary, be supplemented
by a further payment to that Person so that the sum of the two payments shall,
after deduction of all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign Taxes, penalties,
fines, interest, additions to Tax and other charges resulting from the receipt
(actual or constructive) or accrual of such payments imposed by or under any
U.S. federal, state, local or foreign law or Governmental Authority (after
taking into account any current deduction to which such Person shall be
entitled with respect to the amount that gave rise to the underlying payment)
be equal to the payment received, deemed to have been received or
receivable.
“Aircraft
Asset Expenses Budget” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
7.03(a)(i) of the Servicing Agreement.
“Aircraft
Assets” has the meaning assigned to such term in Appendix A to the
Servicing Agreement.
“Approved
Budget” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03(d) of the
Servicing Agreement.
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“Concentration
Limits” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2(a) of
Schedule 2.02(a) of the Servicing Agreement.
“Competitor
Control” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing
Agreement.
“Conflicts
Standard” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.02(b) of the
Servicing Agreement.
“Consolidated
Quarterly Draft Accounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.04(b)(ii) hereof.
“Consolidating
Quarterly Draft Accounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.04(b)(iii) hereof.
“Dollars”
or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of
America.
“Draft
Accounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(b)(iii)
hereof.
“EU”
means the European Union.
“FAA”
means the Federal Aviation Administration or any Governmental Authority or
other Person, agency or other authority succeeding to the functions of the
Federal Aviation Administration.
“Fee
Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01
hereof.
“Governmental
Authority” means any court, administrative agency or commission or other
governmental agency or instrumentality (or any Responsible Officer thereof),
domestic, foreign or international, of competent jurisdiction including,
without limitation, the EU.
“Indenture”
means the Trust Indenture dated as of [ ], 2006, among the Issuer, the Cash
Manager, the Initial Liquidity Facility Provider, the Policy Provider, the
Operating Bank and the Trustee.
“Issuer
Group Services” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a)
hereof.
“Key
Personnel” means any of the chief executive officer, chief financial
officer or chief operating officer of the Manager.
“Lease”
means any lease or other agreement or arrangement pursuant to which any Person
(other than an Issuer Group Member) has the right to possession and use of any
Aircraft.
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“Lease
Operating Budget” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.03(a)(i) of the Servicing Agreement.
“Ledgers”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(b)(i)
hereof.
“Loss”
means any and all damage, loss, liability and expense (including reasonable
legal fees, expenses and related charges and costs of investigation);
provided,
however, that
the term “Loss” shall not include any indemnified party’s
management time or overhead expenses except for non-ordinary course management
time or overhead expenses relating to such damage, loss, liability or
expense.
“Manager”
means the Person, at the time of determination, appointed as the Manager under
this Agreement. The initial Manager for the Issuer Group Services is Genesis
Lease Limited.
“Management
Fee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01
hereof.
“Manager
Delegate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01(a)
hereof.
“Policy
Provider Replacement Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.02(d) hereof.
“Quarter”
means the fiscal quarter of each Issuer Group Member, as
applicable.
“Ratings”
means the ratings assigned to the Securities by the Rating
Agencies.
“Reimbursable
Expenses” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02(b)
hereof.
“Replacement
Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02
hereof.
“Replacement
Manager” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble
hereof.
“Schedule
2.02(a)” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(h)(viii)
hereof.
“Securities
Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Service
Providers” means the Persons providing services to the Issuer Group,
including, without limitation, where the context admits, the Servicer and other
Persons performing similar services or advising the Issuer Group.
“Servicer
Termination Event” means the occurrence of any of the events set forth in
Section 10.02(b) of the Servicing Agreement.
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“Standard
of Care” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01 of the
Servicing Agreement.
“Standard
of Performance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01
hereof.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, a corporation, company or other entity (i)
more than 50% of whose outstanding shares or securities (representing the right
to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority) are, or (ii)
which does not have outstanding shares or securities (as may be the case in a
partnership, joint venture or unincorporated association), but more than 50% of
whose ownership interest representing the right to make decisions for such
other entity is, now or hereafter owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by such Person, but such corporation, company or other entity shall be deemed
to be a Subsidiary only so long as such ownership or control
exists.
“U.S.
Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.02(b)(iii) hereof.
“Year”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
APPOINTMENT;
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Section
2.01 Appointment. (a)
Each Issuer Group Member hereby appoints the Manager as the provider of the
administrative and related services set forth in Section 2.03 hereof, the
accounting services set forth in Section 2.04 hereof and the additional
administrative services set forth in Sections 2.04, 2.05 and 2.06 hereof
(collectively, the “Issuer Group Services”) to each Issuer Group
Member on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
In the event the Trustee or the Security Trustee receives any notice or
instruction from the Manager with regard to any Issuer Group Services, the
Trustee or the Security Trustee, as applicable, may regard such notice or
instruction as given by the Issuer or any other Issuer Group Member unless
previously notified otherwise in writing by the Issuer.
(b) The
Manager hereby accepts such appointments and agrees to perform the Issuer Group
Services on behalf of the Issuer Group Members on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
(c) The
Issuer Group Services do not include any service or matter that is the
responsibility of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, the Reference
Agent under the Reference Agency Agreement, the Cash Manager under the Cash
Management Agreement (except as otherwise provided in the Cash Management
Agreement or the Indenture) or the company secretaries of any Issuer Group
Member.
(d) The
Issuer Group Services do not include any service or matter that falls under the
categories of “investment business services” or “investment
advice” under the Investment Intermediaries Act, 1995 or any other
applicable provision of Irish law that would
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require
such services to be performed by an entity that has obtained prior
authorization from the Central Bank of Ireland.
Section
2.02 Limitations. (a)
The Manager agrees (with respect to the Issuer Group Services) to comply with
the terms of the articles of incorporation, bye-laws, trust agreements or
similar constituting documents of each Issuer Group Member and all agreements
to which any Issuer Group Member is a party (including all Related Documents);
provided that
copies of such documents and agreements are in the possession of, or can
reasonably be obtained by, the Manager and, without prejudice to the foregoing,
not to enter into, on behalf of any Issuer Group Member, any commitments, loans
or obligations or charge, mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise restrict or
dispose of the property or assets or expend any funds of any Issuer Group
Member save, subject to the Indenture, (i) as expressly permitted by the terms
of this Agreement or (ii) upon a Board Resolution.
(b) In
connection with the performance of the Issuer Group Services (i) the Manager
shall (A) have no responsibility for the failure of any other Person (other
than any Person, other than the Trustee or Security Trustee, acting as a
delegate of the Manager under this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof)
providing services directly to the Issuer Group to perform its obligations to
the Issuer Group and (B) in all cases be entitled to rely upon the instructions
of the Issuer Group with respect to any Issuer Group Services and upon notices,
reports or other communications made by any Person providing services to the
Issuer Group (other than any Affiliate of the Manager, except solely for this
purpose GE Commercial Aviation Services shall not be an Affiliate of the
Manager) and shall not be responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any
such notices, reports or other communications except to the extent that the
Manager has actual notice of any matter to the contrary and (ii) the Manager
shall not be obligated to act in any manner that is reasonably likely to (A)
violate any Applicable Law or (B) expose the Manager to any liabilities for
which, in the Manager’s good faith opinion, adequate bond or indemnity has
not been provided.
(c)
Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.02(a), in connection with the
performance of the Issuer Group Services, the Manager is expressly authorized
by the Issuer and each other Issuer Group Member, (i) to engage in and conclude
commercial negotiations with the Persons providing services to the Issuer
Group, including, without limitation, where the context admits, the Servicer,
the Cash Manager, the Reference Agent and other Persons performing similar
services or advising the Issuer Group (the “Service Providers”) and
with their Responsible Officers, and (ii) after such consultation, if any, as
the Manager deems necessary under the circumstances, to act on such Issuer
Group Member’s behalf with regard to any and all matters requiring any
action on the part of the Manager under the Servicing Agreement. The Issuer
agrees that it will give the Manager and the Servicer 60 days prior Written
Notice of any limitation or modification of the authority set forth in this
Section 2.02(c).
(d) The
Manager may rely on the advice of any law firm, accounting firm, risk
management adviser, tax adviser, insurance adviser, technical adviser, aircraft
appraiser or other professional adviser appointed by the Issuer and any Person
appointed in good faith by the Manager and shall not be liable for any claim by
any Issuer Group Member to the extent that the Manager was acting in good faith
upon the advice of any such persons.
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(e)
Notwithstanding the appointment of, and the delegation of authority and
responsibility to, the Manager with respect to the Issuer Group Services, the
Issuer and each other Issuer Group Member shall continue to have and exercise
through its respective controlling trustees or board real and effective central
control and management of all matters related to its ongoing business,
operations, assets and liabilities, subject to matters that are expressly the
responsibility of the Manager in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
and each Issuer Group Member shall at all times conduct its separate ongoing
business in such a manner as the same shall at all times be readily
identifiable from the separate business of the Manager, and none of the Issuer
Group Members is merely lending its name to decisions taken by
others.
(f) Each
Issuer Group Member hereby appoints the Issuer to act as its representative
and, having been duly authorized to do so by each of its Subsidiaries, as the
representative of each of its Subsidiaries with respect to any matter in
respect of which any Issuer Group Member, or the Issuer Group as a whole, is
required to or permitted to take any action pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. Accordingly, in connection with the performance of the Issuer Group
Services, the Manager shall in all cases be entitled to rely on the
instructions (or other actions) of the Issuer as representative of each Issuer
Group Member.
Section
2.03 Issuer
Group Services. The
Manager hereby agrees to perform and provide the following services for each
Issuer Group Member and its respective governing bodies:
(a)
administrative services:
(i)
except in such instances in which such preparation and distribution is required
to be done by another party by Applicable Law or by another Service Provider
under the Indenture or the Related Documents, preparation and distribution, at
such time as shall be agreed with the Manager, of draft trustees or board
meeting agendas and any other papers required in connection with such
meetings;
(ii)
maintaining, or monitoring the maintenance of, the books, records, registers
and associated filings of each Issuer Group Member, other than those required
under Applicable Law to be maintained by the officers of the
Issuer;
(iii)
providing any administrative assistance reasonably necessary to assist any
Issuer Group Member in carrying out its obligations under the Indenture or the
Related Documents, including providing timely notice of decisions to be made,
or actions to be taken, under any of the Related Documents; provided that if
the obligations of any Issuer Group Member under any of the Related Documents
are only required upon receipt of notice to such Issuer Group Member or the
Manager, then the Manager shall provide such administrative assistance only to
the extent it has received such notice or is otherwise aware of such
obligations and shall provide a copy of such notice to the Policy
Provider;
(iv)
assisting the Issuer in arranging for directors and officers liability
insurance for and on behalf of the Issuer and, where appropriate, each other
Issuer Group Member;
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(v) (A)
procuring, at the direction of the Board, and coordinating the advice of, legal
counsel, accounting, tax and other professional advisers at the expense of the
relevant Issuer Group Member, to assist such Issuer Group Member in carrying
out its obligations and (B) supervising, in accordance with instructions from
such Issuer Group Member, such legal counsel, accounting, tax and other
advisers; and
(vi)
providing assistance to the Servicer with respect to matters for which such
assistance is contemplated by the Servicing Agreement or is reasonably
necessary in order for the Servicer to perform its duties in accordance with
the Servicing Agreement;
(b) to
the extent that (i) the following services are not provided by the other
Service Providers, and (ii) the relevant information is in the possession of,
or can be reasonably obtained by, the Manager to act as liaison with each of
the Rating Agencies and the Policy Provider with respect to any decisions on
behalf of the Issuer Group requiring a Rating Agency Confirmation or the
consent of the Policy Provider, including, without limitation, informing each
of the Rating Agencies and the Policy Provider from time to time of any
material changes in the Portfolio, coordinating with the Issuer Group and the
Service Providers and providing each of the Rating Agencies and the Policy
Provider with such statistical and other information as they may from time to
time reasonably request and to provide any notice to each of the Rating
Agencies and the Policy Provider that the Issuer is required to provide
pursuant to the Servicing Agreement or the Indenture (such information to be
provided at the Issuer Group’s expense to the extent that providing such
information requires services that are materially greater in scope than those
being provided pursuant to the express terms of this Agreement);
(c)
providing assistance to the Issuer Group in procuring Lessee consents,
novations and other documentation and in taking all other actions necessary in
connection with the reissue or amendment of letters of credit;
(d)
providing assistance to the Issuer Group in the execution of (1) the
acquisition of Pledged Shares and/or Aircraft under the Asset Purchase
Agreement, (2) the re-lease and/or sale of the Aircraft, (3) the acquisition of
Additional Aircraft, (4) Aircraft Conversions financed with the proceeds of
Additional Notes or contributions from holders of the Class A Shares, (5)
Refinancing Notes and (6) financing transactions relating to the Issuer Group
after the Initial Closing Date, including:
(i)
coordinating with the Service Providers, legal and other professional advisers
to monitor the protection of the Issuer Group’s interests and rights and
coordinating the execution of documentation required at closings;
(ii)
providing qualified personnel to attend and provide administrative support
(including the preparation of any certificates required pursuant to the
Servicing Agreement and the Indenture) at the closings in connection with the
acquisition of Pledged Shares and/or Aircraft under the Asset Purchase
Agreement, sales or re-leases of the Aircraft and the acquisition of any
Additional Aircraft, if required (it being understood that the Manager will not
be obligated to provide legal counsel or legal or technical services to the
Issuer Group);
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(iii)
coordinating with the Issuer Group and the Service Providers and assisting in
the management of the closing process so that closings will occur on a timely
basis;
(iv)
providing all necessary administrative support to complete any documentation
and other related matters; and
(v)
appointing counsel and other professional advisers to represent the Issuer
Group in connection with any such closings;
(e)
based on information produced or provided to it, preparing, filing and/or
distributing, with the assistance of outside counsel and auditors or other
professional advisors, if appropriate, all reports to be prepared, filed and/or
distributed by any Issuer Group Member or its governing bodies, subject to the
approval of the Board in the case of any annual information statement or
quarterly information statement, including:
(i)
filings (including, without limitation, Uniform Commercial Code filings,
filings with the FAA and filings pursuant to the Cape Town Convention) any
Issuer Group Member is required to make in various jurisdictions and preparing
such filings or monitoring counsel and advisers in connection with the
preparation and filing of such materials;
(ii)
reports required or recommended by the Board to be distributed to investors
(including press releases), and managing investor relations on behalf of the
Issuer Group, and preparing or arranging for the preparation and distribution
of such reports at the Issuer Group’s expense; and
(iii)
reports required to be filed with any Governmental Authorities, and preparing
on behalf of any Issuer Group Member, or arranging for the preparation of, and
arranging for the filing of any reports required to be filed with any other
entity in order for such Issuer Group Member not to be in violation of
Applicable Law or any applicable covenants;
(f) with
respect to amendments:
(i)
reporting to the Board on the substance of any proposed amendments to any
Related Documents known to the Manager; and
(ii)
subject to approval by the appropriate controlling trustees or board,
coordinating with the Issuer Group’s legal counsel, the other parties
thereto and their counsel the preparation and execution of any amendments to
the Related Documents (other than amendments relating to the Aircraft or the
Leases), and providing assistance in the implementation of such
amendments;
(g) to
the extent reasonably requested by the Servicer, coordinating and providing
assistance on behalf of the Issuer Group with the Servicer in the performance
of the Servicer’s obligations under the Servicing Agreement;
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(h)
providing assistance to the Issuer with respect to matters for which action by
the Issuer is required under the Servicing Agreement or the Indenture,
including such assistance that may be necessary for the Issuer to:
(i)
comply with Sections 6.08, 7.03(a)(i) and 7.04 of the Servicing
Agreement;
(ii)
comply with Sections 5.02, 5.03 and 6.11 of the Indenture;
(iii)
provide such instructions to the Servicer as the Servicer may require in
interpreting the Indenture, the Concentration Limits and Annex 2 to the
Servicing Agreement;
(iv)
direct the Servicer to amend the minimum hull and liability insurance coverage
amounts in accordance with Annex 1 to the Servicing Agreement;
(v)
direct the Servicer as to whether settlement offers received by the Servicer
with respect to claims for damage or loss in excess of $10,000,000 with respect
to an Aircraft Asset are acceptable;
(vi)
review and request such periodic and other reports as the Servicer is obligated
to provide under the Servicing Agreement;
(vii)
provide the Servicer with such information as the Servicer may reasonably
request in connection with the Concentration Limits and certify to the Servicer
whenever the proposed Aircraft-related transactions will result in the
violation of such Concentration Limits;
(viii)
advise the Servicer as required by Section 3(c) of Schedule 2.02(a) of the
Servicing Agreement (“Schedule 2.02(a)”); and
(ix)
request market research industry information from the Servicer in regard to
valuations of Aircraft Assets in accordance with Section 6.1 of Schedule
2.02(a);
(i)
informing the Board as soon as is reasonably practicable if the Manager
believes that (i) net revenues generated by the Leases will be insufficient to
satisfy the payment obligations of the Issuer Group and (ii) an Event of
Default will result from such insufficiency, and to advise the Board as to any
appropriate action to be taken (subject to the provisions of the Related
Documents) with respect to such insufficiency and to cause the actions directed
by the Board to be implemented so as to avoid an Event of Default, if it is
possible to do so;
(j)
overseeing the general operation of any credit or liquidity enhancement
facility provided for the benefit of the Issuer, including without limitation
each Cash Collateral Account, the Initial Liquidity Facility and each Eligible
Liquidity Facility (including without limitation monitoring the amounts
committed and available for drawing, and outstanding and required to be repaid,
under each such facility);
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(k)
determining whether it is necessary or appropriate at any time that the Issuer
make a drawing under any back-up letter of credit of which the Issuer is the
beneficiary and, if so, to administer such drawing on the Issuer’s
behalf;
(l)
assisting in compliance by each Issuer Group Member with its obligations under
Section 2.07 of the Security Trust Agreement with respect to the Non-Trustee
Accounts, including notifying and instructing each Obligor (as defined in the
Security Trust Agreement) to make payments directly to a Non-Trustee Account
and seeking to procure bank consent letters in respect of such Non-Trustee
Account;
(m)
providing all necessary assistance and information reasonably available to the
Manager to legal and other professional advisers to the Issuer Group in
connection with any claim, action, proceeding or petition brought against any
Issuer Group Member;
(n)
establishing and maintaining on behalf of the Issuer a website and arrange for
the publication thereon of all reports and other documents required or
recommended by the Board to be distributed to investors; and
(o)
preparing, in a timely manner, the reports required by Section 2.14 of the
Indenture based upon information supplied to the Manager by the Service
Providers, where applicable, and provide such reports to the Trustee and the
other Persons indicated in that section.
Section
2.04 Accounting
Services. The
Manager hereby agrees to perform and provide the following accounting
services:
(a)
Budgeting
Process. The
Manager shall, in accordance with the procedures, policies and guidelines
described below and on the basis of information generated by the Manager and
information provided by the Service Providers and the Issuer
Group:
(i) in
respect of each Year during the term of the Servicing Agreement (other than
with respect to the fiscal year commencing on the Initial Closing Date), and on
behalf of the Issuer Group, prepare and deliver to the Servicer, no later than
the November 15th immediately preceding the commencement of such Year a
proposed Lease Operating Budget and a proposed Aircraft Asset Expenses Budget
for such Year together with reasonably detailed supporting information and the
assumptions underlying such proposed Lease Operating Budget and Aircraft Asset
Expenses Budget, such proposed Lease Operating Budget and Aircraft Asset
Expenses Budget to be based, in part, on the information provided by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 7.03(c) of the Servicing
Agreement;
(ii) on
behalf of the Issuer Group, review, discuss and negotiate with the Servicer
such proposed Lease Operating Budgets and Aircraft Asset Expenses Budgets, and
make such adjustments proposed by the Servicer as the Manager, in consultation
with the Board and with due regard for current market conditions, may deem
appropriate; and
(iii)
submit to the Servicer no later than the November 10th immediately preceding
the commencement of such Year the Approved Budgets together with reasonably
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detailed
information regarding the Issuer’s underlying assumptions and provide a
copy of such Approved Budgets to the Policy Provider.
(b)
Management
Accounts and Financial Statements. The
Manager shall, in accordance with the procedures, policies and guidelines
described below and on the basis of information generated by the Manager and
information provided by the Service Providers and the Issuer
Group:
(i)
establish an accounting system and maintain the accounting ledgers of and for
each Issuer Group Member in accordance with GAAP unless otherwise required by
Applicable Law and specified by the Board (collectively, the
“Ledgers”);
(ii)
prepare and deliver (within 40 days after the end of the relevant Quarter or,
if the end of such Quarter coincides with the end of a Year, within 90 days
after the end of such Year), with respect to the Issuer Group, on a
consolidated basis, a draft balance sheet and draft statement of changes in
shareholders’ equity or residual trust interest as of the end of each
Quarter and Year, as applicable, and draft statements of income and cash flows
for each Quarter and Year, as applicable (the “Consolidated Quarterly
Draft Accounts”);
(iii)
prepare and deliver (within 40 days after the end of the relevant Quarter or,
if the end of such Quarter coincides with the end of a Year, within 90 days
after the end of such Year), with respect to the Issuer Group on a combined
basis and such of the Issuer Group Members as specified by the Board in a
written schedule provided to the Manager (which schedule may be updated by the
Board to the Manager delivered at least 30 days prior to the commencement of
the relevant Quarter) a draft balance sheet and statement of changes in
shareholders’ equity or residual trust interest as of the end of each
Quarter and Year, as applicable, with respect to such Issuer Group Member and
draft statements of income and cash flows for such Quarter and Year, as
applicable (the “Consolidating Quarterly Draft Accounts” and,
together with the Consolidated Quarterly Draft Accounts the “Draft
Accounts”). The Board shall specify the applicable legal requirements
mandating the preparation of such Consolidating Quarterly Draft Accounts in the
written schedule provided to the Manager pursuant to this section;
(iv) as
required by the Board, arrange and manage the quarterly review of the Draft
Accounts by the Issuer Group’s auditors;
(v)
arrange for, coordinate with and assist the Issuer Group’s auditors in
preparing annual audits;
(vi)
prepare or arrange for the preparation of and arrange for the filing of the
Issuer Group’s tax returns in conjunction with the Issuer Group’s tax
advisers after submission to the Board to the extent required by the Board or
Applicable Law;
(vii)
liaise with the Servicer for the purpose of preparing the monthly and quarterly
reports in accordance with Section 9 of Schedule 2.02(a); and
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(viii)
compare the expected cash flows of the Issuer Group and the budgets to actual
results.
(c)
Other
Reports. The
Manager shall prepare the Draft Accounts in accordance with GAAP unless
otherwise required by Applicable Law and specified by the Board. In connection
with the preparation of the Consolidated Quarterly Draft Accounts, the Manager
will, provide to the Board, at such times as the Board may require, a review
report (as defined by the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review
Services issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) of
the Issuer Group’s independent public accountants with respect to the
financial statements of such Issuer Group Members for, or as of the end of,
such Quarter, including in such report such accountants’ statement that,
based on its review of such financial statements, it is not aware of any
material modifications that should be made to such financial statements in
order for them to be in conformity with GAAP or other applicable accounting
principles; provided that,
with respect to such financial statements for, or as of the end of, any Quarter
(other than the last Quarter of any Year), in the event that the Issuer Group
does not include (or cause to be included) any material disclosure required by
GAAP or other applicable accounting principles to be included within footnotes
to such financial statements, such review report may be qualified solely by
stating that the only modification that should be made to such financial
statements in order for them to be in conformity with GAAP or other applicable
accounting principles is the inclusion of such disclosure; provided,
further, that
such qualification may not relate to any footnote to such financial
statements.
(d)
Instructions. The
Manager shall be entitled to request instructions from the Board as to general
guidelines or principles to be followed in preparing Draft Accounts and as to
amending or supplementing any such guidelines or principles.
Section
2.05 Additional
Services. The
Manager will provide additional Issuer Group Services reasonably requested by
the Board, including (a) providing assistance to the Hedge Services Provider as
reasonably requested and (b) undertaking efforts to avoid any adverse change in
the tax status of any Issuer Group Member. In addition, upon a request by any
Issuer Group Member, the Manager will take such other actions as may be
appropriate to facilitate such Issuer Group Member’s business operations
and assist the relevant board of directors or controlling trustees in carrying
out their obligations; provided that
the Manager will not be obligated or permitted to take any action that might
reasonably be expected to result in the business of such Issuer Group Member
ceasing to be separate and readily identifiable from, and independent of, the
Manager, and any of its Affiliates.
Section
2.06 Additional
Aircraft. In the
event that the Issuer Group shall acquire any Additional Aircraft, the Manager
hereby agrees to provide the same Issuer Group Services with respect to all
such Additional Aircraft.
Section
2.07 New
Subsidiaries. The
Manager shall be responsible for coordinating with outside legal counsel,
auditors, tax advisers and other professional advisers with respect to all
corporate and administrative matters relating to the formation, operation,
corporate affairs and related matters with respect to all Subsidiaries which
are or may become members of the Issuer Group, including identifying such
outside advisers, a potential company secretary and candidates
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for
director or trustee to the extent necessary, and shall be permitted to incur
expenses in respect of such Subsidiaries without the Issuer Group’s
consent up to such aggregate amount as shall be authorized by the Board from
time to time. To the extent that the Manager shall deem it necessary or
desirable (or shall have been instructed by the Servicer that it is necessary
or advisable) in order for the Issuer Group to carry on its business, the
Manager shall have the authority to assist in the formation of new Subsidiaries
of the Issuer and to appoint any officer or director to any such Subsidiary
without the consent of the Issuer Group, subject to the provisions of the
Indenture and the Security Trust Agreement; provided that,
in the case of directors, such directors are the same directors of the Issuer
then in office unless otherwise required by applicable local law mandating a
particular citizenship for directors. The Manager and its personnel may act as
company secretary for any Subsidiary of the Issuer.
Section
2.08 The
Issuer Group Responsibility. (a) The
obligations of the Manager hereunder are limited to those matters that are
expressly the responsibility of the Manager in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement. Notwithstanding the appointment of the Manager to perform the
Issuer Group Services, each Issuer Group Member shall remain responsible for
all matters and decisions related to its business, operations, assets and
liabilities.
(b)
Without derogating from the authority and responsibility of the Manager with
respect to the performance of certain of the Issuer Group Services as set forth
in this Agreement, it is hereby expressly agreed and acknowledged that the
Manager is not authorized or empowered to make or enter into any agreement,
contract or other legally binding arrangement, in respect of or relating to the
business or affairs of any Issuer Group Member, or pledge the credit of, incur
any indebtedness on behalf of or expend any funds of any Issuer Group Member
other than as expressly permitted in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, all such authority and power being reserved to the appropriate
Issuer Group Member or the Security Trustee, as the case may be.
ARTICLE
III
STANDARD
OF PERFORMANCE; LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY
Section
3.01 Standard
of Performance. The
Manager will devote the same amount of time and attention to, and will be
required to exercise the same level of skill, care and diligence in the
performance of, its services as it would if it were administering such services
on its own behalf and perform the services required hereunder consistent with
customary practices of an administrative agent that provides comparable
services for a securitization of commercial jet aircraft and related assets
(the “Standard of Performance”).
Section
3.02 Liability
and Indemnity. (a) The
Manager shall not be liable for any Losses or Taxes to or of, or payable by any
Issuer Group Member at any time from any cause whatsoever or any Losses or
Taxes directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with or related to
the performance by the Manager of this Agreement unless (i) such Losses or
Taxes are the result of the Manager’s (or any Manager Delegate’s) own
negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct, deceit or fraud or that of any of
its directors, officers or employees, as the case may be or (ii) such Losses
are directly caused by any representation or warranty by the Manager set
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forth in
Section 4.02 having proven to be false on the date hereof or a breach by the
Manager of the express terms of this Agreement.
(b)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any other agreement to
which any Issuer Group Member is a party, the Issuer and the other Issuer Group
Members do hereby assume liability for and do hereby jointly and severally
agree to indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless on an After-Tax Basis the
Manager, its directors, officers, employees and agents and each of them from
any and all Losses or Taxes that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against any of them arising out of, in connection with or related to the
Manager’s performance under this Agreement (including any Losses or Taxes
incurred by the Manager as a result of indemnifying any Person to whom it shall
have delegated its obligations hereunder in accordance with Section 8.01
hereof, but only to the extent the Manager would have been indemnified had it
performed such obligations), except as a result of the negligence,
recklessness, willful misconduct, deceit or fraud of the Manager (or any
Manager Delegate) or any of its directors, officers or employees or as a result
of any representation or warranty by the Manager set forth in Section 4.02
having proven to be false on the date hereof or a breach by the Manager of the
express terms of this Agreement. This indemnity shall not apply
to:
(i)
Taxes imposed on net income by the revenue authorities of Ireland or Bermuda in
respect of any payment by any Issuer Group Member to the Manager due to the
performance of the Issuer Group Services; and
(ii)
Taxes imposed on net income of the Manager by any Government Authority other
than the revenue authorities of Bermuda or Ireland to the extent such Taxes
would not have been imposed in the absence of any connection of the Manager
with such jurisdiction imposing such Taxes other than any connection that
results from the performance by the Manager of its obligations under this
Agreement. This indemnity shall expressly inure to the benefit of any director,
officer, agent or employee of the Manager now existing or in the future and to
the benefit of any successor of the Manager and shall survive the expiration of
this Agreement.
(c) The
Manager agrees to indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless on an After-Tax Basis
the Policy Provider and the Holders of the Notes for any Losses whatsoever
which they or any of them may incur or be subject to in consequence of (x) the
performance of the Issuer Group Services to the extent such Losses arise due to
the willful misconduct, recklessness, negligence (or, in the case of the
Replacement Manager, gross negligence), deceit or fraud of the Manager (or any
Manager Delegate) or any of its directors, officers or employees, as the case
may be, (y) a breach by the Manager (or any Manager Delegate) of the express
terms of this Agreement (other than the performance of the Issuer Group
Services but including the undertakings in Section 4.01 hereof) and (z) any
representation or warranty by the Manager set forth in Section 4.02 hereof
having proven to be false on the date hereof; provided that
this indemnity shall not apply and the Manager shall have no liability in
respect of Losses to the extent that they arise from (i) the willful
misconduct, deceit or fraud of any Issuer Group Members or their respective
directors, trustees or agents, (ii) any breach by the Manager of its
obligations under this Agreement to the extent such breach is a result of a
Service Provider’s failure to perform its obligations to the Issuer Group
or a failure by the Issuer Group to comply
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with its
obligations under this Agreement, (iii) any action that the Issuer Group
requires the Manager to take pursuant to a direction but only to the extent
that the Manager takes such action in accordance with such direction and in
accordance with the provisions hereof, (iv) a refusal by the Issuer Group to
take action upon a recommendation made in good faith by the Manager in
accordance with the terms hereof or (v) in the case of Losses incurred by the
Holders of the Notes, this indemnity shall be only for Losses that adversely
affect the timing or amount of payments on the Notes.
(d) The
Manager agrees to indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless on an After-Tax Basis
each of the Trustee, the Security Trustee and the Operating Bank and their
respective trustees, directors, officers and agents for any Losses whatsoever
which they or any of them may incur or be subject to in consequence of any
breach of the terms of this Agreement by the Manager (or any Manager Delegate),
the failure of any representation or warranty of the Manager set forth in
Section 4.02 hereof to be true and correct on the date hereof or the willful
misconduct, recklessness, gross negligence, deceit or fraud of the Manager (or
any Manager Delegate) or any of its directors, officers or employees, as the
case may be; provided, however, that this indemnity shall not apply and the
Manager shall have no liability in respect of Losses to the extent that they
arise from (i) the willful misconduct, deceit or fraud of the Trustee or
Security Trustee, or their respective directors, trustees or agents, (ii) any
breach by the Manager of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent
such breach is solely a result of a Service Provider’s failure to perform
its obligations to the Issuer Group or a failure solely by the Issuer Group to
comply with its obligations under this Agreement, (iii) any action that the
Trustee or the Security Trustee requires the Manager to take pursuant to a
direction but only to the extent that the Manager takes such action in
accordance with such direction and in accordance with the provisions hereof or
(iv) a refusal by the Trustee or the Security Trustee to take action upon a
recommendation made in good faith and consistent with the provisions relating
to the Trustee or the Security Trustee under the Related Documents by the
Manager in accordance with the terms hereof.
(e) The
Manager, the Issuer and the other Issuer Group Members, the Trustee and the
Security Trustee acknowledge and agree that the terms of this Agreement
contemplate that the Manager shall receive the Relevant Information in order
for the Manager to make required credit and debit entries and to make the
calculations and supply the information and reports required herein, and that
the Manager will do the foregoing if and to the extent such information is so
provided by such relevant parties and on the basis of such information, without
undertaking any independent verification or recalculation of such information.
ARTICLE
IV
MANAGER
UNDERTAKINGS
Section
4.01 Manager
Undertakings. The
Manager hereby covenants with the Issuer Group that during the term of this
Agreement it will conduct its business such that it is a separate and readily
identifiable business from, and independent of, each Issuer Group Member and
further covenants as follows:
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(a) if
the Manager receives any money whatsoever, which money belongs to any Issuer
Group Member, the Trustee or the Security Trustee or is to be paid to any
Issuer Group Member, the Trustee or the Security Trustee or into any account
pursuant to any Related Document or otherwise, it will hold such money in trust
for such Issuer Group Member, the Trustee or the Security Trustee, as the case
may be, and shall keep such money separate from all other money belonging to
the Manager and shall as promptly as practicable thereafter pay the same into
the relevant account in accordance with the terms thereof without exercising
any right of setoff it may have;
(b) it
will comply with any proper directions, orders and instructions which any
Issuer Group Member may from time to time give to it in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and the Indenture; provided that
during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Manager shall comply only
with the instructions of the Security Trustee as to all Issuer Group
Services;
(c) it
will not knowingly fail to comply with any legal requirements in any material
respect in the performance of the Issuer Group Services;
(d) it
will make all payments required to be made by it at any time and from time to
time pursuant to this Agreement on the required date for payment thereof and
shall turn over any amounts owed to the Security Trustee, the Issuer, any other
Issuer Group Member or the Trustee without set-off or
counterclaim;
(e) it
will not take any steps for the purpose of procuring the appointment of any
administrative receiver or the making of an administrative order or for
instituting any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, winding
up, liquidation, composition or any like proceedings under the laws of any
jurisdiction in respect of any Issuer Group Member or in respect of any of
their respective liabilities, including, without limitation, as a result of any
claim or interest of the Manager;
(f) it
will cooperate with each Issuer Group Member and its respective trustees,
directors, officers and agents (with respect to the Issuer Group Services when
no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) and the Security Trustee
and the Trustee (with respect to the Issuer Group Services following the giving
of a Default Notice or during the continuance of an Acceleration), including by
providing such information as may reasonably be requested, to permit such
Persons to monitor the Manager’s compliance with its obligations under
this Agreement;
(g) it
will observe all corporate formalities necessary to remain a legal entity
separate and distinct from, and independent of, each Issuer Group
Member;
(h) it
will maintain its assets and liabilities separate and distinct from each Issuer
Group Member in such a manner that is not difficult to segregate, identify or
ascertain;
(i) it
will maintain records, books, accounts and minutes separate from those of each
Issuer Group Member (except as otherwise set forth in the Related
Documents);
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(j) it
will pay its obligations in the ordinary course of its business as a legal
entity separate from each Issuer Group Member, except as otherwise required or
permitted under the Indenture and the Security Trust Agreement;
(k) it
will keep its funds separate and distinct from the funds of each Issuer Group
Member, and it will receive, deposit, withdraw and disburse such funds
separately from the funds of each Issuer Group Member;
(l) it
will conduct its business in its own name, and not in the name of any Issuer
Group Member;
(m) it
will not pay, assume, guarantee or become liable for any debt of, or otherwise
pledge its assets for the benefit of, any Issuer Group Member, except as
otherwise permitted under the Related Documents;
(n) it
will not hold out that it is a division of any Issuer Group Member or that any
Issuer Group Member is a division of it;
(o) it
will not induce any third party to rely on the creditworthiness of any Issuer
Group Member in order that such third party will be induced to contract with
it;
(p)
correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate
identity;
(q)
maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business purpose,
transactions and liabilities;
(r)
except with respect to any grantor trust, cause its board of directors or
managers, as applicable, to meet at least annually or act pursuant to written
consent and keep minutes of such meetings and actions;
(s) it
will not enter into any agreements between it and any Issuer Group Member that
are more favorable to either party than agreements that the parties would have
been able to enter into at such time on an arm’s-length basis with a
non-affiliated third party, other than any Related Documents in effect on the
date hereof (it being understood that the parties hereto do not intend by this
covenant to ratify any self-dealing transactions);
(t) it
will (i) forward promptly to the Servicer a copy of any material communication
received from any Person in relation to any Lease or Aircraft; (ii) grant such
access to the Servicer to its books of account, documents and other records and
to its employees as may be reasonably necessary for the Servicer to perform its
obligations in respect of any Lease or Aircraft under the Servicing Agreement;
provided that
the Servicer shall not have access to the minutes of the Manager’s board
meetings and other confidential business information; and (iii) execute and
deliver such documents and do such acts and things as the Servicer may
reasonably request in order for the Servicer to perform its obligations under
the Servicing Agreement;
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(u) it
shall perform all services in respect of the Aircraft Assets subject to, and in
compliance with, the constraints and restrictions set forth in the Indenture;
provided that,
for the avoidance of doubt, the Manager shall not be required to meet any of
the financial obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture; and
(v)
solely in the case of Genesis Lease Limited as Manager, it shall promptly
notify the Issuer Group and the Policy Provider in writing if at any time any
of the Key Personnel ceases to be an employee of the Manager.
Section
4.02 Representations
of the Manager. The
Manager represents and warrants to the Issuer as follows:
(a)
Authority. The
Manager has all requisite power and authority to execute this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to perform its
obligations under this Agreement. All corporate acts and other proceedings
required to be taken by the Manager to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the performance of its obligations
contemplated under this Agreement have been or on or before the date of
entering into this Agreement will have been duly and properly
taken.
(b)
Due
Execution and Delivery. This
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Manager and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Manager, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar
laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights and (b) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(c)
No
Conflict. None
of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Manager or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or performance
by the Manager of any of its obligations under this Agreement, except in each
case where such execution, consummation or performance could not reasonably be
expected to result in a material adverse effect on the ability of the Manager
to perform its obligations hereunder will (i) violate any provisions of the
constituent documents of the Manager, (ii) violate any order, writ, injunction,
judgment or decree applicable to the Manager or any of its properties or
assets, (iii) violate in any material respect any Applicable Law or (iv) result
in any conflict with, breach of or default (or give rise to any right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration) under, any of the terms, conditions
or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, warrant or other similar
instrument or any license, permit, material agreement or other material
obligation to which the Manager is a party or by which the Manager or any of
its properties or assets may be bound. The Manager is not subject to Competitor
Control.
(d)
No
Necessary Approval. No
action, consent or approval by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or
any other regulatory or self-regulatory body, or any other Person, is required
in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Manager of
this Agreement or the consummation by the Manager of the transactions
contemplated by this
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Agreement,
except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the ability of
the Manager to perform its obligations hereunder.
Section
4.03 Competitors. (a)
Notices. The
Manager hereby agrees that it will give the Issuer, the Replacement Manager,
the Policy Provider and the Servicer Written Notice of the Manager being
subject to Competitor Control by the close of the third Business Day following
the date on which such Competitor Control occurs. The Manager also agrees to
give the Issuer, the Replacement Manager and the Servicer Written Notice
promptly after a responsible officer of the Manager obtains knowledge that a
Competitor (as defined in the Servicing Agreement) controls or beneficially
owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of securities of the
Manager (other than promissory notes or loan certificates or pass-through
certificates in respect of promissory notes or loan certificates). The Manager
agrees that it shall cooperate and coordinate with the Replacement Manager to
enable the Replacement Manager to take over the duties of the Manager under
this Agreement upon Competitor Control as contemplated by Section 7.02(a)
hereof. Such cooperation and coordination shall include taking such actions as
the Replacement Manager shall reasonably request and shall be at the
Manager’s expense.
(b)
Replacement
Manager. The
Replacement Manager hereby agrees that it will give the Issuer, the Manager,
the Policy Provider and the Servicer Written Notice of the Replacement Manager
being subject to Competitor Control by the close of the third Business Day
following the date on which such Competitor Control occurs. Upon receipt of
such Written Notice by the Issuer, the Manager, the Policy Provider and the
Servicer, the Replacement Manager shall resign and a successor Replacement
Manager shall be appointed by the Security Trustee.
(c)
Confidentiality. The
Manager agrees to be bound by and perform the obligations of the Manager under
the Servicing Agreement, including the obligations set forth in Section 13.04
of the Servicing Agreement.
Section
4.04 Access. The
Manager, at such times as the Policy Provider may reasonably request (which
requests shall be no more frequent than two times a year if an Event of Default
(or an event that would become an Event of Default upon notice or the passage
of time) or Servicer Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing,
shall make available to the Policy Provider and its agents (including the
auditors), (i) reports, ledgers, documents and other records (including
receipts, receipt records, journals and journal entries) to the extent
reasonably available and other information on a “read only” basis (by
way of hard copy or computer disc) related to the Aircraft or the Issuer’s
business (copies of which the Policy Provider shall be entitled to take) and
(ii) certain officers and employees of the Manager (including each of its Key
Personnel), in either case, subject to their reasonable availability and
without interfering with normal business operations, to enable the Policy
Provider to monitor the performance of the Manager under this Agreement and the
affairs of the Issuer; subject to Section 5.01 of the Servicing Agreement and
Section 9.2 of Schedule 2.02(a) of the Servicing Agreement.
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ARTICLE
V
UNDERTAKINGS
OF THE ISSUER GROUP
Section
5.01 Cooperation. The
Issuer and the other Issuer Group Members shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause any Service Provider to at all times cooperate with the
Manager to enable the Manager to provide the Issuer Group Services, including
providing the Manager with all powers of attorney as may be reasonably
necessary or appropriate for the Manager to perform the Issuer Group Services
in accordance with this Agreement.
Section
5.02 Information. The
Issuer will provide the Manager with the following information in respect of
itself and each other Issuer Group Member:
(a)
copies of all Related Documents, including the articles of incorporation,
bye-laws, trust agreements (or equivalent documents) of each Issuer Group
Member, and copies of all books and records maintained on behalf of each such
Issuer Group Member;
(b)
details of all bank accounts and bank mandates maintained by any Issuer Group
Member;
(c)
names of and contact information with respect to the Board or board for each
Issuer Group Member;
(d) such
other information as is necessary to the Manager’s performance of the
Issuer Group Services; and
(e) a
copy of any information provided to the Issuer Group pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement; provided that
such information as is referred to in this Section 5.02 (with the exception of
paragraphs (d) and (e)) shall be provided to the Manager after the execution of
this Agreement and, in respect of any amendment or changes to the information
provided to the Manager after the execution of this Agreement, promptly
following the effectiveness of such amendments or changes.
Section
5.03 Scope
of Services. (a) In
the event that any Issuer Group Member shall enter into any agreement,
amendment or other modification of any Lease or shall take any other action
that has the effect of increasing in any material respect the scope, nature or
level of the Issuer Group Services to be provided under this Agreement
(including pursuant to Section 2.05 hereof) without the Manager’s express
prior written consent, the Issuer Group shall so notify the Manager and the
Manager shall not be obligated to perform the affected Issuer Group Service to
the extent of such increase unless and until the Manager and the Issuer Group
shall agree on the terms of such increased Issuer Group Service (it being
understood that (i) the Manager shall have no liability to any Issuer Group
Member directly or indirectly arising out of, in connection with or related to
the Manager’s failure to perform such increased Issuer Group Service prior
to any such agreement and (ii) the Issuer Group shall not be permitted to
engage another Person to perform the affected Issuer Group Service without the
prior written consent of the Manager unless the Manager has indicated it is
unable or unwilling to act in respect of the affected Issuer
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Group
Service or the Manager requires payment of more than reasonable additional
compensation for such additional Issuer Group Service).
(b) In
the event that the Issuer Group shall acquire Additional Aircraft, the Issuer
Group shall so notify the Manager and the Manager shall be obligated to provide
the Issuer Group Services with respect to such Additional Aircraft in
accordance with Section 2.06 hereof.
Section
5.04 Ratification. The
Issuer and the other Issuer Group Members hereby ratify and confirm and agree
to ratify and confirm (and shall furnish written evidence thereof upon request
of the Manager) any act or omission by the Manager with respect to any Issuer
Group Services in accordance with this Agreement in the exercise of any of the
powers or authorities conferred upon the Manager under the terms of this
Agreement, it being expressly understood and agreed that none of the foregoing
shall have any obligation to ratify and confirm, and expressly does not ratify
and confirm, any act or omission of the Manager in violation of this Agreement,
the Standard of Performance or for which the Manager is obligated (or would be
obligated had any Issuer Group Member incurred any Losses) to indemnify any
Issuer Group Member under Article III hereof.
Section
5.05 Covenants. Each of
the Issuer and the other Issuer Group Members covenants with the Manager that,
during the term of this Agreement, it will conduct its business such that it is
a separate and readily identifiable business from, and independent of, the
Manager and any of its Affiliates and further covenants as follows (it being
understood that these covenants shall not prevent the Issuer Group from
publishing financial statements that are consolidated with those of Genesis
Lease Limited, if to do so is required by Applicable Law or accounting
principles from time to time in effect):
(a) it
will observe all corporate formalities necessary to remain legal entities
separate and distinct from, and independent of, the Manager, and any of its
Affiliates;
(b) it
will maintain its assets and liabilities separate and distinct from those of
the Manager;
(c) it
will maintain records, books, accounts and minutes separate from those of the
Manager;
(d) it
will pay its obligations in the ordinary course of business as a legal entity
separate from the Manager;
(e) it
will keep its funds separate and distinct from any funds of the Manager, and
will receive, deposit, withdraw and disburse such funds separately from any
funds of the Manager;
(f) it
will conduct its business in its own name, and not in the name of the
Manager;
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(g) it
will not agree to pay or become liable for any debt of the Manager, other than
to make payments in the form of indemnity as required by the express terms of
this Agreement;
(h) it
will not hold out that it is a division of the Manager, or that the Manager is
a division of it;
(i) it
will not induce any third party to rely on the creditworthiness of the Manager
in order that such third party will be induced to contract with
it;
(j) it
will not enter into any transaction between it and the Manager that are more
favorable to either party than transactions that the parties would have been
able to enter into at such time on an arm’s-length basis with a
non-affiliated third party, other than any agreements in effect on the date
hereof (it being understood that the parties hereto do not intend by this
covenant to ratify any self-dealing transactions);
(k) it
will observe all material corporate or other procedures required under
Applicable Law and under its constitutive documents;
(l)
except with respect to any grantor trust, cause its board of directors or
managers, as applicable, to meet at least annually or act pursuant to written
consent and keep minutes of such meetings and actions; and
(m) it
will observe all material corporate formalities necessary to keep its business
separate and readily identifiable from, and independent of, each other Issuer
Group Member, including keeping the funds, assets and liabilities of each
Issuer Group Member separate and distinct from those of each other Issuer Group
Member and by maintaining separate records, books, accounts and minutes for
each Issuer Group Member.
Section
5.06 Ratification
by Subsidiaries. The
Issuer hereby undertakes to procure that, if so requested by the Manager, any
subsidiary of the Issuer formed or acquired after the date hereof, shall
execute an agreement with the Manager adopting and confirming, as regards such
subsidiary, the terms of this Agreement, and agreeing to ratify anything done
by the Manager in connection herewith on the terms of Section 5.04.
Section
5.07 Organization
and Standing . The
Issuer is duly incorporated under the laws of Bermuda, and each other Issuer
Group Member is duly formed and validly existing and, if relevant, in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is legally created or
formed. Each of the Issuer and each other Issuer Group Member is in compliance
in all material respects with all terms of such Person’s constituent
documents.
ARTICLE
VI
MANAGEMENT
FEES AND EXPENSES
Section
6.01 Management
Fees.
(a) In
consideration of the Manager’s performance of the Issuer Group Services,
the Issuer agrees to pay to the Manager a per annum amount equal to
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$400,000
(the “Management Fee”) payable in arrears in equal monthly
installments (each monthly payment, a “Management Fee”) on each
Payment Date (until the resignation or removal of the Manager) for each period
commencing on and including the Initial Closing Date (or, thereafter, the last
of day of the immediately preceding period) and ending on but excluding the
Calculation Date immediately preceding such Payment Date (each such period, a
“Fee Period”); provided that, in the event that the Replacement
Manager becomes the Manager hereunder, its Management Fee shall be a per annum
amount equal to $660,000 payable in arrears in equal monthly installments on
each Payment Date during the relevant Fee Period and such Management Fee shall
be adjusted on each anniversary of the Initial Closing Date for annual cost of
living adjustments (based on the consumer price index for the home office of
the Replacement Manager) not to exceed 5% in any given year.
Section
6.02 Expenses. (a) The
Manager shall be responsible for (i) all telephone, facsimile and
communications costs and expenses directly relating to or associated with the
Manager’s performance of its duties as set forth in this Agreement and
(ii) all fees and expenses owed to aviation consultants hired to assist the
Manager with the Issuer Group Services.
(b)
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02(a), the Issuer Group shall be
responsible for the following expenses incurred by the Manager in the
performance of its obligations hereunder (“Reimbursable
Expenses”):
(i)
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including travel, accommodation and
subsistence and approved expenditures in respect of insurance coverage for the
Manager;
(ii)
expenses expressly authorized by (i) the Board or (ii) any Person to whom such
authority has been delegated, other than the Manager or its Affiliates; and
(iii)
expenses expressly authorized pursuant to other provisions of this
Agreement.
Section
6.03 Payment
of Expenses. No
later than each Calculation Date, the Manager shall deliver a notice to the
Issuer Group, setting forth the amounts of Reimbursable Expenses owed to the
Manager pursuant to Section 6.02 of this Agreement through and including such
Calculation Date (it being understood that if there are no such expenses the
Manager will be under no obligation to provide such notice). The Issuer Group
agrees to pay to the Manager an amount equal to all such Reimbursable Expenses
on the next Payment Date following such Calculation Date.
All
fees, expenses and indemnity payments shall be paid in accordance with the
priority of payments set forth in the Indenture. The parties hereto agree that
they will have no recourse or claims against the assets of the Issuer Group to
the extent that collections and other available funds are
insufficient.
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ARTICLE
VII
TERM;
REPLACEMENT OF OR RESIGNATION BY THE MANAGER
Section
7.01 Term. This
Agreement shall have a term commencing on the Initial Closing Date and expiring
on the later of (y) the first date on which there shall have been paid in full
all amounts outstanding to be paid under the Notes and any similar obligations
of the Issuer issued pursuant to any other indenture or similar agreement,
including all obligations then due and payable under the Indenture and under
the Policy Provider Documents (i.e., there
shall be no Notes or similar obligations outstanding under the Indenture and
under the Policy Provider Documents) and (z) the Final Maturity
Date.
Section
7.02 Replacement
or Resignation. (a) At
any time during the term of this Agreement (i) the Issuer Group by a Board
Resolution, shall be entitled to replace the then existing Manager performing
the Issuer Group Services with a new Manager appointed by it (with the prior
written consent of the Servicer, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed (it being understood that the Servicer may consider, among other
factors, whether the proposed Manager is a “Competitor” (as defined
in the Servicing Agreement) of the Manager)) on 120 days’ Written Notice
to the Manager, the Trustee and the Security Trustee, except following the
delivery of a Default Notice or during the continuance of an Acceleration
Default (in which case all such powers shall be vested in the Security Trustee
as provided in clause (ii) below), (ii) the Security Trustee (as directed by
the Controlling Party) shall be entitled to replace the then existing Manager
following the delivery of a Default Notice or during the continuance of an
Acceleration Default with a new Manager appointed by it on 120 days’
written notice, (iii) in the event that there is “Competitor Control”
of the Manager in accordance with the Servicing Agreement, immediately upon the
Manager giving notice pursuant to Section 4.03(a) hereof or upon Written Notice
thereof by the Servicer to the Manager, the Trustee and the Security Trustee,
the Manager shall be replaced by the Replacement Manager (a “Replacement
Event”) and (iv) the Policy Provider shall be entitled to replace the then
existing Manager upon the occurrence of a Policy Provider Replacement Event
with a successor Manager appointed by the Policy Provider on 60 days’
Written Notice.
(b) At
any time during the term of this Agreement, the Manager shall be entitled to
resign as the Manager performing the Issuer Group Services on 120 days’
Written Notice to the Issuer, the Security Trustee and the Trustee
if:
(i) any
Issuer Group Member shall fail to pay in full when due (A) any Management Fee
or any Reimbursable Expenses and such failure continues for a period of 30
days, in either case, after the effectiveness of Written Notice from the
Manager of such failure or (B) any other amount payable to the Manager
hereunder, and such failure continues for a period of 60 days after Written
Notice from the Manager of such failure; provided that,
in the event the Policy Provider shall timely pay in full the amounts set forth
in clauses (A) and (B) hereof, the Manager shall not resign pursuant to this
clause (i);
(ii) any
Issuer Group Member shall fail to perform or observe or shall violate in any
material respect any material term, covenant, condition or agreement to be
performed or
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observed
by it in respect of this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of
30 days after the Issuer Group shall have received notice of such failure
(other than with respect to payment obligations referred to in clause (b)(i) of
this Section 7.02);
(iii)
solely in the case of the Replacement Manager, an involuntary proceeding shall
be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent
jurisdiction seeking relief in respect of the Issuer or any Issuer Group
Member, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of the Issuer or any
other Issuer Group Member, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now
constituted or hereafter amended (the “U.S. Bankruptcy Code”), or any
other U.S. federal or state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
similar law, and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 120
days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be
entered or the Issuer or any other Issuer Group Member shall go into
liquidation, suffer a receiver or mortgagee to take possession of all or
substantially all of its assets or have an examiner appointed over it or if a
petition or proceeding is presented for any of the foregoing and not discharged
within 120 days; or
(iv)
solely in the case of the Replacement Manager, the Issuer or any other Issuer
Group Member shall (A) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition
seeking relief under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, or any other U.S. federal or
state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (B)
consent to the institution of, or fail to contest the filing of, any petition
described in clause (b)(iii) of this Section 7.02, (C) file an answer admitting
the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding
or (D) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
(c) In
the event that the Manager is terminated or resigns pursuant to Section 7.02(a)
or Section 7.02(b), the Replacement Manager will be appointed as the Manager
upon 60 days’ written notice unless (i) the Issuer, the Servicer and the
Policy Provider unanimously agree to appoint a successor Manager that is not
the Replacement Manager and (ii) following the occurrence and continuance of an
Event of Default, the Security Trustee, subject to the consent of the Servicer
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), chooses to appoint a
successor Manager that is not the Replacement Manager; provided that upon the
occurrence of a Replacement Event (x) the Manager shall immediately cease to
perform all Issuer Group Services hereunder and shall have no further rights
hereunder (except as provided below) and (y) (1) if such Replacement Event
occurs at least 60 days following the Manager giving notice pursuant to Section
4.03(a) hereof, the Replacement Manager shall immediately thereafter perform
the Issuer Group Services hereunder and shall assume all of the rights and
obligations of the Manager hereunder or (2) if such Replacement Event occurs
less than 60 days following the Manager giving notice pursuant to Section
4.03(a) hereof, the Replacement Manager shall immediately thereafter perform a
portion of the Issuer Group Services to the extent it is reasonably capable of
so doing and shall assume the corresponding portion of the rights and
obligations of the Manager hereunder (and during such time, the Manager shall
continue to have the rights and obligations of the Manager not so assumed by
the Replacement Manager) and, upon the 60th day following such notice pursuant
to Section 4.03(a) hereof, the Replacement Manager shall perform all of the
Issuer Group Services and shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the
Manager hereunder. The Replacement Manager shall not be liable to the Issuer,
any other Issuer Group Member, the Policy Provider or the Security Trustee for
the non-
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performance
of any portion of the Issuer Group Services that the Replacement Manager has
not assumed prior to such 60th day as provided in the foregoing sentence.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no replacement of the Manager pursuant to
Section 7.02(a) and no resignation by the Manager pursuant to Section 7.02(b)
shall become effective prior to the date on which a successor Manager, that is
not subject to Competitor Control and has otherwise been appointed in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement,
shall have become a party to this Agreement and accepted appointment with
respect to all the rights and obligations of the Manager hereunder as such
successor Manager; provided that in
the event that a successor Manager shall not have been appointed within 90 days
after such resignation, the Manager may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Manager that is not subject to
Competitor Control and has otherwise been appointed in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement. Upon any such
replacement or resignation, the Manager shall be entitled to the payment of any
compensation owed to it hereunder and to the reimbursement of all Reimbursable
Expenses incurred in connection with all services rendered by it hereunder, as
provided in Section 6 hereof, and for so long as the Manager is continuing to
perform any of the Issuer Group Services, the Manager shall be entitled to
continue to be paid all amounts due to it hereunder, net of any amounts that
shall have been finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
owed by the Manager to the Issuer Group or not to be due to the Manager, until
a successor Manager shall have been appointed and shall have accepted such
appointment.
(d) For
purposes of Section 7.02(a) hereof, “Policy Provider Replacement
Event” means:
(i) the
occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default;
(ii) the
Manager shall fail in any material respect to perform any material Issuer Group
Services in accordance with the Standard of Performance or otherwise materially
breach any of its obligations under this Agreement and such failure or breach
shall have a material adverse effect on the Holders or the Policy
Provider;
(iii) any
representation or warranty made by the Manager under this Agreement or any
Related Document to which it is a party shall prove to have been false or
misleading in any material respect when made and such misrepresentation shall
have a material adverse effect on the Holders or the Policy Provider or a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Manager to perform its
obligations under this Agreement;
(iv) an
involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be
filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking relief in respect of the
Manager or in respect of a substantial part of the property or assets of the
Manager, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or
hereafter amended, or any other U.S. federal or state or foreign bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or similar law, and such proceeding or petition shall
continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering
any of the foregoing shall be entered or the Manager shall go into liquidation,
suffer a receiver or mortgagee to take possession of all or substantially all
of its assets or have an examiner appointed over it or if a petition or
proceeding is presented for any of the foregoing and not discharged within 60
days;
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(v) the
Manager shall (A) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition
seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or
hereafter amended, or any other U.S. federal or state or foreign bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or similar law, (B) consent to the institution of, or
fail within 60 days to contest the filing of, any petition described in clause
(iv) of this definition, (C) file an answer admitting the material allegations
of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding or (D) make a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or
(vi) (A) with
respect to the initial Manager, the initial Manager ceases to hold a majority
of the series of shares of the Issuer entitled to elect directors of the Issuer
and the initial Manager ceases, or the initial Manager gives notice that it
intends to cease, to be actively involved in the aircraft ownership, advisory
and management business (whether for the aircraft owned by it or its Affiliates
or owned by others) or (B) with respect to any successor Manager, such Manager
ceases, or such Manager gives notice that it intends to cease, to be actively
involved in the administrative services business in connection with the
securitization of commercial jet aircraft and related assets.
Section
7.03 Consequences
of Replacement or Resignation. (a)
Notices. (i)
Following the replacement or resignation of the Manager pursuant to Section
7.01 or 7.02, the Manager will promptly forward to the Issuer Group any notices
in respect of the Issuer Group Services received by it during the year
immediately following the replacement and resignation of the Manager pursuant
to this Agreement.
(ii) The
Issuer Group will notify promptly any relevant third party, including each
Rating Agency, the Policy Provider, the Security Trustee, the Trustee, the Cash
Manager and the Servicer, of the replacement and resignation of the Manager
pursuant to this Agreement and will request that any such notices and
accounting reports and communications thereafter be made or given directly to
the entity engaged to serve as Manager, and to the other parties
hereto.
(b)
Accrued
Rights. The
replacement and resignation of the Manager pursuant to this Agreement shall not
affect the respective rights and liabilities of any party accrued prior to such
termination in respect of any prior breaches hereof or otherwise.
(c)
Replacement. If the
Manager is replaced or resigns, the Manager will cooperate with any person
appointed to perform the relevant Issuer Group Services, including providing
such person with all information and documents reasonably
requested.
Section
7.04 Survival.
Notwithstanding any replacement or resignation of the Manager or the expiration
of this Agreement, the obligations of the Issuer Group and the Manager under
Section 3.02, of the Manager under Section 4.01(e) (so long as the Notes are
outstanding or any amounts owed to the Policy Provider remain outstanding),
4.01(a), (g) through (s) and the first paragraph of such section, 4.03(b), 7.03
and 9.11, and of the Issuer Group Members under Section 5.05 shall survive such
replacement or resignation of the Manager or expiration, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE
VIII
ASSIGNMENT
AND DELEGATION
Section
8.01 Assignment
and Delegation. (a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) below, no party to this Agreement shall
assign or delegate or otherwise subcontract this Agreement or all or any part
of its rights or obligations hereunder to any Person without the prior written
consent of the other parties hereto (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld) and, in the case of an assignment or delegation by the Manager, the
consent of the Servicer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld to
the same extent as applicable and on the same terms as consent to the Manager
itself under the Servicing Agreement) and no party to this Agreement shall
assign or delegate or otherwise subcontract to a “Competitor” of the
Servicer (as defined in the Servicing Agreement), without the prior written
consent of the Servicer; provided that the Issuer Group Members may assign
their rights hereunder to the Security Trustee for the benefit of the Secured
Parties under the terms of the Security Trust Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Manager is entitled to delegate or subcontract all or a portion
of the Issuer Group Services to any entity so long as such entity is not
subject to Competitor Control (a “Manager Delegate”); provided that
the Manager shall remain primarily liable hereunder. The Servicer shall be
notified of any delegation or subcontracting to a Manager Delegate, and shall
be entitled to deal with and rely upon such Manager Delegate as the Manager in
respect of the portion of the Issuer Group Services so delegated to such
Manager Delegate.
(b) The
Manager may assign its right to receive compensation for the performance of all
or any part of the Issuer Group Services.
(c)
Without limiting the foregoing, any Person who shall become a successor by
assignment or otherwise of any party hereto shall be required as a condition to
the effectiveness of any such assignment or other arrangement to become a party
to this Agreement.
(d) The
Manager hereby acknowledges that the Issuer and the other Issuer Group Members
have granted a security interest to the Security Trustee under the Security
Trust Agreement in all of the Issuer Group’s rights, title and interest
in, to and under this Agreement, and agrees that all of the Issuer Group’s
rights may be exercised by the Security Trustee to the exclusion of the Issuer
and any other person in the Issuer Group following notice to the Manager by the
Trustee or the Policy Provider of the occurrence and continuance of an Event of
Default (whether or not any other remedial action is or has been taken,
including, but not limited to, the delivery of a Default Notice under the
Indenture) and such right shall continue so long as such Event of Default shall
continue. The Manager hereby consents to such grant of a security
interest.
ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
9.01 Notices. All
notices, consents, directions, approvals, instructions, requests and other
communications required or permitted by this Agreement to be given to any
Person
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shall be
in writing, and any such notice shall become effective ten (10) days after
being deposited in the mails, certified or registered, return receipt
requested, with appropriate postage prepaid for first class mail, or if
delivered by hand or courier service or in the form of a facsimile, when
received (and, in the case of a facsimile, receipt of such facsimile is
confirmed to the sender), and shall be directed to the address or facsimile
number of such Person set forth below:
If to
the Issuer and the other Issuer Group Members, to:
Genesis
Funding Limited
[
]
Ireland
Attention:
[
]
Fax:
[
]
with
copies to:
[
]
if to
the Manager, to:
Genesis
Lease Limited
[
]
Ireland
Fax:
[
]
Attention:
[
]
if to
the Trustee or the Security Trustee, to:
Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas
00 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
XXXXX00-0000
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxx Xxxx
Fax:
000-000-0000
if to
the Policy Provider, to:
Financial
Guaranty Insurance Company
000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Surveillance, Commercial Structured Finance
Fax:
000-000-0000
and if
to the Servicer, to:
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GE
Commercial Aviation Services Limited
[
]
Attention:
[
]
Fax:
[
]
From
time to time any party to such agreement may designate a new address or number
for purposes of notice thereunder by notice to each of the other parties
thereto.
Section
9.02 Governing
Law. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION,
VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE.
Section
9.03 Jurisdiction. Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree
that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or
based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby may be brought in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York or any other New York State court
sitting in New York City, and each of the parties hereby consents to the
jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom)
in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to
the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such
court or that any such suit, action or proceeding which is brought in any such
court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit,
action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether
within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the
foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided
in Section 9.01 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.
Section
9.04 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section
9.05 Counterparts;
Third Party Beneficiaries. This
Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were
upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party
hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party
hereto. No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer upon any Person
other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder. The Servicer is
an express third party beneficiary of this Agreement and may enforce the
provisions hereof directly for its benefit.
Section
9.06 Entire
Agreement. Except
as set forth in the letter agreement dated the date hereof between the Manager
and the Replacement Manager with respect to the payment by the Manager of
back-up fees to the Replacement Manager, this Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this
Agreement and supersedes
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all
prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, between the parties
with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
Section
9.07 Table
of Contents; Headings. The
table of contents and headings of the various articles, sections and other
subdivisions of such agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not modify, define or limit any of the terms or provisions of such agreement.
Section
9.08 Amendments. This
Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in a
writing executed by all parties hereto. To the extent that so doing would,
directly or indirectly, affect the Servicer’s rights, obligations or
liabilities (or potential liabilities) under this Agreement or the Servicing
Agreement, this Agreement may not be amended without the consent of the
Servicer. Prior to the execution of any such amendment, supplement or
modification, the Security Trustee and the Trustee shall be entitled to receive
an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that all conditions precedent to
such amendment, modification or supplement, if any, have been
satisfied.
Section
9.09 No
Partnership. (a) It
is expressly recognized and acknowledged that this Agreement is not intended to
create a partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement between any
Issuer Group Member or Members on the one part and the Manager on the other
part. It is also expressly understood that any actions taken on behalf of any
Issuer Group Member by the Manager shall be taken as agent for such Issuer
Group Member, either naming the relevant Issuer Group Member, or naming the
Manager as agent for an undisclosed principal. No Issuer Group Member shall
hold itself out as a partner of the Manager, and the Manager will not hold
itself out as a partner of any Issuer Group Member.
(b) The
Manager shall not have any fiduciary duty or other implied obligations or
duties to any Issuer Group Member, any Lessee or any other Person arising out
of this Agreement.
Section
9.10 Concerning
the Security Trustee and the Trustee. It is
expressly understood and agreed that neither the Security Trustee nor the
Trustee shall have any liability in respect of the appointment, performance or
nonperformance of the Manager, all such liability, if any, being expressly
waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under
such parties.
Section
9.11 Restrictions
on Disclosure. The
Manager agrees that it shall not, prior to the termination or expiration of
this Agreement or within the three (3) years after such termination or
expiration, disclose to any Person any information stated in writing by an
Issuer Group Member or the Servicer to be confidential or proprietary, whether
of a technical, financial, commercial or other nature, received directly or
indirectly from the Issuer Group or the Servicer regarding the Issuer Group or
the Servicer or their respective businesses or the Aircraft.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing shall not be construed to
prohibit (i) disclosure of any and all information that is or becomes publicly
known, or information obtained by the Manager from sources other than an Issuer
Group Member or the
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Servicer,
(ii) disclosure of any and all information (A) if required to do so by any
Applicable Law, (B) to any government agency or regulatory body having or
claiming authority to regulate or oversee any respects of the Manager’s
business or that of its affiliates, (C) pursuant to any subpoena, civil
investigative demand or similar demand or request of any court, regulatory
authority, arbitrator or arbitration to which the Manager or an affiliate or an
officer, director, employer or shareholder thereof is a party, (D) in any
preliminary or final offering circular, registration statement (including, for
the avoidance of doubt, the Form F-1 Registration Statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 dated [ ] filed on behalf of Genesis Lease Limited) or
contract or other document pertaining to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement approved in advance by any Issuer Group Member or (E) to any
affiliate, independent or internal auditor, agent, employee or attorney of the
Manager having a need to know the same, provided that the Manager advises such
recipient of the confidential nature of the information being disclosed, or
(iii) any other disclosure authorized by any Issuer Group Member or the
Servicer.
Section
9.12 Power
of Attorney. The
Issuer shall, and shall cause each other Issuer Group Member, to appoint the
Manager and its successors, and its permitted designees and assigns, as their
true and lawful attorney-in-fact pursuant to the form of Power of Attorney
attached as Schedule 2 to this Agreement (with such modifications as are
necessary under the laws of the jurisdictions in which such Persons are
organized). The Manager shall be entitled to seek and obtain from the Issuer
(and/or any other Issuer Group Member as appropriate) a power of attorney in
respect of the execution of any specific action as the Manager requests which
is required in connection with the Issuer Group Services.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed on the date first
written above.
GENESIS
FUNDING LIMITED,
as the
Issuer |
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
not in
its individual capacity but
solely
as the Security Trustee
and the
Trustee |
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[ADDITIONAL
SUBSIDIARY ENTITIES
- TO
COME] |
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GENESIS
LEASE LIMITED,
as the
Manager |
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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PHOENIX
AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,
as the
Replacement Manager |
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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FINANCIAL
GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY,
as the
Policy Provider |
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE
1
ACCOUNTS
ACCOUNT
NAME |
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ACCOUNT
NUMBER |
[LESSEE
FUNDED ] |
[
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[RENTAL
ACCT] |
[
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[COLLECTIONS
ACCT] |
[
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[EXPENSE
ACCT] |
[
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[NOTE
ACCT CLASS G] |
[
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2
SCHEDULE
2
ISSUER
GROUP SERVICES
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
OF
[GRANTOR]
WHEREAS
[GRANTOR], having its [registered] office at [insert address] (hereinafter
called the “Grantor”) desires to appoint GENESIS LEASE LIMITED having
its office at ________________ (the “Attorney”) as the true and
lawful attorney of the Grantor for and in the name of and on behalf of the
Grantor in such Attorney’s absolute discretion to execute each and every
Requisite Document and Requisite Act as defined below and do all or any of the
acts or things hereinafter mentioned.
KNOW ALL
MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that in consideration for the mutual promises and
benefits set forth in the Management Agreement (defined below) the Grantor does
hereby make, constitute and irrevocably and unconditionally appoint for the
period (the “Term”) as and from the date hereof until termination or
expiry of the Management Agreement among the Grantor, other Issuer Group
Members, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Replacement Manager,
Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, as the policy provider and the Attorney,
dated as of [ ], 2006 (the “Management Agreement”) in accordance with
its terms the Attorney as a true and lawful attorney of the Grantor for and in
the name of and on behalf of the Grantor with absolute discretion to exercise,
do, execute and/or deliver all or any of the acts, documents and things
hereinafter mentioned that in to say:
1.
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To
negotiate, approve, settle the terms of, agree, make, sign, execute (whether
under hand or seal) and deliver all deeds, agreements, documents, commitments,
arrangements, instruments, applications, oaths, affidavits, declarations,
notices, confirmations, certificates, approvals, acceptances, deliveries and to
do all other acts, matters and things whatsoever which are in each case
necessary or desirable for the Attorney to do for and on behalf of the Grantor
in respect of the provision of the Issuer Group Services (as defined in and
contemplated by the Management Agreement) (each such document a “Requisite
Document” and each such act a “Requisite Act”).
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2.
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To make
such amendments, modifications and variations to the Requisite Documents and to
enter into ancillary documentation in respect thereof, all on such terms as any
such Attorney may, in its sole discretion, determine from time to time for and
on behalf of the Grantor; and to make, give, sign, execute and do all things
including, without limitation, any material acts which may be necessary in
order to effect the terms of such Requisite Documents or in connection with the
making, signature, executions and |
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delivery of the Requisite Documents or any other
documents required to be executed by the Grantor in connection therewith or the
performance of any acts, matters and things contemplated thereby or by the
Requisite Acts as may be necessary in accordance with the provision of the
Issuer Group Services.
3.
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To
nominate and appoint one or more substitutes as attorney or attorneys under it
for all and any of the purposes aforesaid and the appointment of same with
liberty to revoke. |
4.
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To
acknowledge this Power of Attorney as the act and deed of the Grantor and
generally to do all other acts which may be necessary and desirable for
carrying the purpose of this Power of Attorney into effect. |
IT IS
HEREBY DECLARED THAT: -
(A)
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The
Grantor hereby ratifies and confirms and agrees to ratify and confirm
whatsoever any Attorney shall do or cause to be done in, or by virtue of this
Power of Attorney as long an such act is not inconsistent with the terms of the
Management Agreement or this Power of Attorney or in violation of Applicable
Law. |
(B)
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This
Power of Attorney shall be irrevocable for the Term and at all times both
before and after the Term shall be conclusive and binding upon the Grantor and
no person or corporation having dealings with any Attorney under this Power of
Attorney shall be under any obligation to make any inquiries as to whether or
not this Power of Attorney has been revoked and all acts hereunder shall be
valid and binding on the Grantor unless express notice of its revocation shall
have been received by such person or corporation. |
(C)
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Subject
to the provisions of the Management Agreement the Grantor unconditionally
undertakes to indemnify and keep indemnified each Attorney and his agents, and
their respective successors and estates, against all actions, proceedings,
claims, costs, expenses and liabilities of whatsoever nature arising from the
exercise or purported exercise in good faith of any of the powers conferred on
each Attorney by this Power of Attorney. |
(D)
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The
particular powers enumerated above shall be given the widest
interpretation. |
(E)
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THIS
POWER OF ATTORNEY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Grantor has caused this Power of Attorney duly executed by the Grantor this ____ day of [ ], 2006.
SIGNED
BY: |
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For and
on behalf of
[GRANTOR]
in the
presence of: |