AMR CORPORATION (a Delaware corporation) Convertible Senior Notes due 2014 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Dated: September 22, 2009
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION VERSION
EXECUTION VERSION
AMR CORPORATION
(a Delaware corporation)
$400,000,000
Convertible Senior Notes due 2014
Dated: September 22, 2009
AMR CORPORATION
$400,000,000
Convertible Senior Notes due 2014
September 22, 2009
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
and
UBS Securities LLC
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
for themselves and as
Representatives for the
Underwriters named on
Schedule A hereto (the
“Representatives”)
Representatives for the
Underwriters named on
Schedule A hereto (the
“Representatives”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
AMR Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and American Airlines, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Guarantor” and,
together with the Company, the “Issuers”) confirm their agreement with you, as
representatives of the Underwriters listed on Schedule A hereto (the “Underwriters”), with
respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the several Underwriters of
$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Convertible Senior Notes due 2014 (the
“Notes”) and with respect to the grant by the Company to the Underwriters of the option
described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of an additional $60,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Notes. The aforesaid $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes (the
“Initial Securities”) to
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be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the $60,00,000 aggregate principal
amount of Notes subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option
Securities”) will both be unconditionally guaranteed pursuant to a Guarantee to be dated as of
the Closing Time (as defined in Section 2(c)) (the “Guarantee”) on a senior basis by the
Guarantor. The Initial Securities, the Option Securities and the Guarantee are hereinafter called,
collectively, the “Securities.” The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an indenture
(the “Base Indenture”) dated as of February 1, 2004 between the Company and Wilmington
Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented and amended by the Supplemental
Indenture, dated September 28, 2009 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture,” and together with
the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) to be dated as of the Closing Time (as defined in
Section 2(c)) among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee. If the firms listed in Schedule A
hereto include only the Representatives, then the term “Underwriters” as used herein shall
be deemed to refer to the “Representatives.”
The Notes are convertible, subject to certain conditions, at the option of the holder prior to
maturity (unless previously purchased) into shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of
the Company (the “Common Stock”) in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the
Indenture, as described in the General Disclosure Package (as defined below). Securities issued in
book-entry form will be issued to Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”).
Concurrently with the offering and sale of the Securities by the Company pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, the Company is offering, in a transaction registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and by means of a prospectus supplement and
related prospectus, up to 48,484,849 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Concurrent
Offering”). The Representatives are also acting as the representatives of the underwriters for
the offering of the Concurrent Offering. The Company has granted the underwriters of the
Concurrent Offering an option to purchase up to an additional 7,272,727 shares of Common Stock to
cover over-allotments, if any.
The Company has prepared and filed on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) a registration statement (File Nos. 333-160646 and 333-160646-1)
relating to the Company’s debt securities (including the Securities), common stock and other
securities (collectively, “the Company Securities”) and the offering thereof from time to
time in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act. Such registration statement, at any
given time, including the amendments thereto at such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto
at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under
the Securities Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included
therein by the rules and regulations under the Securities Act at such time, is herein called the
“Registration Statement.” The Registration Statement at the time it originally became
effective is herein called the “Original Registration Statement.” As provided in
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Section 3(a) hereof, promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will
prepare and file a final prospectus relating to the Securities in accordance with the provisions of
Rule 430B under the Securities Act (“Rule 430B”) and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 under the
Securities Act (“Rule 424”). Any information included in such final prospectus that was
omitted from the Original Registration Statement but that is deemed to be part of and included in
such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f) is referred to as the “Rule 430B
Information.”
The term “Statutory Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus supplement relating
to the Securities that omits Rule 430B Information together with the base prospectus included in
the Original Registration Statement, and including any document incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act immediately prior to the Applicable Time
(as defined below).
The term “Final Prospectus” means the final prospectus supplement relating to the
Securities and the base prospectus, collectively, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
after the execution of this Agreement, which includes the Rule 430B Information, including the
documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities
Act at the time the Final Prospectus was issued.
The term “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,”
as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act (“Rule 433”), relating to the public offer
of the Securities that is prepared or approved in writing in advance by the Company and that is
required to be filed with the Commission by the Company.
The term “General Disclosure Package” shall mean the Statutory Prospectus, the pricing
term sheet attached as Schedule B hereto and the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any,
identified in Schedule C hereto, all considered together. The term “Applicable Time” shall
mean 11 P.M. (New York City time) on September 22, 2009.
Any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the
Registration Statement, any prospectus, any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document
under the Exchange Act on or after the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, or the
date of such prospectus, such Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
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SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Issuers. Each of the Issuers jointly and severally
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter, as of the date hereof, as follows:
(i) Form S-3 Eligibility. The Company and the Guarantor each meets the
requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
(ii) Effective Registration Statement. The Company is a well-known seasoned
issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (“Rule 405”)) eligible to
use the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement; the
Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission, became effective upon filing
under Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act and is an “automatic shelf registration
statement” as defined in Rule 405; neither of the Issuers has received from the Commission
any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act objecting to the use of the
automatic shelf registration statement form; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been
initiated or threatened by the Commission; no order preventing or suspending the use of the
Statutory Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the
Commission; any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been
complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters; and the Final
Prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information shall be filed with the Commission in the
manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on
Rule 424(b)(8) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been
filed and become effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B). At the
respective times the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto became
effective, at the deemed effective date pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2), at the Closing Time
and at each Date of Delivery (as defined in Section 2(b) hereof), if any, the Registration
Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations under the Securities Act (the “Securities
Act Regulations”) and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”),
and the rules and regulations under the TIA. At the deemed effective date pursuant to
Rule 430B(f)(2), at the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, if any, the Registration
Statement did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; provided, however, that the representations and
warranties in this Section 1(a)(ii) shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by the Underwriters expressly for use
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therein (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or
on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6(b)
hereof) or to those parts of the Registration Statement constituting a Statement of
Eligibility and Qualification under the TIA (Form T-1) of a trustee pursuant to an
indenture.
(iii) Final Prospectus and General Disclosure Package. Neither the Final
Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Final Prospectus or
any such amendment or supplement is issued and at the Closing Time or any Date of Delivery,
will include an untrue statement of a material fact or will omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; the Final Prospectus will comply when filed with the
Commission in all material respects with the Securities Act Regulations and each of the
Statutory Prospectus and the Final Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in
connection with this offering was or will be, as the case may be, identical to the
electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission’s Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (“XXXXX”), except to the extent permitted
by Regulation S-T or required under Rule 424(e); and the General Disclosure Package, as of
the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained
in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Final Prospectus that has
not been superseded or modified; provided, however, that the
representations and warranties in this Section 1(a)(iii) shall not apply to statements in
or omissions from the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Final
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters expressly for use
therein (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on
behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6(b)
hereof) or to those parts of the Registration Statement constituting a Statement of
Eligibility and Qualification under the TIA (Form T-1) of a trustee pursuant to an
indenture.
(iv) Incorporated Documents. The General Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus as delivered from time to time shall incorporate by reference the most recent
Annual Reports of each of the Company and the Guarantor on Form 10-K, as amended, filed
with the Commission, each Quarterly Report of each of the Company and the Guarantor on
Form 10-Q, as amended, filed with the Commission and each Current Report of each of the
Company and the Guarantor on Form 8-K filed (not furnished) with the Commission and such
other reports as
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specifically incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus (the “Incorporated Documents”). The Incorporated Documents filed on or
before the date hereof or hereafter are referred to herein or hereafter as the “SEC
Reports.” The Incorporated Documents at the time they were or hereafter are filed with
the Commission, or if amended, as so amended, complied and will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the
“Exchange Act Regulations”). The Issuers will give the Representatives notice of
their intention to make any filings pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act
Regulations from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time (as defined herein) and will
furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents prior to such proposed
filing.
(v) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who reported on the annual
consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Guarantor that are incorporated by
reference in the Statutory Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, is an independent
registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act
Regulations.
(vi) Financial Statements. (A) Financial Statements of the Company.
The consolidated financial statements of the Company, together with the related schedules
and notes, included in the SEC Reports and incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Statutory Prospectus and to be incorporated by reference in the Final
Prospectus, present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of income, shareholders’ equity and
cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said
financial statements have been or will be prepared in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved (except as indicated in the footnotes to such financial statements). The
supporting schedules included in the SEC Reports and incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement and the Statutory Prospectus and to be incorporated by reference
into the Final Prospectus present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required
to be stated therein.
(B) Financial Statements of the Guarantor. The consolidated financial
statements of the Guarantor, together with the related schedules and notes, included in the
SEC Reports and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Statutory
Prospectus and to be incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus, present fairly the
financial position of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates
indicated and the statement of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Guarantor
and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have
been or will be prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout
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the periods involved (except as indicated in the footnotes to such financial
statements). The supporting schedules included in the SEC Reports and incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement and the Statutory Prospectus and to be
incorporated by reference into the Final Prospectus present fairly in accordance with GAAP
the information required to be stated therein.
(vii) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective dates as
of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
or the Final Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein or contemplated thereby,
(A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or
the earnings, results of operations or general affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(as defined below) taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered
into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of
business, which are material with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or
made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
(viii) Good Standing of the Company. The Company is a corporation duly
incorporated and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct
its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and to
enter into and perform its obligations under, or as contemplated by, this Agreement. The
Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good
standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by
reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the
failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(ix) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each of the Guarantor, AMR Eagle Holding
Corporation, American Eagle Airlines, Inc. and Executive Airlines, Inc. (each a
“Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized
and is validly existing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the
case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization, as the case may be, has the power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and
the Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, partnership or
limited liability company, as the case may be, to transact business and is in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the
ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to
qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material
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Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and
the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of each such
Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable
and are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any
security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity (except for the
security interest in all of the common stock of the Guarantor granted by the Company
pursuant to the Pledge Agreement dated as of December 17, 2004 from the Company to Citicorp
USA, Inc., as collateral agent (the “Pledge Agreement”)); none of the outstanding
equity interests of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar
rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The Guarantor and AMR Eagle Holding
Corporation are the only “significant subsidiaries” of the Company (as such term is defined
in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X).
(x) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company are as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement or the
Concurrent Offering or pursuant to reservations, agreements, convertible securities,
options or employee benefit plans referred to in the General Disclosure Package and the
Final Prospectus and/or referred to in clause (B) of Section 3(j) hereof). The shares of
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; none of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company was issued in violation of any preemptive or other similar rights of
any securityholder of the Company. Other than as referred to in this subparagraph (x) or
as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no options,
warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights
to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of
or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding.
(xi) Authorization of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Issuers.
(xii) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized
by each of the Issuers and, when duly executed and delivered by each of the Issuers and the
Trustee, assuming the Indenture constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the
Trustee, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of each of the Issuers, enforceable
against each of the Issuers in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating
to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is
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subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(xiii) Authorization of the Securities.
(A) Notes. The Notes have been duly authorized and, at the Closing Time and,
if any, each Date of Delivery, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when
authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and
delivered against payment by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the Indenture, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws
relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law), and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to
the benefits of, the Indenture.
(B)
Guarantee. The Guarantee has been duly and validly authorized by the Guarantor
and, when the Notes are issued, authenticated and delivered by the Company against payment
by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture, will
constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the
Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent
transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law), and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits
of, the Indenture.
(xiv) Description of the Notes, the Indenture and the Guarantee. As of the
Closing Time and each Date of Delivery, if any, the Notes, the Indenture and the Guarantee
will conform in all material respects to the respective descriptions thereof contained in
the General Disclosure Package and to be contained in the Final Prospectus.
(xiv) Authorization and Description of Common Stock. The Common Stock
conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the General
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and such description will conform in all
material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. Upon
issuance and delivery of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture, the
Notes will be convertible at the option of the
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holder thereof into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Notes
and the Indenture; the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes have
been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon such conversion by all necessary
corporate action and such shares, when issued upon such conversion in accordance with the
terms of the Notes, will be validly issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable; no
holder of such shares will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a
holder; and the issuance of such shares upon such conversion will not be subject to the
preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(xv) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or other constituting or
organizational document or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”), except
for such defaults that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect and that would not affect the validity of the Securities and the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes; and the execution and delivery by the Issuers
of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, the consummation by the Issuers of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, and the
compliance by the Issuers with their obligations hereunder and thereunder and the terms
hereof and thereof do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or
passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or a Repayment
Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge
or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults
or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that, singly or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or a material
adverse effect on the transactions contemplated hereunder), or result in a violation of the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, as amended, or other
constituting or organizational document of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any
government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, properties
or operations, except, in each case, for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults,
that, singly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means
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any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence
of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the
repurchase, redemption or repayment prior to the stated maturity or date of mandatory
redemption or repayment thereof of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
(xvi) Absence of Labor Dispute. Other than as described in the General
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no labor dispute with the employees of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
which the Company expects to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xvii) Absence of Proceedings. Other than as set forth in the General
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry
or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or
foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company
or any of its subsidiaries which, in the judgment of the Company, is likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(xviii) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization,
order or license of, or filing with or notice to, any government, governmental
instrumentality, regulatory body or authority or court, domestic or foreign, is required
for the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder, the issuance of shares of
Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes, or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or for the valid authorization, execution, delivery and
performance by each Issuer of this Agreement and the Indenture, or for the valid
authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities, or for the performance by the
Issuers of their obligations thereunder, except such as have been already obtained and or
as may be required under the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations or state
securities laws in connection with the Registration Statement, the qualification of the
Indenture under the TIA and the listing of the shares of Common Stock issued upon
conversion of the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange.
(xix) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is, nor upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the
application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the General Disclosure Package
and the Final Prospectus will be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an
“investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(xx) Environmental Laws. There has been no storage, disposal, generation,
manufacture, refinement, transportation, handling or treatment of toxic wastes, medical
wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances by the
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Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their
predecessors in interest), or at, upon or from any of the property now or previously owned
or leased by the Company or its Subsidiaries in violation of, and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has any liability under, any applicable law, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would require remedial action under
any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit
applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for any violation, liability
or remedial action which would not have, or could not be reasonably likely to have,
singularly or in the aggregate with all such violations, liabilities and remedial actions,
a Material Adverse Effect; there has been no spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection,
escape, dumping or release of any kind by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries onto such
property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic wastes, medical
wastes, solid wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances due to or caused by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or with respect to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has knowledge, except for any such spill, discharge, leak, emission,
injection, escape, dumping or release which would not have or would not be reasonably
likely to have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such spills, discharges, leaks,
emissions, injections, escapes, dumpings and releases, a Material Adverse Effect. The
terms “hazardous wastes,” “toxic wastes,” “hazardous substances” and “medical wastes” shall
have the meanings specified in any applicable local, state, federal and foreign laws or
regulations with respect to environmental protection or human health. In the ordinary
course of its business, the Company conducts a periodic review of the effect of any and all
applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the
protection of human health and safety, the environment, and hazardous and toxic substances
and wastes, pollutants and contaminants (“Environmental Laws”) on the business, operations
and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies
and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital
or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with
Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating
activities and any potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such review,
the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities have not
had and would not, singularly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(xxi) ERISA. Each of the Issuers is in compliance in all material respects
with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder
(“ERISA”); no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to
any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which either Issuer would have any liability;
neither Issuer has incurred and
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does not expect to incur liability under (A) Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (B) Section 412 or 4971 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder (the “Code”); and each “pension plan” for which either
Issuer would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of
the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by
action or by failure to act, which either Issuer reasonably expects would cause the loss of
such qualification.
(xxii) Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries carry, or are
covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the
conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties.
(xxiii) Taxes. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has filed all
federal, state and local income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the
date hereof, except for such exceptions as would not individually or collectively have a
Material Adverse Effect, and has paid all taxes due thereon, except such as are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and no tax deficiency has been
determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which has had, nor does the
Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiency which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, might have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxiv) Internal Controls. The Company and the Guarantor (A) make and keep
accurate books and records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and disposition of the assets of the Company and the Guarantor, and
(B) maintain internal accounting controls which provide reasonable assurance that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization,
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain
accountability for their assets, (iii) access to their assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for its
assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals. The Company and the
Guarantor maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is
defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that has been designed by the Company’s or
the Guarantor’s respective principal executive officers and principal financial officers,
or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Neither the Company nor the
Guarantor is aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company or the Guarantor’s
ability to record, process, summarize and
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report financial information. Since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there has
been no change in the Company or the Guarantor’s internal controls over financial reporting
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company or
the Guarantor’s internal control over financial reporting.
(xxv) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company and the Guarantor
maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of
the Exchange Act) that have been designed to ensure that material information relating to
the Company and the Guarantor, including their respective consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to the Company and the Guarantor’s principal executive officers and principal
financial officers by others within those entities; such disclosure controls and procedures
are effective.
(xxvi) No Unlawful Payments. The Company has implemented compliance programs
for purposes of (i) informing the appropriate officers and employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries of (A) the Company’s policies against (1) the use of corporate funds for
unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity, (2) direct or indirect unlawful payments to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee from corporate funds, (3) violations of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and (4) making any bribes, rebates, payoffs, influence
payments kickbacks or other unlawful payments and (ii) requiring such officers and
employees to report to the Company any knowledge they may have of violations of the
Company’s policies referred to above and no such reports have been made.
(xxvii) No Brokerage Commission; Finder’s Fee. To the best of the Company’s
knowledge after due inquiry, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between
the Company or any Subsidiary and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against
the Company or the Underwriters for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like
payment in connection with this offering.
(xxviii) Dividend Payments. Except as provided in the Pledge Agreement,
neither the Guarantor nor AMR Eagle Holding Corporation is currently prohibited, directly
or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is
subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on
its respective capital stock or from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to it
from the Company, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(xxix) Reporting Company. The Company is subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(xxx) Air Carrier Certification. The Guarantor, a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, (i) is an “air carrier” within the meaning of 49 U.S.C. Section 40102(a),
(ii) holds an air carrier operating certificate issued by the Secretary of Transportation
pursuant to Chapter 447 of Title 49 of the United States Code for aircraft capable of
carrying 10 or more individuals or 6,000 pounds or more of cargo, and (iii) is a “citizen
of the United States” as defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102.
(xxxi) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its Subsidiaries
possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively,
“Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
agencies or bodies and third parties, governmental or otherwise, necessary to conduct the
business now operated by them as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus, except for such failures to possess Licenses as would not, individually or
collectively, have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Licenses, except where the failure so
to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the
Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such
Licenses or the failure of such Licenses to be in full force and effect would not have a
Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received
any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Licenses
which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxxii) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with
all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the
Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA
PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the
Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any
related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by
any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body
or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the
Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(xxxiii) Well-Known Seasoned Issuer. (A)(i) At the time of filing the
Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the
purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment
was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (iii) at the time the Company or any person
acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the
Securities Act) made any offer relating to the Company Securities in reliance on the
exemption of Rule 163 under the Securities Act, the Company was a “well-known seasoned
issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, including not having been an
“ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act; and (B) at the time of
filing the Original Registration Statement, at the earliest time thereafter that the
Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of
Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Company Securities and at the date hereof,
the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” as defined under Rule 405.
(b) Officer’s Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or the
Guarantor delivered to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company or the Guarantor to the Underwriters as to the matters
covered thereby as of the date or dates indicated in such certificate.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to the Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Sale of Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Issuers,
jointly and severally, agree to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuers the principal amount of the Initial
Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule A hereto at a purchase price of
97.250% of their principal amount.
(b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Issuers
hereby grant an option to the Underwriters to purchase up to an additional $60,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Option Securities at a purchase price of 97.250% of such principal amount plus
interest accrued from Closing Time to the Date of Delivery in cash. In the event and to the extent
that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase all or a portion of Option Securities
as provided above, the Issuers agree to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuers that portion of the
principal amount of Option Securities as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be
adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such principal
amount of Option Securities by a fraction, the numerator of
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which is the maximum principal amount of Initial Securities which such Underwriter is entitled
to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule A hereto and the
denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that all of the
Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder at the purchase price set forth above plus interest
accrued from the Closing Time to the Date of Delivery in cash. The option hereby granted will
expire 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time
only for the purpose of covering over-allotments which may be made in connection with the offering
and distribution of the Initial Securities as may be modified by subsequent purchases and sales by
the Underwriters upon written (including by email) notice by the Representatives to the Company
setting forth the principal amount of Option Securities as to which the Underwriters are then
exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities.
Any such time and date of delivery, if subsequent to the Closing Time, is called a “Date of
Delivery” and shall be determined by the Representatives, but shall not be later than seven
full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time,
as hereinafter defined, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company. If
the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, the Underwriters will
purchase the entire aggregate principal amount of Option Securities then being purchased.
(c) Payment of Purchase Price. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of one or more
global certificates for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Debevoise &
Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at such other place as shall be agreed
upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on September 28,
2009, the fourth business day after the date hereof, or at such other time not later than ten
business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such
time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the “Closing Time”).
In addition, in the event that the Underwriters have exercised their option to purchase all or
any of the Option Securities, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of one or more global
certificates for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such
other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, on each Date of
Delivery as specified in the written (including by email) notice from the Representatives to the
Company; provided, however, that if such option shall have been exercised on or
before the fourth business day prior to the Closing Time, the Date of Delivery for such Option
Shares shall be the Closing Time.
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire or interbank transfer of immediately available
funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to the Representatives of the
Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters.
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(d) Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option
Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations ($1,000 or integral multiples thereof) and
registered in such names as the Underwriters may request in writing at least one full business day
before the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, provided,
that any Securities in global form be registered in the name of Cede & Co. The certificates for
the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, will be made available for examination
and packaging by the Underwriters in the City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City
time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case
may be.
SECTION 3. Covenants. (A) Covenants of the Company. The Company and, where
specifically indicated, the Guarantor, jointly and severally, covenant with each of the
Underwriters as follows:
(a) Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Company will (i) prepare the
Final Prospectus that complies with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and which
sets forth the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Securities and their terms not
otherwise specified in the basic prospectus relating to offerings of debt securities and common
stock under the Registration Statement, the name of each Underwriter participating in the offering
and the face amount of the Securities that each severally has agreed to purchase, the name of each
Underwriter, if any, acting as representative of the Underwriters in connection with the offering,
the price at which the Securities are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, any
initial public offering price, any selling concession and re-allowance, and such other information
as the Representatives and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the
Securities and (ii) file all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time period required by such Rule. The Company will promptly
transmit copies of the Final Prospectus to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424 and will
furnish to the Underwriters as many copies of the Final Prospectus as the Underwriters shall
reasonably request.
(b) During the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the
Securities Act (“Rule 173(a)”)), the Company will promptly advise the Representatives of
(i) the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, (ii) the transmittal to the
Commission for filing of any supplement to the Final Prospectus or any document that would as a
result thereof be incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus, (iii) any request by the
Commission for any amendment of the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the
Final Prospectus or for any additional information relating thereto or to any document incorporated
by reference therein, (iv) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for
that purpose, (v) any notice by the Commission pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) objecting to the use of
the Registration Statement, and (vi) the receipt by
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the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for
such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order
or suspension and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a)), any event
occurs as a result of which the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus as then amended
or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or amend or
supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act
or the Securities Act Regulations, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission,
subject to paragraph (d) of this Section 3, such amendment or supplement which will correct such
statement or omission or such amendment or supplement which will effect such compliance and the
Company will use its reasonable efforts to have any such amendment to the Registration Statement or
new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable (if it is not an automatic
shelf registration statement with respect to the Securities). Neither the Underwriters’ consent
to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver
of any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.
(d) At any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under
the Securities Act (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a)), the Company will
give the Representatives notice of its intention to file any amendment to the Registration
Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus, whether pursuant to the Exchange
Act, the Securities Act or otherwise, will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such
amendment or supplement or other documents proposed to be filed within a reasonable time in advance
of filing, and will not file any such amendment or supplement or other documents in a form to which
the Representatives shall reasonably object.
(e) The Company has furnished or will, if requested, furnish to the Underwriters and the
Underwriters’ counsel, without charge, conformed copies of the Original Registration Statement and
of all amendments thereto, whether filed before or after such Registration Statement originally
became effective (including exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated therein by reference);
and the copies of the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the
Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the
Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. So long as
delivery of a Final Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, a notice referred to in Rule 173(a)) by the
Underwriters or dealers may be required by the Securities Act, the Company will
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furnish as many copies of any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto, as the Underwriters may
reasonably request; and the Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to
each Underwriter will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the
Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T or required under
Rule 424(e).
(f) The Issuers shall use their reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to
qualify the Securities and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Notes for
offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states in the United States as the
Underwriters may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualification in effect as long as
required in connection with the distribution of the Securities;
provided, however, that neither
Issuer shall be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a
foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so
qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in
which it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) The Company intends to use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities
in the manner to be indicated in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under “Use
of Proceeds.”
(h) The Company will use its reasonable efforts to cause all shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Notes to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or listed on a “national
securities exchange” registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act.
(i) The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive or other
similar rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the
Company to satisfy any obligations to issue the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
the Notes.
(j) Beginning on the date hereof and ending on, and including, the date that is 90 days after
the date of the Final Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of each
of the Representatives: (i) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell,
sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option,
right or warrant for the sale of, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly,
any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or
repayable with Common Stock, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act with
respect to any of the foregoing (other than a shelf registration statement under Rule 415 under the
Securities Act) or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement or any transaction that transfers in
whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic consequence of ownership of the
Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
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or repayable with Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in
clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in
cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold
hereunder or the Common Stock to be sold in the Concurrent Offering and (B) Common Stock (or
options to purchase Common Stock) to be issued pursuant to the Corporation’s 1988 Long Term
Incentive Plan, as amended, the 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended, the 1994 Directors Stock
Incentive Plan, as amended, the 2003 Employee Stock Incentive Plan or other employee compensation
benefit plans or pursuant to currently outstanding options, warrants or rights existing on the date
hereof and referred to in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(k) The Issuers shall cooperate with the Underwriters and use their reasonable efforts to
permit the Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC.
(l) The Company, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to
be delivered under the Securities Act (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a)),
will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act
within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations.
(B) Free Writing Prospectus Covenants. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it
obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that,
unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and
will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405,
required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the
Company and the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and has complied and will
comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus,
including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Expenses. The Issuers shall, jointly and severally, pay all expenses incident to the
performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing,
filing and distribution of any preliminary prospectus supplements, the Statutory Prospectus, the
Final Prospectus (including financial statements and any schedules or exhibits and any Incorporated
Document), the Registration Statement, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments
thereof or supplements thereto,
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(ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, the
Indenture, the Securities, and such other documents as may be required in connection with the
offer, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities or the issuance or delivery of the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, (iii) the preparation, issuance and
delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters and the certificates for the
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, including any transfer taxes, any stamp or
other duties payable upon the issuance and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, the
issuance and delivery of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and any charges of
DTC in connection therewith, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants
and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities and the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Notes under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of a single
counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the
Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) all costs and expenses related to review by the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. of the Securities (including filing fees and the fees
and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to review), (vii) the fees and expenses of
the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the
Indenture and the Securities, (viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for
the Common Stock, (ix) any costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on
any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, and (x) fees
payable, if any, to any rating agency. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this
Section and Section 6 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses,
including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the securities by them, and
any promotional expenses connected with any offers they may make.
(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Underwriters in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 8(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse
the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of a single counsel for the Underwriters incurred by it in connection with the
offering contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 5. Conditions of the Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the
Issuers contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Issuers delivered
pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Issuers of their covenants and other
obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) Opinions of Counsel for the Issuers. At the Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have
received the opinion and letter of Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of
the Company, and the opinion and letter of Debevoise
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& Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, each in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters and dated as of the Closing Time, substantially in
the forms of Exhibits A-1, A-2, B-1 and B-2 hereto, respectively. Such counsel may also state
that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem
proper, upon certificates of the officers of the Company and the Guarantor and certificates of
public officials.
(b) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. At the Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have
received the opinion, dated as of the Closing Time, of Xxxxxxxx & Sterling LLP, counsel
for the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives. In
giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions
other than the law of the State of New York, the federal law of the United States and the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the
Underwriters. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters,
they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and
certificates of public officials.
(c) Officers’ Certificate. At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date
hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the General Disclosure
Package and the Final Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or
otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its
Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business, and the Underwriters shall have received a certificate of the President or an Executive
Vice President or a Senior Vice President of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief
Accounting Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has
been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a)
hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of
the Closing Time, and (iii) the Issuers have complied with all of the agreements entered into in
connection with the transaction contemplated herein and satisfied all conditions on their part to
be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time.
(d) Accountant’s Comfort Letter. Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, the
Underwriters shall have received from Xxxxx & Young LLP a letter, dated as of the date of the Final
Prospectus, in the form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing
statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to
underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained,
or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package.
(e) Accountant’s Bring-Down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have
received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they
reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished
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pursuant to Section 5(d) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished
pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing
Time, and such letter shall also contain statements and information with respect to certain
financial information contained in the Final Prospectus.
(f) Lock-Up Letters. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall have
furnished to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto
from each officer listed on Schedule I hereto and each director of the Company and addressed to
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
(g) Indenture. At or prior to the Closing Time, each of the Issuers and the Trustee shall
have executed and delivered the Second Supplemental Indenture.
(h) No Stop Order. At the Closing Time, the Company shall not have received from the
Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act objecting to the use of
the automatic shelf registration statement form; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or
threatened by the Commission.
(i) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriters exercise
their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option
Securities, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase such Option Securities are subject to
the accuracy as of each Date of Delivery of the representations and warranties of the Company and
the Guarantor contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or the
Guarantor delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the
Guarantor of their covenants and other obligations hereunder, and at the relevant Date of Delivery,
the Underwriters shall have received:
(i) Officers’ Certificate. A certificate, dated such Date of
Delivery, of the President or an Executive or Senior Vice President of the Company
and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Company
confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to
Section 5(c) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(ii) Opinions of Counsel for the Company. The opinion and letter of
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, and the
opinion and letter of Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, each in
form reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters, each dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities
to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise substantially in the forms
of the respective opinions required by Section 5(a) hereof.
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(iii) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. The opinion of
Xxxxxxxx & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and dated such Date of Delivery,
relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and
otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof.
(iv) Bring-down Comfort Letter. A letter from Ernst & Young LLP, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and dated such Date of
Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to
the Underwriters pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof, except that the “specified date”
in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than
three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.
Furthermore, at each Date of Delivery, the Company shall not have received from the Commission any
notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act objecting to the use of the automatic
shelf registration statement form; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been
initiated or threatened by the Commission.
(j) Additional Documents. At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, counsel for the
Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents, certificates and opinions as they may
reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the
Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of
the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained;
and all proceedings taken by the Issuers in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities
as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters.
(k) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement (or, in the case of any condition to
the purchase of Option Securities, on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities on such Date of
Delivery) may be terminated by the Underwriters by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to
the Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be
without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that
Sections 1, 6 and 7 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Issuers, jointly and severally,
agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each person who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or
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Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of
Rule 405 against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other Federal
or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (1) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, including, without limitation, the Rule 430B Information (or any amendment to the
Registration Statement), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or (2) arise out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the General Disclosure Package or in the Final Prospectus
or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, and, in each case, agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however,
that (i) neither of the Issuers shall be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage, or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon, and in conformity
with, written information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuers by or on behalf of
such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use in the Registration Statement
including, without limitation, the Rule 430B Information (or any amendment thereto) or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), and (ii) the Issuers shall not be liable for any loss, liability or expense
of any settlement or compromise of or consent to entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened litigation or any pending or threatened governmental agency investigation or proceeding
if such settlement or compromise of or consent to entry of judgment with respect thereto is
effected without the prior written consent of the Issuers (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld), except to the extent that such consent is not required pursuant to Section 6(d) hereof.
This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Issuers may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers, each of
their directors, each of their officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person who
controls an Issuer, within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses described
in the indemnity contained in Section 6(a), but only with respect to untrue statements or alleged
untrue statements or omissions or alleged omissions made in the Registration Statement, including,
without limitation, the 430B Information (or any amendment thereto), any Permitted Free Writing
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Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, or the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to such
Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the
General Disclosure Package, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information by
any Underwriter consists of the statements set forth (i) in the last paragraph of the cover page
regarding delivery of the Notes and, under the heading “Underwriting”, (ii) the list of
Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the Notes, (iii) the second, third
and fourth sentences in the third paragraph related to concessions and reallowances and (iv) the
eighth, ninth and tenth paragraphs related to stabilization, over-allotments and derivative
transactions in any Statutory Prospectus and the Final Prospectus. This indemnity agreement will
be in addition to any liability that any Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party or parties
in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party or
parties will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise
than under this Section 6. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it
notifies the indemnifying party or parties of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party or
parties will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent that it may elect, by written
notice delivered to such indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such
indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified
party; provided, however, that if, in the reasonable judgment of such indemnified
party, a conflict of interest exists where it is advisable for such indemnified party to be
represented by separate counsel, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such action, in which event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be
borne by the indemnifying party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party or
parties to such indemnified party of the election so to assume the defense of such action and
approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party or parties will not be liable
to such indemnified party under this Section 6 for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the
indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next
preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party or parties shall not
be liable for the expenses of more than one such separate counsel representing the indemnified
parties under subparagraph (a) of this Section 6 who are parties to such action), (ii) the
indemnifying party or parties shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified
party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after
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notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party or parties have
authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying
party or parties; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable, such liability shall be
only in respect of the counsel referred to in such clause (i) or (iii). It is understood that all
such fees and expenses of counsel for the indemnified party for which the indemnifying party is
liable shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), effect
any settlement or compromise of, or consent to entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and
indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement or
compromise of, or consent to entry of judgment with respect to, includes an unconditional release
of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding and does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or failure
to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel payable pursuant to this
Section 6, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement, compromise or
consent to entry of judgment of the nature contemplated by clause (ii) of the proviso in
Section 6(a) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement, compromise or consent to
entry of judgment is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid notice of request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms
of such settlement, compromise or consent to entry of judgment at least 30 days prior to such
settlement being entered into, and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement, compromise
or consent to entry of judgment.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6 is for any
reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any
losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by such indemnified party, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Issuers on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand
from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided
by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the
Issuers on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements
or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Issuers on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the
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offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement
(net of underwriting discounts and commissions paid to the Underwriters but before deducting
expenses) received by the Issuers and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by
the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Final Prospectus, bears to the
aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on such cover. The relative
fault of the Issuers on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by
the Issuers or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Issuers and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 6 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 6. The
aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified
party and referred to above in this Section 6 shall be deemed to include any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending
against any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at
which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes
of this Section 6, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of either Issuer, each officer of either Issuer
who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls either Issuer within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the
same rights to contribution as the Issuers. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 6 are several in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of
Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.
SECTION 7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of
officers of the Issuers submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of
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Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, or by or on behalf of the
Issuers, and shall survive delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters.
SECTION 8. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination; General. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the
Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to
the date of this Agreement), any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or in the earnings, business
affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise,
whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any
material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or in the international
financial markets, or any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or
crisis, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the effect of which is such as
to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the
Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities or (iii) if trading in any
securities of the Company has been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or if
trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange has been suspended or materially limited, or
minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been
required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or any other governmental authority, or (iv) if a banking
moratorium has been declared by either federal or New York authorities.
(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination
shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof,
and provided further that Sections 1, 6 and 7 shall survive such termination and remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 9. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and effective only upon receipt. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the
Representatives at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: General Counsel, Facsimile: (000) 000-0000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, 000
Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX, Attention: Investment Banking Division, Facsimile: (000)
000-0000 and UBS Securities LLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX, 00000; and notices to the Issuers
shall be directed to the Company at P.O. Box 619616, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Texas 75261-9616,
facsimile no. (000) 000-0000, attention of the Treasurer.
SECTION 10. Default. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay
for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or
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Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and such failure to purchase shall constitute a
default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining
Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions
which the aggregate principal amount of Securities specified to be purchased by them in Schedule A
bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased by all the remaining
Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate principal amount
of Securities that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall
exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased pursuant to this
Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right, but not the obligation, within 24 hours
thereafter, to make arrangements to purchase all, but not less than all, of such Securities, and if
such nondefaulting Underwriters do not complete such arrangements within such 24 hour period, then
this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriters or the Company.
In the event of any such termination, the provisions of Sections 4, 6 and 7 shall remain in effect.
In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 10 that does not result
in a termination of this Agreement, the Closing Time and any Date of Delivery, as applicable, shall
be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as the nondefaulting Underwriters or the
Company shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may
be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its
liability, if any, to the Company and to any nondefaulting Underwriters for damages occasioned by
its default hereunder.
SECTION 11. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the Underwriters and the Issuers and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned
in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other
than the Underwriters and the Issuers and their respective successors and the controlling persons
referred to in Section 6 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This
Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the Underwriters and the Issuers and their respective successors, and said controlling
persons and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or
corporation. No purchaser of Securities from the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a successor by
reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 12. No Fiduciary Duty. The Issuers acknowledge and agree that each
Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the
Issuers with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection
with determining the terms of such offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or
an agent of, the Issuers or any of their subsidiaries.
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Additionally, no Underwriter is advising the Issuers or any of their subsidiaries as to any
legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction with respect to the
offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Underwriter
has advised or is advising the Issuers on other matters). Each Underwriter advises that it and its
affiliates are engaged in a broad range of securities and financial services and that it and its
affiliates may enter into contractual relationships with purchasers or potential purchasers of the
Company’s securities and that some of these services or relationships may involve interests that
differ from those of the Issuers and need not be disclosed to the Issuers, unless otherwise
required by law. The Issuers have consulted with their own advisors concerning such matters and
shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the
transactions contemplated hereby, and no Underwriter shall have any responsibility or liability to
the Issuers or any of their subsidiaries with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of
the Issuers, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions
will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the
Issuers. The Issuers waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have
against the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and
agrees that no Underwriter shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Issuers in
respect of such a fiduciary duty claim.
SECTION 13. Governing Law and Time. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN,
SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 14. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts,
will become a binding agreement between the Issuers and each Underwriter in accordance with its
terms.
Very truly yours, AMR CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Executive Vice President — Finance and Planning and Chief Financial Officer |
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AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Vice President — Corporate Development and Treasurer |
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | |||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||||
Title: Managing Director and Vice President | |||||
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED | |||||
By:
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxx Xxxxx | |||||
Title: Managing Director | |||||
UBS SECURITIES LLC | |||||
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Managing Director | |||||
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxx Xxxxx | |||||
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For themselves and as Representatives of the Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto |