US AIRWAYS, INC. $293,944,000 US Airways Pass Through Certificates, Series 2011-1A-O $94,283,000 US Airways Pass Through Certificates, Series 2011-1B-O UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION VERSION
US AIRWAYS, INC.
$293,944,000
US Airways Pass Through Certificates, Series 2011-1A-O
$94,283,000
US Airways Pass Through Certificates, Series 2011-1B-O
$293,944,000
US Airways Pass Through Certificates, Series 2011-1A-O
$94,283,000
US Airways Pass Through Certificates, Series 2011-1B-O
June 21, 2011
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
As representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
US Airways, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes that Wilmington
Trust Company, as trustee under each of the Original Trusts (as defined below) (the
“Trustee”), issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto US Airways Pass
Through Certificates, Series 2011-1A-O (the “Class A Certificates”) and US Airways Pass
Through Certificates, Series 2011-1B-O (the “Class B Certificates” and, together with the
Class A Certificates, the “Certificates”), in the aggregate principal amounts and with the
stated interest rates and final expected distribution dates set forth on Schedule I hereto on the
terms and conditions stated herein.
The Certificates will be issued pursuant to a Pass Through Trust Agreement, dated December 21,
2010 (the “Basic Agreement”), between the Company and the Trustee, as supplemented with
respect to the issuance of each class of Certificates by a separate Pass Through Trust Supplement
to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below) (individually, an “Original Trust
Supplement”), between the Company and the Trustee (the Basic Agreement as supplemented by each
such Original Trust Supplement being referred to herein individually as an “Original Pass
Through Trust Agreement”). The Original Trust Supplements are related to the creation and
administration of the US Airways Pass Through Trust 2011-1A-O (the “Class A Trust”) and the
US Airways Pass Through Trust 2011-1B-O (the “Class B Trust” and, together with the Class A
Trust, the “Original Trusts”). As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, the
term “Underwriters” shall mean the firms named as Underwriters in Schedule II, and the term
“you” shall mean, collectively, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. (“GS”), Citigroup Global
Markets Inc. (“Citi”) and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“CS”).
The cash proceeds of the offering of Certificates by each Original Trust will be paid to Xxxxx
Fargo Bank Northwest, National Association, as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), under an
Escrow and Paying Agent Agreement to be dated as of the Closing Date (each, an “Escrow
Agreement”) among the Escrow Agent, the representatives of the Underwriters, the Trustee of
such Original Trust and Wilmington Trust Company, as paying agent (the “Paying Agent”), for
the benefit of the holders of the Certificates issued by such Original Trust. The Escrow Agent
will deposit such cash proceeds (each, a “Deposit”) with The Bank of New York Mellon, as
depositary (the “Depositary”), in accordance with a Deposit Agreement relating to such
Original Trust (each, a “Deposit Agreement”), and, subject to the fulfillment of certain
conditions, will withdraw Deposits upon request to allow the Trustee to purchase Equipment Notes
(as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement (as defined below)) from time to time pursuant to a Note
Purchase Agreement to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) among
the Company, Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee of each of the Original Trusts, as Subordination
Agent (as hereinafter defined) and as Paying Agent, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as
the Escrow Agent. Each Escrow Agent will issue receipts to be attached to each related Certificate
(“Escrow Receipts”) representing each holder’s interest in amounts deposited with such
Escrow Agent with respect to the related class of Certificates and will pay to such holders through
the related Paying Agent interest accrued on the Deposits and received by such Paying Agent
pursuant to the related Deposit Agreement at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable
to the corresponding Certificates. The Equipment Notes will be guaranteed by US Airways Group,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent Guarantor”), as described in the Guarantee dated
the Closing Date (the “Guarantee”) of the Parent Guarantor covering the Guaranteed
Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee).
Upon the earlier of (i) the first business day after December 15, 2011 and (ii) the fifth
business day following the occurrence of a Triggering Event (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) (such business day, the “Trust Transfer Date”), or, if later, the date on which
all of the conditions set forth in Section 7.01 of the Original Trust Supplements have been
satisfied, each of the Original Trusts will transfer and assign all of its assets and rights to a
newly-created successor trust with substantially identical terms except as described in the
Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) (each, a “Successor Trust” and, together with the
Original Trusts, the “Trusts”) governed by the Basic Agreement, as supplemented with
respect to each class of
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Certificates by a separate Pass Through Trust Supplement (individually, a
“Successor Trust Supplement”), between the Company and the Wilmington Trust Company, as
trustee (the Basic Agreement, as supplemented by each such Successor Trust Supplement, being
referred to herein individually as a “Successor Pass Through Trust Agreement” and, together
with the Original Pass Through Trust Agreements, the “Designated Agreements”). Each
Certificate outstanding on the Trust Transfer Date will represent the same interest in the relevant
Successor Trust as the Certificate represented in the Original Trust.
Certain amounts of interest payable on the Certificates issued by the Class A Trust and the
Class B Trust will be entitled, in each case, to the benefits of a separate liquidity facility.
Natixis S.A., acting through its New York Branch (the “Liquidity Provider”), will enter
into separate revolving credit agreements with respect to the Class A Trust and the Class B Trust
(collectively, the “Liquidity Facilities”) to be dated as of the Closing Date for the
benefit of the holders of the Certificates issued by such Trusts. The Liquidity Provider and the
holders of the Certificates will be entitled to the benefits of an Intercreditor Agreement to be
dated as of the Closing Date among the Trustees, Wilmington Trust Company, as subordination agent
and trustee thereunder (the “Subordination Agent”), and the Liquidity Provider (as amended
by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of the Closing Date, the “Intercreditor Agreement”).
The Company and the Parent Guarantor have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) a registration statement, including a prospectus, on Form S-3 (File No.
333-163463), relating to securities (the “Shelf Securities”), including pass through
certificates, to be issued from time to time by the Company, and securities, including the
Guarantee, to be issued from time to time by the Parent Guarantor. The registration statement as
amended to the date of this Agreement, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the
registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the
“Registration Statement”, and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities dated
December 3, 2009 in the form first used to confirm sales of the Shelf Securities (or in the form
first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to
Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Basic Prospectus.”
The Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the
Certificates in the form first used to confirm sales of the Shelf Securities (or in the form first
made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule
173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus,” and the term
“preliminary prospectus” means the preliminary form of the Prospectus dated June 21, 2011 and
distributed to prospective purchasers of the Certificates.
For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act and “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the preliminary
prospectus, together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule IV hereto.
As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Basic Prospectus,”
“preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall
include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein. The terms “supplement,”
“amendment” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement,
the Basic Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, and any preliminary prospectus or free writing
prospectus shall include all
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documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are
deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Underwriting Agreement (the
“Agreement”) shall have the meanings specified therefor in the Original Pass Through Trust
Agreements, the Note Purchase Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement; provided that, as
used in this Agreement, the term “Operative Agreements” shall mean the Designated
Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Liquidity Facilities, the Guarantee, the Escrow
Agreements, the Deposit Agreements, the Assignment and Assumption Agreements and the Financing
Agreements (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement).
1. Representations and Warranties. (a) Each of the Company and the Parent
Guarantor, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to, and agrees with each
Underwriter that:
(i) Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor meets the requirements for the use of
Form S-3 under the Securities Act; the Registration Statement has become effective; and, on
the original effective date of the Registration Statement, the Registration Statement
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings
for such purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Parent
Guarantor, threatened by the Commission. The Registration Statement is an “automatic
shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act); the
Parent Guarantor was, as of the date of the filing of the Registration Statement and is, as
of the date hereof, a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act); each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor is eligible to use the
Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement; and neither the Company
nor the Parent Guarantor has received notice that the Commission objects to the use of the
Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement. The Registration
Statement, as of the date of the filing did not, as of the date hereof does not, and, as
amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus, as of the date hereof, does not
contain and as amended or supplemented, if applicable, at the Closing Date will not contain
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. The Registration Statement, as of the date of filing, complied
as to form, and the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus,
as of the date hereof, comply as to form, and as amended or supplemented, if applicable,
will comply as to form, in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Each document, if any, filed or to be
filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied, or will comply when so
filed, in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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The Time of Sale Prospectus did not, as of 4:30
P.M., Eastern Time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then
amended or supplemented by the Company and the Parent Guarantor, if applicable, will not as
of the Closing Date, contain 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. Any information included in any
“issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act), when
considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain 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 and, when used in connection with the offering of the Certificates does not
conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any
prospectus or prospectus supplement that is part of the Registration Statement (including
pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act) and not superseded or modified. The
preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon (A) the Underwriter
Information (as hereinafter defined), (B) statements or omissions in that part of each
Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), on
Form T-1 or (C) the Depositary Information (as hereinafter defined).
(ii) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development reasonably
likely to involve a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in
the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries or the Parent
Guarantor and its subsidiaries, respectively, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the
Time of Sale Prospectus.
(iii) Neither the Company nor the Parent Guarantor is an “ineligible issuer” in
connection with the offering of the Certificates pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under
the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company or the Parent Guarantor is
required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be,
filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus
that the Company or the Parent Guarantor has filed in connection with the offering of the
Certificates, or is required to file in connection with the offering of the Certificates,
pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or
used or referred to by the Company or the Parent Guarantor complies or will comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any,
identified in Schedule IV hereto, neither the Company nor the Parent Guarantor has prepared,
used or referred to, and will not, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any
free writing prospectus in connection with the offering of the Certificates.
(iv) The Parent Guarantor has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has the corporate
power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the
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Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and is duly qualified
to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of
its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to
the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(v) Each subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor, including the Company, has been duly
incorporated or organized, is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability
company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, has the corporate or other power and authority to own its
property and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or
leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be
so duly incorporated, organized or qualified or be in good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all
of the issued shares of capital stock or membership interests, as the case may be, of each
subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor, including the Company, have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or
indirectly by the Parent Guarantor, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims, except liens, encumbrances or claims which would not have a material adverse effect
on the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(vi) The execution and delivery by the Company and the Parent Guarantor of, and the
performance by the Company and the Parent Guarantor of their respective obligations under,
this Agreement and the Operative Agreements to which the Company or the Parent Guarantor is
or will be a party and the consummation by the Company and the Parent Guarantor of the
transactions contemplated herein and therein will not contravene any provision of applicable
law or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the Parent Guarantor or
any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or the Parent Guarantor or any of
their respective subsidiaries, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries or the
Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries, respectively, taken as a whole, or any final
judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court, having jurisdiction
over the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries, and no
consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body
or agency is required for the performance by the Company or the Parent Guarantor of their
respective obligations under this Agreement and the Operative Agreements to which they are
or will be a party and for the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and
therein, except (x) such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the
various states and of foreign jurisdictions or rules and regulations of the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), (y) except for filings or recordings
with the Federal Aviation Administration (the “FAA”) and under the Uniform
Commercial Code (the “UCC”) or other laws in effect in any applicable jurisdiction
governing the perfection of security interests, which filings or recordings referred to in
this clause (y), with respect to any
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particular set of Financing Agreements, shall have been
made, or duly presented for filing or recordation, or shall be in the process of being duly
filed or filed for recordation, on or prior to the applicable Funding Date (as defined in
the Note Purchase Agreement) for each of the six Airbus A321-231 aircraft, two Airbus
A330-243 aircraft and one Airbus A320-214 aircraft (collectively, the “Aircraft”)
related to such Financing Agreements and (z) such as may be required in connection with the
registration of the “international interests” created pursuant to the indenture under the
Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol to the Convention
on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment
signed in Cape Town, South Africa on November 16, 2001.
(vii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
and the Parent Guarantor and each of the Operative Agreements to which the Company and the
Parent Guarantor is or will be a party has been duly authorized and has been or will be duly
executed and delivered by the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as the case may be, on or
prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Funding Date, as the case may be.
(viii) Each of the Equipment Notes issued or to be issued under each related Indenture
(as defined in the Original Trust Supplements), when duly executed and delivered by the
Company, and duly authenticated by the related Indenture Trustee in accordance with the
terms of such Indenture, has been or will be duly issued under such Indenture, is or will be
entitled to the benefits of such Indenture, and constitutes or will constitute a valid and
binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except (x) as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
(including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights
generally and (y) 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
subject, in the case of each Successor Pass Through Trust Agreement, to the delayed
effectiveness thereof as set forth therein.
(ix) Each of the Operative Agreements (other than the Equipment Notes) to which the
Company or the Parent Guarantor is or will be a party, when duly executed and delivered by
the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as the case may be, assuming that such Operative
Agreements have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligations of, each other party thereto, will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as the case may be, enforceable
in accordance with their terms, except (x) as enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent
transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
relating to creditors’ rights generally and (y) 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 subject, in the case of the Successor Pass Through Trust Agreements,
to the delayed effectiveness thereof as set forth therein. The Basic Agreement has been
duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. The Certificates
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will, upon execution and
delivery thereof, conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(x) The consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly the
consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and the
Parent Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, respectively, as of the dates indicated
and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows or changes in financial position
of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and the Parent Guarantor and its
consolidated subsidiaries, respectively, for the periods specified. Except as stated
therein, such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved. The financial statement schedules, if any, included or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly
the information required to be stated therein.
(xi) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) neither the
Company, the Parent Guarantor nor any of their respective subsidiaries has incurred any
material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any material
transaction, in each case, not in the ordinary course of business or as described in,
contemplated by or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, aircraft acquisitions or
financing and equity incentive plan grants so described in or contemplated by the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus); (ii) neither the
Company nor the Parent Guarantor has purchased any of its outstanding capital stock, nor
declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital
stock (other than repurchases of unvested shares of the Parent Guarantor’s capital stock
pursuant to its equity incentive plans); (iii) there has not been any material change in the
capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or the Parent Guarantor,
respectively, except in each case as described in, contemplated by or incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus
(including, without limitation, aircraft financing and equity incentive plan grants so
described in, contemplated by or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus); and (iv) there has been no prohibition or
suspension of the Company’s operating certificate for the operation of the Company’s
aircraft, including as a result of action taken by the FAA or the Department of
Transportation (“DOT”).
(xii) 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, as amended,
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. Section 40102(a).
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(xiii) Each of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries is
insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and
in such amounts as are customary in the businesses in which it is engaged; provided, that
the Company currently maintains war risk insurance on its aircraft under the FAA’s insurance
program authorized under 49 U.S.C. § 44301 et seq. (“War Risk Insurance”); each of
the Company, the Parent Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries has not been refused any
insurance coverage sought or applied for other than in connection with instances where the
Company or the Parent Guarantor was seeking to obtain insurance coverage at more attractive
rates; and, other than with respect to War Risk Insurance coverage, neither the Company nor
the Parent Guarantor has any reason to believe that the Company will not be able to renew
its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that
would not have a material adverse effect on the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, except as described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(xiv) When duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided
for in the Original Pass Through Trust Agreements and sold and paid for as provided in this
Agreement and as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Certificates will be legally
and validly issued and will be entitled to the benefits of the relevant Original Pass
Through Trust Agreement; based on applicable law as in effect on the date hereof, upon the
execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption Agreements in accordance with the
Original Pass Through Trust Agreements, the Certificates will be legally and validly
outstanding under the related Successor Pass Through Trust Agreements; and when executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Escrow Agreements, the
Escrow Receipts will be entitled to the benefits of the related Escrow Agreements.
(xv) Each of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries has
good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title
to all personal property owned by it which is material to the business of the Company, the
Parent Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and defects, except liens on real property, aircraft and engines, parts,
rotables, and other equipment of the Company and the Parent Guarantor and such as are
described in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Prospectus and the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property
or do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company, the Parent Guarantor or their respective subsidiaries, as the case may be; and any
real property and buildings held under lease by the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of
their respective subsidiaries are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases
with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed
to be made of such property and buildings by the Company, the Parent Guarantor or their
respective subsidiaries, in each
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case except as described in or contemplated by the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(xvi) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the Company’s or
the Parent Guarantor’s knowledge, threatened to which the Company, the Parent Guarantor or
any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the
Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject (i) other
than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in each of the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and proceedings that would not
have a material adverse effect on the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or on the power or ability of the Company or the Parent Guarantor to perform its
respective obligations under this Agreement or any of the Operative Agreements to which it
is or will be a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale
Prospectus or (ii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and are not so described; and there are no statutes,
regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.
(xvii) Except as described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, no material labor dispute with the employees of the
Company, the Parent Guarantor or their respective subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge
of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, is imminent; and neither the Company nor the Parent
Guarantor is aware, but without any independent investigation or inquiry, of any existing,
threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers,
manufacturers or contractors that could reasonably likely result in any material adverse
change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations
of the Company and its subsidiaries or the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, respectively,
taken as a whole.
(xviii) (i) Each of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries
possesses such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations
(collectively, “Government Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state,
local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies, including the DOT, the FAA or the Federal
Communications Commission necessary to conduct the business now operated by it, except where
the failure to possess any such Government License would not, singly or in the aggregate,
have a material adverse effect on the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole; (ii) each of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries is
in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where
the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (iii) all of the
Government Licenses are valid and in full force, except where the invalidity of such
Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and
effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Parent
Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
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(iv) neither the Company nor the
Parent Guarantor has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, is
reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Parent Guarantor and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(xix) The Company, the Parent Guarantor and their respective
subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and
local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
(“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals
required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses
and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or
approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive
required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and
conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate,
have a material adverse effect on the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(xx) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (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)
which would, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Parent
Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(xxi) KPMG LLP, who audited the respective annual consolidated financial statements of
the Company and the Parent Guarantor incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the
Securities Act.
(xxii) None of the Parent Guarantor, the Company or the Original Trusts is, and the
Successor Trusts (based on applicable law as in effect on the date hereof) will not be, as
of the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption Agreements in accordance with
the Original Pass Through Trust Agreements, an “investment company”, or an entity
“controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), in each case required to register
under the Investment Company Act; and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Certificates and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus,
none of (i) the Parent Guarantor, the Company and the Original Trusts, (ii) the Successor
Trusts (based on the applicable law as in effect on the date hereof), as of the execution
and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption Agreements in accordance with the Original
Pass Through Trust Agreements and (iii) the escrow arrangements contemplated by the Escrow
Agreements, will result in the creation of an “investment company”, or an entity
“controlled” by an “investment company”, as defined in the Investment Company Act, in each
case required to register under the Investment Company Act.
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(xxiii) The statements set forth in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus under the captions “Description of the Certificates,” “Description of the Deposit
Agreements,” “Description of the Escrow Agreements,” “Description of the Liquidity
Facilities,” “Description of the Intercreditor Agreement,” “Description of the Equipment
Notes,” “Possible Issuance of Class C Certificates and Refinancing of Certificates” and
“Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” insofar as they purport to summarize certain
provisions of the Certificates and the Operative Agreements (including exhibits thereto),
fairly summarize such terms in all material respects.
(xxiv) None of Aircraft Information Services, Inc., BK Associates, Inc. and Xxxxxx
Xxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc. (each, an “Appraiser” and, collectively, the
“Appraisers”) is an affiliate of the Company, the Parent Guarantor, or, to the
knowledge of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, has a substantial interest, direct or
indirect, in the Company or the Parent Guarantor. To the knowledge of the Company and the
Parent Guarantor, none of the officers and directors of any of such Appraisers is connected
with the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of their respective affiliates as an officer,
employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar
functions.
(xxv) Neither the Company, the Parent Guarantor nor any of their respective
subsidiaries or affiliates, nor, to the Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s knowledge, any
director, officer, or employee, any agent or representative of the Company, the Parent
Guarantor or of any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, has taken any action in
furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the
payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or
indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government
or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any
person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any
political party or party official or candidate for political office) to influence official
action or secure an improper advantage; and the Company, the Parent Guarantor and their
respective subsidiaries and affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with
applicable anti-corruption laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and have instituted and maintain and will
continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with
such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.
(xxvi) The operations of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and their respective
subsidiaries are and have been conducted 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, the Parent
Guarantor and their respective 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,
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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, the Parent Guarantor or any of
their respective subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, threatened.
(xxvii) (i) Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor represents that neither the
Company, the Parent Guarantor nor any of their respective subsidiaries or, to the knowledge
of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, any director or officer of the Company, the Parent
Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries, is an individual or entity
(“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is:
(A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S.
Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations
Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant
sanctions authorities (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor
(B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the
subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran,
North Korea, Sudan or Syria).
(ii) Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor represents and covenants that it
will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or
otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other
Person:
(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or
in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is
the subject of Sanctions; or
(B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any
Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter,
advisor, investor or otherwise).
(iii) Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor represents and covenants that, for
the past four years, it has not engaged in, is not now engaged in, and will not engage in,
any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the
time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.
(xxviii) Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor maintains a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations in all material
respects and (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain
asset accountability.
(xxix) Each of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and their respective
subsidiaries’ internal controls over financial reporting are effective and the Company, the
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Parent Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries are not aware of any material
weakness in their internal controls over financial reporting.
(xxx) Each of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries
maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e)
under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all
material respects to perform the functions for which they are established.
(b) The Depositary represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter and the
Company that:
(i) The information pertaining to the Depositary set forth under the caption
“Description of the Deposit Agreements—Depositary” (collectively, the “Depositary
Information”) in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the
Prospectus, as amended and supplemented, does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact.
(ii) The Depositary is a banking corporation existing under the laws of the State of
New York, with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its property, to
conduct its business as described in the Depositary Information and to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Deposit Agreements.
(iii) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with any governmental
agency or body or any court is required for the valid authorization, execution and delivery
by the Depositary of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreements and for the consummation of
the transactions contemplated herein and therein, except such as may have been obtained.
(iv) The execution and delivery by the Depositary of this Agreement and the Deposit
Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein have
been duly authorized by the Depositary and will not violate any law, governmental rule or
regulation or any of its organizational documents or any order, writ, injunction or decree
of any court or governmental agency against it or the provisions of any indenture, loan
agreement, contract or other instrument to which it is a party or is bound.
(v) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositary,
and the Deposit Agreements will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositary
on or prior to the Closing Date.
(vi) Each Deposit Agreement, when duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Depositary, assuming that such Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by, and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of, the Escrow Agent,
will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Depositary, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except (x) as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers),
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereinafter
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in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (y) as enforcement thereof is
subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law).
(vii) Payments of interest and principal in respect of the Deposits are not subject
under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof to any withholdings
or similar charges or deductions.
(c) The parties agree that any certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company
or the Parent Guarantor and delivered to an Underwriter, or to counsel for the Underwriters, on the
Closing Date and in connection with this Agreement or the offering of the Certificates, shall be
deemed a representation and warranty by (and only by) the Company and/or the Parent Guarantor to
the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Certificates. (a) On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and the
conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to cause the relevant Trustees to sell to each
Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the relevant
Trustees, at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof, the aggregate principal
amount of Certificates set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule II.
Concurrently with the issuance of the Certificates, the Escrow Agents shall issue and deliver to
the Trustees the Escrow Receipts in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreements, which
Escrow Receipts shall be attached to the related Certificates.
(b) The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of
the Certificates as set forth in the Prospectus as soon after this Agreement has been entered into
as in your judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by you that the Certificates are
to be offered to the public initially at 100% of their principal amount (the public offering price)
plus accrued interest, if any, and to certain dealers selected by the Underwriters at concessions
not in excess of the concessions set forth in the Prospectus, and that the Underwriters may allow,
and such dealers may reallow, concessions not in excess of the concessions set forth in the
Prospectus to certain other dealers.
(c) As underwriting commission and other compensation to the Underwriters for their respective
commitments and obligations hereunder in respect of the Certificates, including their respective
undertakings to distribute the Certificates, the Company will pay to GS for the accounts of the
Underwriters the amount set forth in Schedule III hereto, which amount shall be allocated among the
Underwriters in the manner determined by you and the Company. Such payment will be made on the
Closing Date simultaneously with the issuance and sale of the Certificates (with attached Escrow
Receipts) to the Underwriters. Payment of such compensation shall be made by Federal funds check
or by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
(d) Delivery of and payment for the Certificates (with attached Escrow Receipts) shall be made
at the offices of Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP at 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, at 10:00 A.M., New York, New York time, on
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June 28, 2011 or such other date, time and place as may be agreed upon by the Company and you
(such date and time of delivery and payment for the Certificates (with attached Escrow Receipts)
being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Certificates (with attached
Escrow Receipts) issued by the relevant Original Trust shall be made to GS’s account at The
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters
against payment by the Underwriters of the purchase price thereof. Payment for the Certificates
issued by the relevant Original Trust and the related Escrow Receipts attached thereto shall be
made by the Underwriters by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts and in the
manner specified in the related Escrow Agreements. The Certificates (with attached Escrow
Receipts) issued by the relevant Original Trust shall be in the form of one or more fully
registered global certificates, and shall be deposited with the related Trustee as custodian for
DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co.
(e) The Company agrees to have the Certificates (with attached Escrow Receipts) available for
inspection and checking by you in New York, New York not later than 1:00 P.M. on the business day
prior to the Closing Date.
(f) It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized GS, on its behalf and for its
account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the
Certificates (with attached Escrow Receipts) that it has agreed to purchase. Each of GS, Citi and
CS, individually and not as a representative, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of
the purchase price for the Certificates to be purchased by any Underwriter whose check or checks
shall not have been received by the Closing Date.
3. Conditions of the Underwriters’ Obligations. The several obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Certificates pursuant to this Agreement are subject to the
following conditions:
(a) On the Closing Date, you shall have received opinions and a negative assurance
statement of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, outside counsel for the Company and Parent Guarantor,
dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to you.
(b) On the Closing Date, you shall have received an opinion of Squire, Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx L.L.P., regulatory counsel of the Company and the Parent Guarantor, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to you.
(c) On the Closing Date, you shall have received an opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxx LLP,
counsel for Wilmington Trust Company, individually and as the Loan Trustee, Subordination
Agent and Trustee, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to you.
(d) On the Closing Date, you shall have received an opinion of Ray, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx,
counsel for the Escrow Agent, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to you.
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(e) On the Closing Date, you shall have received (i) an opinion of Milbank, Tweed,
Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, special New York counsel for the Liquidity Provider, and (ii) an
opinion of in-house counsel for the Liquidity Provider, in each case in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to you and dated the Closing Date.
(f) On the Closing Date, you shall have received an opinion of in-house counsel for the
Depositary, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you.
(g) On the Closing Date, you shall have received an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx LLP, special
New York counsel for the Depositary, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to you.
(h) On the Closing Date, you shall have received an opinion of Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx &
XxXxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the
Underwriters, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Certificates, the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and other related matters as the
Underwriters may reasonably require.
(i) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing
Date:
(i) | there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the securities of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries or in the rating outlook for the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and | ||
(ii) | there shall not have occurred any change, or any development reasonably likely to involve a change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the public offering of the Certificates on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement, and the Time of Sale Prospectus. |
(j) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date (i) a certificate dated
the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters and signed by an executive officer of the
Company, in such officer’s capacity as an officer of the Company and on the
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Company’s behalf, to the effect set forth in Section 3(i)(i) above and to the effect
that: (1) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are
true and correct as of the Closing Date and (2) the Company has complied in all material
respects with all of the agreements and satisfied in all material respects all of the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date
and (ii) a certificate dated the Closing Date, and signed by an executive officer of the
Parent Guarantor, in such officer’s capacity as an officer of the Parent Guarantor and on
the Parent Guarantor’s behalf, to the effect set forth in Section 3(i)(i) above and to the
effect that: (1) the representations and warranties of the Parent Guarantor contained in
this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and (2) the Parent Guarantor has
complied in all material respects with all of the agreements and satisfied in all material
respects all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or
before the Closing Date. Each of the officers signing and delivering the respective
certificates contemplated in clauses (i) and (ii) may rely upon the best of his or her
knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(k) You shall have received from KPMG LLP, (i) a letter, dated no later than the date
hereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
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 included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, and (ii) a letter, dated the Closing Date and
addressed to the Underwriters, which meets the above requirements, except that the specified
date therein referring to certain procedures performed by KPMG LLP will not be a date more
than three business days prior to the Closing Date for purposes of this subsection.
(l) Each of the Appraisers shall have furnished to you a letter from such Appraiser,
addressed to the Company and the Parent Guarantor and dated the Closing Date, confirming
that such Appraiser and each of its directors and officers (i) is not an affiliate of the
Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of their respective affiliates, (ii) does not have any
substantial interest, direct or indirect, in the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of
their respective affiliates and (iii) is not connected with the Company, the Parent
Guarantor or any of their respective affiliates as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.
(m) At the Closing Date, each of the Operative Agreements (other than the Assignment
and Assumption Agreements and the Financing Agreements) shall have been duly executed and
delivered by each of the parties thereto.
(n) On the Closing Date, the Class A Certificates and the Class B Certificates shall
have received the ratings indicated in the free writing prospectus identified as Item 3 in
Schedule IV hereto from the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations named
therein.
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(o) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate dated the
Closing Date, signed by an executive officer of the Parent Guarantor and in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to you, with respect to the accuracy of certain
statistical information included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus
and the Prospectus.
(p) On the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Depositary contained
in this Agreement shall be true and correct as if made on the Closing Date (except to the
extent that they relate solely to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and
correct as of such earlier date).
4. Certain Covenants of the Company and Parent Guarantor. Each of the Company and the
Parent Guarantor covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the
Certificates as, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus (or in lieu
thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required by law
to be delivered in connection with sales of the Certificates by an underwriter or dealer,
any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the
notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not
misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend
or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the
Company or the Parent Guarantor, as the case may be, shall forthwith prepare, file with the
Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose
names and addresses you will furnish to the Company and the Parent Guarantor) to which
Certificates may have been sold by the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request,
either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus
as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the
Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities
Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Registration Statement or
Prospectus as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Prospectus or the Prospectus in a manner that would affect the offering of the Certificates,
to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any
such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Underwriters reasonably object; provided
that, if in the opinion of counsel to the Company, any such amendment or supplement shall be
required by law or regulation to be filed, that the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as the
case may be, shall be permitted to make such filing after taking into account such comments
as the Underwriters and their counsel may reasonably make on the content, form or other
aspects of such proposed amendment or supplement; and to file with the Commission within the
applicable period specified in
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Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus required to be filed pursuant to
such rule.
(c) To furnish to you, upon request, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration
Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to deliver to the Underwriters during the period
mentioned in Section 4(a) or 4(f) hereto, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the
Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and
amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.
(d) Promptly following the execution of this Agreement, to prepare a Prospectus that
complies with the Securities Act and that sets forth the principal amount of the
Certificates and their terms (including, without limitation, the terms of the Escrow
Receipts attached thereto) not otherwise specified in the preliminary prospectus or the
Basic Prospectus included in the Registration Statement, the name of each Underwriter and
the principal amount of the Certificates 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 Certificates are to be purchased by the
Underwriters from the Trustee, any initial public offering price, any selling concession and
reallowance and any delayed delivery arrangements, and such other information as you, the
Company, and the Parent Guarantor deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the
Certificates. The Company will timely transmit copies of the Prospectus to the Commission
for filing pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
(e) To furnish to you a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by
or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company or the Parent Guarantor and not to
use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which the Underwriters reasonably
object; provided that, if in the opinion of counsel to the Company, any such free writing
prospectus shall be required by law or regulation to be used, that the Company or the Parent
Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be permitted to use such free writing prospectus after
taking into account such comments as the Underwriters and their counsel may reasonably make
on the content, form or other aspects of such proposed free writing prospectus.
(f) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the
Certificates at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers
and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend
or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist
as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in
the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply
with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own
expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or
supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the
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Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the
circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be
misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no
longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(g) To take all reasonable actions to qualify the Certificates for offer and sale under
the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters shall reasonably
request; provided that neither the Company nor the Parent Guarantor shall be required to
register as a foreign corporation or file any general consent to service of process or
subject itself to any additional taxation.
(h) Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Company and the Parent
Guarantor shall not, without your prior written consent, offer, sell or enter into any
agreement to sell any equipment notes, pass through certificates, equipment trust
certificates or equipment purchase certificates secured by aircraft owned by the Company or
the Parent Guarantor (or rights relating thereto) (other than the sale of US Airways Pass
Through Certificates, Series 2011-1C).
(i) To prepare a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Certificates in the
form of Annex A hereto and shall file such final term sheet within the period required by
Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Securities Act following the date the final terms have been
established for the offering of the Certificates.
(j) During the period when a prospectus relating to the Certificates is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, to file promptly all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act.
(k) To make generally available to the Certificateholders and to you as soon as
practicable an earning statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with
the first fiscal quarter of the Company and the Parent Guarantor occurring after the date of
this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(l) If the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration
Statement occurs before all the Certificates have been sold by the Underwriters, prior to
the third anniversary the Company and the Parent Guarantor shall file a new shelf
registration statement and take any other action reasonably necessary to permit the public
offering of the Certificates to continue without interruption; provided that such
requirement to file a new registration statement shall not require the Company or the Parent
Guarantor to file any registration statement other than on Form S-3 (or any successor form);
references hereinto the Registration Statement shall include the new registration statement
declared effective by the Commission.
5. Certain Covenants of the Underwriter. Each Underwriter severally covenants with the
Company and the Parent Guarantor not to take any action that would result in
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the Company or the Parent Guarantor being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a
free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be
required to be filed by the Company or the Parent Guarantor thereunder, but for the action of that
Underwriter. The Underwriters severally acknowledge and agree that, except as set forth in
Schedule IV hereto, neither the Company nor the Parent Guarantor has authorized or approved any
“issuer information” for use in any free writing prospectus.
6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) Each of the Company and the Parent
Guarantor, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the
directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls
any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
Securities Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including,
without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or
investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any
preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined
in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company or Parent Guarantor information that the
Company or Parent Guarantor has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the
Securities Act, or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein (other than with respect to the Registration Statement, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished to the Company in writing by any
Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time
of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto (the “Underwriter Information”) or the Depositary Information.
(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and the Parent Guarantor, and their respective directors, officers who sign the
Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company and the Parent Guarantor
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to
the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Parent Guarantor to such
Underwriter, but only with reference to the Underwriter Information provided by such Underwriter.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 6(a) or 6(b),
such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity
may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing; but the omission to so notify the indemnifying
party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise
than under such paragraph. The indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall
retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party
and any others the indemnifying party may
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designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related
to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain
its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually
agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including
any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and
representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between them, or (iii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to
retain counsel as required by the prior sentence to represent the indemnified party within a
reasonable amount of time. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of
the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related
proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate
firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by
you, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a), and by the Company, in the case
of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for
any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement
or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall
have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of
counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying
party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of 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 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 a failure to act by, or on behalf of, any
indemnified party.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 6(a) or 6(b) is unavailable to
an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying
such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Parent Guarantor
on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Certificates or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause 6(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
6(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Parent Guarantor on the one hand
and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any
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other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and
the Parent Guarantor on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the
offering of such Certificates shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the
proceeds from the offering of such Certificates received by the related Original Trusts (before
deducting expenses), less the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriters, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in
each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public
offering price of such Certificates. The relative fault of the Company and the Parent Guarantor on
the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the
Parent Guarantor or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters’
respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 6 are several in proportion to the
respective principal amount of Certificates they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.
(e) The Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6 were determined by pro rata allocation (even
if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for this purpose) or by any other method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 6(d).
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and
liabilities referred to in Section 6(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending 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 Certificates underwritten by it and distributed
to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of 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. The remedies provided for in this Section 6 are not
exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any
indemnified party at law or in equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 6 and the
representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Parent Guarantor contained
in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any
person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the
Company, the Parent Guarantor, their respective officers or directors or any person controlling the
Company or the Parent Guarantor and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Certificates.
7. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their
obligations to purchase Certificates hereunder and the aggregate principal amount of the
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Certificates that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase
does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of the Certificates, you may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Certificates by other persons, including any
of the non-defaulting Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective
commitments hereunder, to purchase the Certificates that such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the
aggregate principal amount of the Certificates with respect to which such default or defaults
occurs exceeds 10% of the total principal amount of the Certificates and arrangements satisfactory
to you and the Company for purchase of such Certificates by other persons are not made within 36
hours after such default, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within
which to procure other persons reasonably satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to
purchase such Certificates. If, after giving effect to any such arrangements for the purchase of
the Certificates of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and
the Company, the aggregate principal amount of such Certificates that remains unpurchased exceeds
10% of the total principal amount of the Certificates, then this Agreement will terminate without
liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in
Section 6. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for
an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default.
8. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities,
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Parent
Guarantor, and their officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement,
any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter,
the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors
or any controlling person and will survive delivery of and payment for the Certificates. If for
any reason the purchase of the Certificates by the Underwriters is not consummated, the Company
shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid by it pursuant to Section 10 hereof (other
than any reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel) of the Underwriters) and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters
pursuant to Section 6 hereof shall remain in effect. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the
Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company or the
Parent Guarantor to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or
if for any reason the Company or the Parent Guarantor shall be unable to perform its obligations
under this Agreement, the Company and the Parent Guarantor, jointly and severally, will reimburse
the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to
themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of
their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the
offering contemplated hereunder.
9. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination by notice given by you
to the Company, if (a) after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing
Date (i) trading generally shall have been materially suspended or materially limited on or by, as
the case may be, either of The New York Stock Exchange or The XXXXXX
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, (xx) trading of any securities of the Company or of the Parent Guarantor shall
have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a general moratorium
on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or New York
State authorities, (iv) there shall have occurred any attack on, outbreak or escalation of
hostilities or act of terrorism involving, the United States, or any change in financial markets or
any calamity or crisis that, in each case, in your judgment, is material and adverse or (v) any
material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States
that would materially impair settlement and clearance with respect to the Certificates and (b) in
the case of any of the events specified in clauses (a)(i) through (v), such event singly or
together with any other such event specified in clauses (a)(i) through (v) makes it, in your
judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Certificates on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
10. Payment of Expenses. As between the Company and the Underwriters, the Company
shall pay all expenses incidental to the performance of the Company’s obligations under this
Agreement, including the following:
(i) expenses incurred in connection with (A) qualifying the Certificates for offer and
sale under the applicable securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United
States as provided in Section 4(g) (including filing fees and reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith), (B) the review (if
any) of the offering of the Certificates by FINRA and (C) the preparation and distribution
of any blue sky or legal investment memorandum by Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP,
Underwriters’ counsel;
(ii) expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and making available to the
Underwriters and the dealers (whose names and addresses the Underwriters will furnish to the
Company) to which Certificates may have been sold by the Underwriters on their behalf and to
any other dealers upon request, either of (A) amendments to the Registration Statement or
amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser,
not materially misleading or (B) amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Prospectus, or the Prospectus so that the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will comply with law
and the expenses incurred in connection with causing such amendments or supplements to be
filed promptly with the Commission, all as set forth in Section 4(a) hereof;
(iii) the expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of
the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits), as originally
filed and as amended, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the
Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus and any amendments and supplements to any of
the foregoing, including the filing fees payable to the Commission relating to the
Certificates (within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1), if applicable), and the
cost of furnishing copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers;
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(iv) expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing and distribution of
this Agreement, the Certificates and the Operative Agreements;
(v) expenses incurred in connection with the delivery of the Certificates to the
Underwriters;
(vi) reasonable fees and disbursements of the counsel and accountants for the Company;
(vii) to the extent the Company is so required under any Operative Agreement to which
it is a party, the fees and expenses of the Mortgagee, the Subordination Agent, the
Trustees, the Paying Agents, the Escrow Agents, the Depositary and the Liquidity Provider
and the reasonable fees and disbursements of their respective counsel;
(viii) fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Certificates (including annual
surveillance fees related to the Certificates as long as they are outstanding);
(ix) reasonable fees and disbursements of Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, counsel
for the Underwriters;
(x) | all fees and expenses relating to appraisals of the Aircraft; and |
(xi) except as otherwise provided in the foregoing clauses (i) through (x), all other
expenses incidental to the performance of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement,
other than pursuant to Section 6.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon
receipt and, if sent to the Underwriters, shall be mailed, delivered or sent by facsimile
transmission and confirmed to the Underwriters c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Registration Department, c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Transportation Finance Group, facsimile
number (000) 000-0000, and c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attention: LCD-IBD; and, if sent to the Company, shall be mailed, delivered or sent by
facsimile transmission and confirmed to it at 000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxx, facsimile number (000) 000-0000, with a copy (at the same Company
address) to the Office of the General Counsel, facsimile number (000) 000-0000, provided,
however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 6 shall be sent by facsimile
transmission or delivered and confirmed to such Underwriter.
12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons referred to in Section
6, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
13. Representation of Underwriters. You will act for the several Underwriters in
connection with this purchase, and any action under this Agreement taken by you will be binding
upon all the Underwriters.
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14. Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title
III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain,
verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company and
the Parent Guarantor, which information may include the name and address of their respective
clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their
respective clients.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which will be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same Agreement.
16. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSIES OR DISPUTES ARISING
UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OTHER THAN ANY LAW WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF A LAW OF A
DIFFERENT JURISDICTION.
17. Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue; Appointment of Agent.
(a) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably agrees, accepts and submits itself to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in the City and County of New
York and of the United States for the Southern District of New York, in connection with any legal
action, suit or proceeding with respect to any matter relating to or arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement. Each of the parties to this Agreement agrees that a final action
in any such suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on the judgment or in any other lawful manner.
(b) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, and agrees not to assert, by stay of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any
legal action or proceeding brought hereunder in any of the above-named courts, that such action or
proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or that venue for the action or proceeding is
improper.
(c) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto hereby waives its
respective rights to a jury trial or any claim or cause of action in any court in any jurisdiction
based upon or arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
18. No Fiduciary Duty. Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor hereby
acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Certificates: (a) the Underwriters have
acted at arm’s length, are not agents and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company, the Parent
Guarantor or any other person, (b) the Underwriters owe the Company and the Parent Guarantor only
those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the
extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (c) the Underwriters may have interests that
differ from those of the Company and the Parent Guarantor. Each of the Company and the Parent
Guarantor waives to the full extent permitted by applicable
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law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of
fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Certificates.
19. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Underwriters’ understanding of our agreement,
kindly sign and return to the Company and the Parent Guarantor one of the counterparts hereof,
whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters, the Depositary, the Parent
Guarantor and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, US AIRWAYS, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President & Treasurer | |||
US AIRWAYS GROUP, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President & Treasurer |
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written
is hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule II hereto.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule II hereto.
By: XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. | |||
(Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.) | ||||
By: CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Manager Director |
By: CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Depositary |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
SCHEDULE I
(US Airways Pass Through Certificates, Series 2011-1)
US AIRWAYS, INC.
Aggregate | Final | |||||
Certificate | Principal | Expected Distribution | ||||
Designation | Amount | Stated Interest Rate | Date | |||
2011-1A-O | $293,944,000 | 7.125% | October 22, 2023 | |||
2011-1B-O | $94,283,000 | 9.750% | October 22, 2018 |
SCHEDULE II
Underwriters | 2011-1A-O | 2011-1B-O | ||||||
Goldman, Xxxxx & Co. |
$ | 117,577,600 | $ | 37,713,200 | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
73,486,000 | 23,570,750 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
51,440,200 | 16,499,525 | ||||||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated |
33,803,560 | 10,842,545 | ||||||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
14,697,200 | 4,714,150 | ||||||
Natixis Securities North America Inc. |
2,939,440 | 942,830 | ||||||
Total: |
$ | 293,944,000 | $ | 94,283,000 |
SCHEDULE III
US AIRWAYS, INC.
Underwriting commission |
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and other compensation:
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$3,882,270.00 | |
Closing date, time and location:
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June 28, 2011 | |
10:00 A.M., | ||
New York, New York time | ||
Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP | ||
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 |
SCHEDULE IV
Time of Sale Prospectus
1. | Basic Prospectus dated December 3, 2009 relating to Shelf Securities | |
2. | Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated June 21, 2011 relating to the Certificates | |
3. | Free writing prospectus dated June 21, 2011 in the form attached as Annex A | |
4. | Free writing prospectus in the form of the net roadshow investor presentation of the Company dated June 21, 2011 |