EXECUTION COPY
TRUST SUPPLEMENT No. 1997-4A-S
Dated October 23, 1997
between
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
as Trustee,
and
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.
to
PASS THROUGH TRUST AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 25, 1997
$505,951,000
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust 1997-4A-S
6.90% Continental Airlines
Pass Through Certificates,
Series 1997-4A-S
This Trust Supplement No. 1997-4A-S, dated as of October 23, 1997
(herein called the "TRUST SUPPLEMENT"), between Continental Airlines, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), and Wilmington Trust Company (the
"Trustee"), to the Pass Through Trust Agreement, dated as of September 25, 1997,
between the Company and the Trustee (the "BASIC AGREEMENT").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Basic Agreement, unlimited as to the aggregate principal
amount of Certificates (unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms
used herein without definition having the respective meanings specified in the
Basic Agreement) which may be issued thereunder, has heretofore been executed
and delivered;
WHEREAS, the Company has obtained commitments from Boeing for the
delivery of certain Aircraft;
WHEREAS, as of the Transfer Date (as defined below), the Company will
have financed the acquisition of all or a portion of such Aircraft either (i)
through separate leveraged lease transactions, in which case the Company leases
such Aircraft (collectively, the "LEASED AIRCRAFT") or (ii) through separate
secured loan transactions, in which case the Company owns such Aircraft
(collectively, the "OWNED AIRCRAFT");
WHEREAS, as of the Transfer Date in the case of each Leased Aircraft,
each Owner Trustee, acting on behalf of the corresponding Owner Participant,
will have issued pursuant to an Indenture, on a non-recourse basis, Equipment
Notes in order to finance a portion of its purchase price of such Leased
Aircraft;
WHEREAS, as of the Transfer Date, in the case of each Owned Aircraft,
the Company will have issued pursuant to an Indenture, on a recourse basis,
Equipment Notes to finance a portion of the purchase price of such Owned
Aircraft;
WHEREAS, as of the Transfer Date, the Related Trustee will assign,
transfer and deliver all of such trustee's right, title and interest to the
trust property held by the Related Trustee to the Trustee pursuant to the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement (as defined below);
WHEREAS, the Trustee, effective only, but automatically, upon
execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, will be
deemed to have declared the creation of the Continental Airlines Pass Through
Trust 1997-4A-S (the "APPLICABLE TRUST") for the benefit of the Applicable
Certificateholders, and each Holder of Applicable Certificates outstanding as of
the Transfer Date, as the grantors of the Applicable Trust, by their respective
acceptances of such Applicable Certificates, will join in the creation of this
Applicable Trust with the Trustee;
WHEREAS, all Applicable Certificates deemed issued by the Applicable
Trust will evidence fractional undivided interests in the Applicable Trust and
will convey no rights, benefits or interests in respect of any property other
than the Trust Property except for those Applicable Certificates to which an
Escrow Receipt (as defined below) has been affixed;
WHEREAS, upon the execution and delivery of the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, all of the conditions and requirements necessary to make
this Trust Supplement, when duly executed and delivered, a valid, binding and
legal instrument in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein
expressed, have been done, performed and fulfilled, and the execution and
delivery of this Trust Supplement in the form and with the terms hereof have
been in all respects duly authorized;
WHEREAS, this Trust Supplement is subject to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein, it is agreed
between the Company and the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 1.01. THE CERTIFICATES. The Applicable Certificates shall be
known as "6.90% Continental Airlines Pass Through Certificates, Series
1997-4A-S". Each Applicable Certificate represents a fractional undivided
interest in the Applicable Trust created hereby. The Applicable Certificates
shall be the only instruments evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the
Applicable Trust.
The terms and conditions applicable to the Applicable Certificates are
as follows:
(a) The aggregate principal amount of the Applicable Certificates that
shall be initially deemed issued under the Agreement shall be equal to the
aggregate principal amount of "Outstanding" pass through certificates
representing fractional undivided interests in the Related Trust on the
Transfer Date.
(b) The Regular Distribution Dates with respect to any payment of
Scheduled Payments means January 2 and July 2 of each year, commencing on
January 2, 1998, until payment of all of the Scheduled Payments to be made
under the Equipment Notes has been made.
(c) The Special Distribution Dates with respect to the Applicable
Certificates means any Business Day on which a Special Payment is to be
distributed pursuant to the Agreement.
(d) At the Escrow Agent's request under the Escrow Agreement, the
Trustee shall affix the corresponding Escrow Receipt to each Applicable
Certificate. In any event, any transfer or exchange of any Applicable
Certificate shall also effect a transfer or exchange of the related Escrow
Receipt. Prior to the Final Withdrawal Date, no transfer or exchange of any
Applicable Certificate shall be permitted unless the corresponding Escrow
Receipt is attached thereto and also is so transferred or exchanged. By
acceptance of any Applicable Certificate to which an Escrow Receipt is
attached, each Holder of such an Applicable Certificate acknowledges and
accepts the restrictions on transfer of the Escrow Receipt set forth herein
and in the Escrow Agreement.
(e) (i) The Applicable Certificates shall be in the form attached as
Exhibit A to the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement,with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required
or permitted by the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement or this Agreement,
as the case may be, or as the Trustee may deem appropriate, to reflect the
fact that the Applicable Certificates are being issued hereunder as opposed
to under the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement. Any Person acquiring or
accepting an Applicable Certificate, by its acceptance of such Applicable
Certificate or an interest therein will, by such acquisition or acceptance,
be deemed to represent and warrant to and for the benefit of each Owner
Participant and the Company that either (i) the assets of an employee
benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or of a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), have not been
used to purchase Applicable Certificates or an interest therein or (ii) the
purchase and holding of Applicable Certificates is exempt from the
prohibited transaction restrictions of ERISA and the Code pursuant to one
or more prohibited transaction statutory or administrative exemptions.
(ii) The Applicable Certificates shall be Book-Entry
Certificates.
(f) The Applicable Certificates are subject to the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(g) The Applicable Certificates are entitled to the benefits of the
Liquidity Facilities.
(h) The Responsible Party is the Company.
(i) The particular "sections of the Note Purchase Agreement," for
purposes of clause (3) of Section 7.07 of the Basic Agreement are Section
8.1 (with respect to Owned Aircraft) and Section 9.1 (with respect to
Leased Aircraft).
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
Section 2.01. DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of the Basic Agreement as
supplemented by this Trust Supplement, the following capitalized terms have the
following meanings:
AGREEMENT: Means the Basic Agreement, as supplemented by this Trust
Supplement.
AIRCRAFT: Means each of the New Aircraft or Substitute Aircraft in
respect of which a Participation Agreement is entered into in accordance
with the Note Purchase Agreement.
APPLICABLE CERTIFICATE: means any of the Applicable Certificates
issued by the Related Trust and that are "Outstanding" (as defined in the
Related Pass Through Trust Agreement) as of the Transfer Date (the
"Transfer Date Certificates") and any Applicable Certificates issued in
exchange therefor or replacement thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
APPLICABLE CERTIFICATEHOLDER: Means the Person in whose name an
Applicable Certificate is registered on the Register for the Applicable
Certificates.
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT: Means the assignment and
assumption agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Related
Trust Supplement executed and delivered in accordance with Section 7.01 of
the Related Trust Supplement.
BOEING: Means The Boeing Company.
BUSINESS DAY: Means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day
on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close in Houston,
Texas, New York, New York, Salt Lake City, Utah or, so long as any
Applicable Certificate is outstanding, the city and state in which the
Trustee or any Loan Trustee maintains its Corporate Trust Office or
receives and disburses funds.
DELIVERY NOTICE: Has the meaning specified in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
DELIVERY PERIOD TERMINATION DATE: Has the meaning specified in the
Related Pass Through Trust Agreement.
DEPOSITS: Has the meaning specified in the Deposit Agreement.
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT: Means the Deposit Agreement dated as of October 23,
1997 relating to the Applicable Certificates between the Depositary and the
Escrow Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
DEPOSITARY: Means Credit Suisse First Boston, a Swiss bank, acting
through its New York branch.
DISTRIBUTION DATE: Means any Regular Distribution Date or Special
Distribution Date as the context requires.
ESCROW AGENT: Means, initially, First Security Bank, National
Association, and any replacement or successor therefor appointed in
accordance with the Escrow Agreement.
ESCROW AGREEMENT: Means the Escrow and Paying Agent Agreement dated as
of October 23, 1997 relating to the Applicable Certificates, among the
Escrow Agent, the Escrow Paying Agent, the Related Trustee (and after the
Transfer Date, the Trustee) and the Underwriters, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with its terms.
ESCROW PAYING AGENT: Means the Person acting as paying agent under the
Escrow Agreement.
ESCROW RECEIPT: Means the receipt substantially in the form annexed to
the Escrow Agreement representing a fractional undivided interest in the
funds held in escrow thereunder.
FINAL MATURITY DATE: Means July 2, 2019.
FINAL WITHDRAWAL: Has the meaning specified in the Escrow Agreement.
FINAL WITHDRAWAL DATE: Has the meaning specified in the Escrow
Agreement.
INDENTURE: Means each of the separate trust indentures and mortgages
relating to the Aircraft, each as specified or described in a Delivery
Notice delivered pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement or the related
Participation Agreement, in each case as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT: Means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of
October 23, 1997 among the Related Trustee (and after the Transfer Date,
the Trustee), the Related Other Trustees (and after the Transfer Date, the
Other Trustees), the Liquidity Providers, the liquidity providers relating
to the Certificates issued under (and as defined in) each of the Related
Other Agreements, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Subordination Agent and
as trustee thereunder, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with its terms.
INVESTORS: Means the Underwriters together with all subsequent
beneficial owners of the Applicable Certificates.
LEASE: Means, with respect to each Leased Aircraft, the lease between
an Owner Trustee, as the lessor, and the Company, as the lessee, referred
to in the related Indenture, as such lease may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified in accordance with its terms.
LEASED AIRCRAFT: Has the meaning specified in the third recital to
this Trust Supplement.
LIQUIDITY FACILITIES: Means, initially, each of the Revolving Credit
Agreements dated as of October 23, 1997 relating to the Applicable
Certificates, between a Liquidity Provider and Wilmington Trust Company, as
the Subordination Agent, as agent and trustee for the Applicable Trust,
and, from and after the replacement of such Agreement pursuant to the
Intercreditor Agreement, the replacement liquidity facility therefor, in
each case as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
in accordance with their respective terms.
LIQUIDITY PROVIDERS: Means, initially, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., acting
through its Chicago branch, and Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale,
acting through its New York branch, and any replacements or successors
therefor appointed in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.
NEW AIRCRAFT: Has the meaning specified in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
NOTE DOCUMENTS: With respect to any Equipment Note, means (i) the
Indenture and the Participation Agreement relating to such Equipment Note,
and (ii) in the case of any Equipment Note related to a Leased Aircraft,
the Lease relating to such Leased Aircraft.
NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT: Means the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of
October 23, 1997 among the Related Trustee (and after the Transfer Date,
the Trustee), the Related Other Trustees (and after the Transfer Date, the
Other Trustees), the Company, the Escrow Agent, the Escrow Paying Agent and
the Subordination Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, in accordance with its terms.
OTHER AGREEMENTS: Means (i) the Basic Agreement as supplemented by
Trust Supplement No. 1997-4B-S dated the date hereof relating to
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust 1997-4B-S and (ii) the Basic
Agreement as supplemented by Trust Supplement No. 1997-4C-S dated the date
hereof relating to Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust 1997-4C-S.
OTHER TRUSTEES: Means the trustees under the Other Agreements, and any
successor or other trustee appointed as provided therein.
OTHER TRUSTS: Means the Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust
1997-4B-S and Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust 1997-4C-S, created by
the Other Pass Through Trust Agreements.
OUTSTANDING: when used with respect to Applicable Certificates, means,
as of the date of determination, all Transfer Date Certificates, and all
other Applicable Certificates theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Agreement, in each case except:
(i) Applicable Certificates theretofore canceled by the Registrar or
delivered to the Trustee or the Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Applicable Certificates for which money in the full amount
required to make the final distribution with respect to such Applicable
Certificates pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Basic Agreement has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee in trust for the Applicable
Certificateholders as provided in Section 4.01 of the Basic Agreement
pending distribution of such money to such Applicable Certificateholders
pursuant to payment of such final distribution; and
(iii) Applicable Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of which
other Applicable Certificates have been authenticated and delivered
pursuant to this Agreement.
OWNED AIRCRAFT: Has the meaning specified in the third recital to this
Trust Supplement.
OWNER PARTICIPANT: With respect to any Equipment Note relating to a
Leased Aircraft, means the "Owner Participant" as referred to in the
Indenture pursuant to which such Equipment Note is issued and any permitted
successor or assign of such Owner Participant; and OWNER PARTICIPANTS at
any time of determination means all of the Owner Participants thus referred
to in the Indentures.
OWNER TRUSTEE: With respect to any Equipment Note relating to a Leased
Aircraft, means the "Owner Trustee", as referred to in the Indenture
pursuant to which such Equipment Note is issued, not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee; and OWNER TRUSTEES means all of the Owner
Trustees party to any of the Indentures.
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT: Means each Participation Agreement to be
entered into by the Trustee pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, as the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with
its terms.
POOL BALANCE: Means, as of any date, (i) the original aggregate face
amount of the "Applicable Certificates" as defined in the Related Pass
Through Trust Agreement, less (ii) the aggregate amount of all payments
made in respect of such Certificates or in respect of Deposits other than
payments made in respect of interest or premium thereon or reimbursement of
any costs or expenses incurred in connection therewith. The Pool Balance as
of any Distribution Date shall be computed after giving effect to any
special distribution with respect to unused Deposits, payment of principal
on the Equipment Notes or payments with respect to other Trust Property and
the distribution thereof to be made on that date.
POOL FACTOR: Means, as of any Distribution Date, the quotient (rounded
to the seventh decimal place) computed by dividing (i) the Pool Balance by
(ii) the original aggregate face amount of the "Applicable Certificates" as
defined in the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement. The Pool Factor as of
any Distribution Date shall be computed after giving effect to any special
distribution with respect unused Deposits, payment of principal on the
Equipment Notes or payments with respect to other Trust Property and the
distribution thereof to be made on that date.
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT: Means the Prospectus Supplement dated October
16, 1997 relating to the offering of the Certificates.
RELATED OTHER PASS THROUGH TRUST AGREEMENTS: Means the "Other
Agreements" as defined in the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement.
RELATED OTHER TRUSTEES: Means the "Other Trustees" as defined in the
Related Pass Through Trust Agreement.
RELATED OTHER TRUSTS: Means the "Other Trusts" as defined in the
Related Pass Through Trust Agreement.
RELATED PASS THROUGH TRUST AGREEMENT: Means the Basic Agreement as
supplemented by the Trust Supplement No. 1997-4A-O dated the date hereof
(the "RELATED PASS THROUGH TRUST SUPPLEMENT"), relating to the Continental
Airlines Pass Through Trust 1997-4A-O and entered into by the Company and
the Trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time in accordance with its terms.
RELATED TRUST: Means the Continental Pass Through Trust 1997-4A-O,
formed under the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement.
RELATED TRUSTEE: Means the trustee under the Related Pass Through
Trust Agreement.
SPECIAL REDEMPTION PREMIUM: Means the premium payable by the Company
in respect of the Final Withdrawal pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement.
SPECIAL PAYMENT: Means any payment (other than a Scheduled Payment) in
respect of, or any proceeds of, any Equipment Note or Trust Indenture
Estate (as defined in each Indenture) or Special Redemption Premium.
SUBSTITUTE AIRCRAFT: Has the meaning specified in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
TRANSFER DATE: Means the moment of execution and delivery of the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement by each of the parties thereto.
TRANSFER DATE CERTIFICATE: Has the meaning specified in the definition
of "Applicable Certificates".
TRIGGERING EVENT: Has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
TRUST PROPERTY: Means (i) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the
Equipment Notes held as the property of the Applicable Trust, all monies at
any time paid thereon and all monies due and to become due thereunder, (ii)
funds from time to time deposited in the Certificate Account and the
Special Payments Account and, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, any
proceeds from the sale by the Trustee pursuant to Article VI of the Basic
Agreement of any Equipment Note and (iii) all rights of the Trust and the
Trustee, on behalf of the Applicable Trust, under the Intercreditor
Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement and the
Liquidity Facilities, including, without limitation, all rights to receive
certain payments thereunder, and all monies paid to the Trustee on behalf
of the Applicable Trust pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement or the
Liquidity Facilities, PROVIDED that rights with respect to the Deposits or
under the Escrow Agreement, will not constitute Trust Property.
UNDERWRITERS: Means, collectively, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated,
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Chase Securities Inc. and Salomon
Brothers Inc.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT: Means the Underwriting Agreement dated October
16, 1997 among the Underwriters, the Company and the Depositary, as the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
in accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE III
DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 3.01. ADDITIONS TO ARTICLE IV OF THE BASIC AGREEMENT. In
addition to the provisions of Article IV of the Basic Agreement, the following
provisions shall apply to the Applicable Trust:
(a) Upon the payment of Special Redemption Premium to the Trustee
under the Note Purchase Agreement, the Trustee, upon receipt thereof, shall
immediately deposit the aggregate amount of such Special Redemption Premium
in the Special Payments Account;
(b) The distribution of amounts of Special Redemption Premium as
provided for in Section 4.02(b) of the Basic Agreement shall be on the
Special Distribution Date with respect to such Special Payment or as soon
thereafter as the Trustee has confirmed receipt of the related Special
Redemption Premium;
(c) In the event of the payment of a Special Redemption Premium by the
Company to the Trustee under the Note Purchase Agreement, the notice
provided for in Section 4.02(c) of the Basic Agreement shall be mailed,
together with the notice by the Escrow Paying Agent under Section 2.06 of
the Escrow Agreement, not less than 15 days prior to the Special
Distribution Date for such amount, which Special Distribution Date shall be
the Final Withdrawal Date; and
(d) The last sentence of the first paragraph of Section 4.02(c) of the
Basic Agreement shall apply equally if the amount of Special Redemption
Premium, if any, has not ben calculated at the time the Trustee mails
notice of a Special Payment.
Section 3.02. STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. (a) On each
Distribution Date, the Trustee will include with each distribution to Applicable
Certificateholders of a Scheduled Payment or Special Payment, as the case may
be, a statement setting forth the information provided below (in the case of a
Special Payment, including any Special Redemption Premium, reflecting in part
the information provided by the Escrow Paying Agent under the Escrow Agreement).
Such statement shall set forth (per $1,000 face amount Applicable Certificate as
to (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) below) the following information:
(i) the aggregate amount of funds distributed on such Distribution
Date under the Agreement and under the Escrow Agreement, indicating the
amount allocable to each source;
(ii) the amount of such distribution under the Agreement allocable to
principal and the amount allocable to premium (including the Special
Redemption Premium), if any;
(iii) the amount of such distribution under the Agreement allocable to
interest;
(iv) the amount of such distribution under the Escrow Agreement
allocable to interest;
(v) the amount of such distribution under the Escrow Agreement
allocable to Deposits; and
(vi) the Pool Balance and the Pool Factor.
With respect to the Applicable Certificates registered in the name of
a Clearing Agency, on the Record Date prior to each Distribution Date, the
Trustee will request from such Clearing Agency a securities position listing
setting forth the names of all Clearing Agency Participants reflected on such
Clearing Agency's books as holding interests in the Applicable Certificates on
such Record Date. On each Distribution Date, the Trustee will mail to each such
Clearing Agency Participant the statement described above and will make
available additional copies as requested by such Clearing Agency Participant for
forwarding to holders of interests in the Applicable Certificates.
(b) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year but not later than the latest date permitted by law, the Trustee shall
furnish to each Person who at any time during such calendar year was an
Applicable Certificateholder of record a statement containing the sum of the
amounts determined pursuant to clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(iv) and
(a)(v) above for such calendar year or, in the event such Person was an
Applicable Certificateholder of record during a portion of such calendar year,
for such portion of such year, and such other items as are readily available to
the Trustee and which an Applicable Certificateholder shall reasonably request
as necessary for the purpose of such Applicable Certificateholder's preparation
of its federal income tax returns. Such statement and such other items shall be
prepared on the basis of information supplied to the Trustee by the Clearing
Agency Participants and shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Clearing
Agency Participants to be available for forwarding by such Clearing Agency
Participants to the holders of interests in the Applicable Certificates in the
manner described in Section 3.02(a) of this Trust Supplement.
(c) Promptly following (i) the Transfer Date, if there has been any
change in the information set forth in clauses (x), (y) and (z) below from that
set forth in page S-51 of the Prospectus Supplement, and (ii) any early
redemption or purchase of, or any default in the payment of principal or
interest in respect of, any of the Equipment Notes held in the Applicable Trust,
or any Final Withdrawal, the Trustee shall furnish to Certificateholders of
record on such date a statement setting forth (x) the expected Pool Balances for
each subsequent Regular Distribution Date following the Delivery Period
Termination Date, (y) the related Pool Factors for such Regular Distribution
Dates and (z) the expected principal distribution schedule of the Equipment
Notes, in the aggregate, held as Trust Property at the date of such notice. With
respect to the Applicable Certificates registered in the name of a Clearing
Agency, on the Transfer Date, the Trustee will request from such Clearing Agency
a securities position listing setting forth the names of all Clearing Agency
Participants reflected on such Clearing Agency's books as holding interests in
the "Applicable Certificates" (as defined in the Related Pass Through Trust
Agreement) on such date. The Trustee will mail to each such Clearing Agency
Participant the statement described above and will make available additional
copies as requested by such Clearing Agency Participant for forwarding to
holders of interests in the Applicable Certificates.
(d) This Section 3.02 supersedes and replaces Section 4.03 of the
Basic Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
DEFAULT
Section 4.01. PURCHASE RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. (a) By acceptance
of its Applicable Certificate, each Applicable Certificateholder agrees that at
any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Triggering Event,
(i) each Class B Certificateholder shall have the right to purchase
all, but not less than all, of the Applicable Certificates upon ten days'
written notice to the Trustee and each other Class B Certificateholder,
PROVIDED that (A) if prior to the end of such ten-day period any other
Class B Certificateholder notifies such purchasing Class B
Certificateholder that such other Class B Certificateholder wants to
participate in such purchase, then such other Class B Certificateholder may
join with the purchasing Class B Certificateholder to purchase all, but not
less than all, of the Applicable Certificates pro rata based on the
Fractional Undivided Interest in the Class B Trust held by each such Class
B Certificateholder and (B) if prior to the end of such ten-day period any
other Class B Certificateholder fails to notify the purchasing Class B
Certificateholder of such other Class B Certificateholder's desire to
participate in such a purchase, then such other Class B Certificateholder
shall lose its right to purchase the Applicable Certificates pursuant to
this Section 4.01(a);
(ii) each Class C Certificateholder shall have the right (which shall
not expire upon any purchase of the Applicable Certificates pursuant to
clause (i) above) to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Applicable
Certificates and the Class B Certificates upon ten days' written notice to
the Trustee, the Class B Trustee and each other Class C Certificateholder,
PROVIDED that (A) if prior to the end of such ten-day period any other
Class C Certificateholder notifies such purchasing Class C
Certificateholder that such other Class C Certificateholder wants to
participate in such purchase, then such other Class C Certificateholder may
join with the purchasing Class C Certificateholder to purchase all, but not
less than all, of the Applicable Certificates and the Class B Certificates
pro rata based on the Fractional Undivided Interest in the Class C Trust
held by each such Class C Certificateholder and (B) if prior to the end of
such ten-day period any other Class C Certificateholder fails to notify the
purchasing Class C Certificateholder of such other Class C
Certificateholder's desire to participate in such a purchase, then such
other Class C Certificateholder shall lose its right to purchase the
Applicable Certificates pursuant to this Section 4.01(a)
(iii) each Class D Certificateholder shall have the right (which shall
not expire upon any purchase of the Applicable Certificates pursuant to
clause (i) or (ii) above) to purchase all, but not less than all, of the
Applicable Certificates, the Class B Certificates and the Class C
Certificates upon ten days' written notice to the Trustee, the Class B
Trustee, the Class C Trustee and each other Class D Certificateholder,
PROVIDED that (A) if prior to the end of such ten-day period any other
Class D Certificateholder notifies such purchasing Class D
Certificateholder that such other Class D Certificateholder wants to
participate in such purchase, then such other Class D Certificateholder may
join with the purchasing Class D Certificateholder to purchase all, but not
less than all, of the Applicable Certificates, the Class B Certificates and
the Class C Certificates pro rata based on the Fractional Undivided
Interest in the Class D Trust held by each such Class D Certificateholder
and (B) if prior to the end of such ten-day period any other Class D
Certificateholder fails to notify the purchasing Class D Certificateholder
of such other Class D Certificateholder's desire to participate in such a
purchase, then such other Class D Certificateholder shall lose its right to
purchase the Applicable Certificates pursuant to this Section 4.01(a).
The purchase price with respect to the Applicable Certificates shall
be equal to the Pool Balance of the Applicable Certificates, together with
accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of such purchase, without
premium, but including any other amounts then due and payable to the Applicable
Certificateholders under this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Escrow
Agreement or any Note Document or on or in respect of the Applicable
Certificates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) if such purchase occurs after the
record date specified in Section 2.03(b) of the Escrow Agreement relating to the
distribution of unused Deposits and accrued and unpaid interest thereunder, such
purchase price shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of unused Deposits and
interest to be distributed under the Escrow Agreement (which deducted amounts
shall remain distributable to, and may be retained by, the Applicable
Certificateholder as of such Record Date) and (ii) if such purchase occurs after
a Record Date, such purchase price shall be reduced by the amount to be
distributed hereunder on the related Distribution Date (which deducted amounts
shall remain distributable to, and may be retained by, the Applicable
Certificateholder as of such Record Date); PROVIDED FURTHER that no such
purchase of Applicable Certificates shall be effective unless the purchaser(s)
shall certify to the Trustee that contemporaneously with such purchase, such
purchaser(s) is purchasing, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the
Other Agreements, the Applicable Certificates, the Class B Certificates and the
Class C Certificates which are senior to the securities held by such
purchaser(s). Each payment of the purchase price of the Applicable Certificates
referred to in the first sentence hereof shall be made to an account or accounts
designated by the Trustee and each such purchase shall be subject to the terms
of this Section 4.01(a). Each Applicable Certificateholder agrees by its
acceptance of its Applicable Certificate that it will, subject to Section 3.04
of the Basic Agreement, upon payment from such Class B Certificateholder(s),
Class C Certificateholder(s) or Class D Certificateholder(s), as the case may
be, of the purchase price set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph,
forthwith sell, assign, transfer and convey to the purchaser(s) thereof (without
recourse, representation or warranty of any kind except for its own acts), all
of the right, title, interest and obligation of such Applicable
Certificateholder in this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Deposit
Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Liquidity Facilities, the Note
Documents and all Applicable Certificates and Escrow Receipts held by such
Applicable Certificateholder (excluding all right, title and interest under any
of the foregoing to the extent such right, title or interest is with respect to
an obligation not then due and payable as respects any action or inaction or
state of affairs occurring prior to such sale) and the purchaser shall assume
all of such Applicable Certificateholder's obligations under this Agreement, the
Escrow Agreement, the Deposit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the
Liquidity Facilities, the Note Documents and all such Applicable Certificates
and Escrow Receipts. The Applicable Certificates will be deemed to be purchased
on the date payment of the purchase price is made notwithstanding the failure of
the Applicable Certificateholders to deliver any Applicable Certificates and,
upon such a purchase, (i) the only rights of the Applicable Certificateholders
will be to deliver the Applicable Certificates to the purchaser(s) and receive
the purchase price for such Applicable Certificates and (ii) if the purchaser(s)
shall so request, such Applicable Certificateholder will comply with all the
provisions of Section 3.04 of the Basic Agreement to enable new Applicable
Certificates to be issued to the purchaser in such denominations as it shall
request. All charges and expenses in connection with the issuance of any such
new Certificates shall be borne by the purchaser thereof.
As used in this Section 4.01, the terms "Class B Certificateholder",
"Class B Trust", "Class B Certificate", "Class B Trustee", "Class C
Certificate", "Class C Certificateholder", "Class C Trust", "Class C Trustee",
"Class D Certificateholder" and "Class D Trust", shall have the respective
meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.
(b) This Section 4.01 supersedes and replaces Section 6.01(b) of the
Basic Agreement.
ARTICLE V
THE TRUSTEE
Section 5.01. ACQUISITION OF TRUST PROPERTY. (a) The Trustee is hereby
irrevocably authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement on the date specified in Section 7.01 of the Related Trust
Supplement, subject only to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in said
Section 7.01. This Agreement (except only for the immediately preceding sentence
hereof, which is effective upon execution and delivery hereof) shall become
effective upon the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement by the Trustee and the Related Trustee, automatically and without any
further signature or action on the part of the Company and the Trustee, and
shall thereupon constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
parties hereto enforceable against each of the parties hereto in accordance with
its terms. Upon such execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, the Related Trust shall be terminated, the Applicable
Certificateholders shall receive beneficial interests in the Applicable Trust in
exchange for their interests in the Related Trust equal to their respective
beneficial interests in the Related Trust and the "Outstanding" (as defined in
the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement) pass through certificates representing
fractional undivided interests in the Related Trust shall be deemed for all
purposes of this Agreement, without further signature or action of any party or
Certificateholder, to be Certificates representing the same Fractional Undivided
Interests in the Trust and Trust Property. By acceptance of its Applicable
Certificate, each Applicable Certificateholder consents to and ratifies such
assignment, transfer and delivery of the trust property of the Related Trust to
the Trustee upon the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement. The provisions of this Section 5.01(a) supersede and replace the
provisions of Section 2.02 of the Basic Agreement (which are inapplicable to the
Trust), and all provisions of the Basic Agreement relating to Postponed Notes or
Section 2.02 of the Basic Agreement shall not apply to the Applicable Trust.
(b) The Trustee, upon the execution and delivery of the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title and
interest in and to the Trust Property and declares that the Trustee holds and
will hold such right, title and interest for the benefit of all then present and
future Applicable Certificateholders, upon the trusts herein and in the Basic
Agreement set forth. By the acceptance of each Applicable Certificate issued to
it under the Related Pass Through Trust Agreement and deemed issued under this
Agreement, each Holder of any such Applicable Certificate as grantor of the
Applicable Trust thereby joins in the creation and declaration of the Applicable
Trust. The provisions of this Section 5.01(b) supersede and replace the
provisions of Section 2.03 of the Basic Agreement (which are inapplicable to the
Trust).
Section 5.02. [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 5.03. THE TRUSTEE. (a) Subject to Section 5.04 of this Trust
Supplement and Section 7.15 of the Basic Agreement, the Trustee shall not be
responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or
sufficiency of this Trust Supplement, the Deposit Agreement or the Escrow
Agreement or the due execution hereof or thereof by the Company or the other
parties thereto (other than the Trustee), or for or in respect of the recitals
and statements contained herein or therein, all of which recitals and statements
are made solely by the Company.
(b) Except as herein otherwise provided, no duties, responsibilities
or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed by the Trustee
by reason of this Trust Supplement other than as set forth in the Basic
Agreement, and this Trust Supplement is executed and accepted on behalf of the
Trustee, subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Basic
Agreement, upon the effectiveness thereof, as fully to all intents as if the
same were herein set forth at length.
Section 5.04. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TRUSTEE. The
Trustee hereby represents and warrants, on the Transfer Date, that:
(a) the Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to receive
the Trust Property assigned by the Related Trustee, assume the obligations
under, and perform, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, this Trust
Supplement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Note
Documents and has taken all necessary action to authorize such receipt,
assumption and performance by it of this Trust Supplement, the
Intercreditor Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Note Documents to
which it is a party;
(b) the receipt of the Trust Property under the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement and the performance by the Trustee of the Assignment
and Assumption Agreement, this Trust Supplement, the Intercreditor
Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Note Documents (i) will not violate
any provision of any United States federal law or the law of the state of
the United States where it is located governing the banking and trust
powers of the Trustee or any order, writ, judgment, or decree of any court,
arbitrator or governmental authority applicable to the Trustee or any of
its assets, (ii) will not violate any provision of the articles of
association or by-laws of the Trustee, and (iii) will not violate any
provision of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a
default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any
properties included in the Trust Property pursuant to the provisions of any
mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement or other undertaking to which it
is a party, which violation, default or lien could reasonably be expected
to have an adverse effect on the Trustee's performance or ability to
perform its duties hereunder or thereunder or on the transactions
contemplated herein or therein;
(c) the receipt of the Trust Property under the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement and the performance by the Trustee of the Assignment
and Assumption Agreement, this Trust Supplement, the Intercreditor
Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Note Documents will not require the
authorization, consent, or approval of, the giving of notice to, the filing
or registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any
governmental authority or agency of the United States or the state of the
United States where it is located regulating the banking and corporate
trust activities of the Trustee; and
(d) The Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Trustee and this Trust Supplement, the Intercreditor
Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Note Documents have been, or will
be, as applicable, duly executed and delivered by the Trustee and
constitute, or will constitute, as applicable, the legal, valid and binding
agreements of the Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with their
respective terms; PROVIDED, however, that enforceability may be limited by
(i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and (ii) general
principles of equity.
Section 5.05. TRUSTEE LIENS. The Trustee in its individual capacity
agrees, in addition to the agreements contained in Section 7.17 of the Basic
Agreement, that it will at its own cost and expense promptly take any action as
may be necessary to duly discharge and satisfy in full any Trustee's Liens on or
with respect to the Trust Property which is attributable to the Trustee in its
individual capacity and which is unrelated to the transactions contemplated by
the Intercreditor Agreement or the Note Purchase Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS
Section 6.01. SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS WITHOUT CONSENT OF
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. Under the terms of, and subject to the limitations contained
in, Section 9.01 of the Basic Agreement, the Company may (but will not be
required to), and the Trustee (subject to Section 9.03 of the Basic Agreement)
shall, at the Company's request, at any time and from time to time, enter into
one or more agreements supplemental to the Escrow Agreement, the Note Purchase
Agreement or the Deposit Agreement, for any of the purposes set forth in clauses
(1) through (9) of such Section 9.01, except that (a) clause (2) and (3) of such
Section 9.01 shall be deemed to include the Company's obligations under (in the
case of clause (2)), and the Company's rights and powers conferred by (in the
case of clause (3)), the Note Purchase Agreement and (b) clause (4) of such
Section 9.01 shall be deemed to include corrections or supplements to provisions
of the Escrow Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement or the Deposit Agreement
which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision of this
Agreement or contained in any agreement referred to in such clause (4) and the
curing of any ambiguity or the modification of any other provision with respect
to matters or questions arising under the Escrow Agreement, the Note Purchase
Agreement or the Deposit Agreement.
Section 6.02. SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS WITH CONSENT OF
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. The provisions of Section 9.02 of the Basic Agreement shall
apply to agreements or amendments for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Escrow
Agreement, the Deposit Agreement or the Note Purchase Agreement to the extent
applicable to the Applicable Certificateholders approving such agreement or
amendment or modifying in any manner the rights and obligations of such
Applicable Certificateholders under the Escrow Agreement, the Deposit Agreement
or the Note Purchase Agreement; provided that the provisions of Section 9.02(1)
of the Basic Agreement shall be deemed to include reductions in any manner of,
or delay in the timing of, any receipt by the Applicable Certificateholders of
payments upon the Deposits.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION OF TRUST
Section 7.01. TERMINATION OF THE APPLICABLE TRUST. The respective
obligations and responsibilities of the Company and the Trustee with respect to
the Applicable Trust shall terminate upon the distribution to all Applicable
Certificateholders and the Trustee of all amounts required to be distributed to
them pursuant to this Agreement and the disposition of all property held as part
of the Trust Property; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no event shall the Applicable
Trust continue beyond one hundred ten (110) years following the date of the
earliest execution of this Trust Supplement.
Notice of any termination, specifying the Distribution Date upon which
the Applicable Certificateholders may surrender their Applicable Certificates to
the Trustee for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be
mailed promptly by the Trustee to Applicable Certificateholders not earlier than
the 60th day and not later than the 15th day next preceding such final
Distribution Date specifying (A) the Distribution Date upon which the proposed
final payment of the Applicable Certificates will be made upon presentation and
surrender of Applicable Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee
therein specified, (B) the amount of any such proposed final payment, and (c)
that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Applicable Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee therein
specified. The Trustee shall give such notice to the Registrar at the time such
notice is given to Applicable Certificateholders. Upon presentation and
surrender of the Applicable Certificates in accordance with such notice, the
Trustee shall cause to be distributed to Applicable Certificateholders such
final payments.
In the event that all of the Applicable Certificateholders shall not
surrender their Applicable Certificates for cancellation within six months after
the date specified in the above-mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give
a second written notice to the remaining Applicable Certificateholders to
surrender their Applicable Certificates for cancellation and receive the final
distribution with respect thereto. No additional interest shall accrue on the
Applicable Certificates after the Distribution Date specified in the first
written notice. In the event that any money held by the Trustee for the payment
of distributions on the Applicable Certificates shall remain unclaimed for two
years (or such lesser time as the Trustee shall be satisfied, after sixty days'
notice from the Company, is one month prior to the escheat period provided under
applicable law) after the final distribution date with respect thereto, the
Trustee shall pay to each Loan Trustee the appropriate amount of money relating
to such Loan Trustee and shall give written notice thereof to the related Owner
Trustees, the Owner Participants and the Company.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 8.01. BASIC AGREEMENT RATIFIED. Except and so far as herein
expressly provided, all of the provisions, terms and conditions of the Basic
Agreement are in all respects ratified and confirmed; and the Basic Agreement
and this Trust Supplement shall be taken, read and construed as one and the same
instrument.
Section 8.02. GOVERNING LAW. THIS TRUST SUPPLEMENT AND THE APPLICABLE
CERTIFICATES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 8.03. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Trust Supplement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but
such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 8.04. INTENTION OF PARTIES. The parties hereto intend that the
Applicable Trust be classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a grantor
trust under Subpart E, Part I of Subchapter J of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and not as a trust or association taxable as a corporation or
as a partnership. Each Applicable Certificateholder and Investor, by its
acceptance of its Applicable Certificate or a beneficial interest therein,
agrees to treat the Applicable Trust as a grantor trust for all U.S. federal,
state and local income tax purposes. The powers granted and obligations
undertaken pursuant to this Agreement shall be so construed so as to further
such intent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Trustee have caused this Trust
Supplement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereto duly
authorized, as of the day and year first written above.
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.
By:____________________________________
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
