SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • December 12th, 2006 • Southwest Airlines Co • Air transportation, scheduled • New York
Southwest Airlines Co., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its debt securities (the “Securities”) with the interest rate and date of maturity set forth on Schedule I hereto on the terms and conditions stated herein. The Securities will be issued under an indenture dated as of September 17, 2004 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee. As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Underwriters” shall mean the firms named as Underwriters in Schedule I, and the term “you” shall mean Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture. For purposes hereof, the term “Operative Agreements” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities.
