EXHIBIT 4.15
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
(2001-1B)
Dated as of November 21, 2001
between
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Subordination Agent,
as agent and trustee for the trustee of
American Airlines Pass Through Trust 2001-1B
as Borrower
and
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE,
NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Liquidity Provider
American Airlines Pass Through Trust 2001-1B
7.377% American Airlines
Pass Through Certificates,
Series 2001-1B
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions......................................................1
ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENT
Section 2.01 The Advances.....................................................7
Section 2.02 Making of Advances...............................................8
Section 2.03 Fees............................................................10
Section 2.04 Reduction, Increase or Termination of the Maximum Commitment....10
Section 2.05 Repayments of Interest Advances or the Final Advance............10
Section 2.06 Repayments of Provider Advances.................................11
Section 2.07 Payments to the Liquidity Provider Under the Intercreditor
Agreement.......................................................12
Section 2.08 Book Entries....................................................12
Section 2.09 Payments from Available Funds Only..............................12
Section 2.10 Extension of the Expiry Date; Non-Extension Advance.............12
ARTICLE III
OBLIGATIONS OF THE BORROWER
Section 3.01 Increased Costs.................................................13
Section 3.02 [Intentionally omitted].........................................14
Section 3.03 Withholding Taxes...............................................14
Section 3.04 Payments....................................................... 15
Section 3.05 Computations....................................................16
Section 3.06 Payment on Non-Business Days....................................16
Section 3.07 Interest .......................................................16
Section 3.08 Replacement of Borrower.........................................18
Section 3.09 Funding Loss Indemnification....................................18
Section 3.10 Illegality......................................................18
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Section 2.01...........19
Section 4.02 Conditions Precedent to Borrowing...............................20
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ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
Section 5.01 Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower...........................20
Section 5.02 Negative Covenants of the Borrower..............................20
ARTICLE VI
LIQUIDITY EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 6.01 Liquidity Events of Default.....................................21
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.01 No Oral Modifications or Continuing Waivers.....................21
Section 7.02 Notices.........................................................21
Section 7.03 No Waiver; Remedies.............................................22
Section 7.04 Further Assurances..............................................22
Section 7.05 Indemnification; Survival of Certain Provisions.................22
Section 7.06 Liability of the Liquidity Provider.............................23
Section 7.07 Certain Costs and Expenses......................................23
Section 7.08 Binding Effect; Participations..................................24
Section 7.09 Severability....................................................25
Section 7.10 Governing Law...................................................25
Section 7.11 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial; Waiver of
Immunity........................................................25
Section 7.12 Counterparts....................................................26
Section 7.13 Entirety........................................................26
Section 7.14 Headings........................................................26
Section 7.15 Liquidity Provider's Obligation to Make Advances................26
Annex I - Interest Advance Notice of Borrowing
Annex II - Non-Extension Advance Notice of Borrowing
Annex III - Downgrade Advance Notice of Borrowing
Annex IV - Final Advance Notice of Borrowing
Annex V - Notice of Termination
Annex VI - Notice of Replacement Subordination Agent
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
This
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 21, 2001, is made
by and between STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but
solely as Subordination Agent (such term and other capitalized terms used herein
without definition being defined as provided in Article I) under the
Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below), as agent and trustee for the Class B
Trustee (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the
"Borrower"), and WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, a German banking
institution organized under the laws of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia,
acting through its
New York branch (the "Liquidity Provider").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Class B Trust Agreement, the Class B Trust has
issued the Class B Certificates; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower, in order to support the timely payment of a
portion of the interest on the Class B Certificates in accordance with their
terms, has requested the Liquidity Provider to enter into this Agreement,
providing in part for the Borrower to request in specified circumstances that
Advances be made hereunder;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions.
(a) The definitions stated herein apply equally to both the singular
and the plural forms of the terms defined.
(b) All references in this Agreement to designated "Articles",
"Sections", "Annexes" and other subdivisions are to the designated Article,
Section, Annex or other subdivision of this Agreement, unless otherwise
specifically stated.
(c) The words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section, Annex or other subdivision.
(d) Unless the context otherwise requires, whenever the words
"including", "include" or "includes" are used herein, it shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase "without limitation".
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(e) For the purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise
requires, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
"Advance" means an Interest Advance, a Final Advance, a Provider
Advance or an Applied Provider Advance, as the case may be.
"Agreement" means this Agreement, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
"Applicable Liquidity Rate" has the meaning specified in Section
3.07(g).
"Applicable Margin" means with respect to (i) any Unpaid Advance or
Applied Provider Advance, 2.00% and (ii) any Unapplied Provider Advance, 0.75%.
"Applied Downgrade Advance" has the meaning specified in Section
2.06(a).
"Applied Non-Extension Advance" has the meaning specified in Section
2.06(a).
"Applied Provider Advance" means an Applied Downgrade Advance or an
Applied Non-Extension Advance.
"Base Rate" means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect from
time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the
Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for each
day in the period for which the Base Rate is to be determined (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve
Bank of
New York, or if such rate is not so published for any day that is a
Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day for such transactions
received by the Liquidity Provider from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it (and reasonably satisfactory to American)
plus one-quarter of one percent (0.25%).
"Base Rate Advance" means an Advance that bears interest at a rate
based upon the Base Rate.
"Borrower" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to
this Agreement.
"Borrowing" means the making of Advances requested by delivery of a
Notice of Borrowing.
"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
New York,
New
York, Dallas, Texas, or, so long as any Class B Certificate is outstanding, the
city and state in which the Class B Trustee, the Borrower or any related Loan
Trustee maintains its Corporate Trust Office or receives or disburses funds,
and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any Advance or other amount
bearing interest based on the LIBOR Rate, on which dealings are carried on in
the London interbank market.
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"Covered Taxes" means any Taxes imposed by the United States or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein required by law to
be deducted or withheld from any amounts payable to the Liquidity Provider under
this Agreement other than (i) any Tax on, based on or measured by net income,
franchises or conduct of business, (ii) any Tax imposed, levied, withheld or
assessed as a result of any connection between the Liquidity Provider and the
United States or such political subdivision or taxing authority, other than a
connection arising solely from the Liquidity Provider's having executed,
delivered, performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced,
any Operative Agreement, (iii) any Tax attributable to the inaccuracy in or
breach by the Liquidity Provider of any of its representations, warranties or
covenants contained in any Operative Agreement to which it is a party or the
inaccuracy of any form or document furnished by the Liquidity Provider pursuant
thereto, (iv) any withholding Taxes imposed by the United States except to the
extent such withholding Taxes would not have been required to be deducted or
withheld from payments hereunder but for a change after the date hereof in the
income tax treaty between the United States and a Relevant Country in which the
Liquidity Provider is organized and resident for tax purposes or a change in the
Code that overrides the provisions of such treaty or (v) any Taxes caused by any
change in the Lending Office without the prior written consent of American (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld). "Relevant Country" means any of
Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ireland.
"Downgrade Advance" means an Advance made pursuant to Section 2.02(c).
"Effective Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.01. The
delivery of the certificate of the Liquidity Provider contemplated by Section
4.01(e) shall be conclusive evidence that the Effective Date has occurred.
"Expenses" means liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of legal
counsel), provided that Expenses shall not include any Taxes other than sales,
use and V.A.T. taxes imposed on fees and expenses payable pursuant to Section
7.07.
"Expiry Date" means 364 days from and including the Effective Date,
initially, or any date to which the Expiry Date is extended pursuant to Section
2.10.
"Final Advance" means an Advance made pursuant to Section 2.02(d).
"Increased Cost" has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
"Intercreditor Agreement" means the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as
of May 24, 2001, among the Trustees, the Liquidity Provider, the liquidity
provider under each Liquidity Facility (other than this Agreement) and the
Subordination Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
"Interest Advance" means an Advance made pursuant to Section 2.02(a).
"Interest Period" means, with respect to any LIBOR Advance, each of the
following periods:
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(i) the period beginning on the third Business Day following
the Liquidity Provider's receipt of the Notice of Borrowing for such
LIBOR Advance and ending on the next Regular Distribution Date; and
(ii) each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the next Regular
Distribution Date;
provided, however, that if (x) the Final Advance shall have been made pursuant
to Section 2.02(d) or (y) other outstanding Advances shall have been converted
into the Final Advance pursuant to Section 6.01, then the Interest Periods shall
be successive periods of one month beginning on the third Business Day following
the Liquidity Provider's receipt of the Notice of Borrowing for such Final
Advance (in the case of clause (x) above) or the Regular Distribution Date
following such conversion (in the case of clause (y) above).
"Lending Office" means the lending office of the Liquidity Provider
presently located at
New York,
New York, or such other lending office as the
Liquidity Provider from time to time shall notify the Borrower as its lending
office hereunder; provided that the Liquidity Provider shall not change its
Lending Office to a lending office outside of the United States without the
prior written consent of American (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld).
"LIBOR Advance" means an Advance bearing interest at a rate based upon
the LIBOR Rate.
"LIBOR Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Period, (a) the rate
per annum appearing on display page 3750 (British Bankers Association - LIBOR)
of the Dow ▇▇▇▇▇ Markets Service (or any successor or substitute therefor) at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two Business Days
prior to the first day of such Interest Period as the rate for dollars deposits
with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period, or (b) if the rate specified
in clause (a) above is not available, the average (rounded up, if necessary, to
the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the rates per annum at which deposits in Dollars
are offered by the Reference Banks (or, if fewer than all of the Reference Banks
are quoting a rate for deposits in Dollars for the applicable period and amount,
such fewer number of Reference Banks) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time)
on the day that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest
Period to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period comparable to
such Interest Period and in an amount approximately equal to the principal
amount of the LIBOR Advance to be outstanding during such Interest Period, or
(c) if none of the Reference Banks is quoting a rate for deposits in Dollars in
the London interbank market for such a period and amount, the interest rate per
annum equal to the average (rounded up, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of
1%) of the rates at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the principal
New
York offices of the Reference Banks (or, if fewer than all of the Reference
Banks are quoting a rate for deposits in Dollars in the
New York interbank
market for the applicable period and amount, such fewer number of Reference
Banks) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (
New York time) on the day that is two
Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period to prime banks in
the New York interbank market for a period comparable to such Interest Period
and in an amount approximately equal to the principal amount of the LIBOR
Advance to be outstanding during such Interest Period, or (d) if none of the
principal New York offices of the Reference Banks is
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quoting a rate for deposits in Dollars in the New York interbank market for the
applicable period and amount, the Base Rate.
"Liquidity Event of Default" means the occurrence of either (a) the
Acceleration of all of the Equipment Notes or (b) an American Bankruptcy Event.
"Liquidity Indemnitee" means the Liquidity Provider, its directors,
officers, employees and agents, and its successors and permitted assigns.
"Liquidity Provider" has the meaning specified in the introductory
paragraph to this Agreement.
"Maximum Available Commitment" means, subject to the proviso contained
in the third sentence of Section 2.02(a), at any time of determination, (a) the
Maximum Commitment at such time less (b) the aggregate amount of each Interest
Advance outstanding at such time; provided that following a Provider Advance or
a Final Advance, the Maximum Available Commitment shall be zero.
"Maximum Commitment" means $32,912,117, as the same may be reduced or
increased from time to time in accordance with Section 2.04(a).
"Non-Extension Advance" means an Advance made pursuant to Section
2.02(b).
"Notice of Borrowing" has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(e).
"Notice of Replacement Subordination Agent" has the meaning specified
in Section 3.08.
"Offering Memorandum" means the Offering Memorandum dated May 18, 2001,
relating to the Certificates, as such Offering Memorandum may be amended or
supplemented.
"Participation" has the meaning specified in Section 7.08(b).
"Performing Note Deficiency" means any time that less than 65% of the
then aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Equipment Notes are
Performing Equipment Notes.
"Permitted Transferee" means any Person that:
(a) is not a commercial air carrier, American or any affiliate of
American; and
(b) is any one of:
(1) a commercial banking institution organized under the laws
of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
(2) a commercial banking institution that (x) is organized
under the laws of France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, the
United Kingdom or Ireland, (y) is entitled on the date it acquires any
Participation to a complete exemption from United States federal income
taxes for all income derived by it from the transactions contemplated
by the Operative Agreements under an income tax treaty, as in effect on
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such date, between the United States and such jurisdiction of its
organization and (z) is engaged in the active conduct of a banking
business in such jurisdiction of its organization, holds its
Participation in connection with such banking business in such
jurisdiction and is regulated as a commercial banking institution by
the appropriate regulatory authorities in such jurisdiction; or
(3) a commercial banking institution that (x) is organized
under the laws of Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg,
The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland or the United Kingdom and (y) is
entitled on the date it acquires any Participation to a complete
exemption from withholding of United States federal income taxes for
all income derived by it from the transactions contemplated by the
Operative Agreements under laws as in effect on such date by reason of
such income being effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or
business within the United States.
"Provider Advance" means a Downgrade Advance or a Non-Extension
Advance.
"Reference Banks" means the principal London offices of: The Royal Bank
of Scotland; ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Chase; Citibank, N.A.; and such other or additional
banking institutions as may be designated from time to time by mutual agreement
of American and the Liquidity Provider.
"Regulatory Change" means the enactment, adoption or promulgation,
after the date of this Agreement, of any law or regulation by a United States
federal or state government or by the government of the Liquidity Provider's
jurisdiction of organization, or any change, after the date of this Agreement,
in any such law or regulation, or in the interpretation thereof by any
governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency of the United States
or the Liquidity Provider's jurisdiction of organization charged with
responsibility for the administration or application thereof, that shall impose,
modify or deem applicable (a) any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement against extensions of credit or other assets of, or deposits with or
other liabilities of, the Liquidity Provider including, or by reason of, the
Advances or (b) any capital adequacy requirement requiring the maintenance by
the Liquidity Provider of additional capital in respect of any Advances or the
Liquidity Provider's obligation to make any such Advances.
"Replenishment Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b).
"Required Amount" means, for any day, the sum of the aggregate amount
of interest, calculated at the rate per annum equal to the Stated Interest Rate
for the Class B Certificates on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months, that would be payable on the Class B Certificates on each of the
three successive semiannual Regular Distribution Dates immediately following
such day or, if such day is a Regular Distribution Date, on such day and the
succeeding two semiannual Regular Distribution Dates, in each case calculated on
the basis of the Pool Balance of the Class B Certificates on such day and
without regard to expected future distributions of principal on the Class B
Certificates.
"Termination Date" means the earliest to occur of the following: (i)
the Expiry Date; (ii) the date on which the Borrower delivers to the Liquidity
Provider a certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower,
certifying that all of the Class B Certificates have been paid in full (or
provision has been made for such payment in accordance with the Intercreditor
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Agreement and the Class B Trust Agreement) or are otherwise no longer entitled
to the benefits of this Agreement; (iii) the date on which the Borrower delivers
to the Liquidity Provider a certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower, certifying that a Replacement Liquidity Facility has been substituted
for this Agreement in full pursuant to Section 3.06(e) of the Intercreditor
Agreement; (iv) the fifth Business Day following the receipt by the Borrower of
a Termination Notice from the Liquidity Provider pursuant to Section 6.01; and
(v) the date on which no Advance is or may (including by reason of reinstatement
as herein provided) become available for a Borrowing hereunder.
"Termination Notice" means the Notice of Termination substantially in
the form of Annex V to this Agreement.
"Unapplied Provider Advance" means any Provider Advance other than an
Applied Provider Advance.
"Unpaid Advance" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.
"WestLB Fee Letter" means the Fee Letter dated as of the date hereof
among the Borrower, the Liquidity Provider and American.
(f) For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings specified in the Intercreditor Agreement:
"Acceleration", "American", "American Bankruptcy Event", "Certificate",
"Class B Cash Collateral Account", "Class B Certificates", "Class B
Certificateholders", "Class B Trust", "Class B Trust Agreement", "Class B
Trustee", "Class A-1 Certificates", "Class A-2 Certificates", "Class C
Certificates", "Collection Account", "Controlling Party", "Corporate Trust
Office", "Dollars", "Downgraded Facility", "Equipment Notes", "Fee Letter",
"Final Legal Distribution Date", "Indenture", "Leased Aircraft", "Liquidity
Facility", "Loan Trustee", "Non-Extended Facility", "Operative Agreements",
"Owned Aircraft", "Participation Agreements", "Performing Equipment Note",
"Person", "Placement Agents", "Placement Agreement", "Pool Balance", "Rating
Agencies", "Regular Distribution Date", "Replacement Liquidity Facility",
"Responsible Officer", "Scheduled Payment", "Special Payment", "Stated Interest
Rate", "Subordination Agent", "Taxes", "Threshold Rating", "Trust Agreement",
"Trustee" and "United States".
ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENT
Section 2.01 The Advances. The Liquidity Provider hereby irrevocably
agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Advances to
the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the
Effective Date until 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the Expiry Date (unless
the obligations of the Liquidity Provider shall be earlier terminated in
accordance with the terms of Section 2.04(b)) in an aggregate amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed the Maximum Commitment.
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Section 2.02 Making of Advances.
(a) Each Interest Advance shall be made by the Liquidity Provider upon
delivery to the Liquidity Provider of a written and completed Notice of
Borrowing in substantially the form of Annex I, signed by a Responsible Officer
of the Borrower, such Interest Advance to be in an amount not exceeding the
Maximum Available Commitment at such time and used solely for the payment when
due of interest with respect to the Class B Certificates at the Stated Interest
Rate therefor in accordance with Section 3.06(a) and 3.06(b) of the
Intercreditor Agreement. Each Interest Advance made hereunder shall
automatically reduce the Maximum Available Commitment and the amount available
to be borrowed hereunder by subsequent Advances by the amount of such Interest
Advance (subject to reinstatement as provided in the next sentence). Upon
repayment to the Liquidity Provider in full or in part of the amount of any
Interest Advance made pursuant to this Section 2.02(a), together with accrued
interest thereon (as provided herein), the Maximum Available Commitment shall be
reinstated by an amount equal to the amount of such Interest Advance so repaid,
but not to exceed the Maximum Commitment; provided, however, that the Maximum
Available Commitment shall not be so reinstated at any time if (x) both a
Performing Note Deficiency exists and a Liquidity Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or (y) a Final Drawing shall have occurred.
(b) Subject to Section 2.10, a Non-Extension Advance shall be made by
the Liquidity Provider if this Agreement is not extended in accordance with
Section 3.06(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement (unless a Replacement Liquidity
Facility to replace this Agreement shall have been delivered to the Borrower as
contemplated by said Section 3.06(d) within the time period specified in such
Section 3.06(d)) upon delivery to the Liquidity Provider of a written and
completed Notice of Borrowing in substantially the form of Annex II, signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower, in an amount equal to the Maximum Available
Commitment at such time, and shall be used to fund the Class B Cash Collateral
Account in accordance with Sections 3.06(d) and 3.06(f) of the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(c) A Downgrade Advance shall be made by the Liquidity Provider if at
any time the short-term unsecured debt rating of the Liquidity Provider issued
by either Rating Agency (or if the Liquidity Provider does not have a short-term
unsecured debt rating issued by a given Rating Agency, the long-term unsecured
debt rating of the Liquidity Provider issued by such Rating Agency) is lower
than the applicable Threshold Rating (as provided for in Section 3.06(c) of the
Intercreditor Agreement) unless a Replacement Liquidity Facility to replace this
Agreement shall have been previously delivered to the Borrower in accordance
with said Section 3.06(c), upon delivery to the Liquidity Provider of a written
and completed Notice of Borrowing in substantially the form of Annex III, signed
by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, in an amount equal to the Maximum
Available Commitment at such time, and shall be used to fund the Class B Cash
Collateral Account in accordance with Sections 3.06(c) and 3.06(f) of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
(d) A Final Advance shall be made by the Liquidity Provider following
the receipt by the Borrower of a Termination Notice from the Liquidity Provider
pursuant to Section 6.01 upon delivery to the Liquidity Provider of a written
and completed Notice of Borrowing in substantially the form of Annex IV, signed
by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, in an amount equal to the Maximum
Available Commitment at such time, and shall be used to fund
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the Class B Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Sections 3.06(f) and
3.06(i) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
(e) Each Borrowing shall be made on notice in writing (a "Notice of
Borrowing") in substantially the form required by Section 2.02(a), 2.02(b),
2.02(c) or 2.02(d), as the case may be, given by the Borrower to the Liquidity
Provider. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be effective upon delivery of a copy
thereof to the Liquidity Provider's office at the address specified in Section
7.02 hereof. If a Notice of Borrowing is delivered by the Borrower in respect of
any Borrowing no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day,
upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 with
respect to a requested Borrowing, the Liquidity Provider shall make available to
the Borrower, in accordance with its payment instructions, the amount of such
Borrowing in Dollars and immediately available funds, before 4:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on such Business Day or before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such
later Business Day specified in such Notice of Borrowing. If a Notice of
Borrowing is delivered by the Borrower in respect of any Borrowing after 1:00
p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, upon satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 4.02 with respect to a requested Borrowing, the
Liquidity Provider shall make available to the Borrower, in accordance with its
payment instructions, the amount of such Borrowing in Dollars and immediately
available funds, before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the first Business Day
next following the day of receipt of such Notice of Borrowing or on such later
Business Day specified by the Borrower in such Notice of Borrowing. Payments of
proceeds of a Borrowing shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the Borrower in accordance with such wire transfer instructions as the
Borrower shall furnish from time to time to the Liquidity Provider for such
purpose. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Borrower.
(f) Upon the making of any Advance requested pursuant to a Notice of
Borrowing in accordance with the Borrower's payment instructions, the Liquidity
Provider shall be fully discharged of its obligation hereunder with respect to
such Notice of Borrowing, and the Liquidity Provider shall not thereafter be
obligated to make any further Advances hereunder in respect of such Notice of
Borrowing to the Borrower or to any other Person (including the Trustee or any
Class B Certificateholder). If the Liquidity Provider makes an Advance requested
pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing before 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the
second Business Day after the date of payment specified in Section 2.02(e), the
Liquidity Provider shall have fully discharged its obligations hereunder with
respect to such Advance and an event of default shall not have occurred
hereunder. Following the making of any Advance pursuant to Section 2.02(b),
2.02(c) or 2.02(d) to fund the Class B Cash Collateral Account, the Liquidity
Provider shall have no interest in or rights to the Class B Cash Collateral
Account, such Advance or any other amounts from time to time on deposit in the
Class B Cash Collateral Account; provided that the foregoing shall not affect or
impair the obligations of the Subordination Agent to make the distributions
contemplated by Section 3.06(e) or 3.06(f) of the Intercreditor Agreement and
provided further, that the foregoing shall not affect or impair the rights of
the Liquidity Provider to provide written instructions with respect to the
investment and reinvestment of amounts in the Class B Cash Collateral Account to
the extent provided in Section 2.02(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement. By paying
to the Borrower proceeds of Advances requested by the Borrower in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement, the
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Liquidity Provider makes no representation as to, and assumes no responsibility
for, the correctness or sufficiency for any purpose of the amount of the
Advances so made and requested.
Section 2.03 Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Liquidity Provider
the fees set forth in the WestLB Fee Letter.
Section 2.04 Reduction, Increase or Termination of the Maximum
Commitment.
(a) Automatic Reduction or Increase. Promptly following each date on
which the Required Amount is (i) reduced as a result of a reduction in the Pool
Balance of the Class B Certificates or otherwise, the Maximum Commitment shall
automatically be reduced to an amount equal to such reduced Required Amount (as
calculated by the Borrower) and (ii) increased or decreased as a result of any
increase or decrease in the Stated Interest Rate of the Class B Certificates
pursuant to the definition of Stated Interest Rate set forth in the
Intercreditor Agreement, the Maximum Commitment shall be automatically increased
or decreased to an amount equal to such increased or decreased Required Amount
(as calculated by the Borrower). The Borrower shall give notice of any such
automatic reduction or increase of the Maximum Commitment to the Liquidity
Provider and American within two Business Days thereof. The failure by the
Borrower to furnish any such notice shall not affect any such automatic
reduction or increase of the Maximum Commitment.
(b) Termination. Upon the making of any Provider Advance or Final
Advance hereunder or the occurrence of the Termination Date, the obligation of
the Liquidity Provider to make further Advances hereunder shall automatically
and irrevocably terminate, and the Borrower shall not be entitled to request any
further Borrowing hereunder.
Section 2.05 Repayments of Interest Advances or the Final Advance.
Subject to Sections 2.06, 2.07 and 2.09 hereof, the Borrower hereby agrees,
without notice of an Advance or demand for repayment from the Liquidity Provider
(which notice and demand are hereby waived by the Borrower), to pay, or to cause
to be paid, to the Liquidity Provider (a) on each date on which the Liquidity
Provider shall make an Interest Advance or the Final Advance, an amount equal to
the amount of such Advance (any such Advance, until repaid, is referred to
herein as an "Unpaid Advance"), plus (b) interest on the amount of each such
Unpaid Advance in the amounts and on the dates determined as provided in Section
3.07; provided that if (i) the Liquidity Provider shall make a Provider Advance
at any time after making one or more Interest Advances which shall not have been
repaid in accordance with this Section 2.05 or (ii) this Liquidity Facility
shall become a Downgraded Facility or Non-Extended Facility at any time when
unreimbursed Interest Advances have reduced the Maximum Available Commitment to
zero, then such Interest Advances shall cease to constitute Unpaid Advances and
shall be deemed to have been changed into an Applied Downgrade Advance or an
Applied Non-Extension Advance, as the case may be, for all purposes of this
Agreement (including, without limitation, for the purpose of determining when
such Interest Advance is required to be repaid to the Liquidity Provider in
accordance with Section 2.06 and for the purposes of Section 2.06(b)). The
Borrower and the Liquidity Provider agree that the repayment in full of each
Interest Advance and Final Advance on the date such Advance is made is intended
to be a contemporaneous exchange for new value given to the Borrower by the
Liquidity Provider. For the avoidance of
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doubt, interest payable on an Interest Advance or the Final Advance shall not be
regarded as overdue unless such interest is not paid when due under Section
3.07.
Section 2.06 Repayments of Provider Advances.
(a) Amounts advanced hereunder in respect of a Provider Advance shall
be deposited in the Class B Cash Collateral Account and invested and withdrawn
from the Class B Cash Collateral Account as set forth in Sections 3.06(c),
3.06(d), 3.06(e) and 3.06(f) of the Intercreditor Agreement. Subject to Sections
2.07 and 2.09, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Liquidity Provider, on each
Regular Distribution Date, commencing on the first Regular Distribution Date
after the making of a Provider Advance, interest on the principal amount of any
such Provider Advance, in the amounts determined as provided in Section 3.07;
provided, however, that amounts in respect of a Provider Advance withdrawn from
the Class B Cash Collateral Account for the purpose of paying interest on the
Class B Certificates in accordance with Section 3.06(f) of the Intercreditor
Agreement (the amount of any such withdrawal being (y) in the case of a
Downgrade Advance, an "Applied Downgrade Advance" and (z) in the case of a
Non-Extension Advance, an "Applied Non-Extension Advance" and, together with an
Applied Downgrade Advance, an "Applied Provider Advance") shall thereafter
(subject to Section 2.06(b)) be treated as an Interest Advance under this
Agreement for all purposes hereunder, including for purposes of determining the
Applicable Liquidity Rate for interest payable thereon and the dates on which
such interest is payable; provided further, however, that if, following the
making of a Provider Advance, the Liquidity Provider delivers a Termination
Notice to the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.01, such Provider Advance shall
thereafter be treated as a Final Advance under this Agreement for purposes of
determining the Applicable Liquidity Rate for interest payable thereon and the
dates on which such interest is payable. Subject to Sections 2.07 and 2.09
hereof, immediately upon the withdrawal of any amounts from the Class B Cash
Collateral Account on account of a reduction in the Required Amount, the
Borrower shall repay to the Liquidity Provider a portion of the Provider
Advances in a principal amount equal to such reduction, plus interest on the
principal amount prepaid as provided in Section 3.07.
(b) At any time when an Applied Provider Advance (or any portion
thereof) is outstanding, upon the deposit in the Class B Cash Collateral Account
of any amount pursuant to clause "third" of Section 2.04(b) of the Intercreditor
Agreement, clause "third" of Section 3.02 of the Intercreditor Agreement or
clause "fourth" of Section 3.03 of the Intercreditor Agreement (any such amount
being a "Replenishment Amount") for the purpose of replenishing or increasing
the balance thereof up to the Required Amount at such time, (i) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Applied Provider Advances (and of Provider
Advances treated as an Interest Advance for purposes of determining the
Applicable Liquidity Rate for interest payable thereon) shall be automatically
reduced by the amount of such Replenishment Amount and (ii) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Unapplied Provider Advances shall be
automatically increased by the amount of such Replenishment Amount.
(c) Upon the provision of a Replacement Liquidity Facility in
replacement of this Agreement in accordance with Section 3.06(e) of the
Intercreditor Agreement, as provided in Section 3.06(f) of the Intercreditor
Agreement, amounts remaining on deposit in the Class B Cash Collateral Account
after giving effect to any Applied Provider Advance on the date of such
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replacement shall be reimbursed to the Liquidity Provider, but only to the
extent such amounts are necessary to repay in full to the Liquidity Provider all
amounts owing to it hereunder.
Section 2.07 Payments to the Liquidity Provider Under the Intercreditor
Agreement. In order to provide for payment or repayment to the Liquidity
Provider of any amounts hereunder, the Intercreditor Agreement provides that
amounts available and referred to in Articles II and III of the Intercreditor
Agreement, to the extent payable to the Liquidity Provider pursuant to the terms
of the Intercreditor Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 3.06(f)
of the Intercreditor Agreement), shall be paid to the Liquidity Provider in
accordance with the terms thereof (but, for the avoidance of doubt, without
duplication of or increase in any amounts payable hereunder). Amounts so paid to
the Liquidity Provider shall be applied by the Liquidity Provider in the order
of priority required by the applicable provisions of Articles II and III of the
Intercreditor Agreement and shall discharge in full the corresponding
obligations of the Borrower hereunder.
Section 2.08 Book Entries. The Liquidity Provider shall maintain in
accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the
indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from Advances made from time to time and
the amounts of principal and interest payable hereunder and paid from time to
time in respect thereof; provided, however, that the failure by the Liquidity
Provider to maintain such account or accounts shall not affect the obligations
of the Borrower in respect of Advances.
Section 2.09 Payments from Available Funds Only. All payments to be
made by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made only from the amounts
that constitute Scheduled Payments, Special Payments and other payments under
the Operative Agreements, including payment under Section 4.02 of the
Participation Agreements relating to the Owned Aircraft and Section 10 of the
Participation Agreements relating to the Leased Aircraft and payments under
Section 2.14 of the Indentures, and only to the extent that the Borrower shall
have sufficient income or proceeds therefrom to enable the Borrower to make
payments in accordance with the terms hereof after giving effect to the priority
of payments provisions set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. The Liquidity
Provider agrees that it will look solely to such amounts to the extent available
for distribution to it as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement and this
Agreement and that the Borrower, in its individual capacity, is not personally
liable to it for any amounts payable or liability under this Agreement except as
expressly provided in this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any
Participation Agreement. Amounts on deposit in the Class B Cash Collateral
Account shall be available to the Borrower to make payments under this Agreement
only to the extent and for the purposes expressly contemplated in Section
3.06(f) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 2.10 Extension of the Expiry Date; Non-Extension Advance. At
any time during the period no later than the 25th day and no earlier than the
60th day prior to the then-effective Expiry Date, the Borrower may provide
notice to the Liquidity Provider and the Liquidity Provider may provide notice
to the Borrower of the then-effective Expiry Date. If the Expiry Date is prior
to the date that is 15 days after the Final Legal Distribution Date for the
Class B Certificates, by written agreement between the Borrower and the
Liquidity Provider, entered into at any time prior to the 25th day prior to the
then-effective Expiry Date, the then-effective Expiry Date may be extended,
effective on such 25th day, to the earlier of (i) the date
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that is 15 days after the Final Legal Distribution Date for the Class B
Certificates and (ii) the date that is the last day of the 364 day period
immediately following such then-effective Expiry Date (unless in either case the
obligations of the Liquidity Provider are earlier terminated in accordance with
the terms hereof). If the Borrower and the Liquidity Provider do not so agree to
extend the then-effective Expiry Date prior to such 25th day (and if the
Liquidity Provider shall not have been replaced in accordance with Section
3.06(e) of the Intercreditor Agreement), the Borrower shall be entitled on and
after such 25th day (but prior to such Expiry Date) to request a Non-Extension
Advance in accordance with Section 2.02(b) hereof and Section 3.06(d) of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
ARTICLE III
OBLIGATIONS OF THE BORROWER
Section 3.01 Increased Costs. If as a result of any Regulatory Change
or any compliance by the Liquidity Provider or its head office with any official
request or directive regarding the same (whether or not having the force of law)
there shall be (x) any increase in the actual cost to the Liquidity Provider of
making, funding or maintaining any Advances or its obligation to make any such
Advances, (y) any reduction in the amount receivable by the Liquidity Provider
under this Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement in respect thereof, or (z)
any reduction in the rate of return on the Liquidity Provider's capital as a
consequence of its commitment hereunder, its funding Advances or maintaining
Unpaid Advances or its funding or maintaining the Downgrade Advance or the
Non-Extension Advance to a level below that which the Liquidity Provider could
have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into
consideration the Liquidity Provider's policies with respect to capital
adequacy), and in case of any such an increase or reduction, such event does not
arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Liquidity Provider,
from its breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements contained herein or in the Intercreditor Agreement or from its
failure to comply with any such Regulatory Change (any such increase or
reduction being referred to herein as an "Increased Cost"), then the Borrower
shall from time to time pay to the Liquidity Provider an amount equal to such
Increased Cost within 15 Business Days after delivery to the Borrower and
American of a certificate of an officer of the Liquidity Provider describing in
reasonable detail the event by reason of which it claims such Increased Cost and
the basis for the determination of the amount of such Increased Cost; provided
that, the Borrower shall be obligated to pay amounts only with respect to any
Increased Costs accruing from the date 120 days prior to the date of delivery of
such certificate. Such certificate, in the absence of manifest error, shall be
considered prima facie evidence of the amount for purposes of this Agreement;
provided that any determinations and allocations by the Liquidity Provider of
the effect of any Regulatory Change on the costs of maintaining the Advances are
made on a reasonable basis. The Liquidity Provider shall not be entitled to
assert any claim under this Section 3.01 in respect of or attributable to Taxes.
The Liquidity Provider will notify the Borrower and American as promptly as
practicable after obtaining actual knowledge of any event occurring after the
date of this Agreement that will entitle the Liquidity Provider to compensation
under this Section 3.01. The Liquidity Provider agrees to investigate all
commercially reasonable alternatives (consistent with its internal lending
policies and legal and regulatory restrictions) for reducing any Increased Costs
and to use all commercially reasonable
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efforts (consistent with its internal lending policies and legal and regulatory
restrictions) to avoid or reduce, to the extent possible, any claim in respect
of Increased Costs, including, without limitation, by designating a different
Lending Office, if such designation or other action would avoid the need for, or
reduce the amount of, any such claim; provided that the foregoing shall not
obligate the Liquidity Provider to take any action that would, in its reasonable
judgment, cause the Liquidity Provider to incur any loss or cost, unless the
Borrower or American agrees to reimburse the Liquidity Provider therefor. If no
such designation or other action is effected, or, if effected, fails to avoid
the need for any claim in respect of Increased Costs, American may arrange for a
Replacement Liquidity Facility in accordance with Section 3.06(e) of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, in no event shall the
Borrower be required to make payments under this Section 3.01: (a) in respect of
any Regulatory Change known to the officers of the Liquidity Provider proposed
by any applicable governmental authority (including any branch of a
legislature), central bank or comparable agency of the United States or the
Liquidity Provider's jurisdiction of organization and pending as of the date of
this Agreement (it being agreed that the consultative document issued by the
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision entitled "The New Basel Capital Accord"
shall not be considered a Regulatory Change proposed as of the date of this
Agreement); (b) if a claim hereunder in respect of an Increased Cost arises
through circumstances peculiar to the Liquidity Provider and that do not affect
similar banking institutions organized in the same jurisdiction generally that
are in compliance with the law, rule, regulation or interpretation giving rise
to the Regulatory Change relating to such Increased Cost; (c) to the extent that
amounts claimed hereunder result from a failure by the Liquidity Provider to
comply with its obligations under this Section 3.01; or (d) to the extent the
Liquidity Provider is not also seeking payment for similar increased costs in
other similarly situated transactions.
Section 3.02 [Intentionally omitted]
Section 3.03 Withholding Taxes.
(a) All payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be
made without deduction or withholding for or on account of any Taxes, unless
such deduction or withholding is required by law. If any Taxes are so required
to be withheld or deducted from any amounts payable to the Liquidity Provider
under this Agreement, the Borrower shall pay to the relevant authorities the
full amount so required to be deducted or withheld and, if such Taxes are
Covered Taxes, pay to the Liquidity Provider such additional amounts as shall be
necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by the Liquidity
Provider (after deduction or withholding of all Covered Taxes) shall be equal to
the full amount that would have been received by the Liquidity Provider had no
withholding or deduction of Covered Taxes been required. The Liquidity Provider
agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent with applicable legal and
regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its Lending Office if
making such change would avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, any such
additional amounts that may thereafter accrue and would not, in the reasonable
judgment of the Liquidity Provider, be otherwise materially disadvantageous to
the Liquidity Provider. If the Liquidity Provider receives a refund of, or
realizes a net Tax benefit not otherwise available to it as a result of, any
Taxes for which additional amounts were paid by the Borrower pursuant to this
Section 3.03, the Liquidity
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Provider shall pay to the Borrower (for deposit into the Collection Account) the
amount of such refund (and any interest thereon) or net benefit utilized.
The Liquidity Provider will (i) provide (on its behalf and on behalf of
any participant holding a Participation pursuant to Section 7.08) to the
Borrower (x) on or prior to the Effective Date two valid completed and executed
copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W8-BEN or Form W-8ECI, as applicable,
including thereon a valid U.S. taxpayer identification number (or, with respect
to any such participant, such form or documentation as may be applicable)
covering all amounts receivable by it in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Operative Agreements and (y) thereafter from time to time
such additional forms or documentation as may be necessary to establish an
available exemption from withholding of United States Tax on payments hereunder
so that such forms or documentation are effective for all periods during which
it is the Liquidity Provider and (ii) provide timely notice to the Borrower if
any such form or documentation is or becomes inaccurate. The Liquidity Provider
shall deliver to the Borrower such other forms or documents as may be reasonably
requested by the Borrower or required by applicable law to establish that
payments hereunder are exempt from or entitled to a reduced rate of Covered
Taxes.
(b) All payments (including, without limitation, Advances) made by the
Liquidity Provider under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and
without reduction for or on account of, any Taxes. If any Taxes are required to
be withheld or deducted from any amounts payable to the Borrower under this
Agreement, the Liquidity Provider shall (i) within the time prescribed therefor
by applicable law pay to the appropriate governmental or taxing authority the
full amount of any such Taxes (and any additional Taxes in respect of the
additional amounts payable under clause (ii) hereof) and make such reports or
returns in connection therewith at the time or times and in the manner
prescribed by applicable law, and (ii) pay to the Borrower an additional amount
which (after deduction of all such Taxes) will be sufficient to yield to the
Borrower the full amount which would have been received by it had no such
withholding or deduction been made. Whenever any Tax is payable with respect to
a payment hereunder, as promptly as possible thereafter, the Liquidity Provider
shall furnish to the Borrower the original or a certified copy of (or other
documentary evidence of) the payment of the Taxes applicable to such payment.
If any exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, any Taxes required
to be borne by the Liquidity Provider under this Section 3.03(b) is reasonably
available to the Borrower without providing any information regarding the
holders or beneficial owners of the Certificates, the Borrower shall deliver the
Liquidity Provider such form or forms and such other evidence of the eligibility
of the Borrower for such exemption or reductions (but without any requirement to
provide any information regarding the holders or beneficial owners of the
Certificates) as the Liquidity Provider may reasonably identify to the Borrower
as being required as a condition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of,
such Taxes. The Borrower shall, for federal income tax purposes, treat any
Advances as a loan to the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Class B Trust,
unless otherwise required by law.
Section 3.04 Payments. The Borrower shall make or cause to be made each
payment to the Liquidity Provider under this Agreement so as to cause the same
to be received by the Liquidity Provider not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City
time) on the day when due. The
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Borrower shall make all such payments in Dollars, to the Liquidity Provider in
immediately available funds, by wire transfer to: The Chase Manhattan Bank, ABA
#▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇, for the account of Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York
Branch, Account Number: ▇▇▇-▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇, Reference: American Airlines, Inc. EETC
2001-1; or to such other account as the Liquidity Provider may from time to time
direct the Subordination Agent.
Section 3.05 Computations. All computations of interest based on the
Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case
may be, and all computations of interest based on the LIBOR Rate shall be made
on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days
(including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for
which such interest is payable.
Section 3.06 Payment on Non-Business Days. Whenever any payment to be
made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day,
such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no additional
interest shall be due as a result (and if so made, shall be deemed to have been
made when due). If any payment in respect of interest on an Advance is so
deferred to the next succeeding Business Day, such deferral shall not delay the
commencement of the next Interest Period for such Advance (if such Advance is a
LIBOR Advance) or reduce the number of days for which interest will be payable
on such Advance on the next interest payment date for such Advance.
Section 3.07 Interest.
(a) Subject to Sections 2.07 and 2.09, the Borrower shall pay, or shall
cause to be paid, without duplication, interest on (i) the unpaid principal
amount of each Advance from and including the date of such Advance (or, in the
case of an Applied Provider Advance, from and including the date on which the
amount thereof was withdrawn from the Class B Cash Collateral Account to pay
interest on the Class B Certificates) to but excluding the date such principal
amount shall be paid in full (or, in the case of an Applied Provider Advance,
the date on which the Class B Cash Collateral Account is fully replenished in
respect of such Advance) and (ii) any other amount due hereunder (whether fees,
commissions, expenses or other amounts or, to the extent permitted by law,
installments of interest on Advances or any such other amount) that is not paid
when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) from and
including the due date thereof to but excluding the date such amount is paid in
full, in each such case, at the interest rate per annum for each day equal to
the Applicable Liquidity Rate (as defined below) for such Advance or such other
amount, as the case may be, as in effect for such day, but in no event at a rate
per annum greater than the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, provided,
however, that, if at any time the otherwise applicable interest rate as set
forth in this Section 3.07 shall exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable
law, then to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law any subsequent
reduction in such interest rate will not reduce the rate of interest payable
pursuant to this Section 3.07 below the maximum rate permitted by applicable law
until the total amount of interest accrued equals the absolute amount of
interest that would have accrued (without additional interest thereon) if such
otherwise applicable interest rate as set forth in this Section 3.07 had at all
relevant times been in effect.
(b) Each Advance will be either a Base Rate Advance or a LIBOR Advance
as provided in this Section 3.07. Each such Advance will be a Base Rate Advance
for the period
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from the date of its borrowing to (but excluding) the third Business Day
following the Liquidity Provider's receipt of the Notice of Borrowing for such
Advance. Thereafter, such Advance shall be a LIBOR Advance; provided that (i) an
Applied Provider Advance shall always be a LIBOR Advance unless the Borrower
elects otherwise and (ii) the Borrower (at the direction of the Controlling
Party, so long as the Liquidity Provider is not the Controlling Party) may (x)
convert the Final Advance into a Base Rate Advance on the last day of an
Interest Period for such Advance by giving the Liquidity Provider no less than
four Business Days' prior written notice of such election or (y) elect to
maintain the Final Advance as a Base Rate Advance by not requesting a conversion
of the Final Advance to a LIBOR Advance under Clause (5) of the applicable
Notice of Borrowing (or, if, pursuant to Section 2.06, such Final Advance is
deemed to have been made without delivery of a Notice of Borrowing, by
requesting, prior to 11:00 a.m. on the first Business Day immediately following
the Borrower's receipt of the applicable Termination Notice, that such Final
Advance not be converted from a Base Rate Advance to a LIBOR Advance).
(c) Each LIBOR Advance shall bear interest during each Interest Period
at a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period plus the
Applicable Margin for such LIBOR Advance, payable in arrears on the last day of
such Interest Period and, in the event of the payment of principal of such LIBOR
Advance on a day other than such last day, on the date of such payment (to the
extent of interest accrued on the amount of principal repaid).
(d) Each Base Rate Advance shall bear interest at a rate per annum
equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for such Base Rate Advance,
payable in arrears on each Regular Distribution Date and, in the event of the
payment of principal of such Base Rate Advance on a day other than a Regular
Distribution Date, on the date of such payment (to the extent of interest
accrued on the amount of principal repaid).
(e) [Intentionally omitted]
(f) Each amount not paid when due hereunder (whether fees, commissions,
expenses or other amounts or, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
installments of interest on Advances but excluding Advances) shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus 2.00% per annum until paid, but
in no event at a rate per annum greater than the maximum rate permitted by
applicable law, provided, however, that, if at any time the otherwise applicable
interest rate as set forth in this Section 3.07(f) shall exceed the maximum rate
permitted by applicable law, then to the maximum extent permitted by applicable
law any subsequent reduction in such interest rate will not reduce the rate of
interest payable pursuant to this Section 3.07(f) below the maximum rate
permitted by law until the amount of interest accrued equals the absolute amount
of interest that would have accrued (without additional interest thereon) if
such otherwise applicable interest rate as set forth in this Section 3.07(f) had
at all relevant times been in effect.
(g) Each change in the Base Rate shall become effective immediately.
The rates of interest specified in this Section 3.07 with respect to any Advance
or other amount shall be referred to as the "Applicable Liquidity Rate".
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Section 3.08 Replacement of Borrower. Subject to Section 5.02, from
time to time and subject to the successor Borrower's meeting the eligibility
requirements set forth in Section 6.09 of the Intercreditor Agreement applicable
to the Subordination Agent, upon the effective date and time specified in a
written and completed Notice of Replacement Subordination Agent in substantially
the form of Annex VI (a "Notice of Replacement Subordination Agent") delivered
to the Liquidity Provider by the then Borrower, the successor Borrower
designated therein shall become the Borrower for all purposes hereunder.
Section 3.09 Funding Loss Indemnification. The Borrower shall pay to
the Liquidity Provider, upon the request of the Liquidity Provider, such amount
or amounts as shall be sufficient (in the reasonable opinion of the Liquidity
Provider) to compensate it for any loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of
the liquidation or redeployment of deposits or other funds acquired by the
Liquidity Provider to fund or maintain any LIBOR Advance (but excluding loss of
the Applicable Margin or anticipated profits) incurred as a result of:
(1) Any repayment of a LIBOR Advance on a date other than the last day
of the Interest Period for such Advance; or
(2) Any failure by the Borrower to borrow a LIBOR Advance on the date
for borrowing specified in the relevant notice under Section 2.02.
Section 3.10 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Agreement, if any change in any law, rule or regulation applicable to or binding
on the Liquidity Provider, or any change in the interpretation or administration
thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged
with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by the
Liquidity Provider with any request or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall
make it unlawful or impossible for the Liquidity Provider to maintain or fund
its LIBOR Advances, then upon notice to the Borrower and American by the
Liquidity Provider, the outstanding principal amount of the LIBOR Advances shall
be converted to Base Rate Advances (a) immediately upon demand of the Liquidity
Provider, if such change or compliance with such request, in the reasonable
judgment of the Liquidity Provider, requires immediate conversion; or (b) at the
expiration of the last Interest Period to expire before the effective date of
any such change or request. The Liquidity Provider will notify the Borrower and
American as promptly as practicable of any event that will lead to the
conversion of LIBOR Advances to Base Rate Advances under this Section 3.10. The
Liquidity Provider agrees to investigate all commercially reasonable
alternatives (consistent with its internal lending policies and legal and
regulatory restrictions) to avoid the need for such conversion, including,
without limitation, designating a different Lending Office, if such designation
or other action would avoid the need to convert such LIBOR Advances to Base Rate
Advances; provided, that the foregoing shall not obligate the Liquidity Provider
to take any action that would, in its reasonable judgment, cause the Liquidity
Provider to incur any material loss or cost, unless the Borrower or American
agrees to reimburse the Liquidity Provider therefor. If no such designation or
other action is effected, or, if effected, fails to avoid the need for
conversion of the LIBOR Advances to Base Rate Advances, American may arrange for
a Replacement Liquidity Facility in accordance with Section 3.06(e) of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
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ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Section 2.01.
Section 2.01 of this Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first
date (the "Effective Date") on which the following conditions precedent have
been satisfied (or waived by the appropriate party or parties):
(a) The Liquidity Provider shall have received on or before the date
hereof each of the following, and in the case of each document delivered
pursuant to paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), each in form and substance
satisfactory to the Liquidity Provider:
(i) This Agreement duly executed on behalf of the Borrower;
(ii) The Intercreditor Agreement duly executed on behalf of each
of the parties thereto (other than the Liquidity Provider);
(iii) Fully executed copies of each of the Operative Agreements
(other than this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement);
(iv) A fully executed copy of the WestLB Fee Letter;
(v) A copy of the Offering Memorandum and specimen copies of the
Class B Certificates;
(vi) An executed copy of each document, instrument, certificate
and opinion pursuant to the Class B Trust Agreement, the Intercreditor
Agreement and the other Operative Agreements (in the case of each such
opinion, either addressed to the Liquidity Provider or accompanied by a
letter from the counsel rendering such opinion to the effect that the
Liquidity Provider is entitled to rely on such opinion as of its date
as if it were addressed to the Liquidity Provider); and
(vii) An agreement from American, pursuant to which (x) American
agrees to provide copies of quarterly financial statements and audited
annual financial statements to the Liquidity Provider and (y) American
agrees to allow the Liquidity Provider to discuss the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the related Operative Agreements
with officers and employees of American.
(b) On and as of the Effective Date no event shall have occurred and be
continuing, or would result from the entering into of this Agreement or the
making of any Advance, which constitutes a Liquidity Event of Default.
(c) The Liquidity Provider shall have received payment in full of the
fees and other sums required to be paid to or for the account of the Liquidity
Provider on or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to the WestLB Fee Letter.
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(d) All conditions precedent to the issuance of the Certificates under
the Trust Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived, all conditions
precedent to the effectiveness of the other Liquidity Facilities shall have been
satisfied or waived, and all conditions precedent to the purchase of the
Certificates by the Placement Agents under the Placement Agreement shall have
been satisfied (unless any of such conditions precedent under the Placement
Agreement shall have been waived by the Placement Agents).
(e) The Borrower and American shall have received a certificate, dated
the Effective Date signed by a duly authorized representative of the Liquidity
Provider, certifying that all conditions precedent specified in this Section
4.01 have been satisfied or waived by the Liquidity Provider.
Section 4.02 Conditions Precedent to Borrowing
The obligation of the Liquidity Provider to make an Advance on
the occasion of each Borrowing shall be subject to the conditions precedent that
the Effective Date shall have occurred and, prior to the time of such Borrowing,
the Borrower shall have delivered a Notice of Borrowing which conforms to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
Section 5.01 Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower. So long as any
Advance shall remain unpaid or the Liquidity Provider shall have any Maximum
Commitment hereunder or the Borrower shall have any obligation to pay any amount
to the Liquidity Provider hereunder, the Borrower will, unless the Liquidity
Provider shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a) Performance of Agreements. Punctually pay or cause to be paid all
amounts payable by it under this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement and
observe and perform in all material respects the conditions, covenants and
requirements applicable to it contained in this Agreement and the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(b) Reporting Requirements. Furnish to the Liquidity Provider with
reasonable promptness, such other information and data with respect to the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements as from time to time may
be reasonably requested by the Liquidity Provider; and permit the Liquidity
Provider, upon reasonable notice, to inspect the Borrower's books and records
with respect to such transactions and to meet with officers and employees of the
Borrower to discuss such transactions.
(c) Certain Operative Agreements. Furnish to the Liquidity Provider
with reasonable promptness, such Operative Agreements entered into after the
date hereof as from time to time may be reasonably requested by the Liquidity
Provider.
Section 5.02 Negative Covenants of the Borrower. Subject to the first
and second sentences and the fourth paragraph of Section 7.01(a) of the
Intercreditor Agreement and subject to Section 7.01(b) of the Intercreditor
Agreement, so long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or
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the Liquidity Provider shall have any Maximum Commitment hereunder or the
Borrower shall have any obligation to pay any amount to the Liquidity Provider
hereunder, the Borrower will not appoint or permit or suffer to be appointed any
successor Borrower without the prior written consent of the Liquidity Provider,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
ARTICLE VI
LIQUIDITY EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 6.01 Liquidity Events of Default. If (a) any Liquidity Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and (b) there is a Performing Note
Deficiency, the Liquidity Provider may, in its discretion, deliver to the
Borrower a Termination Notice, the effect of which shall be to cause (i) this
Agreement to expire at the close of business on the fifth Business Day after the
date on which such Termination Notice is received by the Borrower, (ii) the
Borrower to promptly request, and the Liquidity Provider to promptly make, a
Final Advance in accordance with Section 2.02(d) hereof and Section 3.06(i) of
the Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) all other outstanding Advances to be
automatically converted into Final Advances for purposes of determining the
Applicable Liquidity Rate for interest payable thereon and (iv) subject to
Sections 2.07 and 2.09, all Advances, any accrued interest thereon and any other
amounts outstanding hereunder to become immediately due and payable to the
Liquidity Provider.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.01 No Oral Modifications or Continuing Waivers. No terms or
provisions of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the Borrower and the
Liquidity Provider and any other Person whose consent is required pursuant to
this Agreement; provided that no such change or other action shall affect the
payment obligations of American Airlines without American's prior written
consent; and any waiver of the terms hereof shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose given.
Section 7.02 Notices. Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted
by the terms hereof, all notices required or permitted under the terms and
provisions of this Agreement shall be in English and in writing, and any such
notice may be given by United States mail, courier service or facsimile or any
other customary means of communication, and any such notice shall be effective
when delivered (or, if mailed, three Business Days after deposit, postage
prepaid, in the first class United States mail and, if delivered by facsimile,
upon completion of transmission and confirmation by the sender (by a telephone
call to a representative of the recipient or by machine confirmation) that the
transmission was received),
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If to the Borrower, to:
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
225 Asylum, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Division
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
If to the Liquidity Provider, to:
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK BRANCH
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Transportation Finance
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
The Borrower or the Liquidity Provider, by notice to the other, may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
Section 7.03 No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of the
Liquidity Provider to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right under this
Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right under this Agreement preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein
provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 7.04 Further Assurances. The Borrower agrees to do such further
acts and things and to execute and deliver to the Liquidity Provider such
additional assignments, agreements, powers and instruments as the Liquidity
Provider may reasonably require or deem advisable to carry into effect the
purposes of this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements or to better
assure and confirm unto the Liquidity Provider its rights, powers and remedies
hereunder and under the other Operative Agreements.
Section 7.05 Indemnification; Survival of Certain Provisions. The
Liquidity Provider shall be indemnified hereunder to the extent and in the
manner described in Section 4.02 of the Participation Agreements relating to the
Owned Aircraft and Section 10 of the Participation Agreements relating to the
Leased Aircraft. In addition, the Borrower agrees to indemnify, protect, defend
and hold harmless each Liquidity Indemnitee from and against all Expenses of any
kind or nature whatsoever (other than any Expenses of the nature described in
Sections 3.01 or 7.07 or in the WestLB Fee Letter (regardless of whether
indemnified against pursuant to said Sections or in such WestLB Fee Letter)),
that may be imposed on or incurred by such Liquidity Indemnitee, in any way
relating to, resulting from, or arising out of or in connection with, any
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action, suit or proceeding by any third party against such Liquidity Indemnitee
and relating to this Agreement, the WestLB Fee Letter, the Intercreditor
Agreement or any Participation Agreement; provided, however, that the Borrower
shall not be required to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless any
Liquidity Indemnitee in respect of any Expense of such Liquidity Indemnitee to
the extent such Expense is (i) attributable to the negligence or willful
misconduct of such Liquidity Indemnitee or any other Liquidity Indemnitee, (ii)
an ordinary and usual operating overhead expense, (iii) attributable to the
failure by such Liquidity Indemnitee or any other Liquidity Indemnitee to
perform or observe any agreement, covenant or condition on its part to be
performed or observed in this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the WestLB
Fee Letter or any other Operative Agreement to which it is a party or (iv)
otherwise excluded from the indemnification provisions contained in Section 4.02
of the Participation Agreements relating to the Owned Aircraft and Section 10 of
the Participation Agreements relating to the Leased Aircraft. The provisions of
Sections 3.01, 3.03, 3.09, 7.05 and 7.07 hereof and the indemnities contained in
Section 4.02 of the Participation Agreements relating to the Owned Aircraft and
Section 10 of the Participation Agreements relating to the Leased Aircraft shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 7.06 Liability of the Liquidity Provider.
(a) Neither the Liquidity Provider nor any of its officers, employees
or directors shall be liable or responsible for: (i) the use which may be made
of the Advances or any acts or omissions of the Borrower or any beneficiary or
transferee in connection therewith; (ii) the validity, sufficiency or
genuineness of documents, or of any endorsement thereon, even if such documents
should prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or
forged; or (iii) the making of Advances by the Liquidity Provider against
delivery of a Notice of Borrowing and other documents which do not comply with
the terms hereof; provided, however, that the Borrower shall have a claim
against the Liquidity Provider, and the Liquidity Provider shall be liable to
the Borrower, to the extent of any damages suffered by the Borrower that were
the result of (A) the Liquidity Provider's willful misconduct or gross
negligence in determining whether documents presented hereunder comply with the
terms hereof or (B) any breach by the Liquidity Provider of any of the terms of
this Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement, including, but not limited to,
the Liquidity Provider's failure to make lawful payment hereunder after the
delivery to it by the Borrower of a Notice of Borrowing complying with the terms
and conditions hereof.
(b) Neither the Liquidity Provider nor any of its officers, employees
or directors or affiliates shall be liable or responsible in any respect for (i)
any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery
of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with this Agreement
or any Notice of Borrowing delivered hereunder or (ii) any action, inaction or
omission which may be taken by it in good faith, absent willful misconduct or
negligence (in which event the extent of the Liquidity Provider's potential
liability to the Borrower shall be limited as set forth in the immediately
preceding paragraph), in connection with this Agreement or any Notice of
Borrowing.
Section 7.07 Certain Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees promptly
to pay, or cause to be paid, (a) on the Effective Date and on such later date or
dates on which the Liquidity Provider shall make demand, all reasonable fees,
expenses and disbursements of counsel for the Liquidity Provider in connection
with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, filing and
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recording of this Agreement, any other Operative Agreements, any other documents
which may be delivered in connection with this Agreement, any waiver or consent
thereunder or any amendment thereof and (b) if a Liquidity Event of Default
occurs, all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Liquidity Provider, including
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, in connection with such Liquidity
Event of Default and any collection, bankruptcy, insolvency and other
enforcement proceedings in connection therewith. In addition, the Borrower shall
pay any and all recording, stamp and other similar taxes and fees payable or
determined to be payable in the United States in connection with the execution,
delivery, filing and recording of this Agreement, any other Operative Agreement
and such other documents in connection with this Agreement, and agrees to save
the Liquidity Provider harmless from and against any and all liabilities with
respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such taxes
or fees.
Section 7.08 Binding Effect; Participations.
(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the Borrower and the Liquidity Provider and their respective successors and
permitted assigns, except that neither the Liquidity Provider (except as
otherwise provided in this Section 7.08) nor (except as contemplated by Section
3.08) the Borrower shall have the right to assign, pledge or otherwise transfer
its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein, subject to the
Liquidity Provider's right to grant Participations pursuant to Section 7.08(b).
(b) The Liquidity Provider agrees that it will not grant any
participation (including, without limitation, a "risk participation") (any such
participation, a "Participation") in or to all or a portion of its rights and
obligations hereunder or under the other Operative Agreements, unless all of the
following conditions are satisfied: (i) such Participation is to a Permitted
Transferee, (ii) such Participation is made in accordance with all applicable
laws, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and any other applicable laws relating
to the transfer of similar interests and (iii) such Participation shall not be
made under circumstances that require registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or qualification of any indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended. Notwithstanding any such Participation, the Liquidity
Provider agrees that (1) the Liquidity Provider's obligations under the
Operative Agreements shall remain unchanged, and such participant shall have no
rights or benefits as against American or the Borrower or under any Operative
Agreement, (2) the Liquidity Provider shall remain solely responsible to the
other parties to the Operative Agreements for the performance of such
obligations, (3) the Liquidity Provider shall remain the maker of any Advances,
and the other parties to the Operative Agreements shall continue to deal solely
and directly with the Liquidity Provider in connection with the Advances and the
Liquidity Provider's rights and obligations under the Operative Agreements, (4)
the Liquidity Provider shall be solely responsible for any withholding Taxes or
any filing or reporting requirements relating to such Participation and shall
hold the Borrower and American and their respective successors, permitted
assigns, affiliates, agents and servants harmless against the same and (5)
neither American nor the Borrower shall be required to pay to the Liquidity
Provider any amount under Section 3.01 or Section 3.03 greater than it would
have been required to pay had there not been any grant of a Participation by the
Liquidity Provider. The Liquidity Provider may, in connection with any
Participation or proposed Participation pursuant to this Section 7.08(b),
disclose to the participant or proposed participant
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any information relating to the Operative Agreements or to the parties thereto
furnished to the Liquidity Provider thereunder or in connection therewith and
permitted to be disclosed by the Liquidity Provider; provided, however, that
prior to any such disclosure, the participant or proposed participant shall
agree in writing for the express benefit of the Borrower and American to
preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information included therein
(subject to customary exceptions).
(c) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7.08, the
Liquidity Provider may assign and pledge all or any portion of the Advances
owing to it to any Federal Reserve Bank or the United States Treasury as
collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve
Bank, provided that any payment in respect of such assigned Advances made by the
Borrower to the Liquidity Provider in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement shall satisfy the Borrower's obligations hereunder in respect of such
assigned Advance to the extent of such payment. No such assignment shall release
the Liquidity Provider from its obligations hereunder.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 7.08, the
Liquidity Provider may enter into one or more credit default swap or similar
hedging transactions with one or more counterparties, provided that such swap or
similar transactions shall not affect the rights and obligations of the parties
hereto. With respect to any such swap or similar transaction, the last sentence
of Section 7.08(b) shall apply in relation to the counterparty or proposed
counterparty.
Section 7.09 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 7.10 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN DELIVERED IN THE
STATE OF NEW YORK AND THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF
CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 7.11 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial; Waiver
of Immunity.
(a) Each of the parties hereto, to the extent it may do so under
applicable law, for purposes hereof hereby (i) irrevocably submits itself to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the
City of New York and to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York, for the purposes of any
suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement, the subject
matter hereof or any of the transactions contemplated hereby brought by any
party or parties hereto or thereto, or their successors or permitted assigns and
(ii) waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or
otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, that the suit, action or
proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit,
action or
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proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof or
any of the transactions contemplated hereby may not be enforced in or by such
courts.
(b) THE BORROWER AND THE LIQUIDITY PROVIDER EACH HEREBY AGREE TO WAIVE
THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED
UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO
THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING
ESTABLISHED, including, without limitation, contract claims, tort claims, breach
of duty claims and all other common law and statutory claims. The Borrower and
the Liquidity Provider each warrant and represent that it has reviewed this
waiver with its legal counsel, and that it knowingly and voluntarily waives its
jury trial rights following consultation with such legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS
IRREVOCABLE, AND CANNOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THIS WAIVER
SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS
TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(c) The Liquidity Provider hereby waives any immunity it may have from
the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States or of any state thereof and
waives any immunity any of its properties located in the United States may have
from attachment or execution upon a judgment entered by any such court under the
United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 or any similar successor
legislation.
Section 7.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts (and each party shall not be required to execute the same
counterpart). Each counterpart of this Agreement including a signature page or
pages executed by each of the parties hereto shall be an original counterpart of
this Agreement, but all of such counterparts together shall constitute one
instrument.
Section 7.13 Entirety. This Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement
constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings and agreements of
such parties.
Section 7.14 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and
Sections herein and in the Table of Contents hereto are for convenience of
reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
Section 7.15 Liquidity Provider's Obligation to Make Advances. EXCEPT
AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIQUIDITY
PROVIDER TO MAKE ADVANCES HEREUNDER, AND THE BORROWER'S RIGHTS TO DELIVER
NOTICES OF BORROWING REQUESTING THE MAKING OF ADVANCES HEREUNDER, SHALL BE
ABSOLUTE, UNCONDITIONAL AND IRREVOCABLE, AND SHALL BE PAID OR PERFORMED, IN EACH
CASE STRICTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as
of the date first set forth above.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Subordination Agent, as
agent and trustee for the Class B
Trust, as Borrower
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK
GIROZENTRALE, acting through its
New York Branch, as Liquidity
Provider
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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ANNEX I to
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
INTEREST ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
The undersigned, a duly authorized signatory of the undersigned
borrower (the "Borrower"), hereby certifies to WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK
GIROZENTRALE, acting through its New York Branch (the "Liquidity Provider"),
with reference to the
Revolving Credit Agreement (2001-1B), dated as of November
21, 2001, between the Borrower and the Liquidity Provider (the "Liquidity
Agreement"; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being
used herein as therein defined or referenced), that:
(1) The Borrower is the Subordination Agent under the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(2) The Borrower is delivering this Notice of Borrowing for the making
of an Interest Advance by the Liquidity Provider to be used for the payment of
the interest on the Class B Certificates which is payable on ____________, ____
(the "Distribution Date") in accordance with the terms and provisions of the
Class B Trust Agreement and the Class B Certificates, which Advance is requested
to be made on ____________, ____. The Interest Advance should be remitted to
[insert wire and account details].
(3) The amount of the Interest Advance requested hereby (i) is
$_______________.__, to be applied in respect of the payment of the interest
which is due and payable on the Class B Certificates on the Distribution Date,
(ii) does not include any amount with respect to the payment of principal of, or
premium on, the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class B
Certificates or the Class C Certificates, or interest on the Class A-1
Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates or the Class C Certificates, (iii) was
computed in accordance with the provisions of the Class B Certificates, the
Class B Trust Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement (a copy of which
computation is attached hereto as Schedule I), (iv) does not exceed the Maximum
Available Commitment on the date hereof and (v) has not been and is not the
subject of a prior or contemporaneous Notice of Borrowing.
(4) Upon receipt by or on behalf of the Borrower of the amount
requested hereby, (a) the Borrower will apply the same in accordance with the
terms of Section 3.06(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) no portion of such
amount shall be applied by the Borrower for any other purpose and (c) no portion
of such amount until so applied shall be commingled with other funds held by the
Borrower.
I-1
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that, pursuant to the Liquidity
Agreement, the making of the Interest Advance as requested by this Notice of
Borrowing shall automatically reduce, subject to reinstatement in accordance
with the terms of the Liquidity Agreement, the Maximum Available Commitment by
an amount equal to the amount of the Interest Advance requested to be made
hereby as set forth in clause (i) of paragraph (3) of this Certificate and such
reduction shall automatically result in corresponding reductions in the amounts
available to be borrowed pursuant to a subsequent Advance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has executed and delivered this Notice
of Borrowing as of the ____ day of _________, ____.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Subordination Agent, as Borrower
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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I-2
SCHEDULE I TO INTEREST ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
[Insert Copy of Computations in accordance
with Interest Advance Notice of Borrowing]
I-3
ANNEX II to
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
NON-EXTENSION ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
The undersigned, a duly authorized signatory of the undersigned
subordination agent (the "Borrower"), hereby certifies to WESTDEUTSCHE
LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, acting through its New York Branch (the "Liquidity
Provider"), with reference to the
Revolving Credit Agreement (2001-1B), dated as
of November 21, 2001, between the Borrower and the Liquidity Provider (the
"Liquidity Agreement"; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined
herein being used herein as therein defined or referenced), that:
(1) The Borrower is the Subordination Agent under the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(2) The Borrower is delivering this Notice of Borrowing for the making
of the Non-Extension Advance by the Liquidity Provider to be used for the
funding of the Class B Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Section
3.06(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, which Advance is requested to be made on
__________, ____. The Non-Extension Advance should be remitted to [insert wire
and account details].
(3) The amount of the Non-Extension Advance requested hereby (i) is
$_______________.__, which equals the Maximum Available Commitment on the date
hereof and is to be applied in respect of the funding of the Class B Cash
Collateral Account in accordance with Sections 3.06(d) and 3.06(f) of the
Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) does not include any amount with respect to the
payment of the principal of, or premium on, the Class B Certificates, or
principal of, or interest or premium on, the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class
A-2 Certificates or the Class C Certificates (iii) was computed in accordance
with the provisions of the Class B Certificates, the Class B Trust Agreement and
the Intercreditor Agreement (a copy of which computation is attached hereto as
Schedule I) and (iv) has not been and is not the subject of a prior or
contemporaneous Notice of Borrowing under the Liquidity Agreement.
(4) Upon receipt by or on behalf of the Borrower of the amount
requested hereby, (a) the Borrower will deposit such amount in the Class B Cash
Collateral Account and apply the same in accordance with the terms of Sections
3.06(d) and 3.06(f) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) no portion of such
amount shall be applied by the Borrower for any other purpose and (c) no portion
of such amount until so applied shall be commingled with other funds held by the
Borrower.
II-1
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that, pursuant to the Liquidity
Agreement, (A) the making of the Non-Extension Advance as requested by this
Notice of Borrowing shall automatically and irrevocably terminate the obligation
of the Liquidity Provider to make further Advances under the Liquidity Agreement
and (B) following the making by the Liquidity Provider of the Non-Extension
Advance requested by this Notice of Borrowing, the Borrower shall not be
entitled to request any further Advances under the Liquidity Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has executed and delivered this Notice
of Borrowing as of the ____ day of _________, ____.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Subordination Agent, as Borrower
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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II-2
SCHEDULE 1 TO NON-EXTENSION ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
[Insert Copy of computations in accordance
with Non-Extension Advance Notice of Borrowing].
II-3
ANNEX III to
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
DOWNGRADE ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
The undersigned, a duly authorized signatory of the undersigned
subordination agent (the "Borrower"), hereby certifies to WESTDEUTSCHE
LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, acting through its New York Branch (the "Liquidity
Provider"), with reference to the
Revolving Credit Agreement (2001-1B), dated as
of November 21, 2001, between the Borrower and the Liquidity Provider (the
"Liquidity Agreement"; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined
herein being used herein as therein defined or referenced), that:
(1) The Borrower is the Subordination Agent under the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(2) The Borrower is delivering this Notice of Borrowing for the making
of the Downgrade Advance by the Liquidity Provider to be used for the funding of
the Class B Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Section 3.06(c) of the
Intercreditor Agreement by reason of the downgrading of the short-term unsecured
debt rating or long-term unsecured debt rating of the Liquidity Provider, issued
by either Rating Agency below the Threshold Rating, which Advance is requested
to be made on __________, ____. The Downgrade Advance should be remitted to
[insert wire and account details].
(3) The amount of the Downgrade Advance requested hereby (i) is
$_______________.__, which equals the Maximum Available Commitment on the date
hereof and is to be applied in respect of the funding of the Class B Cash
Collateral Account in accordance with Sections 3.06(c) and 3.06(f) of the
Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) does not include any amount with respect to the
payment of the principal of, or premium on, the Class B Certificates, or
principal of, or interest or premium on, the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class
A-2 Certificates or the Class C Certificates (iii) was computed in accordance
with the provisions of the Class B Certificates, the Class B Trust Agreement and
the Intercreditor Agreement (a copy of which computation is attached hereto as
Schedule I) and (iv) has not been and is not the subject of a prior or
contemporaneous Notice of Borrowing under the Liquidity Agreement.
(4) Upon receipt by or on behalf of the Borrower of the amount
requested hereby, (a) the Borrower will deposit such amount in the Class B Cash
Collateral Account and apply the same in accordance with the terms of Sections
3.06(c) and 3.06(f) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) no portion of such
amount shall be applied by the Borrower for any other purpose and (c) no portion
of such amount until so applied shall be commingled with other funds held by the
Borrower.
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The Borrower hereby acknowledges that, pursuant to the Liquidity
Agreement, (A) the making of the Downgrade Advance as requested by this Notice
of Borrowing shall automatically and irrevocably terminate the obligation of the
Liquidity Provider to make further Advances under the Liquidity Agreement and
(B) following the making by the Liquidity Provider of the Downgrade Advance
requested by this Notice of Borrowing, the Borrower shall not be entitled to
request any further Advances under the Liquidity Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has executed and delivered this Notice
of Borrowing as of the ____ day of _________, ____.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Subordination Agent, as Borrower
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE I TO DOWNGRADE ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
[Insert Copy of computations in accordance
with Downgrade Advance Notice of Borrowing].
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ANNEX IV to
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
FINAL ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
The undersigned, a duly authorized signatory of the undersigned
borrower (the "Borrower"), hereby certifies to WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK
GIROZENTRALE, acting through its New York Branch (the "Liquidity Provider"),
with reference to the Revolving Credit Agreement (2001-1B), dated as of November
21, 2001, between the Borrower and the Liquidity Provider (the "Liquidity
Agreement"; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being
used herein as therein defined or referenced), that:
(1) The Borrower is the Subordination Agent under the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(2) The Borrower is delivering this Notice of Borrowing for the making
of the Final Advance by the Liquidity Provider to be used for the funding of the
Class B Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Section 3.06(i) of the
Intercreditor Agreement by reason of the receipt by the Borrower of a
Termination Notice from the Liquidity Provider with respect to the Liquidity
Agreement, which Advance is requested to be made on ____________, ____. The
Final Advance should be remitted to [insert wire and account details].
(3) The amount of the Final Advance requested hereby (i) is
$_________________.__, which equals the Maximum Available Commitment on the date
hereof and is to be applied in respect of the funding of the Class B Cash
Collateral Account in accordance with Sections 3.06(f) and 3.06(i) of the
Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) does not include any amount with respect to the
payment of principal of, or premium on, the Class B Certificates, or principal
of, or interest or premium on, the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2
Certificates or the Class C Certificates (iii) was computed in accordance with
the provisions of the Class B Certificates, the Class B Trust Agreement and the
Intercreditor Agreement (a copy of which computation is attached hereto as
Schedule I) and (iv) has not been and is not the subject of a prior or
contemporaneous Notice of Borrowing.
(4) Upon receipt by or on behalf of the Borrower of the amount
requested hereby, (a) the Borrower will deposit such amount in the Class B Cash
Collateral Account and apply the same in accordance with the terms of Sections
3.06(f) and 3.06(i) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) no portion of such
amount shall be applied by the Borrower for any other purpose and (c) no portion
of such amount until so applied shall be commingled with other funds held by the
Borrower.
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[(5) The Borrower hereby requests that the Advance requested hereby be
a Base Rate Advance [and that such Base Rate Advance be converted into a LIBOR
Advance on the third Business Day following your receipt of this notice].] *
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that, pursuant to the Liquidity
Agreement, (A) the making of the Final Advance as requested by this Notice of
Borrowing shall automatically and irrevocably terminate the obligation of the
Liquidity Provider to make further Advances under the Liquidity Agreement and
(B) following the making by the Liquidity Provider of the Final Advance
requested by this Notice of Borrowing, the Borrower shall not be entitled to
request any further Advances under the Liquidity Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has executed and delivered this Notice
of Borrowing as of the ____ day of _________, ____.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Subordination Agent, as Borrower
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[* Bracketed language may be included at Borrower's option.]
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SCHEDULE I TO FINAL ADVANCE NOTICE OF BORROWING
[Insert Copy of Computations in accordance
with Final Advance Notice of Borrowing]
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ANNEX V to
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
NOTICE OF TERMINATION
[Date]
State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association,
as Subordination Agent, as Borrower
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Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Attention: Corporate Trust Division
Re: Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2001, between
State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National
Association, as Subordination Agent, as agent and trustee for the
American Airlines Pass Through Trust 2001-1B, as Borrower, and
Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, acting through its New York
Branch (the "Liquidity Agreement")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You are hereby notified that pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Liquidity
Agreement, by reason of the occurrence and continuance of a Liquidity Event of
Default and the existence of a Performing Note Deficiency (each as defined
therein), we are giving this notice to you in order to cause (i) our obligations
to make Advances (as defined therein) under such Liquidity Agreement to
terminate at the close of business on the fifth Business Day after the date on
which you receive this notice and (ii) you to request a Final Advance under the
Liquidity Agreement pursuant to Section 3.06(i) of the Intercreditor Agreement
(as defined in the Liquidity Agreement) as a consequence of your receipt of this
notice.
THIS NOTICE IS THE "NOTICE OF TERMINATION" PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE
LIQUIDITY AGREEMENT. OUR OBLIGATIONS TO MAKE ADVANCES UNDER THE LIQUIDITY
AGREEMENT WILL TERMINATE AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE FIFTH BUSINESS DAY
AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH YOU RECEIVE THIS NOTICE.
Very truly yours,
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, acting through
its New York Branch, as Liquidity Provider
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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cc: State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, as
Class B Trustee
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ANNEX VI to
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
NOTICE OF REPLACEMENT SUBORDINATION AGENT
[Date]
Attention:
Re: Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2001,
between State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut,
National Association, as Subordination Agent, as agent and
trustee for the American Airlines Pass Through Trust 2001-1B,
as Borrower, and Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, acting
through its New York Branch (the "Liquidity Agreement")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
For value received, the undersigned beneficiary hereby irrevocably
transfers to:
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[Name of Transferee]
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[Address of Transferee]
all rights and obligations of the undersigned as Borrower under the Liquidity
Agreement referred to above. The transferee has succeeded the undersigned as
Subordination Agent under the Intercreditor Agreement referred to in the first
paragraph of the Liquidity Agreement, pursuant to the terms of Section 7.01 of
the Intercreditor Agreement.
By this transfer, all rights of the undersigned as Borrower under the
Liquidity Agreement are transferred to the transferee and the transferee shall
hereafter have the sole rights and obligations as Borrower thereunder. The
undersigned shall pay any costs and expenses of such transfer, including, but
not limited to, transfer taxes or governmental charges.
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This transfer shall be effective as of [specify time and date].
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Subordination Agent, as Borrower
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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