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Exhibit 4.18
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REFUNDING AGREEMENT
[GPA 1990 AWA-16]
Dated as of November 20, 1996
among
AMERICA WEST AIRLINES, INC.,
as Lessee
GPA LEASING USA SUB I, INC.,
as Original Head Lessee
GPA GROUP plc,
as Parent Guarantor
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity
except as expressly provided herein
but solely as Owner Trustee
FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
not in its individual capacity
except as expressly provided herein
but solely as Pass Through Trustee under each of the
Pass Through Trust Agreements
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as Owner Participant
FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
as Subordination Agent
and
FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
not in its individual capacity
except as expressly provided herein
but solely as Indenture Trustee
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Secured Equipment Notes Covering
One Airbus A320-231 Aircraft
Manufacturer's Serial No. 099
Registration No. N637AW
Leased by America West Airlines, Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. Purchase of Equipment Notes; Refunding ...................... 5
SECTION 2. Equipment Notes ............................................. 7
SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent ........................................ 7
SECTION 4. Certain Conditions Precedent to the
Obligations of the Original Head Lessee
and the Parent Guarantor; Certain
Conditions Precedent to the Obligations
of the Lessee; Conditions Precedent
with respect to the Pass Through
Trustee .................................................... 15
SECTION 5. Amendment and Restatement of the
Original Indenture ......................................... 19
SECTION 6. Amendment and Restatement of the
Original Lease ............................................. 19
SECTION 7. Termination of the Participation
Agreement; Termination of Sublease,
etc ........................................................ 19
SECTION 8. Representations and Warranties of the
Lessee ..................................................... 20
SECTION 9. Representations and Warranties .............................. 25
SECTION 10. Transfer of Owner Participant's
Interest ................................................... 42
SECTION 11. Re-Registration of the Aircraft ............................. 45
SECTION 12. Quiet Enjoyment ............................................. 47
SECTION 13. Liens ....................................................... 47
SECTION 14. Certain Additional Provisions Relating
to Original Head Lessee, Parent
Guarantor, Trust Company, Owner Trustee
and Owner Participant ...................................... 49
SECTION 15. Certain Retained Rights and Releases ........................ 52
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SECTION 16. Certain Additional Obligations of the
Lessee, the Owner Trustee, the Owner
Participant and the Indenture Trustee ...................... 54
SECTION 17. Lessee Protection of Title .................................. 55
SECTION 18. Jurisdictional and Related Matters .......................... 55
SECTION 19. Limitation on Recourse ...................................... 56
SECTION 20. Notices ..................................................... 56
SECTION 21. Expenses .................................................... 56
SECTION 22. Reliance of Liquidity Provider .............................. 58
SECTION 23. Miscellaneous ............................................... 58
SECTION 24. Governing Law ............................................... 59
SECTION 25. Effectiveness ............................................... 59
Schedules
Schedule I Pass Through Trust Agreements
Schedule II Equipment Notes, Pass Through Trusts and Purchase
Price
Schedule III Holders of Equipment Notes - Payment Instructions
Exhibits
Exhibit A Form of Transferee's Parent Guarantee
Exhibit B Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Exhibit C List of Countries
Exhibit D Form of Insurance Broker's Report
Annex
Annex A FAA Documents
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REFUNDING AGREEMENT
[GPA 1990 AWA-16]
REFUNDING AGREEMENT [GPA 1990 AWA-16] (this "Agreement"),
dated as of November 20, 1996, among (i) AMERICA WEST AIRLINES, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Lessee"), (ii) GPA LEASING USA SUB I, INC., a Connecticut
corporation (the "Original Head Lessee"), (iii) GPA GROUP plc, an Irish public
limited company (the "Parent Guarantor"), (iv) ________________________________,
a Delaware corporation (the "Owner Participant"), (v) WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
a Delaware banking corporation (the "Trust Company"), not in its individual
capacity except as otherwise expressly provided herein, but solely as owner
trustee (the "Owner Trustee") under the Trust Agreement (as defined below), (vi)
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association, not in its individual
capacity except as otherwise expressly provided herein, but solely as pass
through trustee (in such capacity, the "Pass Through Trustee") under each of the
five separate Pass Through Trust Agreements (as defined below), (vii) FLEET
NATIONAL BANK, not in its individual capacity, but solely as subordination agent
and trustee (in such capacity, the "Subordination Agent") under the
Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below), and (viii) FLEET NATIONAL BANK
(formerly known as Fleet National Bank of Connecticut, Shawmut Bank Connecticut,
National Association, and The Connecticut National Bank), a national banking
association, not in its individual capacity except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, but solely as Indenture Trustee (the "Indenture Trustee") under
the Indenture (as defined below).
Except as otherwise defined in this Agreement, the terms used
herein in capitalized form shall have the meanings attributed thereto in the
Indenture (whether set forth therein or by reference to another document) as if
the Restatement Date had occurred.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Original Head Lessee, the Parent Guarantor, the
Owner Participant, Sanwa International PLC, as Lender (and predecessor in
interest to the Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation, New York Branch, and
The Hachijuni Bank, Ltd., New York Branch, collectively, the "Lenders"), the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee entered into the Participation Agreement
[GPA 1990 AWA-16], dated as of September 21, 1990, as amended by the Letter
Agreement dated as of July 29, 1993 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Participation Agreement"), providing for the
financing of one Airbus A320-231 aircraft (the "Aircraft");
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery
of the Participation Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the
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Indenture Trustee entered into the Trust Indenture and Security Agreement [GPA
1990 AWA-16], dated as of September 21, 1990, as supplemented by Trust Indenture
Supplement No. 1 dated September 28, 1990, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to
Trust Indenture and Security Agreement dated March 27, 1992, and as further
amended by Amendment No. 2 to Trust Indenture and Security Agreement dated as of
July 29, 1993 (as so amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the date
hereof, the "Original Indenture"), pursuant to which the Owner Trustee issued
loan certificates substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.02 thereof
(the "Original Certificates") to the Lenders as evidence of the indebtedness
then being made by the Owner Trustee to finance a portion of the purchase price
of the Aircraft;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the
Participation Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Original Head Lessee entered
into the Aircraft Lease Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16], dated as of September 21,
1990, as supplemented by Lease Supplement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] No. 1 dated
September 28, 1990, and as further supplemented by Lease Supplement No. 2 dated
as of December 31, 1991 (as so supplemented, the "Original Lease"), whereby,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, the Owner Trustee agreed
to lease to the Original Head Lessee, and the Original Head Lessee agreed to
lease from the Owner Trustee, the Aircraft commencing on the Delivery Date (as
therein defined);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the
Participation Agreement, the Parent Guarantor entered into the Parent Head Lease
Guaranty [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated as of September 21, 1990 (the "Parent Head
Lease Guaranty") for the benefit of the Owner Trustee pursuant to which the
Parent Guarantor guaranteed all of the obligations of the Original Head Lessee
under the Operative Documents (as defined in the Participation Agreement);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the
Participation Agreement, the Owner Participant and the Trust Company entered
into the Trust Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16], dated as of September 21, 1990, as
supplemented by Trust Agreement Supplement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] No. 1 dated
September 28, 1990 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the date
hereof, the "Original Trust Agreement"), pursuant to which the Owner Trustee
agreed, among other things, to hold the Trust Estate defined in Section 1.1
thereof for the benefit of the Owner Participant thereunder;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the
Participation Agreement, the Owner Participant and the Original Head Lessee
entered into the Head Lease Tax Indemnification Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16],
dated as of
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September 21, 1990 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the date
hereof, the "Head Lease TIA");
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the
Participation Agreement, the Original Head Lessee in its capacity as sublessor
(in such capacity, the "Sublessor") and America West Airlines, Inc. in its
capacity as sublessee (in such capacity, the "Sublessee") entered into the
Aircraft Sublease Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated as of September 21, 1990, as
supplemented by Sublease Supplement No. 1 [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated September 28,
1990, and as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Aircraft Sublease Agreement [GPA 1990
AWA-16] dated as of August 26, 1991 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified to the date hereof, the "Sublease"), whereby, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth therein, the Sublessor agreed to sublease to the Sublessee,
and the Sublessee agreed to sublease from the Sublessor, the Aircraft commencing
on the Delivery Date (as defined therein);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the
Sublease, the Parent Guarantor entered into the GPAG Sublease Guaranty [GPA 1990
AWA-16] dated as of September 21, 1990 (as amended, modified or otherwise
supplemented to the date hereof, the "Sublease Guaranty") for the benefit of the
Sublessee pursuant to which the Parent Guarantor guaranteed the obligations of
the Original Head Lessee under Section 21(f) of the Sublease;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the
Sublease, the Original Head Lessee and the Sublessee entered into the Sublease
Tax Indemnification Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16], dated as of September 21, 1990
(as amended, modified or otherwise supplemented to the date hereof, the
"Sublease TIA");
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the
Sublease, the Sublessor and the Owner Trustee entered into the Assignment of
Sublease [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated as of September 21, 1990 (as amended, modified
or otherwise supplemented to the date hereof, the "Assignment of Sublease");
WHEREAS, at the Closing (as defined below), the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee will amend and restate the Original Indenture as the
First Amended and Restated Trust Indenture and Security Agreement [GPA 1990
AWA-16], dated as of the Restatement Date, as supplemented by Trust Indenture
Supplement No. 2 dated the Restatement Date (the "First Amended and Restated
Indenture" and, the First Amended and Restated Indenture as so amended and
restated, the "Indenture"), under which Indenture the Owner Trustee will issue
secured equipment notes substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.01
thereof (the "Equipment Notes") in five series, the proceeds from the
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issuance and sale of which will be applied in part to the
prepayment in full of the Original Certificates;
WHEREAS, at the Closing, the Owner Trustee, the Original Head
Lessee, the Sublessee and the Indenture Trustee will enter into Assignment and
Amendment No. 1 and Sublease Termination Agreement dated as of the Restatement
Date ("Lease Amendment No. 1") containing assignments, modifications and
terminations necessary to give effect to the transactions described herein and
providing, inter alia, for the amendment and restatement in its entirety of the
Original Lease as the Amended and Restated Lease (as so amended and restated,
the "Lease");
WHEREAS, at the Closing, the Owner Participant and the Owner
Trustee will enter into Trust Agreement Supplement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] No. 2
("Trust Supplement No. 2"), amending the Original Trust Agreement (as so amended
and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof and hereof, the "Trust Agreement");
WHEREAS, at the Closing, the Owner Participant and the
Original Head Lessee will enter into the Amended and Restated Head Lease Tax
Indemnification Agreement, amending and restating the Head Lease TIA (as so
amended and restated, the "Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA") and the
Sublessor and the Sublessee will enter into the Amended and Restated Sublease
Tax Indemnification Agreement amending and restating the Sublease TIA (as so
amended and restated, the "Amended and Restated Sublease TIA");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Pass Through Trust Agreement and each
of the Pass Through Trust Supplements set forth in Schedule I hereto
(collectively, the "Pass Through Trust Agreements"), on the Restatement Date,
five separate grantor trusts (collectively, the "Pass Through Trusts" and,
individually, a "Pass Through Trust") will be created to facilitate certain of
the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the
issuance and sale by each Pass Through Trust of pass through certificates
pursuant thereto (collectively, the "Certificates");
WHEREAS, the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the
Certificates by each Pass Through Trust will be applied by the Pass Through
Trustee at the Closing to purchase from the Owner Trustee, on behalf of each
Pass Through Trust, all of the Equipment Notes bearing the same interest rate as
the Certificates issued by such Pass Through Trust;
WHEREAS, at the Closing, (i) Kredietbank N.V., New York Branch
(the "Liquidity Provider") will enter into three revolving
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credit agreements (each, a "Liquidity Facility"), for the benefit of the Holders
of Equipment Notes of each of three Pass Through Trusts, with the Subordination
Agent, as agent for the Pass Through Trustee on behalf of each such Pass Through
Trust; and (ii) the Pass Through Trustee, the Liquidity Provider and the
Subordination Agent will enter into the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the
Restatement Date (the "Intercreditor Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Equipment Notes will be held by the Subordination
Agent pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the Pass Through
Trusts;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and
the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Purchase of Equipment Notes; Refunding. (a) Subject
to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth herein, on November
26, 1996 or on such other date agreed to by the parties hereto (the "Restatement
Date"), the following actions shall take place simultaneously:
(i) (A) the Sublessee shall pay to the Sublessor as a payment
of Supplemental Rent under the Sublease all accrued and unpaid Rent
under the Sublease up to the Restatement Date, if any, (less any
amounts for which Sublessee is indemnified by Sublessor) and (B) the
Original Head Lessee shall pay to the Owner Trustee, as a payment of
Supplemental Rent under the Original Lease, an amount equal to the
accrued and unpaid interest on the Original Certificates up to but not
including the Restatement Date plus an amount (the "Prepayment Amount")
equal to all other amounts due to the holders of the Original
Certificates under the Original Indenture and the other Operative
Documents (as defined in the Original Indenture) payable on the
Restatement Date under Section 2.12 of the Original Indenture;
(ii) the Pass Through Trustee for each Pass Through Trust
shall pay to the Owner Trustee the aggregate purchase price of the
Equipment Notes being issued to such Pass Through Trustee as set forth
in clause (xii) below;
(iii) the Owner Trustee (to the extent of proceeds received
under clauses (i) and (ii)) shall pay to the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the holders of the Original Certificates an amount equal to
the aggregate principal amount of the Original Certificates outstanding
on the Restatement Date, together with accrued and unpaid
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interest on the Original Certificates up to but not including the
Restatement Date plus the Prepayment Amount;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee shall disburse to the holders of
the Original Certificates the amounts of principal, interest, Break
Funding Cost, if any, described in clause (iii) above, owing to them on
the Restatement Date with respect to the Original Certificates as a
prepayment of the Original Certificates;
(v) the Indenture Trustee shall receive the Original
Certificates for cancellation;
(vi) the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall enter
into the Indenture (including Trust Indenture Supplement No. 2);
(vii) the Original Head Lessee, the Sublessee, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall enter into Lease Amendment No.
1;
(viii) the Owner Participant and the Trust Company shall enter
into Trust Supplement No. 2;
(ix) the Original Head Lessee and the Owner Participant shall
enter into the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA and the Sublessor
and the Sublessee shall enter into the Amended and Restated Sublease
TIA;
(x) the Original Head Lessee, GPA Leasing USA I, Inc., the
Parent Guarantor and the Lessee shall enter into an agreement in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to each, inter alia, confirming
the termination of certain rights which the Parent Guarantor has to
"put" aircraft to the Lessee and the obligation of the Lessee to accept
and lease such aircraft (the "Put Termination Agreement");
(xi) the Parent Guarantor and/or one or more of its affiliates
and the Lessee will enter into an agreement (the "Deed of Indemnity")
pursuant to which the Parent Guarantor and/or one or more of its
affiliates, on the one hand, and the Lessee, on the other, will
indemnify each other with respect to certain information included in
the Prospectus and the Registration Statement (as such terms are
defined in the Underwriting Agreement) (the "Prospectus" and the
"Registration Statement", respectively); and
(xii) the Owner Trustee shall issue, pursuant to Article II of
the Indenture, to the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Pass Through
Trustee for each of the Pass Through Trusts, Equipment Notes of the
maturity and aggregate
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principal amount, bearing the interest rate and for the purchase price
set forth on Schedule II hereto opposite the name of such Pass Through
Trust.
(b) The Owner Participant, by its execution and delivery
hereof, requests and directs the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver this
Agreement and, subject to the terms hereof, to take the actions contemplated
herein.
(c) The closing (the "Closing") of the transactions described
in this Agreement shall take place at the offices of Milbank, Tweed, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ &
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, on the Restatement
Date, or at such other place as the parties hereto may agree.
(d) All payments pursuant to this Section 1 shall be made in
immediately available funds to such accounts and at such banks as the parties
hereto shall designate in writing not less than one Business Day prior to the
Restatement Date.
(e) In order to facilitate the transactions contemplated
hereby, the Original Head Lessee, GPA Leasing USA I, Inc., the Parent Guarantor
and the Lessee have entered into the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of
November 20, 1996 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), among such Persons and ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., Citicorp Securities, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers, Inc. and Salomon
Brothers Inc (collectively, the "Underwriters"), and, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Lessee will enter into each of the Pass Through Trust
Agreements.
SECTION 2. Equipment Notes. The Equipment Notes shall be
payable as to principal in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and the
Equipment Notes shall provide for a fixed rate of interest per annum and shall
contain the terms and provisions provided for the Equipment Notes in the
Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Pass Through Trustee for each Pass Through
Trust, a principal amount of Equipment Notes bearing the interest rate set forth
opposite the name of such Pass Through Trust on Schedule II hereto, which
Equipment Notes in the aggregate shall be in the principal amounts set forth on
Schedule II hereto. Subject to the terms hereof, of the Pass Through Trust
Agreements and of the other Operative Documents, all such Equipment Notes shall
be dated and authenticated as of the Restatement Date and shall bear interest
therefrom, shall be registered in such names as shall be specified by the
Subordination Agent and shall be paid in the manner and at such places as are
set forth in the Indenture.
SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent. The obligations of the Pass
Through Trustee to make the payments described in
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Section 1(a)(ii) and the obligations of the Owner Trustee to make the payments
described in Section 1(a)(iii) and the obligations of each of the Pass Through
Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Owner Participant and the Indenture Trustee to
participate in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on the
Restatement Date are subject to the fulfillment, prior to or on the Restatement
Date, of the following conditions precedent (except that paragraphs (a), (f) and
(j) shall not be conditions precedent to the obligations of the Owner Trustee
hereunder, paragraphs (g) and (l) shall not be conditions precedent to the
obligations of the Owner Participant hereunder and paragraphs (e) and (k) shall
not be conditions precedent to the obligations of the Indenture Trustee
hereunder):
(a) The Owner Trustee shall have tendered the Equipment Notes
to the Indenture Trustee for authentication, and the Indenture Trustee
shall have authenticated such Equipment Notes and shall have tendered
the Equipment Notes to the Subordination Agent on behalf of the Pass
Through Trustee in accordance with Section 1.
(b) The Pass Through Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Owner
Participant each shall have received executed counterparts of each of
the following documents and the Indenture Trustee shall have received
executed counterparts of items (1) through (7):
(1) this Agreement;
(2) Lease Amendment No. 1, the Amended and Restated
Lease and Lease Supplement No. 3;
(3) Trust Supplement No. 2;
(4) the First Amended and Restated Indenture and
Trust Indenture Supplement No. 2;
(5) each of the Pass Through Trust Agreements and
each Pass Through Trust Supplement set forth in
Schedule I hereto;
(6) the Intercreditor Agreement; and
(7) the Liquidity Facility for each of the Class A,
Class B and Class C Trusts (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement).
(c) The Pass Through Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee and the Owner Participant each shall have received the
following:
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(1) an incumbency certificate of each of the Original
Head Lessee, the Lessee and the Parent Guarantor as to the
person or persons authorized to execute and deliver this
Agreement and each of the other documents to be executed on
behalf of such Person in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, each of
the documents referred to herein) and as to the signatures of
such person or persons;
(2) a copy of the resolutions of the board of
directors of each of the Original Head Lessee, the Lessee and
the Parent Guarantor or the applicable committee thereof,
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such
Person, duly authorizing the transactions contemplated hereby
and the execution, delivery and performance of each of the
documents required to be executed and delivered on behalf of
such Person in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(3) a copy of the certificate of incorporation of
each of the Original Head Lessee and the Lessee, certified by
the Secretary of State of its state of incorporation, a copy
of the by-laws of each of the Original Head Lessee and the
Lessee, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of
such Person, and a certificate or other evidence from the
Secretary of State of its state of incorporation, dated as of
a date reasonably near the Restatement Date, as to its due
incorporation and good standing in such state; and
(4) a copy of the Memorandum and Articles of
Association of the Parent Guarantor certified to be true and
correct by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Parent Guarantor.
(d) The Pass Through Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee and the Owner Participant each shall have received, in the case
of (1), (5) and (6) below, a certificate signed by an authorized
officer of the Lessee and, in the case of (2), (3) and (4) below, a
certificate signed by an authorized officer of the Original Head
Lessee, dated the Restatement Date, certifying that:
(1) the Aircraft has been duly certified by the
FAA as to type and airworthiness and has a current,
valid certificate of airworthiness;
(2) the Aircraft FAA ▇▇▇▇ of Sale (as defined in
the Participation Agreement), the Original Lease
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(excluding Lease Supplement No. 2) and the Original Indenture
have each been duly recorded, and the Original Trust Agreement
has been duly filed, with the FAA pursuant to the sections of
Title 49 of the United States Code relating to aviation (the
"Federal Aviation Act");
(3) Lease Amendment No. 1, the Amended and Restated
Lease, Lease Supplement No. 3, the First Amended and Restated
Indenture, Trust Indenture Supplement No. 2 and Trust
Supplement No. 2 covering the Aircraft shall have been duly
filed for recordation with the FAA pursuant to the Federal
Aviation Act;
(4) the Aircraft has been registered with the FAA in
the name of the Owner Trustee;
(5) the Lessee has authority to operate the Aircraft;
and
(6) the representations and warranties contained
herein of the Lessee are correct as of the Restatement Date,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties
relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such
representations and warranties were correct on and as of such
earlier date).
(e) The Pass Through Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Owner
Participant each shall have received the following:
(1) an incumbency certificate of the Indenture
Trustee as to the person or persons authorized to execute and
deliver this Agreement and each of the other documents to be
executed on behalf of the Indenture Trustee in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without
limitation, each of the documents referred to herein) and as
to the signatures of such person or persons;
(2) a copy of the resolutions of the board of
directors of the Indenture Trustee, certified by the
Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or other appropriate officer
of the Indenture Trustee, duly authorizing the transactions
contemplated hereby and the execution, delivery and
performance of each of the documents required to be executed
and delivered on behalf of the Indenture Trustee in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby;
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(3) a copy of the articles of association and by-laws
of the Indenture Trustee, each certified by the Secretary, an
Assistant Secretary or other appropriate officer of the
Indenture Trustee; and
(4) a certificate signed by an authorized officer of
the Indenture Trustee, dated the Restatement Date, certifying
that the representations and warranties contained herein of
the Indenture Trustee are correct as though made on and as of
the Restatement Date, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier
date (in which case such representations and warranties are
correct on and as of such earlier date).
(f) The Pass Through Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Participant each shall have received the following:
(1) an incumbency certificate of the Owner Trustee as
to the person or persons authorized to execute and deliver
this Agreement and each of the other documents to be executed
on behalf of the Owner Trustee in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby (including, without
limitation, each of the documents referred to herein) and as
to the signatures of such person or persons;
(2) a copy of the resolutions of the board of
directors of the Owner Trustee, certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Owner Trustee, duly authorizing
the transactions contemplated hereby and the execution,
delivery and performance of each of the documents required to
be executed and delivered on behalf of the Owner Trustee in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;
(3) a copy of the articles of association and by-
laws of the Owner Trustee, each certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Owner Trustee; and
(4) a certificate signed by an authorized officer of
the Owner Trustee, dated the Restatement Date, certifying that
the representations and warranties contained herein of the
Owner Trustee are correct as though made on and as of the
Restatement Date, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier
date (in which case such representations and warranties are
correct on and as of such earlier date).
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(g) The Pass Through Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Trustee each shall have received the following:
(1) an incumbency certificate of the Owner
Participant as to the person or persons authorized to execute
and deliver this Agreement and each of the other documents to
be executed on behalf of the Owner Participant in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without
limitation, each of the documents referred to herein) and as
to the signatures of such person or persons;
(2) a copy of the resolutions of the board of
directors of the Owner Participant or the applicable authority
designated by the board of directors thereof, certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Owner Participant,
duly authorizing the transactions contemplated hereby and the
execution, delivery and performance of each of the documents
required to be executed and delivered on behalf of the Owner
Participant in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(3) a copy of the certificate of incorporation of the
Owner Participant, certified by the Secretary of State of its
state of incorporation, a copy of the by-laws of the Owner
Participant, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary
of the Owner Participant, and a certificate or other evidence
from the Secretary of State of its state of incorporation,
dated as of a date reasonably near the Restatement Date, as to
its due incorporation and good standing in such state; and
(4) a certificate signed by an authorized
representative of the Owner Participant, dated the Restatement
Date, certifying that the representations and warranties
contained herein of the Owner Participant are correct as
though made on and as of the Restatement Date, except to the
extent that such representations and warranties relate solely
to an earlier date (in which case such representations and
warranties are correct on and as of such earlier date).
(h) The Pass Through Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee and the Owner Participant each shall have received from the
Lessee a report from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ in substantially the form of
Exhibit D attached hereto.
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(i) The Pass Through Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee and the Owner Participant each shall have received an opinion
addressed to it from (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel for the
Lessee, (ii) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., special counsel for the Lessee,
(iii) the Senior Vice President-Legal Affairs of Lessee and (iv) ▇▇▇▇▇
& Roca, special Arizona counsel for the Lessee, in each case in form
and substance satisfactory to each of them.
(j) The Pass Through Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Participant each shall have received an opinion addressed to it
from Morris, James, Hitchens & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel for the Owner
Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to each of them.
(k) The Pass Through Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Owner
Participant each shall have received an opinion addressed to it from
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Indenture Trustee, the
Subordination Agent and the Pass Through Trustee, in each case in form
and substance satisfactory to each of them.
(l) The Pass Through Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Trustee each shall have received an opinion addressed to it from
(i) Hunton & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel for the Owner Participant and
(ii) in-house counsel for the Owner Participant, in each case in form
and substance satisfactory to each of them.
(m) The Pass Through Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Owner
Participant shall have received an opinion from (i) White & Case,
special counsel for the Liquidity Provider, and (ii) in-house counsel
for the Liquidity Provider, in each case in form and substance
satisfactory to the Pass Through Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the
Owner Participant.
(n) The Pass Through Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Owner
Participant and the Indenture Trustee each shall have received an
opinion addressed to it from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special
counsel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in form and substance satisfactory
to each of them.
(o) The Pass Through Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Owner
Participant and the Indenture Trustee each shall have received an
opinion addressed to it from Paul, Hastings, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP,
special New York counsel for the Original Head Lessee and the Parent
Guarantor, in form and substance satisfactory to each of them.
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(p) The Pass Through Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Owner
Participant and the Indenture Trustee each shall have received an
opinion addressed to it from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special Irish counsel
for the Parent Guarantor, in form and substance satisfactory to each of
them.
(q) The Original Head Lessee, the Lessee, GPA Leasing USA I,
Inc. and the Parent Guarantor shall have entered into the Underwriting
Agreement and the Lessee shall have entered into each of the Pass
Through Trust Agreements, the Certificates shall have been issued and
sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Pass Through Trust
Agreements, and the Underwriters shall have transferred to the Pass
Through Trustee in immediately available funds an amount equal to the
aggregate purchase price of the Equipment Notes to be purchased from
the Owner Trustee.
(r) The Original Head Lessee and the Owner Participant shall
each have executed and delivered to the other the Amended and Restated
Head Lease TIA.
(s) The Sublessor and the Sublessee shall each have
executed and delivered to the other the Amended and Restated
Sublease TIA.
(t) No change shall have occurred after the date of this
Agreement in applicable law or regulations thereunder or
interpretations thereof by appropriate regulatory authorities or any
court that would make it illegal for the Pass Through Trustee to make
the payments described in Section 1(a)(ii) or for the Lessee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Owner Participant or any
other party hereto to participate in the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement on the Restatement Date.
(u) All approvals and consents of any trustee or holder of any
indebtedness or obligations of the Lessee which are required in
connection with the Pass Through Trustee's making of the payments
described in Section 1(a)(ii) or the Owner Trustee's or the Owner
Participant's participation in the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement on the Restatement Date shall have been duly obtained.
(v) Uniform Commercial Code financing, termination, amendment
and continuation statement or statements covering all of the security
interests created by or pursuant to the Indenture that are not covered
by the recording system established by the Federal Aviation Act shall
have been executed and delivered by the Original Head Lessee, the
Lessee, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, as the
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case may be, and such financing, termination, amendment and
continuation statement or statements or documents to the same purposes
shall have been duly filed in all places necessary or advisable, and
any additional Uniform Commercial Code financing, termination,
amendment and continuation statements deemed advisable by the Original
Head Lessee, the Lessee, the Owner Participant or the Indenture Trustee
shall have been executed and delivered by the Original Head Lessee, the
Lessee, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be,
and duly filed in all places advisable.
(w) No change shall have occurred after the date of this
Agreement in applicable law or regulations thereunder or
interpretations thereof by appropriate regulatory authorities or any
court that would adversely affect the tax consequences of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement to the Owner Participant,
the Owner Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates.
(x) The Owner Trustee shall have received a letter of credit
in the amount of $1,000,000 from the Lessee in the form of Exhibit D-2
to the Lease.
(y) The Owner Participant shall have received any other
documents and evidence as the Owner Participant or its counsel may
request.
Promptly following the recording of Lease Amendment No. 1, the
Amended and Restated Lease (including Lease Supplement No. 3) and the First
Amended and Restated Indenture (including Trust Indenture Supplement No. 2)
pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act, the Original Head Lessee will cause
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to
deliver to the Pass Through Trustee, the Lessee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Owner Participant and the Owner Trustee an opinion as to the due recording of
Lease Amendment No. 1, the Amended and Restated Lease, Lease Supplement No. 3,
the First Amended and Restated Indenture, Trust Indenture Supplement No. 2 and
Trust Supplement No. 2.
SECTION 4. Certain Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of
the Original Head Lessee and the Parent Guarantor; Certain Conditions Precedent
to the Obligations of the Lessee; Conditions Precedent with respect to the Pass
Through Trustee. (a) The obligations of the Original Head Lessee and the Parent
Guarantor to participate in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on
the Restatement Date, and to execute and deliver this Agreement are subject to
the fulfillment, prior to or on the Restatement Date, of the following
conditions precedent:
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(i) Each of the Original Head Lessee and the Parent Guarantor shall
have received counterparts of the following documents executed by each
of the parties thereto other than the Original Head Lessee and the
Parent Guarantor:
(1) this Agreement;
(2) Lease Amendment No. 1, the Amended and Restated
Lease and Lease Supplement No. 3;
(3) the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA;
(4) the Amended and Restated Sublease TIA;
(5) the Put Termination Agreement;
(6) the Deed of Indemnity;
(7) the Underwriting Agreement;
(8) Uniform Commercial Code termination statements
relating to the Original Head Lease executed by
the Owner Trustee and/or the Indenture Trustee
and such other releases and terminations as it
may reasonably request; and
(9) that certain letter agreement dated as of the
Restatement Date relating to Stipulated Loss
Values with respect to the Amended and Restated
Lease (the "SLV Letter Agreement").
(ii) Each of the Original Head Lessee and the Parent Guarantor
shall have received originals of the following documents:
(1) the incumbency certificate of the Lessee referred
to in Section 3(c)(1);
(2) the resolutions of the Lessee referred to in
Section 3(c)(2);
(3) the documents referred to in Section 3(e),
Section 3(f) and Section 3(g);
(4) the opinions referred to in Section 3(i), Section
3(j), Section 3(k), Section 3(l), Section 3(m)
and Section 3(n), in each case addressed to each
of the Original Head Lessee and the Parent
Guarantor and in form and substance satisfactory
to each of them;
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(5) the opinions of Paul, Hastings, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇
LLP and Milbank, Tweed, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ with
respect to certain matters relating to and
described in the Prospectus, in each case
addressed to the Original Head Lessee and the
Parent Guarantor and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to each of them; and
(6) the report referred to in Section 3(h) addressed
to each of the Original Head Lessee and the
Parent Guarantor.
(iii) Each of the Original Head Lessee and the Parent
Guarantor shall have received such other documents and evidence with
respect to each other party hereto as each of them or its counsel may
reasonably request in order to establish the due consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the "Refunding
Agreements" (as defined in the Registration Statement), the taking of
all necessary action in connection therewith and compliance with the
conditions herein or therein set forth.
(b) The obligations of the Lessee to make the payment
described in Section 1(a)(i)(A) (if any), to participate in the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement on the Restatement Date, and to execute and
deliver each of the Pass Through Trust Agreements are subject to the
fulfillment, prior to or on the Restatement Date, of the following conditions
precedent:
(i) The Lessee shall have received counterparts of the
following documents executed by each of the parties thereto other than
Lessee:
(1) this Agreement;
(2) Lease Amendment No. 1, the Amended and Restated
Lease and Lease Supplement No. 3;
(3) the Amended and Restated Sublease TIA;
(4) the Put Termination Agreement;
(5) the Deed of Indemnity;
(6) the Pass Through Trust Agreements;
(7) the Underwriting Agreement;
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(8) Uniform Commercial Code termination statements
relating to the Sublease executed by the Original
Head Lessee; and
(9) the SLV Letter Agreement.
(ii) The Lessee shall have received originals of the following
documents:
(1) the incumbency certificate of the Original Head
Lessee and Parent Guarantor referred to in
Section 3(c)(1);
(2) the resolutions of the Original Head Lessee and
Parent Guarantor referred to in Section 3(c)(2);
(3) the documents referred to in Section 3(e),
Section 3(f) and Section 3(g);
(4) the opinions referred to in Section 3(j), Section
3(k), Section 3(l), Section 3(m), Section 3(n),
Section 3(o) and Section 3(p), in each case
addressed to Lessee and in form and substance
satisfactory to Lessee; and
(5) the opinions of Paul, Hastings, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇
LLP and Milbank, Tweed, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ with
respect to certain matters relating to and
described in the Prospectus, in each case
addressed to Lessee and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Lessee.
(iii) The Lessee shall have received such other documents and
evidence with respect to each other party hereto as Lessee or its
counsel may reasonably request in order to establish the due
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
"Refunding Agreements" (as defined in the Registration Statement), the
taking of all necessary action in connection therewith and compliance
with the conditions herein and therein set forth.
(c) The respective obligations of each of the Lessee, the Pass
Through Trustee (solely as to clause (ii)), the Original Head Lessee, the Owner
Participant, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee to participate in the
transactions contemplated hereby is subject to the receipt by each of them of
(i) a certificate signed by an authorized officer of the Pass Through Trustee,
dated the Restatement Date, certifying that the representations and warranties
contained herein and in the Pass
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Through Trust Agreements of the Pass Through Trustee are correct as of the
Restatement Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties
relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and
warranties are correct on and as of such earlier date), (ii) an opinion
addressed to each of them of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Pass
Through Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to each of them, and (iii)
such other documents and evidence with respect to the Pass Through Trustee as it
may reasonably request in order to establish the due consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the taking of all necessary action
in connection therewith and compliance with the conditions herein set forth.
SECTION 5. Amendment and Restatement of the Original
Indenture. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent set
forth herein, the Owner Participant, by execution and delivery hereof, requests,
authorizes and directs the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver the First
Amended and Restated Indenture, and the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee,
by execution and delivery hereof, agree to execute and deliver the First Amended
and Restated Indenture. Each of the Original Head Lessee, the Parent Guarantor
and the Lessee, by execution and delivery hereof, consent to such execution and
delivery of the First Amended and Restated Indenture. The First Amended and
Restated Indenture shall be effective as of the Restatement Date.
SECTION 6. Amendment and Restatement of the Original Lease.
Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent set forth
herein, the Indenture Trustee, the Pass Through Trustee, the Parent Guarantor
and the Owner Participant, by execution and delivery hereof, consent to the
assignments, delegations, and releases set forth in, and to the amendment and
restatement of the Original Lease effected by, and the Owner Participant
requests and instructs the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver, Lease Amendment
No. 1, and the Owner Trustee, the Original Head Lessee, the Indenture Trustee
and the Sublessee agree, by execution and delivery hereof, to execute and
deliver Lease Amendment No. 1. The Amended and Restated Lease shall be effective
as of the Restatement Date.
SECTION 7. Termination of the Participation Agreement;
Termination of Sublease, etc. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions precedent set forth herein, the Owner Participant, the Owner Trustee,
the Original Head Lessee, the Parent Guarantor and the Indenture Trustee, by
execution and delivery hereof, agree that, with effect from and including the
Restatement Date and except as otherwise provided in Section 15 hereof, the
Participation Agreement shall terminate and forever be without force and effect,
conferring no rights and imposing no
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obligations on the parties thereto. Upon the execution and delivery of Lease
Amendment No. 1 by each of the parties thereto, the Sublease, the Sublease
Guaranty and the Assignment of Sublease shall be terminated as and to the extent
set forth herein and therein. Lease Amendment No. 1 shall be effective as of the
Restatement Date.
SECTION 8. Representations and Warranties of the Lessee. The
Lessee represents and warrants, as of the Restatement Date, to the Original Head
Lessee (except as to the representation and warranty contained in Section 8(i)),
the Parent Guarantor (except as to the representation and warranty contained in
Section 8(i)), the Pass Through Trustee, the Owner Participant, the Owner
Trustee, the Liquidity Provider and the Indenture Trustee that:
(a) the Lessee is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
has the corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease its
properties, has, or had on the respective dates of execution thereof,
the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement, Lease Amendment No. 1, the Lease, the
Pass Through Trust Agreements, the Amended and Restated Sublease TIA,
the SLV Letter Agreement and any certificate delivered by the Lessee
pursuant to the foregoing (the "Lessee Documents") and is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction
where the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on
its business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise), or on
its ability to perform its obligations under the Lessee Documents;
(b) the Lessee is a Certificated Air Carrier, and its chief
executive office (as such term is used in Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code in effect in the State of Arizona) is located at ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇;
(c) the execution and delivery by the Lessee of the Lessee
Documents and the performance of the obligations of the Lessee under
the Lessee Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Lessee, do not require any
stockholder approval, or approval or consent of any trustee or holder
of any material indebtedness or material obligations of the Lessee,
except such as have been duly obtained and are in full force and
effect, and do not contravene any law, governmental rule, regulation,
judgment or order binding on the Lessee or the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Lessee, or contravene the provisions
of, or constitute a default under,
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or result in the creation of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon
the property of the Lessee under, any indenture, mortgage, contract,
lease or other agreement in each case having payment obligations in
excess of $500,000 to which the Lessee is a party or by which it may be
bound or affected;
(d) neither the execution and delivery by the Lessee of the
Lessee Documents nor the performance of the obligations of the Lessee
under the Lessee Documents nor the consummation by the Lessee of any of
the transactions contemplated by the Lessee Documents, requires the
consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with,
or the taking of any other action in respect of, the Department of
Transportation, the FAA, or any other federal, state, local or foreign
governmental authority having jurisdiction, other than those which have
already been received and which the Lessee is in compliance with and
(i) the registration of the Certificates under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the securities laws of any
state in which the Certificates may be offered for sale if the laws of
such state require such action, (ii) the qualification of the Pass
Through Trust Agreements under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, (iii) (A) the orders, permits, waivers, exemptions,
authorizations and approvals of the regulatory authorities having
jurisdiction over the operation of the Aircraft by Lessee required to
be obtained on or prior to the Restatement Date, which orders, permits,
waivers, exemptions, authorizations and approvals have been duly
obtained and are, or will on the Restatement Date be in full force and
effect, (B) the registration of the Aircraft pursuant to the Federal
Aviation Act and (C) such consents, approvals, notices, registrations
and other actions required by the terms of the Lessee Documents to the
extent required to be given or obtained only after the Restatement Date
and (iv) the registrations and filings referred to in Section 8(i);
(e) each Lessee Document has been duly executed and delivered
by the Lessee and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, each Lessee Document
constitutes, or when executed will constitute, the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Lessee enforceable against the Lessee in
accordance with their respective terms, except as the same may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors or lessors
generally and by general principles of equity, whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity, and except, in the case of the Lease,
as may be limited by applicable laws which may affect the remedies
provided in
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the Lease, which laws, however, do not make the remedies provided in
the Lease inadequate for the practical realization of the benefits
intended to be afforded thereby;
(f) except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
pending or, to its knowledge, threatened actions or proceedings before
any court or administrative agency or regulatory commission or other
governmental agency against or affecting the Lessee that are reasonably
expected to materially adversely affect the ability of Lessee to enter
into or perform its obligations under the Lessee Documents;
(g) the Lessee is not an "investment company" or a company
controlled by an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(h) on the Restatement Date, the Trust Estate shall be free
and clear of any and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) created by
or through the Lessee;
(i) except for the registration of the Aircraft pursuant to
the Federal Aviation Act, the filing for recordation pursuant to the
Federal Aviation Act (with confidential financial terms redacted) of
Lease Amendment No. 1, the Amended and Restated Lease, Lease Supplement
▇▇. ▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇. ▇, the First Amended and Restated Indenture
and Indenture Supplement No. 2, and each of the other documents
referred to in Annex A hereto, all with the FAA, the filing of a
Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC") amended financing statement with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with regard to the Original
Lease, the filing of UCC termination statements with regard to the
Original Head Lessee with the Secretary of State of the States of New
York, Connecticut and Arizona, the filing of a protective UCC financing
statement with the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona with
respect to the Lease, the filing of a UCC termination statement with
the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona with respect to the
Sublease, and the filing of a UCC termination statement with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with respect to the Initial
Sublease Assignment (as defined in the Original Lease) all of which
financing and termination statements shall have been duly effected as
of the Restatement Date (and assignments thereof and continuation
statements at periodic intervals), and other than the taking of
possession by the Indenture Trustee of the original counterparts of the
Original Lease, Lease Amendment No. 1, the Amended and Restated Lease,
and all Lease Supplements thereto (to the extent the Lease constitutes
chattel paper), and the placing of the Lease identification required by
Section 6(e) of the Lease, no further filing or recording of the Lease
or of any
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other document (including any financing statement under Article 9 of
the UCC of the State of Delaware, New York or Arizona) and no further
action is necessary, under the laws of the United States of America or
the States of Delaware, New York and Arizona in order to perfect the
Owner Trustee's interest in the Aircraft as against the Lessee and any
third parties, or to perfect the security interest in favor of the
Indenture Trustee in the Owner Trustee's interest in the Aircraft and
in the Lease;
(j) all obligations of the Lessee owing to the Lessor in
connection with the Lease are at least pari passu with all unsecured
and unsubordinated debt obligations of the Lessee;
(k) no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes
a Lease Event of Default or would constitute a Lease Event of Default
but for the requirement that notice be given or time lapse or both;
(l) no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes
an Event of Loss (as defined in the Lease) or would constitute an Event
of Loss with the lapse of time;
(m) the Lessee has filed or will file, or has caused or will
cause to be filed, all federal and state tax returns which are required
to be filed and has paid or will pay or has caused or will cause to be
paid all taxes shown to be due or payable on said returns and on any
assessment received by the Lessee, to the extent such taxes have become
due and payable, except for taxes and returns with respect thereto the
nonpayment or nonfiling of which, either in any case or in the
aggregate, could have no material adverse effect on the Lessee, its
condition (financial or otherwise), business, operations or prospects,
or on its ability to perform its obligations under the Lease or which
are being diligently contested by the Lessee in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and with appropriate reserves;
(n) the financial statements together with the notes related
thereto contained in the Registration Statement are complete in all
material respects and fairly present the Lessee's financial condition
as of September 30, 1996 and the results of its operations for the
period covered in conformance with GAAP (except as otherwise noted
therein and with which any such change the independent auditors of the
Lessee have agreed), since September 30, 1996, there has been no
material adverse change in the Lessee's business, operations, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects which has not been disclosed in
writing to the Owner Participant and the Indenture Trustee and does not
contain
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any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(o) on the Restatement Date, all sales, use, documentary,
duties or other similar Taxes then due and for which the Lessee is
responsible pursuant to the Lessee Documents, shall have been paid,
other than such Taxes which are being contested by the Lessee in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings (and for which the Lessee shall
have established such reserves as are required under GAAP) so long as
such proceedings or the non-payment of such Taxes do not involve any
material danger to the sale, forfeiture or loss of the Aircraft;
(p) the Lessee is not a "national" of any designated foreign
country within the meaning of the Foreign Assets Control Regulations or
the Cuban Assets Control Regulations of the United States Treasury
Department, 31 Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as
amended, or of any regulations, interpretations or rulings issued
thereunder, and the Lessee is not, and is not acting on behalf of or
for the benefit of, an "Iranian Entity" within the meaning of the
Iranian Assets Control Regulations of the United States Treasury
Department, 31 Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as
amended, and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not
prohibited by Executive Order 12170, the above-mentioned Iranian Assets
Control Regulations or any regulations, interpretations or rulings
issued under any thereof;
(q) no part of the Rent or other payments made by the Lessee
under the Lease or under the other Operative Documents will be made out
of the assets of any "employee benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA;
(r) no representation or warranty of the Lessee contained in
any Lessee Document or other information in writing furnished to the
Owner Participant or the Indenture Trustee by the Lessee in connection
herewith contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
contained herein or therein not misleading. There is no fact known to
the Lessee (other than matters of a general economic nature) which the
Lessee has not disclosed in writing to the Owner Participant or the
Indenture Trustee which could impair its ability to perform its
obligations under the Lessee Documents; and
(s) if the Lessee were to become a debtor under the Bankruptcy
Code, the Lessor as lessor of the Aircraft under
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the Lease, and the Indenture Trustee, as assignee of the Owner
Trustee's rights under the Lease pursuant to the Indenture, would be
entitled to the benefits of Section 1110 of the Bankruptcy Code with
respect to the Aircraft.
SECTION 9. Representations and Warranties. Each of the parties
below represents and warrants, as of the Restatement Date, to each of the other
parties to this Agreement and to the Liquidity Provider (except that the
representation and warranty set forth in Section 9(f)(8) shall be a
representation and warranty of the Original Head Lessee to the Lessee only) as
follows:
(a) The Indenture Trustee in its individual capacity (and as
Indenture Trustee to the extent provided in clause (6) below)
represents and warrants that:
(1) the Indenture Trustee is a banking association
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the federal laws of the United States of America, is a
"citizen of the United States" as defined in Section
40102(a)(15) of the Federal Aviation Act and the rules and
regulations of the FAA thereunder (as so defined, a "Citizen
of the United States") (without making use of a voting trust,
voting powers agreement or similar arrangement), will notify
promptly all parties to this Agreement if in its reasonable
opinion its status as a Citizen of the United States (without
making use of a voting trust, voting powers agreement or
similar arrangement) is likely to change and will resign as
Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 8.02 of the Indenture
promptly after it obtains actual knowledge that it has ceased
to be such a Citizen of the United States (without making use
of a voting trust, voting powers agreement or similar
arrangement), and has the full corporate power, authority and
legal right under the laws of the State of Connecticut and the
federal laws of the United States pertaining to its banking,
trust and fiduciary powers to execute and deliver each of this
Agreement, the Indenture and each other Operative Document to
which it is a party and to carry out its obligations under
this Agreement, the Indenture and each other Operative
Document to which it is a party;
(2) neither the execution and delivery by the
Indenture Trustee of this Agreement, the Indenture, Lease
Amendment No. 1 and each other Operative Document to which it
is a party, nor the consummation by it of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, nor the
compliance by it with any of the terms and
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provisions hereof and thereof, (A) requires or will require
any approval of its stockholders, or approval or consent of
any trustees or holders of any indebtedness or obligations of
it, or (B) violates or will violate its articles of
association or by-laws, or contravenes or will contravene any
provision of, or constitutes or will constitute a default
under, or results or will result in any breach of, or results
or will result in the creation of any Lien (other than as
permitted under the Operative Documents) upon its property
under, any indenture, mortgage, chattel mortgage, deed of
trust, conditional sale contract, bank loan or credit
agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which
it is a party or by which it is bound, or contravenes or will
contravene any law, governmental rule or regulation or any
judgment or order applicable to or binding on it of any United
States governmental authority or agency governing the trust
powers of the Indenture Trustee;
(3) this Agreement constitutes, and the Indenture,
when executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee, will
constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Indenture Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with
their respective terms, except as the same may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally
and by general principles of equity, whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity;
(4) there are no pending or, to its knowledge,
threatened actions or proceedings against the Indenture
Trustee, either in its individual capacity or as Indenture
Trustee, before any court or administrative agency which, if
determined adversely to it, would materially adversely affect
the ability of the Indenture Trustee, in its individual
capacity or as Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, to
perform its obligations under the Operative Documents to which
it is a party;
(5) no consent, approval, order or authorization of,
giving of notice to, or registration with, or taking of any
other action in respect of, any State of Connecticut or any
United States of America governmental authority or agency
regulating the trust powers of the Indenture Trustee is
required for the execution and delivery of, or the carrying
out by, the Indenture Trustee of any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or by the Indenture, Lease
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Amendment No. 1 or any other Operative Document to which it is
a party or by which it is bound, other than any such consent,
approval, order, authorization, registration, notice or action
as has been duly obtained, given or taken;
(6) there are no Lenders' Liens (as defined in the
Lease) on the Aircraft or any portion of the Trust Estate
created by or through the Indenture Trustee in its individual
capacity; and
(7) it has possession of the chattel paper original
counterpart of the Original Lease, Lease Amendment No. 1 and
the Lease.
(b) Each of the Trust Company (except with respect to clauses
(2)(ii), (3), (6) and (8) below, which representations and warranties
are made solely by the Owner Trustee) and the Owner Trustee represents
and warrants that:
(1) the Trust Company is a banking corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, has full corporate power and
authority to carry on its business as now conducted, has, or
had on the respective dates of execution thereof, the
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver Trust
Supplement No. 2, has the corporate power and authority to
carry out the terms of the Trust Agreement, and each of the
Trust Company and the Owner Trustee has, or had on the
respective dates of execution thereof (assuming the
authorization, execution and delivery of Trust Supplement No.
2 by the Owner Participant), the corporate power and authority
to execute and deliver and to carry out the terms of this
Agreement, the Indenture, the Equipment Notes, Lease Amendment
No. 1, the Lease and each other Operative Document (other than
the Trust Agreement) to which it is a party;
(2) (i) each of the Trust Company and the Owner
Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Trust
Agreement and this Agreement and (assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery of Trust Supplement No.
2 by the Owner Participant) the Trust Agreement constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee, in
its individual capacity or as Owner Trustee and the Trust
Company, as the case may be, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except as the same may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of
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creditors generally and by general principles of equity,
whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, (ii)
the Owner Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered
this Agreement and (assuming the due authorization, execution
and delivery of Trust Supplement No. 2 by the Owner
Participant) this Agreement and the Trust Agreement
constitute, and the Indenture and the Lease, when entered
into, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Owner Trustee, in its individual capacity or as Owner
Trustee and the Trust Company, as the case may be, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, except as the same
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
rights of creditors generally and by general principles of
equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in
equity;
(3) assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery of Trust Supplement No. 2 by the Owner Participant,
the Owner Trustee has duly authorized, and on the Restatement
Date shall have duly issued, executed and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee for authentication, the Equipment Notes
pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof and of the
Indenture, and each Equipment Note on the Restatement Date
will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Owner
Trustee and will be entitled to the benefits and security
afforded by the Indenture in accordance with the terms of such
Equipment Note and the Indenture;
(4) neither the execution and delivery by the Owner
Trustee or the Trust Company, as the case may be, of this
Agreement, the Original Trust Agreement, Trust Supplement No.
2, the Original Indenture, the Indenture, the Original Lease,
Lease Amendment No. 1, the Lease, the Equipment Notes, or any
other Operative Document to which it is a party, nor the
consummation by it of any of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, nor the compliance by it with any of the
terms and provisions hereof and thereof, (A) requires or will
require any approval of its stockholders, or approval or
consent of any trustees or holders of any indebtedness or
obligations of it, or (B) violates or will violate its
articles of association or by-laws, or contravenes or will
contravene any provision of, or constitutes or will constitute
a default under, or results or will result in any breach of,
or results or will result in the creation of any Lien (other
than as permitted under the Operative Documents) upon its
property under, any indenture, mortgage, chattel
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mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sale contract, bank loan
or credit agreement, license or other agreement or instrument
to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or contravenes
or will contravene any law, governmental rule or regulation of
the State of Delaware or any United States governmental
authority or agency governing the trust powers of the Owner
Trustee, or any judgment or order applicable to or binding on
it;
(5) no consent, approval, order or authorization of,
giving of notice to, or registration with, or taking of any
other action in respect of, any state or local governmental
authority or agency or any State of Delaware or any United
States of America governmental authority or agency regulating
the trust powers of the Trust Company is required for the
execution and delivery of, or the carrying out by, the Trust
Company or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, of any of
the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Trust
Agreement, the Indenture, the Lease, Lease Amendment No. 1,
the Equipment Notes or any other Operative Document to which
it is a party or by which it is bound, other than any such
consent, approval, order, authorization, registration, notice
or action as has been duly obtained, given or taken or which
is described in Section 8(d);
(6) there exists no Lessor's Lien or Head Lessor's
Lien (each as defined in the Lease) (including for this
purpose Liens that would be Lessor's Liens but for the first
proviso in the definition of Lessor's Liens) attributable to
the Owner Trustee;
(7) there exists no Lessor's Lien or Head Lessor's
Lien (including for this purpose Liens that would be Lessor's
Liens but for the first proviso in the definition of Lessor's
Liens) attributable to the Trust Company;
(8) there are no Taxes payable by the Owner Trustee
or the Trust Company imposed by the State of Delaware or any
political subdivision thereof in connection with the
prepayment of the Original Certificates or the issuance of the
Equipment Notes, or the execution and delivery by it of any of
the instruments referred to in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4)
above, that, in each case, would not have been imposed if the
Trust Estate were not located in the State of Delaware and the
Trust Company had not (a) had its principal place of business
in, (b) performed (in its individual
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capacity or as Owner Trustee) any or all of its duties under
the Operative Documents in, and (c) engaged in any activities
unrelated to the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Documents in, the State of Delaware;
(9) there are no pending or, to its knowledge,
threatened actions or proceedings against the Owner Trustee,
either in its individual capacity or as Owner Trustee, before
any court or administrative agency which, if determined
adversely to it, would materially adversely affect the ability
of the Owner Trustee, in its individual capacity or as Owner
Trustee, as the case may be, to perform its obligations under
any of the instruments referred to in clauses (1), (2), (3)
and (4) above;
(10) both its chief executive office, and the place
where its records concerning the Aircraft and all its
interests in, to and under all documents relating to the Trust
Estate (other than such as may be maintained and held by the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture), are located in
Wilmington, Delaware. Owner Trustee, in its individual
capacity or as Owner Trustee, agrees that it will not change
the location of such office to a location outside of Delaware,
without prior written notice to all parties hereto; and
(11) it is a Citizen of the United States (without
making use of a voting trust agreement, voting powers
agreement or similar arrangements).
(c) The Owner Participant represents and warrants that:
(1) it is duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to carry
on its present business and operations and to own or lease its
properties, has, or had on the respective dates of execution
thereof, as the case may be, the corporate power and authority
to enter into and to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the SLV Letter Agreement and
the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA; this Agreement, the
SLV Letter Agreement and Trust Supplement No. 2 have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by it; and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery hereof and thereof
by the other parties hereto and thereto, this Agreement, the
Trust Agreement, the SLV Letter
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Agreement and the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Owner Participant enforceable against it in accordance with
their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors
generally and by general principles of equity, whether
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity;
(2) neither (A) the execution and delivery by the
Owner Participant of this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the
SLV Letter Agreement, the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA
or any other Operative Document to which it is a party nor (B)
compliance by it with all of the provisions hereof or thereof,
(x) will contravene any law or order of any court or
governmental authority or agency applicable to or binding on
the Owner Participant (it being understood that no
representation or warranty is made with respect to laws, rules
or regulations relating to aviation or to the nature of the
equipment owned by the Owner Trustee other than such laws,
rules or regulations relating to the citizenship requirements
of the Owner Participant under applicable law), or (y) will
contravene the provisions of, or constitutes or has
constituted or will constitute a default under, its
certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any indenture,
mortgage, contract or other agreement or instrument to which
the Owner Participant is a party or by which it or any of its
property may be bound or affected, except where such
contravention or default would not result in any liability to
any other party hereto or have a material adverse effect on
the rights or on the remedies of the other parties hereto or
on its ability to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder;
(3) no authorization or approval or other action by,
and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or
regulatory body (other than as required by the Federal
Aviation Act or the regulations promulgated thereunder) is or
was required, as the case may be, for the due execution,
delivery or performance by it of this Agreement, the Trust
Agreement and the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA (it
being understood that no representation or warranty is made
with respect to laws, rules or regulations relating to
aviation or to the nature of the equipment owned by the Owner
Trustee other than the laws, rules or regulations relating to
aircraft lease transactions generally or to the
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citizenship requirements of the Owner Participant under
the Federal Aviation Act);
(4) there are no pending or, to its knowledge,
threatened actions or proceedings against the Owner
Participant before any court or administrative agency or
arbitrator which, if determined adversely to the Owner
Participant, would materially adversely affect the Owner
Participant's ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the SLV Letter Agreement or
the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA;
(5) on the Restatement Date, the Trust Estate shall
be free of Lessor's Liens and Head Lessor's Liens attributable
to the Owner Participant (including for this purpose Liens
that would be Lessor's Liens but for the first proviso in the
definition of Lessor's Liens); and
(6) it is a Citizen of the United States (without
making use of a voting trust agreement, voting powers
agreement or similar arrangement). If at any time Owner
Participant has ceased to be, or shall have actual knowledge
that it is likely to cease to be, such a citizen, and (i) the
Aircraft shall be or would thereupon become ineligible for
registration in the name of Owner Trustee under the Federal
Aviation Act as in effect at such time (without regard to the
"based and primarily used" provisions thereof) and the
regulations then applicable thereunder, or (ii) the Aircraft
is registered in a jurisdiction other than the United States
of America, in circumstances in which the preceding clause (i)
does not apply and the Lessee or any Permitted Sublessee at
any time proposes to register the Aircraft in the United
States of America, then Owner Participant shall (at its own
expense and without any reimbursement or indemnification from
the Lessee or any Permitted Sublessee) (A) immediately either
(1) transfer in accordance with Section 10 hereof all of its
right, title and interest in and to the Trust Agreement, the
Trust Estate, this Agreement and the Amended and Restated Head
Lease TIA or (2) take such other action, including, without
limitation, the establishment of a voting trust or voting
powers agreement (in which case Owner Participant shall remain
the beneficial owner of the Trust Estate), as may be necessary
to prevent the deregistration of the Aircraft under the
Federal Aviation Act or to maintain such registration of the
Aircraft or to make possible such registration of the Aircraft
in the United States of
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America and to prevent Indenture Trustee, the Holders of the
Equipment Notes, the Lessee or any Permitted Sublessee from
being adversely affected as a result thereof and (B) indemnify
the Lessee, the Indenture Trustee, the Holders of the
Equipment Notes and any Permitted Sublessee, from and against
any and all Claims incurred or suffered as a result of Owner
Participant's failure to be such a citizen or loss of such
citizenship, including, without limitation, as a result of the
Aircraft's becoming ineligible or ceasing to remain eligible
for such registration.
(d) The Pass Through Trustee represents, warrants and
covenants that:
(1) the Pass Through Trustee is duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the federal laws
of the United States of America, and has the full corporate
power, authority and legal right under the federal laws of the
United States of America pertaining to its banking, trust and
fiduciary powers to execute and deliver each of the Pass
Through Trust Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreement, and
this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Pass Through Trust Agreements and the
Intercreditor Agreement;
(2) this Agreement has been, and when executed and
delivered by the Pass Through Trustee, each of the Pass
Through Trust Agreements and the Intercreditor Agreement will
have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Pass
Through Trustee; this Agreement constitutes, and when executed
and delivered by the Pass Through Trustee, each of the Pass
Through Trust Agreements and the Intercreditor Agreement, will
constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Pass Through Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with
their respective terms, except as the same may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally
and by general principles of equity, whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity;
(3) none of the execution, delivery and performance
by the Pass Through Trustee of any of the Pass Through Trust
Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement, the
purchase by the Pass Through Trustee of the Equipment Notes
pursuant to this Agreement, or the issuance of the
Certificates pursuant to the Pass Through Trust Agreements,
contravenes any
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law, rule or regulation of the State of Connecticut or any
United States governmental authority or agency regulating the
Pass Through Trustee's banking, trust or fiduciary powers or
any judgment or order applicable to or binding on the Pass
Through Trustee and does not contravene or result in any
breach of, or constitute a default under, the Pass Through
Trustee's articles of association or by-laws or any agreement
or instrument to which the Pass Through Trustee is a party or
by which it or any of its properties may be bound;
(4) neither the execution and delivery by the Pass
Through Trustee of any of the Pass Through Trust Agreements,
the Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement, nor the
consummation by the Pass Through Trustee of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, requires the
consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the
registration with, or the taking of any other action with
respect to, any State of Connecticut governmental authority or
agency or any federal governmental authority or agency
regulating the Pass Through Trustee's banking, trust or
fiduciary powers;
(5) assuming that the trusts created by the Pass
Through Trust Agreements will not be taxable as corporations,
but, rather, each will be characterized as a grantor trust
under subpart E, Part I of Subchapter J of the Code for
federal income tax purposes, there are no Taxes payable by the
Pass Through Trustee imposed by the State of Connecticut or
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof in
connection with the acquisition, possession or ownership by
the Pass Through Trustee of any of the Equipment Notes (other
than franchise or other taxes based on or measured by any fees
or compensation received by the Pass Through Trustee for
services rendered in connection with the transactions
contemplated by any of the Pass Through Trust Agreements), and
prior to the exercise of remedies upon the occurrence of an
Indenture Event of Default, there are no Taxes payable by the
Pass Through Trustee imposed by the State of Connecticut or
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Pass Through Trustee of this Agreement, any of the Pass
Through Trust Agreements or the Intercreditor Agreement (other
than franchise or other Taxes based on or measured by any fees
or compensation received by the Pass Through Trustee for
services rendered in connection with the transactions
contemplated by any of
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the Pass Through Trust Agreements), and such trusts will not
be subject to any Taxes imposed by the State of Connecticut or
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof; upon
the exercise of remedies following the occurrence of an
Indenture Event of Default, there will be no Taxes payable by
the Pass Through Trustee imposed by the State of Connecticut
or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Pass Through Trustee of this Agreement, any of the Pass
Through Trust Agreements or the Intercreditor Agreement (other
than franchise or other Taxes based on or measured by any fees
or compensation received by the Pass Through Trustee for
services rendered in connection with the transactions
contemplated by any of the Pass Through Trust Agreements), and
the trusts created by the Pass Through Trust Agreements will
not be subject to any Taxes imposed by the State of
Connecticut or any political subdivision thereof, solely
because the Pass Through Trustee maintains an office in, and
administers the trusts created by the Pass Through Trust
Agreements in, the State of Connecticut;
(6) there are no pending or threatened actions or
proceedings against the Pass Through Trustee before any court
or administrative agency which individually or in the
aggregate, if determined adversely to it, would materially
adversely affect the ability of the Pass Through Trustee to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, the
Intercreditor Agreement or any Pass Through Trust Agreement;
(7) except for the issue and sale of the Certificates
contemplated hereby, the Pass Through Trustee has not directly
or indirectly offered any Equipment Notes for sale to any
Person or solicited any offer to acquire any Equipment Notes
from any Person, nor has the Pass Through Trustee authorized
anyone to act on its behalf to offer directly or indirectly
any Equipment Notes for sale to any Person, or to solicit any
offer to acquire any Equipment Notes from any Person; and the
Pass Through Trustee is not in default under any Pass Through
Trust Agreement; and
(8) the Pass Through Trustee is not directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control
with the Owner Participant, the Owner Trustee, the
Underwriters or the Lessee.
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(e) The Subordination Agent represents and warrants that:
(1) the Subordination Agent is a duly organized
national banking association, validly existing and in good
standing with the Comptroller of the Currency under the laws
of the United States of America and has the full corporate
power, authority and legal right under the laws of the United
States of America pertaining to its banking, trust and
fiduciary powers to execute and deliver each of the Liquidity
Facilities, the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement and
to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Liquidity
Facilities and the Intercreditor Agreement;
(2) this Agreement has been, and when executed and
delivered by the Subordination Agent, each of the Liquidity
Facilities and the Intercreditor Agreement will have been,
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Subordination
Agent; this Agreement constitutes, and when executed and
delivered by the Subordination Agent, each of the Liquidity
Facilities and the Intercreditor Agreement, will constitute,
the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Subordination
Agent enforceable against it in accordance with their
respective terms, except as the same may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally
and by general principles of equity, whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity;
(3) none of the execution, delivery and performance
by the Subordination Agent of each of the Liquidity
Facilities, the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement or
the performance by the Subordination Agent of this Agreement,
contravenes any law, rule or regulation of the State of
Connecticut or any United States governmental authority or
agency regulating the Subordination Agent's banking, trust or
fiduciary powers or any judgment or order applicable to or
binding on the Subordination Agent and do not contravene or
result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, the
Subordination Agent's articles of association or by-laws or
any agreement or instrument to which the Subordination Agent
is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be
bound;
(4) neither the execution and delivery by the
Subordination Agent of any of the Liquidity Facilities,
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the Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement nor the
consummation by the Subordination Agent of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby requires the
consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the
registration with, or the taking of any other action with
respect to, any State of Connecticut governmental authority or
agency or any federal governmental authority or agency
regulating the Subordination Agent's banking, trust or
fiduciary powers;
(5) there are no Taxes payable by the Subordination
Agent imposed by the State of Connecticut or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Subordination Agent
of this Agreement, any of the Liquidity Facilities or the
Intercreditor Agreement (other than franchise or other taxes
based on or measured by any fees or compensation received by
the Subordination Agent for services rendered in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Intercreditor
Agreement or any of the Liquidity Facilities) solely because
the Subordination Agent maintains an office and administers
its trust business in the State of Connecticut, and there are
no Taxes payable by the Subordination Agent imposed by the
State of Connecticut or any political subdivision thereof in
connection with the acquisition, possession or ownership by
the Subordination Agent of any of the Equipment Notes solely
because the Subordination Agent maintains an office and
administers its trust business in the State of Connecticut
(other than franchise or other taxes based on or measured by
any fees or compensation received by the Subordination Agent
for services rendered in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Intercreditor Agreement or any of the
Liquidity Facilities);
(6) there are no pending or threatened actions or
proceedings against the Subordination Agent before any court
or administrative agency which individually or in the
aggregate, if determined adversely to it, would materially
adversely affect the ability of the Subordination Agent to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, the
Intercreditor Agreement or any Liquidity Facility;
(7) the Subordination Agent has not directly or
indirectly offered any Equipment Note for sale to any Person
or solicited any offer to acquire any Equipment Note from any
Person, nor has the Subordination Agent
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authorized anyone to act on its behalf to offer directly or
indirectly any Equipment Note for sale to any Person, or to
solicit any offer to acquire any Equipment Note from any
Person; and the Subordination Agent is not in default under
any Liquidity Facility; and
(8) the Subordination Agent is not directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control
with the Owner Participant, the Owner Trustee, the
Underwriters or the Lessee.
(f) The Original Head Lessee represents and warrants that:
(1) it is duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Connecticut and
has the corporate power and authority to carry on its present
business and operations and to own or lease its properties,
has the corporate power and authority to enter into and to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, Lease Amendment
No. 1, the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA, the Amended
and Restated Sublease TIA and the SLV Letter Agreement
(collectively, the "Original Head Lessee Transaction
Documents"); each Original Head Lessee Transaction Document
has been duly authorized, and upon the execution and delivery
thereof will constitute, the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Original Head Lessee enforceable against it
in accordance with their respective terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
rights of creditors generally and by general principles of
equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in
equity;
(2) neither (A) the execution and delivery by the
Original Head Lessee of this Agreement and each of the other
Original Head Lessee Transaction Documents nor (B) compliance
by it with all of the provisions hereof or thereof, (x) will
contravene any law or order of any court or governmental
authority or agency applicable to or binding on the Original
Head Lessee, or (y) will contravene the provisions of, or
constitutes or has constituted or will constitute a default
under, its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any
indenture, mortgage, contract or other agreement or instrument
to which the Original Head Lessee is a party or by which it or
any of its property may be bound or affected, except where
such contravention or default
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would not result in any liability to any other party hereto or
have a material adverse effect on the rights or on the
remedies of the other parties hereto or on its ability to
perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder;
(3) no authorization or approval or other action by,
and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or
regulatory body (other than as required by the Federal
Aviation Act or the regulations promulgated thereunder) is or
was required, as the case may be, for the due execution,
delivery or performance by the Original Head Lessee of this
Agreement and each of the other Original Head Lessee
Transaction Documents;
(4) except as set forth in the Parent Guarantor's
most recent Form 20-F filed with the Commission, there are no
pending or, to its knowledge, threatened actions or
proceedings against the Original Head Lessee before any court
or administrative agency or arbitrator which, if determined
adversely to the Original Head Lessee, would materially
adversely affect the Original Head Lessee's ability to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or any other Original
Head Lessee Transaction Documents;
(5) on the Restatement Date, the Trust Estate, the
Aircraft, the Airframe, each Engine and each Part shall be
free and clear of any and all Sublessor's Liens (as defined in
the Sublease);
(6) on the Delivery Date, the Owner Trustee received
good title to the Aircraft free and clear of all Liens, except
the rights of the Original Head Lessee under the Original
Lease, the rights of the Sublessee under the Sublease, the
Lien of the Original Indenture, the beneficial interest of the
Owner Participant in the Aircraft, and Permitted Liens under
the Original Lease;
(7) title to the Buyer Furnished Equipment for the
Aircraft has been transferred to the Owner Trustee in
accordance with Section 8(y) of the Participation Agreement.
As of the Restatement Date, there are no existing Claims
against Parent Guarantor or Original Head Lessee with respect
to Buyer Furnished Equipment; and
(8) except for the registration of the Aircraft
pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act, the filing for
recordation pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act (with
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confidential financial terms redacted) of Lease Amendment No.
1, the Amended and Restated Lease, Lease Supplement ▇▇. ▇,
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇. ▇, the First Amended and Restated
Indenture and Indenture Supplement No. 2, and each of the
other documents referred to in Annex A hereto, all with the
FAA, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC") amended
financing statement with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware with regard to the Original Lease, the filing of
UCC termination statements with regard to the Original Head
Lessee with the Secretary of State of the States of New York,
Connecticut and Arizona, the filing of a protective UCC
financing statement with the Secretary of State of the State
of Arizona with respect to the Lease, the filing of a UCC
termination statement with the Secretary of State of the State
of Arizona with respect to the Sublease, and the filing of a
UCC termination statement with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware with respect to the Initial Sublease
Assignment (as defined in the Original Lease) all of which
financing and termination statements shall have been duly
effected as of the Restatement Date (and assignments thereof
and continuation statements at periodic intervals), and other
than the taking of possession by the Indenture Trustee of the
original counterparts of the Original Lease, Lease Amendment
No. 1, the Amended and Restated Lease, and all Lease
Supplements thereto (to the extent the Lease constitutes
chattel paper), and the placing of the Lease identification
required by Section 6(e) of the Lease, no further filing or
recording of the Lease or of any other document (including any
financing statement under Article 9 of the UCC of the State of
Delaware, New York or Arizona) and no further action is
necessary, under the laws of the United States of America or
the States of Delaware, New York and Arizona in order to
perfect the Owner Trustee's interest in the Aircraft as
against the Lessee and any third parties, or to perfect the
security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee in the
Owner Trustee's interest in the Aircraft and in the Lease.
(g) The Parent Guarantor represents and warrants that:
(1) it is duly organized and validly existing under
the laws of Ireland and has the corporate power and authority
to enter into and to perform its obligations under this
Agreement; this Agreement has been duly authorized and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Parent Guarantor enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms,
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except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general
principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at
law or in equity;
(2) neither (A) the execution and delivery by the
Parent Guarantor of this Agreement nor (B) compliance by it
with all of the provisions hereof (x) will contravene any law
or order of any court or governmental authority or agency
applicable to or binding on the Parent Guarantor, or (y) will
contravene the provisions of, or constitutes or has
constituted or will constitute a default under, its Memorandum
and Articles of Association or any indenture, mortgage,
contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Parent
Guarantor is a party or by which it or any of its property may
be bound or affected, except where such contravention or
default would not result in any liability to any other party
hereto or have a material adverse effect on the rights or on
the remedies of the other parties hereto or on its ability to
perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder;
(3) no authorization or approval or other action by,
and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or
regulatory body (other than as required by the Federal
Aviation Act or the regulations promulgated thereunder) is or
was required, as the case may be, for the due execution,
delivery or performance by the Parent Guarantor of this
Agreement;
(4) except as set forth in the Parent Guarantor's
most recent Form 20-F filed with the Commission, there are no
pending or, to its knowledge, threatened actions or
proceedings against the Parent Guarantor before any court or
administrative agency or arbitrator which, if determined
adversely to the Parent Guarantor, would materially adversely
affect the Parent Guarantor's ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement;
(5) on the Restatement Date, the Trust Estate, the
Aircraft, the Airframe, each Engine and each Part shall be
free and clear of any and all Sublessor's Liens (as defined in
the Sublease); and
(6) The representations and warranties of the
Original Head Lessee contained in this Agreement are true and
correct in all respects on the date made (provided that the
representation and warranty with
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respect to Section 9(f)(8) shall be only for the benefit of
the Lessee).
SECTION 10. Transfer of Owner Participant's Interest. Owner
Participant shall not directly or indirectly sell, assign, convey or otherwise
transfer (whether by operation of law, consolidation, merger, sale of assets or
otherwise) any of its right, title or interest in and to the Trust Estate, the
Aircraft, the Lease, this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Amended and
Restated Head Lease TIA or any other Operative Document or any proceeds
therefrom or permit the transfer of any of its stock in any transaction which
has the practical effect of any of the foregoing; provided that, and subject to
the conditions set forth below, Owner Participant may transfer to a Transferee
(as defined below) all (but not less than all) of its right (except for such
rights accruing prior to transfer), title and interest as an entirety in and to
the Trust Estate, the Aircraft, this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Amended
and Restated Head Lease TIA and each other Operative Document to which Owner
Participant is a party or by which Owner Participant is bound. Each such
transfer shall be subject to the following conditions, and Owner Participant
agrees for the express benefit of each party hereto that any such transfer will
comply with such conditions:
(i) the Person to whom such transfer is to be made (a
"Transferee") is either (A) a bank, trust company or other like
regulated financial institution with a combined capital, surplus and
undivided profits of, or a corporation with a tangible net worth of, in
either case at least $60,000,000, (B) any wholly-owned subsidiary of
such bank, trust company, financial institution or corporation if such
bank, trust company, financial institution or corporation furnishes to
Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee, Original Head Lessee and Lessee an
agreement or agreements of such bank, financial institution or
corporation guaranteeing such subsidiary's obligations as Owner
Participant contained in this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the
Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA and each other Operative Document
to which Owner Participant is a party or by which it is bound, which
guarantee shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A
hereto or (C) a subsidiary of Owner Participant if Owner Participant
furnishes to Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee, Original Head Lessee and
Lessee an agreement whereby Owner Participant will guarantee such
subsidiary's obligations as Owner Participant contained in this
Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA
and each other Operative Document to which Owner Participant is a party
or by which it is bound, which guarantee shall be substantially in the
form attached as Exhibit A hereto;
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(ii) Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee, Original Head Lessee
and Lessee shall have received at least 15 days' prior written notice
of such transfer specifying the name and address of any proposed
transferee and specifying the facts necessary to determine whether such
proposed transferee qualifies as a "Transferee" under clause (i) above
and does not violate clause (viii) below; provided that if such
Transferee is a subsidiary of Owner Participant, such notice may be
given promptly following rather than prior to such transfer if such
Transferee meets the net worth requirement set forth above on its own
account without a guaranty and otherwise meets the requirements of this
Section 10;
(iii) upon giving effect to such transfer, such Transferee is
a Citizen of the United States and such Transferee shall deliver to
Lessee an affidavit to such effect;
(iv) such Transferee has the requisite power and authority and
legal right to enter into and carry out the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(v) such Transferee enters into an agreement in substantially
the form attached as Exhibit B hereto whereby such Transferee confirms
that it shall be deemed a party to this Agreement, the Trust Agreement,
the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA and each other Operative
Document to which Owner Participant is a party or by which Owner
Participant is bound, and in which the transferee shall agree to be
bound by and undertake the obligations of Owner Participant in the
Operative Documents and shall make representations and warranties
comparable to those of Owner Participant contained herein;
(vi) such transfer does not violate any provision of the
Federal Aviation Act or any rules or regulations promulgated
thereunder, or create a relationship that would be in violation
thereof, or violate any provisions of the Securities Act or any other
applicable Federal, state or other law, rule or regulation;
(vii) such transfer does not violate any provision of ERISA or
any rules or regulations thereunder;
(viii) such Transferee is not an airline, a commercial air
carrier, an air freight forwarder, any Person engaged in the business
of parcel transport by air or a subsidiary or an Affiliate of such an
airline, a commercial air carrier, an air freight forwarder, Person
engaged in the business of parcel transport by air or other similar
Person;
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(ix) an opinion of counsel of the Transferee confirming the
matters referred to in clauses (iv) and (vi) above (with appropriate
reliance on certificates of corporate officers or public officials as
to matters of fact) and confirming that the agreement referred to in
clause (v) above is the legal, valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of the Transferee and that the guarantee referred to in
clause (i)(B) or (C) above, if any, is the legal, valid, binding and
enforceable obligation of the Transferee's guarantor shall be provided,
at least 3 days prior to such transfer, to Lessee, Owner Trustee,
Original Head Lessee and Indenture Trustee, which shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to each of them; and
(x) the terms of the Operative Documents and the Amended and
Restated Head Lease TIA shall not be altered.
Upon any such transfer, except as the context otherwise requires, such
Transferee shall be deemed "Owner Participant" for all purposes hereof and of
the Trust Agreement, the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA and each other
Operative Document to which Owner Participant is a party or by which Owner
Participant is bound, and shall be deemed to have made the original
participation in the Aircraft previously made by Owner Participant; and except
as the context otherwise requires, each reference in this Agreement, the Trust
Agreement, the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA and each other Operative
Document to "Owner Participant" shall thereafter be deemed to include such
Transferee as provided in this Section 10. No transfer shall release Owner
Participant from its obligations hereunder, under the Amended and Restated Head
Lease TIA and under the other Operative Documents, except to the extent
expressly assumed by the Transferee in accordance with this Section 10,
provided, that notwithstanding such an assumption, in no event shall Owner
Participant be released from its obligations hereunder or under any of the other
Operative Documents with respect to claims under this Agreement or under the
Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA by or against Owner Participant which have
accrued or been made prior to the date of such transfer. The transferor Owner
Participant shall pay the reasonable expenses of each party hereto related to
any such transfer.
Each party hereto agrees, upon the request of Owner
Participant, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate at no cost or expense to it
with Owner Participant in complying with its obligations under the provisions of
clause (A) of paragraph (6) of Section 9(c), provided that such cooperation
shall not be subject to the indemnity in Section 13 of the Lease. The Lessee
shall have no obligation to prevent any such deregistration or assist in
maintaining or otherwise enhancing the Aircraft's
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eligibility for registration by restricting the use of the Aircraft.
SECTION 11. Re-Registration of the Aircraft. The Indenture
Trustee agrees, that if the Owner Participant consents thereto, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, at any time after the Restricted Use Period,
Lessee may, in connection with effecting a Permitted Sublease elect to effect a
change in registration of the Aircraft, at Lessee's cost and expense, so long as
(a) the country of registry of the Aircraft is a country listed on Exhibit C
hereto (or such other country as the Owner Participant approves) and (b) the
following conditions are met: (i) unless the country of registry is Taiwan, the
United States of America maintains normal diplomatic relations with the country
of registry of the Aircraft, and if the country of registry is Taiwan, the
United States of America maintains diplomatic relations at least as good as
those in effect on the Restatement Date; and (ii) the Owner Trustee, the Owner
Participant and the Indenture Trustee shall have received favorable opinions
(subject to customary exceptions) addressed to each such party, from counsel of
recognized reputation qualified in the laws of the relevant jurisdiction and
reasonably acceptable to the Owner Participant to the effect of the following
and as to such other matters as the Owner Participant may reasonably request:
(A) the Owner Trustee's ownership interest in the Aircraft and
interest in the Lease and any Permitted Sublease shall be recognized
under the laws of such jurisdiction,
(B) the obligations of Lessee, and the rights and remedies of
the Owner Trustee, under the Lease shall remain valid, binding and
(subject to customary bankruptcy and equitable remedies exceptions and
to other exceptions customary in foreign opinions generally)
enforceable under the laws of such jurisdiction (or the laws of the
jurisdiction to which the laws of such jurisdiction would refer as the
applicable governing law),
(C) after giving effect to such change in registration, the
Lien of the Indenture on the Owner Trustee's right, title and interest
in and to the Aircraft, the Lease and any Permitted Sublease shall
continue as a valid and duly perfected security interest and all
filing, recording or other action necessary to protect the same and the
Owner Trustee's ownership interest in the Aircraft shall have been
accomplished (or, if such opinion cannot be given at the time of such
proposed change in registration because such change in registration is
not yet effective, (1) the opinion shall detail what filing, recording
or other action is necessary and (2) the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture
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Trustee shall have received a certificate from Lessee that all possible
preparations to accomplish such filing, recording and other action
shall have been done, and such filing, recording and other action shall
be accomplished and a supplemental opinion to that effect shall be
delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on or prior to
the effective date of such change in registration),
(D) it is not necessary, solely as a consequence of such
change in registration and without giving effect to any other activity
of the Owner Trustee, the Owner Participant or the Indenture Trustee
(or any Affiliate thereof), as the case may be, for the Owner Trustee,
the Owner Participant or the Indenture Trustee to qualify to do
business in such jurisdiction,
(E) there is no tort liability of the owner of an aircraft not
in possession thereof under the laws of such jurisdiction (it being
agreed that, in the event such latter opinion cannot be given in a form
satisfactory to the Owner Participant, such opinion shall be waived if
insurance reasonably satisfactory to the Owner Participant is provided
to cover such risk),
(F) (unless Lessee shall have agreed, or pursuant to the Lease
shall have been required, to provide insurance covering the risk of
requisition of use of such Aircraft by the government of such
jurisdiction so long as such Aircraft is registered under the laws of
such jurisdiction) the laws of such jurisdiction require fair
compensation by the government of such jurisdiction payable in currency
freely convertible into Dollars for the loss of use of such Aircraft in
the event of the requisition by such government of such use.
In addition, as a condition precedent to any such change in registration, (i)
the insurance required by Section 12 of the Lease shall be in full force and
effect at the time of such change in registration after giving effect to such
change in registration and the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall
have received a certificate of the type described in Section 12(f) of the Lease
and (ii) the aircraft maintenance standards of the new country of registry shall
not be materially less stringent from those of the United States of America or
not materially less stringent from those of the United Kingdom and the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall have received a certificate to such
effect signed by the President, any Executive Vice President or any Senior Vice
President of Lessee which certificate shall, as among the parties hereto, be
presumed to be correct as to the matters stated therein absent conclusive
evidence to the contrary. Lessee shall pay all reasonable costs,
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expenses, fees, and recording and registration taxes, including the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel to the Owner Trustee, the Owner Participant and the
Indenture Trustee, and other charges in connection with any such change in
registration.
SECTION 12. Quiet Enjoyment. Each of the Trust Company, Owner
Trustee, Owner Participant (as to itself and as to Owner Trustee), Indenture
Trustee in its individual capacity and as Indenture Trustee and on behalf of the
Note Holders, the Pass Through Trustee and the Subordination Agent severally
covenants and agrees that during the Term, so long as no Lease Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and the Lease shall not have been declared
or deemed in default, no action shall be taken or caused to be taken by it or a
Person lawfully claiming by, through or on behalf of it to interfere with the
right of Lessee or any Permitted Sublessee to the possession, use, operation and
quiet enjoyment of and other rights with respect to the Aircraft under the
Lease, and all rents, revenues, profits and income therefrom, in accordance with
the terms of the Lease; provided that the Trust Company, Owner Trustee and Owner
Participant shall not be liable for any such interference by Indenture Trustee,
Pass Through Trustee, holders of any Equipment Notes, or any other Person
lawfully claiming by, through or on behalf of them.
SECTION 13. Liens. Each of the Trust Company, Owner Trustee
and Owner Participant severally covenants and agrees with each other party
hereto that it shall not cause or permit to exist a Lessor's Lien or Head
Lessor's Lien attributable to it with respect to the Aircraft or any other
portion of the Trust Estate or the Indenture Estate. Each of Trust Company,
Owner Trustee and Owner Participant severally agrees that it will promptly, at
its own expense (and without any right of indemnification or reimbursement from
Lessee), take such action as may be necessary duly to discharge any such
Lessor's Lien or Head Lessor's Lien attributable to it and to make restitution
to the Trust Estate and the Indenture Estate for any diminution of the assets
thereof resulting therefrom and will indemnify and hold harmless Lessee and each
Indemnitee against any claims incurred or suffered by any such Person and any
reduction in amounts payable out of, or diminution in the assets of, the Trust
Estate or the Indenture Estate resulting from any such Lessor's Lien or Head
Lessor's Lien attributable to it. For all purposes of this Agreement and the
other Operative Documents, any Lessor's Lien or Head Lessor's Lien arising as a
result of the nonpayment of any Tax imposed on or measured by the net income of
the Trust Estate or the trust created by the Trust Agreement that is not
indemnifiable by Lessee or Original Head Lessee shall be deemed to be
attributable to Owner Participant, and Owner Participant shall be responsible
for all Lessor's Liens attributable to Owner Participant and Owner Trustee.
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Each of the Indenture Trustee, Pass Through Trustee and
Subordination Agent severally covenants and agrees with each other party hereto
that it shall not cause or permit to exist a Trustee's Lien (as defined below)
attributable to it with respect to the Aircraft or any other portion of the
Trust Estate or the Indenture Estate. Each of Indenture Trustee, Pass Through
Trustee and Subordination Agent severally agrees that it will promptly, at its
own expense (and without any right of indemnification or reimbursement from
Lessee), take such action as may be necessary duly to discharge any such
Trustee's Lien attributable to it and to make restitution to the Trust Estate
and the Indenture Estate for any diminution of the assets thereof resulting
therefrom and will indemnify and hold harmless Lessee and each Indemnitee
against any claims incurred or suffered by any such Person and any reduction in
amounts payable out of, or diminution in the assets of, the Trust Estate or the
Indenture Estate resulting from any such Trustee's Lien attributable to it. For
purposes of this paragraph, "Trustee's Lien" means any Lien or disposition of
title attributable to Indenture Trustee in its individual capacity (and not as
Indenture Trustee), Pass Through Trustee in its individual capacity (and not as
Pass Through Trustee) or Subordination Agent in its individual capacity (and not
as Subordination Agent) on or in respect of (as the case may be) the Aircraft or
any other portion of the Trust Estate or the Trust Indenture Estate arising as a
result of (i) Claims against such Person not related to its interest in the
Aircraft or the administration of the Trust Estate or the Trust Indenture Estate
pursuant to the Indenture, whether under Section 9-207(2)(e) of the Uniform
Commercial Code or otherwise, (ii) acts or omissions of such Person not
contemplated hereunder or under the other Operative Documents, or acts or
omissions of such Person which are in violation of any of the Operative
Documents, or (iii) Taxes imposed on or Claims against such Person which are
excluded from indemnification by Lessee, or (iv) Claims against such Person
arising out of the voluntary or involuntary transfer by such Person of all or
any portion of its interest in the Aircraft, the Airframe, any Engine, the Trust
Estate, the Trust Indenture Estate or the Operative Documents (except a Claim
resulting from the exercise of remedies under and in accordance with the
Indenture or for a transfer provided for in the Operative Documents).
Each of the Original Head Lessee and Parent Guarantor jointly
and severally covenants and agrees with each other party hereto that it shall
not cause or permit to exist a Sublessor's Lien (as defined in the Sublease)
attributable to it or other Lien or disposition of title created by or through
Original Head Lessee, Parent Guarantor or any Affiliate of either thereof which
would have constituted a Sublessor's Lien had the Sublease remained in effect
with respect to the Aircraft or any other portion of the Trust Estate or the
Indenture Estate. Each of the
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Original Head Lessee and Parent Guarantor severally agrees that it will
promptly, at its own expense (and without any right of indemnification or
reimbursement from Lessee), take such action as may be necessary duly to
discharge any such Sublessor's Lien attributable to it or other Lien or
disposition of title created by or through Original Head Lessee, Parent
Guarantor or any Affiliate of either thereof which would have constituted a
Sublessor's Lien had the Sublease remained in effect and to make restitution to
the Trust Estate and the Indenture Estate for any diminution of the assets
thereof resulting therefrom and will indemnify and hold harmless Lessee and each
Indemnitee against any claims incurred or suffered by any such Person and any
reduction in amounts payable out of, or diminution in the assets of, the Trust
Estate or the Indenture Estate resulting from any such Sublessor's Lien
attributable to it or other Lien or disposition of title created by or through
Original Head Lessee, Parent Guarantor or any Affiliate of either thereof which
would have constituted a Sublessor's Lien had the Sublease remained in effect.
In no event will Lessee be liable for any Claims resulting
from, pertaining to, arising from, or related to the granting, creation or
existence of a Lessor's Lien, a Head Lessor's Lien, a Lenders' Lien, or a
Sublessor's Lien (including, without limitation, Claims against Lessor and
Original Head Lessee with respect to Buyer Furnished Equipment) or other Lien or
disposition of title created by or through Original Head Lessee, Parent
Guarantor or any Affiliate of either thereof which would have constituted a
Sublessor's Lien had the Sublease remained in effect.
The Parent Guarantor covenants and agrees that it shall cause
the Original Head Lessee to perform its obligations under this Section 13.
SECTION 14. Certain Additional Provisions Relating to Original
Head Lessee, Parent Guarantor, Trust Company, Owner Trustee and Owner
Participant. (a) Each of Owner Participant and Trust Company hereby agrees with
Lessee and Indenture Trustee (i) to comply with the terms of the Trust
Agreement, (ii) not to amend, supplement, or otherwise modify the Trust
Agreement except in accordance with the terms thereof, provided that any such
amendment, supplement or modification shall not adversely affect the Lessee, and
(iii) not to terminate or revoke the Trust Agreement except in accordance with
the terms thereof, provided that any such termination or revocation shall not
adversely affect the Lessee.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Trust
Agreement or Section 14(a) hereof, but subject always to the provisions of
Section 14(c) hereof, Owner Participant shall
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not consent to or direct a change in the situs of the Trust Estate so long as a
successor Owner Trustee meeting the requirements of the Trust Agreement is
reasonably available at the present situs of the Trust Estate (A) unless the
Indenture Trustee, the Original Head Lessee and Lessee shall have been given 30
days' prior notice thereof and (B) if, within 15 days after notice of such a
proposed change is given to Lessee and the Original Head Lessee, either (1)
Lessee or Original Head Lessee delivers to Owner Participant and Owner Trustee
(at the expense of Owner Participant) an opinion of counsel, which counsel shall
be reasonably satisfactory to Owner Participant and Owner Trustee, to the effect
that such proposed change in the situs of the Trust Estate would have an adverse
effect on the rights or obligations of Lessee or Original Head Lessee or (2)
Lessee or Original Head Lessee delivers to Owner Participant and Owner Trustee
(at the expense of Owner Participant) an opinion of counsel, which counsel shall
be reasonably satisfactory to Owner Participant and Owner Trustee, to the effect
that such proposed change in the situs of the Trust Estate would cause an
increase in the amount for which Lessee may be required to indemnify any Person
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 of the Lease or for which Original Head
Lessee is required to indemnify any Person pursuant to the provisions of the
Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA, unless any and all Persons entitled to
indemnification pursuant to Section 10 of the Lease or applicable provision of
the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA shall waive indemnification under
Section 10 of the Lease or applicable provision of the Amended and Restated Head
Lease TIA for any adverse tax or other consequences to it of such a change in
the situs of the Trust Estate, (C) unless Indenture Trustee receives from Owner
Participant an opinion of counsel, which counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to Indenture Trustee, to the effect that such proposed change in
the situs of the Trust Estate would not have an adverse effect on the validity
or priority of the Lien of the Indenture and that such Uniform Commercial Code
and FAA filings as are required to maintain the validity and priority of the
Lien of Indenture have been made, and (D) such change does not affect the
registration of the Aircraft.
(c) Owner Participant agrees that if, at any time, the Trust
Estate has become, or in Lessee's good faith opinion will become, subject to any
Taxes for which it is indemnified pursuant to Section 10 of the Lease and if, as
a consequence thereof, Lessee should request that the situs of the trust be
moved to another state in the United States of America from the state in which
it is then located, the situs of the trust shall be moved and Owner Participant
will take whatever action may be requested by Lessee that is reasonably
necessary to accomplish such removal; provided that (A) Lessee shall provide
such additional tax indemnification with respect to such change of situs and
request of Lessee as Original Head Lessee, Owner Participant or
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the Indenture Trustee (subject to the exclusions set forth in Section 10(b) of
the Lease and the exclusions in the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA) may
reasonably request, (B) promptly after notice thereof Owner Participant has not
notified Lessee and provided reasonable evidence of an adverse effect on Owner
Participant's rights or obligations under the Trust Agreement, (C) Indenture
Trustee shall have received an opinion of counsel selected by Lessee, which
counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Indenture Trustee, to the effect
that the validity and priority of the Lien of the Indenture Estate will not be
adversely affected by such action, and that such Uniform Commercial Code and FAA
filings as are required to maintain the validity and the priority of the Lien of
the Indenture have been made, (D) Owner Participant and Indenture Trustee shall
have received an opinion or opinions of counsel selected by Owner Participant to
the effect that, with customary exceptions, (I) the trust, as thus removed,
shall remain a validly established trust, (II) any amendments to the Trust
Agreement or the Indenture necessitated by such removal shall have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and shall constitute
the legal, valid and binding obligations of such parties, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, (III) if such removal involves the replacement of
Owner Trustee, an opinion of counsel to such successor Owner Trustee in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Indenture Trustee and to Owner Participant
covering the matters described in the opinion described in Section 3(j) hereof,
and (IV) covering such other matters as Owner Participant or the Indenture
Trustee may reasonably request, and (E) Lessee shall indemnify and hold harmless
on an after tax basis Owner Trustee, Owner Participant and their respective
Affiliates and Indenture Trustee against any and all reasonable and actual costs
and expenses including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements,
registration, recording or filing fees and other Taxes incurred by Owner
Trustee, Owner Participant and their respective Affiliates, or Indenture Trustee
in connection with such change of situs and shall indemnify and hold harmless
Owner Participant, Owner Trustee and their respective Affiliates, and Indenture
Trustee on an after tax basis (subject to the exclusions set forth in Section
10(b) of the Lease and the Amended and Restated Sublease TIA) from and against
any increase in Taxes borne by such Person that results from such change in
situs. In no event shall any change in situs of the trust affect Original Head
Lessee's rights or obligations under the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA.
(d) Owner Trustee or any successor may resign or be removed by
Owner Participant, a successor Owner Trustee may be appointed, and a corporation
may become Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, only in accordance with the
provisions of Article X of the Trust Agreement. Owner Participant agrees
promptly to appoint a successor Owner Trustee in the event that
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Owner Participant has actual knowledge that Owner Trustee is not in compliance
with its covenants contained herein. No successor Owner Trustee shall be
appointed unless Lessee and Indenture Trustee shall have given written consent
thereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Owner Participant
will not instruct Owner Trustee to terminate any Operative Document or take any
action thereunder in violation of the terms thereof. Owner Participant shall not
transfer any interest in the Trust Estate except in compliance with Section 10
hereof and the Trust Company shall not permit Owner Trustee to engage in any
business other than owning and leasing the Aircraft as contemplated hereby.
Lessee shall pay expenses on an after tax basis relating to the resignation or,
if requested by Lessee, the removal of Owner Trustee, provided that the Owner
Participant shall pay expenses relating to the removal of the Owner Trustee, if
such removal was solely at the request of the Owner Participant.
(e) The Trust Company agrees that if at any time it shall
obtain actual knowledge that it has ceased to be or will likely cease to be a
Citizen of the United States, it will promptly resign as Owner Trustee (if and
so long as such citizenship is necessary under such Federal Aviation Act or any
other law to permit the continued registration of the Aircraft in the name of
the Lessor or, if it is not necessary, if and so long as Owner Trustee's
citizenship would have any material adverse effect on any holder of Equipment
Notes, the Lessee or any Permitted Sublessee), effective upon the appointment of
the successor Owner Trustee in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Trust
Agreement.
SECTION 15. Certain Retained Rights and Releases. (a) Each of
Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee, Lessee and Owner Participant hereby agrees to
and confirms that they are bound by the terminations, assignments, delegations,
releases and amendments set forth in or contemplated by Lease Amendment No. 1
and the Amended and Restated Lease.
(b) Each of Parent Guarantor, Original Head Lessee and Lessee
agree as among themselves that the following rights, benefits, obligations and
liabilities (such rights, benefits, obligations and liabilities are,
collectively, the "Retained Sublease Rights and Obligations"), shall survive the
termination of the Sublease and the Sublease Guaranty: (i) Lessee, Original Head
Lessee and Parent Guarantor shall retain all rights, benefits, obligations and
liabilities under the Sublease, including that Sublessee shall remain liable for
all of its obligations under Sections 10 and 13 of the Sublease, with respect to
the period up to (but excluding) the Restatement Date and each of Parent
Guarantor, Original Head Lessee and Lessee shall retain all rights and
liabilities under any provision of the Sublease which by the express terms
thereof survives the
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termination or expiration thereof (including, without limitation, any such
liability arising from and including the Restatement Date under the Sublease in
respect of the period up to (but excluding), or acts or omissions or
circumstances arising prior to (but excluding), the Restatement Date), (ii) all
rights, benefits, obligations and liabilities under the Sublease TIA (which
rights, benefits, obligations and liabilities are amended and restated as of the
Restatement Date) and (iii) Original Head Lessee and Parent Guarantor shall
remain liable to Sublessee under the Sublease and the Sublease Guaranty for
Sublessor's Liens (as therein defined); all of which rights, benefits,
obligations and liabilities shall expressly survive the termination of the
Sublease and the Sublease Guaranty. In furtherance of the foregoing, it is
agreed that (x) Original Head Lessee shall continue to be liable to the
Sublessee as and to the extent provided hereunder for removal of Sublessor's
Liens and (y) Parent Guarantor is hereby released from any and all obligations
and liabilities under the Sublease Guaranty, other than in respect of the
obligations and liabilities of the Original Head Lessee in respect of
Sublessor's Liens as provided above.
(c) Each of the Lessee, Owner Trustee and Owner Participant
agree as among themselves that the following rights, benefits, obligations and
liabilities shall survive the termination of the Sublease: Lessee, and Owner
Trustee, Owner Participant and the other "Indemnitees" (as such term is defined
in the Sublease) other than Original Head Lessee and Parent Guarantor, shall
retain all rights, benefits, obligations and liabilities under the Sublease,
including that Sublessee shall remain liable for all of its obligations under
Sections 10 and 13 of the Sublease, with respect to the period up to (but
excluding) the Restatement Date and each of Lessee, Owner Trustee and Owner
Participant shall retain all rights and liabilities under any provision of the
Sublease which by the express terms thereof survives the termination thereof
(including, without limitation, any such liability arising on or after the
Restatement Date under the Sublease in respect of the period up to (but
excluding), or acts or omissions or circumstances arising prior to (but
excluding), the Restatement Date), all of which rights, benefits, obligations
and liabilities shall expressly survive the termination of the Sublease. In
furtherance of the foregoing, it is agreed by Sublessee that the indemnities
contained in Sections 10 and 13 of the Sublease are expressly made for the
benefit of and shall be enforceable by each Indemnitee (as such term is defined
in the Sublease).
(d) Except with respect to the Sublease and the Sublease TIA
to the extent provided in Section 15(b) and (c) hereof, it is expressly
understood and agreed by each of the parties hereto that the Original Head
Lessee and the Parent
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Guarantor shall, as of the Restatement Date, have no liabilities or obligations
under the "Operative Documents" (as defined in the Original Head Lease as in
effect immediately prior to (but excluding) the Restatement Date and excluding
the Head Lease TIA (which rights, benefits, obligations and liabilities are
amended and restated as of the Restatement Date)) and are released from all such
obligations and liabilities, except the Original Head Lessee and the Parent
Guarantor pursuant to the Parent Head Lease Guaranty (i) shall continue to be
liable to the parties hereto for the removal of any Sublessor's Liens and (ii)
(without releasing Sublessor as provided in the Sublease) each of the Original
Head Lessee, the Parent Guarantor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and
the Owner Participant agree as among themselves and for the benefit of the other
"Indemnitees" (as such term is defined in the Original Head Lease) that all
rights, benefits, obligations and liabilities under Sections 7(c) and 7(d) of
the Participation Agreement with respect to the period up to (but excluding) the
Restatement Date and under any other provision of the Participation Agreement
which by the express terms thereof survives the termination thereof (including,
without limitation, any such liability arising from and including the
Restatement Date under the Participation Agreement in respect of the period up
to (but excluding), or acts or omissions or circumstances arising prior to (but
excluding), the Restatement Date) shall survive the termination of the
Participation Agreement, the Original Head Lease and the Parent Head Lease
Guaranty (the foregoing surviving rights, benefits, obligations and liabilities
of Parent Guarantor and Original Head Lessee, are, collectively, the "Retained
Head Lease Rights and Obligations"). In furtherance of the foregoing, the
parties hereto consent and agree that the Parent Guarantor is hereby released
from any and all "Obligations" under and as defined in the Parent Head Lease
Guaranty, except in respect of the Retained Head Lease Rights and Obligations
and except in respect of the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA, the
"Obligations" in respect of which shall continue in full force and effect in
accordance with the Parent Head Lease Guaranty and are hereby ratified and
confirmed by the Parent Guarantor.
SECTION 16. Certain Additional Obligations of the Lessee, the
Owner Trustee, the Owner Participant and the Indenture Trustee. Each of Lessee,
Owner Trustee, Owner Participant and Indenture Trustee hereby covenants and
agrees for the benefit of each other that it will be bound by the terms of the
other Operative Documents to which it or its applicable trustee is a party, and
comply with and perform its agreements, covenants and indemnities set forth in
the other Operative Documents to which it or its applicable trustee is a party,
as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as permitted
hereby.
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SECTION 17. Lessee Protection of Title. Each of the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee agrees to execute and deliver such documents
or other instruments as the Lessee may reasonably request to enable the Lessee
to perform its obligations under Section 15 of the Lease for the benefit of such
Person.
SECTION 18. Jurisdictional and Related Matters.
(a) Jurisdiction. Each of Owner Participant, Owner Trustee,
Trust Company, Indenture Trustee, Original Head Lessee, Parent Guarantor and
Lessee (i) hereby irrevocably submits for itself and its property to the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in New York
County, and to the nonexclusive 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 Lease or any other Operative
Document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and (ii)
hereby waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or
otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, any immunity (including, without limitation, sovereign
immunity), that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient
forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper, or that
this Agreement, the Lease or any other Operative Document or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby may not be enforced in or by such
courts.
(b) Service of Process. Lessee generally consents to service
of process by registered mail, return receipt requested, addressed to it at ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ or such other office of Lessee as
from time to time may be designated by Lessee in writing to Owner Trustee,
Original Head Lessee, Owner Participant and Indenture Trustee. Parent Guarantor
hereby appoints Paul, Hastings, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, Attention: ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, as its
agent for service of process, and covenants and agrees that service of process
in any suit, action or proceeding may be made upon it at the office of such
agent or such other office of Parent Guarantor or such other agent, as from time
to time may be designated by Parent Guarantor in writing to Owner Trustee, Owner
Participant and Indenture Trustee. Original Head Lessee hereby generally
consents to service of process by registered mail, return receipt requested,
addressed to it at c/o GPA Corporation, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ or such other office of Original Head Lessee as from time to
time may be designated by Original Head Lessee in writing to Owner Trustee,
Owner Participant and Indenture Trustee. Owner Participant generally consents to
service of process by registered mail, return receipt requested,
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addressed to it at ________________________________ or such other office of
Owner Participant as from time to time may be designated by Owner Participant in
writing to Owner Trustee, Original Head Lessee, Lessee and Indenture Trustee.
Owner Trustee generally consents to service of process by registered mail,
return receipt requested, addressed to it at ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Square North, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ or such other office of Owner
Trustee as from time to time may be designated by Owner Trustee in writing to
Owner Participant, Original Head Lessee, Lessee and Indenture Trustee. Indenture
Trustee generally consents to service of process by registered mail, return
receipt requested, addressed to it at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ or such other office of Indenture Trustee as from time to time
may be designated in writing to Owner Participant, Original Head Lessee, Owner
Trustee and Lessee.
(c) Judgments. A final judgment (the enforcement of which has
not been stayed) against Owner Participant, Owner Trustee, Lessee, Original Head
Lessee, Parent Guarantor and Indenture Trustee obtained in any suit in the court
of the State of New York in New York County or in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York shall be conclusive, and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on the judgment, a certified or true copy of which shall be conclusive
evidence of the fact and of the amount of any indebtedness or liability of
Lessee therein described; provided that the plaintiff at its option may bring
suit, or institute other judicial proceedings against, Lessee or any of its
assets in the courts of any country or place where Lessee or such assets may be
found.
SECTION 19. Limitation on Recourse. The provisions of Section
2.03(a) of the Indenture are hereby incorporated herein by reference mutatis
mutandis as fully and with the same force and effect as if set forth in full.
SECTION 20. Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided
herein, all notices required or permitted by the terms of this Agreement shall
be in English and in writing, and shall be sent to the Original Head Lessee, the
Parent Guarantor, Lessee, the Owner Participant, the Owner Trustee, the Pass
Through Trustee, the Subordination Agent or the Indenture Trustee, at their
respective addresses or facsimile numbers set forth below the signatures of such
parties at the foot of this Agreement and any such notice shall become effective
when received.
SECTION 21. Expenses. (a) Subject to receipt by the Original
Head Lessee of invoices therefor in reasonable detail prior to the Restatement
Date, all of the reasonable out-of-
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pocket costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Lessee, the Owner Trustee, the
Owner Participant, the Pass Through Trustee, the Subordination Agent, the
Liquidity Provider, the Indenture Trustee and the Original Certificate Holders
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other
Operative Documents, the Lease, the Pass Through Trust Agreements, the
Intercreditor Agreement, the Liquidity Facilities and the Underwriting Agreement
(except, in each case, as otherwise provided therein) shall be paid on or prior
to the Closing by the Original Head Lessee, including, without limitation:
(1) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements allocable
to the Equipment Notes issued under the Indenture of (A) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ &
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Pass Through Trustee, the
Subordination Agent and the Indenture Trustee, (B) Morris, James,
Hitchens & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel for the Owner Trustee, (C)
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma and (D) Milbank, Tweed, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel for
the Underwriters;
(2) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of
Hunton & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel for the Owner
Participant;
(3) the fees, expenses and disbursements of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇
L.L.P. and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel for the Lessee;
(4) underwriting fees and commissions;
(5) the initial fees and expenses of the Liquidity Provider,
the Pass Through Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and
the Subordination Agent;
(6) the costs of filing and recording documents with the FAA
and filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in the United
States of America; and
(7) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of White &
Case, special counsel for the Liquidity Provider.
(b) In the event that the transactions contemplated by this
Section 21 and the agreements referred to herein are not consummated, the
Original Head Lessee shall bear and pay all costs, expenses and fees referred to
in this Section 21.
(c) The Lessee agrees to pay the amounts it is
obligated to pay under Section 21(j) of the Lease.
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SECTION 22. Reliance of Liquidity Provider. Each of the
parties hereto agrees and acknowledges that the Liquidity Provider shall be a
third party beneficiary of each of the representations and warranties made
herein by such party, and that the Liquidity Provider may rely on such
representations and warranties to the same extent as if such representations and
warranties were made to the Liquidity Provider directly. The terms of this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Liquidity Provider, its successors
and permitted assigns.
SECTION 23. Miscellaneous. (a) Provided that the transactions
contemplated hereby have been consummated, and except as otherwise provided for
herein, the representations and warranties herein of the Original Head Lessee,
the Parent Guarantor, the Lessee, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Owner Participant, the Subordination Agent and the Pass Through Trustee shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts (and each of the parties hereto shall not
be required to execute the same counterpart). Each counterpart of this
Agreement, including a signature page 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. Neither this Agreement nor any of the
terms hereof may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or modified
orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by each party hereto; and no
such termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or modification shall be
effective unless a signed copy thereof shall have been delivered to each party
hereto. The index preceding this Agreement and the headings of the various
Sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not
modify, define, expand or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof. The terms
of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the
Original Head Lessee and its successors and permitted assigns, the Parent
Guarantor and its successors and permitted assigns, the Lessee and its
successors and permitted assigns, the Pass Through Trustee and its successors as
Pass Through Trustee (and any additional trustee appointed) under any of the
Pass Through Trust Agreements, the Indenture Trustee and its successors as
Indenture Trustee (and any additional Indenture Trustee appointed) under the
Indenture, the Subordination Agent and its successors as Subordination Agent
under the Intercreditor Agreement, the Owner Trustee and its successors as Owner
Trustee under the Trust Agreement, and the Owner Participant and its successors
and permitted assigns. No purchaser or holder of any Equipment Notes shall be
deemed to be a successor or assign of any holder of the Original Certificates.
(b) Upon the release of the Aircraft from the lien of the
Indenture and the termination of the Indenture pursuant to
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and in accordance with Section 10.01 thereof, each requirement in the Operative
Documents that the consent of Indenture Trustee be obtained or that the
Indenture Trustee be given notice shall be of no further force and effect.
(c) The Lessee agrees for the express benefit of the Indenture
Trustee to perform its obligations under Section 8(k) of the Lease.
(d) The parties hereto agree for the benefit of the Lessee
that the Lessee can rely on the options, elections, determinations, consents,
approvals, waivers and notices given, exercised or made by the Owner Trustee
under the Lease to the extent reserved to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section
5.10(d) of the Indenture.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Operative
Document, the parties hereto hereby agree that the Put Termination Agreement and
the Deed of Indemnity (as such terms are defined herein) shall not constitute
Operative Documents or Financing Documents.
SECTION 24. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. THIS AGREEMENT IS BEING DELIVERED IN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 25. Effectiveness. The parties hereto agree that this
Agreement shall be effective among all such parties on and as of the Restatement
Date.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers there unto duly
authorized as of the day and year first above written.
AMERICA WEST AIRLINES, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telex: 755089 (Answerback: AMERWEST)
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopier: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Senior Vice President -
Legal Affairs
GPA LEASING USA SUB I, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address: c/o GPA Corporation
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopier: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Company Secretary
GPA GROUP plc
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇
Telecopier: 011-353-61360-000
Attention: Company Secretary
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WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity, except as expressly provided herein, but
solely as Owner Trustee
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Square North
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopier: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
[___________________________________]
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
Telephone:
Telecopier:
Attention:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, not in its individual
capacity, except as otherwise provided herein, but
solely as Indenture Trustee
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopier: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK, not in its individual
capacity, except as otherwise provided herein, but
solely as Subordination Agent
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopier: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, not in its individual
capacity, except as otherwise provided herein, but
solely as Pass Through Trustee
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopier: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
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SCHEDULE I to
Refunding Agreement
PASS THROUGH TRUST AGREEMENTS
1. Pass Through Trust Agreement, dated as of November 26, 1996, between
America West Airlines, Inc. and Fleet National Bank, as supplemented by
Trust Supplement No. 1996-1A, dated November 26, 1996.
2. Pass Through Trust Agreement, dated as of November 26, 1996, between
America West Airlines, Inc. and Fleet National Bank, as supplemented by
Trust Supplement No. 1996-1B, dated November 26, 1996.
3. Pass Through Trust Agreement, dated as of November 26, 1996, between
America West Airlines, Inc. and Fleet National Bank, as supplemented by
Trust Supplement No. 1996-1C, dated November 26, 1996.
4. Pass Through Trust Agreement, dated as of November 26, 1996, between
America West Airlines, Inc. and Fleet National Bank, as supplemented by
Trust Supplement No. 1996-1D, dated November 26, 1996.
5. Pass Through Trust Agreement, dated as of November 26, 1996, between
America West Airlines, Inc. and Fleet National Bank, as supplemented by
Trust Supplement No. 1996-1E, dated November 26, 1996.
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SCHEDULE II to Refunding Agreement
EQUIPMENT NOTES, PASS THROUGH TRUSTS AND PURCHASE PRICE
Pass Through Principal Maturity Interest Purchase
Trusts Amount Date Rate Price
------------ --------- -------- -------- --------
Class A $ 11,897,518 02-Jan-2009 6.85% $ 11,897,518
Class B $ 4,413,774 02-Jul-2005 6.93% $ 4,413,774
Class C $ 4,552,621 02-Jan-2002 6.86% $ 4,552,621
Class D $ 4,249,113 02-Jan-2002 8.16% $ 4,249,113
Class E $ 2,541,597 02-Jul-2002 10.50% $ 2,541,597
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SCHEDULE III to
Refunding Agreement
HOLDERS OF EQUIPMENT NOTES
Payment Instructions
Fleet National Bank, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attn: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, Corporate Trust Administration, Ref. AWA, for the account of
Fleet National Bank Account No. ABA #▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ACCT. # 0067548290.
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EXHIBIT A to
REFUNDING AGREEMENT
TRANSFEREE'S PARENT GUARANTEE
[GPA 1990 AWA-16]
TRANSFEREE'S PARENT GUARANTEE [GPA 1990 AWA-16], dated as of
____________ by _________________, a ________________________ corporation
("Guarantor") to and for the benefit of Indenture Trustee (individually and as
trustee), the Original Head Lessee, Owner Trustee and Lessee referred to in the
Refunding Agreement described below (collectively, together with their permitted
successors and assigns, "Beneficiaries" and, individually, a "Beneficiary").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, _________________________________, a Delaware
corporation ("Transferor"), is the Owner Participant under that certain
Refunding Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16], dated as of November 20, 1996 among
Lessee, Original Head Lessee, Parent Guarantor, Owner Trustee, Transferor, Pass
Through Trustee, Subordination Agent and Indenture Trustee, as amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time (the "Refunding Agreement");
WHEREAS, Transferor wishes to transfer, except to the extent
expressly reserved to Transferor, all of its right, title and interest in and to
the Refunding Agreement, the Trust Estate, the other Operative Documents to
which Transferor is a party, certain other agreements, instruments and documents
in its capacity as Owner Participant under the Refunding Agreement and all
proceeds therefrom as set forth in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated
the date hereof between Transferor and _____________________, a
________________________ corporation ("Transferee"); and
WHEREAS, the terms of the Refunding Agreement provide that the
aforementioned transfer is conditioned upon the execution and delivery of this
Guarantee by Guarantor;
NOW, THEREFORE, Guarantor hereby agrees with and for the
benefit of Beneficiaries as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Guarantee, terms defined in
the Refunding Agreement are used herein as therein defined, unless otherwise
defined herein.
2. Guarantee.
(a) Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees to Beneficiaries and their respective successors, endorsees,
transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment by Transferee when due
(whether at the stated maturity,
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by acceleration or otherwise) of, and the faithful performance of, and
compliance with, all payment obligations of Transferee under the Refunding
Agreement, the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA and each other Operative
Document to which Owner Participant is a party and each other Operative Document
to which Transferee is a party or by which either is bound (collectively, the
"Relevant Documents"), strictly in accordance with the terms thereof and the
timely performance of all other obligations of Transferee thereunder (such
payment and other obligations, the "Obligations"), and Guarantor further agrees
to pay any and all expenses (including, without limitation, all fees and
disbursements of counsel) that may be paid or incurred by Beneficiaries in
enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect
to, or collecting, any or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights
with respect to, or collecting against, Guarantor under this Guarantee.
(b) No payment or payments made by Transferee, Guarantor, any
other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by any Beneficiary
from Transferee, Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other person by virtue of
any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any
time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall
be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of
Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations are paid and performed in full.
(c) If for any reason any Obligation to be performed or
observed by Transferee (whether affirmative or negative in character) shall not
be observed or performed, or if any amount payable by Transferee referred to in
Section 1(a) hereof shall not be paid promptly when due and payable, Guarantor
shall promptly perform or observe or cause to be performed or observed each such
Obligation or undertaking and shall forthwith pay such amount at the place and
to the person or entity entitled thereto pursuant to the Relevant Documents
regardless of whether or not Lessee, Original Head Lessee, Owner Trustee, Pass
Through Trustee, Subordination Agent, Indenture Trustee, or anyone on behalf of
any of them shall have instituted any suit, action or proceeding or exhausted
its remedies or taken any steps to enforce any rights against Transferee or any
other person or entity to compel any such performance or to collect all or any
part of such amount pursuant to the provisions of the Relevant Documents or at
law or in equity, or otherwise, and regardless of any other condition or
contingency.
3. No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments
made by Guarantor hereunder or any setoff or application of funds of Guarantor
by any Beneficiary, Guarantor shall not be entitled to be subrogated to any of
the rights of any Beneficiary against Transferee or any collateral, security or
guarantee or
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right of set-off held by any Beneficiary for the payment of the Obligations, nor
shall Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any reimbursement from Transferee in
respect of payments made by Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts and
performance owing to Beneficiaries by Transferee on account of the Obligations
are paid and performed in full.
4. Amendments, etc., with respect to the Obligations; Waiver
of Rights. The Guarantor shall remain fully obligated hereunder notwithstanding
that, without any reservation of rights against the Guarantor and without notice
to or further assent by the Guarantor, any demand for payment or performance of
any of the Obligations made by any Beneficiary may be rescinded by such party
and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of
any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or
guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to
time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated,
compromised, waived, surrendered or released by any Beneficiary and any Relevant
Document and/or any collateral security document or other guarantee or document
in connection therewith, may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated,
in whole or in part, as the parties thereto may deem advisable from time to
time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held
by any beneficiary for the payment or performance of the Obligations may be
sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. No beneficiary shall have any
obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any lien at any time held by it
as security for the Obligations or for this Guarantee or any property subject
thereto. When making any demand hereunder against the Guarantor, a Beneficiary
may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the
Transferee or any other guarantor, and any failure by a Beneficiary to make any
such demand or to collect any payments from the Transferee or any such other
guarantor or any release of the Transferee or such other guarantor shall not
relieve the Guarantor of its obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not
impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter of
law, of any Beneficiary against the Guarantor. For purposes hereof, "demand"
shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings. The
Guarantor represents and warrants that it owns, directly or indirectly, at least
the portion of the capital stock of the Transferee required by the Refunding
Agreement and that, except as otherwise provided in Section 5 hereof, its
obligations hereunder shall continue unimpaired, even if the Guarantor no longer
owns, directly or indirectly, such portion of the capital stock of the
Transferee.
5. Transfer of Interest in Transferee. Guarantor shall not
assign, convey or otherwise transfer to any person (a) any of its interest in
Transferee unless in connection therewith,
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Guarantor assigns its rights and obligations hereunder to a guarantor which
meets the requirements of Section 10 of the Refunding Agreement; provided that
nothing contained in this Section 5 shall be construed to prohibit any merger,
consolidation or other corporate restructuring of Transferee or Guarantor so
long as the resulting corporation meets the requirements of Section 10 of the
Refunding Agreement and assumes the obligations of the corporation merged or
consolidated into.
6. Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. The Guarantor waives
any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the
Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Beneficiary upon this
Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee; the Obligations, and any of them,
shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or
renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon this Guarantee; and all
dealings between the Transferee or the Guarantor and any Beneficiary shall
likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance
upon this Guarantee. The Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest,
demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Transferee
or the Guarantor with respect to the Obligations. The Guarantor understands and
agrees that this Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and
unconditional guarantee of payment and performance (and not merely of
collectibility) without regard to (a) the validity, regularity or enforceability
of any Relevant Document, any of the Obligations or any collateral security
therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or
from time to time held by any Beneficiary, (b) any defense, set-off or
counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) that may at any
time be available to or be asserted by the Transferee against any Beneficiary,
or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge
of the Transferee or the Guarantor) that constitutes, or might be construed to
constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Transferee for the
Obligations, or of the Guarantor under this Guarantee, in bankruptcy or in any
other instance. When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against the
Guarantor, any Beneficiary may, but shall be under no obligation to, pursue such
rights and remedies as it may have against the Transferee or any other person or
entity or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or
any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by any Beneficiary to
pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the
Transferee or any such other person or entity or to realize upon any such
collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any
release of the Transferee or any such other person or entity or any such
collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve the
Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights
and
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remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of any
Beneficiary against the Guarantor. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and
effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon the
Guarantor and the successors and assigns thereof, and shall inure to the benefit
of the Beneficiaries, and their respective successors, endorsees, transferees
and assigns, until all of the Obligations and the Obligations of the Guarantor
under this Agreement shall have been satisfied by payment and performance in
full. The Guarantor further agrees that, without limiting the generality of this
Guarantee, if any Beneficiary (or any assignee thereof) shall be prevented by
applicable law from exercising its remedies (or any of them) against the
Transferee under any Operative Document, such Beneficiary (or any assignee
thereof) shall be entitled to receive hereunder from the Guarantor, upon demand
therefor, the sums that would have otherwise been due from the Transferee had
such remedies been able to be exercised.
7. Reinstatement. This Guarantee shall continue to be
effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any
part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be
restored or returned by any beneficiary upon the insolvency, bankruptcy,
dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Transferee or the Guarantor,
or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or
conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Transferee or the
Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though
such payments had not been made. The Guarantor shall not commence any "case" (as
defined in Title 11 of the United States Code) against the Transferee.
8. Payments. The Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments
hereunder shall be paid without set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding,
and shall be made in U.S. Dollars. If any payment hereunder is subject to
deduction or withholding, Guarantor shall pay an additional amount such that,
after deduction of all amounts required to be deducted or withheld, the net
amount actually received will equal the amount that would have been received had
such deduction or withholding not been required.
9. Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor hereby
represents and warrants that:
(a) the Guarantor is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and has the corporate power and authority and the legal
right to own and operate its property, to lease the property it
operates and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged;
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(b) the Guarantor has the corporate power and authority and
the legal right to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations
under, this Guarantee, and has taken all necessary corporate action to
authorize its execution, delivery and performance of this Guarantee;
(c) this Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance of this Guarantee
will not violate any provision of any requirement of law or contractual
obligation of the Guarantor and will not result in or require the
creation or imposition of any lien on any of the properties or revenues
of the Guarantor pursuant to any requirement of law or contractual
obligation of the Guarantor;
(e) no consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act
by or in respect of, any arbitrator or governmental authority and no
consent of any other person (including, without limitation, any
stockholder or creditor of the Guarantor) is required in connection
with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability
of this Guarantee;
(f) no litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before
any arbitrator or governmental authority is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Guarantor, threatened by or against the Guarantor or
against any of its properties or revenues (i) with respect to this
Guarantee or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) that
could have a material adverse effect on the business, operations,
property or financial or other condition of the Guarantor;
[(g) the balance sheet of the Guarantor as at
_________________ and the related statement of income and retained
earnings for the fiscal year then ended (copies of which have
heretofore been furnished to each Beneficiary) have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied
consistently throughout the period involved, are complete and correct
and present fairly the financial condition of the Guarantor as at such
date and the results of its operations for such fiscal year; since
such date there has been no material adverse change in the business,
operations, property or financial or other condition of the Guarantor;
the Guarantor has no material contingent obligation, contingent
liability or liability for
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taxes, long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment that
is not reflected in the foregoing statements or in the notes thereto;
and](1)
(h) the Guarantor is [type of legal personality] with a
[combined capital, surplus and undivided profits] [tangible net worth]
of at least $60,000,000.
10. Severability. Any provision of this Guarantee that 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.
11. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No Beneficiary shall by
any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 13 hereof), delay,
indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy
hereunder or to have acquiesced in any breach of any of the terms and conditions
hereof. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any
Beneficiary, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege
hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by a Beneficiary of any right
or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any
right or remedy that such Beneficiary would otherwise have on any future
occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be
exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies
provided by law.
12. Integration. This Guarantee represents the entire
agreement of Guarantor with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are
no promises or representations by any Beneficiary relative to the subject matter
hereof not reflected herein.
13. Amendments and Waivers. None of the terms or provisions of
this Guarantee may be waived, amended or supplemented or otherwise modified
except by a written instrument executed by Guarantor and each Beneficiary.
14. Section Headings. The Section headings used in this
Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and not to
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(1) This representation is not applicable if Transferee is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Owner Participant.
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affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the
interpretation hereof.
15. Successors and Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding
upon the successors and assigns of Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of
Beneficiaries and their respective successors and assigns.
16. GOVERNING LAW. THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
17. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
Guarantor or any Beneficiary to be effective shall be in writing or by
telegraph, telex or telecopy and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein,
shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand, or, in
the case of mail, two days after deposit in the postal system, first class
postage pre-paid, or, in the case of telegraphic notice, when sent, answerback
received, addressed to (a) in the case of the Guarantor, the address provided on
the signature page hereof, and (b) in the case of any Beneficiary, the address
provided for such party in the Refunding Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Guarantee
to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the day
and the year first above written.
[NAME OF GUARANTOR]
By: __________________________
Title:
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EXHIBIT B to
REFUNDING AGREEMENT
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
[GPA 1990 AWA-16]
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT [GPA 1990 AWA-16]
("Assignment") dated as of _____________, between ______________, a ___________
corporation ("Assignor") and ________________, a __________ corporation
("Assignee") entered into for the benefit of Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee,
Original Head Lessee and Lessee referred to in the Refunding Agreement mentioned
below.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to effect (a) the transfer
by Assignor to Assignee of all of the right, title and interest of the Assignor
(except as reserved below) in, under and with respect to, among other things,
(i) the Refunding Agreement, dated as of November 20, 1996, among American West
Airlines, Inc., Assignor, GPA Leasing USA Sub I, Inc., GPA Group plc, Wilmington
Trust Company, as Owner Trustee, Fleet National Bank, as Pass Through Trustee,
____________________________, Fleet National Bank, as Subordination Agent, and
Fleet National Bank, as Indenture Trustee, as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time (the "Refunding Agreement"), (ii) the Trust Agreement
identified in the Refunding Agreement, (iii) the Trust Estate (as defined in the
Trust Agreement), (iv) the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA identified in the
Refunding Agreement, (v) the proceeds therefrom and (vi) the Indenture (as
defined in the Refunding Agreement) and (b) the assumption by Assignee of the
obligations of Assignor accruing thereunder;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Refunding Agreement.
For purposes of this Assignment, the defined term "Operative Document" shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Refunding Agreement and shall be deemed
to include the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA.
2. Assignment. Assignor has sold, conveyed, assigned,
transferred and set over, and does hereby sell, convey, assign, transfer and set
over, unto Assignee, as of the date hereof, all of its right, title and interest
in, under and with respect to the Refunding Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the
Trust Estate, the Amended and Restated Head Lease TIA, the Indenture, all of the
other Operative Documents to which Assignor is a party or any other contract,
agreement, document or instrument relating to the Trust Estate by which Assignor
is bound, and any proceeds therefrom, together with all other documents and
instruments evidencing any of such right, title and interest, except such
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rights of Assignor as have accrued to Assignor prior to the date hereof
(including specifically, but without limitation, the right to receive any
amounts due or accrued to Assignor under the Trust Agreement as of a date prior
to such date and the right to receive any indemnity payment pursuant to the
Refunding Agreement or the Lease with respect to events occurring prior to such
date).
3. Assumption. Assignee hereby undertakes all of the duties
and obligations of Assignor whenever accrued (other than duties and obligations
of Assignor required to be performed by it on or prior to the date hereof under
the Operative Documents to which Owner Participant is a party and any of the
other Operative Documents by which Assignor is bound or any other contract,
agreement, document or other instrument relating to the Trust Estate to which
Assignor is a party or by which it is bound), pursuant to the Trust Agreement
and any of the other Operative Documents by which Assignor is bound or any other
contract, agreement, document or other instrument relating to the Trust Estate
to which Assignor is a party or by which it is bound, and hereby confirms that
it shall be deemed a party to the Trust Agreement and shall be bound by each of
the other Operative Documents and each other contract, agreement, document or
other instrument relating to the Trust Estate to which Assignor is a party or by
which it is bound as if therein named as Trustor.
4. Release of Assignor. Except for liabilities not assumed as
provided in Section 3 hereof, upon the execution of this Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, Assignor shall have no further duty or obligation under
the Operative Documents to which Owner Participant is a party or under any of
the other Operative Documents by which Assignor is bound or under any other
contract, agreement, document or other instrument relating to the Trust Estate
to which Assignor is a party or by which it is bound; provided, however, that
Assignor shall in no event be released from any obligation under the Operative
Documents with respect to Claims or other claims thereunder by or against
Assignor which have accrued or been made prior to the date of transfer.
5. Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact. In furtherance of the
within assignment, Assignor hereby constitutes and appoints Assignee, and its
successors and assign, the true and lawful attorneys of Assignor, with full
power of substitution, in the name of Assignee or in the name of Assignor but on
behalf of and for the benefit of and at the expense of Assignee, to collect for
the account of Assignee all items sold, transferred or assigned to Assignee
pursuant hereto; to institute and prosecute, in the name of Assignor or
otherwise, but at the expense of Assignee, all proceedings that Assignee may
deem proper in order to collect, assert or enforce any claim, right or title of
any kind in or to the items sold, transferred or assigned; to defend and
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compromise at the expense of Assignee any and all actions, suits or proceedings
as to title to or interest in any of the property acquired by Assignee; and to
do all such acts and things in relation thereto at the expense of Assignee as
Assignee shall reasonably deem advisable. Assignor hereby acknowledges that this
appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable by Assignor in any
manner or for any reason.
6. Payments. Assignor hereby covenants and agrees to pay over
to Assignee, if and when received following the date hereof, any amounts
(including any sums payable as interest in respect thereof) paid to or for the
benefit of Assignor that, under Section 2 hereof, belong to Assignee, and
Assignee hereby covenants and agrees to pay over to Assignor, if and when
received following the date hereof, any amounts (including any sums payable as
interest in respect thereof) paid to or for the benefit of Assignee that, under
Section 2 hereof, belong to Assignor.
7. Investment Purpose. Assignee hereby represents that it is
acquiring the Trust Estate interests and other interests hereby assigned to it
without a view to the distribution or resale of either thereof.
8. Representations and Warranties. Assignee represents and
warrants that:
(a) it has all requisite power and authority and legal right
to enter into and carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to
carry out and perform the transactions of Owner Participant as
contemplated by the Operative Documents;
(b) on the date hereof it is a "citizen of the United States"
within the meaning of Section 40102(a)(15) of the Federal Aviation Act
and the rules and regulations of the FAA thereunder;
(c) on and as of the date hereof, the representations and
warranties of Owner Participant set forth in Section 9 of the Refunding
Agreement and as set forth in any other Agreement to which Owner
Participant is a party are true and correct as to Assignee;
(d) it is a permitted Transferee under Section 10 of the
Refunding Agreement;
(e) Assignee or its guarantor has a [combined capital, surplus
and undivided profits] [tangible net worth] of not less than
$60,000,000.
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9. Governing Law. This Assignment and Assumption Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Assignment and Assumption Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[ASSIGNOR]
By:________________________________
Title:
[ASSIGNEE]
By:________________________________
Title:
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EXHIBIT C to
REFUNDING AGREEMENT
LIST OF COUNTRIES
Australia
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Japan
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Singapore
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
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EXHIBIT D to
REFUNDING AGREEMENT
FORM OF INSURANCE BROKER'S REPORT
[see attached]
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ANNEX A to REFUNDING AGREEMENT
FAA DOCUMENTS
Documents Filed on the Restatement Date
(a) Trust Agreement Supplement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] No. 2 dated
November 26, 1996 (the "Trust Agreement Supplement") between
the Owner Trustee and the Owner Participant, amending the
Trust Agreement, which Trust Agreement Supplement was filed
with the FAA at 12:20 p.m., C.S.T. on November 26, 1996;
(b) First Amended and Restated Trust Indenture and Security
Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated as of November 26, 1996 (the
"Amended and Restated Indenture") between the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee, amending and restating the Original
Indenture with attached thereto Trust Agreement and Indenture
Supplement No. 2 [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated November 26, 1996
(the "Indenture Supplement") with respect to the Aircraft,
which Amended and Restated Indenture with the Indenture
Supplement attached was filed with the FAA at 12:21 p.m.,
C.S.T. on November 26, 1996;
(c) Assignment and Amendment No. 1 and Sublease Termination
Agreement dated as of November 26, 1996 (the "Lease
Amendment") among the Original Head Lessee, as assignor, the
Owner Trustee, as lessor, the Lessee, as successor lessee, and
the Indenture Trustee, which (i) assigns all right, title and
interest of the Original Head Lessee in and to the Original
Head Lease to the Lessee, (ii) terminates the Sublease and
(iii) releases the Sublease Collateral Assignment, which Lease
Amendment was filed with the FAA at 12:22 p.m., C.S.T. on
November 26, 1996; and
(d) Amended and Restated Aircraft Lease Agreement [GPA 1990
AWA-16] dated as of September 21, 1990 and amended and
restated as of November 26, 1996 (the "Amended and Restated
Lease") between the owner Trustee, as lessor, and the Lessee,
as successor lessee, amending and restating the Original Head
Lease, with Lease Supplement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] No. 3 dated
November 26, 1996 (the "Lease Supplement") between the Owner
Trustee, as lessor, and the Lessee, as successor lessee, with
respect to the Aircraft, attached thereto, which Amended and
Restated Lease with the Lease Supplement attached was filed
with the FAA at 12:23 p.m., C.S.T. on November 26, 1996.
Trust Agreement
Trust Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated as of September 21,
1990 between __________________________, as owner
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participant, and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee, as supplemented by
Trust Agreement Supplement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] No. 1 dated September 28, 1990.
Original Indenture
Trust Indenture and Security Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA- 16]
dated as of September 21, 1990 between Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee
under Trust Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated as of September 21, 1990, and
Fleet National Bank (formerly known as Fleet National Bank of Connecticut,
Shawmut Bank Connecticut, National Association, and The Connecticut National
Bank), as indenture trustee, which was recorded by the Federal Aviation
Administration on September 28, 1990 and assigned Conveyance No. P92334, as
supplemented and amended by the following described instruments:
Date of FAA FAA
Instrument Instrument Recording Date Conveyance No.
Trust Indenture
Supplement No. 1 09/28/90 09/28/90 P92334
Amendment No. 1 to
Trust Indenture and
Security Agreement
[GPA 1990 AWA-16] 03/27/92 05/18/92 EE003012
Amendment No. 2 to
Trust Indenture and
Security Agreement as of
[GPA 1990 AWA-16] 07/29/93 08/04/93 FS9676
Original Head Lease
Aircraft Lease Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated as of
September 21, 1990 between Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee under Trust
Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated as of September 21, 1990, as lessor, and GPA
Leasing USA Sub I, Inc., as lessee, which was recorded by the Federal Aviation
Administration on September 28, 1990 and assigned Conveyance No. P92335, as
supplemented by the following described instruments:
Date of FAA FAA
Instrument Instrument Recording Date Conveyance No.
Lease Supplement
[GPA 1990 AWA-16]
No. 1 09/28/90 09/28/90 P92335
Lease Supplement
[GPA 1990 AWA-16]
No. 2 12/31/91 (which was not filed for
recordation with the FAA)
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Sublease
Aircraft Sublease Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated as of
September 21, 1990 between GPA Leasing USA Sub I, Inc., as sublessor, and
America West Airlines, Inc., as sublessee, which was recorded by the Federal
Aviation Administration on September 28, 1990 and assigned Conveyance No.
P92336, as supplemented and amended by the following described instruments:
Date of FAA FAA
Instrument Instrument Recording Date Conveyance No.
Sublease Supplement
No. 1 09/28/90 09/28/90 P92336
Amendment No. 1 to
Aircraft Sublease
Agreement [GPA 1990 as of
AWA-16] 08/26/91 09/11/91 Y36535
Sublease Collateral Assignment
Assignment of Sublease [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated as of September
21, 1990 between GPA Leasing USA Sub I, Inc., as assignor, and Wilmington Trust
Company, as trustee under Trust Agreement [GPA 1990 AWA-16] dated as of
September 21, 1990, as assignee, which was attached to and recorded as one
instrument with the Sublease on September 28, 1990 and assigned Conveyance No.
P92336.
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