UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: August 6, 2013

Commission File Number: 001-33701

 

 

Fly Leasing Limited

(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

West Pier

Dun Laoghaire

County Dublin, Ireland

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F   x             Form 40-F   ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):   ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):   ¨

 

 

 


Exhibits

The following documents, which are attached as exhibits hereto, are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Exhibit

  

Title

10.1    Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated May 21, 2013
10.2    Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement dated July 3, 2013
99.1    Fly Leasing Limited’s interim report for the quarter ended June 30, 2013

This report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into Fly Leasing Limited’s Registration Statement on Form F-3, as amended (Reg. No. 333-157817), first filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2009; Registration Statement on Form F-3, as amended (Reg. No. 333-186089), first filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 18, 2013, and Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Reg. No. 333-187305), first filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2013.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

   

Fly Leasing Limited

(Registrant)

Date: August 6, 2013     By:  

/s/ Colm Barrington

      Colm Barrington
      Chief Executive Officer and Director


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

  

Title

10.1    Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated May 21, 2013
10.2    Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement dated July 3, 2013
99.1    Fly Leasing Limited’s interim report for the quarter ended June 30, 2013

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

SECOND AMENDMENT (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of May 21, 2013, among Fly Funding II S.à r.l., a private limited liability company ( société à responsibilité limitée ) incorporated and existing under the laws of Luxembourg (the “ Borrower ”), each Borrower Party party to the Credit Agreement (as defined below), the Consenting Lenders and the Replacement Lenders (in each case, as defined below) executing this Amendment on the signature pages hereto, Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, National Association, as Collateral Agent, and Citibank N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement.

WHEREAS, the parties hereto (other than the Replacement Lenders) are party to a Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of August 9, 2012 (as otherwise heretofore modified and supplemented and in effect on the date hereof, including pursuant to the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 18, 2012, the “ Credit Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, the terms used herein, including in the preamble and recitals hereto, not otherwise defined herein or otherwise amended hereby shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement in certain respects as set forth herein;

WHEREAS, each Lender party to the Credit Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment which is executing a counterpart of this Amendment (each, a “ Consenting Lender ”) desires to consent to the amendments set forth herein by electing, in respect of its Loans, either (a) Option A, as defined below and/or (b) Option B, as defined below;

WHEREAS, each Lender that does not desire to consent to the amendments set forth herein by electing Option A or Option B (each, a “ Non-Consenting Lender ”) wishes to cease to be a party to the Credit Agreement as a “Lender” thereunder; and

WHEREAS, each Lender that is either not a party to the Credit Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment or that is increasing its Loans under the Credit Agreement in connection with an assignment from a Non-Consenting Lender, and which is executing a counterpart of this Amendment (each, a “ Replacement Lender ”) wishes to consent to the amendments set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree that the Credit Agreement shall be amended as set forth herein, and the parties hereto otherwise agree as follows:

Section 1. Definitions . Except as otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined therein.

Section 2. Amendments . Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

2.01. General; Replacement Lenders . References in the Loan Documents to “this Agreement” or the “Credit Agreement” or the like (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. Each Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a “Lender” under and for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and each reference therein to “Lender” shall be deemed to include such Replacement Lender. This Amendment shall additionally constitute a “Loan Document”.


2.02. Definitions .

(a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in proper alphabetical sequence:

Second Amendment ” means that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 21, 2013 among the Borrower, each Borrower Party, the Consenting Lenders and the Replacement Lenders (each as defined therein), the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

Second Amendment Effective Date ” means May 21, 2013.

(b) The definition of “ Applicable Margin ” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Applicable Margin ” means (x) prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, 5.50% per annum; provided that for any period in which the Base Rate applies to the Loans, the Applicable Margin shall be 4.50% per annum; (y) on and after the First Amendment Effective Date but prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, 4.50% per annum; provided that for any period in which the Base Rate applies to the Loans, the Applicable Margin shall be 3.50% per annum; and (z) on and after the Second Amendment Effective Date, 3.50% per annum; provided that for any period in which the Base Rate applies to the Loans, the Applicable Margin shall be 2.50% per annum.

(c) The definition of “ LIBO Rate ” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the proviso thereto in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, the LIBO Rate shall at no time be less than (x) prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, 1.25% per annum and (y) on and after the Second Amendment Effective Date, 1.00% per annum .

2.03. Premium Amount . Section 2.06(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “first anniversary of the First Amendment Effective Date” and inserting the phrase “first anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date” in lieu thereof.

2.04. New Pool Aircraft . Section 2.10(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new subclause (3) as follows:

“(3) The Borrower shall ensure that one Boeing 737-800 aircraft with manufacturer’s serial number 30420 shall be added as a Pool Aircraft, in accordance with Section 2.10(b)(2) above, by no later than 120 days after the Second Amendment Effective Date.”

 

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2.05. Removal or Replacement of a Lender . Section 2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the third and fourth sentences thereof in their entirety and replacing them with the following:

“Each Lender agrees that if the Borrower exercises its option hereunder to cause an assignment by such Lender as a Non-Consenting Lender or Terminated Lender, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled (but not obligated) and is authorized by each Lender (which authorization is irrevocable and is coupled with an interest) to execute and deliver such documentation as may be required to give effect to an assignment in accordance with Section 9.06 on behalf of a Non-Consenting Lender or Terminated Lender and any such documentation so executed by the Administrative Agent shall be effective for purposes of documenting an assignment pursuant to Section 9.06.”

Section 3. Representations and Warranties . The Borrower and each other Borrower Party represents and warrants to the Lenders that the representations and warranties of the Borrower Parties contained in Article 3 of the Credit Agreement and contained in each other Loan Document are true and correct on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct as of such earlier date.

Section 4. Conditions Precedent . The amendments to the Credit Agreement contemplated hereby shall become effective as of the date hereof (the “ Amendment Effective Date ”), upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received signature pages duly executed by each of (i) the Borrower, (ii) the Borrower Parties, (iii) the Consenting Lenders representing the Required Lenders under the Credit Agreement (as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment) and (iv) each Replacement Lender.

(b) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received originally executed copies of the favorable written opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, as to such matters as the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders may reasonably request, dated as of the Amendment Effective Date and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(c) The representations and warranties of the Borrower Parties contained in Article 3 of the Credit Agreement and contained in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct on and as of the Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and an Officer’s Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer of Fly Leasing Limited shall so certify on and as of the Amendment Effective Date to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) evidence satisfactory to it that (A) the outstanding principal amount of and interest on the Loans of, and all other amounts owing under or in respect of, the Credit Agreement to any Non-Consenting Lender shall have been (or shall simultaneously be) paid to such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement and (B) each Consenting Lender and Non-Consenting Lender shall have received payment from the Borrower of the applicable Premium Amount on its Loans (calculated immediately prior to giving effect to this Amendment, as if this Amendment effected a prepayment of such Lender’s Loans) and (ii) duly executed (or shall have received such other information as it may require to process) Assignment and Assumptions in accordance with Section 2.11(b) (as instructed by the Borrower) in respect of each Non-Consenting Lender’s Loans.

 

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(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that each Consenting Lender electing Option B shall have received (or shall simultaneously receive), in consideration of the assignments set forth in Section 5(b), payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of and interest on its Loans so assigned.

(f) The Borrower shall have paid all other fees, premiums and other amounts due and payable by it under the Credit Agreement, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or other payment of fees, costs and expenses owing to Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and all other out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder, under any Loan Document or as separately agreed between any Borrower Party and any arranger in respect of this Amendment.

For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by this Amendment shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the Amendment Effective Date specifying its objection thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the parties hereto of the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date.

Section 5. Consent Options; Assignments .

(a) As described in the Memorandum for Lenders dated May 8, 2013 posted to Lenders in connection with this Amendment (the “ Memorandum ”), Consenting Lenders may elect either (a) Option A (“Cashless”) as described in the Memorandum (“ Option A ”) and/or (b) Option B (“Cash Roll”) as described in the Memorandum (“ Option B ”). Election of either Option A or Option B (or both) shall be made by each Consenting Lender by indicating its election as to all or a portion of its Loans on the signature page hereto. Any Consenting Lender executing a signature page hereto but not indicating its election will be treated as electing Option A as to all of its Loans.

(b) For the consideration specified in Section 4(e) above, each Consenting Lender electing Option B (each, an “ Assignor ”) hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to Royal Bank of Canada or its designee (the “ Assignee ”), and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the respective Assignors, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Amendment Effective Date (i) all of the respective Assignors’ rights and obligations in their respective capacities as Lenders under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified on Schedule A of this Amendment of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the respective Assignors under the respective facilities identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above.

 

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Section 6. Non-Consenting Lenders .

The parties hereto acknowledge that pursuant to Section 2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent and any Non-Consenting Lender, cause such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its outstanding Loans and Commitments in full to one or more Replacement Lenders in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.06 of the Credit Agreement, and each Non-Consenting Lender has authorized the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver such documentation on behalf of such Non-Consenting Lender as may be required to give effect to such assignment in the event that such Non-Consenting Lender has not complied with such requirement to assign its outstanding Loans and Commitments within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 4 above, but effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, each Non-Consenting Lender shall cease to be, and shall cease to have any of the rights and obligations of, a “Lender” under the Credit Agreement (except for those provisions that provide for their survival (including without limitation those provisions referred to in Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement), which provisions shall survive and remain in full force and effect for the benefit of the Non-Consenting Lenders).

Section 7. Acknowledgement and Ratification . Each of the Borrower Parties hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed the terms and provisions of this Amendment and consents to the modifications effected pursuant to this Amendment. The Borrower and each Borrower Party hereby confirms that each Loan Document, as amended hereby, to which it is a party or otherwise bound and all collateral encumbered thereby will continue to guarantee or secure, as the case may be, to the fullest extent possible in accordance with the Loan Documents, as amended hereby, the payment and performance of all Obligations, and confirms its grants to the Collateral Agent of a continuing lien on and security interest in and to all collateral as collateral security for the prompt payment and performance in full when due of the Obligations. The Borrower and each Borrower Party hereby agrees and admits that as of the date hereof it has no defenses to or offsets against any of its obligations to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Loan Documents. Each Borrower Party (other than the Borrower), in its capacity as a Guarantor Party, hereby ratifies and confirms its guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations as set forth in Article 7 of the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

Section 8. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Other Loan Documents

(i) On and after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

(ii) Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall not constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Agent or Lender under, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

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(iv) This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and shall be administered and construed pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement.

(v) For the avoidance of doubt, the Loans of each Consenting Lender and Replacement Lender on and after the Amendment Effective Date shall not constitute a new tranche, but shall continue as the same tranche as in existence immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date and all LIBO Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans shall continue as the same LIBO Rate Loans in respect of any then-outstanding Interest Period and Base Rate Loans, in each case, as in existence immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date.

Section 9. Miscellaneous . Each Lender by its signature hereto instructs the Administrative Agent to execute this Amendment. Except as herein provided, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

[Signature pages follow]

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

The Borrower
FLY FUNDING II S.À R.L.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


The Guarantor Parties

FLY LEASING LIMITED
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


FLY PERIDOT HOLDINGS LIMITED
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


BABCOCK & BROWN AIR

ACQUISITION I LIMITED

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


EXECUTED AS A DEED by   )
OPAL HOLDINGS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD   )
By:        
Director  
Name:  
By:        
Director/Secretary  
Name:  


CORAL AIRCRAFT HOLDINGS LIMITED
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


The Intermediate Lessees

FLY 28071 LEASING S.A.R.L.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEE D )  
by   )
  )

 

  )
as attorney for GARNET AIRCRAFT LEASING LIMITED  
in the presence of:  
Signature of Witness:                                                    
Name of Witness:  
Address of Witness:  
Occupation of Witness:  


SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEE D )  
by   )
  )

 

  )
as attorney for TOURMALINE AIRCRAFT LEASING LIMITED  
in the presence of:  
Signature of Witness:                                                    
Name of Witness:  
Address of Witness:  
Occupation of Witness:  


SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED )  
by   )
  )
  )
     
 

as attorney for CARNELIAN AIRCRAFT

LEASING LIMITED

 

 

in the presence of:

        

Signature of Witness:

          

Name of Witness:

        

Address of Witness:

        

Occupation of Witness:

        


SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED )  
by   )
  )
  )
     
 

as attorney for AMBER AIRCRAFT LEASING

LIMITED

 

 

in the presence of:

        

Signature of Witness:

          

Name of Witness:

        

Address of Witness:

        

Occupation of Witness:

        


EXECUTED AS A DEED by      )         
QUARTZ LEASING PTY LTD      )         

 

By:    
Director
Name:

 

By:    
Director/Secretary
Name:


EXECUTED AS A DEED by      )         
SAPPHIRE LEASING PTY LTD      )         

 

By:    
Director
Name:

 

By:    
Director/Secretary
Name:


The Initial Intermediate Lessees

 

SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED )  
by   )
  )
  )
     
 

as attorney for B&B AIR ACQUISITION

3237 LEASING LIMITED

 

 

in the presence of:

        

Signature of Witness:

          

Name of Witness:

        

Address of Witness:

        

Occupation of Witness:

        


SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED )  
by   )
  )
  )
     
 

as attorney for B&B AIR ACQUISITION

34953 LEASING LIMITED

 

 

in the presence of:

        

Signature of Witness:

          

Name of Witness:

        

Address of Witness:

        

Occupation of Witness:

        


SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED )  
by   )
  )
  )
     
 

as attorney for B&B AIR ACQUISITION

34956 LEASING LIMITED

 

 

in the presence of:

        

Signature of Witness:

          

Name of Witness:

        

Address of Witness:

        

Occupation of Witness:

        


SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED )  
by   )
  )
  )
     
 

as attorney for B&B AIR ACQUISITION

403 LEASING LIMITED

 

 

in the presence of:

        

Signature of Witness:

          

Name of Witness:

        

Address of Witness:

        

Occupation of Witness:

        


SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED )  
by   )
  )
  )
     
 

as attorney for B&B AIR ACQUISITION

3151 LEASING LIMITED

 

 

in the presence of:

        

Signature of Witness:

          

Name of Witness:

        

Address of Witness:

        

Occupation of Witness:

        


 

The Initial Lessor Subsidiaries

SPIREDELL TRUST

By:

  Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee

By

   

Name:

Title:

 


WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 3237)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 34953)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 34956)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 

B&B AIR ACQUISITION 403 STATUTORY TRUST

By: Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 403)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 3151)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 


B&B AIR ACQUISITION 3417 STATUTORY TRUST
By: Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 3417)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 1369)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 1378)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 1391)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 1393)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 24739)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 


WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 26473)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 29312)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 29644)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the trust agreement (MSN 30052)

By

   

Name:

 

Title:

 


ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
CITIBANK N.A.
 

By:

   
  Name:
  Title:


 

 

COLLATERAL AGENT
WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
 
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


  CONSENTING LENDERS
By its signature hereto, each Lender is electing to consent by Option A or Option B for the full principal amount of Loans held, unless a lesser principal amount of Loans is specified below:  

LENDER:                                          

Option A: $                                           

PLEASE CHECK:

 

¨ OPTION A (CASHLESS)

Option B: $                                            ¨ OPTION B (CASH ROLL)
 

By:

    
     Name:
     Title:
 

*By:

    
     Name:
     Title:

 

 

* For Lenders requiring a second signature line.


REPLACEMENT LENDERS

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

By:

   
  Name:
  Title:

Exhibit 10.2

Execution Version

AMENDED AND RESTATED SENIOR SECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

July 3, 2013

Among

FLY ACQUISITION II LIMITED,

The SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS Party Hereto,

The LENDERS Party Hereto,

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Security Trustee and as Administrative Agent

 

 

$450,000,000

 

 

BNP PARIBAS

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.,

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK,

EVERBANK COMMERCIAL FINANCE, INC.,

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,

SCOTIABANK EUROPE PLC

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

     1   

SECTION 1.01.

  Defined Terms      1   

SECTION 1.02.

  Terms Generally      35   

SECTION 1.03.

  Accounting Terms; IFRS      35   

ARTICLE II THE CREDIT

     35   

SECTION 2.01.

  The Commitments      35   

SECTION 2.02.

  Loans and Borrowings      36   

SECTION 2.03.

  Requests for Borrowings      37   

SECTION 2.04.

  Funding of Borrowings      37   

SECTION 2.05.

  Funding Account      38   

SECTION 2.06.

  Termination, Reduction or Increase of the Commitments      38   

SECTION 2.07.

  Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt      40   

SECTION 2.08.

  Prepayment of Loans      41   

SECTION 2.09.

  Fees      42   

SECTION 2.10.

  Interest      43   

SECTION 2.11.

  Substitute Basis      44   

SECTION 2.12.

  Illegality      45   

SECTION 2.13.

  Increased Costs      45   

SECTION 2.14.

  Break Funding Payments      46   

SECTION 2.15.

  Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up      47   

SECTION 2.16.

  Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set offs      49   

SECTION 2.17.

  Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders      51   

SECTION 2.18.

  Application of Collections; Proceeds of Collateral      52   

SECTION 2.19.

  Defaulting Lenders      57   

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     57   

SECTION 3.01.

  Organization; Powers      57   

SECTION 3.02.

  Authorization; Enforceability      57   

SECTION 3.03.

  Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts      58   

SECTION 3.04.

  Properties      58   

SECTION 3.05.

  Litigation and Environmental Matters      58   

 

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SECTION 3.06.

  Compliance with Laws and Agreements      58   

SECTION 3.07.

  Taxes      59   

SECTION 3.08.

  Disclosure; Absence of Material Adverse Effect      59   

SECTION 3.09.

  Use of Credit      59   

SECTION 3.10.

  Capitalization and Subsidiaries      59   

SECTION 3.11.

  Legal Form      60   

SECTION 3.12.

  Ranking Validity of Security Interests      61   

SECTION 3.13.

  Commercial Activity; Absence of Immunity      61   

SECTION 3.14.

  Special Purpose Status, Etc.      61   

SECTION 3.15.

  Investment Company Status      61   

SECTION 3.16.

  ERISA      62   

SECTION 3.17.

  Solvency      62   

SECTION 3.18.

  Employees      62   

SECTION 3.19.

  OFAC      62   

ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS

     62   

SECTION 4.01.

  Conditions to Effective Date      62   

SECTION 4.02.

  Conditions to each Funding Date      63   

ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     68   

SECTION 5.01.

  Financial Statements and Other Information      68   

SECTION 5.02.

  Notices of Material Events      69   

SECTION 5.03.

  Existence; Conduct of Business      69   

SECTION 5.04.

  Payment of Obligations      69   

SECTION 5.05.

  Maintenance of Properties; Insurance      70   

SECTION 5.06.

  Books and Records; Inspection Rights      71   

SECTION 5.07.

  Compliance with Laws; Maintenance of Permits      71   

SECTION 5.08.

  Use of Proceeds      72   

SECTION 5.09.

  Monthly Report      72   

SECTION 5.10.

  Further Assurances; Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries; Issuance of Subordinated Indebtedness      72   

SECTION 5.11.

  Governmental Approvals      73   

SECTION 5.12.

  Appraisal Updates      73   

SECTION 5.13.

  Payment of Collections Into Collections Account      73   

SECTION 5.14.

  Security Reserve Account      74   

 

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SECTION 5.15.

  Maintenance Reserve Account      74   

SECTION 5.16.

  Leases      74   

SECTION 5.17.

  Opinions      74   

SECTION 5.18.

  Registration of Aircraft      74   

SECTION 5.19.

  OFAC      75   

SECTION 5.20.

  Special Purpose Entity Requirements      75   

SECTION 5.21.

  Hedging Requirements      76   

ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     76   

SECTION 6.01.

  Indebtedness      76   

SECTION 6.02.

  Liens      77   

SECTION 6.03.

  Fundamental Changes      77   

SECTION 6.04.

  Investments      78   

SECTION 6.05.

  Restricted Payments      78   

SECTION 6.06.

  Intentionally Omitted      79   

SECTION 6.07.

  Restrictive Agreements      79   

SECTION 6.08.

  Operating Covenants      79   

SECTION 6.09.

  Sales of Aircraft      80   

SECTION 6.10.

  Modifications of Certain Documents      80   

SECTION 6.11.

  Limitation on Business Activities      80   

SECTION 6.12.

  Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks      81   

SECTION 6.13.

  Non-Petition, Material Actions      81   

SECTION 6.14.

  Changes in Fiscal Year      81   

ARTICLE VII GUARANTEE

     82   

SECTION 7.01.

  The Guarantee      82   

SECTION 7.02.

  Obligations Unconditional      82   

SECTION 7.03.

  Reinstatement      83   

SECTION 7.04.

  Subrogation      83   

SECTION 7.05.

  Remedies      84   

SECTION 7.06.

  Instrument for the Payment of Money      84   

SECTION 7.07.

  Continuing Guarantee      84   

SECTION 7.08.

  Rights of Contribution      84   

SECTION 7.09.

  General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations      85   

 

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ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     85   

SECTION 8.01.

  Events of Default      85   

SECTION 8.02.

  Servicer Replacement Event      88   

ARTICLE IX THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND SECURITY TRUSTEE

     88   

SECTION 9.01.

  Appointment      88   

SECTION 9.02.

  Exculpatory Provisions      89   

SECTION 9.03.

  Reliance      90   

SECTION 9.04.

  Delegation      90   

SECTION 9.05.

  Withholding Tax      90   

SECTION 9.06.

  Successor Secured Party Representative      91   

SECTION 9.07.

  Security Trustee      92   

ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS

     95   

SECTION 10.01.

  Notices      95   

SECTION 10.02.

  Waivers; Amendments      97   

SECTION 10.03.

  Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver      99   

SECTION 10.04.

  Successors and Assigns      100   

SECTION 10.05.

  Survival      103   

SECTION 10.06.

  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness      104   

SECTION 10.07.

  Severability      104   

SECTION 10.08.

  Right of Setoff      104   

SECTION 10.09.

  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Etc.      104   

SECTION 10.10.

  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      105   

SECTION 10.11.

  No Immunity      106   

SECTION 10.12.

  Judgment Currency      106   

SECTION 10.13.

  Use of English Language      106   

SECTION 10.14.

  Headings      107   

SECTION 10.15.

  Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality      107   

SECTION 10.16.

  USA PATRIOT Act      108   

SECTION 10.17.

  Owner Trusts      108   

SECTION 10.18.

  Conflict of Interest      109   

SECTION 10.19.

  Posting of Approved Electronic Communications      109   

SECTION 10.20.

  Limited Recourse      110   

SECTION 10.21.

  No Fiduciary Duty      110   

 

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SCHEDULES

  

Schedule I

   Commitments/Lenders

Schedule II

   Capitalization and Subsidiaries

Schedule III

   Aircraft Assets

Schedule IV

   Lender Notice Details

Schedule 2.02(d)(i)

   New Lenders

Schedule 2.02(d)(ii)

   Effective Date Loan Amounts

EXHIBITS

  

Exhibit A

   Form of Assignment and Acceptance

Exhibit B

   Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit C

   Form of Lessee Notice and Acknowledgment

Exhibit D

   Minimum Lease Provisions

Exhibit E

   Form of Security Agreement

Exhibit E-1

   Form of Security Agreement Amendment No. 2

Exhibit F

   Eligibility Criteria

Exhibit G-1

   Terms of Subordinated Indebtedness

Exhibit G-2

   Form of Subordination and Security Agreement

Exhibit H

   Form of Process Agent Acceptance

Exhibit I

   Form of Supplemental Cash Letter

Exhibit J

   Form of Bermuda Share Charge

Exhibit K

   Form of Servicing Agreement

Exhibit L

   Form of Lease Checklist

Exhibit M

   Form of Monthly Report

ANNEXES:

Annex 1 – Competitor List

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED SENIOR SECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of July 3, 2013, between FLY ACQUISITION II LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda (the “ Borrower ”); each SUBSIDIARY of Borrower party hereto (each, a “ Subsidiary Guarantor ”); DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Security Trustee (the “ Security Trustee ”); DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as administrative agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”); and the LENDERS party hereto.

WHEREAS, the Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower, the Security Trustee, the Administrative Agent, and the Existing Lenders (as defined below) are party to a $250,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Agreement (as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date referred to below, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”) dated as of November 7, 2012;

WHEREAS the Borrower has requested that the Existing Lenders, the other Lenders, the Security Trustee and the Administrative Agent agree to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement, and the Existing Lenders and the other Lenders are willing to so amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions herein set forth;

Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms .

(a) Terms Generally . Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Security Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement.

(b) Specific Definitions . The following terms shall have the following meanings:

Account Control Agreement ” has the meaning defined in Section 1.01 of the Security Agreement.

Accounts ” has the meaning defined in Section 1.01 of the Security Agreement.

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means, for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate for such Interest Period.

Administrative Agent ” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and includes each other Person appointed as the successor of the Administrative Agent in accordance with Article X.

 

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Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Advance Percentage ” means 72.5%.

Affected Interest Period ” has the meaning defined in Section 2.11.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

Aggregated Default Interest ” has the meaning defined in Section 2.10(b).

Aggregated Default Interest Rate ” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the sum of the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin plus the Default Margin plus the Incremental Margin (if applicable).

Agreed Form ” means with respect to any document, opinion or agreement, the form thereof agreed between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and if the Security Trustee or any Lender is a party or addressee to such document, opinion or agreement, the Security Trustee or such Lender, as applicable, or their respective legal advisors.

Agreement ” has the meaning defined in the Preamble.

Aircraft ” means any Stage III fixed wing airframe together with the Engines and all Parts therefor (whether or not) affixed thereto and (unless the context requires otherwise) all aircraft documents, data, manuals and technical records relating thereto. Unless the context otherwise requires, Aircraft means Aircraft of an Aircraft Owning Entity.

Aircraft Age ” means for any Aircraft, as of any date of determination, the result of (a) the number of days elapsed from the date of manufacture of such Aircraft to such date of determination less for any Aircraft financed hereunder the number of days elapsed from the relevant Funding Date in respect of such Aircraft to such date of determination, divided by (b) 365.

Aircraft Asset Expenses ” means the following costs and expenses incurred by the Borrower Group Companies (provided that no Lessor Payments, Servicing Fees, Servicer Administrative Fees nor Sales Fees shall constitute Aircraft Asset Expenses):

(i) storage, maintenance, test flight, navigation, landing, ferry flights, shipping, fuel, repossession (whether or not successful), reconfiguration, modification, refurbishment, overhaul and repair expenses related to Portfolio Aircraft, including all expenses incurred relating to compliance with airworthiness directives and service bulletins, and which includes the fees and expenses of technical consultants engaged in connection with the performance of the Services and of independent technicians, inspectors, engineers and other experts retained for any of the foregoing purposes or generally in connection with the performance of the Services;

 

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(ii) insurance premia, and all fees and expenses of insurance advisors and brokers (including any related to any or all Portfolio Aircraft);

(iii) expenses incurred in connection with the acceptance of delivery and/or redelivery and/or repossession, and in connection with the transition of any Portfolio Aircraft, whether being sold or leased by or to any Serviced Group Member and expenses incurred in connection with contesting, pursuing or settling any claims in relation to a Portfolio Aircraft, including costs associated with removing any liens which may be placed on any Portfolio Aircraft (whether or not attributable to any Serviced Group Member);

(iv) fees and expenses of independent advisors including appraisers and valuation experts;

(v) outside legal counsel fees and expenses and other professional fees and expenses, and all court costs, filing fees, bonding costs and other expenses, and other governmental fees and costs (A) related to litigation concerning any Portfolio Aircraft, (B) related to legal opinions or advice on any matter relating to or arising in connection with selling or leasing a Portfolio Aircraft or registering an aircraft, (C) related to any actual or proposed transaction involving any Portfolio Aircraft, including any amendment, workout, forbearance, subleasing, repossession, foreclosure or other actual or proposed remedial action relating to any Portfolio Aircraft and (D) related to any actual or proposed enforcement, workout, repossession, foreclosure, restructuring or other remedial action relating to any Portfolio Aircraft; and

(vi) Taxes (including any of those which may have been paid by the Servicers on behalf of any of the Borrower or any Aircraft Owning Entity) payable in connection with the sale or lease of any Portfolio Aircraft by or on behalf of the Borrower or otherwise payable by the Borrower or any Aircraft Owning Entity.

Aircraft Expenses Account ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.01(a) of the Security Agreement.

Aircraft Incidence Report ” with respect to any period, a report setting forth in reasonable detail, to the knowledge of the Borrower Group Companies or any Servicer, any (i) incidences of damage to any Portfolio Aircraft in an amount equal to the greater of (A) $500,000 or (B) the Damage Notification Threshold (as defined in the Lease) or similar term in a Lease for such Aircraft during such period, (ii) any Lessee failures to maintain required insurances during such period (which have not been cured as of the date of such incidence report), (iii) notice of any early termination of any Lease during such period due to the occurrence of an event of default or similar event thereunder (which has not been retracted or withdrawn as of the date of such incidence report).

Aircraft Interest ” means (a) the Ownership Interest in any Aircraft Owning Entity or (b) the Person that holds, directly or indirectly, the interest referred to in clause (a) of this definition.

 

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Aircraft Owning Entity ” means any special purpose person or vehicle (including trusts) which (a) is organized under the laws of Delaware, Connecticut, Utah, Ireland, Bermuda, France, Australia, Switzerland or the Cayman Islands or any other jurisdiction that is a Contracting State, or to the extent reasonably necessary to minimize any Tax imposed on any Borrower Group Company (as determined by the Servicer), any other jurisdiction agreed to between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (b) holds legal title to (or is a conditional buyer under a title reservation agreement (within the meaning of the Cape Town Convention)) to a single Portfolio Aircraft, (c) 100% of the Ownership Interest therein is held by the Borrower and the Security Trustee has a first priority perfected security interest (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) in the related Pledged Shares and (d) is a Grantor under the Security Agreement.

Aircraft Perfection Requirements ” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.

Aircraft Purchase Agreement ” means, (i) with respect to any Aircraft that is being acquired from a third-party, a purchase agreement related to such Aircraft on customary terms and that, in all cases, provides for a transfer of good and marketable title to such Aircraft to the applicable Aircraft Owning Entity upon payment of the purchase price therefor with no contingent liabilities of the Buyer following such purchase other than customary indemnities related to tax, operational, insurance and similar matters, and (ii) with respect to any Aircraft purchased from an Affiliate, an aircraft purchase or contribution agreement in Agreed Form.

Aircraft Purchase Price ” means, with respect to any Aircraft, the sum of (i) the cash purchase price paid by the applicable Aircraft Owning Subsidiary (or by the Borrower in the case of the acquisition of an Aircraft Owning Subsidiary), net of any amounts to be paid or transferred by the seller to the purchaser in connection therewith, provided that, in the case of an Aircraft or Aircraft Owning Subsidiary acquired from an Affiliate of the Borrower, the amount in this clause (i) shall in no event be greater than an amount equal to such Affiliate’s “book value” of such Aircraft plus accrued financing costs plus reasonable transaction expenses, plus (ii) the amount of any rent previously paid by the applicable Lessee as of the date of such acquisition and amounts agreed by the Administrative Agent or the applicable lessor to be held in the rent account to be applied during any rent holiday permitted under the applicable lease for periods after the date of such acquisition to the extent those amounts were either payable by the seller to the applicable Aircraft Owning Subsidiary or were otherwise deducted from the amount the applicable Aircraft Owning Subsidiary paid to the seller.

Allocable Percentage ” means, with respect to any Aircraft, the quotient of (A) the Depreciated Purchase Price of such Aircraft and (B) the aggregate Depreciated Purchase Price of all Portfolio Aircraft.

Applicable Aviation Authority ” means, in relation to any Aircraft, each Governmental Authority that has responsibility for the supervision of civil aviation and/or the registration and operations of civil aircraft in the State of Registration of such Aircraft.

Applicable Law ” means, with respect to any Person, all laws, rules, regulations and orders of Governmental Authorities mandatorily applicable to such Person, including, without limitation, the regulations of each Applicable Aviation Authority so applicable to such Person or the Aircraft owned or operated by it or as to which it has a contractual responsibility.

 

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Applicable Margin ” means (i) for the period from the Effective Date to and including the Commitment Termination Date, 3.25%, (ii) for the period commencing on the day immediately succeeding the Commitment Termination Date through and including July 3, 2016, 3.75%, (iii) for the period commencing on July 4, 2016 through and including July 3, 2017, 4.25% and (iv) for any period after (but excluding) July 3, 2017, 4.75%.

Applicable Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments or Loans hereunder represented by the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Commitments or Loans hereunder.

Appraisal Update Date ” means July 3, 2015, and thereafter, each 6-month anniversary of such date.

Appraisals ” means, with respect to any Aircraft, a CMV Appraisal or a BV Appraisal.

Appraised Value ” means, with respect to any Aircraft as of any date, the lower of (a) the value of such Aircraft as of such date, calculated by taking the average of the most recent CMV Appraisals and (b) the value of such Aircraft as of such date, calculated by taking the average of the most recent BV Appraisals, in each case, delivered with respect to such Aircraft pursuant to Section 5.12.

Appraiser ” means, initially, each of Aircraft Information Services, Inc., Ascend Inc. and BK Associates, Inc., and with the consent of the Administrative Agent, any other reputable appraiser selected by the Borrower which is a member of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading or similar professional aircraft appraisal organization.

Approved Aircraft Asset Expenses ” means any Aircraft Asset Expense, the payment of which is reasonable and customary (as determined by the Servicer) under the circumstances.

Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Assignment Agreement ” means any agreement relating to the assignment or novation of the seller’s rights under a Lease to the applicable Aircraft Owning Entity.

Assignment and Acceptance ” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.04(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

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Assumption Agreement ” means the assumption agreement in the form of Annex I to the Security Agreement.

Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), as in effect from time to time and any successor statute.

Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy liquidation, receivership, examinership or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, examiner, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided, further , that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

Basel III ” means the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems”, “Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring” and “Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on 16 December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated.

Basic Documents ” means, collectively, the Loan Documents, the Aircraft Purchase Agreements and the Servicing Agreement.

Basic Rent ” means with respect to any Portfolio Aircraft, all basic rent and other amounts equivalent to a basic rental payment (including the application of a security deposit for monthly rent owed) payable by or on behalf of a Lessee under a Lease in respect of such Portfolio Aircraft (or its engines or related parts) and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding security deposits (until such deposits are applied in respect of basic rent owed), maintenance reserves, additional collateral or any other payment made by a Lessee other than in regards to basic rent.

Bermuda Share Charge ” means the share charge in substantially the form attached as Exhibit J hereto.

Bills of Sale ” means all bills of sale delivered to the applicable Aircraft Owning Entity from the respective seller(s) in connection with such Aircraft Owning Entity’s purchase of an Aircraft (in each case whether or not such Aircraft Owning Entity is actually a Subsidiary of the Borrower at such time).

Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

 

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Borrower Expenses ” means any out-of-pocket expenses for overhead and similar operating costs incurred by the Borrower Group Companies in the ordinary course of business that are unrelated to any particular Aircraft. For the avoidance of doubt, Borrower Expenses shall not include any amount payable on the Loans, Subordinated Indebtedness or under any Derivatives Agreement, nor any Parent expenses or overhead allocated by the Parent to any Borrower Group Company, nor any Servicing Fees, Servicer Administrative Fees or Sales Fees, and Borrower Expenses shall in any event not exceed $150,000 per annum.

Borrower Group Companies ” means the Borrower and each Subsidiary and “ Borrower Group Company ” means any of them.

Borrower Rental Accounts ” has the meaning defined in Section 6.01(a) of the Security Agreement.

Borrowing ” means each borrowing of Loans hereunder.

Borrowing Base ” means, as of any date (a) with respect to any Aircraft, the product of (A) the lower of (x) the Depreciated Purchase Price for the Aircraft, and (y) the Appraised Value of the Aircraft and (B) the Advance Percentage and, and (b) with respect to the Portfolio, the sum of (i) aggregate of the Borrowing Base of all Portfolio Aircraft and (ii) for so long as a Maintenance Reserve Event has occurred and is continuing, 50% of the total amount on deposit in the Maintenance Reserve Account on such date.

Borrowing Request ” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B hereto.

Business Day ” means any day of the week, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, on which banks are open for business in London, England, for the conduct of transactions in the London interbank market and on which commercial banks in New York City, New York, and San Francisco, California, are open for business and are not required or authorized to close.

BV Appraisal ” means, with respect to any Aircraft, each “desk-top” appraisal delivered by the applicable Appraisers of such Aircraft for the Maintenance Adjusted BV.

Calculation Date ” means with respect to any Payment Date, the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding such Payment Date.

Calculation Period ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the period commencing on and excluding the second preceding Calculation Date and ending on and including the immediately preceding Calculation Date.

Cape Town Convention ” means, collectively, the Convention and the Protocol, together with all regulations and procedures issued in connection therewith, and all other rules, amendments, supplements, modifications, and revisions thereto (in each case using the English language version).

Cape Town Lease ” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.

 

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Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP or IFRS (as applicable), and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP or IFRS (as applicable).

Capital Stock ” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation or company, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a partnership, trust or any other Person (other than a corporation), and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

Cash Collateral ” means, at any time of determination, amounts of cash and the principal amount of Permitted Investments deposited in, and held in, the Cash Collateral Account.

Cash Collateral Account ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.01(a) of the Security Agreement.

Cash Collateral Target Amount ” means, with respect to each Payment Date, an amount equal to 2% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount (after giving effect to any prepayments of principal hereunder) of the Loans as determined on the immediately preceding Payment Date.

Change in Control ” means (a) FLL shall cease to own and control, legally and beneficially, directly, 100% of each class of outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower or (b) FLL shall cease to own and control, legally and beneficially, directly or indirectly, 100% of each class of outstanding Capital Stock of each other Borrower Group Company (other than in connection with the sale of an Aircraft), in each case free and clear of all Liens (other than the Lien of the Security Documents).

Change in Law ” means (a) the adoption, or coming into effect, of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.13(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) the implementation or application of, or compliance with, Basel III or any law or regulation that implements or applies to Basel III, shall be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

CMV Appraisal ” means, with respect to any Aircraft, each “desk-top” appraisal delivered by the applicable Appraisers of such Aircraft for the Maintenance Adjusted CMV.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

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Collateral ” means all property in which a Lien is granted or created (or purported to be granted or created) or that is assigned as security pursuant to any Loan Document in favor of the Security Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Obligations.

Collateral Deficiency ” means, as of any date of determination, the Dollar amount of the excess, if any, of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans as of such date over the Borrowing Base calculated as of such date.

Collections ” means without duplication (a) all Basic Rent and all other amounts received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Lease, Aircraft Purchase Agreement or Related Collateral (excluding Excepted Payments applied to discharge a corresponding liability for which such Excepted Payment was received), (b) amounts received in respect of claims for damages or in respect of any breach of contract for nonpayment of any of the foregoing, (c) amounts received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from any hull insurance with respect to any Aircraft, (d) any Segregated Funds in a Lessee Funded Account which Segregated Funds are no longer required to be maintained in a segregated account under the applicable Lease and which are the property of any Borrower Group Company, (e) any hedging receipts, (f) the proceeds of any Investments of the funds in the Accounts (other than in the Lessee Funded Account to the extent that any such proceeds are required under a Lease to be paid over to any Lessee or a third party or to be retained in a Lessee Funded Account), and (g) any other cash amounts received by any Borrower Group Company (in each case, other than (i) Security Deposits, (ii) Maintenance Rent, (iii) Segregated Funds transferred to a Lessee Funded Account, (iv) Net Available Proceeds applied to prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 2.08 and (v) Equity Proceeds applied to pay the purchase price of any Aircraft or to pay fees and expenses due in connection with the acquisition thereof).

Collections Account ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.01(a) of the Security Agreement.

Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make one or more Loans hereunder from time to time during the Drawing Period on each Funding Date, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Loans at any time outstanding to be made by such Lender hereunder, in each case, as may be reduced or terminated in accordance with the terms hereof. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule I, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.

Commitment Fee ” has the meaning defined in Section 2.09.

Commitment Termination Date ” means the earlier of (i) the date on which the Commitment is permanently reduced to zero or otherwise terminated hereunder, (ii) July 3, 2015, (iii) the date on which a Servicer Replacement Event occurs, and (iv) the Maturity Date.

Competitor ” means each entity listed in Annex1 hereto (as the same may be amended by agreement of the Borrower, the Servicers and the Administrative Agent from time to time).

Concentration Limits ” has the meaning defined in Section 6.08.

 

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Contracting State ” has the meaning defined in the Convention.

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

Convention ” means the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment signed in Cape Town, South Africa on November 16, 2001.

Credit Party ” means the Administrative Agent or any other Lender.

Decreasing Lender ” has the meaning defined in Section 2.01.

Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

Default Margin ” means 1.5%.

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within three (3) Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, or (ii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations (1) under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or (2) generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent, acting in good faith, to provide a confirmation in writing from an authorized representative of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Lender’s receipt of such confirmation in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

Depreciated Purchase Price ” means, in respect of an Eligible Aircraft, an amount equal to the Aircraft Purchase Price for that Eligible Aircraft depreciated on a straight line basis over the remaining useful life of such Eligible Aircraft assuming a 25 year useful life from the delivery date from the manufacturer of such Eligible Aircraft and a zero residual value.

Deregistration Power of Attorney ” means, in respect of any Eligible Aircraft, an irrevocable power of attorney in the Agreed Form, from the relevant lessee authorizing the Borrower Group Company which is the lessor or owner of such Aircraft to do any such thing or give any consent or approval which may be required to obtain deregistration and export of the Aircraft from its jurisdiction of registration.

 

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Derivatives Agreement ” means any and all rate swap transactions, currency swap transactions or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), in each case, entered into by any Borrower Group Company with a Derivatives Creditor in relation to this Agreement.

Derivatives Creditor ” means (i) any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender from time to time party to one or more Derivatives Agreements with the Borrower (even if any such Lender for any reason ceases after the execution of such agreement to be a Lender hereunder), and its successors and assigns, or (ii) any other counterparty to the Derivatives Agreement permitted in accordance with Section 5.21(a), provided that such other counterparty under this paragraph (ii) is rated at least A-, from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or equivalent from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Derivatives Obligations ” of any Person means all obligations (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to such Person, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim under the Bankruptcy Code) of such Person in respect of any Derivatives Agreement, excluding any amounts which such Person is entitled to set-off against its obligations under Applicable Law.

Disposition ” means any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of any property (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) by any Borrower Group Company to any other Person (excluding any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of any property sold or disposed of to any other Borrower Group Company, including any transfer permitted by Section 6.03(d)).

Dollars ” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

Dormant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary from time to time designated by the Borrower as a “Dormant Subsidiary” that has no material liabilities, conducts no material operations or business and owns no material property.

Drawing Period ” means the period from the Effective Date to and including the Commitment Termination Date.

Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived.

Eligible Aircraft ” means any Aircraft which satisfies each of the Eligibility Criteria requirements set forth in Exhibit F.

Eligible Assignee ” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund, (d) FLL or an Affiliate of FLL, and (e) any other Person that is a bank, financial institution, institutional investor or investment fund; provided that (i) in the case of clause (e), such Person shall have been approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) except for any assignment or transfer by FLL or an Affiliate of FLL to any Person that is a bank, financial institution, institutional investor or investment fund, for which approval of the Administrative Agent shall not be required and (ii) at the time of assignment or transfer no Event of Default is continuing, shall not be an hedge fund; provided further that in the case (a) through (e) such assignee shall not be a Competitor.

 

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Eligible Lease ” means a Lease containing provisions consistent with the Minimum Lease Provisions and that are otherwise in a form consistent with the Standard with respect to similar Aircraft under lease, taking into consideration, among other things, the identity of the relevant lessee (including operating experience), the age and condition of the applicable Aircraft and the jurisdiction in which such Aircraft will be operated or registered.

End-of-Lease Payments ” means the aggregate amount for each Lease of all cash security deposits, maintenance reserves or return condition adjustments provided for under such Lease that have been received from the relevant Lessee or any other Person or pursuant to the relevant acquisition agreement with respect to such Lease and that are required to be returned or repaid to such Lessee or other Person upon the return of any Aircraft or upon the expiration or termination of such Lease.

Engine ” means each engine owned by the Aircraft Owning Entities, including each engine installed (or constituting a spare for an engine installed) on any Portfolio Aircraft, any engine replacing a previously installed engine under the relevant Lease and any and all Parts incorporated in, installed on or attached to any such engine.

Environmental Laws ” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.

Environmental Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any Borrower Group Company directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

Equity Proceeds ” means the net cash proceeds actually received by the Borrower of any issuance of, or increase in, the Borrower’s Subordinated Indebtedness or common equity capital.

Equity Rights ” means, with respect to any Person, any subscriptions, options, warrants, commitments, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including any shareholders’ or voting trust agreements) for the issuance, sale, registration or voting of, or securities convertible into, any additional shares of capital stock of any class, or partnership or other ownership interests of any type in, such Person.

 

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ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Borrower Group Company, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by any Borrower Group Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan (but in no event for PBGC premiums); (e) the receipt by any Borrower Group Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by any Borrower Group Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by any Borrower Group Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any Borrower Group Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

Eurodollar ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans constituting such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

Event of Default ” has the meaning defined in Article VIII.

Excepted Payments ” means any (a) indemnity payments or similar obligations payable by a Lessee or any other Person to the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent, the Security Trustee, the Parent, or any Lender or any of its Affiliates, or any third party, including any officer, director, employee or agent thereof under or pursuant to a Lease, (b) proceeds of public liability insurance (or other insurance maintained by the Borrower or any lessor for its own account) payable to or for the benefit of the applicable lessor, the Lessee, the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent, the Security Trustee, the Parent, or any Lender or any of its Affiliates or any of its Affiliates (or governmental indemnities in lieu thereof) and (c) any rights to enforce and collect the same.

 

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Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to any payment made by any Borrower Group Company under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient: (a) income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) net income by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Recipient is organized or tax resident or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (a), (c) any withholding Taxes imposed by FATCA, (d) any Irish withholding Taxes that are imposed, under any law in effect on the date a Recipient becomes a party to this Agreement, on any payment made by the Borrower Group Company to such Recipient under this Agreement (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.17) by reason of such Recipient not being a Qualifying Person, except to the extent such Recipient (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding Taxes pursuant to Section 2.15(a), and (e) Taxes imposed by reason of a Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.15(f).

Existing Credit Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Existing Lenders ” means each of the lenders party to the Existing Credit Agreement.

Existing Loan ” means the Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) held by the Existing Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement.

FAA ” means the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States of America.

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement, and any amended or successor provisions that are substantially similar and not materially more onerous to comply with, and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof or agreement entered into with a Governmental Authority thereunder.

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

FLL ” means Fly Leasing Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda.

Foreign Insolvency Law ” means any bankruptcy, suspension of payments, moratorium, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, examinership, liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America.

Foreign Pension Plan ” means each Foreign Plan that is a “pension plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA).

 

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Foreign Plan ” means each “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) with respect to which any Borrower Group Company could have any actual or contingent liability, other than a Plan.

Funding Account ” has the meaning defined in the Security Agreement.

Funding Date ” means each date on which Loans are made hereunder.

Funding Package ” means, with respect to each Aircraft proposed by the Borrower to become part of the Portfolio, the following information:

(a) a summary of the proposed transaction;

(b) the related Request;

(c) the related Lease Checklist;

(d) the related proposed Lease(s), Assignment Agreement, Aircraft Purchase Agreement (which may be redacted to protect information reasonably determined to be confidential) and Bill(s) of Sale;

(e) three (3) CMV Appraisals and three (3) BV Appraisals, each from a different Appraiser, which shall be issued and dated within sixty (60) days of the proposed Funding Date and based upon the Physical Inspection Report described in clause (f) below with respect to such proposed Aircraft (or, if no such Physical Inspection Report is required under clause (f) below, based on the Appraisers’ assumption as to the condition of the Aircraft based upon the number of hours and cycles of operation with respect to the related Airframe and each related Engine);

(f) in respect of each Aircraft that was manufactured more than one (1) year prior to the applicable Funding Date, a Physical Inspection Report for such proposed Aircraft, based upon a full physical inspection of such Aircraft conducted not earlier than ninety (90) days before the date of the latest of the Appraisals delivered pursuant to clause (e) above;

(g) the aircraft specification and technical data related to the proposed Aircraft;

(h) audited financial statements for the three (3) prior fiscal years of the Lessee, if available, unless, after commercially reasonable efforts, the Borrower was unable to obtain such audited financial statements, and

(i) if available to the Servicer, a six-month payment history on the proposed Lessee.

GAAP ” means, for any Person, generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other Person as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination and are consistently applied as to such Person.

 

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Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States of America, of Bermuda, Ireland, or of any other nation, or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity (including any federal or other association of or with which any such nation may be a member or associated) exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).

Grantor ” means each Borrower Group Company and any other Person that becomes a “Grantor” under the Security Agreement.

Guarantee ” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning defined in Section 7.01.

Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

Holding Period ” means, with respect to any Borrowing, the period (x) commencing on the date specified pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(ii) and (y) ending on the date which is fifteen (15) days from the date so specified in (x).

Holding Period Release Request ” has the meaning defined in Section 2.05.

ICR Trigger Event ” means, as of any date occurring after the Borrower has drawn down at least $100,000,000 of Loans hereunder, a condition that will be satisfied on such date if the Interest Coverage Ratio for any three consecutive Calculation Periods on or prior to such date was less than 1.25:1.0; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, an ICR Trigger Event shall not result in a Default or an Event of Default.

 

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IFRS ” means International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union.

Increasing Lender ” has the meaning defined in Section 2.01.

Incremental Margin ” has the meaning defined in Section 2.10(c).

Indebtedness ” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits (excluding Segregated Funds) or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid (excluding interest charges on any security deposits or maintenance reserves required to be paid under any Lease), (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by any Borrower Group Company under this Agreement and any other Loan Document and (b) Other Taxes.

Indemnitee ” has the meaning defined in Section 10.03(b).

Independent Director ” means a natural person who, (A) for the two-year period prior to his or her appointment as Independent Director, has not been, and during the continuation of his or her service as Independent Director is not: (i) an employee, director, stockholder, member, manager, partner or officer of the Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Director of the Borrower or other Affiliates that are structured to be “bankruptcy remote”); (ii) a customer of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Director of the Borrower); or (iii) any member of the immediate family of a person described in (i) or (ii), and (B) has, (i) prior experience as an Independent Director for a corporation or limited liability company whose charter or constitutional documents required the unanimous consent of all Independent Directors thereof before such corporation or limited liability company could consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or could file a petition seeking relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy and (ii) at least three years of employment experience with one or more entities that provide, in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, advisory, management or placement services.

 

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Initial Loan Amount ” means $450,000,000.

Interest Coverage Ratio ” means, with respect to any full, one-month Calculation Period occurring after the Borrower has drawn down at least $100,000,000 of Loans hereunder, the ratio of (a) the aggregate amount of monthly Basic Rent payments (including any overdue Basic Rent) actually collected and paid into the Collections Account during such Calculation Period, plus , without duplication, the aggregate amount of Security Deposits actually applied pursuant to Section 2.18 in that Calculation Period, plus , without duplication, the aggregate amount of any Servicer Advances made during such Calculation Period to (b) the aggregate amount of interest accrued or capitalized on the Loans (excluding Aggregated Default Interest) during such Calculation Period (whether or not actually paid during such period), minus any amounts received by the Borrower during such Calculation Period under any Derivatives Agreements, plus any amounts paid by the Borrower during such Calculation Period under any Derivatives Agreements.

Interest Period ” means, for any Loan, the period commencing on and including the date of such Loan and ending on (but excluding) the immediately succeeding Payment Date, and for each period thereafter, the period commencing on (and including) each Payment Date and ending on the immediately succeeding Payment Date; provided that in respect of any Loan that is made within the five (5) Business Days prior to a Payment Date, the first Interest Period in respect of that Loan shall, if the Borrower so elects in the relevant Borrowing Request, commence on and include the date of the Loan and end on (but exclude) the second succeeding Payment Date thereafter and, thereafter, the period from the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period to, but excluding, the next succeeding Payment Date. For purposes hereof, the date of a Loan shall be the date on which such Loan is made.

Intermediate Lease ” means, in respect of any Portfolio Aircraft, each Lease in effect or to be entered into between the relevant Aircraft Owning Entity (as lessor) and an Intermediate Lessee (as lessee) or an Intermediate Lessee (as lessor) and another Intermediate Lessee (as lessee).

Intermediate Lessee ” means, in respect of any Lease of a Portfolio Aircraft, a Grantor (that is also a Borrower Group Company) which (a) is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction, the laws of which do not impair or prohibit any pledge of the Ownership Interests therein or impair or prohibit such Grantor from granting a perfected first-priority lien on its property (subject to the Aircraft Perfection Requirements), (b) 100% of the Ownership Interest therein is held by a Borrower Group Company and the Security Trustee has a first priority perfected security interest (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) in the related Pledged Shares and (c) may, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.16, enter into an Intermediate Lease as lessor with the applicable Lessee or shall enter into an Intermediate Lease as lessor with another Intermediate Lessee.

 

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International Interest ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Security Agreement.

Investment ” means, for any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, property, services or securities or otherwise) of Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or other Ownership Interests or other securities of any other Person or any agreement to make any such acquisition (including any “short sale” or any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering into such sale); (b) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan or other extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase of property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such property to such Person), but excluding any such advance, loan or extension of credit having a term not exceeding ninety (90) days arising in connection with the sale of inventory or supplies by such Person in the ordinary course of business; (c) the entering into of any Guarantee of, or other contingent obligation with respect to, Indebtedness or other liability of any other Person and (without duplication) any amount committed to be advanced, lent or extended to such Person; or (d) the entering into of any interest rate, foreign currency exchange, or commodity price protection or hedging agreement or similar arrangements.

Knowledge ” of the Borrower or the Borrower Group Companies means knowledge of any director of any such entity or of either Servicer.

Lease ” means, with respect to an Aircraft, each aircraft lease agreement, sublease agreement, conditional sale agreement, hire purchase agreement or other similar arrangement with respect to such Aircraft.

Lease Assignment ” means the assignment of leases under the Security Agreement, and each lease assignment agreement required by local law which any of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall from time to time provide in favor of the Security Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Obligations, with each such lease assignment to be in Agreed Form.

Lease Checklist ” means a report by the Borrower and the Servicers in the Agreed Form, containing a summary of the relevant Lease, including a demonstration of compliance with the Minimum Lease Provisions, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit L hereto.

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule I and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.

Lessee ” means each Person (other than an Aircraft Owning Entity) who is the lessee of any Aircraft from time to time leased from an Aircraft Owning Entity or Intermediate Lessee, as applicable.

Lessee Acknowledgment ” means an acknowledgment from the Lessee in a form substantially the same as Exhibit C.

 

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Lessee Default ” means any default by the applicable Lessee in payment of a total of three (3) months of rent pursuant to such Lease, and such default remains uncured for more than one hundred and twenty (120) days from the original due date of the latest payment resulting in a total of three (3) months of rent remaining unpaid.

Lessee Funded Account ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Security Agreement.

Lessee Notice ” means a notice of assignment to the Lessee in a form substantially the same as Exhibit C.

Lessor Payments ” means, with respect to any Portfolio Aircraft, all payments or contributions required to be made by any Borrower Group Company under or in accordance with an Eligible Lease for such Aircraft, including, without limitation, any accomplishment of maintenance, any reimbursement of Maintenance Rent, any adjustment payments, any payments made in respect of an airworthiness directives or cost sharing obligations to the extent not payable from Maintenance Rents (but excluding any amounts corresponding to any Security Deposits held in the Security Reserve Account).

LIBO Rate ” means for each Interest Period, (i) the rate appearing on Reuters Page LIBOR01 (or on any successor or substitute page or service providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for U.S. Dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period or (ii) if no quotation for Dollars and the relevant period is displayed as described in (i), the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards to four decimal places) of the rates (as notified to the Administrative Agent) at which each of the Reference Banks was offering to prime banks in the London interbank market deposits in Dollars for such period as at 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

Loan Documents ” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Supplemental Cash Letter and the Security Documents.

Loans ” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement as defined in Section 2.01(a).

Maintenance Adjusted BV ” means at any time, with respect to any Aircraft, the Base Value (as defined by the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading) of such Aircraft (or, as the context shall require, each Portfolio Aircraft), in each case, adjusted from a half life condition assumption to reflect the actual maintenance condition of such Aircraft and based on the average of the three Appraisals most recently delivered by such Appraisers to the Administrative Agent hereunder.

 

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Maintenance Adjusted CMV ” means at any time, with respect to any Aircraft, the Current Market Value (as defined by the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading) of such Aircraft (or, as the context shall require, each Portfolio Aircraft), in each case, adjusted from a half life condition assumption to reflect the actual maintenance condition of such Aircraft and based on the average of the three Appraisals most recently delivered by such Appraisers to the Administrative Agent hereunder.

Maintenance Rent ” means, with respect to any Portfolio Aircraft, maintenance reserves or payments, maintenance rent or other supplemental rent payments based on usage in respect of such Portfolio Aircraft (or its engines or other parts) payable by the Lessee under the Lease for such Portfolio Aircraft for the purpose of paying, contributing to, reserving or calculating potential liability in respect of payments for future maintenance and repair of such Portfolio Aircraft.

Maintenance Reserve Account ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Security Agreement.

Maintenance Reserve Event ” means (a) the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in Section 2.10(c)(i) or (ii), or (b) the occurrence of any Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.01(a) arising as a result of a Collateral Deficiency.

Margin Stock ” means “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X of the Board.

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or operating results of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, the result of which is a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower Group Companies taken as a whole to perform any of their respective obligations under this Agreement or (ii) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement or any Loan Documents.

Maturity Date ” means July 3, 2018.

Maximum Loan Amount ” means $450,000,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with Section 2.06.

Minimum Lease Provisions ” means the provisions set forth in Exhibit D.

Monthly Report ” means a report by the Servicers in the Agreed Form and including the required information listed in Section 5.09 and with such other changes as may be reasonably agreed to by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit M hereto.

 

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Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

Narrowbody Aircraft ” means any Airbus A319-100, A320-200, A321-200, or any Boeing 737-700/800/900ER aircraft.

Negotiation Period ” has the meaning defined in Section 2.11(b).

Net Available Proceeds ” means:

(a) in the case of any Disposition of any Aircraft or Aircraft Interest, the aggregate amount of all cash payments, and the fair market value of any non cash consideration, received by the Borrower Group Companies directly or indirectly in connection with such Disposition; provided that Net Available Proceeds shall be net of (x) the amount of any legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses paid by the Borrower Group Companies in connection with such Disposition (other than commissions and fees paid to either Servicer or any of its Affiliates) and (y) any Federal, state and local income or other taxes (including, without limitation, taxes imposed by any foreign jurisdiction) estimated to be payable by the Borrower Group Companies as a result of such Disposition (but only to the extent that such estimated taxes are in fact paid to the relevant Federal, state, local or other Governmental Authority); and

(b) in the case of any Total Loss in relation to any Aircraft, the total net proceeds of all hull, war risk or spares insurance and reinsurance received by the applicable Borrower Group Company and/or paid to the Security Trustee in respect of such Total Loss, including, in the case of a Total Loss of an airframe which does not involve the Total Loss of all Engines or Parts installed thereon at the time when such Total Loss occurred, the sale proceeds of any such surviving Engines or Parts, in each case, net of reasonable expenses incurred in connection with such claim (excluding any Servicing Fee or other fees payable to either Servicer or its Affiliates).

New Lender ” means each Lender listed on Schedule 2.02(d)(i).

Note ” has the meaning defined in Section 2.07(f).

Obligations ” is defined in Section 1.01 of the Security Agreement.

Officer’s Certificate ” means, with respect to any matter, a certificate signed by the president, any vice president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, authorized representative, controller or any director or other responsible officer of such Person.

OFAC ” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Taxes (other than a connection arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced, under this Agreement and any other Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in this Agreement or any other Loan Document).

 

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Other Taxes ” means any present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar excise or property Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the registration, receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement and any other Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment or participation (other than an assignment pursuant to Section 2.17).

Ownership Interests ” is defined in Section 6.02.

Parent ” means FLL.

Participant ” has the meaning defined in Section 10.04(c).

Parts ” means all appliances, parts, components, instruments, appurtenances, accessories, furnishings, seats and other equipment of whatever nature (other than (a) Engines or engines, and (b) any appliance, part, component, instrument, appurtenance, accessory, furnishing, seat or other equipment that would qualify as a removable part and is leased by a Lessee from a third party or is subject to a security interest granted to a third party), that may from time to time be installed or incorporated in or attached or appurtenant to any airframe or any Engine or removed therefrom.

Payment Date ” means the 15th day of each calendar month, commencing with the 15 th day of the first calendar month succeeding the calendar month in which the initial Funding Date occurs, through and including the Maturity Date (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be a Payment Date); provided that if any Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, such Payment Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due and payable or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

(b) Liens arising out of any judgment or award with respect to which an appeal or proceeding for review is being prosecuted in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and with respect to which an appeal is being presented in good faith and with respect to which within sixty (60) days thereafter there shall have been secured a stay of execution pending such appeal, and then only for the period of such stay, and reserves required in accordance with GAAP or IFRS (as applicable) have been made therefor; provided that, in any case, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

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(c) in respect of any Aircraft, Engines or Parts any repairer’s, carrier’s or hangar keeper’s, warehousemen’s, mechanic’s or materialmen’s Lien or employee and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law or under customary terms of repair or modification agreements or any engine or parts-pooling arrangements or other similar Liens if the payment for such Liens (i) is not due and payable or (ii) is not overdue for payment having regard to the relevant trade, in circumstances where no enforcement action against the Aircraft has yet been taken by the relevant holder of the Lien or (iii) is disputed in good faith or contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in accordance with GAAP or IFRS (as applicable) have been made therefor;

(d) any permitted lien or encumbrances on any Aircraft, Engines or Parts as defined under any Lease thereof (other than liens or encumbrances created by the relevant lessor);

(e) any lien for any fees or charges of any airport or air navigation authority arising by statute or operation of law if (i) the payments for such fees or charges are not yet due or payable or (ii) such fees or charges are being disputed in good faith or contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves required by GAAP or IFRS (as applicable) have been made therefor; and provided that if such lessor becomes aware of any such lien, it shall act in accordance with the Standard;

(f) any Eligible Lease (including any Purchase Option thereunder) provided that such Lease (including the terms of any Purchase Option thereunder) is otherwise permitted by this Agreement;

(g) in respect of any Aircraft that is not subject to an Eligible Lease, any lien for air navigation authority, airport tending, gate or handling (or similar) charges or levies for which the Borrower is responsible for and that are not yet overdue;

(h) any voting trust rights or similar rights created in relation to any Aircraft in connection with the registration of such Aircraft;

(i) any other lien not referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above which would not adversely affect the owner’s or the Security Trustee’s rights in the property subject to such lien so long as the amount secured by all such liens under this clause (i) does not exceed the lower of $100,000 per Aircraft and, in the aggregate, 1% of the Appraised Value of all Portfolio Aircraft; and

(j) any other lien not referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above, the validity or applicability of which is being contested in good faith in appropriate proceedings by the Borrower Group Companies or their respective Subsidiaries and which would not subject the property subject to such lien to any material risk of loss or otherwise adversely affect the owner’s or the Security Trustee’s rights in the property subject to such lien and would not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect;

provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.

 

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Permitted Investments ” means, and may include investments for which the Security Trustee or any of its affiliates serves as investment manager or advisor:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.;

(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and

(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and Aaa by Moody’s Investor’s Services, Inc. and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Physical Inspection Report ” means a physical inspection report from an independent and reputable physical inspector, with respect to each Aircraft, which report shall set forth, among other things, the total number of hours and cycles with respect to each Airframe and each related Engine, in form and level of detail consistent with industry standards and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which any Borrower Group Company or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Pledged Shares ” has the meaning defined thereto in the Security Agreement.

 

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Portfolio ” means, together, all of the Portfolio Aircraft.

Portfolio Aircraft ” means, as of any date, each Eligible Aircraft owned by an Aircraft Owning Entity and as to which each of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.01 and 4.02, as applicable, have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Prepayment Event ” means any event requiring prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(b).

Process Agent ” has the meaning defined in Section 10.09(c).

Process Agent Acceptance ” means a letter from the Process Agent to the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit H hereto.

Prohibited Country ” means any or each of the following: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria, and any Sanctioned Country.

Protocol ” means the Protocol to the Convention on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment, as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction from time to time.

Purchase Option ” means a contractual option granted by the lessor or owner under a Lease or other applicable agreement (including pursuant to a conditional sale agreement) as to the purchase of the applicable Aircraft.

Qualifying Person ” means a Lender who is a company which, by virtue of the law of a Qualifying Territory, is resident for the purposes of tax in the Qualifying Territory, and (i) that territory imposes a tax that generally applies to interest receivable in that territory by companies from sources outside that territory; or (ii) where the interest: (I) is exempted from the charge to Irish income tax under a Tax Treaty in force on the date the interest is paid; or (II) would be exempted from the charge to Irish income tax if a Tax Treaty which, on the date the interest is paid, has been signed but is not yet in force, had the force of law on the date the interest is paid; provided, however, in the case of either (i) or (ii), interest on the Loans is not paid to the Lender in connection with a trade or business which is carried on in Ireland by that Lender through a branch or agency.

Qualifying Territory ” means (a) a member state of the European Communities (other than Ireland), (b) a territory with which Ireland has entered into a Tax Treaty where that treaty has the force of law under Section 826(1), Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, or (c) a territory with which Ireland has entered into a Tax Treaty where that treaty will (on completion of the procedures set out in Section 826(1), Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) have the force of law under Section 826(1), Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.

Rate Determination Notice ” has the meaning defined in Section 2.11(b).

Recipient ” means, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and any Lender.

Reference Banks ” means BNP Paribas, Citibank N.A. and Deutsche Bank AG.

 

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Register ” is defined in Section 10.04.

Reimbursement Amount ” is defined in Section 2.18(b)(ii).

Related Collateral ” means any letter of credit, third-party or bank guarantee or cash collateral provided by or on behalf of a Lessee to secure such Lessee’s obligations under a Lease.

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, members, partners and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

Request ” means a request signed by an authorized officer of the Borrower and the Servicers which shall, among other things, specify with respect to each Aircraft referred to in the relevant Funding Package the following information:

(a) the Aircraft manufacturer, type, model and serial number;

(b) current and proposed country of registration;

(c) Aircraft engine manufacturer and aircraft engine serial numbers, type and model;

(d) proposed lessee;

(e) proposed Purchase Price and information on any material modifications (including but not limited to prospective material modifications) to the Aircraft that relate to such Purchase Price;

(f) confirmation that addition of the proposed transaction to the Portfolio will not cause the Concentration Limits to be breached;

(g) which Aircraft Owning Entity will purchase such Aircraft;

(h) if such Aircraft is then subject to a Lien of record of any Person, information regarding all such Liens including, but not limited to (i) the name of such lienholder, (ii) a description of the collateral granted to each such lienholder to secure each such Lien and (iii) certification that adequate funds are in place to pay off existing Liens (other than Permitted Liens);

(i) if the proposed lease includes maintenance reserves, a detailed account of the estimated amount of maintenance reserves to be paid to the Administrative Agent on the Transfer Date and the amount of maintenance reserve rates payable under the Lease; and

(j) the Borrower shall supplement the Request with reasonably available additional information the Administrative Agent reasonably requests about the proposed transaction, provided that the provision of such additional information does not breach any confidentiality requirement of the Borrower and imposes no additional cost or delay in funding to the Borrower.

 

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Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having outstanding Loans and unused Commitments representing greater than 50% of the sum of the total outstanding Loans and unused Commitments at such time; provided that the commitments of, or outstanding Loans held by, any Lender that is FLL, a Servicer, or an Affiliate of FLL or any Servicer shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

Required Prepayment Amount ” is defined in Section 2.18(a).

Required Principal Payment Amount ” is defined in Section 2.07(a)(ii).

Responsible Officer ” shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent and the Security Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust office of the Administrative Agent or the Security Trustee, as applicable, including any Vice President, Managing Director, Director, Associate, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other officer of the Administrative Agent or the Security Trustee, as applicable, customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge and familiarity with the particular subject.

Restricted Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

Sales Fees ” means an amount equal to 1.5% of the Net Available Proceeds of a Disposition (provided that, for the purposes of this definition of Sales Fees, the entirety of the proviso in paragraph (a) of the definition of Net Available Proceeds shall be disregarded).

“Sanctioned Country” means any country that is subject to a sanctions program identified on the list maintained by OFAC and available at http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sanctions/index.html, or as otherwise published from time to time.

Sanctioned Entity ” means (i) an agency of the government of, (ii) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by, or (iii) a person resident in, a Sanctioned Country as such program may be applicable to such agency, organization or person.

“Sanctioned Person” means any person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC available at http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sdn/index.html , or as otherwise published from time to time.

 

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Secured Parties ” has the meaning defined in Section 1.01 of the Security Agreement.

Secured Party Representatives ” means the collective reference to the Security Trustee and the Administrative Agent.

Security Agreement ” means the Security Agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit E hereto, as amended from time to time.

Security Agreement Amendment No. 2 ” means the Security Agreement Amendment No. 2 dated as of the Effective Date and in substantially the form attached as Exhibit E-1 hereto.

Security Deposits ” means all cash security deposits and other cash amounts intended as security for the payment and performance by the Lessee of its obligations under a Lease.

Security Documents ” means the Security Agreement, Security Agreement Amendment No. 2, the Bermuda Share Charge, each Share Pledge, each Lease Assignment, each Lessee Acknowledgment, each Account Control Agreement, each Deregistration Power of Attorney and any instrument, document or memorandum annexed to any of the aforementioned documents, any consent, notice or acknowledgment required pursuant to the terms of any of the aforementioned documents and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent or the Security Trustee granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Borrower Group Company under any Loan Document.

Security Reserve Account ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Security Agreement.

Security Trustee ” has the meaning assigned in the preamble hereto.

Segregated Funds ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Security Agreement.

Serviced Group Member ” has the meaning defined in Article I of the Servicing Agreement.

Servicer ” means each of BBAM US LP and BBAM Aviation Services Limited individually in its capacity as “Servicer” under the Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “ Servicers ”).

Servicer Administrative Fee ” means an administrative fee equal to $10,000 per month.

Servicer Advances ” means any contributions received from the Servicers (at their discretion) into the Collections Account in respect of any unpaid Basic Rent or maintenance reserves for the purpose of improving the Interest Coverage Ratio for any Calculation Period; provided that, not more than two consecutive monthly contributions may be made and not more than four cumulative contributions may be made after the Effective Date.

 

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Servicer Replacement Event ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:

(a) an Event of Default under this Agreement;

(b) the Servicers or any of their Significant Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled payment, required prepayment, acceleration or otherwise) in respect of any recourse indebtedness for which the recourse portions exceed in the aggregate, $25,000,000 and such non-payment (A) continues for fifteen (15) days or is not waived (so long as such waiver is effective) by the corresponding creditor on or before fifteen (15) days after such payment is due or (B) any creditor commences the exercise of remedies against the Servicers or such Significant Subsidiary for non-payment, or any such indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity;

(c) failure to maintain on behalf of the Borrower insurance that the Servicers are required to maintain for the Borrower under this Agreement;

(d) failure of the Servicers to perform any covenant contained in any Basic Document and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof has been delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Servicers (other than with respect to delivery of the Monthly Report, which cure period shall be two (2) Business Days);

(e) (A) either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries shall consent to the appointment of or the taking of possession by a receiver, trustee or liquidator of itself or of a substantial part of its property, or either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or does not pay its debts generally as they become due or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or a voluntary petition or an answer seeking reorganization, liquidation or other relief in a case under any bankruptcy laws or other insolvency laws (as in effect at such time) or an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries, in any such case, or either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries shall seek relief by voluntary petition, answer or consent, under the provisions of any other bankruptcy or other similar law providing for the reorganization or winding up of corporations, trusts or banks (as in effect at such time) or (B) either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries shall seek an agreement, composition, extension or adjustment with its creditors under such laws, or either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries shall adopt a resolution authorizing action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or

 

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(B) an order, judgment or decree shall be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction appointing, without the consent of either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries, a receiver, trustee or liquidator of either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of their respective property, or any substantial part of the respective property of either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries shall be sequestered, or granting any other relief in respect of either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries as a debtor under any bankruptcy laws or other insolvency laws (as in effect at such time), and any such order, judgment or decree of appointment or sequestration shall remain in force, undismissed, unstayed and unvacated for a period of ninety (90) days after the date of entry thereof; or

(C) a petition against either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries, in a case under any bankruptcy laws or other insolvency laws (as in effect at such time) is filed and not withdrawn or dismissed within ninety (90) days thereafter, or if, under the provisions of any law providing for reorganization or winding up of corporations, trusts or banks which may apply to either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries, any court of competent jurisdiction assumes jurisdiction, custody or control of either Servicer or any of their Significant Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of their respective property and such jurisdiction, custody or control remains in force unrelinquished, unstayed and unterminated for a period of ninety (90) days;

provided that for the purposes of this clause (e), no Servicer Replacement Event shall be deemed to occur if the action, occurrence or event relates solely to a Significant Subsidiary and such action, occurrence or event could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of either Servicer to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement and any other Loan Document or any Lease to which the Servicers are a party; or

(f) failure of the Servicers to have Appropriate Management Expertise or to utilize such Appropriate Management Expertise for any reason. “Appropriate Management Expertise” means that the Servicers have available to it the full time services of one or more individuals who have experience in the aviation industry and, in particular, in relation to the administrative management of commercial jet aircraft subject to lease.

Servicing Agreement ” means the servicing agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit K hereto.

Servicing Fee ” means, for any Calculation Period, an amount equal to 3.5% of Basic Rent actually collected during such Calculation Period, plus $1,000 per Eligible Aircraft in the Portfolio on the immediately preceding Calculation Date.

Share Pledge ” has the meaning defined in Section 1.01 of the Security Agreement.

Significant Subsidiaries ” means any Subsidiary of either Servicer that has assets or liabilities in excess of $10,000,000.

 

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Solvent ” means, with respect to any Person at any time, that (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of such Person (and, in the case of any liabilities of any Aircraft Owning Entity or Intermediate Lessee, taking into account the amount of any expected receipts from the other Borrower Group Companies in the aggregate), (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature (and, in the case of any debts and liabilities of any Aircraft Owning Entity or Intermediate Lessee, taking into account the amount of any expected receipts from the other Borrower Group Companies in the aggregate), (d) such Person is not engaged in a business and is not about to engage in a business for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital and (e) such Person is not insolvent as defined in the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of such Person’s jurisdiction.

Special Majority Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having outstanding Loans and unused Commitments representing greater than 66 2/3 % of the sum of the total outstanding Loans and unused Commitments at such time; provided that the commitments of, or outstanding Loan held by, any Lender that is FLL, a Servicer, or an Affiliate of FLL or any Servicer, shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Special Majority Lenders.

Standard ” means in relation to any particular issue or matter, the standard which a reputable international operating lessor would apply in the applicable circumstances having regard, where relevant, to:

(a) the credit standing of the relevant Lessee or proposed Lessee;

(b) the economic terms of the relevant Lease;

(c) the negotiating position of the relevant Lessee or proposed Lessee and the Borrower Group Companies; and

(d) the interests and particular concerns of the Secured Parties.

State of Registration ” means, in relation to an Aircraft at any time, the country or state on whose national register such Aircraft is registered at that time under the laws of such country or state in accordance with the applicable provisions of any Lease relating to such Aircraft or, in the absence of any such provisions, Applicable Law.

Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage. Upon request by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall use reasonable efforts to provide the Borrower with a calculation of the Statutory Reserve Rate in effect at the time of such request.

 

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Subordinated Indebtedness ” means loans, if any, from time to time made by the Parent or an Affiliate of the Parent to Borrower or to any Borrower Group Company, with such loans to be upon terms of subordination set forth in Exhibit G-1 hereto and in the case of any loans made by any Affiliate other than the Parent, to be subject to a subordination and security agreement in the form of Exhibit G-2 hereto.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, statutory or common law trust or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP or IFRS (as applicable) as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association statutory or common law trust or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity (or beneficial interest) or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise specified, “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Subsidiary Guarantee ” means the Guarantee of the Subsidiary Guarantors in Article VII hereof.

Subsidiary Guarantor ” has the meaning defined in the preamble hereto.

Substitute Basis ” has the meaning defined in Section 2.11(b).

Supplemental Cash Letter ” means the Supplemental Cash Letter in substantially the form attached as Exhibit I hereto.

Target Price ” means, with respect to any Aircraft, 110% of the product of (x) the Allocable Percentage in respect of such Aircraft and (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans immediately prior to such prepayment.

Tax Treaty ” means arrangements into which Ireland has entered affording the relief from double taxation in respect of one or more Taxes, which contains an article dealing with interest or income from debt claims.

Taxes ” means any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding and withholding pursuant to FATCA), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Third-Party-Event ” is defined in Section 5.05.

 

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Total Loss ” means, with respect to any Aircraft (a) if the same is subject to a Lease or other applicable agreement, a “Casualty Event” or an “Event of Loss” (in each case, as defined in such agreement) or the like (however so defined); or (b) if the same is not subject to a Lease of other applicable agreement, (i) its actual, constructive, compromised, arranged or agreed total loss, (ii) its destruction, damage beyond repair or being rendered permanently unfit for normal use for any reason whatsoever, (iii) its requisition for title, confiscation, restraint, detention, forfeiture or any compulsory acquisition or seizure or requisition for hire (other than a requisition for hire for a temporary period not exceeding one hundred and eighty (180) days) by or under the order of any government (whether civil, military or de facto) or public or local authority or (iv) its hijacking, theft or disappearance, resulting in loss of possession by the owner or operator thereof for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days or longer. A Total Loss of an Aircraft shall be deemed to occur on the date on which such Total Loss is deemed pursuant to the relevant agreement to have occurred or, if such agreement does not so deem or the relevant Aircraft is not subject to a Lease, (A) in the case of an actual total loss or destruction, damage beyond repair or being rendered permanently unfit, the date on which such loss, destruction, damage or rendering occurs (or, if the date of loss or destruction is not known, the date on which the relevant Aircraft was last heard of); (B) in the case of a constructive, compromised, arranged or agreed total loss, the earlier of (1) the date sixty (60) days after the date on which notice claiming such total loss is issued to the insurers or brokers and (2) the date on which such loss is agreed or compromised by the insurers; (C) in the case of requisition for title, confiscation, restraint, detention, forfeiture, compulsory acquisition or seizure, the date on which the same takes effect; (D) in the case of a requisition for hire, the expiration of a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date on which such requisition commenced (or, if earlier, the date upon which insurers make payment on the basis of a Total Loss); or (E) in the case of clause (iv) above, the final day of the period of sixty (60) consecutive days referred to therein.

Transactions ” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Parent and each Borrower Group Company of the Basic Documents to which such Person is intended to be a party, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof.

Weighted Average Portfolio Age ” means, as of any date of determination, the result of (a) the sum for all Portfolio Aircraft of (i) the Appraised Value for each Portfolio Aircraft multiplied by (ii) the Aircraft Age of such Portfolio Aircraft divided by (b) the aggregate Appraised Value of all Portfolio Aircraft, as of such date.

Widebody Aircraft ” means any Airbus A330-200/300 aircraft, Boeing 777-200ER/300ER/F or B787-8/9 aircraft.

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

Withholding Agent ” means each Borrower Group Company, the Administrative Agent and the Security Trustee.

 

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SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and, in the case of any Schedule, shall be a reference to such Schedule in effect as of such time, (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms; IFRS . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP or IFRS (as applicable) , as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or IFRS or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or IFRS or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP or IFRS as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

ARTICLE II

THE CREDIT

SECTION 2.01. The Commitments .

(a) The Loans . The Lenders severally agree, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make loans to the Borrower (each, a “ Loan ”) from time to time on any Business Day after the Effective Date until the Commitment Termination Date, in an aggregate amount, as specified in each related Borrowing Request, as determined in accordance with clause (b) below.

(b) Amount Financed . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, with respect to any Loans:

(i) the aggregate principal amount of any Loan advanced shall not exceed the lowest of:

 

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(A) the product of the Advance Percentage and the Aircraft Purchase Price of the Eligible Aircraft being financed with the proceeds thereof;

(B) the product of the Advance Percentage and the Maintenance Adjusted CMV of the Eligible Aircraft being financed with the proceeds thereof; and

(C) the product of the Advance Percentage and the Maintenance Adjusted BV of the Eligible Aircraft being financed with the proceeds thereof;

(ii) immediately after giving effect to such Loans, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans as of such date shall not exceed the Borrowing Base of the Portfolio; and

(iii) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans of any Lender outstanding at any time shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment and the aggregate principal amount of all Loans hereunder outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Maximum Loan Amount.

Within such limits, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Loans during the Drawing Period. Following the Drawing Period, amounts repaid may not be reborrowed.

(c) On the Effective Date, the Existing Loans held by any Existing Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement shall automatically, and without any action on the part of any Person, be deemed to be a Loan hereunder and such Loan shall be deemed to satisfy such Existing Lender’s obligation under paragraph (a) above to the extent of the unpaid principal amount of the Existing Loan held by such Existing Lender.

(d) On the Effective Date, (i) each New Lender agrees, subject to the Administrative Agent’s determination that the terms and conditions of Sections 2.03 and 4.01 applicable to the Effective Date have been satisfied, to make a Loan to the Borrower in an amount set forth on Schedule 2.02(d)(i), and (ii) upon giving effect to the Loan from each New Lender and the application of such Loans to the repayment of certain Loans from the Existing Lenders, each Lender shall have an amount of outstanding Loans set forth on Schedule 2.02(d)(ii).

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings .

(a) Obligations of Lenders . Each Loan shall be made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that all obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans or take any other action as required hereunder. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loans; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, provided further that in connection with the exercise of any such option, the Borrower shall not be obliged to make any payment to a Lender under Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 of this Agreement in an amount greater than it would have had to make had such option not been exercised.

 

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(b) Minimum Amounts; Limitation on Number of Borrowings . Each Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of at least $500,000.

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings .

(a) Notice by the Borrower . To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone or email not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic or electronic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, telecopy or email to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto and signed by the Borrower.

(b) Content of Borrowing Request . The Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02 and be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B:

(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.04; and

(iv) the identity of the Aircraft to be acquired with the proceeds of such Borrowing.

(c) Notice by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders . Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, and in no event later than 3 p.m. following such receipt, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04. Funding of Borrowings .

(a) Funding by Lenders . Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 10:00 am, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, for account of the Borrower to the account designated pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(iii); provided that, if the proceeds of such Borrowing are being used to finance or refinance the purchase price of an Eligible Aircraft and the Borrower has advised the Administrative Agent prior to such time that one or more of the conditions precedent specified in Section 4.02(b) will not be satisfied as of the requested date of such Borrowing or have not been waived, then the Administrative Agent shall credit such amounts to the Funding Account in accordance with Section 2.05.

 

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SECTION 2.05. Funding Account . With respect to any Borrowing the proceeds of which have been deposited in the Funding Account in accordance with Section 2.04, the Borrower shall deliver a certificate, in Agreed Form (a “ Holding Period Release Request ”) to the Administrative Agent requesting the release of the relevant Loans from the Funding Account to the account and in the amount specified in the applicable Borrowing Request no later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such release (such date shall be a Business Day in the applicable Holding Period), provided that all conditions precedent in Section 4.02 shall be satisfied or waived prior to any Holding Period Release Request being effective. Upon receipt of an effective Holding Period Release Request, the Administrative Agent will direct the Security Trustee to make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly transferring the applicable Loans (including any interest accrued thereon) held in the Funding Account, in like funds, to the account of the Borrower designated in the applicable Borrowing Request. For the avoidance of doubt, interest will accrue, in accordance with Section 2.10, on the applicable Loans while in the Funding Account. If the Administrative Agent does not receive an effective Holding Period Release Request during the applicable Holding Period or if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall direct the Security Trustee to repay the Loans then held in the Funding Account to the applicable Lenders, in amounts corresponding to the amounts advanced for such Borrowing by such Lender in accordance with Section 2.04(a) within two (2) Business Days after the end of the applicable Holding Period or the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default. With respect to a repayment of Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05, (i) any amounts of accrued interest shall be payable on demand and (ii) any amounts owing under Section 2.14 shall be paid by the Borrower in accordance with such Section.

SECTION 2.06. Termination, Reduction or Increase of the Commitments .

(a) Termination and Reduction of Commitments . The Commitment of each Lender shall be automatically reduced to zero on the Commitment Termination Date. In addition, the Borrower shall have the right, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the unused portions of the respective Commitments of the Lenders, provided that each partial reduction shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $500,000. Once terminated or reduced, the Commitments may not be reinstated.

(b) Optional Extensions of Drawing Period .

(i) The Borrower may request, by notice to the Administrative Agent not less than sixty (60) days prior to the Commitment Termination Date then in effect, that the Drawing Period be extended. Upon receipt of such notice by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall promptly (but in no event later than five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof) notify each Lender of such request, and each Lender shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent not more than fifteen (15) Business Days after the date on which the Administrative Agent shall have received the Borrower’s request (which date shall be set forth in the notice of such request given by the Administrative Agent) of its election so to extend or to not extend the Drawing Period. Any Lender which shall not timely notify the Administrative Agent of such election shall be deemed to have elected not to extend such Drawing Period.

 

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(ii) If one or more Lenders shall have elected, or shall be deemed to have elected, not to extend the Drawing Period, in each case, in accordance with clause (i) above, then the Administrative Agent shall so advise the Borrower and the remaining Lenders, and the remaining Lenders then maintaining Commitments or any of them shall have the right (but not the obligation), upon notice to the Administrative Agent not later than five (5) Business Days immediately preceding the applicable Commitment Termination Date, to increase each of their respective Commitments by an amount equal in the aggregate to the Commitments of the Lenders who have, or have been deemed to have, elected not to extend the Drawing Period. Each Lender electing to increase each of its Commitments hereunder (each a “ Remaining Lender ”) shall specify in its notice to the Administrative Agent the amount by which it is willing to increase its Commitments; provided that if the aggregate amount of proposed increases by all Remaining Lenders shall equal or exceed the aggregate Commitments of those Lenders who have, or have been deemed to have, elected to not extend the Drawing Period, then the amount of any increase in Commitments shall not exceed for any Remaining Lender the product of (A) the percentage of (x) such Lender’s Commitment with respect to the Loans to (y) the aggregate Commitment of each other Remaining Lender with respect to the Loans (in each case determined before giving effect to any increase in the Commitments of the remaining Lenders pursuant to this clause (ii)) multiplied by (B) the aggregate Commitments of the Loans of the Lenders who have, or have been deemed to have, elected not to extend the Drawing Period. Each Lender who elects, or who is deemed to elect, to not extend the Drawing Period, in each case in accordance with clause (ii) above shall assign its Commitments and Loans to any and all Remaining Lenders in the amounts described in this clause (ii) and the purchase price to be paid for such Loans shall be in the amount of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans at such time together with accrued and unpaid interest, fees and breakage costs, if any, in respect thereof plus all other amounts owing to such Lender from the Borrower under the Loan Documents. Each of such assigning Lender and each such Remaining Lender shall execute an Assignment and Assumption Agreement evidencing such assignment. The Commitments of such Remaining Lenders shall become effective on the Commitment Termination Date then in effect.

(iii) If the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders who have elected, or who are deemed to have elected, not to extend the Drawing Period, in each case in accordance with clause (i) above, shall exceed the aggregate amount by which the Remaining Lenders have agreed to increase their Commitments pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower may, with the approval of the Administrative Agent not to be unreasonably withheld, designate one or more Eligible Assignee willing to extend Commitments in accordance with the Borrower’s request and in an aggregate amount not greater than such excess. Each Lender who elects, or who is deemed to elect, not to extend the Drawing Period, in each case in accordance with clause (i) above shall assign its Commitments and Loans to any and all such Eligible Assignees and the purchase price to be paid for such Loans shall be in the amount of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans at such time together with accrued and unpaid interest, fees and breakage costs, if any, in respect thereof plus all other amounts owing to such Lender from the Borrower under the Loan Documents. Each of such assigning Lender and each such Eligible Assignee shall execute an Assignment and Assumption Agreement evidencing such assignment. The Commitments of such Eligible Assignee shall become effective, and such Eligible Assignee shall become a Lender hereunder, on the Commitment Termination Date then in effect for the Lenders who have, or have been deemed to have, elected not to extend the Drawing Period (and any Eligible Assignee that is already a Lender shall remain a Lender and any new Commitment and Loan assigned to it under this clause (iii) shall become effective on such Commitment Termination Date).

 

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(iv) The Borrower shall deliver (x) to each Lender that increases its Commitment under clause (ii) above, if such Lender has previously been issued a Note by the Borrower under this Agreement, on the Commitment Termination Date in effect for the Lenders who have, or have been deemed to have, elected not to extend the Drawing Period, a new Note or an amendment to such existing Note, as requested by such Lender, to reflect any increase in its Commitment and (y) to each Eligible Assignee that takes by assignment under clause (iii) above (upon request of such Eligible Assignee), upon request and on the Commitment Termination Date in effect for the Lenders who have, or have been deemed to have, elected not to extend the Drawing Period, a Note evidencing such Eligible Assignee’s Commitment and the Borrower’s obligation to pay Loans made by such Eligible Assignee pursuant to this Agreement.

(v) If, after giving effect to any increase in the Commitments of one or more Remaining Lenders pursuant to clause (ii) above and any assignments to or new Commitments of one or more Eligible Assignees pursuant to clause (iii) above, the extension of the Drawing Period as provided in this clause (b) would not have been approved by Lenders holding Commitments equal in the aggregate to 100% of the Maximum Loan Amount, then the Drawing Period shall not be extended but shall continue in effect until the Commitment Termination Date and shall then terminate. If Lenders holding Commitments equal in the aggregate to 100% of the Maximum Loan Amount shall have elected to extend the Drawing Period as provided in this Section 2.02, then the Drawing Period with respect to the Commitments of such Lenders and any Person which becomes a Lender hereunder shall continue until the date which is provided in clause (a) above, as to such Lenders, and the term “Commitment Termination Date”, as used herein, shall mean the last day of such extended period

SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt .

(a) Repayment . The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Security Trustee for account of the Lenders:

(i) the outstanding principal amount of the Loans on the Maturity Date (or such earlier date as may be required by the terms of this Agreement); and

 

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(ii) in respect of each Calculation Date during the Drawing Period, on the next Payment Date after such Calculation Date, an amount equal to the positive difference between (A) the outstanding principal amount of the Loans on such Calculation Date, less (B) the Advance Percentage multiplied by the sum of the Depreciated Purchase Price for each Portfolio Aircraft on such Calculation Date (the “ Required Principal Payment Amount ”).

(b) Manner of Payment . Prior to any prepayment of any Loans hereunder, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) or email of such selection not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. All prepayments shall be applied ratably to the outstanding Loans.

(c) Maintenance of Records by Lenders . Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice records evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(d) Maintenance of Records by the Administrative Agent and the Security Trustee . The Administrative Agent shall maintain records in which it shall record the amount of each Loan made hereunder and each Interest Period therefor. The Security Trustee shall maintain records in which it shall record (i) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (ii) the amount of any sum received by the Security Trustee hereunder for account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(e) Effect of Entries . The entries made in the records maintained pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such records or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the records of the Administrative Agent and the records of each Lender, the records of the Administrative Agent shall control.

(f) Promissory Notes . Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note (each, a “ Note ”). In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.04) be represented by one or more Notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if such Note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.08. Prepayment of Loans .

(a) Optional Prepayments . The Borrower shall have the right on any Business Day to prepay the Loans in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of Section 2.08(c).

 

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(b) Mandatory Prepayments . The Borrower shall prepay the Loans as follows:

(i) Dispositions of Aircraft; Total Loss . Upon any Total Loss or Disposition of an Aircraft or any Aircraft Interest, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to (A) where such Total Loss or Disposition occurs during the Drawing Period, 100% of, and (B) where such Total Loss or Disposition occurs following the Drawing Period, 110% of, the product of (x) the Allocable Percentage in respect of such Aircraft and (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans immediately prior to such prepayment.

(ii) Change in Control . Upon any Change in Control the Borrower shall, on the date of such Change in Control, prepay the entire unpaid principal amount of the Loans and the remaining Commitment of each Lender shall be automatically reduced to zero on such date.

(iii) Collateral Deficiency . If, as of any Calculation Date, a Collateral Deficiency exists, the Borrower shall by the third Payment Date immediately following such Calculation Date do either or both of the following: (x) pay an amount to the Collections Account sufficient so that, after application of funds on such third Payment Date in accordance with Section 2.18, such Collateral Deficiency no longer exists or (y) pledge Eligible Aircraft, in such amounts so that such Collateral Deficiency no longer exists.

(c) Notices, Etc . The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) or email of any optional prepayment hereunder not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of the Loans to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of the Loans shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of such Loans as provided in Section 2.02, except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory prepayment. Except as provided in Section 2.18, any prepayment of the Loans shall be applied ratably to the then outstanding Loans. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.10, together with any amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14, and shall be made in the manner specified in Section 2.07(b).

SECTION 2.09. Fees .

(a) Administrative Agent Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(b) Commitment Fee . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Security Trustee for the account of each Lender a commitment fee (the “ Commitment Fee ”), which shall accrue at a rate of 0.75% per annum on the daily unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the Commitment Termination Date. Accrued Commitment Fee shall be payable in arrears on each Payment Date and on the Commitment Termination Date.

 

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(c) Arranging and Amendment Fee . On the Effective Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender an arranging and amendment fee in the amount of 0.50% of such Lender’s Commitment.

(d) Payment of Fees . All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.10. Interest .

(a) Loans . Except as otherwise provided herein, the Loans constituting each Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin plus the Incremental Margin.

(b) Aggregated Default Interest . At any time during which an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Loans shall bear additional interest (in addition to the interest payable pursuant to clause (a) above (if any) on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day during each Interest Period applicable thereto, at a rate per annum equal to the Default Margin in effect (all such Default Margin interest owing on any Loan, the “ Aggregated Default Interest ”). Such accrued interest shall be aggregated on the last day of such Interest Period, accrue interest at the Aggregated Default Interest Rate and shall be deemed “Aggregated Default Interest.” Aggregated Default Interest and the interest thereon shall be payable in accordance with Section 2.18.

(c) Incremental Margin . If, on the last date of the Drawing Period (as measured solely at such time):

(i) (x) the Portfolio Aircraft (except any Widebody Aircraft or freighter Aircraft) on lease to any one lessee represent more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of all Loans advanced and/or (y) lessees from any one jurisdiction (except in respect of any Widebody Aircraft or freighter Aircraft) represent more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of all Loans advanced, then the Loans shall bear an incremental interest rate equal to 100 basis points, unless a waiver has been obtained from the Required Lenders; or

(ii) (unless clause (c)(i) above applies), (x) the Portfolio Aircraft (except any Widebody Aircraft or freighter Aircraft) on lease to any one lessee represent 30% to 50% of all Loans advanced and/or (ii) lessees from any one jurisdiction (except in respect of any Widebody Aircraft or freighter Aircraft) represent more than 30% to 50% of the aggregate principal amount of all Loans advanced, then the Loans shall bear an incremental interest rate equal to 50 basis points, unless a waiver is obtained from the Required Lenders, any incremental interest rate under clauses (c)(i) or (c)(ii) above being the “ Incremental Margin ”. For the purposes of calculating whether the 30% and 50% thresholds have been breached related to a lessee operating a Widebody aircraft and the jurisdiction in which a lessee with a Widebody aircraft operates, each of (i) the aggregate principal amount outstanding for Aircraft on Lease to such lessee (after subtracting the principal amount outstanding related to the Widebody aircraft) and (ii) the aggregate principal amount outstanding for Aircraft on lease in this jurisdiction (after subtracting the principal amount outstanding related to the Widebody aircraft) will be compared to the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding (after subtracting the principal amount outstanding related to the Widebody aircraft).

 

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(d) Payment of Interest . Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Payment Date; provided that in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment.

(e) Computation . All interest and Commitment Fees hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty (360) days, and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.11. Substitute Basis . If, on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period (an “ Affected Interest Period ”):

(a) the Administrative Agent determines that, by reason of circumstances affecting the London interbank Eurodollar market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the “LIBO Rate” for such Interest Period, or

(b) the Required Lenders determine and notify the Administrative Agent that, as a result of a change in circumstances occurring after the date of this Agreement which are generally affecting the interbank lending markets and not peculiar to, and are outside the control of, the Required Lenders, the relevant rates of interest referred to in the definition of “LIBO Rate” in Section 1.01 upon the basis of which the rate of interest for Loans for such Affected Interest Period is to be determined will not be adequate to cover the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans for such Affected Interest Period,

the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof (a “ Rate Determination Notice ”) to the Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given, during the thirty-day period following such Rate Determination Notice (the “ Negotiation Period ”) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith with a view to agreeing upon a substitute interest rate basis (having the written approval of the Required Lenders) for the Loans which shall reflect the cost to the Lenders of funding their Loans from alternative sources (a “ Substitute Basis ”), and if such Substitute Basis is so agreed upon during the Negotiation Period, such Substitute Basis shall apply in lieu of the LIBO Rate to all Interest Periods commencing on or after the first day of the Affected Interest Period, until the circumstances giving rise to such notice have ceased to apply. If a Substitute Basis is not agreed upon during the Negotiation Period, the Borrower may elect to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.08; provided , however, that if the Borrower does not elect so to prepay, each Lender shall determine (and shall certify from time to time in a certificate delivered by such Lender to the Administrative Agent setting forth in reasonable detail the basis of the computation of such amount and such certificate shall constitute a certification by such Lender that such calculation is an accurate and fair calculation of such Lender’s funding costs for such Interest Period) the rate basis reflecting the cost to such Lender of funding its Loans from such source as it may reasonably select for the Interest Period commencing on or after the first day of the Affected Interest Period, until the circumstances giving rise to such notice have ceased to apply, and such rate basis shall be binding upon the Borrower and such Lender and shall apply in lieu of the LIBO Rate for the relevant Interest Period.

 

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SECTION 2.12. Illegality .

(a) Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent that any Change in Law makes it unlawful for such Lender or its Applicable Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make Loans or to fund or otherwise maintain Loans hereunder, (a) the obligation of such Lender to make Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist and (b) if such Change in Law shall so mandate, such Lender’s Loans shall be prepaid by the Borrower, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other amounts payable by the Borrower under this Agreement, on or before such date as shall be mandated by such Change in Law.

SECTION 2.13. Increased Costs .

(a) Increased Costs Generally . If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or

(ii) impose on any Lender any other condition affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), but excluding in each case Indemnified Taxes, Other Taxes and Excluded Taxes (each of which shall be dealt with solely under Section 2.15), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered, in each case provided that such additional costs have not been compensated for pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement (or would have been compensated for but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in such other provision).

 

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(b) Capital Requirements . If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) Certificates from Lenders . A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error and shall constitute a certification by such Lender that such calculations are a fair and accurate calculation of the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

(d) Notice; Delay in Requests; Limitations . Each Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts to notify the Borrower upon becoming aware of any Change in Law giving rise to a right to compensation pursuant to this Section. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay on the part of any Lender to give any such notice to the Borrower or to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation or otherwise form the basis of any liability of such Lender to Borrower; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than six (6) months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six (6) month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. The provisions of this Section 2.13 shall not oblige the Borrower to make payment to any Lender in relation to any additional amounts to the extent that (i) such additional amounts are imposed by reason of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Lender or result from any failure on the part of such Lender to comply with any of the express terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or (ii) such additional amounts result from any failure by such Lender duly to comply with all such laws of which it may reasonably be expected to be aware relating to filing of regulatory returns and statements.

SECTION 2.14. Break Funding Payments . In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Loan other than on the Payment Date therefor (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, or (c) the assignment as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.17(b) of any Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period therefor, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of any Loans, the loss to any Lender attributable to any such event shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that such Lender would pay for a deposit equal to the principal amount of such Loan for the period from the date of such payment, conversion, failure or assignment to the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the duration of the Interest Period that would have resulted from such borrowing, conversion or continuation) if the interest rate payable on such deposit were equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period, over (ii) the amount of interest that such Lender would earn on such principal amount for such period if such Lender were to invest such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that would be bid by such Lender (or an affiliate of such Lender) for Dollar deposits from other banks in the Eurodollar market at the commencement of such period. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

 

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SECTION 2.15. Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up .

(a) Each payment by a Borrower Group Company under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document shall be made without withholding for any Taxes, unless such withholding is required by any law. If any Withholding Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so required to withhold Taxes, then such Withholding Agent may so withhold and shall timely pay the full amount of withheld Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by the Borrower Group Company shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such withholding (including such withholding applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section), the applicable Recipient receives the amount it would have received had no such withholding been made.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower Group Companies . The Borrower Group Companies shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(c) Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower Group Companies to a Governmental Authority, such Borrower Group Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The parties acknowledge that, on the Effective Date and each Funding Date, the Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Taxes or Other Taxes that may be payable, nor shall the Administrative Agent be required to make any enquiries as to the existence or application of any Taxes or Other Taxes.

(d) Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower Group Companies shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient for any Indemnified Taxes that are paid or payable by such Recipient in connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Document (including amounts paid or payable under this Section 2.15(d)) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The indemnity under this Section 2.15(d) shall be paid within ten (10) days after the Recipient delivers to the relevant Borrower Group Company a certificate stating the amount of any Indemnified Taxes so paid or payable by such Recipient and describing the basis for the indemnification claim. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error. Such Recipient shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(e) Indemnification by the Lenders . Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, only to the extent that the relevant Borrower Group Company has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the relevant Borrower Group Company to do so) attributable to such Lender that are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The indemnity under this Section 2.15(e) shall be paid within ten (10) days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating the amount of Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.

(f) Status of Lenders . Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, any applicable withholding Tax with respect to any payments under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to any withholding (including backup withholding) or information reporting requirements. Upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, any Lender shall update any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.15(f). If any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect with respect to a Lender, such Lender shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days after such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy and update the form or certification if it is legally eligible to do so. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentations (other than such documentation set forth in the next sentence of this Section 2.15(f)) shall not be required if in the Lender’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense (or, in the case of a Change in Law, any incremental material unreimbursed cost or expense) or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender. In addition, if a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would be subject to withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.15(f), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds . If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.15 (including additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section 2.15), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid by such indemnified party pursuant to the previous sentence (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) (other than penalties or other charges arising out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the indemnified party) in the event such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15(g), in no event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 2.15(g) to the extent such payment would place such indemnified party in a less favorable position (on a net after-Tax basis) than such indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This Section 2.15(g) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

SECTION 2.16. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set offs .

(a) Payments by the Borrower Group Companies . Each Borrower Group Company shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or under Section 2.13, 2.14 or 2.15, or otherwise) or under any other Loan Document (except to the extent otherwise provided therein) prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Security Trustee at its offices at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 60 Wall Street, 27th Floor, MS NYC 60-2720, New York, NY 10005, except as otherwise expressly provided in the relevant Loan Document and except payments pursuant to Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 10.03, which shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Security Trustee shall distribute any such payments received by it for account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document (except to the extent otherwise provided therein) shall be made in Dollars.

 

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(b) Application of Insufficient Payments . If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Security Trustee to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, to pay interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, to pay principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.

(c) Pro Rata Treatment . Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: (i) each Borrowing shall be made from the Lenders pro rata according to the amounts of their respective Commitments; (ii) each Borrowing shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of their respective Commitments; (iii) each payment or prepayment of principal of Loans by the Borrower shall be made for account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans held by them; and (iv) each payment of interest on Loans by the Borrower shall be made for account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans then due and payable to the respective Lenders.

(d) Sharing of Payments by Lenders . If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon then due than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by any Borrower Group Company pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of either thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). Each Borrower Group Company consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower Group Company rights of set off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower Group Company in the amount of such participation.

(e) Certain Deductions by the Security Trustee . If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 10.03(c), then the Security Trustee may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Security Trustee for the account of such Lender for the benefit of the Security Trustee or the Administrative Agent (as applicable), to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under Section 10.03(c) until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under Section 10.03(c), in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Security Trustee in its discretion.

 

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SECTION 2.17. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders .

(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Sections 2.13 or 2.15, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.13 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.15, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

 

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SECTION 2.18. Application of Collections; Proceeds of Collateral .

(a) Application of Proceeds from the Disposition or Total Loss of an Aircraft . Subject to Section 2.18(c), all Net Available Proceeds (including without limitation any interest earned thereon) received by the Security Trustee that are identified by the Borrower in a notice to the Security Trustee and the Administrative Agent as resulting from the Disposition or Total Loss of any Aircraft shall be applied by the Security Trustee as set forth in this paragraph (a), provided that at least one Business Day prior to such application, the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate to the Security Trustee and the Administrative Agent (i) identifying the Business Day on which such application is to be made (which shall be within ten (10) Business Days of such Disposition or Total Loss of any Aircraft or Aircraft Interest), (ii) setting forth, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (x) a calculation of the amount of such Net Available Proceeds and (y) a calculation of the aggregate principal amount of Loans required to be prepaid pursuant to such Section 2.08(b)(i) (such amount, the “ Required Prepayment Amount ”), (iii) setting forth the amounts to be distributed pursuant to clauses sixth, seventh and ninth below and (iv) stating whether any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing:

first , such amounts shall be applied ratably (i) to the payment of any Borrower Expenses and Lessor Payments with respect to the applicable Aircraft ( provided that (x) to the extent any Lessor Payments are payable from Maintenance Rent, any corresponding deposits in the Maintenance Reserve Account shall be applied first to discharge such obligations, and (y) any unused deposits in the Aircraft Expenses Account shall be applied first to discharge such obligations) and (ii) to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, and any other Indemnified Party, an amount equal to all costs, fees, expenses, indemnities and reimbursements (including legal fees and expenses but excluding principal and interest, including Aggregated Default Interest) then due and owing to each such Person under the Loan Documents, for payment thereof, but excluding such costs, fees, expenses, indemnities and reimbursements that are provided for below in;

second , to the Servicers, an amount equal to all Sales Fees and interest thereon accrued on such and any previous Payment Date which remain unpaid, for payment of such fees;

third , ratably (i) to the Lenders, an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid interest (except for Aggregated Default Interest and accrued and unpaid interest thereon) on the outstanding principal amount of the Loans being repaid under this clause (a) as of the date of repayment, for payment thereof and (ii) to the Derivatives Creditors, an amount equal to the Derivatives Obligations, if any, then due and payable in connection with the prepayments of the Loans described in this clause (a);

fourth , ratably to the Lenders for repayment of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans in an amount not to exceed the Required Prepayment Amount with respect to the applicable Aircraft;

fifth , ratably to each Lender, the shortfall, if any, of the amount to have been paid to the Lenders on the immediately preceding Payment Date pursuant to clause fourth of Section 2.18(b) or clauses second through fifth of Section 2.18(c);

sixth , to the Servicers, the shortfall, if any, of the amount to have been paid to the Servicers on the immediately preceding Payment Date pursuant to clause seventh of Section 2.18(b) and related to the Aircraft, Airframe or Engine for which the proceeds then being applied under this Section 2.18(a) have been received;

 

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seventh , for deposit to the Cash Collateral Account in an amount not to exceed the positive difference (if any) between (i) the Cash Collateral Target Amount minus (ii) the Cash Collateral, in each case as determined on the immediately preceding Calculation Date, but assuming that the Aircraft at issue is no longer in the Portfolio;

eighth , ratably to the Lenders in an amount not to exceed all interest accrued in connection with all Aggregated Default Interest due and owing to each Lender, for payment of such Aggregated Default Interest;

ninth , to the Aircraft Expenses Account the shortfall, if any, of the amount to have been so transferred on the immediately preceding Payment Date pursuant to clause third of Section 2.18(b); and

tenth , any amount remaining, as directed by the Borrower

(b) Application of Proceeds of Collections on Payment Dates . Subject to Section 2.18(c), on each Payment Date, all Collections received by the Security Trustee as of the related Calculation Date (including all amounts on deposit in the Collections Account as of such Calculation Date) and not timely identified by the Borrower as proceeds to be applied in the manner provided in the foregoing paragraph (a) shall be applied as set forth in this paragraph (b), provided that at least one Business Day prior to such application, the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate to the Security Trustee and the Administrative Agent setting forth the amounts to be distributed pursuant to clauses second , third , fifth , and seventh below and stating whether any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing:

first , such amounts shall be applied ratably (i) to the payment of any Borrower Expenses and Lessor Payments ( provided that (x) to the extent any Lessor Payments are payable from Maintenance Rent, such Lessor Payments shall be payable solely from any corresponding deposits in the Maintenance Reserve Account or amounts which the Parent is required to fund in respect of Maintenance Rent pursuant to the Supplement Cash Letter, and (y) any unused deposits in the Aircraft Expenses Account shall be applied first to discharge such obligations) and (ii) to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, and any other Indemnitee, an amount equal to all costs, fees, expenses, indemnities and reimbursements (including legal fees and expenses but excluding principal and interest, including Aggregated Default Interest) then due and owing to each such Person under the Loan Documents, for payment thereof, but excluding such costs, fees, expenses, indemnities and reimbursements that are provided for below in clauses second , third , fourth , fifth , seventh , or eighth or tenth of this clause (b);

second , if (i) any amount (a “ Reimbursement Amount ”) paid by a Lessee into the Collection Account since the last Payment Date was specifically paid to reimburse any expense paid by either Servicer under the Servicing Agreement (but not to include payments by the Servicers in respect of unpaid Basic Rent amounts) because the Lessee had failed to pay an amount due or perform an obligation under the applicable Lease, (ii) the Lessee has fully cured all payment defaults under the applicable Lease and (iii) the Servicers have provided the Administrative Agent with documentation that enables the Administrative Agent to verify the amounts distributable under this clause second , to the Servicers to reimburse the Servicers for such payment in an amount not to exceed such Reimbursement Amount;

 

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third , to the Aircraft Expenses Account an amount sufficient to pay Approved Aircraft Asset Expenses anticipated to be incurred in the one (1) month period immediately following such Payment Date plus an amount the Borrower and the Servicers certify to the Administrative Agent in writing (or the Administrative Agent otherwise reasonably determines) is reasonably necessary in order to create a reserve for Approved Aircraft Expenses anticipated beyond such one (1) month period (but for no longer than an additional two (2) months beyond such one (1) month period) for which creating such a reserve would be prudent (taking into account the then current balance in the Aircraft Expenses Account, each such amount to be certified by the Servicers in the immediately preceding Monthly Report);

fourth , ratably to each Lender, an amount equal to all accrued Commitment Fees then due and owing to such Lender on the Loans under Section 2.09(b), for payment thereof;

fifth , to the Servicers and their designees, in aggregate, an amount equal to all Servicing Fees plus any interest thereon accrued on such and any previous Payment Date which remain unpaid, including but not limited to any Sales Fees and to all indemnification payments due to the Servicers which remain unpaid, if any, as provided for in the Basic Documents;

sixth , ratably (i) to the Lenders, an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid interest (except for Aggregated Default Interest and accrued and unpaid interest thereon) on the outstanding principal amount of the Loans as of the then most recently ended Interest Period, for payment thereof and (ii) to the Derivatives Creditors, an amount equal to the Derivatives Obligations (including any Derivatives Obligations relating to or arising from the termination of any Derivatives Agreement), if any, then due and payable;

seventh , any amount remaining, to the Servicers, in an amount not to exceed all unreimbursed Servicer Advances advanced during previous Calculation Periods and any interest owing thereon, for reimbursement thereof;

eighth , for deposit to the Cash Collateral Account, in an amount not to exceed the positive difference (if any) between (i) the Cash Collateral Target Amount minus (ii) the Cash Collateral, in each case as determined on the immediately preceding Calculation Date;

ninth , ratably to the Lenders (a) during the Drawing Period (unless an ICR Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing), an amount equal to any Required Principal Payment Amounts then due and owing under Section 2.07(a)(ii) and (b) thereafter, and at any time during which an ICR Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing, such amounts for application to the prepayment of the Loans until paid in full;

 

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tenth , ratably to the Lenders in an amount not to exceed all Aggregated Default Interest due and owing to each Lender, for payment of such Aggregated Default Interest;

eleventh , towards the payment in full of any other amounts or obligations then owed by the Borrower;

twelfth , to the Servicers, an amount not to exceed the Servicer Administrative Fees that are due are owing; and

thirteenth , as directed by the Borrower.

(c) Application of Proceeds following an Event of Default . At any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all amounts (including all proceeds of Collateral and amounts on deposit in the Accounts, including without limitation any interest earned thereon) on deposit in the Accounts or otherwise received by the Administrative Agent or Security Trustee, shall be applied as follows upon receipt by the Security Trustee of written instructions from the Administrative Agent setting forth the amounts to be distributed pursuant to clauses first through sixth below:

first , such amounts shall be applied ratably (i) to the payment of any Borrower Expenses and Lessor Payments ( provided that (x) to the extent any Lessor Payments are payable from Maintenance Rent, such Lessor Payments shall be payable solely from any corresponding deposits in the Maintenance Reserve Account or amounts which the Parent is required to fund in respect of Maintenance Rent pursuant to the Supplement Cash Letter, and (y) any unused deposits in the Aircraft Expenses Account shall be applied first to discharge such obligations) and (ii) to reimburse the Security Trustee for or to pay the Security Trustee any unpaid fees, out-of-pocket costs and expenses (to the extent not previously reimbursed) or indemnities, including reasonable compensation to the agents and counsel of the Security Trustee, and all charges, expenses, liabilities and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Security Trustee for services under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including any ancillary documents) and any other amounts owing to the Security Trustee thereunder shall be applied by the Security Trustee in reimbursement of such fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts;

second , so much of such payments or amounts as shall be required to reimburse the Administrative Agent for or to pay the Administrative Agent any unpaid fees, out-of-pocket costs and expenses (to the extent not previously reimbursed) or indemnities, including reasonable compensation to the agents and counsel of the Administrative Agent, and all charges, expenses, liabilities and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Administrative Agent for services under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other amounts owing to the Administrative Agent thereunder shall be distributed to the Administrative Agent;

 

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third , so much of such payments or amounts as shall be required to reimburse the Secured Parties for any unpaid fees, out-of-pocket costs and expenses (to the extent not previously reimbursed) or indemnities, arising out of the exercise of the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents (including the costs and expenses of collection, sale or other realization upon the Collateral and including also payments or amounts as shall be required to reimburse each Secured Party for payments in respect of such unpaid fees or out-of-pocket costs and expenses made by it to the Administrative Agent or the Security Trustee pursuant to the Security Documents);

fourth , so much of such payments or amounts as shall be required to pay to the Secured Parties all other amounts payable by the Borrower Group Companies pursuant to the Loan Documents (other than amounts payable pursuant to clause second , third or fifth of this Section 2.18(c)) to the Secured Parties and remaining unpaid shall be distributed to Secured Parties, in each case, ratably in accordance with the respective amounts thereof;

fifth , so much of such payments or amounts as shall be required to pay (i) the accrued but unpaid interest on the Obligations to the date of distribution and (ii) any accrued but unpaid Commitment Fee to the date of distribution, , and (iii) an amount equal to the Derivatives Obligations (including any Derivatives Obligations relating to or arising from the termination of any Derivatives Agreement), if any, then due and payable, shall be distributed to the relevant Secured Parties, in each case, ratably to each Secured Party in accordance with the respective amount of such Obligations owed to such Secured Party;

sixth , so much of such payments or amounts as shall be required to pay the remainder of the Obligations in full, including, without limitation, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Obligations then due shall be distributed to the Secured Parties, in each case, ratably to each Secured Party in accordance with the respective amount of Obligations owed to such Secured Party;

seventh , so much of such payments or amounts shall be applied to the payment of all accrued and unpaid Servicing Fee and all other amounts (including indemnity payments and/or costs and expenses) then due and payable to the Servicers under the Servicing Agreement; and

eighth , the balance, if any, of such payments or amounts remaining thereafter shall be distributed to, or as directed by, the Borrower (including towards the payment of any Borrower Expenses in excess of the amounts payable under clause first of this Section 2.18(c)),

provided that the Security Trustee shall only distribute funds pursuant to clauses second through fifth above upon receipt of a written certificate signed by the Administrative Agent setting forth the amounts payable under each clause.

 

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SECTION 2.19. Defaulting Lenders .

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.09(b); and

(b) the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 10.02); provided, that this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of each Lender or each Lender affected thereby.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Borrower Group Company jointly and severally represents and warrants to the Lenders as of each Funding Date as follows:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers . Each Grantor is an entity duly formed, validly existing and, in the case of those jurisdictions where such concept is known, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and has all organizational powers and all governmental licenses, authorizations, permits, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each Grantor is duly qualified to do business and, in the case of those jurisdictions where such concept is known, is in good standing in each jurisdiction where that qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have, whether individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability . The Transactions are within each Grantor’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, by all necessary shareholder action. Each Loan Document and each Lease has been duly executed and delivered by each Grantor party thereto and constitutes, and each of the other Basic Documents to which it is a party when executed and delivered by such Grantor will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Grantor, enforceable against each Grantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, examinership, receivership, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and (b) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and assuming, in the case of each Lease, that such Lease constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each other party thereto (other than the Grantors).

 

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SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts . The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval (including any exchange control approval) of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect or were made pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, (ii) filings and recordings in respect of the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents, and (iii) any other consent, approval, filing or recording (other than any filing or recording in respect of the Liens created by the Security Documents) for which the failure to obtain or make, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate any Applicable Law or any order of any Governmental Authority except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (c) will not violate or result in a default under the charter, by laws or other organizational documents of any Borrower Group Company or any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Borrower Group Company or any of their respective assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any such Person, and (d) except for the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents, will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 3.04. Properties .

(a) Each Borrower Group Company has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, and has good title to its Ownership Interests in each of its respective Subsidiaries, in each case subject only to Liens permitted by Section 6.02.

(b) Each Borrower Group Company owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by such Person does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person.

SECTION 3.05. Litigation and Environmental Matters .

(a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority now pending against or, to the Knowledge of any Borrower Group Company threatened against or affecting the Servicers or any Borrower Group Company (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.

(b) No Borrower Group Company (i) has (x) failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (y) become subject to any Environmental Liability or (z) received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (ii) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

SECTION 3.06. Compliance with Laws and Agreements . Each Borrower Group Company is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Borrower Group company is in compliance in all material respects with the terms of each Lease to which it is a party. No Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

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SECTION 3.07. Taxes . Each Borrower Group Company has timely filed or caused to be filed all material Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes shown therein as required to have been paid by it except any Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower Group Company has set aside adequate reserves on its books in accordance with GAAP or IFRS.

SECTION 3.08. Disclosure; Absence of Material Adverse Effect .

(a) The Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The reports, financial statements, certificates or other information (in each case other than projected financial information) furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower Group Companies to the Lenders in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) taken as a whole, do not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All projected financial information so provided was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower Group Companies to be reasonable at the time.

(b) Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no material adverse change in the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

SECTION 3.09. Use of Credit . No Borrower Group Company is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder will be used to buy or carry any Margin Stock.

SECTION 3.10. Capitalization and Subsidiaries . (a) Set forth in Schedule II is a complete and correct list showing each Borrower Group Company (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated or permitted to occur on or before such Funding Date), and identifying as to each such Person (i) the jurisdiction of organization of such Person, (ii) the authorized nature of the ownership interest in such Person (including classes of ownership interest, if applicable), (iii) the number of outstanding ownership interests in such Person and (iv) the name of each owner of any ownership interest in such Person together with the nature and class of such ownership interest and the percentage of outstanding ownership interests such owner holds.

 

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(b) After giving effect to the transactions contemplated to occur on or before such Funding Date, (i) there are no outstanding Equity Rights with respect to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and (ii) there are no outstanding obligations of any of the Borrower Group Companies or their respective Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, nor are there any outstanding obligations of the Borrower Group Companies or their respective Subsidiaries, to make payments to any Person, such as “phantom stock” payments, where the amount thereof is calculated with reference to the fair market value or equity value of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

(c) After giving effect to the transactions contemplated to occur on or before such Funding Date, (i) each Borrower Group Company will own on such Funding Date, free and clear of Liens (other than Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents), and has (or will have on the Funding Date) the unencumbered right to vote, all outstanding ownership interests in each Person shown to be held by it in Schedule II and (ii) all of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of each such Person organized as a corporation is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

(d) No Borrower Group Company is (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated to occur on or before such Funding Date) subject to any indenture, agreement, instrument or other arrangement of the type prohibited by Section 6.07. All of the outstanding capital stock, general or limited partnership interests, voting securities of, or other equity or ownership interests in, Borrower and each Subsidiary of Borrower is owned by Parent or Borrower, as the case may be, directly or indirectly, free and clear of any Lien (other than the Lien of the Security Documents) and free of any other limitation or restriction, including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of that capital stock, partnership interests, voting securities or other equity or ownership interests. All outstanding shares of capital stock, partnership interests, voting securities of, or other equity or ownership interests in, each such Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. There are no outstanding (i) securities of the Borrower convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock, partnership interests or voting securities of, or other equity or ownership interests in, any Borrower Group Company or (ii) options or other rights to acquire from the Borrower, or other obligation of the Borrower to issue, any capital stock, partnership interests, voting securities or other equity or ownership interests or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock, partnership interests or voting securities of, or other equity or ownership interests in, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 3.11. Legal Form . Each of the Loan Documents is in proper legal form under the law of each Applicable Jurisdiction for the enforcement thereof against each Grantor under such law. All formalities required in each Applicable Jurisdiction for the validity and enforceability of each of such Loan Documents (including any necessary registration, recording or filing with any court or other authority in each Applicable Jurisdiction) have been accomplished, except for formalities required by any Governmental Authority that are not capable of being satisfied on or prior to the relevant Funding Date, provided that such formalities must be accomplished as soon as possible following the applicable Funding Date and provided further that the failure to accomplish such formalities on or prior to the relevant Funding Date shall not constitute, or give rise to, a Material Adverse Effect. No notarization is required, for the validity and enforceability thereof. As used herein, “ Applicable Jurisdiction ” means, (a) with respect to this Agreement, the U.S., Bermuda and Ireland and (b) with respect to each other Loan Document, the United States and the jurisdiction of organization of each Grantor party thereto (and, if different, the country whose law is stated to govern such Loan Document).

 

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SECTION 3.12. Ranking Validity of Security Interests . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the obligations evidenced hereby and thereby are and will at all times be direct and unconditional general obligations of the Borrower and the other Borrower Group Companies, and rank and will at all times rank senior in right of payment and at least equal to all other Indebtedness of the Borrower and the other Borrower Group Companies, in each case whether now existing or hereafter outstanding. The Security Documents create, or shall create upon registration or the giving of notice where registration or notice to the relevant debtor is required to secure priority, valid and continuing security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Security Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, prior to all other Liens (except for Permitted Encumbrances), and each Security Document is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor.

SECTION 3.13. Commercial Activity; Absence of Immunity . Each Borrower Group Company is subject to civil and commercial law with respect to its obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. The execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower Group Company of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party constitute private and commercial acts rather than public or governmental acts. None of the Borrower Group Companies, nor any of their respective properties or revenues, is entitled to any right of immunity in any jurisdiction from suit, court jurisdiction, judgment, attachment (whether before or after judgment), set off or execution of a judgment or from any other legal process or remedy relating to the obligations of such Borrower Group Company under any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.

SECTION 3.14. Special Purpose Status, Etc . No Borrower Group Company has engaged in any activities since its organization (other than those related to the Existing Credit Agreement, aircraft or leasing related activities, intercompany transactions or activities incidental to its organization, the Transactions and other appropriate steps and arrangements for the payment of fees to, and director’s and officer’s insurance for, its directors and officers, the execution of the Basic Documents to which it is a party and the activities referred to in or contemplated by such Documents; provided that any activity so engaged in shall not have resulted in any liabilities of, or claims against, such Borrower Group Company except Subordinated Indebtedness and liabilities related to the related Lease and Aircraft and the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents), and no Borrower Group Company has declared any dividends or other distributions since its organization that remain as of the date hereof unpaid.

SECTION 3.15. Investment Company Status . No Borrower Group Company is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “ 1940 Act ”). The Borrowings, the application of the proceeds and repayment thereof by the Borrower and the consummation of the transactions by the Borrower contemplated by this Agreement will not violate any provision of the 1940 Act or any rule thereunder.

 

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SECTION 3.16. ERISA . No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans and Foreign Pension Plans (based on assumptions used for financial purposes) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting any such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans and Foreign Pension Plans by an amount that would reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of the preceding sentence, it is expressly assumed that all underfunded Plans were terminated as of the date hereof. No event has occurred or is reasonably expected with occur with respect to any Foreign Plan that, when taken together with all other events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.17. Solvency . Each Borrower Group Company is, and immediately after each Borrowing of the Loans and the use of proceeds thereof will be, Solvent.

SECTION 3.18. Employees . Each Borrower Group Company has no employees; provided that the managers or directors, as the case may be, shall not be deemed to be employees for purposes of this Section 3.18.

SECTION 3.19. OFAC . No Borrower Group Company (i) is a Sanctioned Person, (ii) has any of its assets in Sanctioned Entities, or (iii) derives any operating income from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Countries. No proceeds of any Loan will be used to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS

SECTION 4.01. Conditions to Effective Date . The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied, each of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in form and substance (or such condition shall have been waived by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Special Majority Lenders):

(a) Executed Counterparts of this Agreement . The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto executed counterparts of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party.

(b) Executed Counterparts of Security Agreement Amendment No. 2 . The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party thereto executed counterparts of the Security Agreement Amendment No. 2 signed on behalf of such party.

 

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(c) Opinions of Counsel to the Borrower . The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Security Trustee and the Lenders (upon which the Secured Party Representatives and Lenders may rely, and the Borrower shall make reasonable efforts to procure opinions upon which the successors and assigns of the Secured Party Representatives and the Lenders may rely) and dated the Effective Date, in each case in Agreed Form of (i) Clifford Chance US LLP, New York counsel for the Borrower, as to the enforceability of this Agreement and other customary matters, and (ii) Conyers, Dill and Pearman, Bermudan counsel for the Borrower and FLL, as to the due execution, authorization and delivery of this Agreement.

(d) Corporate Documents . The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower and FLL, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower and FLL, this Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(e) Officer’s Certificate . The Administrative Agent shall have received an Officer’s Certificate, dated the Effective Date, of the Borrower and each Servicer (as applicable), confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (e) and (f) of Section 4.02.

(f) Payment of Fees, Etc . The Administrative Agent shall have received all reasonable fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

(e) Process Agent Acceptance . A letter of acceptance, duly executed and delivered by the Process Agent, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 9:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 3, 2013 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

SECTION 4.02. Conditions to each Funding Date . The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder on any Funding Date are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions, each of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in form and substance (or such condition shall have been waived by the Administrative Agent with the consent of (x) all of the Lenders in relation to a waiver in respect of 4.02(f) relating to a Default, and (y) in all other cases (including for the avoidance of doubt a waiver in respect of 4.02(f) relating to a Replacement Servicer Event) the Required Lenders); provided that, if any condition specified in clause (b) below will not be satisfied or waived as of the date of any requested Borrowing, the Borrower may request that the proceeds of such Borrowing be deposited into the Funding Account in accordance with Sections 2.04 and 2.05:

 

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(a) Notice of Borrowing; Funding Package; Determination of Approval

(i) Borrowing Request . The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed and completed Borrowing Request in accordance with Section 2.02.

(ii) Funding Package . At least ten (10) Business Days prior to such Funding Date or such shorter period as Administrative Agent may agree (but in no event less than three (3) Business Days), the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Funding Package for such aircraft to be added to the Portfolio on such Funding Date, provided that to the extent that any component of a Funding Package (other than the Request, the Appraisals, the Physical Inspection Report and jurisdiction information) has not been finalized and/or executed, as applicable, at the time such Funding Package is delivered to the Administrative Agent, drafts of such documents may be included in such Funding Package; provided , further , if drafts of the foregoing are submitted, substantially final versions of such documents shall be received by the Administrative Agent at least three (3) Business Days prior to the applicable Funding Date or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree.

(b) Financing of Eligible Aircraft .

(i) Acquisition of Eligible Aircraft . The acquisition by the applicable Aircraft Owning Entity of title to the Aircraft to which such Loan relates, or by the Borrower of the Aircraft Owning Entity who holds title to the Aircraft to which such Loan relates, shall have been (or shall be simultaneously) consummated in all material respects in accordance with Applicable Law and the applicable Aircraft Purchase Agreement, and the Administrative Agent shall have received true and complete copies of each of (i) a full warranty bill of sale for such Aircraft, (ii) a certificate of acceptance of such Aircraft duly executed by the applicable Aircraft Owning Entity, (iii) if available, a copy of the certificate of acceptance of such Aircraft executed by the Lessee and (iv) the registration certificate of such Aircraft, or other evidence of registration noting, if customary, the interest of the applicable Borrower Group Company as the owner/lessor of such Aircraft, issued by the State of Registration and a copy of the certificate of airworthiness issued by the State of Registration (provided that if any of the items in this clause (iv) are not reasonably available prior to the Funding Date, such items may be provided to the Administrative Agent as soon as practicable following the Funding Date);

(ii) Lease Documents . The Administrative Agent shall have received (x) a duly executed Eligible Lease (including copies of any related assignment or novation agreement) for such Aircraft between the applicable Borrower Group Company and a Lessee (provided that (A) neither the Lessee or permitted sub-lessee (if any) under an Eligible Lease shall be organized under the laws of, or domiciled in, any Prohibited Country and (B) neither the Lessee nor any permitted sub-lessee (if any) shall be the subject of any Bankruptcy Event on the Funding Date) which Lease shall be in full force and effect; and (y) a duly executed Deregistration Power of Attorney or IDERA (as applicable) for such Aircraft, if customary in the applicable jurisdiction and/or otherwise required under the Eligible Lease;

 

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(iii) Insurance . The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of insurance evidencing the existence of all insurance required to be maintained by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 5.05 and the Security Agreement, such certificates to be in Agreed Form.

(iv) Applicable Security Documents . The Administrative Agent shall have received the documents and instruments reasonably required to perfect the Secured Parties’ first-priority Lien on, and security interest in, the Collateral (subject to Aircraft Perfection Requirements) required to be delivered on or prior to such Funding Date, which shall have been duly executed and delivered and be in proper form for filing, and shall create in favor of the Secured Parties, a perfected (to the extent obtainable under applicable law) first-priority Lien on, and security interest in, the Collateral (subject to Aircraft Perfection Requirements);

(v) Assumption Agreement . The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly completed, executed and delivered Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex I to the Security Agreement from each relevant Borrower Group Company that is not then a Grantor, together with certified copies of the charter and by laws (or equivalent documents) of each Grantor, which as of such Funding Date will be a party to any Loan Documents, and of all corporate authority (including, without limitation, board of director resolutions and evidence of the incumbency, including specimen signatures, of officers) with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and each other document to be delivered by such Grantor from time to time in connection herewith and the Loans hereunder;

(vi) Warranty Agreements . In the case of any newly manufactured Aircraft, the Administrative Agent shall have received applicable portions of the airframe and engine warranty assignments from the applicable airframe and engine manufacturers and evidence that such airframe and engine warranties have been assigned to the applicable Aircraft Owning Entity;

(vii) Release of Prior Financing . The Administrative Agent shall have received termination statements, releases and such other similar documents, including but not limited to UCC Form UCC-3 termination statements, if any, necessary to release all existing Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances) and other rights of any Person (other than the Security Trustee) in such Eligible Aircraft and all related Collateral;

 

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(viii) Opinions . The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Security Trustee and the Lenders (upon which the Secured Party Representatives and Lenders may rely, and the Borrower shall make reasonable efforts to procure opinions upon which the successors and assigns of the Secured Party Representatives and Lenders may rely) and dated such Funding Date, in each case in Agreed Form of (i) Clifford Chance US LLP, New York counsel for the Grantors, as to the enforceability of each of Loan Documents required to be delivered on such Funding Date and stated to be governed by New York law and the validity and perfection (to the extent obtainable under relevant law) of the Liens created on the Collateral delivered on such Funding Date, (ii) counsel for each Grantor organized under the law of a non U.S. jurisdiction (which may be Clifford Chance LLP or other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), as to the enforceability in each relevant non U.S. jurisdiction of the Loan Documents required to be delivered on such Funding Date, the validity and perfection in each relevant jurisdiction (to the extent obtainable under relevant law) of the Liens created thereby and the non violation of such law as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (iii) counsel in each Lessee jurisdiction as to the validity and perfection (to the extent obtainable under relevant law) of the Liens created by the Security Agreement and any Lease Assignment required to be delivered on such Funding Date, the non-violation of such law as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and covering such additional matters with respect to registration of the Aircraft and Lease and other Applicable Aviation Authority matters as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent (provided, that with respect to registration and other Aviation Authority matters, the Borrower may provide the Administrative Agent a copy of any applicable Lessee opinion rendered at commencement of such Lease), (iv) counsel for each Grantor (which may be Clifford Chance LLP or other counsel, including in-house counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), as to the formation and existence of such Grantor, the due execution, authorization and delivery of the Loan Documents required to be delivered on such Funding Date and, if applicable, the Servicing Agreement, to which such Grantor is party, (v) if an International Interest or Contract of Sale with respect to any Aircraft to be acquired with proceeds of such Loan or the related Lease is a Cape Town Lease, a legal opinion addressing the matters relating to the Cape Town Convention, (vi) if the related Aircraft is registered in the United States, a legal opinion of Daugherty, Fowler & Peregrin, special FAA counsel to the Borrower Group Companies, or other nationally recognized FAA counsel, and (vii) if such Eligible Aircraft is being purchased from an Affiliate of the Borrower, counsel in the applicable governing law jurisdiction (which shall be New York, English or Irish law) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent with respect to the “true-sale” of such Eligible Aircraft under the related Aircraft Purchase Agreement;

(ix) Compliance with Concentration Limits . After giving effect to the acquisition of such Aircraft and the making of such Loans, the Borrower Group Companies shall be in compliance with the Concentration Limits;

(x) Weighted Average Portfolio Age Limit . At the Funding Date for such Aircraft, the acquisition of such Aircraft would not result in the Weighted Average Portfolio Age, calculated as of such Funding Date, exceeding 5 years (such Weighted Average Portfolio Age to be calculated based on the Portfolio Aircraft (including such Aircraft) as of such Funding Date and the then most recent Appraisals delivered pursuant to Section 5.12); and

(xi) Notes . Each Lender who requests a Note (or the Administrative Agent, on behalf of each such Lender) shall have received a signed original of a Note with respect to its Loan, duly executed by the Borrower.

 

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(c) Borrowing Base . After giving effect to the acquisition of such Aircraft and the making of such Loans, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans as of such date shall not exceed the Borrowing Base of the Portfolio on a pro forma basis.

(d) Equity Proceeds . The Borrower shall have received an amount in cash from the issuance of its common equity or Subordinated Indebtedness to the Parent in an amount sufficient, when taken together with the proceeds of the requested Borrowing, to pay the purchase price of each Eligible Aircraft being acquired with the proceeds of such Borrowing and to pay any other fees and expenses payable by the Borrower on such Funding Date.

(e) Accuracy of Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of each Grantor set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Loan, and the Administrative Agent shall have received an Officer’s Certificate, dated such Funding Date, of each Grantor, with respect thereto; provided, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date. The representations and warranties of each Servicer and the Borrower set forth in each Basic Document to which it is a party, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Loan, and the Administrative Agent shall have received Officers’ Certificates, dated such Funding Date, of each Servicer and the Borrower, with respect thereto; provided , to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date.

(f) No Default; Servicer Replacement Event . At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing no Default or Servicer Replacement Event shall have occurred and be continuing, and the Administrative Agent shall have received Officers Certificates, dated such Funding Date, of the Borrower and the Servicers with respect thereto.

(g) Additional Condition in Connection with Initial Loans . In connection with the initial Loans made hereunder:

(i) Establishment of Accounts . The Accounts shall have been established in accordance with the Security Agreement.

(ii) Servicing Agreement . The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the Servicing Agreement in Agreed Form. The Servicing Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect.

(iii) Supplemental Cash Letter . The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party thereto executed counterparts of the Supplemental Cash Letter signed on behalf of such party.

(iv) Corporate Documents . The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower and the Servicers, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower and the Servicers, this Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

 

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(vi) Opinions . The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Security Trustee and the Lenders (upon which the Secured Party Representatives and Lenders may rely, and the Borrower shall make reasonable efforts to procure opinions upon which the successors and assigns of the Secured Party Representatives and Lenders may rely) and dated such Funding Date, in each case in Agreed Form of (i) counsel in Bermuda, which may be Conyers Dill & Pearman, or any other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, that the Borrower, on the one hand, would not be substantively consolidated with FLL, on the other hand, in a proceeding under applicable Foreign Insolvency Law and (ii) counsel to the Security Trustee, in customary form and which may contain customary qualifications and exceptions, as to the formation and existence of the Security Trustee and the due execution, authorization and delivery of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.

The obligation of each Lender to make its Loans hereunder is additionally subject to the payment by the Borrower of such fees that are due and payable as the Borrower shall have agreed to pay to any Lender or the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, including the reasonable fees and expenses of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, special New York counsel to the Administrative Agent, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Loans hereunder (to the extent that statements for such fees and expenses have been delivered to the Borrower).

ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

From the date hereof until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, the Borrower Group Companies, covenant and agree with the Lenders that:

SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information . The Borrower Group Companies will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a) within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the annual financial statements of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (which may be in the form of consolidating financial statements used as part of audited consolidated financial statements of FLL);

(b) within ninety (90) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the balance sheets and related statements of operations of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year (which may be in the form of consolidating statements used as part of the unaudited consolidated quarterly financial statements of FLL), setting forth, for fiscal quarters occurring after the first fiscal year of the Borrower commencing on or after the Effective Date, in each case in comparative form the figures for (or, in the case of balance sheets, as of the end of) the corresponding period or periods of the previous fiscal year (to the extent such figures are available), all certified in an Officer’s Certificate of Borrower (or Servicer) as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Persons being reported upon;

 

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(c) promptly upon becoming aware or having Knowledge thereof, notice in writing of any Prepayment Event;

(d) promptly upon the occurrence of (i) any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) any event (other than an event occurring in the ordinary course) that, alone or together with any other such events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability in respect of a Foreign Plan that would have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(e) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Borrower Group Company, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events . The Borrower Group Companies will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:

(a) the occurrence of any Event of Default, and the occurrence of any Default of which any Borrower Group Company has Knowledge; and

(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting any Borrower Group Company that, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, observe all organizational procedures required by its certificate of formation and other constituent documents and the laws of its jurisdiction of formation. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower and each Subsidiary will limit the scope of its business to the activities permitted by Section 6.11.

SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations, including tax liabilities, that, if not paid, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or applicable Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or IFRS (as appropriate) and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance . (a) The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to (i) with respect to each Aircraft that is subject to a Lease, cause, directly or indirectly, through any Subsidiary or the applicable Lessee, such Aircraft to be maintained in a state of repair and condition consistent with the Standard and taking into consideration, among other things, the identity of the relevant Lessee (including the credit standing and operating experience thereof), the age and condition of the Aircraft and the jurisdiction in which such Aircraft will be operated or registered under such Lease and (ii) with respect to each such Aircraft that is not subject to a Lease, maintain, and cause each such Subsidiary to maintain, such Aircraft in a state of repair and condition consistent with the Standard with respect to aircraft not under lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no breach of this Section 5.05(a) shall be deemed to have occurred by virtue of any act or omission of a Lessee or sub-lessee, or of any Person (other than a Borrower Group Company) which has possession of the Aircraft for the purpose of repairs, maintenance, modification or storage, or by virtue of any requisition, seizure, or confiscation of the Aircraft (other than seizure or confiscation arising from a breach by a Borrower Group Company of this Section 5.05) (each, a “ Third-Party-Event ”); provided that (i) no Borrower Group Company consents or has consented to such Third-Party-Event; and (ii) the Borrower Group Company which is the lessor or owner of such Aircraft takes action with respect to such Third-Party-Event in accordance with the Standard.

(b) The Borrower shall maintain or cause, directly or indirectly through the Aircraft Owning Entities or Lessees or other Persons party to a Lease (as applicable), to be maintained with reputable and responsible insurers or with insurers that maintain relevant reinsurance with reputable and responsible reinsurers (i) airline hull insurance (including “spares” and “war and allied risks” in accordance with the Standard) for each Aircraft in an amount at least equal to the greater of its Appraised Value and its Target Price (or the equivalent thereof from time to time if such insurance is denominated in a currency other than Dollars), and (ii) airline liability insurance for each Aircraft and occurrence in an amount at least equal to, in the case of any Widebody Aircraft, $750,000,000, and in the case of any other Aircraft, $500,000,000; provided that with respect to any such insurance for any Aircraft subject to a Lease, such insurance may be subject to commercially reasonable deductible and self-insurance arrangements (taking into account, inter alia, the creditworthiness and experience of the Lessee, if any, or other relevant Person, the type of aircraft and market practices in the aircraft insurance industry generally). The coverage and terms (including endorsements, deductibles and self-insurance arrangements) of any insurance maintained with respect to any Aircraft not subject to a Lease shall be consistent with the Standard. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no breach of this Section 5.05(b) shall be deemed to have occurred by virtue of any Third Party Event; provided that (i) no Borrower Group Company consents or has consented to such Third Party Event, (ii) the Borrower Group Company which is the lessor or owner of the Aircraft takes action with respect to such Third Party Event in accordance with the Standard, and (iii) to the extent such Aircraft is uninsured as a result of such Third Party Event, such Aircraft is insured under a contingent insurance policy maintained by a Borrower Group Company. All insurances required to be maintained hereunder shall name the Security Trustee as the sole loss payee (or a contract party with respect to policies containing endorsement AVN67B) with respect to the hull insurance and name each of the Security Trustee and the Administrative Agent as an additional insured under the liability insurance policies.

 

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In determining the amount of insurance required to be maintained by this Section 5.05(b), the Borrower may take into account any indemnification from, or insurance provided by, any governmental, supranational or inter-governmental authority or agency, the sovereign foreign currency debt of which is rated at least AA, or the equivalent, by at least one of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., against any risk with respect to an Aircraft at least in an amount which, when added to the amount of insurance against such risk maintained by the Borrower (or which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has caused to be maintained), shall be at least equal to the amount of insurance against such risk otherwise required by this Section 5.05(b) (taking into account self-insurance permitted by this Section 5.05(b)). Any such indemnification or insurance provided by such government shall provide substantially similar protection as the insurance required by this Section 5.05(b). The Borrower shall not be required to maintain (or to cause to be maintained) any insurance otherwise required hereunder to the extent that such insurance is not generally available in the relevant insurance market at commercially reasonable rates from time to time.

SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (as a single group), upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties upon reasonable request, to examine and make extracts from its books and records upon reasonable request, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested (but no more than once in any twelve (12) month period so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing) and in each case (to the extent so requested by the Administrative Agent) in the presence of an officer of Borrower (or Servicer) (such presence not to be unreasonably withheld).

SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws; Maintenance of Permits . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) comply, in all material respects with all Applicable Laws, including all applicable Environmental Laws, (b) obtain all material governmental (including regulatory) registrations, certificates, licenses, permits and authorizations required for the use and operation of the Aircraft, including, without limitation, a current certificate of airworthiness for each Aircraft (issued by the Applicable Aviation Authority and in the appropriate category for the nature of the operations of such Aircraft), except that (i) no certificate of airworthiness shall be required for any Aircraft (A) during any period when such Aircraft is undergoing maintenance, modification or repair or (B) following the withdrawal or suspension by such Applicable Aviation Authority of certificates of airworthiness in respect of all aircraft of the same model or period of manufacture as such Aircraft (in which case the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all directions of such Applicable Aviation Authority in connection with such withdrawal or suspension), (ii) no registrations, certificates, licenses, permits or authorizations required for the use or operation of any Aircraft need be obtained with respect to any period when such Aircraft is not being operated and (iii) no such registrations, certificates, licenses, permits or authorizations shall be required to be maintained for any Aircraft that is not the subject of a Lease, except to the extent required under Applicable Laws, (c) not cause or knowingly permit, directly or indirectly, through any of its Subsidiaries, any Lessee to operate any Aircraft under any Lease in any material respect contrary to any Applicable Law and (d) not knowingly permit, directly or indirectly, through any of its Subsidiaries, any Lessee not to obtain all material governmental (including regulatory) registrations, certificates, licenses, permits and authorizations required for such Lessee’s use and operation of any Aircraft under any operating Lease except as provided, mutatis mutandis, in clauses (b)(i) and (b)(ii) above.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no breach of this Section 5.07 shall be deemed to have occurred by virtue of any Third-Party-Event; provided that (i) no Borrower Group Company consents or has consented to such Third-Party-Event; and (ii) the Borrower Group Company acts in accordance with the Standard with respect to such Third-Party-Event.

SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the Loans shall be used solely to finance or refinance the purchase price of Eligible Aircraft for inclusion in the Portfolio. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations U and X.

SECTION 5.09. Monthly Report . The Borrower shall provide (or cause the Servicers to provide) to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a Monthly Report by electronic mail (and in hard copy if requested by any such party) in substantially the form of Exhibit M attached hereto or such format as may be agreed from time to time not later than two (2) Business Days prior to each Payment Date setting forth certain information as contained therein for the Calculation Period ending on the Calculation Date immediately prior to such date.

SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances; Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries; Issuance of Subordinated Indebtedness .

(a) Further Assurances . The Borrower will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, from time to time execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional instruments, certificates or documents, and take such actions, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or for more fully perfecting or renewing the rights of the Administrative Agent, the Security Trustee and the Lenders with respect to the Collateral (or with respect to any additions thereto or replacements or proceeds thereof or with respect to any other property or assets hereafter acquired by any Grantor which may be deemed to be part of the Collateral) pursuant hereto or thereto. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent, the Security Trustee or any Lender of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents which requires any consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, the Borrower Group Companies will execute and deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of, all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that the Administrative Agent, the Security Trustee or such Lender may be required to obtain from the Borrower Group Companies or any of their respective Subsidiaries for such governmental consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization.

 

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(b) Subsidiary Guarantors . In the event that the Borrower shall form or acquire any Subsidiary after the Effective Date, including each Aircraft Owning Entity and Intermediate Lessee, the Borrower will cause such Subsidiary to:

(i) become a “Subsidiary Guarantor” by executing and delivering an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex I to the Security Agreement;

(ii) cause such Subsidiary to take such action (including delivering such shares of stock, executing and delivering such Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or the equivalent thereof in any other applicable jurisdiction) as shall be necessary to create and perfect valid and enforceable first priority Liens (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) on the property of such Subsidiary (as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, with the proportion and types of such Subsidiary’s property to be so secured to be substantially consistent with the proportion and types of property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries secured on the Effective Date under the Security Documents) as collateral security for the obligations of such new Subsidiary hereunder; and

(iii) deliver such proof of corporate action, incumbency of officers, opinions of counsel and other documents as is consistent with those delivered by each Borrower Group Company on the date of execution hereof or pursuant to Article IV or as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested.

(c) Subordinated Indebtedness . Prior to the issuance of any Subordinated Indebtedness to any of its Affiliates (other than Parent), Borrower shall cause the holder thereof to execute and deliver a subordination and security agreement in form of Exhibit G-2 hereto to the Security Trustee.

SECTION 5.11. Governmental Approvals . Each Borrower Group Company agrees that it will promptly obtain from time to time at its own expense all such governmental licenses, authorizations, consents, permits and approvals as may be required for such Borrower Group Company to (a) comply with its obligations, and preserve its rights under, each of the Loan Documents except (other than in relation to the Borrower) as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) maintain the existence, priority and perfection of the Liens purported to be created under the Security Documents (except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder).

SECTION 5.12. Appraisal Updates . The Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent within the period of sixty (60) days preceding each Appraisal Update Date (but, in no event later than two (2) Business Days preceding each Appraisal Update Date), with three (3) CMV Appraisals and three (3) BV Appraisals of each Portfolio Aircraft.

SECTION 5.13. Payment of Collections Into Collections Account . The Borrower will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, pay all Collections received by such Person into the Collections Account (other than any amounts received in the Borrower Rental Accounts). All amounts required to be deposited in the Collections Account pursuant to the foregoing shall be accompanied by written instructions from the Borrower (or applicable Subsidiary) to the Security Trustee identifying such amounts and instructing the Security Trustee to deposit such amounts into the Collections Account pursuant to this Section 5.13. The balance from time to time in the Collections Account shall be subject to withdrawal only as provided in the Security Agreement.

 

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SECTION 5.14. Security Reserve Account . On each Funding Date on which the Borrower acquires any Eligible Aircraft, the Borrower shall cause to be credited to the Security Reserve Account an amount equal to all cash Security Deposits received or deemed received pursuant to the related Aircraft Purchase Agreement, and at all times will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, pay all other Security Deposits received by such Person into the Security Reserve Account. The balance from time to time in the Security Reserve Account shall be subject to withdrawal only as provided in the Security Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the beneficiary of any letter of credit provided in lieu of a cash Security Deposit or otherwise provided as security by a lessee under an Eligible Lease shall be the related Aircraft Owning Entity or Intermediate Lessee, as applicable.

SECTION 5.15. Maintenance Reserve Account . Immediately upon the occurrence of a Maintenance Reserve Event, unless cured, and for so long as the same is continuing, the Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (i) pay all Maintenance Rent received by such Person after the occurrence of the Maintenance Reserve Event into the Maintenance Reserve Account, and (ii) where the Maintenance Reserve Event is an event under clause (b) of the definition thereof, cause to be credited to the Maintenance Reserve Account an amount equal to all Maintenance Rent received or deemed to have been received in connection with each Portfolio Aircraft (and not previously utilized in accordance with the relevant Lease) prior to the occurrence of the Maintenance Reserve Event. The balance from time to time in the Maintenance Reserve Account shall be subject to withdrawal only as provided in the Security Agreement.

SECTION 5.16. Leases . Each Lease entered into between any Borrower Group Company and a Lessee shall, except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, be an Eligible Lease.

SECTION 5.17. Opinions . The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its respective Subsidiaries to, enter into, any Lease with any Person (other than another Borrower Group Company) or change the jurisdiction of registration of any Aircraft that is subject to a Lease, unless, upon entering into such Lease or changing the jurisdiction or registration of such Aircraft (or within a commercially reasonable period thereafter), the Borrower obtains such legal opinions, if any, with regard to compliance with the registration requirements of the relevant jurisdiction, enforceability of the Lease and such other matters customary for such transactions to the extent that receiving such legal opinions is consistent with the Standard. Upon receipt of any such opinion, the Borrower Group Companies shall deliver a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 5.18. Registration of Aircraft . In connection with any registration or re-registration of any Aircraft in any country:

(a) the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement, and of each Borrower Group Company under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, shall remain or be, as the case may be, valid, binding and enforceable (in each case subject to customary exceptions) in such country (which may be established by confirming that, subject to customary exceptions, the courts of such country will recognize and give effect to the choice of law provisions thereof) or in the jurisdiction to which the laws of such country would refer as the applicable governing jurisdiction (or, to the extent that any provision of this Agreement or any Security Document is not valid, binding and enforceable, the Borrower shall have furnished other collateral therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders);

 

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(b) any import permits necessary to take such Aircraft into such country shall be in full force and effect (or arrangements shall have been made for such permits to be timely in effect);

(c) any value-added tax, customs duty, tariff or other similar government charge or tax relating to the change in jurisdiction or registration of such Aircraft shall have been paid in full (or arrangements shall have been made for such amounts to be timely paid which may include the concerned Lessee having covenanted to pay the same); and

(d) it shall not be necessary for the Lenders or Security Trustee to register or qualify to do business in such country but for the letting of such Aircraft in such country, or if registration or qualification is necessary, the Borrower shall have agreed to indemnify the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or Security Trustee (as appropriate) thereof on terms reasonably acceptable to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or Security Trustee (as appropriate).

SECTION 5.19. OFAC . The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, Lease or re-lease any Aircraft to any Lessee located in, or as a result of which such Aircraft would be, or would be permitted to be habitually operated, in any Sanctioned Country, in each case, except as may be permitted by Applicable Law.

SECTION 5.20. Special Purpose Entity Requirements . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times: (i) in the case of the Borrower, maintain at least one Independent Director; (ii) maintain its own separate books, records and bank accounts; (iii) hold itself out to the public and all other Persons as a legal entity separate from the Servicer, FLL and any other Person; (iv) have a board of directors separate from that of the Servicer, FLL and any other Person; (v) file its own tax returns, if any, as may be required under Applicable Law, only to the extent it is not part of a consolidated group filing a consolidated return or returns, and pay any Taxes so required to be paid under Applicable Law in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (vi) at all times maintain its assets and liabilities separate and distinct from the Servicer, FLL, and any other Person and in such a manner that it is not difficult to segregate, identify or ascertain such assets; (vii) conduct its business in its own name and strictly comply with all organizational formalities to maintain its separate existence; (viii) maintain separate financial statements, except to the extent that the Borrower’s financial and operating results are consolidated with those of the Parent in consolidated financial statements; (ix) pay its own liabilities only out of its own funds; (x) maintain an arm’s-length relationship with the Servicer, FLL, and its Affiliates; (xi) not hold out its credit or assets as being available to satisfy the obligations of others; (xii) except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, not pledge its assets as security for the obligations of any other Person; (xiii) correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity; (xiv) maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business purpose, transactions and liabilities and pay its operating expenses and liabilities from its own assets; (xv) cause its board of directors to meet at least annually or act pursuant to written consent and keep minutes of such meetings and actions and observe in all respects all other company formalities; (xvi) not acquire the obligations or any securities of the Servicer, FLL or its Affiliates (except that the Borrower may hold the Shares of its Subsidiaries); (xvii) cause the directors, officers, agents and other representatives of the Borrower to act at all times with respect to the Borrower consistently and in furtherance of the foregoing and in the best interests of the Borrower; and (xviii) ensure that all decisions with respect to the business and daily operations of the Borrower will be independently made and will not be directed or dictated by any other entity.

 

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SECTION 5.21. Hedging Requirements . The Borrower shall, (or shall procure that the Borrower Group Companies shall):

(a) enter into and at all times maintain Derivatives Agreements with Derivatives Creditors (within paragraph (i) of the definition thereof), by way of interest rate swap transactions, for the purposes of limiting the Borrower Group Companies’ exposure to adverse movements in interest rates in relation to the Loans, to ensure that at all times, interest is payable at fixed rates on not less than 85%, and not more than 115%, of the aggregate Fixed Amount; for the purposes of this Section 5.21, “Fixed Amount” means the product of (x) the sum of the Allocable Percentages of each Portfolio Aircraft in respect of which the Basic Rent under the relevant Lease does not change based on movements in interest rates, and (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans at such time; provided that the Borrower shall enter into such required Derivatives Agreements within forty five (45) days of the delivery of each relevant Portfolio Aircraft; and provided further if the Borrower and one or more Lenders fail to entered into Derivatives Agreements satisfying the requirements of this Section 5.21(a) on commercially reasonable economic terms after commercially reasonable efforts to do so with each Lender, then the Borrower may enter into Derivative Agreements with Derivative Creditors (within paragraph (ii) of the definition thereof), subject to the entering into of intercreditor arrangements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

(b) ensure that no Derivatives Agreement entered into pursuant to this Section 5.21 shall have a termination or expiry date which extends beyond the earlier of (i) the scheduled termination or expiry date of the relevant Lease and (ii) the Maturity Date.

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

From the date hereof until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full, each of the Borrower Group Companies covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness . The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness created under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents;

 

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(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary Guarantor and of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor;

(c) Indebtedness constituting End-of-Lease Payments;

(d) Indebtedness with respect to Lessor Payments;

(e) Subordinated Indebtedness;

(f) any reimbursement, Guarantee, counter-indemnity or similar obligation, of any Aircraft Owning Entity to the Servicers incurred in the ordinary course of the performance of its duties under the Servicing Agreement or any sub-servicing agreement (provided that payment of such obligations is subject to the priority of payments set forth in Section 2.18); and

(g) any reimbursement, Guarantee, counter-indemnity or similar obligation, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (provided that any Aircraft Owning Entity shall only enter into such obligation in respect of its own property) that guarantees or in effect guarantees, or which is given to induce, or as a condition to or requirement of, the issue by another Person (including any bank) of any guarantee, letter of credit, bond or other assurance in favor of any Governmental Authority, airport authority, or third party maintenance or repair performer, to secure return of any Aircraft or other property.

SECTION 6.02. Liens . The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any lien (other than the segregation of End-of-Lease Payments not permitted to be commingled), on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it (including, without limitation, all shares of capital stock, all beneficial interests in trusts, all ordinary shares and preferred shares and any options, warrants and other rights to acquire such shares or interests (“ Ownership Interests ”) and any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Borrower held by the Borrower or of any Subsidiary), or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

(a) liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents; and

(b) Permitted Encumbrances.

SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes . The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution). The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, (i) acquire any business or property from, or capital stock of, or be a party to any acquisition of, any Person except for purchases of property to be sold or used in the ordinary course of business or (ii) issue or transfer any Capital Stock to Parent; provided the Borrower may issue Capital Stock to Parent and provided further that any Capital Stock other than common equity shall have terms and conditions acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, convey, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, any part of its business or property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (including receivables and leasehold interests).

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section:

(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged or consolidated with or into, or the ownership interest in the same transferred to, any Subsidiary Guarantor;

(b) any Dormant Subsidiary may be dissolved;

(c) any Aircraft Owning Entity may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its property (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to any other Aircraft Owning Entity that is a Subsidiary Guarantor; and

(d) the Borrower Group Companies may sell Aircraft, Aircraft Interests or related Ownership Interests or assets to the extent not prohibited by Section 6.09 below.

SECTION 6.04. Investments . The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, make or permit to remain outstanding any Investments, except:

(a) Investments required in connection with the purchase of any Aircraft under the applicable Aircraft Purchase Agreement;

(b) Permitted Investments held in the Accounts which are subject to the Lien of the Security Documents;

(c) Investments by the Borrower in its Subsidiaries;

(d) Derivatives Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s financial planning and not for speculative purposes;

(e) (i) accounts receivables owing to any of them if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary terms, (ii) negotiable instruments held and endorsed for collection in the ordinary course of business, (iii) lease, utility and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business (iv) prepayments and deposits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business or (v) Investments in securities and instruments of trade creditors or customers in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practices that are received in settlement of bona fide disputes or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or liquidation or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers; and

(f) Investments to the extent such Investments reflect an increase in the value of Investments otherwise permitted under this Section.

SECTION 6.05. Restricted Payments . The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except to the extent such amounts would be permitted to be distributed to or as directed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18, and except that the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Capital Stock payable solely in additional shares of such common stock. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the payment of dividends by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower or contributions by FLL to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

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SECTION 6.06. Intentionally Omitted .

SECTION 6.07. Restrictive Agreements . The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of any Borrower Group Company to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that:

(i) the foregoing shall not apply to (x) restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by this Agreement or related documentation and (y) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of any property pending such sale, provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the property that is to be sold and such sale is permitted under this Agreement; and

(ii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof or the property subject thereto.

SECTION 6.08. Operating Covenants .

(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, (a) lease or re-lease, any Aircraft, if after effecting such lease or re-lease (and for these purposes, any lease or re-lease shall be considered to be effected on the date on which the subject leasing or re-leasing commences), the Borrower would be in violation of any of the concentration limits set forth in Exhibit F (the “ Concentration Limits ”) or (b) lease or re-lease any Aircraft to any lessee located in, or as a result of which such Aircraft would be, or would be permitted to be, habitually operated in, a Prohibited Country, other than, in any such case, any such circumstances that arise solely as a result of any Total Loss of such Aircraft or an act or omission by a Lessee in contravention of the relevant Lease. In addition, in the event that a Total Loss of an Aircraft occurs after the date on which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, enters into an agreement to lease or re-lease of any Aircraft and prior to the date on which the subject lease or re-lease, as the case may be, is effected as aforesaid, in determining whether such disposition would be in violation of the Concentration Limits, such Total Loss shall be deemed not to have occurred.

(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangements to convert any Eligible Aircraft from a passenger to freighter configuration without the consent of the Administrative Agent.

 

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SECTION 6.09. Sales of Aircraft . Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, dispose of any Aircraft to any non-Borrower Group Company (including pursuant to a Purchase Option) if the Net Available Proceeds thereof (in cash) shall be less than (A) where the Disposition occurs during the Drawing Period, 100% of, and (B) where the Disposition occurs following the Drawing Period, 110% of, the product of (x) the Allocable Percentage applicable to such Aircraft and (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans immediately prior to such Disposition; provided that in no event shall the Net Available Proceeds of any Aircraft sold (or otherwise disposed of) to any Affiliate (other than to a Borrower Group Company) be less than the Appraised Value of such Aircraft.

SECTION 6.10. Modifications of Certain Documents . The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, consent to any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the provisions of any their respective organizational or constitutive documents, the Supplemental Cash Letter, the Aircraft Purchase Agreements or the Servicing Agreement, in any such case that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent (with the approval of the Required Lenders). Any amendment, modification, supplement or extension of any Lease shall only be permitted if after such amendment, modification, supplement or extension, the Lease is in compliance with the Minimum Lease Provisions (unless waived by the Administrative Agent).

SECTION 6.11. Limitation on Business Activities.

(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business or activity other than:

(i) activities otherwise permitted by this Agreement;

(ii) purchasing or otherwise acquiring, owning, holding, converting, maintaining, modifying, managing, operating, leasing, re-leasing and, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, selling or otherwise disposing of Aircraft and entering into all contracts and engaging in all related activities incidental thereto, including, from time to time, accepting, exchanging, holding or permitting any such Subsidiary to accept, exchange or hold promissory notes, contingent payment obligations or Ownership Interests, of lessees or their Affiliates issued in connection with the bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar process, or in settlement of delinquent obligations or obligations anticipated to be delinquent, of such lessees or their respective Affiliates in the ordinary course of business; provided that the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary, other than an Aircraft Owning Entity, to own an Aircraft or permit any Aircraft Owning Entity to hold legal title to (or to be a conditional buyer under a title reservation agreement (within the meaning of the Cape Town Convention)) to more than a single Portfolio Aircraft;

(iii) in the case of any Borrower Group Company (other than any Aircraft Owning Entity or an Intermediate Lessee), entering into the Derivatives Agreement specifically required under Section 5.21; and

(iv) taking out, acquiring, surrendering and assigning policies of insurance and assurances with any insurance company or companies in the ordinary course of a Borrower Group Company’s business and not for speculative purposes which such Borrower Group Company may think fit and to pay the premiums thereon.

 

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(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, employ or maintain any employees other than as required by any provisions of local law; provided that directors shall not be deemed to be employees for purposes of this Section.

SECTION 6.12. Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks . The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by any Borrower Group Company of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred for fair value by the Borrower or such Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of Borrower or such Subsidiary.

SECTION 6.13. Non-Petition, Material Actions.

(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, prior to the date which is one year and one day (or, if longer, the applicable preference period then in effect and one day) after the payment in full of all Obligations, institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law.

(b) Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall not fail to provide (and at all times the Borrower’s and each Subsidiary’s organizational documents shall reflect) that the unanimous consent of all directors (including the consent of the Independent Director in the case of the Borrower) is required for the Borrower or any Subsidiary to (i) dissolve or liquidate, in whole or part (with the exception of any Dormant Subsidiary), or institute proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, (ii) institute or consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, (iii) file a petition seeking or consent to reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, (iv) seek or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, custodian or any similar official for the Borrower, (v) make any assignment for the benefit of the Borrower’s creditors, (vi) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, (vii) amend the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s organizational documents, (viii) consolidate, or sell any assets except in compliance with Section 6.09, or (ix) take any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.

SECTION 6.14. Changes in Fiscal Year . The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, (i) change the last day of its fiscal year from that in effect on the date of this Agreement, (ii) make or permit any change in accounting policies or reporting practices, without the consent of the Administrative Agent, acting at the direction of, or with the consent of, the Lenders, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, except changes that are required by or in accordance with GAAP or IFRS as in effect from time to time. In addition, the Borrower shall not take any affirmative action which would cause it, or any Borrower Group Company, to no longer be tax resident in Ireland without the consent of the Administrative Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

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ARTICLE VII

GUARANTEE

SECTION 7.01. The Guarantee . The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantee to each Lender and the Secured Party Representatives and their respective successors and assigns the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest on the Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower and all other amounts from time to time owing to the Lenders or the Secured Party Representatives by the Borrower under this Agreement and by any Borrower Group Company under any of the other Loan Documents, and all obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any Lender (or any affiliate of any Lender) in respect of any Derivatives Agreement, in each case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein collectively called the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”). The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby further jointly and severally agree that if the Borrower shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Subsidiary Guarantors will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.

For purposes hereof, it is understood that any Guaranteed Obligations to any Person arising under an agreement entered into at a time such Person (or an affiliate thereof) is party hereto as a Lender shall continue to constitute Guaranteed Obligations, notwithstanding that such Person (or its affiliate) has ceased to be a Lender party hereto (by assigning all of its Commitments, Loans, and other interests herein) at the time a claim is to be made in respect of such Guaranteed Obligations.

SECTION 7.02. Obligations Unconditional . The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under Section 7.01 are absolute and unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, irrespective of any law, regulation, decree or order of any jurisdiction affecting any term of any Guaranteed Obligations or the Lenders’ or Secured Party Representatives’ rights with respect thereto, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or Subsidiary Guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 7.02 that the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, joint and several, under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:

 

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(i) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Subsidiary Guarantors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;

(ii) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein shall be done or omitted;

(iii) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with; or

(iv) any lien or security interest granted to, or in favor of, the Secured Party Representatives or any Lender or Lenders as security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to be perfected.

The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against the Borrower under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations.

SECTION 7.03. Reinstatement . The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Article shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and the Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally agree that they will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including fees of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.

SECTION 7.04. Subrogation . The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that until the payment and satisfaction in full of all Guaranteed Obligations and the expiration and termination of the Commitments of the Lenders under this Agreement they shall not exercise any right or remedy arising by reason of any performance by them of their guarantee in Section 7.01, whether by subrogation or otherwise, against the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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SECTION 7.05. Remedies . The Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Lenders, the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Article VIII (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Article VIII) for purposes of Section 7.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for purposes of Section 7.01.

SECTION 7.06. Instrument for the Payment of Money . Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee in this Article constitutes an instrument for the payment of money, and consents and agrees that any Lender or any Secured Party Representative, at its sole option, in the event of a dispute by such Subsidiary Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to proceed by motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint pursuant to N.Y. Civ. Prac. L&R § 3213.

SECTION 7.07. Continuing Guarantee . The guarantee in this Article is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.

SECTION 7.08. Rights of Contribution . The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree, as between themselves, that if any Subsidiary Guarantor shall become an Excess Funding Guarantor (as defined below) by reason of the payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor of any Guaranteed Obligations, each other Subsidiary Guarantor shall, on demand of such Excess Funding Guarantor (but subject to the next sentence), pay to such Excess Funding Guarantor an amount equal to such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Pro Rata Share (as defined below and determined, for this purpose, without reference to the properties, debts and liabilities of such Excess Funding Guarantor) of the Excess Payment (as defined below) in respect of such Guaranteed Obligations. The payment obligation of a Subsidiary Guarantor to any Excess Funding Guarantor under this Section shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the other provisions of this Article and such Excess Funding Guarantor shall not exercise any right or remedy with respect to such excess until payment and satisfaction in full of all of such obligations.

For purposes of this Section, (i) “ Excess Funding Guarantor ” means, in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations, a Subsidiary Guarantor that has paid an amount in excess of its Pro Rata Share of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) “ Excess Payment ” means, in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations, the amount paid by an Excess Funding Guarantor in excess of its Pro Rata Share of such Guaranteed Obligations and (iii) “ Pro Rata Share ” means, for any Subsidiary Guarantor, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the amount by which the aggregate present fair saleable value of all properties of such Subsidiary Guarantor (excluding any shares of stock of any other Subsidiary Guarantor) exceeds the amount of all the debts and liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder and any obligations of any other Subsidiary Guarantor that have been Guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor) to (y) the amount by which the aggregate fair saleable value of all properties of all of the Subsidiary Guarantors exceeds the amount of all the debts and liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) of all of the Subsidiary Guarantors, determined (A) with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a party hereto on the Effective Date, as of the Effective Date, and (B) with respect to any other Subsidiary Guarantor, as of the date such Subsidiary Guarantor becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.

 

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SECTION 7.09. General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations . In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state or Federal bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 7.01 would otherwise, taking into account the provisions of Section 7.08, be held or determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 7.01, then, notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Subsidiary Guarantor, any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.

ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 8.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:

(a) failure to make any payment or prepayment of principal or interest on the Loans under this Agreement or any Note when due (other than with respect to Aggregated Default Interest) or, without duplication, payment of Collateral Deficiency when due under Section 2.08(b)(iii), and such payment is not received within one (1) Business Day of the due date therefor;

(b) failure to make any payment under this Agreement, any Note or other Loan Document (other than payments set forth in clause (a) above and Aggregated Default Interest) when due and such payment is not received within twenty (20) Business Days after written notice of such non-payment has been given to the Borrower and the Servicers provided that failure to pay any amounts which are payable to the Servicers, the payment of which has for the time being, been waived by the applicable Servicer or Servicers or is being contested in good faith, shall not be deemed an Event of Default under this clause (b) if such amounts are not paid solely because all amounts due and owing to, or received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary therefrom from any source, and other amounts in the Rent Accounts were insufficient to pay such amounts in accordance with the priorities of Section 2.18(b), as applicable;

(c) failure to maintain in effect at all times the insurance required by Section 5.05;

 

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(d) (i) any Loan Document or any Lien granted thereunder shall (except in accordance with its terms), in whole or in part, terminate or not be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of any of the Borrower or any other Grantor party thereto or, other than with respect to any such Lien, not be effective; or (ii) any of the Borrower, any Servicer or any Grantor shall, directly or indirectly, contest in any manner such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Loan Document or any Lien granted thereunder; or (iii) except as permitted under any Loan Document, any Lien over any Collateral (A) pledged by the Parent or the Borrower and (B) securing any Obligation, shall, in whole or in part, cease to be a perfected Lien (unless perfection is not required pursuant to the Security Agreement) or a first priority Lien (other than with respect to Permitted Liens) and such default shall not have been cured within twenty (20) Business Days after written notice to the Borrower and the Servicers; or (iv) the Servicing Agreement shall terminate or not be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of any of the Borrower or the Servicer and a replacement servicing agreement with terms (relating to the Services, as such term is defined in the Servicing Agreement, and for the avoidance of doubt not relating to any fees) acceptable to the Required Lenders, acting reasonably, has not been entered into with a replacement servicer acceptable to the Required Lenders, acting reasonably, on or prior to the date of such termination, provided that where the Borrower has requested in writing (and such request may be made prior to the date of such termination) that the Required Lenders consent to such new arrangements, the replacement servicer and servicing agreement shall be deemed to be acceptable to the Lenders if the Borrower has not received a response within 30 days of such request and all references to “Servicer” and “Servicing Agreement” hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall thereafter be to the replacement servicer and the replacement servicing agreement, and provided further that in the event that the Servicing Agreement is terminated by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 and the Administrative Agent has failed to replace the Servicer in accordance with Section 8.02, the failure to have a replacement servicer in place shall not be an Event of Default;

(e) other than as set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above, failure of any Grantor to perform or observe any other undertaking, obligation or covenant of the Borrower or Grantor contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than a failure to make any payments excluded from the Events of Default described in clauses (a) and (b) above) and (A) in the case of any failure to deliver any Monthly Report, such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days after written notice thereof (including by means of electronic mail) has been delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and the Servicers and (B) in the case of failure to perform any other undertaking, obligation or covenant of the Borrower or Grantor, such failure to perform shall continue unremedied for a period of twenty (20) Business Days after written notice thereof has been delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and the Servicers;

(f) any material statement, declaration, representation or warranty made by (i) the Borrower or any other Grantor herein or in any Note, Lease Assignment, any Security Agreement or any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent or the Lender or (ii) either Servicer in the Servicing Agreement or any certificate provided pursuant thereto or hereto, shall at any time prove to have been incorrect in any material respect at the time made, such representation or warranty shall remain incorrect at the time such incorrectness is discovered and, if capable of cure, such incorrectness shall not have been cured within twenty (20) Business Days after written notice thereof has been delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and the Servicers;

 

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(g) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of any Grantor or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Grantor or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for a period of sixty (60) or more days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(h) any Grantor shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (e) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Grantor or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(i) any Grantor shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(j) one or more non-appealable judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500,000 shall be rendered against any Borrower Group Company or any combination thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 45 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of any Borrower Group Company to enforce any such judgment;

(k) either (i) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) any other event (other than an event occurring in the ordinary course) shall have occurred with respect to a Foreign Plan that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other such events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

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(l) (i) there occurs under one or more Derivatives Agreement(s) an “Early Termination Date” or similar term (as defined in such Derivatives Agreement) resulting from (i) any event of default under such Derivatives Agreement as to which the Borrower is the “Defaulting Party” or similar term (as defined in such Derivatives Agreement) or (ii) any “Termination Event” or similar term (as so defined) as to which the Borrower is an “Affected Party” or similar term (as so defined), other than in anticipation of the sale of an Aircraft or Aircraft Subsidiary and, in either event, the “Derivatives Termination Value” or similar term (as so defined) owed by the Borrower as a result thereof is greater than $20,000,000 in aggregate and remains outstanding for a period of twenty (20) Business Days,

then, and in every such event (other than an event described in clause (g) or (h) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower Group Companies accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Borrower Group Company; and in case of any event described in clause (g) or (h) of this Article, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower Group Companies accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Borrower Group Company.

SECTION 8.02. Servicer Replacement Event . Without limiting the foregoing, whether or not an Event of Default has occurred, in the event of a Servicer Replacement Event that has not been cured, the Administrative Agent may, at the request of the Special Majority Lenders, terminate the Servicing Agreement and replace the Servicers with a Person selected by the Special Majority Lenders.

ARTICLE IX

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND SECURITY TRUSTEE

SECTION 9.01. Appointment . Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints (i) the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) the Security Trustee to take such action on behalf of the Secured Parties and to exercise such powers and discretion as are expressly delegated to it under this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, and each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Secured Party Representative, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Further, the Security Trustee shall act as the common representative of the Secured Parties, with the power to determine and agree any terms and conditions of the Security Documents, execute any other agreement or instrument, give or receive any notice and take any other action in relation to the creation, perfection, maintenance, enforcement and release of the security created thereunder in the name and on behalf of the Secured Parties.

 

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Each Secured Party Representative and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Borrower Group Company as though such Secured Party Representative were not a Secured Party Representative. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it, each Secured Party Representative shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not a Secured Party Representative, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Secured Party Representative in its individual capacity.

SECTION 9.02. Exculpatory Provisions . No Secured Party Representative shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) no Secured Party Representative shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that such Secured Party Representative is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders, (c) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, no Secured Party Representative shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers or have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Borrower Group Company that is communicated to or obtained by the such Secured Party Representative or any of its Affiliates in any capacity and (d) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall, in exercising any discretionary powers or granting any consents, act in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders, and absent any such instructions shall not be obliged to exercise any such discretions or powers. No Secured Party Representative shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. No Secured Party Representative shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is received by a Responsible Officer of such Secured Party Representative from a Borrower Group Company, and neither Secured Party Representative shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith (including recalculating or re-verifying any calculation or information set forth therein), (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein or therein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Secured Party Representative.

 

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SECTION 9.03. Reliance . Each Secured Party Representative shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Borrower Group Companies), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Secured Party Representative. The Secured Party Representatives may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless such Note shall have been transferred in accordance with Section 10.04 and all actions required by such Section in connection with such transfer shall have been taken. Each Secured Party Representative shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of or direction from the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking, continuing to take, or refraining from taking any such action. Each Secured Party Representative shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of or direction from the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement), and such request or direction and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.

SECTION 9.04. Delegation . Each Secured Party Representative may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel of its own choosing concerning all matters pertaining to such duties and shall not incur any liability in acting in good faith in accordance with any advice from such counsel. No Secured Party Representative shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

SECTION 9.05. Withholding Tax . To the extent required by any applicable law, the Security Trustee may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any Taxes. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 2.15, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Security Trustee against, and shall make payable in respect thereof within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, any and all taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Security Trustee) incurred by or asserted against the Security Trustee by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Security Trustee to properly withhold any amounts from payments to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Security Trustee of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of such required withholding ineffective). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Security Trustee shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Security Trustee to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto against any amount due the Security Trustee under this Section 9.05. The agreements in this Section 9.05 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Security Trustee, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations.

 

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SECTION 9.06. Successor Secured Party Representative . The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent and the Security Trustee may resign as Security Trustee upon ten (10) days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If any such Secured Party Representative shall resign under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor representative for the Lenders, which successor representative shall (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of such Secured Party Representative, and the term “Administrative Agent” or “Security Trustee,” as the case may be, shall mean such successor representative effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Secured Party Representative’s rights, powers and duties as such Secured Party Representative shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Secured Party Representative or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent or security trustee has accepted appointment as such Secured Party Representative by the date that is ten (10) days following a retiring Secured Party Representative’s notice of resignation, then the retiring Secured Party Representative may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Secured Party Representative or for other appropriate relief. The costs and expenses (including its attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Secured Party Representative in connection with such proceeding shall be paid by the Borrower. Upon receipt of the identity of the successor Security Trustee, the Security Trustee shall deliver the Collateral then held under the Loan Documents to the successor Security Trustee. Upon its resignation and delivery of the Collateral as set forth in this Section, the Security Trustee shall be discharged of and from any and all further obligations arising in connection with the Collateral or this Agreement. After any retiring Secured Party Representative’ resignation as Secured Party Representative, the provisions of this Article 9 and Section 10.03 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Secured Party Representative under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither of the Secured Party Representatives nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Secured Party Representative hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower Group Companies or any affiliate of the Borrower Group Companies, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Secured Party Representative to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Secured Party Representatives that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Secured Party Representative or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower Group Companies and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Secured Party Representative or any other

 

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Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower Group Companies and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by any Secured Party Representative hereunder or any other Loan Document, no Secured Party Representative shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Borrower Group Company or any affiliate of a Borrower Group Company that may come into the possession of such Secured Party Representative or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

SECTION 9.07. Security Trustee . The Security Trustee shall be entitled to payment from the Borrower for customary fees and expenses for all services rendered by it hereunder as separately agreed to in writing between the Borrower and the Security Trustee (as such fees may be adjusted from time to time as agreed in writing between the Borrowers and the Security Trustee). The obligations of the Borrower contained in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Security Trustee.

(a) The Security Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk any of its own funds or otherwise incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of its duties hereunder.

(b) Any corporation into which the Security Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Security Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the business of the Security Trustee shall be the successor of the Security Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper with any party hereto or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto except where an instrument of transfer or assignment is required by applicable law to effect such succession, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

(c) Whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents the Security Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering any action to be taken hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by one of Borrower or the Administrative Agent’s officers, and delivered to the Security Trustee and such certificate shall be full warrant to the Security Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Agreement upon the faith thereof, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Security Trustee.

 

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(d) Whenever, in the course of performing its duties pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, the Security Trustee is required to give its consent or direction or otherwise make a determination under any Loan Documents, it is understood and agreed that in all such instances it shall only provide such consent, direction or determination upon receipt of a written direction received from the Administrative Agent (subject to Section 10.02), and may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon such direction. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Loan Documents to the contrary, the Security Trustee shall be fully protected and incur no liability in refraining from giving such consent or direction in the absence of the direction of the Administrative Agent.

(e) The parties hereto acknowledge that for purposes of applicable local law, the Security Trustee is required to execute certain Security Documents in its individual capacity, but always for the benefit of the Secured Parties. This notwithstanding, the parties hereto agree that with regard to such Security Documents, the Security Trustee shall be subject to the duties and responsibilities of the Security Trustee and shall be entitled to the rights, protections, exculpations, benefits and indemnities set forth in this Agreement.

(f) When the Security Trustee acts on any information, instructions or communications (including, but not limited to, communications with respect to the delivery of securities or the wire transfer of funds) sent in accordance with Section 10.01, the Security Trustee, absent gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall not be responsible or liable in the event such communication is not an authorized or authentic communication of the Borrower or Administrative Agent or is not in the form the Borrower and Administrative Agent sent or intended to send (whether due to fraud, distortion or otherwise). The Borrower shall indemnify the Security Trustee against any loss, liability, claim or expense (including legal fees and expenses) it may incur with its acting in accordance with any such communication.

(g) In no event shall the Security Trustee be liable (i) for acting in accordance with or conclusively relying upon any instruction, notice, demand, certificate or document from the Borrower and the Administrative Agent or any entity acting on behalf of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, (ii) for any indirect, consequential, punitive or special damages, regardless of the form of action and whether or not any such damages were foreseeable or contemplated, (iii) for the acts or omissions of its nominees, correspondents, designees, agents, subagents or subcustodians appointed by it with due care, (iv) for the investment or reinvestment of any cash held by it hereunder, in each case in good faith, in accordance with the terms hereof, including without limitation any liability for any delays in the investment or reinvestment of the Collateral, or any loss of interest or income incident to any such delays, or (v) for an amount in excess of the value of the Collateral, valued as of the date of deposit, but only to the extent of direct money damages, in each case unless caused by the Security Trustee’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or, in the handling or disbursement of monies, ordinary negligence.

(h) The Security Trustee shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of the Security Trustee (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, any act of terrorism, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).

(i) The Security Trustee shall not be responsible in any respect for the form, execution, validity, value or genuineness of documents or securities deposited under any Loan Document, or for any description therein, or for the identity or authority of persons executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver any such document, security or endorsement. The Security Trustee shall not be called upon to advise any party as to the wisdom in selling or retaining or taking or refraining from any action with respect to any securities or other property deposited under any Loan Document.

 

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(j) The Security Trustee shall not be under any duty to give the Collateral held by it under the Loan Documents any greater degree of care than it gives its own similar property and shall not be required to invest any funds held by it except as directed in the Account Control Agreement and the Security Agreement. Uninvested funds held by the Security Trustee shall not earn or accrue interest.

(k) In the event of any ambiguity or uncertainty hereunder or in any notice, instruction or other communication received by the Security Trustee under any Loan Document, the Security Trustee may, in its sole discretion, refrain from taking any action other than to retain possession of the Collateral, unless the Security Trustee receives written instructions, signed by the Administrative Agent, which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty.

(l) In the event of any dispute between or conflicting claims among the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and any other person or entity with respect to any Collateral, the Security Trustee shall be entitled, in its sole discretion, to refuse to comply with any and all claims, demands or instructions with respect to such Collateral so long as such dispute or conflict shall continue, and the Security Trustee shall not be or become liable in any way to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent for failure or refusal to comply with such conflicting claims, demands or instructions. The Security Trustee shall be entitled to refuse to act until, in its sole discretion, either (i) such conflicting or adverse claims or demands shall have been determined by a final order, judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, which order, judgment or decree is not subject to appeal, or settled by agreement between the conflicting parties as evidenced in a writing satisfactory to the Security Trustee or (ii) the Security Trustee shall have received security or an indemnity satisfactory to it sufficient to hold it harmless from and against any and all losses which it may incur by reason of so acting. Any court order, judgment or decree shall be accompanied by a legal opinion by counsel for the presenting party, satisfactory to the Security Trustee, to the effect that said order, judgment or decree represents a final adjudication of the rights of the parties by a court of competent jurisdiction, and that the time for appeal from such order, judgment or decree has expired without an appeal having been filed with such court. The Security Trustee shall act on such court order and legal opinions without further question. The Security Trustee may, in addition, elect, in its sole discretion, to commence an interpleader action or seek other judicial relief or orders as it may deem, in its sole discretion, necessary. The costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection with such proceeding shall be paid by, and shall be deemed a joint and several obligation of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(m) The Security Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the effectiveness or perfection of any security interest in the Collateral or the performance of any Borrower Group Company or any other party to the Loan Documents nor shall have no liability in connection with non-compliance by any Borrower Group Company with any statutory or regulatory requirements related to the Collateral.

 

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The Borrower shall pay or reimburse the Security Trustee upon request for any transfer taxes or other taxes relating to the Collateral incurred in connection herewith and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Security Trustee from any amounts that it is obligated to pay in the way of such taxes. The Borrower will provide the Security Trustee with an appropriate IRS W-8 form upon request. It is understood that the Security Trustee shall be responsible for income reporting only as required by applicable law with respect to income earned on the Collateral held by the Security Trustee and will not be responsible for any other reporting; provided , however , that pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph, the Borrower shall be responsible for the payment of any taxes on such income. This paragraph shall survive notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Security Trustee.

The parties hereto acknowledge that, in order to comply with its obligations under the United States Patriot Act, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is required to obtain, verify, and record certain information and documentation from the other parties hereto. Each of the parties hereby agrees that such party will provide Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas with such information as it may request as may be necessary for it to satisfy the requirements of the United States Patriot Act. Each Lender recognizes and agrees that the Co-Lead Arrangers (listed on the cover page of this Agreement) shall have no duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and shall have no functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities for acting as such hereunder.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 10.01. Notices .

(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone or email (and subject to paragraph (b) of this Section), all notices, requests, directions, consents and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail, sent by email or sent by telecopy, as follows:

 

  (i) if to any Borrower Group Company, to it at

Fly Acquisition II Limited

West Pier

Dun Laoghaire

Co. Dublin, Ireland

Attention: General Counsel

Fax: +353-1-231-1901

 

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with a copy to:

BBAM US LP

50 California Street

14th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Attention: General Counsel

Fax: +1 415 618-3337

 

  (ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, 27th Floor

MS NYC 60-2720

New York, NY 10005

Attn: Trust & Agency Services – Ms. Youngmi Park

Fax: 212-553-2464

Email youngmi.park@db.com

 

  (iii) if to the Security Trustee, to:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, 27 th Floor

MS NYC 60-2720

New York, NY 10005

Attn: Trust & Agency Services – Mr. Louis Bodi

Fax: 212-553-2458;

and

(iv) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire and, if an initial Lender, included in Schedule IV.

(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

 

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(c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (or, in the case of any such change by a Lender, by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent). All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

SECTION 10.02. Waivers; Amendments .

(a) No Deemed Waivers; Remedies Cumulative . No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Borrower Group Company therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(b) Amendments . Neither this Agreement or any Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.02. The Required Lenders and each Borrower Group Company party to the relevant Loan Document may, or (with the written consent of the Required Lenders) the Secured Party Representatives and each Borrower Group Company party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (1) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and thereto (including amendments and restatements hereof or thereof) for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Borrower Group Companies hereunder or thereunder or (2) waive, on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the instrument of waiver, any of the requirements of this Agreement or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall:

(i) increase the Commitment or outstanding Loans of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender,

(ii) reduce or forgive the principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, extend the scheduled date of any amortization payment in respect of any Loan, reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee payable under this Agreement (except in connection with the waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates (which waiver shall be effective with the consent of the Required Lenders)) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender,

 

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(iii) change Section 2.16(b), (c) or (d), or the last sentence of Section 2.07(b), in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender,

(iv) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or “Special Majority Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender,

(v) change any provision of this Agreement which requires a unanimous decision of the Lenders without the written consent of the unanimous Lenders, or change any provision of this Agreement which requires a Special Majority Lenders’ decision without the written consent of the Special Majority Lenders;

(vi) release any Borrower Group Company from its guarantee obligations or release all or substantially all of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender; in each case, other than in connection with a Disposition permitted hereunder; and provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of any Secured Party Representative hereunder without the prior written consent of such Secured Party Representative; and

(vii) amend or modify Sections 2.08(b), 2.18 or 10.02(b) without the written consent of each Lender.

(c) Replacement of Non-Consenting Lenders . If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination to any of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by clauses (b)(ii), (iii), (v) and (vi) of this Section 10.02, the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more of the other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the Borrower shall have the right, at its sole cost and expense, to replace each such non-consenting Lender or Lenders (so long as all non-consenting Lenders are so replaced) with one or more replacement Lenders pursuant to Section 2.17 so long as at the time of such replacement, each such replacement Lender consents to the proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination.

(d) Schedules . The Borrower may, in connection with the drawdown of any Loan, without the consent of any Lender and the Administrative Agent, update Schedule II as provided in Section 3.10 of this Agreement further identifying and describing the assets and property set forth on such Schedule III and giving effect to any Eligible Aircraft or Borrower Group Company, as the case may be, being acquired with the proceeds of such Loan and/or identifying and describing the information provided pursuant to Section 3.10 for each Borrower Group Company set forth on such Schedule. Any such updated Schedule delivered in connection with the drawdown of any Loan shall be deemed to replace the then currently existing Schedule.

 

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SECTION 10.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver .

(a) Costs and Expenses . The Borrower agrees to pay (i) all reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses incurred by the Secured Party Representatives and their respective Affiliates, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for each Secured Party Representative, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), subject in the case of the Effective Date and each subsequent Funding Date to any limitations separately agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, (ii) all documented out of pocket expenses incurred by either Secured Party Representative or any Lender, including the documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, Security Trustee, or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including in connection with any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect thereof, (iii) all documented transfer, stamp, documentary or other similar taxes, assessments or charges levied by any governmental or revenue authority in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other document referred to herein or therein and (iv) all reasonable and documented costs, expenses, taxes, assessments and all other charges incurred in connection with any filing, registration, recording or perfection of any security interest contemplated by any Security Document or any other document referred to therein.

(b) Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Security Trustee and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (excluding Indemnified Taxes and Excluded Taxes, which for the avoidance of doubt are dealt with solely under Section 2.15), including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom or any payments that the Administrative Agent or Security Trustee is required to make under any indemnity, (iii) the possession, use, ownership, operation, condition, manufacture, design, registration and maintenance of any Aircraft or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

 

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(c) Reimbursement by Lenders . To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent or the Security Trustee under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent or the Security Trustee, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or Security Trustee, as the case may be, in its capacity as such.

(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc . To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Borrower Group Company shall assert, and each Borrower Group Company hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.

(e) Payments . All amounts due under this Section shall be payable reasonably promptly after written demand therefor.

SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns .

(a) Assignments Generally . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) no Borrower Group Company may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by any Borrower Group Company without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Assignments by Lenders . (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

(A) during the Drawing Period, the Borrower, provided that (x) no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund (except that the assignor shall provide notice to the Borrower within a reasonable time period following such assignment), provided further that after having received notice thereof the Borrower’s consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and (y) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to any Eligible Assignee, except that the Borrower shall have the right to object to and prohibit any proposed assignment that would cause the Borrower to violate Applicable Law; and

 

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(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, FLL, an Affiliate of a Lender or FLL, or an Approved Fund.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, FLL an Affiliate of a Lender or FLL, or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or outstanding Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000 and subject to Section 10.04(b)(ii)(D) unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, payable by the assignor or the assignee;

(C) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire;

(D) in relation to any Assignment made during the Drawing Period (x) other than in relation to any Assignment by a Lender to its Affiliate or to an Approved Fund, the assigning Lender shall retain Loans and/or Commitments in the aggregate principal balance of at least $25,000,000, and the assignee lender shall acquire, upon an assignment by any one or more assigning Lender, Loans and/or Commitments in the aggregate principal balance of at least $25,000,000; (y) an assigning Lender shall, prior to any assignment, permit the other Lenders at such time to participate, at their sole discretion, in amounts to be assigned, pro rata to the aggregate amounts of their existing Loans and Commitments (and provided that the minimum retention and transfer requirements set for in (x) are complied with); and (z) such assignee Lender is not a Competitor or, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, a hedge fund but rather a bank, financial institution or Approved Fund; for the avoidance of doubt, the requirement in this clause (D) shall not apply to any assignment or transfers after the Drawing Period.

 

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(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement (provided no Borrower Group Company shall be obliged to make any payment to such assignee under Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 of this Agreement in an amount greater than it would have had to make had such assignment not taken place based on applicable laws, rules or regulations existing at the time of such assignment), and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 10.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 10.04.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

 

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(c) (c)(i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all or a portion of the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 10.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.16(d) as though it were a Lender.

(ii) Limitations on Rights of Participants . A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.13 or 2.15 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent or unless such greater payment results from a Change in Law occurring after the sale of the participation. A Participant that would not be a Qualifying Person if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.15(f) as though it were a Lender.

(d) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including, without limitation, any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledge or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

SECTION 10.05. Survival . All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower Group Companies herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and Article X shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

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SECTION 10.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and any separate letter agreements covering fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract between and among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Article IV, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 10.07. Severability . Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 10.08. Right of Setoff . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower Group Company against any of and all the obligations of any Borrower Group Company now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

SECTION 10.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Etc .

(a) Governing Law . This Agreement and any claims, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

(b) Submission to Jurisdiction . Each Borrower Group Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against any Borrower Group Company or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

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(c) Process Agent . Each Borrower Group Company hereby agrees that service of all writs, process and summonses in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in the State of New York may be made upon BBAM US LP, presently located at 126 East 56 th Street, Suite 2610, New York, New York 10022 (the “ Process Agent ”), and each Borrower Group Company hereby confirms and agrees that the Process Agent has been duly and irrevocably appointed as its agent and true and lawful attorney in fact in its name, place and stead to accept such service of any and all such writs, process and summonses, and agrees that the failure of the Process Agent to give any notice of any such service of process to any Borrower Group Company shall not impair or affect the validity of such service or of any judgment based thereon. Each Borrower Group Company hereby further irrevocably consents to the service of process in any suit, action or proceeding in such courts by the mailing thereof by the Administrative Agent or any Lender by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, at its address set forth beneath its signature hereto.

(d) Waiver of Venue . Each Borrower Group Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought in court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(e) Other Service . Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 10.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

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SECTION 10.11. No Immunity . To the extent that any Borrower Group Company may be or become entitled, in any jurisdiction in which judicial proceedings may at any time be commenced with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to claim for itself or its properties or revenues any immunity from suit, court jurisdiction, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment, execution of a judgment or from any other legal process or remedy relating to its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed such an immunity (whether or not claimed), each Borrower Group Company hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such immunity to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdiction.

SECTION 10.12. Judgment Currency . This is an international loan transaction in which the specification of Dollars and payment in New York City is of the essence, and the obligations of the Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement to make payment to (or for account of) a Lender or Secured Party Representative in Dollars shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in or converted into any other currency or in another place except to the extent that such tender or recovery results in the effective receipt by such Lender or Secured Party Representative in New York City of the full amount of Dollars payable to such Lender or Secured Party Representative under this Agreement. If for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in Dollars into another currency (in this Section called the “ judgment currency ”), the rate of exchange that shall be applied shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase such Dollars at the principal office of the Administrative Agent in New York City with the judgment currency on the Business Day next preceding the day on which such judgment is rendered. The obligation of the Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent, the Security Trustee, or any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in this Section called an “ Entitled Person ”) shall, notwithstanding the rate of exchange actually applied in rendering such judgment, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Entitled Person of any sum adjudged to be due hereunder in the judgment currency such Entitled Person may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase and transfer Dollars to New York City with the amount of the judgment currency so adjudged to be due; and the Borrower hereby, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, agrees to indemnify such Entitled Person against, and to pay such Entitled Person on demand, in Dollars, the amount (if any) by which the sum originally due to such Entitled Person in Dollars hereunder exceeds the amount of the Dollars so purchased and transferred.

SECTION 10.13. Use of English Language . This Agreement has been negotiated and executed in the English language. All certificates, reports, notices and other documents and communications given or delivered pursuant to this Agreement (including any modifications or supplements hereto) shall be in the English language, or accompanied by a certified English translation thereof. Except in the case of laws or official communications of the Netherlands, in the case of any document originally issued in a language other than English, the English language version of any such document shall for purposes of this Agreement, and absent manifest error, control the meaning of the matters set forth therein.

 

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SECTION 10.14. Headings . Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 10.15. Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality .

(a) Treatment of Certain Information . Each of the Borrower Group Companies acknowledges that from time to time financial advisory, investment banking and other services may be offered or provided to the Borrower Group Companies or their Affiliates (in connection with this Agreement or otherwise) by any Lender or by one or more subsidiaries or affiliates of such Lender and each Borrower Group Company hereby authorizes each Lender to share any information delivered to such Lender by the Borrower Group Companies and their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement, or in connection with the decision of such Lender to enter into this Agreement, to any such subsidiary or affiliate, it being understood that any such subsidiary or affiliate receiving such information shall be bound by the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section as if it were a Lender hereunder. Such authorization shall survive the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

(b) Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, members, partners, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (iii) to the extent required by Applicable Laws or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, whether or not any Borrower Group Company is a party thereto, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same or at least as restrictive as those of this paragraph, to (x) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (y) any actual or prospective direct or indirect counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and their obligations, (vii) with the consent of the Borrower or (viii) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this paragraph or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than a Borrower Group Company. For the purposes of this paragraph, “ Information ” means all information received from any Borrower Group Company relating to any Borrower Group Company or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Borrower Group Company or information that is independently developed by the Administrative Agent or any Lender without recourse to any information provided by any Borrower Group Company; provided that, in the case of information received from any Borrower Group Company after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

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EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION (AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

SECTION 10.16. USA PATRIOT Act . Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower and each Borrower Group Company that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each Borrower Group Company, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each Borrower Group Company and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower and each Borrower Group Company in accordance with said Act.

SECTION 10.17. Owner Trusts . The parties hereto agree that all statements, representations, covenants and agreements made by any Borrower Group Company that is an owner trust, unless expressly otherwise stated, are made and intended only for the purpose of binding the respective trust estates and establishing the existence of rights and remedies that can be exercised and enforced only against such trust estates. Therefore, no recourse shall be had with respect to anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except for any express provisions that the owner trustees are responsible for in their respective individual capacities) against any owner trustee in its individual capacity or against any institution or person that becomes a successor trustee or co-trustee or any officer, director, trustee, servant or direct or indirect parent or controlling Person or Persons of any of them. The foregoing provisions of this Section 10.17 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

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SECTION 10.18. Conflict of Interest . The parties further understand that there may be situations where the Administrative Agent or its respective customers (including the Borrower and the Borrower Group Companies) either now have or may in the future have interests or take actions that may conflict with the interests of any one or more of the Lenders (including the interests of the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents). The parties agree that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to restrict its activities as a result of it serving as the Administrative, and that the Administrative Agent may undertake any Activities without further consultation with or notification to any Lender. None of (i) this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the receipt by the Administrative Agent of information (including Information) concerning the Borrower or the Borrower Group Companies (including information concerning the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) or (iii) any other matter, shall give rise to any fiduciary, equitable or contractual duties (including any duty of trust or confidence) owing by the Administrative Agent to any Lender including any such duty that would prevent or restrict the Administrative Agent from acting on behalf of customers (including the Borrower or the Borrower Group Companies) or for its own account.

SECTION 10.19. Posting of Approved Electronic Communications .

(a) Each of the Lenders and the Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Lenders by posting such Approved Electronic Communications on IntraLinks™ or a substantially similar electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “ Approved Electronic Platform ”).

(b) Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a dual firewall and a User ID/Password Authorization System) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a single-user-per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. In consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded by such distribution and for the other consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Lenders and the Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.

(c) THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. NEITHER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NOR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S GROUP WARRANTS THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S GROUP IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.

 

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(d) Each of the Lenders and the Borrower agree that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Approved Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally-applicable document retention procedures and policies in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

SECTION 10.20. Limited Recourse . Each Borrower Group Company’s liability under this Agreement and the Secured Parties recourse to each of the Borrower Group Companies under this Agreement shall be limited to the assets of such Borrower Group Company. The obligations of the Borrower Group Companies under this Agreement are solely the corporate obligations of the Borrower and the other Borrower Group Companies and no person (including, without limitation, the Security Trustee) shall have any recourse against any director or officer of the Borrower or the other Borrower Group Companies in respect of any obligation, covenant, indemnity, representation or agreement made or given by the Borrower or the other Borrower Group Companies pursuant to this Agreement or any notice or document which the Borrower or any other Borrower Group Company is requested to deliver pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

SECTION 10.21. No Fiduciary Duty . The Administrative Agent, each Lender and their respective Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders” ), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Borrower Group Companies, their stockholders and/or their affiliates. Each Borrower Group Company agrees that nothing in the Loan Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Borrower Group Company, its stockholders or its affiliates, on the other. The Borrower Group Companies acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Borrower Group Companies, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Borrower Group Company, its stockholders or its affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Borrower Group Company, its stockholders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Borrower Group Company except the obligations expressly set forth in the Loan Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Borrower Group Company, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other Person. Each Borrower Group Company acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Borrower Group Company agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Borrower Group Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

 

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SECTION 10.22. Consent and Direction . By its signature below, each of the Lenders, collectively constituting 100% of the Lenders, hereby consents to the terms of this Agreement and directs the Administrative Agent to consent to the terms of this Agreement and to direct the Security Trustee to execute this Agreement and take any and all further action necessary or appropriate to give effect to the transactions contemplated hereby. In reliance on the immediately preceding sentence, by its signature below, the Administrative Agent hereby consents to the terms of this Agreement and directs the Security Trustee to execute this Agreement and to take any and all further action necessary or appropriate to give effect to the transactions contemplated thereby.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

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FLY ACQUISITION II LIMITED,

as Borrower

By:    
  Name:
  Title:


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Administrative Agent.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, not in its individual capacity but solely as Security Trustee
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


Lenders

 

CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW

YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

By:    
  Name:
  Title:
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


EVERBANK COMMERCIAL

FINANCE, INC., as a Lender

By:    
  Name:
  Title:


ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


SCOTIABANK EUROPE PLC, as a Lender
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
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Exhibit 99.1

PRELIMINARY NOTE

This Interim Report should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included elsewhere in this Interim Report and with our Annual Report on Form 20-F, for the year ended December 31, 2012.

The consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and are presented in U.S. Dollars. These statements and discussion below contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements contained in this Interim Report that are not historical facts, as well as statements identified by words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” or words of similar meaning. Such statements address future events and conditions concerning matters such as, but not limited to, our earnings, cash flow, liquidity and capital resources, compliance with debt and other restrictive covenants, interest rates and dividends. These statements are based on current beliefs or expectations and are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and changes in circumstances, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory factors. We believe that these factors include, but are not limited to those described under Item 3 “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 20-F, for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, we undertake no obligation to update these forward looking statements to reflect events, developments or circumstances after the date of this document, a change in our views or expectations, or to reflect the occurrence of future events.

Unless the context requires otherwise, when used in this Interim Report, (1) the terms “Fly,” “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Fly Leasing Limited and its subsidiaries; (2) the term “B&B Air Funding” refers to our subsidiary, Babcock & Brown Air Funding I Limited; (3) the term “B&B Air Acquisition” refers to our subsidiary, Babcock & Brown Air Acquisition I Limited; (4) the term “Fly-BBAM” refers to our subsidiary, Fly-BBAM Holdings, Ltd.; (5) the term “Fly Peridot” refers to our subsidiary, Fly Peridot Holdings Limited; (6) the term “Fly Acquisition II” refers to our subsidiary, Fly Acquisition II Limited; (7) all references to our shares refer to our common shares held in the form of American Depositary Shares, or ADSs; (8) the term “BBAM LP” refers to BBAM Limited Partnership and its subsidiaries and affiliates; (9) the terms “BBAM” and “Servicer” refer to BBAM Aircraft Management LP, BBAM Aircraft Management (Europe) Limited, BBAM Aviation Services Limited and BBAM US LP collectively; (10) the term “Manager” refers to Fly Leasing Management Co. Limited, the Company’s manager; (11) the term “Fly-Z/C LP” refers to Fly-Z/C Aircraft Holdings LP; (12) the term “GAAM” refers to Global Aviation Asset Management; and (13) the term “GAAM Portfolio” refers to the portfolio of 49 aircraft and other assets acquired from GAAM.


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INDEX

 

     Page  

PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

     3   

Item 2. Management’s Discussion  & Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     26   

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     36   

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

     37   

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

     37   

Item 1A. Risk Factors

     37   

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     37   

Item 3. Default Upon Senior Securities

     37   

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

     37   

Item 5. Other Information

     37   

Item 6. Exhibits

     37   

 

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Fly Leasing Limited

Consolidated Balance Sheets

AS OF JUNE 30, 2013 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31, 2012

(Dollar amounts in thousands, except par value data)

 

     June 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 139,304      $ 163,124   

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

     156,777        137,457   

Rent receivables

     2,143        3,124   

Investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries

     7,211        6,308   

Flight equipment held for operating lease, net

     2,620,545        2,616,864   

Deferred tax asset, net

     3,022        9,450   

Fair market value of derivative assets

     8,101        319   

Other assets, net

     31,785        32,026   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

     2,968,888        2,968,672   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

    

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     21,058        15,662   

Rentals received in advance

     15,107        14,402   

Payable to related parties

     2,164        2,789   

Security deposits

     48,711        47,474   

Maintenance payment liability

     213,714        225,733   

Secured borrowings, net

     2,030,229        2,052,412   

Fair market value of derivative liabilities

     28,665        48,967   

Other liabilities

     30,626        29,231   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     2,390,274        2,436,670   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity

    

Common shares, $0.001 par value; 499,999,900 shares authorized; 28,163,482 and 28,040,305 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively

     28        28   

Manager shares, $0.001 par value; 100 shares authorized, issued and outstanding

     —         —    

Additional paid-in capital

     485,207        482,733   

Retained earnings

     108,887        83,138   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net

     (15,508     (33,897
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

     578,614        532,002   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 2,968,888      $ 2,968,672   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Fly Leasing Limited

Consolidated Statement of Income

FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 AND 2012 (UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)

 

     Three months
ended
June 30,
2013
    Three months
ended
June 30,
2012
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2013
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2012
 

Revenues

        

Operating lease revenue

   $ 88,840      $ 98,935      $ 196,214      $ 201,357   

Equity earnings from unconsolidated subsidiaries

     481        2,273        903        4,128   

Gain on sale of aircraft

     —          8,489        6,451        8,489   

Interest and other income

     1,217        1,213        1,335        1,443   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     90,538        110,910        204,903        215,417   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

        

Depreciation

     35,207        34,318        69,743        68,493   

Interest expense

     29,164        36,628        60,185        73,650   

Selling, general and administrative

     9,554        9,361        19,258        18,778   

Ineffective, dedesignated and terminated derivatives

     (792     (1,208     (860     (1,227

Debt extinguishment costs

     2,140        —          2,140        —     

Maintenance and other costs

     8,534        1,782        9,924        2,660   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     83,807        80,881        160,390        162,354   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income before provision for income taxes

     6,731        30,029        44,513        53,063   

Provision for income taxes

     816        4,300        5,753        6,947   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 5,915      $ 25,729      $ 38,760      $ 46,116   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares:

        

Basic

     28,150,215        25,769,115        28,109,929        25,741,559   

Diluted

     28,260,475        25,924,964        28,211,847        25,885,182   

Earnings per share:

        

Basic

   $ 0.20      $ 1.00      $ 1.36      $ 1.78   

Diluted

   $ 0.20      $ 0.99      $ 1.35      $ 1.77   

Dividends declared and paid per share

   $ 0.22      $ 0.20      $ 0.44      $ 0.40   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Fly Leasing Limited

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 AND 2012 (UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

     Three months
ended
June 30,
2013
    Three months
ended
June 30,
2012
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2013
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2012
 

Net income

   $ 5,915      $ 25,729      $ 38,760      $ 46,116   

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

        

Change in fair value of derivatives, net of deferred tax (1)

     15,166        1,386        19,274        6,382   

Reclassification from other comprehensive income into earnings, net of deferred tax (2)

     (69     (73     (138     (147
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

   $ 21,012      $ 27,042      $ 57,896      $ 52,351   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Deferred tax expense was $2.2 million and $0.1 million for the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. For the six months periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, deferred tax expense was $2.8 million and $0.9 million, respectively.
(2) Deferred tax benefit was $10,000 for each of the three month period ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. For the six months periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, deferred tax benefit was $20,000 and $21,000, respectively.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Fly Leasing Limited

Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2012 (UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

                                              Accumulated        
     Manager Shares      Common Shares     

Additional

Paid-in

    

Retained

Earnings

   

Other

Comprehensive

   

Total

Shareholders’

 
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount      Capital      (Deficit)     Income (Loss), net     Equity  

Balance January 1, 2012

     100       $ —          25,685,527       $ 26       $ 455,186       $ 57,982      $ (70,161   $ 443,033   

Dividends to shareholders

     —           —           —           —           —           (10,291     —          (10,291

Dividend equivalent

     —           —           —           —           —           (279     —          (279

Shares issued in connection with vested share grant

     —           —           83,588         —           —           —          —          —     

Share-based compensation

     —           —           —           —           1,646         —          —          1,646   

Net income

     —           —           —           —           —           46,116        —          46,116   

Net change in the fair value of derivatives, net of deferred tax liability of $941

     —           —           —           —           —           —          6,382        6,382   

Reclassified from other comprehensive income into earnings, net of deferred tax asset of $21

     —           —           —           —           —           —          (147     (147
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance June 30, 2012 (unaudited)

     100       $ —           25,769,115       $ 26       $ 456,832       $ 93,528      $ (63,926   $ 486,460   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Fly Leasing Limited

Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 (UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

     Manager Shares      Common Shares     

Additional

Paid-in

    

Retained

Earnings

   

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

   

Total

Shareholders’

 
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount      Capital      (Deficit)     Income (Loss), net     Equity  

Balance January 1, 2013

     100       $ —           28,040,305       $ 28       $ 482,733       $ 83,138      $ (33,897   $ 532,002   

Dividends to shareholders

     —           —           —           —           —           (12,356     —          (12,356

Dividend equivalents

     —           —           —           —           —           (655       (655

Shares issued in connection with vested share grants

     —           —           122,534         —           —           —          —          —     

Shares issued in connection with SARs exercised

     —           —           643         —           —           —          —          —     

Share-based compensation

     —           —           —           —           2,474         —          —          2,474   

Derivative instruments terminated in connection with aircraft sale, net of deferred tax liability of $320 (1)

     —           —           —           —           —           —          (747     (747

Net income

     —           —           —           —           —           38,760        —          38,760   

Net change in the fair value of derivatives, net of deferred tax liability of $2,779 (1)

     —           —           —           —           —           —          19,274        19,274   

Reclassified from other comprehensive income into earnings, net of deferred tax asset of $20 (1)

     —           —           —           —           —           —          (138     (138
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance June 30, 2013 (unaudited)

     100       $ —          28,163,482       $ 28       $ 485,207       $ 108,887      $ (15,508   $ 578,614   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) See Note 6 to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Fly Leasing Limited

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 AND 2012 (UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

     Six months
ended
June 30,
2013
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2012
 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

    

Net Income

   $ 38,760      $ 46,116   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows provided by operating activities:

    

Equity in earnings from unconsolidated subsidiaries

     (903     (4,128

Gain on sale of aircraft

     (6,451     (8,489

Depreciation

     69,743        68,493   

Amortization of debt issuance costs

     3,748        1,815   

Amortization of lease incentives

     3,839        3,303   

Amortization of lease discounts/premiums and other items

     4,135        2,588   

Amortization of fair market value adjustments associated with the GAAM acquisition

     8,056        12,552   

Share-based compensation

     2,474        1,646   

Interest included in principal balance

     1,286        —     

Deferred income taxes

     4,925        5,960   

Unrealized gain on derivative instruments

     (860     (1,227

Security deposits and maintenance payment liability relieved

     (31,377     (29,561

Security deposits and maintenance payment claims applied towards operating lease revenues

     (2,101     (7,539

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Rent receivables

     (318     690   

Other assets

     (1,023     2,181   

Payable to related parties

     (4,193     (1,616

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     1,544        1,704   

Rentals received in advance

     705        (733

Other liabilities

     4,774        (1,433
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows provided by operating activities

     96,763        92,322   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

    

Distributions from unconsolidated affiliates

     —         2,481   

Purchase of flight equipment

     (130,513     (27,302

Proceeds from sale of aircraft

     31,039        50,749   

Lessor contribution to maintenance

     (9,127     (2,167
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows (used in) provided by investing activities

     (108,601     23,761   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

    

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

     (19,320     7,718   

Security deposits received

     6,823        2,980   

Security deposits returned

     (2,553     (1,020

Maintenance payment liability receipts

     27,166        27,671   

Maintenance payment liability disbursements

     (11,743     (7,242

Debt issuance costs

     (4,364     (984

Proceeds from sale of notes payable

     —         87,282   

Proceeds from secured borrowings

     138,956        54,000   

Repayment of secured borrowings

     (133,936     (170,289

Proceeds from termination of interest rate contract

     —         1,602   

Dividends

     (12,356     (10,291

Dividend equivalents

     (655     (279
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows used in financing activities

     (11,982     (8,852
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash

     (23,820     107,231   

Cash at beginning of period

     163,124        82,105   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash at end of period

   $ 139,304      $ 189,336   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosure:

    

Cash paid during the period for:

    

Interest

   $ 49,471      $ 61,592   

Taxes

     208        770   

Noncash Activities:

    

Security deposits applied to rent receivables

     1,299        1,000   

Security deposits and maintenance payment liability disbursements applied as rentals received in advance

     —         345   

Noncash activities in connection with sale of aircraft:

    

Secured borrowings assumed by buyer

     38,500        —    

Derivative liabilities assumed by buyer

     5,000        —    

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Fly Leasing Limited

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the six months ended June 30, 2013

1. ORGANIZATION

Fly Leasing Limited (the “Company” or “Fly”) is a Bermuda exempted company that was incorporated on May 3, 2007, under the provisions of Section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda. The Company was formed to acquire, finance, lease and sell commercial jet aircraft and other aviation assets directly or indirectly through its subsidiaries.

Although the Company is organized under the laws of Bermuda, it is a resident of Ireland for tax purposes and is subject to Irish corporation tax on its income in the same way, and to the same extent, as if the Company were organized under the laws of Ireland.

In accordance with the Company’s amended and restated bye-laws, Fly issued 100 shares (“Manager Shares”) with a par value of $0.001 to its Manager for no consideration. Subject to the provisions of the Company’s amended and restated bye-laws, the Manager Shares have the right to appoint the nearest whole number of directors to the Company which is not more than 3/7th of the number of directors comprising the board of directors. The Manager Shares are not entitled to receive any dividends, are not convertible into common shares and, except as provided for in the Company’s amended and restated bye-laws, have no voting rights.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PREPARATION

Fly is a holding company that conducts its business through its subsidiaries. The Company directly or indirectly owns all of the common shares of its subsidiaries. The consolidated financial statements presented are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Fly and all of its subsidiaries. In instances where it is the primary beneficiary, Fly would consolidate a Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”). All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. The consolidated financial statements are stated in U.S. Dollars, which is the principal operating currency of the Company.

Fly has a 57.4% interest in Fly-Z/C Aircraft Holdings LP (“Fly-Z/C LP”). On December 28, 2012, Fly sold its 15.0% interest in BBAM LP to Onex Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, “Onex”).

Fly accounts for its interest in unconsolidated subsidiaries using the equity method as the Company does not control the entities. Under the equity method, the Company’s investment is initially recorded at cost and the carrying amount is affected by its share of the unconsolidated subsidiaries’ undistributed earnings and losses, and distributions of dividends and capital.

The Company has one operating and reportable segment which is aircraft leasing.

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements are prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial reporting and, in the Company’s opinion, reflect all adjustments, including normal recurring items which are necessary to present fairly the results for interim periods. The operating results for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for an entire year. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC; however, the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.

Certain amounts in the consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. Such reclassifications have no impact on consolidated net income or shareholders’ equity.

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The use of estimates is or could be a significant factor affecting the reported carrying values of flight equipment, deferred tax assets and accruals and reserves. To the extent available, the Company utilizes industry specific resources, third-party appraisers and other materials to support management’s estimates, particularly with respect to flight equipment. Despite management’s best efforts to accurately estimate such amounts, actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

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NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In February 2013, the FASB issued guidance which requires companies to present, in one place, information about reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”). It also requires companies to present the reclassifications by component. For significant items reclassified out of AOCI to net income in their entirety, companies must disclose the line item on the statement of income that was affected. This can be done on the face of the statement in certain circumstances or in the notes. For significant items not reclassified to net income in their entirety during the reporting period, companies must cross-reference the note where additional details about the effects of the reclassification are disclosed. The Company adopted the guidance prospectively commencing in the 2013 fiscal year and interim periods within the year.

3. FLIGHT EQUIPMENT HELD FOR OPERATING LEASE

As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had 103 and 109 aircraft held for operating leases, respectively. During the six month period ended June 30, 2013, the Company purchased three aircraft for a combined purchase price of $130.5 million. These acquisitions were funded with a combination of unrestricted cash and borrowings of $94.6 million from the Fly Acquisition II Facility. During the six month period ended June 30, 2013, the Company sold nine aircraft and recognized a pre-tax gain on sale of $6.5 million. The buyer of six of the aircraft also assumed the underlying debt financing and derivative instruments associated with the aircraft.

As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, flight equipment held for operating leases consisted of the following:

 

     June 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Cost

   $ 3,108,176      $ 3,047,274   

Accumulated depreciation

     (487,631     (430,410
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Flight Equipment Held for Operating Leases, net

   $ 2,620,545      $ 2,616,864   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Company capitalized $9.3 million and $0.1 million of major maintenance expenditures for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. These amounts have been included in flight equipment held for operating leases.

The classification of the net book value of flight equipment held for operating leases and operating lease revenues by geographic region in the tables below is based on the principal operating location of the lessee.

The distribution of the net book value of flight equipment held for operating leases by geographic region is as follows:

 

     June 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Europe:

          

United Kingdom

   $ 356,504         14   $ 365,411         14

Germany

     95,477         4     107,568         4

Other

     596,500         22     606,507         23
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Europe — Total

     1,048,481         40     1,079,486         41
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asia and South Pacific:

          

China

     324,345         12     300,568         11

India

     123,411         5     146,659         6

Other

     308,320         12     265,911         10
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asia and South Pacific — Total

     756,076         29     713,138         27
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

North America:

          

United States

     300,459         12     266,603         10

Other

     33,906         1     34,650         2
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

North America — Total

     334,365         13     301,253         12
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Mexico, South and Central America:

          

Mexico

     131,120         5     169,710         6

Other

     82,530         3     97,319         4
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Mexico, South and Central America — Total

     213,650         8     267,029         10
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Middle East and Africa — Total

     159,949         6     163,489         6
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Off-Lease — Total

     108,024         4     92,469         4
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total flight equipment held for operating leases, net

   $ 2,620,545         100   $ 2,616,864         100
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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At June 30, 2013, aircraft held for operating leases were on lease to 54 lessees in 31 countries. The Company had six aircraft that were off-lease at June 30, 2013. At December 31, 2012, aircraft held for operating leases were on lease to 55 lessees in 32 countries. At December 31, 2012, the Company had six aircraft off-lease.

The distribution of operating lease revenue by geographic region for the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:

 

     Three months
ended
June 30,
2013
    Three months
ended
June 30,
2012
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Europe:

          

Germany

   $ 10,072         12   $ 10,803         11

United Kingdom

     10,007         11     11,518         12

Other

     20,668         23     21,351         21
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Europe — Total

     40,747         46     43,672         44
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asia and South Pacific:

          

China

     10,915         13     9,234         9

India

     3,803         4     13,244         13

Other

     7,985         9     8,605         9
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asia and South Pacific — Total

     22,703         26     31,083         31
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

North America:

          

United States

     9,946         11     10,327         11

Other

     973         1     972         1
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

North America — Total

     10,919         12     11,299         12
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Mexico, South and Central America:

          

Mexico

     7,362         8     4,714         5

Other

     2,617         3     3,279         3
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Mexico, South and Central America — Total

     9,979         11     7,993         8
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Middle East and Africa — Total

     4,492         5     4,888         5
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Operating Lease Revenue

   $ 88,840         100   $ 98,935         100
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The distribution of operating lease revenue by geographic region for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:

 

     Six months
ended
June 30,
2013
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2012
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Europe:

          

United Kingdom

   $ 27,795         14   $ 23,028         11

Germany

     12,955         7     17,123         9

Other

     48,130         24     46,110         23
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Europe — Total

     88,880         45     86,261         43
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asia and South Pacific:

          

India

     14,287         7     31,705         16

China

     20,149         10     18,450         9

Other

     15,826         9     17,196         8
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asia and South Pacific — Total

     50,262         26     67,351         33
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

North America:

          

United States

     20,273         10     20,655         10

Other

     1,946         1     1,946         1
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

North America — Total

     22,219         11     22,601         11
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Mexico, South and Central America:

          

Mexico

     12,057         6     9,406         5

Other

     13,812         7     6,050         3
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Mexico, South and Central America — Total

     25,869         13     15,456         8
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Middle East and Africa — Total

     8,984         5     9,688         5
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Operating Lease Revenue

   $ 196,214         100   $ 201,357         100
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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No customer accounted for 10% or more of the total operating lease revenue for the three or six month periods ended June 30, 2013. The Company had two customers that each accounted for 10% of the total operating lease revenue for the three month period ended June 30, 2012 and one customer that accounted for 12% of the total operating lease revenue for the six month period ended June 30, 2012, which was attributable to non-recurring end of lease revenue associated with the termination of their leases. During the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012, the Company did not accrue rent from two lessees due to concerns about their financial condition and only recognized revenue as cash was received from these lessees. The leases related to those lessees were terminated in the first quarter of 2013. During the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012, the Company recognized revenue, excluding end of lease income, from those lessees of $3.3 million and $7.1 million, respectively.

For the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company recognized end of lease revenue of $17.0 million and $14.1 million, respectively. For the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company recognized end of lease revenue of $47.6 million and $30.0 million, respectively.

The amortization of lease premiums, net of lease discounts, which has been included as a component of operating lease revenue, was approximately $1.0 million and $2.3 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013, respectively. Amortization of lease premiums, net of lease discounts, was approximately $2.0 million and $4.0 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012, respectively.

The amortization of lease incentives recorded as a reduction of operating lease revenue totaled $1.9 million and $3.8 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013, respectively. The amortization of lease incentives totaled $1.6 million and $3.3 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012, respectively.

As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the average remaining lease term of the Company’s aircraft portfolio, weighted by net book value, was 3.7 years and 3.2 years, respectively.

4. INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

Investment in BBAM LP

BBAM provides management and administrative services to Fly, including servicing of its aircraft portfolio. On December 28, 2012, the Company sold its 15% interest in BBAM LP to Onex for $49.5 million, which it had purchased on April 29, 2010 for $8.75 million. In June 2013, the Company received an additional $1.0 million of proceeds as a result of working capital adjustments pursuant to the purchase and sale agreement.

For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012, the Company recognized $1.9 million and $3.4 million in equity earnings from its investment in BBAM LP, respectively. The Company received distributions of $2.2 million during the six month period ended June 30, 2012.

Investment in Fly-Z/C LP

The Company has a 57.4% limited partnership interest in Fly-Z/C LP. Summit has a 10.2% interest in the joint venture and the limited partners appointed a subsidiary of BBAM LP as the general partner of the joint venture. For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013, the Company recognized $0.5 million and $0.9 million, respectively, in equity earnings from its investment in Fly-Z/C LP. For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012, the Company recognized $0.4 million and $0.7 million, respectively, in equity earnings from its investment in Fly-Z/C LP. The Company received no distributions during the six month period ended June 30, 2013. The Company received distributions of $0.3 million during the six month period ended June 30, 2012.

 

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5. SECURED BORROWINGS

The Company’s secured borrowings, net of unamortized debt discounts, as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are presented below:

 

     Net carrying value as of     

Weighted average

interest rate (1)  as of

     
     June 30,
2013
     December 31,
2012
     June 30,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    Maturity
date
     (in thousands)                   

Notes Payable

   $ 614,186       $ 639,281         3.49     3.85   November 2033

Nord LB Facility

     474,198         490,717         4.17     4.14   November 2018

BOS Facility

     207,815         268,625         5.25     5.18   September 2013 – December 2017

Term Loan

     369,496         377,646         4.50     5.75   August 2018

Fly Acquisition II Facility

     138,684         —           4.60     —        July 2018 (2)

Other aircraft secured borrowings

     225,850         276,143         5.49     5.54   December 2013 – February 2019
  

 

 

    

 

 

        

Total

   $ 2,030,229       $ 2,052,412          
  

 

 

    

 

 

        

 

(1) Represents the contractual interest rates and effect of derivative instruments, and excludes amortization of debt discounts.
(2) On July 3, 2013, the total commitment under the Fly Acquisition II Facility was increased to $450.0 million and the maturity date was extended to July 2018.

Notes Payable

 

     Balance as of  
     June 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     (in thousands)  

Outstanding principal balance:

    

Notes issued

   $ 633,478      $ 660,444   

Unamortized discount

     (19,292     (21,163
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Notes payable, net

   $ 614,186      $ 639,281   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

On October 2, 2007, B&B Air Funding issued $853.0 million of aircraft lease-backed Class G-1 notes (the “Notes”). The Notes are direct obligations of B&B Air Funding and are not obligations of, or guaranteed by Fly. Interest is payable monthly based on the current one-month LIBOR plus a spread of 0.67%, which includes an amount payable to Ambac Assurance Corporation, the provider of a financial guaranty insurance policy (the “Policy Provider”) that supports payment of interest and, in certain circumstances, principal on the Notes.

Until August 2012, there were scheduled minimum principal payments of approximately $1.0 million per month, subject to satisfying certain debt service coverage ratios and other covenants. Thereafter, all revenues collected during each monthly period have been applied to repay the outstanding balance of the Notes, after the payment of certain expenses and other costs, including the fees to the policy provider, interest and interest rate swap payments. The final maturity date of the Notes is November 14, 2033.

In 2009, the Company repurchased through a wholly-owned subsidiary $169.4 million principal amount of the Notes. In 2011, the Company sold $40.8 million principal amount of these repurchased Notes. During the first quarter of 2012, the Company sold the remaining $106.7 million principal amount of Notes for $87.3 million.

During the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company made principal payments of $27.0 million and $5.0 million, respectively. The payment made in 2012 was net of $0.1 million, which was paid to the Company in respect of the Notes it previously held.

During the six month period ended June 30, 2013, two aircraft that secured the Notes were sold. In June 2012, three aircraft were sold. At June 30, 2013, 35 aircraft were financed under this facility.

B&B Air Funding is subject to certain financial and operating covenants. As of June 30, 2013, B&B Air Funding was not in default under the Notes.

 

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In connection with the issuance of the Notes, B&B Air Funding entered into a revolving credit facility (“Note Liquidity Facility”) that provides additional liquidity of up to $60.0 million. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Note Liquidity Facility, advances may be drawn for the benefit of the Noteholders to cover certain expenses of B&B Air Funding, including maintenance expenses, interest rate swap payments and interest on the Notes. B&B Air Funding has not drawn on the Note Liquidity Facility.

B&B Air Acquisition Facility

On August 9, 2012, the B&B Air Acquisition Facility, which financed 16 aircraft at that time, was repaid with proceeds from a new Term Loan (see below) and approximately $122.5 million of the Company’s cash. The facility was funded in two tranches, Tranche A and B. Tranche A was senior to Tranche B. Borrowings under the B&B Air Acquisition Facility incurred interest at a rate based on one-month LIBOR plus an applicable margin. The applicable margins for Tranche A and B were 1.50% per annum and 4.00% per annum, respectively.

During the six month period ended June 30, 2012, the Company made principal repayments of $33.9 million under the B&B Air Acquisition Facility, which included a $16.1 million repayment using funds from a cash collateral account.

Nord LB Facility

 

     Balance as of  
     June 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     (in thousands)  

Outstanding principal balance

   $ 489,072      $ 508,942   

Unamortized debt discount

     (14,874     (18,225
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nord LB Facility balance, net

   $ 474,198      $ 490,717   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, 18 aircraft were financed with a debt facility (the “Nord LB Facility”) provided by Norddeutsche Landesbank Gironzentrale (“Nord LB”). In February 2012, the Company completed an extension of the Nord LB Facility to November 2018.

The Nord LB Facility is structured as individual loans with each aircraft owning subsidiary acting as the borrower of its respective loan. Borrowings are secured by Fly’s equity interest in the subsidiaries which own the financed aircraft, the related leases, maintenance reserves and other deposits. The loans are cross-collateralized and contain cross-default provisions.

The loans under the Nord LB Facility bear interest at one month LIBOR plus 3.30% until the final maturity date of November 14, 2018. To mitigate its exposure to interest rate fluctuations, the Company has entered into interest rate swap arrangements. The blended weighted average interest rates for the facility, excluding debt discount amortization, were 4.17% and 4.14% as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, interest accrued on the facility totaled $0.7 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

The Company pays 95% of lease rentals actually received in the corresponding monthly collections period towards interest and principal. Upon the termination or expiration of a lease, no payments are due under the Nord LB Facility with respect to the outstanding loan amount for that aircraft until the earlier of six months from such termination or expiration or the date the aircraft is re-leased. Interest during this period increases the outstanding balance under the facility. If an aircraft remains off-lease after six months from the termination or expiration, interest must be paid on each payment date. If an aircraft remains off-lease after twelve months, the Company must pay debt service equal to 85% of the lease rate paid under the prior lease agreement. The lenders may require payment in full or foreclose on an aircraft that remains off-lease after 24 months, but the lenders may not foreclose on any other aircraft. During the six month period ended June 30, 2013, the Company made total principal payments of $21.2 million. During the six month period ended June 30, 2012, the Company made total principal payments of $39.1 million, which included a $25.0 million principal payment made in connection with the Nord LB Facility extension.

The Nord LB Facility does not contain any financial covenants. However, the Nord LB Facility does contain certain operating covenants relating to the maintenance, registration and insurance of the financed aircraft. The Nord LB Facility also contains certain conditions and restrictions which relate to the servicing and management of the financed aircraft, including covenants relating to the disposition and re-leasing of the aircraft. As of June 30, 2013, there was no default under the Nord LB Facility.

In July 2013, the Company sold one Boeing 737-700 aircraft from the Nord LB Facility.

 

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BOS Facility

 

     Balance as of  
     June 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     (in thousands)  

Outstanding principal balance:

    

Senior tranches

   $ 186,856      $ 242,815   

Junior tranches

     25,320        32,701   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total outstanding principal balance

     212,176        275,516   

Unamortized debt discount

     (4,361     (6,891
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

BOS Facility balance, net

   $ 207,815      $ 268,625   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

At December 31, 2012, eleven aircraft were financed through a facility with Bank of Scotland plc and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (“BOS Facility”). Two aircraft were refinanced in May 2013, resulting in repayments of $54.5 million under this facility. At June 30, 2013, nine aircraft remained financed through this facility.

During the six month period ended June 30, 2012, two aircraft were refinanced resulting in repayments of $34.4 million under this facility.

The BOS Facility consists of individual loans with respect to each financed aircraft which have maturity dates generally matching the scheduled lease termination dates for the financed aircraft. The loan maturity dates range from 2013 to 2017. Each loan may consist of a senior and junior tranche. The loans are cross-collateralized and effectively cross-defaulted, and the lenders may require payment in full or foreclose on any aircraft in this facility in the event of a default on any loan. In June 2013, the Company started pledging free cash flow from the financed aircraft as additional collateral for the lenders. During the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company made scheduled principal payments totaling $8.8 million and $14.2 million, respectively.

Borrowings under the BOS Facility accrue interest at either a fixed or variable interest rate. Variable borrowings bear interest based on one-month LIBOR plus an applicable composite margin of 1.43% for the senior tranche and 2.70% for the junior tranche. As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the weighted average interest rates on senior and junior tranche loans, excluding the debt discount amortization, are presented below:

 

     As of  
     June 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  

Fixed rate loans:

    

Senior tranches

     6.22     5.88

Junior tranches

     7.74     7.39

Variable rate loans:

    

Senior tranches

     1.63     1.64

Junior tranches

     2.90     2.91

Facility weighted average interest rate

     5.25     5.18

As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the interest accrued under the BOS Facility totaled $0.4 million.

The borrowers in the BOS Facility are subject to certain operating covenants relating to the maintenance, registration and insurance of the aircraft owned by them. The BOS Facility also contains certain conditions and constraints which relate to the servicing and management of the financed aircraft, including covenants relating to the disposition of aircraft and future leasing of the aircraft. As of June 30, 2013, there was no default under the BOS Facility.

Term Loan

 

     Balance as of  
     June 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  
     (in thousands)  

Outstanding principal balance

   $ 380,188      $ 390,062   

Unamortized debt discount

     (10,692     (12,416
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Term Loan balance, net

   $ 369,496      $ 377,646   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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On August 9, 2012, the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a $395.0 million senior secured term loan that matures in 2018 (the “Term Loan”) with a consortium of lenders. The Term Loan was originally issued at an offering price of 96% of par value, or a discount of $15.8 million, bearing interest at one month LIBOR plus a margin of 5.50%, with a LIBOR floor of 1.25%. The Term Loan was originally secured by 23 aircraft.

On December 18, 2012, the Company re-priced the Term Loan to reduce the interest rate margin from 5.50% to 4.50%. In conjunction with the re-pricing, the Company paid the lenders a prepayment penalty of 1.00% of the outstanding principal amount which totaled $3.9 million.

On May 21, 2013, the Company completed a second re-pricing of the Term Loan to further reduce the interest rate margin to 3.50% and the LIBOR floor was reduced by 0.25% to 1.00%. In conjunction with this re-pricing, the Company paid the lenders a prepayment penalty of 1.00% of the outstanding principal amount which totaled $3.8 million.

The Term Loan requires quarterly principal payments of 1.25% of the original loan amount. The Company made a principal payment of $9.9 million during the six month period ended June 30, 2013. In addition, the aggregate principal amount outstanding as measured on a quarterly basis must not exceed 67.5% of the lower of the mean or median of half-life adjusted base value of the financed aircraft as determined by three independent appraisers (“LTV Maintenance Test”). As of June 30, 2013, there was no breach of the LTV Maintenance Test. The Company is required to seek new appraisals semi-annually.

Until May 2014, the Term Loan can be prepaid in part or in whole for an amount equal to 101% of the outstanding principal amount being repaid. Thereafter, the Term Loan can be prepaid in part or in whole for an amount equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount being repaid.

Borrowings under the Term Loan are secured by the Company’s equity interests in the aircraft owning and/or leasing subsidiaries, the aircraft and related leases and other deposits. The loan is fully guaranteed by the Company on a recourse basis. The Term Loan contains certain concentration limits with respect to types of aircraft which can be financed by the Term Loan, as well as geographic and single lessee concentration limits. These concentration limits apply upon the sale, removal or substitution of an aircraft.

There are no financial covenants in the Term Loan. However, the subsidiaries are subject to certain operating covenants relating to the maintenance, registration and insurance of the aircraft owned by them. The Term Loan also contains certain conditions and constraints which relate to the servicing and management of the financed aircraft, including covenants relating to the disposition and leasing of aircraft. The Company may substitute an aircraft with an appraised value equal to or greater than the subject aircraft provided certain other conditions, including the LTV Maintenance Test and concentration criteria, are met under the Term Loan.

During the six month period ended June 30, 2013, the Company sold one aircraft financed through the Term Loan and as a result, 22 aircraft were financed under the Term Loan as of June 30, 2013.

In July 2013, the Company purchased one Boeing 737-800 aircraft using a combination of unrestricted cash and proceeds from the sale of an aircraft previously financed under this facility. The acquired aircraft replaced the aircraft that was sold as collateral under this facility.

As of June 30, 2013, there was no default under the Term Loan.

Fly Acquisition II Facility

 

     Balance as of  
     June 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  
     (in thousands)  

Outstanding principal balance

   $ 138,684       $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

On November 7, 2012, the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary entered into a senior secured revolving credit facility with a consortium of lenders (“Fly Acquisition II Facility”) providing loans in an aggregate amount of up to $250.0 million for an availability period of two years followed by a three year term, with an original maturity date of November 7, 2017.

On July 3, 2013, the Company increased total commitments under the Fly Acquisition II Facility up to $450.0 million. The availability period was extended to July 3, 2015. The availability period will be followed by a three-year term period, with a final maturity date of July 3, 2018. The Company will pay a commitment fee of 0.75% per annum on a monthly basis to each lender on the undrawn amount of their commitment which accrues during the availability period. The applicable margin has been reduced by 0.50% to 3.25% during the availability period, stepping up to 3.75%, 4.25% and 4.75% in each subsequent year during the term period.

 

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Aircraft financed under the Fly Acquisition II Facility may not be more than eight years of age at the time of such funding. During the second quarter of 2013, the Company purchased three Boeing 737-800 aircraft manufactured in 2013 using a combination of unrestricted cash and $94.6 million drawn under the Fly Acquisition II Facility. In addition, the Company refinanced two aircraft originally financed under the BOS Facility using a combination of unrestricted cash and $44.4 million drawn under the Fly Acquisition II Facility. At June 30, 2013, five aircraft were financed through this facility.

The borrowing base for each aircraft in the portfolio is equal to 72.5% of the lower of the (x) purchase price depreciated on a straight line basis assuming a 25-year useful life of the aircraft and (y) the lower of the current market value or base value appraisal. The outstanding aggregate amount of loans under the facility cannot exceed the sum of (x) the aggregate borrowing base of all aircraft and (y) if there is an event of default in respect of the borrowing base or if certain concentration criteria are not met at the end of the availability period, then 50% of maintenance reserves paid with respect to the aircraft and pledged to the lenders.

During the availability period, the Company is required to make monthly principal payments equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the loans less 72.5% of the aggregate purchase price of the aircraft depreciated on a straight line basis assuming a 25-year useful life of the aircraft.

The Company may make voluntary prepayments under the Fly Acquisition II Facility. In addition, the Company is required to make partial prepayments with any proceeds from the sale of aircraft and all insurance and other proceeds received with respect to any event of total loss of an aircraft.

Borrowings are secured by the beneficial interests in the aircraft owning and/or leasing subsidiaries, the aircraft and related leases, certain cash collateral and other deposits. In addition, the Company is required to maintain cash collateral equal to 2% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the loans. If there is an event of default in respect of the borrowing base or if certain concentration criteria are not met at the end of the availability period, then all of the maintenance reserves to be paid in respect of the financed aircraft following the occurrence of such event will be pledged to the lenders. Upon the occurrence of an event of default in respect of the borrowing base, the Company will also be required to pledge to the lenders all maintenance reserves deemed to have been received in respect of the financed aircraft prior to such event of default.

The Company is subject to certain operating covenants relating to the maintenance, registration and insurance of the acquired aircraft as well as the servicing and management of such aircraft, including maintaining certain lease concentration limits and the disposition of aircraft.

As of June 30, 2013, there was no default under the Fly Acquisition II Facility.

Other Aircraft Secured Borrowings

In addition to the debt financings described above, the Company has entered into and may periodically enter into additional borrowings to finance the acquisition of aircraft. These borrowings are usually structured as individual loans that are secured by pledges of the Company’s rights, title and interest in the financed aircraft and related leases. The maturity date on each loan generally matches the corresponding lease expiration date. The Company makes scheduled monthly payments of principal and interest on each loan in accordance with a fixed amortization schedule. The Company made principal payments totaling $12.3 million and $9.2 million during the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

These loans contain customary covenants relating to the maintenance, registration and insurance of the financed aircraft, as well as restrictions on the Company’s activities, including investments and other activities of the borrowers and restrictions on the granting of liens or other security interests in the aircraft. These loans also contain certain conditions and restrictions which relate to the servicing and management of the financed aircraft, including covenants relating to the disposition of aircraft and re-leasing of the aircraft. None of these loans include any financial covenants. The Company was not in default under any of these debt financings at June 30, 2013.

As of June 30, 2013, other aircraft secured debt borrowings include: (i) two loans financing three aircraft that were assumed with the acquisition of the GAAM Portfolio, (ii) three loans that were arranged in connection with the re-lease of aircraft and (iii) eight loans that were arranged in connection with the purchase of additional aircraft. In connection with the sale of six aircraft during the first quarter of 2013, the buyer assumed the obligations under the GAAM Facility No. 1.

As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, interest accrued on these loans totaled $0.9 million and $1.0 million, respectively.

 

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The following table contains a summary of the key terms related to these other aircraft secured debt borrowings:

 

     Number of
Aircraft
Financed
     Principal Balance
Outstanding as of
    Weighted Average
Interest
Rates (1)
    Maturity
Date
        June 30,
2013
    December 31,
2012
     
            (in thousands)      

GAAM Facility No. 1 (2)

     —         $ —        $ 42,090        —        —  

GAAM Facility No. 2

     2         30,382        31,630        6.30   August 2014 – December 2015

GAAM Note Payable 1 (3)

     1         19,540        19,989        1.71   December 2015

GAAM Note Payable 2

     1         16,009        16,696        6.22   December 2017

GAAM Note Payable 3

     1         13,355        14,194        5.69   December 2016

GAAM Note Payable 4

     1         13,690        14,419        5.87   January 2018

Aircraft Note Payable 1

     1         25,625        26,560        6.41   December 2018

Aircraft Note Payable 2

     1         26,108        27,008        7.20   February 2019

Aircraft Note Payable 3

     1         22,506        23,894        5.14   December 2015

Aircraft Note Payable 4

     1         16,577        17,611        5.33   May 2016

Aircraft Note Payable 5

     1         10,236        10,909        4.32   December 2013

Aircraft Note Payable 6

     1         10,199        10,835        4.65   December 2013

Aircraft Note Payable 7

     1         11,207        12,267        5.12   June 2015

Aircraft Note Payable 8

     1         11,213        12,273        5.12   June 2015
     

 

 

   

 

 

     

Total outstanding principal balance

      $ 226,647      $ 280,375       

Unamortized debt discount (2) (3)

        (797     (4,232    
     

 

 

   

 

 

     

Other aircraft secured borrowings balance, net

      $ 225,850      $ 276,143       
     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

(1) Represents the contractual interest rates.
(2) In connection with the sale of the six aircraft financed by this facility in March 2013, the buyer assumed the debt facility which had an outstanding balance of $38.5 million, net of unamortized discount of $2.9 million. As of December 31, 2012, the unamortized discount associated with this facility totaled $3.2 million.
(3) As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the unamortized discount associated with GAAM Note Payable 1 totaled $0.8 million and $1.0 million, respectively.

Other Secured Borrowing

The Company had an $85.0 million credit facility agreement with an international commercial bank. The outstanding principal balance of $34.5 million was fully repaid during the first quarter of 2012.

6. DERIVATIVES

Derivatives are used by the Company to manage its exposure to identified risks, such as interest rate and foreign currency exchange fluctuations. The Company uses interest rate swap contracts to hedge variable interest payments due on loans associated with aircraft with fixed rate rentals. The swap contracts allow the Company to pay fixed interest rates and receive variable interest rates with the swap counterparty based on the one-month LIBOR on the notional amounts over the life of the contracts. The notional amounts decrease over time. As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had interest rate swap contracts with notional amounts aggregating $1.3 billion and $933.3 million, respectively. Six of the interest rate swap contracts were assumed in connection with the acquisition of the GAAM Portfolio. The unrealized fair market value gain on the interest rate swap contracts, reflected as derivative assets, was $8.1 million June 30, 2013. The unrealized fair market value loss on the interest rate swap contracts, reflected as derivative liabilities, was $28.3 million and $47.5 million as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

To mitigate its exposure to foreign currency exchange fluctuations, the Company enters into cross currency coupon swap contracts in conjunction with leases in which a portion or all of the lease rentals are denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars (“USD”). Pursuant to such cross currency swaps, the Company receives USD based on a fixed conversion rate through the maturity date of the respective swap contract. As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had one and four cross currency swap contracts that were assumed in connection with the acquisition of the GAAM Portfolio, respectively. The unrealized fair market value gain on the Euro cross currency swap contracts, reflected as a derivative asset, was $0.3 million as of December 31, 2012. The unrealized fair market value loss on the Australian dollar (“AUD”) cross currency swap contracts, reflected as derivative liabilities, was $0.4 million and $1.4 million as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

 

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The Company determines the fair value of derivative instruments using a discounted cash flow model. The model incorporates an assessment of the risk of non-performance by the swap counterparty in valuing derivative assets and an evaluation of the Company’s credit risk in valuing derivative liabilities.

The Company considers in its assessment of non-performance risk, if applicable, netting arrangements under master netting agreements, any collateral requirement, and the derivative payment priority in the Company’s debt agreements. The valuation model uses various inputs including contractual terms, interest rate curves, credit spreads and measures of volatility.

Designated Derivatives

The Company’s interest rate derivatives have been designated as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of changes in fair value of these derivatives are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of a provision for income taxes. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives are subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013, the Company recorded a net unrealized gain of $15.2 million and $19.3 million, after the applicable net tax expenses of $2.2 million and $2.8 million, respectively. For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012, the Company recorded a net unrealized gain of $1.4 million and $6.4 million, after the applicable net tax expense of $0.1 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

As of June 30, 2013, the Company had the following designated derivative instruments classified as derivative assets on the balance sheet (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

Type

  Quantity     Maturity
Dates
   Hedge
Interest
Rates
  Swap
Contract
Notional
Amount
    Fair
Market
Value of
Derivative
Asset
    Credit
Risk
Adjustment
    Adjusted
Fair Market
Value of
Derivative
Asset
    Deferred
Tax
Expense
    Gain
Recognized in
Accumulated
Comprehensive
Loss
    Loss
Recognized
into
Earnings
 

Interest rate swap contracts

    27      10/15/2017 - 11/14/2018    0.89% - 1.83%   $ 451,915      $ 8,724      $ (471   $ 8,253      $ (1,084   $ 7,169      $ —    

Accrued interest

           —         (168     —         (168     —         —         —    
 

 

 

        

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total – designated derivative assets

    27           $ 451,915      $ 8,556      $ (471   $ 8,085      $ (1,084   $ 7,169      $ —    
 

 

 

        

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2013, the Company had the following designated derivative instruments classified as derivative liabilities on the balance sheet (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

 

Type

  Quantity     Maturity
Dates
   Hedge
Interest
Rates
  Swap
Contract
Notional
Amount
    Fair
Market
Value of
Derivative
Liability
    Credit
Risk
Adjustment
    Adjusted
Fair Market
Value of
Derivative
Liability
    Deferred
Tax
Benefit
    Loss
Recognized in
Accumulated
Comprehensive
Loss
    Gain
Recognized
into
Earnings
 

Interest rate swap contracts

    6      1/14/2015 - 11/14/2018    1.35% - 4.93%   $ 451,843      $ (28,640   $ 1,109      $ (27,531   $ 3,399      $ (23,793   $ 38   

Accrued interest

           —         (747     —         (747     —         —         —    
 

 

 

        

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total – designated derivative liabilities

    6           $ 451,843      $ (29,387   $ 1,109      $ (28,278   $ 3,399      $ (23,793   $ 38   
 

 

 

        

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

During the first quarter of 2013, the Company entered into an interest rate cap agreement which expires on August 11, 2014. The agreement limits the maximum LIBOR exposure on certain loan advances with an aggregate notional balance of $361.2 million to 1.25%. The Company paid a fee of $0.1 million which will be amortized over the term of the agreement. As of June 30, 2013, the designated derivative instrument, classified as a derivative asset, had a fair market value of $24,000.

Undesignated Derivatives

Cross currency swap contracts assumed in connection with the acquisition of the GAAM Portfolio have historically qualified for hedge accounting treatment. However, due to foreign currency exchange rates of the underlying contracts being different from market rates at the acquisition date, these contracts no longer qualified for hedge accounting treatment and were de-designated. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives are recorded directly into income.

 

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As of June 30, 2013, the Company had the following undesignated derivative liability (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

Type

   Quantity      Maturity
Dates
     Hedge
Interest
Rates
     Contracted
Fixed
Conversion
Rate to
U.S. Dollar
     Swap
Contract
Notional
Amount
     Fair
Market
Value of
Derivative
Liability
    Credit
Risk
Adjustment
     Adjusted
Fair Market
Value of
Derivative
Liability
    Gain
Recognized
into
Earnings
 

Cross currency swap contracts

     1         01/23/2014         —         

$

1AUD to

0.7803

  

  

   $ 370       $ (399   $ 4       $ (395   $ 1,037   
  

 

 

             

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total – undesignated derivative liabilities

     1                $ 370       $ (399   $ 4       $ (395   $ 1,037   
  

 

 

             

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Terminated Derivatives

In 2010 and 2011, the Company terminated two interest rate swap contracts and received settlement proceeds totaling $2.1 million which are being amortized as a reduction to interest expense over the original term of the contracts.

In connection with the sale of six aircraft by the Company during the first quarter of 2013, the buyer assumed the underlying debt financing and derivative contracts associated with the aircraft. As of the disposal date, the derivative contracts were classified as derivative liabilities and had a negative fair market value of $5.0 million.

In connection with three cross currency and one interest rate swap contracts that expired or terminated, the Company recognized net fair value losses totaling $0.2 million during each of the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013.

7. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

On April 29, 2010, the Company adopted the 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (“2010 Plan”) and reserved 1,500,000 shares for issuance under the 2010 Plan. The 2010 Plan permits the grant of (i) SARs; (ii) RSUs; (iii) nonqualified stock options; and (iv) other stock-based awards. As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had made grants aggregating 1,500,000 shares under the 2010 Plan, respectively.

A summary of the Company’s SAR activity for the six month period ended June 30, 2013 is presented below:

 

     Number of
shares
    Weighted
average
exercise
price
 

Outstanding at December 31, 2012

     892,004      $ 12.74   

SARs granted

     —         —    

SARs exercised

     (3,370   $ 12.42   

SARs canceled or forfeited

     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding at June 30, 2013

     888,634      $ 12.74   

Exercisable at June 30, 2013

     650,116      $ 12.72   

A summary of the Company’s RSU activity for the six month period ended June 30, 2013 is presented below:

 

     Number of shares     Weighted average
grant date fair
value
 

Outstanding and unvested at December 31, 2012

     284,014      $ 12.88   

RSUs granted

     —         —    

RSUs vested

     (122,534     12.98   

RSUs canceled or forfeited

     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding and unvested at June 30, 2013

     161,480      $ 12.81   

At June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, unvested RSUs and SARs had a weighted average remaining vesting term of 1.0 year in each period.

 

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Valuation Assumptions

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of SARs. The fair value of SARs expected to vest is estimated on the date of grant, or if applicable, on the measurement date using the following assumptions:

 

     Three months ended
June 30, 2013
   Three months ended
June 30, 2012
   Six months ended
June 30, 2013
   Six months ended
June 30, 2012

Risk-free interest rate

   0.90% – 2.33%    0.90% – 2.73%    0.90% – 2.33%    0.90% – 2.73%

Volatility

   52% – 63%    56% – 70%    52% – 63%    56% – 70%

Expected life

   6 – 9 years    6 – 10 years    6 – 9 years    6 – 10 years

Share-based compensation expense related to SARs and RSUs is recorded as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses, and totaled $0.7 million and $2.5 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013, respectively. Share-based compensation expense totaled $0.8 million and $1.6 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012, respectively. Unamortized share-based compensation expense totaled $1.9 million and $2.6 million at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

8. INCOME TAXES

Fly is a tax resident of Ireland and has wholly-owned subsidiaries in Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Australia and Singapore that are tax residents in those jurisdictions. In general, Irish resident companies pay corporation tax at the rate of 12.5% on trading income and 25.0% on non-trading income. In calculating net trading income, Fly and its Irish tax resident subsidiaries are entitled to a deduction for trading expenses and tax depreciation on their aircraft. In addition, repatriated earnings and any undistributed earnings from the Company’s Cayman and Australian subsidiaries will be taxed at 25.0% and 12.5% tax rates, respectively. Fly’s French resident subsidiaries pay a corporation tax of 33.33%, Fly’s Luxembourg resident subsidiary pays a corporation tax of 28.8% and Fly’s Australian resident subsidiaries pay a corporation tax of 30.0%.

The Company’s tax provision for the first quarter of March 31, 2012 also included U.S. federal and state taxes on its share of BBAM LP’s taxable income sourced in the U.S. BBAM LP operates in jurisdictions in which it, rather than its partners, is responsible for the taxes levied. These taxes were included in BBAM LP’s results and were reflected in the Company’s equity earnings from BBAM LP.

Income tax expense by jurisdiction is shown below:

 

     Three months
ended
June 30,
2013
    Three months
ended
June 30,
2012
     Six months
ended
June 30,
2013
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2012
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Current tax expense:

         

Ireland

   $ 76      $ 27       $ 743      $ 66   

France

     (154     33         3        43   

Luxembourg

     43        —           82        —     

United States

     —          460         —          878   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current tax expense — total

     (35     520         828        987   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax expense:

         

Ireland

     659        2,799         4,235        4,478   

France

     (22     6         (37     2   

Australia

     214        943         727        1,419   

United States

     —          32         —          61   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax expense — total

     851        3,780         4,925        5,960   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

   $ 816      $ 4,300       $ 5,753      $ 6,947   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The Company had no unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. The principal components of the Company’s net deferred tax asset (liability) were as follows:

 

    June 30, 2013     December 31, 2012  
    (Dollars in thousands)  

Deferred tax asset:

   

Net operating loss carry forwards

  $ 175,790      $ 165,397   

Deductible intra-group interest

    9,495        8,663   

Net unrealized losses on derivative instruments

    2,267        6,928   

Basis difference on acquisition of GAAM Australian assets

    14,409        16,493   

Other

    299        61   

Valuation allowance

    (22,505     (24,588
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred tax asset

    179,755        172,954   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax liability:

   

Excess of tax depreciation over book depreciation

    (152,897     (137,509

Book/tax differences identified in connection with GAAM Portfolio acquisition:

   

Debt

    (2,603     (4,324

Security deposits and maintenance reserve liability

    (413     (551

Lease premiums, net

    (207     (307

Net earnings of non-European Union member subsidiaries

    (20,613     (20,813
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred tax liability

    (176,733     (163,504
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax asset, net

  $ 3,022      $ 9,450   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Company had recorded a valuation allowance against a deferred tax asset in connection with the acquisition of GAAM’s Australian assets. In connection with the sale of aircraft owned by a wholly-owned Australian subsidiary, the Company generated capital gains and has determined it can now utilize a portion of the deferred tax asset.

The Company records valuation allowances to reduce deferred tax assets to the extent it believes it is more likely than not that a portion of such assets will not be realized. In making such determinations, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies, and its ability to carry back losses to prior years. The Company is required to make assumptions and judgments about potential outcomes that may be outside its control. Critical factors include the projection, source, and character of future taxable income. Although realization is not assured, the Company believes it is more likely than not that deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance, will be realized. The amount of deferred tax assets considered realizable, however, could be reduced in the near term if estimates of future taxable income during the carryforward periods are reduced or current tax planning strategies are not implemented.

The Company is allowed to carry forward its net operating losses for an indefinite period to be offset against income of the same trade under current tax rules in Ireland.

9. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

The Company had a $25.0 million share repurchase program which expired in May 2013. On May 1, 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a new $30.0 million share repurchase program expiring in May 2014. Under this program, the Company may make share repurchases from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The timing of the repurchases under this program will depend upon a variety of factors, including market conditions, and the program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

No shares were repurchased during the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. During the six month period ended June 30, 2013, the Company issued 123,177 shares in connection with RSUs that vested and SARs that were exercised. As of June 30, 2013, there were 28,163,482 shares outstanding.

In July 2013, the Company closed its offering of 13,142,856 common shares in the form of ADSs at a price of $14.00 per ADS in an underwritten public offering generating net proceeds of approximately $172.6 million.

 

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10. EARNINGS PER SHARE

SARs and RSUs granted by the Company that contain non-forfeitable rights to receive dividend equivalents are deemed participating securities. Net income available to common shareholders is determined by reducing the Company’s net income for the period by dividend equivalents paid on vested SARs and RSUs during the period.

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the sum of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and the potential number of dilutive common shares outstanding during the period, excluding the effect of any anti-dilutive securities. The Company had no anti-dilutive SARs during the six month period ended June 30, 2013. As of June 30, 2012, 352,688 SARs were excluded from the calculation of dilutive earnings per share as they were anti-dilutive.

The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
    Six months ended
June 30,
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  
     (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)  

Numerator

        

Net income

   $ 5,915      $ 25,729      $ 38,760      $ 46,116   

Less: Dividend equivalents paid on vested RSUs and SARs

     (218     (71     (655     (279
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income available to common shareholders

   $ 5,697      $ 25,658      $ 38,105      $ 45,837   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Denominator

        

Weighted average shares outstanding-Basic

     28,150,215        25,769,115        28,109,929        25,741,559   

Dilutive common equivalent shares:

        

RSUs

     91,819        155,673        86,797        143,028   

SARs

     18,441        176        15,121        595   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding-Diluted

     28,260,475        25,924,964        28,211,847        25,885,182   

Earnings per share:

        

Basic

   $ 0.20      $ 1.00      $ 1.36      $ 1.78   

Diluted

   $ 0.20      $ 0.99      $ 1.35      $ 1.77   

11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

From time to time, the Company contracts with third-party service providers to perform maintenance or overhaul activities on its off-lease aircraft.

12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Fly has no employees and has outsourced the daily operations of the Company by entering into management, servicing and administrative agreements (the “Agreements”) with BBAM. Services to be rendered under these agreements include acquiring and disposing of aircraft; marketing of aircraft for lease and re-lease; collecting rent and other payments from the lessees; monitoring maintenance, insurance and other obligations under the leases; enforcing the Company’s rights under the lease terms; and maintaining the books and records of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Manager manages the Company under the direction of its chief executive officer and chief financial officer. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreements, certain fees and expenses that may be payable to the Manager may be reduced for any like payments made to other BBAM affiliates.

BBAM received base and rent fees pursuant to the Agreements in amounts totaling $2.8 million and $3.1 million for the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. For the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, base and rent fees incurred totaled $5.7 million and $6.3 million, respectively. BBAM also received administrative fees from aircraft owning subsidiaries of the Company totaling $0.5 million and $0.4 million for the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. For the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, BBAM received administrative fees of $1.0 million and $0.8 million, respectively.

For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013, the Company incurred $2.0 million of origination fees for newly acquired aircraft. For the six month period ended June 30, 2012, $0.4 million of origination fees were incurred. No aircraft were acquired during the three month period ended June 30, 2012. For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013, fees of $0.1 million and $1.6 million were incurred for disposed aircraft, respectively. For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012, fees of $0.7 million were incurred for aircraft disposed.

 

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The Company makes quarterly payments to the Manager as compensation for providing the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer and other personnel, and for certain corporate overhead costs related to Fly (“Management Expenses”), subject to adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index. The amount is also subject to adjustment by notice from the Manager and the approval of the independent members of the Company’s board of directors. For the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company incurred $2.6 million and $2.5 million of Management Expenses, respectively. For the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company incurred $5.2 million and $5.1 million of Management Expenses, respectively.

At June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Manager incurred reimbursable expenses totaling $0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, in connection with the performance of its services, which are payable by the Company.

In connection with the Company’s underwritten public offering in July 2013, the Company sold 142,857 common shares in the form of ADSs to certain officers and directors of Fly and BBAM LP at a price of $14.00 per ADS, generating proceeds of $2.0 million.

13. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis in the consolidated balance sheets are categorized based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their fair values. The hierarchy levels established by FASB give the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets and the lowest priority to unobservable data. Fair value measurements are disclosed by level within the following fair value hierarchy:

Level 1 — Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

Level 2 — Inputs (other than quoted prices included in Level 1) are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability through correlation with market data at the measurement date and for the duration of the instrument’s anticipated life.

Level 3 — Inputs reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. Consideration is given to the risk inherent in the valuation technique and the risk inherent in the inputs to the model.

The Company’s financial instruments consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, derivative instruments, accounts payable and secured borrowings. Fair value is defined as the price at which an asset could be exchanged in a current transaction between knowledgeable, willing and able parties. A liability’s fair value is defined as the amount that would be paid to transfer the liability to a new obligor, not the amount that would be paid to settle the liability with the creditor.

The fair value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximate their carrying value. (The fair values of cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents are a Level 1 hierarchy. The fair values of accounts receivable and accounts payable are Level 2 hierarchy.) Where available, the fair value of the Company’s notes payable and debt facilities are based on observable market prices or parameters or derived from such prices or parameters (Level 2). Where observable prices or inputs are not available, valuation models are applied, using the net present value of cash flow streams over the term using estimated market rates for similar instruments and remaining terms (Level 3). These valuation techniques involve some level of management estimation and judgment, the degree of which is dependent on the price transparency for the instruments or market and the instruments’ complexity. The Company determines the fair value of its derivative instruments using a discounted cash flow model which incorporates an assessment of the risk of non-performance by the swap counterparty and an evaluation of Fly’s credit risk in valuing derivative liabilities. The valuation model uses various inputs including contractual terms, interest rate curves, credit spreads and measures of volatility.

The Company also measures the fair value for certain assets and liabilities on a non-recurring basis, when GAAP requires the application of fair value, including events or changes in circumstances that indicate that the carrying amounts of assets may not be recoverable. Assets subject to these measurements include Fly’s investments in unconsolidated affiliates and flight equipment held for operating leases. Fly accounts for its investments in unconsolidated affiliates under the equity method and records impairment when its fair value is less than its carrying value (Level 3). For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, no impairment was recorded by the Company in regards its investments in unconsolidated affiliates.

The Company records flight equipment at fair value when the carrying value may not be recoverable. Such fair value measurements are based on management’s best estimates and judgment, and uses Level 3 inputs which include assumptions as to future cash proceeds from the leasing and eventual disposition of the aircraft. For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, no impairment was recorded by the Company with respect to its flight equipment held for operating lease.

 

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The carrying amounts and fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are as follows:

 

     June 30, 2013      December 31, 2012  
     Carrying Amount      Fair Value      Carrying Amount      Fair Value  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Notes payable

   $ 614,186       $ 525,787       $ 639,281       $ 587,795   

Nord LB Facility

     474,198         474,198         490,717         490,717   

BOS Facility

     207,815         206,667         268,625         266,794   

Term Loan

     369,496         384,940         377,646         397,864   

Fly Acquisition II Facility

     138,684         138,684         —           —     

Other aircraft secured debt

     225,850         225,850         276,143         275,122   

Derivative asset

     8,101         8,101         319         319   

Derivative liabilities

     28,665         28,665         48,967         48,967   

As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the categorized asset and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, based upon the lowest level of significant inputs to the valuations are as follows:

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

June 30, 2013:

           

Derivative asset

     —         $ 8,101         —         $ 8,101   

Derivative liabilities

     —           28,665         —           28,665   

December 31, 2012:

           

Derivative asset

     —         $ 319         —         $ 319   

Derivative liabilities

     —           48,967         —           48,967   

14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In July 2013, the Company purchased two Boeing 737-800 aircraft manufactured in 1999 and 2002 on six-year leases to a German carrier. These acquisitions were funded with a combination of unrestricted cash and secured debt financing. Also in July 2013, the Company purchased one Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on a five year lease to a South American carrier and entered into a purchase and leaseback agreement with the same carrier for a new Boeing 787-800 aircraft. The acquisition of the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft was funded with a combination of unrestricted cash and $128.0 million of secured debt financing guaranteed by Fly Leasing Limited.

On July 1, 2013, the Company sold one Boeing 737-700 aircraft manufactured in 1999 for approximately net book value.

On July 3, 2013, the Company increased total commitments under the Fly Acquisition II Facility from $250 million up to $450 million. The availability period was extended to July 3, 2015. The availability period will be followed by a three-year term period. The applicable margin was reduced by 0.50% to 3.25% during the availability period, stepping up to 3.75%, 4.25% and 4.75% in each subsequent year during the term period.

In July 2013, the Company closed its offering of 13,142,856 common shares in the form of ADSs at a price of $14.00 per ADS in an underwritten public offering generating net proceeds of approximately $172.6 million.

On July 15, 2013, the Company declared a dividend of $0.22 per share or approximately $9.1 million, payable on August 20, 2013 to shareholders of record at July 31, 2013.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our (i) consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Interim Report and (ii) Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are presented in U.S. dollars. The discussion below contains forward-looking statements that are based upon our current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global, regional or local political, economic, business, competitive, market, regulatory and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. See “Preliminary Note”.

Overview

Fly Leasing Limited is a Bermuda exempted company that was incorporated on May 3, 2007, under the provisions of Section 14 of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda. We are principally engaged in purchasing commercial aircraft which we lease under multi-year contracts to a diverse group of airlines throughout the world.

Although we are organized under the laws of Bermuda, we are a resident of Ireland for tax purposes and are subject to Irish corporation tax on our income in the same way, and to the same extent, as if we were organized under the laws of Ireland.

For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013, we had net income of $5.9 million and $38.8 million, respectively, or diluted earnings per share of $0.20 and $1.35, respectively. Included in net income for the six month period ended June 30, 2013 were gains from sale of aircraft of $6.5 million. Total revenues were $90.5 million and $204.9 million, which included end of lease revenue of $17.0 million and $47.6 million, for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013, respectively. Total expenses for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013 totaled $83.8 million and $160.4 million, respectively.

Net cash flows provided by operating activities for the six month period ended June 30, 2013 totaled $96.8 million. Net cash flow used in investing activities was $108.6 million, and net cash used in financing activities was $12.0 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2013. We paid $13.0 million in dividends and dividend equivalents associated with stock-based compensation awards during the six month period ended June 30, 2013.

In July 2013, we closed our underwritten public offering of 13,142,856 common shares in the form of ADSs at a price of $14.00 per ADS, generating net proceeds of approximately $172.6 million.

Impact of GAAM Portfolio Acquisition

On October 14, 2011, we completed the acquisition of the GAAM Portfolio and assumed approximately $1.2 billion of secured, non-recourse debt financing. Because the majority of GAAM’s debt was entered into during a period of favorable market conditions which provided for lower borrowing margins and higher loan-to-value ratios than are currently available, we recorded GAAM’s debt on our balance sheet at a fair value that was lower than its face value. This difference is being amortized into interest expense for the remaining terms of the debt facilities, resulting in higher interest expense than our cash interest payments.

We also evaluated whether the leases acquired with the aircraft in the GAAM Portfolio were at fair market value by comparing the contractual lease rates to the range of current lease rates of like aircraft. We recognized a lease premium when we determined that an acquired lease’s terms were above market value and a lease discount when the acquired lease’s terms were below fair market value. Lease discounts are capitalized into other liabilities and accreted as additional rental revenue on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lease premiums are capitalized into other assets and amortized against rental revenue on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In the aggregate, lease premiums exceeded lease discounts, and the amortization of these lease premiums reduces our reported operating lease revenues for the remaining terms of such leases.

 

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The following table shows the impact of the amortization of debt discounts, lease premiums and certain other items for year ended December 31, 2013 and for the succeeding five years. This table reflects our current portfolio and debt facilities. The amortization amounts for each applicable period may change for a number of reasons, including, among other things, aircraft dispositions, debt repayments and refinancings.

 

     Six months
ended
December 31,
     Year ended December 31,  
     2013      2014      2015      2016      2017      2018  
     (in thousands)  

Amortization of GAAM purchase accounting adjustments:

                 

Amortization of fair value lease premiums and discounts, net

   $ 826       $ 884       $ 67       $ —         $ —         $ —     

Amortization of fair value debt discounts

     4,738         7,058         4,103         2,583         1,907         1,209   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total amortization of GAAM purchase accounting adjustments

   $ 5,564       $ 7,942       $ 4,170       $ 2,583       $ 1,907       $ 1,209   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market Conditions

The airline industry continues to perform well. Capacity factors are near all-time highs and airlines are expected to generate more profits in 2013 than they did in 2012. However, profits are not uniformly distributed among airlines and certain airlines, particularly smaller airlines and start-up carriers, continue to struggle financially. These lessees may be unable to make lease rental and other payments on a timely basis.

Contributing to the volatility of the aircraft leasing market conditions are macro-economic factors and political trends. There continues to be an overall positive trend in world air traffic demand which we believe will drive growth in the aircraft leasing market in the long-term. Aircraft demand continues to increase each year, with aircraft manufacturers increasing their production rates to meet this demand. Currently, leased aircraft make up approximately 40% of the worldwide commercial jet aircraft fleet that is in service and this percentage is expected to increase to 50% by 2020. Market conditions for lease rates are generally stable with lease rates on certain types of aircraft firming, depending on the aircraft type and age.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Fly prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The use of estimates is or could be a significant factor affecting the reported carrying values of flight equipment, investments, deferred assets, accruals and reserves. We utilize third party appraisers and industry valuation professionals, where possible, to support estimates, particularly with respect to flight equipment. Despite our best efforts to accurately estimate such amounts, actual results could differ from those estimates. We have made no significant changes in our critical accounting policies and significant estimates from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Operating Results

Management’s discussion and analysis of operating results presented below pertain to the consolidated statements of operations of Fly for the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.

Consolidated Statements of Income of Fly for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012

 

     Three months
ended
June 30,
2013
    Three months
ended
June 30,
2012
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Revenues

    

Operating lease revenue

   $ 88,840      $ 98,935   

Equity earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures

     481        2,273   

Gain on sale of aircraft

     —          8,489   

Interest and other income

     1,217        1,213   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     90,538        110,910   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Depreciation

     35,207        34,318   

Interest expense

     29,164        36,628   

Selling, general and administrative

     9,554        9,361   

Ineffective, dedesignated and terminated derivatives

     (792     (1,208

Debt extinguishment costs

     2,140        —     

Maintenance and other costs

     8,534        1,782   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     83,807        80,881   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income before provision for income taxes

     6,731        30,029   

Provision for income taxes

     816        4,300   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 5,915      $ 25,729   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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As of June 30, 2013 and 2012, we had 103 and 108 aircraft in our portfolio, respectively. As of June 30, 2013, we had 97 aircraft on lease to 54 lessees, compared to June 30, 2012, when 105 of our aircraft were on lease to 53 lessees.

 

     Three months ended June 30,    

Increase/

Decrease

 
   2013     2012    
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Operating lease revenue:

      

Basic rent

   $ 74,950      $ 88,539      $ (13,589

End of lease revenue

     16,953        14,075        2,878   

Lease incentives

     (1,906     (1,598     (308

Other

     (1,157     (2,081     924   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating lease revenue

   $ 88,840      $ 98,935      $ (10,095
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Rental revenues received from operating leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the respective lease terms. For the three month period ended June 30, 2013, operating lease revenue totaled $88.8 million, a decrease of $10.1 million as compared to the three month period ended June 30, 2012. The decrease was primarily due to (i) a decrease of $7.6 million due to lease terminations and aircraft off-lease, (ii) a decrease of $6.7 million due to aircraft sold in 2012 and 2013 and (iii) $3.3 million recognized from non-accrual lessees. These decreases were partially offset by (i) $17.0 million of end of lease revenue resulting from the termination of leases in 2013 compared to $14.1 million in 2012, (ii) additional revenue of $2.9 million from aircraft acquired in 2012 and 2013 and (iii) a $1.2 million decrease in net lease discount amortization associated with the GAAM portfolio.

For the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, we recorded equity earnings from an unconsolidated subsidiary of $0.5 million and $2.3 million, respectively. We have a 57.4% interest in Fly-Z/C LP. On December 28, 2012 we sold our 15% interest in BBAM LP to Onex. Our equity earnings from BBAM LP were $1.9 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2012.

During the three month period ended June 30, 2012, we sold three aircraft and recognized gain on sale of aircraft of $8.5 million. No aircraft were sold during the three month period ended June 30, 2013.

Total expenses for the three month period ended June 30, 2013 totaled $83.8 million, an increase of $2.9 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to an increase in expenses associated with delivering aircraft to new lessees.

Depreciation expense increased $0.9 million during the three month period ended June 30, 2013 to $35.2 million, compared to $34.3 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2012. The increase was primarily due to depreciation on aircraft acquisitions and improvements made, partially offset by declines in depreciation on aircraft we sold.

Interest expense was $29.2 million and $36.6 million for the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The decrease of $7.4 million was primarily due to (i) debt repayments made in 2013 and 2012, (ii) reduction in the notional amounts of the associated derivative instruments and (iii) lower interest rates from re-financings completed in 2013 and 2012. This decrease was partially offset by interest on borrowings under the Fly Acquisition II Facility.

 

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Selling, general and administrative expenses were $9.6 million and $9.4 million for the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Share based compensation totaled $0.7 million and $0.8 million for the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Maintenance and other leasing costs were $8.5 million and $1.8 million for the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The increase of $6.7 million was primarily due to aircraft maintenance expenses incurred during the three month period ended June 30, 2013 in connection with repossession of aircraft due to early lease terminations and preparing the aircraft for delivery to new lessees.

In connection with the repricing of the Term Loan in May 2013, we expensed a portion of the prepayment penalty paid to the lenders, and certain of the fees and expenses incurred totaling $2.1 million.

Provision for income taxes consisting primarily of Irish income tax was $0.8 million and $4.3 million for the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The effective tax rate was 12.1% and 14.3% for the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. We are tax resident in Ireland and expect to pay the corporation tax rate of 12.5% on trading income and 25.0% on non-trading income.

Our consolidated net income was $5.9 million and $25.7 million for the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Consolidated Statements of Income of Fly for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012

 

     Six months
ended
June 30,
2013
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2012
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Revenues

    

Operating lease revenue

   $ 196,214      $ 201,357   

Equity earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures

     903        4,128   

Gain on sale of aircraft

     6,451        8,489   

Interest and other income

     1,335        1,443   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     204,903        215,417   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Depreciation

     69,743        68,493   

Interest expense

     60,185        73,650   

Selling, general and administrative

     19,258        18,778   

Ineffective, dedesignated and terminated derivatives

     (860     (1,227

Debt extinguishment costs

     2,140        —     

Maintenance and other costs

     9,924        2,660   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     160,390        162,354   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income before provision for income taxes

     44,513        53,063   

Provision for income taxes

     5,753        6,947   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 38,760      $ 46,116   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Six months ended June 30,    

Increase/

Decrease

 
   2013     2012    
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Operating lease revenue:

      

Basic rent

   $ 155,058      $ 178,941      $ (23,883

End of lease revenue

     47,552        29,955        17,597   

Lease incentives

     (3,840     (3,302     (538

Other

     (2,556     (4,237     1,681   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating lease revenue

   $ 196,214      $ 201,357      $ (5,143
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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For the six month period ended June 30, 2013, operating lease revenue totaled $196.2 million, a decrease of $5.1 million as compared to the six month period ended June 30, 2012. The decrease was primarily due to (i) a decrease of approximately $12.9 million due to lease terminations and aircraft off-lease, (ii) a decrease of $11.4 million due to aircraft sold in 2012 and 2013, and (iii) recognition of revenues in 2012 totaling $5.0 million from non-accrual lessees. These decreases were partially offset by (i) $47.6 million of end of lease revenue resulting from the termination of leases in 2013 compared to $30.0 million in 2012, (ii) additional revenue of $5.0 million from aircraft acquired in 2012 and 2013 and (iii) a $2.2 million decrease in net lease discount amortization associated with the GAAM portfolio.

For the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, we recorded equity earnings from an unconsolidated subsidiary of $0.9 million and $4.1 million, respectively. Our equity earnings from BBAM LP were $3.4 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2012. We sold our equity interest in BBAM LP in December 2012.

During the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, we sold nine and three aircraft and recognized gains on sale of aircraft of $6.5 million and $8.5 million, respectively.

Compared to the corresponding period in the prior year, total expenses for the six month period ended June 30, 2013 decreased $2.0 million to $160.4 million. The decrease was primarily due to the reduction in interest expense.

For the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, depreciation expense totaled $69.7 million and $68.5 million, respectively, an increase of $1.2 million. The increase was primarily due to depreciation on aircraft acquisitions and improvements made, partially offset by declines in depreciation on aircraft we sold.

Interest expense was $60.2 million and $73.6 million for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The decrease of $13.4 million was primarily due to (i) debt repayments made in 2013 and 2012, (ii) reduction in the notional amounts of the associated derivative instruments and (iii) lower interest rate from re-financings completed in 2013 and 2012. This decrease was partially offset by interest on borrowings under the Fly Acquisition II Facility.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $19.3 million and $18.8 million for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Share based compensation totaled $2.5 million and $1.6 million for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Maintenance and other leasing costs were $9.9 million and $2.7 million for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The increase of $7.2 million was primarily due to aircraft maintenance expenses incurred during the second quarter of 2013 in connection with repossession of aircraft due to early lease terminations and preparing the aircraft for delivery to new lessees.

In connection with the repricing of the Term Loan in May 2013, we expensed a portion of the prepayment penalty paid to the lenders, and certain of the fees and expenses incurred totaling $2.1 million.

Provision for income taxes consisting primarily of Irish income tax was $5.8 million and $6.9 million for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The effective tax rate was 12.9% and 13.1% for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. We are tax resident in Ireland and expect to pay the corporation tax rate of 12.5% on trading income and 25.0% on non-trading income. In conjunction with the sale of aircraft owned by an Australian subsidiary in 2013, we partially reversed $2.1 million of the valuation allowance we had established against a deferred tax asset recorded in connection with the acquisition of GAAM’s Australian assets.

Our consolidated net income was $38.8 million and $46.1 million for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows of Fly for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012

We generated cash from operations of $96.8 million and $92.3 million for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, an increase of $4.5 million.

For the six month period ended June 30, 2013, cash used in investing activities was $108.6 million compared to cash provided by investing activities of $23.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2012. At June 30, 2013, we sold nine aircraft and received net cash proceeds of $31.0 million. At June 30, 2012, we sold three aircraft and received net cash proceeds of $50.7 million. Lessor maintenance contributions totaled $9.1 million and $2.2 million for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. In the six month period ended June 30, 2013, we used $130.5 million of cash to purchase three aircraft. As compared to the corresponding period in 2012, we used $27.3 million of cash to acquire two aircraft.

 

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Cash used in financing activities for the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 totaled $12.0 million and $8.9 million, respectively. In the six month period ended June 30, 2013, we: (i) made repayments on our secured borrowings totaling $133.9 million, (ii) increased our restricted cash accounts by $19.3 million and (iii) made dividends and dividend equivalent payments of $13.0 million. These were partially offset by: (i) proceeds from secured borrowings of $139.0 million to partially finance aircraft acquisitions and (ii) net maintenance reserve receipts of $15.4 million. In the six month period ended June 30, 2012, we: (i) made repayments on our secured borrowings totaling $170.3 million and (ii) made dividends and dividend equivalent payments of $10.6 million. These were partially offset by (i) receipt of $87.3 million net proceeds from Notes sales, (ii) borrowings of $54.0 million to partially finance the acquisition of aircraft, (iii) reductions to our restricted cash accounts totaling $7.7 million and (iv) net maintenance payment liability receipts of $20.4 million.

Our Future Sources and Uses of Liquidity

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash on hand and cash generated by our aircraft leasing subsidiaries. We are dependent upon dividends and other payments from our subsidiaries to generate the funds necessary to meet our financial obligations, to pay dividends, and to grow our fleet. Our existing subsidiaries use funds generated from aircraft rents to pay their operating expenses and to meet their debt service requirements. They may be restricted from making distributions to us pursuant to the agreements governing their financing arrangements. For example, substantially all cash flow after payment of expenses generated by aircraft financed by our Notes Payable, the Nord LB Facility, and the BOS Facility must be used for debt service and is not available for distribution to us. Our business is very capital intensive, requiring significant investment in order to expand and maintain our fleet.

We have previously announced a target of $300 to $500 million of aircraft acquisitions in 2013. We have now acquired six aircraft for approximately $330 million in 2013 and expect to exceed the high end of our growth target of $500 million. In the second quarter of 2013, we purchased three Boeing 737-800 aircraft. In July 2013, we purchased two additional Boeing 737-800 aircraft and one Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. We have further identified a robust pipeline of additional acquisitions to meet our growth target. We intend to finance these acquisitions with borrowings under the Fly Acquisition II Facility or other secured debt financing and our unrestricted cash.

At June 30, 2013, we had $139.3 million of unrestricted cash. On July 3, 2013, we increased the total commitments under the Fly Acquisition II Facility from $250 million up to $450 million. At June 30, 2013, $139.0 million was drawn under the Fly Acquisition II Facility. In July 2013, we closed our underwritten public offering of 13,142,856 common shares in the form of ADSs at a price of $14.00 per ADS, generating net proceeds of approximately $172.6 million. The proceeds of the equity offering will be used for general corporate purposes including the acquisition of aircraft.

We will need access to additional capital if we are to grow beyond our current acquisition pipeline and to refinance our debt. Our ability to refinance amounts outstanding under our secured borrowings or to fund acquisitions will depend on a number of factors which includes our historical and expected performance, compliance with the terms of our debt agreements, industry and market trends and the availability of capital.

In addition to investment in our fleet, our short-term liquidity needs include working capital for operations, debt service and cash to pay dividends to our shareholders. Including the ADSs issued in connection with our underwritten public offering, our quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share would require approximately $9.1 million of cash each quarter. We expect that cash on hand and cash flow provided by operations will satisfy our liquidity needs through at least the next twelve months.

Dividends and Share Repurchases

From February 2009 to May 2012, we paid quarterly dividends of $0.20 per share. Commencing August 2012, we paid quarterly dividends of $0.22 per share, representing a 10% increase in the quarterly dividend. On July 15, 2013, we declared a dividend of $0.22 per share payable on August 20, 2013 to shareholders of record on July 31, 2013. The declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of our common shares will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, cash flows, market conditions, legal requirements and other factors as our board of directors deem relevant.

We had a $25.0 million share repurchase program which expired in May 2013. On May 1, 2013, our Board of Directors approved a new $30.0 million share repurchase program expiring in May 2014. Under this program, we may make share repurchases from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The timing of the repurchases under this program will depend upon a variety of factors, including market conditions, and the program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

Maintenance Cash Flows

Under our leases, the lessee is generally responsible for maintenance and repairs, airframe and engine overhauls, obtaining consents and approvals and compliance with return conditions of aircraft on lease. In connection with the lease of a used aircraft we may agree to contribute specific additional amounts to the cost of certain major overhauls or modifications, which usually reflect the usage of the aircraft prior to the commencement of the lease. In many cases, we also agree to share with our lessees the cost of compliance with airworthiness directives.

 

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We expect that the aggregate maintenance reserve and lease-end adjustment payments we will receive from lessees will meet the aggregate maintenance contributions and lease-end adjustment payments that we will be required to make. However, we may incur additional expenses in connection with early lease terminations or repossession of aircraft. For the six month period ended June 30, 2013, we received $27.2 million of maintenance payments from lessees, made maintenance reserve disbursements of $11.7 million and also made maintenance contributions of $9.1 million.

Financing

As of June 30, 2013, we had $2.0 billion of aircraft secured debt outstanding, net of unamortized debt discount. Of this amount, $1.7 billion is non-recourse to Fly Leasing Limited, except for certain limited obligations which typically include reimbursement for certain expenses and costs incurred by the lenders. These non-recourse loans may be provided through loan facilities that are typically cross-collateralized and contain cross-default provisions against all of the loans advanced within each facility, as well as through individual loans against individual aircraft. We currently have the following non-recourse debt facilities that provide financing against multiple aircraft:

 

Facility (1)

   Amount Outstanding
at June 30, 2013 (2)
     Number of
Aircraft Financed
     Maturity Dates

Notes Payable

   $ 633.5 million         35       November 2033

Nord LB Facility

   $ 489.1 million         18       November 2018

BOS Facility

   $ 212.2 million         9       September 2013 –

December 2017 (3)

Fly Acquisition II Facility

   $ 138.7 million         5       July 2018 (4)

 

(1) Excludes $226.6 million outstanding under non-recourse financing facilities for single aircraft.
(2) Excludes unamortized debt discount.
(3) Debt maturities match lease maturities.
(4) On July 3, 2013, the total commitment under the Fly Acquisition II Facility was increased to $450.0 million and the maturity date was extended to July 2018.

The maturity dates for these loans range from September 2013 to November 2033. In general, upon a default on a non-recourse loan, the lenders will have the ability to foreclose upon any or all available collateral (including aircraft, leases and shares of aircraft-owning special purposes entities) to satisfy amounts due under the loan. However, the lenders cannot make a claim against Fly Leasing Limited for payment of these outstanding obligations, except for the limited payment obligations described above. The non-recourse nature of these loans means that we may decide, for economic reasons, to default on non-recourse loans if and when we believe that the aircraft and other assets that secure a loan are worth less than the amounts outstanding under the loan. Although the direct financial impact to us under such a default on a non-recourse loan is limited, these defaults may impact our reputation as a borrower and impair our ability to secure future borrowings, which could have a material adverse impact on our ability to grow our aircraft portfolio and earnings.

Securitization

On October 2, 2007, our subsidiary, B&B Air Funding issued $853.0 million of aircraft lease-backed Class G-1 notes (the “Notes”). The Notes are direct obligations of B&B Air Funding and are not obligations of, or guaranteed by Fly. In 2009, we repurchased through a wholly-owned subsidiary $169.4 million principal amount of the Notes for $83.0 million. In 2011, we sold $40.8 million principal amount of these repurchased Notes for $33.8 million. In the first quarter of 2012, we sold the remaining $106.7 million principal amount of Notes for $87.3 million. The resulting discount of $26.4 million is being amortized over the remaining term of the Notes. As a result of this re-sale, we no longer hold any Notes and the outstanding principal amount of Notes is $633.5 million as of June 30, 2013, compared to $660.4 million at December 31, 2012.

The Notes bear interest at an adjustable interest rate equal to one-month LIBOR plus 0.67%. Interest expense also includes amounts payable to the policy provider and the liquidity facility provider thereunder, as well as accretion on the Notes re-issued at a discount. Interest and any principal payments due are payable monthly. We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to mitigate the interest rate fluctuation risk associated with a portion of the Notes.

Until August 2012, there were scheduled minimum principal payments of approximately $1.0 million per month, subject to satisfying certain debt service coverage ratios and other covenants. Thereafter, all revenues collected during each monthly period have been applied to service the outstanding balance of the Notes, after the payment of certain expenses and other costs, including the fees to the policy provider, interest and interest rate swap payments. Principal payments during the six month period ended June 30, 2013 totaled $27.0 million.

During the six months ended June 30, 2013, two aircraft that secured the Notes were sold. In June 2012, three aircraft were sold, and in July 2012, the Company repaid debt of $38.8 million associated with these aircraft. The final maturity date of the Notes is November 14, 2033.

B&B Air Funding is subject to certain financial and operating covenants. As of June 30, 2013, B&B Air Funding was not in default under the Notes.

In connection with the issuance of the Notes, B&B Air Funding, the cash manager and BNP Paribas, entered into the Note Liquidity Facility that provides additional liquidity of up to $60.0 million. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Note Liquidity Facility, advances may be drawn for the benefit of the Noteholders to cover certain expenses of B&B Air Funding, including maintenance expenses, interest rate swap payments and interest on the Notes. As of June 30, 2013, B&B Air Funding had not drawn on the Note Liquidity Facility.

B&B Air Acquisition Facility

On August 9, 2012, the B&B Air Acquisition Facility, which financed 16 aircraft at that time, was repaid with proceeds from a new Term Loan (see below) and approximately $122.5 million of our cash. The facility was funded in two tranches, Tranche A and B. Tranche A was senior to Tranche B. Borrowings under the B&B Air Acquisition Facility incurred interest at a rate based on one-month LIBOR plus an applicable margin. The applicable margins for Tranche A and B were 1.50% per annum and 4.00% per annum, respectively.

Nord LB Facility

In connection with 18 aircraft acquired in the GAAM Portfolio, our subsidiaries assumed a debt facility (the “Nord LB Facility”) provided by Norddeutsche Landesbank Gironzentrale (“Nord LB”). On February 6, 2012, we completed an extension of the Nord LB Facility to November 2018. We paid $25.0 million to Nord LB which was applied towards repayment of outstanding principal amounts on February 14, 2012.

 

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The Nord LB Facility is structured as individual loans with each aircraft owning subsidiary acting as the borrower of its respective loan. Borrowings are secured by our equity interest in the subsidiaries which own the financed aircraft, the related leases, maintenance reserves and other deposits. The loans are cross-collateralized and contain cross-default provisions.

The loans under the Nord LB Facility bear interest at one month LIBOR plus 3.30% until the final maturity date of November 14, 2018. To mitigate our exposure to interest rate fluctuations, we have entered into interest rate swap arrangements. The blended weighted average interest rate for the Nord LB Facility, excluding the debt discount amortization, was 4.17% as of June 30, 2013.

Under the terms of the Nord LB Facility:

 

   

We pay 95% of lease rentals actually received in the corresponding monthly collections period towards interest and principal. If no lease rental payments are received in the applicable period for any financed aircraft, prior to the termination of such lease, no payment is due under the loan related to that aircraft on the corresponding repayment date. Any unpaid interest increases the outstanding borrowing.

 

   

Upon the termination or expiration of a lease, no payments are due under the Nord LB Facility with respect to the outstanding loan amount for that aircraft until the earlier of six months from the termination or expiration or the date the aircraft is re-leased. Interest during this period increases the outstanding balance under the Nord LB Facility. If an aircraft remains off-lease after six months from the termination or expiration, interest must be paid on each payment date. If an aircraft remains off-lease after twelve months, we must pay debt service equal to 85% of the lease rate paid under the prior lease agreement. The lenders may foreclose on an aircraft that remains off-lease after 24 months, but the lenders may not foreclose on any other aircraft.

 

   

In the event that we sell any of the financed aircraft, substantially all sales proceeds (after payment of certain expenses) must be used to repay first the debt associated with the sold aircraft and then the outstanding amounts which finance the other aircraft unless certain conditions are met. In addition, any maintenance reserve amounts which are retained and are not expected to be required for future maintenance will be used to prepay the Nord LB Facility. If after full repayment of the facility, we have earned a 10% return on our equity investment, we will pay Nord LB a fee equal to 10% (capped at $5 million) of our returns in excess of 10%.

The Nord LB Facility does not contain any financial covenants. However, the Nord LB Facility does contain certain operating covenants relating to the maintenance, registration and insurance of the financed aircraft. The Nord LB Facility also contains certain conditions and restrictions which relate to the servicing and management of the financed aircraft, including covenants relating to the disposition and re-leasing of aircraft. As of June 30, 2013, $489.1 million was outstanding under the Nord LB Facility and there was no default under the facility.

BOS Facility

In connection with 21 of the 49 acquired aircraft in the GAAM Portfolio, our subsidiaries assumed a debt facility provided by Bank of Scotland plc and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (“ BOS Facility ”). At June 30, 2013, nine of these aircraft were financed through this facility. The BOS Facility consists of individual loans with respect to each financed aircraft which generally have maturity dates matching the scheduled lease termination dates for the financed aircraft. The loan maturity dates range from 2013 to 2017. Each loan may consist of a senior and junior tranche. The loans are cross-collateralized and effectively cross-defaulted, and the lenders may require payment in full or foreclose on any aircraft in this facility in the event of a default on any loan.

As of June 30, 2013, the outstanding balance under the BOS Facility was $212.2 million.

Borrowings under the BOS Facility accrue interest at either a fixed or variable interest rate. Variable borrowings bear interest based on one-month LIBOR plus an applicable composite margin of 1.43% for the senior tranche and 2.70% for the junior tranche. The weighted average interest rate on loans associated with aircraft with fixed rate leases was 6.22% for the senior tranche and 7.74% for the junior tranche. The weighted average interest rate on loans associated with aircraft with floating rate leases was 1.63% for the senior tranche and 2.90% for the junior tranche. The weighted average interest rate on all outstanding amounts was 5.25% as of June 30, 2013, excluding the debt discount amortization. As of June 30, 2013, interest accrued on the facility totaled $0.4 million.

We make scheduled monthly payments of principal and interest on each loan in accordance with a fixed amortization schedule. In addition, beginning in June 2013, we are required to pledge the free cash flow from the financed aircraft as additional collateral for the lenders. We are also required to prepay the loan on any aircraft upon the lease termination or sale of such aircraft. Upon a lease termination or expiration, we may elect to extend the loan maturity date for up to six months, during which interest (but no principal) is payable. If we re-lease the aircraft during this six month period with the consent of the facility agent, the loan will be extended. If we are unable to re-lease the aircraft on terms acceptable to the lenders or sell the aircraft, the loan becomes due and payable at the end of this six month period.

 

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If any lessee fails to make a payment of rent on a financed aircraft, we may pay the interest and principal due under the loan from our own funds on four successive occasions or on any six occasions. If a lease event of default continues and we are no longer permitted to make such payments, the lenders may instruct us to terminate the relevant lease agreement and we would be required to re-pay the loan subject to the six month remarketing period described above.

Two aircraft in the BOS Facility were refinanced during the six month period ended June 30, 2012, resulting in repayments of $34.4 million.

There are no financial covenants in the BOS Facility. However, the BOS Facility does contain certain operating covenants relating to the maintenance, registration and insurance of the finance aircraft. The BOS Facility also contains certain conditions and constraints which relate to the servicing and management of the financed aircraft, including covenants relating to the disposition and re-leasing of aircraft.

As of June 30, 2013, there was no default under the BOS Facility.

Term Loan

On August 9, 2012, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, we entered into a $395.0 million senior secured term loan that matures in 2018 (the “Term Loan”) with a consortium of lenders. The Term Loan was originally issued at a discount of 4%, or $15.8 million, bearing interest at one month LIBOR plus a margin of 5.50%, with a LIBOR floor of 1.25%. The Term Loan was originally secured by 23 aircraft.

On December 18, 2012, we re-priced the Term Loan to reduce the interest rate margin from 5.50% to 4.50%. In conjunction with the re-pricing, we paid the lenders a prepayment penalty of 1.00% of the outstanding principal amount which totaled $3.9 million.

On May 21, 2013, we completed a second re-pricing of the Term Loan to further reduce the interest rate margin to 3.50% and the LIBOR floor was reduced by 0.25% to 1.00%. In conjunction with this re-pricing, we paid the lenders a prepayment penalty of 1.00% of the outstanding principal amount which totaled $3.8 million.

The debt proceeds received from the Term Loan were applied towards (i) full repayment of the B&B Air Acquisition Facility which financed 16 aircraft and (ii) repayment of seven loans which were previously financed in the BOS Facility.

The Term Loan requires quarterly principal payments of 1.25% of the original loan amount. We made a principal payment of $9.9 million during the six month period ended June 30, 2013. In addition, the aggregate principal amount outstanding as measured on a quarterly basis must not exceed 67.5% of the lower of the mean or median of half-life adjusted base value of the financed aircraft as determined by three independent appraisers (“LTV Maintenance Test”). As of June 30, 2013, there was no breach of the LTV Maintenance Test. We are required to seek new appraisals semi-annually.

Until May 2014, the Term Loan can be prepaid in part or in whole for an amount equal to 101% of the outstanding principal amount being repaid. Thereafter, the Term Loan can be prepaid in part or in whole for an amount equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount being repaid.

Borrowings under the Term Loan are secured by our equity interests in the aircraft owning and/or leasing subsidiaries, the aircraft and related leases and other deposits. The loan is fully guaranteed by Fly on a recourse basis. The Term Loan contains certain concentration limits with respect to types of aircraft which can be financed by the Term Loan, as well as geographic and single lessee concentration limits. These concentration limits apply upon the sale, removal or substitution of an aircraft.

There are no financial covenants in the Term Loan. However, the subsidiaries are subject to certain operating covenants relating to the maintenance, registration and insurance of the aircraft owned by them. The Term Loan also contains certain conditions and constraints which relate to the servicing and management of the financed aircraft, including covenants relating to the disposition and leasing of aircraft. We may substitute an aircraft with an appraised value equal to or greater than the subject aircraft provided certain other conditions, including the LTV Maintenance Test and concentration criteria, are met under the Term Loan.

As of June 30, 2013, $380.2 million was outstanding under the Term Loan. During the six month period ended June 30, 2013, we sold one aircraft financed through the Term Loan and as a result, 22 aircraft were financed under the Term Loan as of June 30, 2013.

In July 2013, we purchased one Boeing 737-800 aircraft using a combination of unrestricted cash and proceeds from the sale of an aircraft previously financed under this facility. The acquired aircraft replaced the aircraft that was sold as collateral under this facility.

As of June 30, 2013, there was no default under the Term Loan.

 

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Fly Acquisition II Facility

On November 7, 2012, we entered into a senior secured revolving credit facility with a consortium of lenders (“Fly Acquisition II Facility”) providing loans in an aggregate amount of up to $250.0 million. On July 3, 2013, we increased total commitments under the Fly Acquisition II Facility up to $450.0 million. The availability period was extended to July 3, 2015. The availability period will be followed by a three-year term period, with a final maturity date of July 3, 2018. We will pay a commitment fee of 0.75% per annum on a monthly basis to each lender on the undrawn amount of their commitment which accrues during the availability period. The applicable margin has been reduced by 0.50% to 3.25% during the availability period, stepping up to 3.75%, 4.25% and 4.75% in each subsequent year during the term period

Aircraft financed under the Fly Acquisition II Facility may not be more than eight years of age at the time of such funding. All borrowings under the Fly Acquisition II Facility are subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions and the administrative agent’s consent, including the absence of a continuing default and the accuracy of representations and warranties.

During the availability period, we may re-borrow amounts repaid to the lenders. During the second quarter of 2013, we purchased three Boeing 737-800 aircraft manufactured in 2013. To finance the acquisitions, we used a combination of unrestricted cash and $94.6 million drawn under the Fly Acquisition II Facility. In addition, we refinanced two aircraft originally financed under the BOS Facility using a combination of unrestricted cash and $44.4 million drawn under the facility. At June 30, 2013, five aircraft were financed through this facility.

During the availability period, we are required to make monthly principal payments equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the loans less 72.5% of the aggregate purchase price of the aircraft depreciated on a straight line basis assuming a 25-year useful life of the aircraft.

We may make voluntary prepayments under the Fly Acquisition II Facility. In addition, we are required to make partial prepayments with any proceeds from the sale of aircraft and all insurance and other proceeds received with respect to any event of total loss of an aircraft.

The borrowing base for each aircraft in the portfolio is equal to 72.5% of the lower of the (x) purchase price depreciated on a straight line basis assuming a 25-year useful life of the aircraft and (y) the lower of the current market value or base value appraisal. The outstanding aggregate amount of loans cannot exceed the sum of (x) the aggregate borrowing base of all aircraft and (y) if there is an event of default in respect of the borrowing base or if certain concentration criteria are not met at the end of the availability period, then 50% of maintenance reserves paid with respect to the aircraft and pledged to the lenders.

Borrowings are secured by the beneficial interests in the aircraft owning and/or leasing subsidiaries, the aircraft and related leases, certain cash collateral and other deposits. In addition, we are required to maintain cash collateral equal to 2% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the loans.

We are subject to certain operating covenants relating to the maintenance, registration and insurance of the acquired aircraft as well as the servicing and management of such aircraft, including maintaining certain lease concentration limits and the disposition of aircraft.

As of June 30, 2013, $138.7 million was outstanding under the Fly Acquisition II Facility and there was no default under this facility.

Other Aircraft Secured Borrowings

In addition to the debt financings described above, we have entered into and may periodically enter into additional borrowings to finance the acquisition of aircraft. These borrowings are usually structured as individual loans that are secured by pledges of our rights, title and interest in the financed aircraft and related leases. To the extent that multiple aircraft are financed within a single facility, the loans in that facility are cross-collateralized and the lenders may require payment in full or foreclose on any aircraft upon an event of default on any loan.

As of June 30, 2013, other aircraft secured debt borrowings include: (i) two loans financing three aircraft that were assumed with the acquisition of the GAAM Portfolio, (ii) three loans that were arranged in connection with the re-lease of aircraft and (iii) eight loans that were arranged in connection with the purchase of additional aircraft. These loans mature on the scheduled lease termination dates for the financed aircraft, with maturity dates ranging from December 2013 to February 2019. As of June 30, 2013, the total principal outstanding pursuant to these loans was $226.6 million, with interest rates ranging from 1.71% to 7.20%.

In connection with the sale of six aircraft during the first quarter of 2013, the buyer assumed the underlying debt and derivative contracts associated with the aircraft.

As of June 30, 2013, there was no default under any of these debt financings.

 

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Capital Expenditures

We have previously announced a target of $300 to $500 million of aircraft acquisitions in 2013. We have now acquired six aircraft for approximately $330 million in 2013 and expect to exceed the high end of our growth target of $500 million. In the second quarter of 2013, we purchased three Boeing 737-800 aircraft. In July 2013, we purchased two additional Boeing 737-800 aircraft and one Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. We have further identified a robust pipeline of additional acquisitions to meet our growth target. We intend to finance these acquisitions with borrowings under the Fly Acquisition II Facility or other secured debt financing and our unrestricted cash.

In addition to acquisitions of aircraft and other aviation assets, we expect to make capital expenditures from time to time in connection with improvements to our aircraft. These expenditures include the cost of major overhauls and modifications. As of June 30, 2013, the weighted average age of the aircraft in our portfolio was 9.4 years. In general, the costs of operating an aircraft, including capital expenditures, increase with the age of the aircraft.

Inflation

The effects of inflation on our operating expenses have been minimal. We do not consider inflation to be a significant risk to direct expenses in the current economic environment.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

We receive a substantial portion of our revenue in U.S. Dollars, and we pay substantially all of our expenses in U.S. Dollars. However, we incur some of our expenses in other currencies, primarily the Euro, and we have entered into leases under which we receive a portion of the lease payments in Australian dollars. To mitigate the exposure to foreign currency fluctuations associated with these leases, we entered into foreign currency derivative transactions. Depreciation in the value of the U.S. Dollar relative to other currencies increases the U.S. Dollar cost to us of paying such expenses. The portion of our business conducted in other currencies could increase in the future, which could expand our exposure to losses arising from currency fluctuations. Because we currently receive substantially all of our revenue in U.S. Dollars and pay substantially all of our expenses in U.S. Dollars, a change in foreign exchange rates would not have a material impact on our results of operations.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk

Interest rate risk is the exposure to loss resulting from changes in the level of interest rates and the spread between different interest rates. Interest rate risk is highly sensitive due to many factors, including U.S. monetary and tax policies, U.S. and international economic factors and other factors beyond our control. We are exposed to changes in the level of interest rates and to changes in the relationship or spread between interest rates. Our primary interest rate exposures relate to our lease agreements and our floating rate debt obligations such as the Notes, the Term Loan and other borrowings. As of June 30, 2013, 87 out of our 97 lease agreements require the payment of a fixed amount of rent during the term of the lease, with rent under the remaining 10 leases varying based on LIBOR. Our indebtedness will require payments based on a variable interest rate index such as LIBOR. Therefore, increases in interest rates may reduce our net income by increasing the cost of our debt without any corresponding proportional increase in rents or cash flow from our leases.

We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to mitigate the interest rate fluctuation risk associated with our debt. We expect that these interest rate swaps will significantly reduce the additional interest expense that would be caused by an increase in variable interest rates.

Sensitivity Analysis

The following discussion about the potential effects of changes in interest rates is based on a sensitivity analysis, which models the effects of hypothetical interest rate shifts on our financial condition and results of operations. A sensitivity analysis is constrained by several factors, including the necessity to conduct the analysis based on a single point in time and by the inability to include the extraordinarily complex market reactions that normally would arise from the market shifts. Although the following results of a sensitivity analysis for changes in interest rates may have some limited use as a benchmark, they should not be viewed as a forecast. This forward-looking disclosure also is selective in nature and addresses only the potential impacts on our financial instruments and our variable rate leases. It does not include a variety of other potential factors that could affect our business as a result of changes in interest rates.

Assuming we do not hedge our exposure to interest rate fluctuations, a hypothetical 100 basis-point increase or decrease in our variable interest rates would have increased or decreased our interest expense by $20.7 million, and would have increased or decreased our revenues by $1.9 million on an annualized basis.

 

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The fair market value of our interest rate swaps is affected by changes in interest rates and credit risk of the parties to the swap. We determine the fair value of our derivative instruments using a discounted cash flow model which incorporates an assessment of the risk of non-performance by the swap counterparty and an evaluation of Fly’s credit risk in valuing derivative liabilities. The valuation model uses various inputs including contractual terms, interest rate curves, credit spreads and measures of volatility. As of June 30, 2013, the fair market value of our interest rate swap derivative liabilities, excluding accrued interest, was $27.5 million. The fair market value of our interest rate swap derivative assets, excluding accrued interest, was $8.3 million. A 100 basis-point increase or decrease in interest rate would increase or reduce the fair market value of our derivative liabilities by approximately $9.7 million or $10.0 million, respectively. A 100 basis-point increase or decrease in interest rate would increase or reduce the fair market value of our derivative assets by approximately $26.9 million or $25.2 million, respectively.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

We have leases pursuant to which we receive part of the lease payments in Euros or Australian dollars. We have entered into foreign currency hedging transactions related to these leases. Because of our swap agreements, changes in the foreign currency exchange would not have a material impact on our cash flows.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

We carried out, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of June 30, 2013, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended) that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2013 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We have not been involved in any legal proceedings that we expect will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or liquidity. From time to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business, principally claims relating to incidents involving aircraft and claims involving the existence or breach of a lease, sale or purchase contract. We expect the claims related to incidents involving our aircraft would be covered by insurance, subject to customary deductions. However, these claims could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources, even if they lack merit and if determined adversely to us and not covered by insurance could result in significant uninsured losses.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

For a discussion of our potential risks and uncertainties, see the information under “Risk Factors” under the heading Item 3. “Key Information” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the SEC on March 15, 2013 which is accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov as well as our website at www.flyleasing.com .

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

 

Item 5. Other Information

On July 31, 2013, Sean Donlon announced his resignation from the board of directors of the Company effective August 15, 2013. Mr. Donlon informed the Company that he was resigning in light of his appointment as an executive director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Also on July 31, 2013, the board of directors of the Company elected Pat O’Brien to the board of directors of the Company effective August 15, 2013. Prior to his retirement in April 2011, Mr. O’Brien was a Partner at KPMG Dublin for 24 years, which he joined in March 1979. During his tenure with KPMG, Mr. O’Brien specialized in the aircraft leasing and financing sector and served as the tax adviser to a number of aircraft lessors and financiers in this sector. Mr. O’Brien has also worked with the Irish Department of Finance on legislative amendments affecting the aircraft leasing sector and has been published by the Irish Taxation Institute. Mr. O’Brien is a director of Airspeed Limited, Eirtech Aviation Limited, Amentum Capital Limited and VGS Holdings Limited. Mr. O’Brien also serves as a director on the boards of Rabobank Ireland plc and ACC Bank plc. Mr. O’Brien is a Commerce graduate of the University College Dublin.

Mr. O’Brien will serve as a member of the Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Compensation Committees. Susan M. Walton will replace Mr. Donlon as chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

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Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibit

10.1    Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated May 21, 2013
10.2    Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement dated July 3, 2013

 

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