As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2018

Registration No. 333-226173

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Amendment No. 2

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

 

 

M ESA A IR G ROUP , I NC .

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Nevada    4512    85-0302351

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

   (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

410 North 44th Street, Suite 700

Phoenix, Arizona 85008

(602) 685-4000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Jonathan G. Ornstein

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mesa Air Group, Inc.

410 North 44th Street, Suite 700

Phoenix, Arizona 85008

(602) 685-4000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Gregory R. Hall

DLA Piper LLP (US)

2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 1000 Phoenix, Arizona 85016

(480) 606-5100

 

Brian S. Gillman

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Mesa Air Group, Inc.

410 North 44th Street, Suite 700

Phoenix, Arizona 85008

(602) 685-4000

 

Anna T. Pinedo

Mayer Brown LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020-1001

(212) 506-2275

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, check the following box.  

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer       Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer     (do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller reporting company  
      Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-226173) of Mesa Air Group, Inc. is being filed solely for the purpose of filing the exhibits indicated in Item 16 of Part II of the Registration Statement. No changes have been made to the prospectus constituting Part I of the Registration Statement or Items 13, 14, 15 or 17 of Part II of the Registration Statement.


PART II

 

Item   13.

Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following table sets forth the costs and expenses, other than underwriting discounts, and commissions, payable in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being registered. All amounts are estimated except the SEC registration fee and the FINRA filing fee.

 

Item    Amount  

SEC registration fee

   $ 22,980  

FINRA filing fee

     23,000  

Exchange listing fee

     125,000  

Legal fees and expenses

     1,500,000  

Accounting fees and expenses

     917,855  

Printing and engraving expenses

     500,000  

Transfer agent and registrar fees

     7,500  

Miscellaneous

     250,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,346,335  

 

Item   14.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Mesa Air Group, Inc. is a Nevada corporation. Nevada corporate law enables us to indemnify any of our directors or officers under the provisions of the NRS if either (i) the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, or (ii) such director or officer is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138. Under NRS 78.138, a director or officer is not liable unless the presumption that the director or officer acted in good faith and with a view to the interests of the Company have been rebutted, and it is proven that his or her act or failure to act constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties as an officer or director and such breach involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law. Our second amended and restated articles of incorporation to be in effect immediately prior to the consummation of this offering compel indemnification of our directors and officers and permits indemnification of our employees and other agents, in each case to the maximum extent permitted by Nevada law, and our amended and restated bylaws to be in effect immediately prior to the consummation of this offering provide for indemnification of our directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by Nevada law. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and NEOs containing provisions which are in some respects broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in Nevada law. The indemnification agreements may require us, among other things, to indemnify our directors and officers against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors and officers and to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. Reference is also made to Section 8 of the underwriting agreement to be filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto, which provides for indemnification by the underwriter of our officers and directors against certain liabilities.

 

Item   15.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

During our last three fiscal years and the six months ended March 31, 2018, we have granted equity awards representing an aggregate of 3,303,003 shares of our common stock to employees and directors under our 2011 Plan, 2017 Plan, RSU Plan and SAR Plan, which includes 56,250 shares that were subsequently forfeited and 126,648 shares that were subsequently repurchased.

The sales of the above securities were deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Rule 701 promulgated under Section 3(b) of the Securities Act as transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering or pursuant to benefit plans and contracts relating to compensation as provided under Rule 701. The recipients of the securities in each of these transactions represented their intentions to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate legends were placed upon the stock certificates issued in these transactions. All recipients had adequate access, through their relationships with us, to information about us.

There were no underwriters employed in connection with any of the transactions set forth in Item 15.

 

II-1


Item   16.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a)

Exhibits

EXHIBIT INDEX

Some of the agreements included as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part contain representations and warranties by the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties were made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i) were not intended to be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii) may have been qualified in such agreement by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement; (iii) may apply contract standards of “materiality” that are different from “materiality” under the applicable securities laws; and (iv) were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement.

The undersigned registrant acknowledges that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, it is responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material information regarding contractual provisions are required to make the statements in the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part not misleading.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

   Incorporated by Reference  
  

Form

  

Date

   Number      Filed
Herewith
 

1.1

   Form of Underwriting Agreement               X  

2.1**

   Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of the Registrant and Affiliated Debtors Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, effective February 27, 2011    DRS    May 7, 2018      2.1     

3.1

   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, currently in effect    DRS    May 7, 2018      3.1     

3.2

   Bylaws of the Registrant, currently in effect    DRS    May 7, 2018      3.2     

3.3

   Form of Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, to be in effect immediately prior to the completion of this offering    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      3.3     

3.4

   Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, to be in effect upon the closing of the offering    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      3.4     

4.1

   Form of Common Stock Certificate               X  

4.2

   Investor Rights Agreement between the Registrant and US Airways, Inc., dated March 1, 2011    DRS    May 7, 2018      4.2     

4.3.1

   Shareholders’ Agreement between the Registrant and US Airways, Inc., dated March 1, 2011    DRS    May 7, 2018      4.3.1     

4.3.2

   Letter Agreement between the Registrant and US Airways, Inc., dated February 27, 2014    DRS    May 7, 2018      4.3.2     

4.3.3

   Letter Agreement between the Registrant and US Airways, Inc., dated March 22, 2017    DRS    May 7, 2018      4.3.3     

 

II-2


Exhibit
Number

  

Description

   Incorporated by Reference  
  

Form

  

Date

   Number      Filed
Herewith
 

4.3.4

   Amended and Restated Shareholders’ Agreement among the Registrant, Penguin Lax, Inc. and P Marblegate Ltd., dated December 2017    DRS    May 7, 2018      4.3.4     

4.3.5

   Amended and Restated Shareholders’ Agreement between the Registrant and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., dated June 1, 2016    DRS    May 7, 2018      4.3.5     

4.3.6

   Shareholders’ Agreement among the Registrant, Owl Creek Credit Opportunity Fund, L.P. and Owl Creek Credit Opportunity Intermediate Fund, L.P., dated February 6, 2018    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      4.3.6     

4.3.7

   Shareholder’s Agreement among the Registrant, Marneu Holdings Co. and Momar Corp., dated December 13, 2017    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      4.3.7     

5.1

   Opinion of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP               X  

10.1#

   Mesa Air Group, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan and related forms of agreement    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.1     

10.2#

   Mesa Air Group, Inc. 2017 Stock Plan and related forms of agreement    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.2     

10.3#

   Mesa Air Group, Inc. Restricted Phantom Stock Units Plan and related forms of agreement    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.3     

10.4.1#

   Mesa Air Group, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Appreciation Rights Plan and related forms of agreement    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.4.1     

10.4.2 #

   Amendment. No. 1 to the Mesa Air Group, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Appreciation Rights Plan, dated April 21, 2015    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.4.2     

10.5

   Mesa Air Group, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan and related forms of agreement    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.5     

10.6

   Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and each of its directors and executive officers    S-1    July 13, 2018      10.5     

10.7

   Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Jonathan G. Ornstein, dated July 26, 2018    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.7     

10.8

   Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Michael J. Lotz, dated July 26, 2018    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.8     

10.9

   Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Brian S. Gillman, dated July 26, 2018    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.9     

10.10.1

   Capacity Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc., dated August 29, 2013    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.10.1     

10.10.2

   First Amendment to the Capacity Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc., dated August 29, 2013, effective as of September 12, 2014    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.10.2     

 

II-3


Exhibit
Number

  

Description

   Incorporated by Reference  
  

Form

  

Date

   Number      Filed
Herewith
 

10.10.3

   Second Amendment to the Capacity Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc., dated August 29, 2013, effective as of October 2, 2015    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.10.3     

10.10.4

   Third Amendment to the Capacity Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc., dated January  1, 2015    S-1    July 13, 2018      10.9.4     

10.10.5

   Fourth Amendment to the Capacity Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc., dated August 29, 2013, effective as of November 13, 2015    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.10.5     

10.10.6

   Fifth Amendment to the Capacity Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc., dated August 29, 2013, effective as of December 14, 2015    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.10.6     

10.10.7

   Sixth Amendment to the Capacity Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc., dated August 29, 2013, effective as of December 1, 2015    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.10.7     

10.10.8

   Seventh Amendment to the Capacity Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc., dated August 29, 2013, effective as of August 1, 2016    S-1    July 13, 2018      10.9.8     

10.10.9

   Eighth Amendment to the Capacity Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc., dated August 29, 2013, effective as of June 6, 2016    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.10.9     

10.10.10

   Ninth Amendment to the Capacity Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc., dated January 2017, effective as of 2017    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.10.10     

10.10.11

   Tenth Amendment to the Capacity Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc., dated May 3, 2017, effective as of January 1, 2017    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.10.11     

10.10.12

   Eleventh Amendment to the Capacity Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc., dated 2018, effective as of 2018    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.10.12     

10.11.1

   Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement between America West Airlines, Inc. and Mesa Airlines, Inc., dated March 20, 2001, effective as of February 1, 2001               X  

10.11.2

   First Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement between America West Airlines, Inc. and Mesa Airlines, Inc., dated April  27, 2001    S-1    July 13, 2018      10.10.2     

10.11.3

   Second Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement among America West Airlines, Inc., Mesa Airlines, Inc., Freedom Airlines, Inc. and Air Midwest, Inc., dated October 24, 2002    S-1    July 13, 2018      10.10.3     

10.11.4

   Third Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement among America West Airlines, Inc., Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Freedom Airlines, Inc., dated January 29, 2003    S-1    July 13, 2018      10.10.4     

 

II-4


Exhibit
Number

  

Description

   Incorporated by Reference  
  

Form

  

Date

   Number      Filed
Herewith
 

10.11.5

   Fourth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement and Release among America West Airlines, Inc., Mesa Airlines, Inc., Air Midwest, Inc. and Freedom Airlines, Inc., dated September 5, 2003    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.5     

10.11.6

   Fifth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement among America West Airlines, Inc., Mesa Airlines, Inc., Air Midwest, Inc. and Freedom Airlines, Inc., dated January 28, 2005    S-1    July 13, 2018      10.10.6     

10.11.7

   Sixth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement and Settlement Agreement among America West Airlines, Inc., Mesa Airlines, Inc., Air Midwest, Inc. and Freedom Airlines, Inc., dated July 27, 2005    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.7     

10.11.8

   Seventh Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement and Settlement, Assignment and Assumption Agreement among America West Airlines, Inc., US Airways, Inc., Mesa Airlines, Inc., Air Midwest, Inc. and Freedom Airlines, Inc., dated September 10, 2007    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.8     

10.11.9

   Eighth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement and Settlement Agreement among US Airways, Inc., Mesa Airlines, Inc., Air Midwest, Inc. and Freedom Airlines, Inc., dated May 12, 2008    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.9     

10.11.10

   Ninth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement among US Airways, Inc., Mesa Airlines, Inc., Air Midwest, Inc. and Freedom Airlines, Inc., dated March 30, 2009    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.10     

10.11.11

   Tenth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement between US Airways, Inc. and Mesa Airlines, Inc., dated November  18, 2010    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.11     

10.11.12

   Eleventh Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement between US Airways, Inc. and Mesa Airlines, Inc., dated July  1, 2012    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.12     

10.11.13

   Twelfth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement between US Airways, Inc. and Mesa Airlines, Inc., dated February  14, 2013    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.13     

10.11.14

   Thirteenth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement between US Airways, Inc. and Mesa Airlines, Inc., dated December 24, 2013    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.14     

10.11.15

   Fourteenth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement between US Airways, Inc. and Mesa Airlines, Inc., dated April  10, 2014    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.15     

10.11.16

   Fifteenth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement between US Airways, Inc. and Mesa Airlines, Inc., dated November 26, 2014    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.16     

 

II-5


Exhibit
Number

  

Description

   Incorporated by Reference  
  

Form

  

Date

   Number      Filed
Herewith
 

10.11.17

   Sixteenth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement between US Airways, Inc. and Mesa Airlines, Inc., dated January  26, 2015    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.17     

10.11.18

   Seventeenth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement between US Airways, Inc. and Mesa Airlines, Inc., dated December 28, 2015    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.18     

10.11.19

   Eighteenth Amendment to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement between American Airlines, Inc. and Mesa Airlines, Inc., dated March 1, 2017    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.11.19     

10.12.1

   Credit and Guaranty Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc., Mesa Air Group Airline Inventory Management, L.L.C., the other guarantors party thereto from time to time, CIT Bank, N.A. and the other lenders party thereto, dated August 12, 2016    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.12.1     

10.12.2

   Amendment No.  1 to Credit Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc., Mesa Air Group Airline Inventory Management, L.L.C. and CIT Bank, N.A., dated June 5, 2017    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.12.2     

10.12.3

   Amendment No.  2 to Credit Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc., Mesa Air Group Airline Inventory Management, L.L.C. and CIT Bank, N.A., dated June 27, 2017    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.12.3     

10.12.4

   Amendment No.  3 to Credit Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc., Mesa Air Group Airline Inventory Management, L.L.C. and CIT Bank, N.A., dated September 19, 2017    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.12.4     

10.12.5

   Amendment No.  4 to Credit Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc., Mesa Air Group Airline Inventory Management, L.L.C. and CIT Bank, N.A., dated April 27, 2018.    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.12.5     

10.13.1

   Mortgage and Security Agreement among Mesa Airlines, Inc., Mesa Air Group Airline Inventory Management, L.L.C., the other grantors referred to therein and CIT Bank, N.A., dated August 12, 2016    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.13.1     

10.13.2

   Mortgage and Security Agreement Supplement No. 1 between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and CIT Bank, N.A., dated August 12, 2016    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.13.2     

10.13.3

   Mortgage and Security Agreement Supplement No.  2 between Mesa Air Group Airline Inventory Management, L.L.C. and CIT Bank, N.A., dated August 12, 2016    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.13.3     

10.13.4

   Mortgage and Security Agreement Supplement No. 3 between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and CIT Bank, N.A., dated November 23, 2016    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.13.4     

10.14.1

   Credit Agreement among Mesa Airlines, Inc., the lenders named therein, Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. and Cortland Capital Markets Services LLC, dated December 14, 2016    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.14.1     

 

II-6


Exhibit
Number

  

Description

   Incorporated by Reference  
  

Form

  

Date

   Number      Filed
Herewith
 

10.14.2

   Amendment No.  1 to Credit Agreement among Mesa Airlines, Inc., the lenders named therein, Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. and Cortland Capital Markets Services LLC, dated February 26, 2018    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.14.2     

10.15.1

   Mortgage and Security Agreement between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., dated December 14, 2016    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.15.1     

10.15.2

   Mortgage Supplement No. 1 between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., dated December 14, 2016    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.15.2     

10.15.3

   Mortgage Supplement No. 2 between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., dated February 2, 2017    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.15.3     

10.15.4

   Mortgage Supplement No. 3 between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., dated July 5, 2017    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.15.4     

10.15.5

   Mortgage Supplement No. 4 between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., dated September 29, 2017    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.15.5     

10.15.6

   Mortgage Supplement No. 5 between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., dated March 1, 2018    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.15.6     

10.16

   Credit Agreement between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Export Development Canada, dated August 12, 2015    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.16     

10.17.1

   Credit Agreement between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Export Development Canada, dated January 18, 2016    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.17.1     

10.17.2

   Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Export Development Canada, dated March 30, 2017    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.17.2     

10.17.3

   Omnibus Amendment Agreement among the Registrant, Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Export Development Canada, dated April 30, 2018    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.17.3     

10.18

   Credit Agreement between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Export Development Canada, dated June 27, 2016    S-1/A    July 30, 2018      10.18     

10.19.1

   Business Loan Agreement between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and MidFirst Bank, dated May 21, 2015    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.19.1     

10.19.2

   Promissory Note between Mesa Airlines, Inc. and MidFirst Bank, dated May 21, 2015    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.19.2     

10.20.1

   Office Lease Agreement between the Registrant and DMB Property Ventures Limited Partnership, dated October 16, 1998    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.20.1     

10.20.2

   First Amendment to Lease between the Registrant and DMB Property Ventures Limited Partnership, dated March 9, 1999    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.20.2     

10.20.3

   Second Amendment to Lease between the Registrant and DMB Property Ventures Limited Partnership, dated November 8, 1999    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.20.3     

10.20.4

   Lease Amendment Three between the Registrant and CMD Realty Investment Fund IV, L.P., dated November 7, 2000    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.20.4     

 

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Exhibit
Number

  

Description

   Incorporated by Reference  
  

Form

  

Date

   Number      Filed
Herewith
 

10.20.5

   Lease Amendment Four between the Registrant and CMD Realty Investment Fund IV, L.P., dated May 15, 2001    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.20.5     

10.20.6

   Lease Amendment Five between the Registrant and CMD Realty Investment Fund IV, L.P., dated October 11, 2002    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.20.6     

10.20.7

   Lease Amendment Six between the Registrant and CMD Realty Investment Fund IV, L.P., dated April 1, 2003    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.20.7     

10.20.8

   Amended and Restated Lease Amendment Seven between the Registrant and CMD Realty Investment Fund IV, L.P., dated April 15, 2005    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.20.8     

10.20.9

   Lease Amendment Eight between the Registrant and CMD Realty Investment Fund IV, L.P., dated October 12, 2005    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.20.9     

10.20.10

   Lease Amendment Nine between the Registrant and Transwestern Phoenix Gateway, L.L.C., dated November 4, 2010    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.20.10     

10.20.11

   Lease Amendment Eleven between the Registrant and Phoenix Office Grand Avenue Partners, LLC, dated July 31, 2014    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.20.11     

10.20.12

   Lease Amendment Twelve between the Registrant and Phoenix Office Grand Avenue Partners, LLC, dated November 20, 2014    DRS    May 7, 2018      10.20.12     

21.1

   List of subsidiaries of the Registrant    S-1    July 13, 2018      21.1     

23.1

   Consent of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)               X  

23.3*

   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP            

24.1

   Power of Attorney    S-1    July 13, 2018      24.1     

 

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To be filed by amendment.

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The exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(2). The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the SEC upon its request.

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Management contract or compensatory plan.

Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and this exhibit has been filed separately with the SEC.

 

(b)

Financial Statement Schedules

No financial statement schedules have been submitted because they are not required or are not applicable or because the information required is included in the consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto.

 

Item   17.

Undertakings

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

(1) insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 14, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue; and

(2) for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective; and

(3) for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(4) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we have duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on the 6th day of August, 2018.

 

MESA AIR GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jonathan G. Ornstein

 

Jonathan G. Ornstein

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

  

Date

/s/ Jonathan G. Ornstein

Jonathan G. Ornstein

   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)    August 6, 2018

/s/ Michael J. Lotz

Michael J. Lotz

   President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)    August 6, 2018

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Daniel J. Altobello

   Director    August 6, 2018

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Ellen N. Artist

   Director    August 6, 2018

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Mitchell Gordon

   Director    August 6, 2018

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Dana J. Lockhart

   Director    August 6, 2018

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G. Grant Lyon

   Director    August 6, 2018

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Giacomo Picco

   Director    August 6, 2018

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Harvey Schiller

   Director    August 6, 2018

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Don Skiados

   Director    August 6, 2018

 

By:  

/s/ Michael J. Lotz

  Michael J. Lotz
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Exhibit 1.1

MESA AIR GROUP, INC.

Common Stock

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

[•], 2018

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

  Incorporated

As Representatives of the Several Underwriters

listed on Schedule I hereto

c/o Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Mesa Air Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), an aggregate of [•] shares of its common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”). The aggregate of [•] shares to be purchased from the Company are called the “Firm Shares.” In addition, acting severally and not jointly, each of (i) the Company proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to the Underwriters, an additional [                ] shares of Common Stock, and (ii) certain stockholders of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) severally and not jointly propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to the Underwriters, an aggregate of [                ] shares of Common Stock. The additional [                ] shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Company (the “Company Additional Shares,” and together with the Firm Shares, the “Company Shares”) and the additional [                ] shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Selling Stockholders (the “Selling Stockholder Shares,” which, together with the Company Additional Shares, are collectively referred to in this Agreement as the “Additional Shares”). The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are collectively referred to in this Agreement as the “Shares.” Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated are acting as the representatives of the several Underwriters and in such capacity are referred to in this Agreement as the “Representatives.” In addition, to the extent that there is not more than one Selling Stockholder named in Schedule II, the term Selling Stockholders shall mean either the singular or plural.

Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders severally and not jointly wishes to confirm as follows its agreement with you and the other several Underwriters, on whose behalf you are acting, in connection with the several purchases of the Shares from the Company and from the Selling Stockholders.


1. Registration Statement and Prospectus . The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Act”), a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-226173), including a prospectus subject to completion, relating to the Shares. Such registration statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, at the time when it becomes effective and as thereafter amended by any post-effective amendment, is referred to in this Agreement as the “Registration Statement.” The prospectus in the form included in the Registration Statement or, if the prospectus included in the Registration Statement omits certain information in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act and such information is thereafter included in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act or as part of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement after the Registration Statement becomes effective, the prospectus as so filed, is referred to in this Agreement as the “Prospectus.” If the Company files another registration statement with the Commission to register a portion of the Shares pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference to “Registration Statement” herein shall be deemed to include the registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-226173) and the Rule 462 Registration Statement, as each such registration statement may be amended pursuant to the Act. The prospectus subject to completion in the form included in the Registration Statement at the time of the initial filing of such Registration Statement with the Commission and as such prospectus is amended from time to time until the date of the Prospectus is referred to in this Agreement as the “Preliminary Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 405 under the Act, and “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean each free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the offering of the Common Stock. “Time of Sale Information” shall mean the Preliminary Prospectus together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III hereto and the pricing information set forth on Schedule IV hereto.

2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase . Upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell an aggregate of [•] Firm Shares to the Underwriters. Upon the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company at a purchase price of $[•] per Share (the “purchase price per Share”), the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.

Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, hereby agree to sell to the Underwriters, and, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Underwriters shall have the right for 30 days from the date of the Prospectus to purchase from the Company the Company Additional Shares and from the Selling Stockholders the Selling Stockholder Shares at the purchase price per Share for the Firm Shares, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and


payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Additional Shares. The Additional Shares may be purchased in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. If any Additional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments as you may determine to avoid fractional shares) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriter as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto bears to the total number of Firm Shares. In the event that the Underwriters exercise their full option to purchase Additional Shares, the number of Additional Shares to be sold by each of the Company and each Selling Stockholder shall be as set forth on Schedule II hereto. In the event that the Underwriters exercise less than their full option to purchase Additional Shares, the Company will sell a pro rata portion of the Company Additional Shares and the Selling Stockholders will sell a pro rata portion of the Selling Stockholder Shares; and further, each Selling Stockholder will sell Selling Stockholder Shares in the relative percentages indicated on Schedule II hereto. The option to purchase Additional Shares may be exercised at any time within 30 days after the date of the Prospectus.

3. Terms of Public Offering . The Company has been advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Shares as soon after the Registration Statement has become effective as in your judgment is advisable and initially to offer the Shares upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.

Not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second business day following the date the Shares are released by the Underwriters for sale to the public, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered copies of the Prospectus in such quantities and at such places as the Representatives shall request. As used in this Agreement, the term “business day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or obligated by law to close.

4. Delivery  of  the  Shares  and  Payment  Therefor . Delivery to the Underwriters of the Firm Shares and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Mayer Brown LLP, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10020, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on [•], or such other place, time and date as the Representatives shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the “Closing Date”). The place of closing for the Firm Shares and the Closing Date may be varied by agreement between the Representatives and the Company. The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby acknowledge that circumstances under which the Representatives may provide notice to postpone the Closing Date as originally scheduled include any determination by the Company, the Selling Stockholders (to the extent Additional Shares are sold) or the Representatives to recirculate to the public copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 11 hereof.

Delivery to the Underwriters of and payment for any Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be made at the offices of Mayer Brown LLP, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10020, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date or dates (the “Additional Closing Date”) (which may be the same as the Closing Date, but shall in no event be earlier than the Closing Date nor earlier than two nor later than ten business days after the giving of the notice hereinafter referred to) as shall be specified in a written notice, from the


Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, of the Underwriters’ determination to purchase a number, specified in such notice, of Additional Shares. Such notice may be given at any time within 30 days after the date of the Prospectus and must set forth (i) the aggregate number of Additional Shares as to which the Underwriters are exercising the option and (ii) the names and denominations in which the certificates for which the Additional Shares are to be registered. The place of closing for the Additional Shares and the Additional Closing Date may be varied by agreement among the Representatives, Company and the Selling Stockholders.

Certificates for the Firm Shares and for any Additional Shares to be purchased hereunder shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, not later than the second full business day preceding the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. Such certificates shall be made available to you in New York, New York for inspection and packaging not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately preceding the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. The certificates evidencing the Firm Shares and any Additional Shares to be purchased hereunder shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, against payment of the purchase price therefore by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified in writing, not later than the close of business on the business day next preceding the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, by the Company (with respect to the Company Shares) or the Selling Stockholders (with respect to the Selling Stockholder Shares), as applicable. Payment for the Company Shares sold hereunder shall be delivered by the Representatives to the Company. Payment for the Additional Shares sold by the Selling Stockholders hereunder shall be delivered by the Representatives to the Custodian (as defined herein).

It is understood that the Representatives have been authorized, for their respective own accounts and the accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price per Share for the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares, if any, that the Underwriters have agreed to purchase. Raymond James and Associates, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, each individually and not as Representatives of the Underwriters, may, but shall not be obligated to, make payment for any Shares to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been received by the Representative by the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement.

Each Selling Stockholder hereby agrees that (i) it will pay all stock transfer taxes, stamp duties and other similar taxes, if any, payable upon the sale or delivery of the Additional Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the several Underwriters, or otherwise in connection with the performance of such Selling Stockholder’s obligations hereunder and (ii) the Custodian is authorized to deduct for such payment any such amounts from the proceeds to such Selling Stockholder hereunder and to hold such amounts for the account of such Selling Stockholder with the Custodian under the Custody Agreement (as defined herein).


5. Covenants and Agreements .

5.1 Of the Company . The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:

(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto to become effective, if it has not already become effective, and will advise you promptly and, if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and the time and date of any filing of any post-effective Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, (ii) if Rule 430A under the Act is employed, when the Prospectus has been timely filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, (iii) of the receipt of any comments of the Commission, or any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension of qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purposes and (v) within the period of time referred to in Section 5.1(h) hereof, of any change in the Company’s condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations, or of any event that comes to the attention of the Company that makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any additions thereto or changes therein in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading in any material respect, or of the necessity to amend or supplement the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) to comply with the Act or any other law. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time. The Company will provide the Underwriters with copies of the form of Prospectus, in such number as the Underwriters may reasonably request, and file with the Commission such Prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Act before the close of business on the first business day immediately following the date hereof.

(b) Upon written request, the Company will furnish to you, without charge, two signed duplicate originals of the Registration Statement, or certified copies thereof, as originally filed with the Commission and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and all exhibits thereto, and will also furnish to you, without charge, such number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto as you may reasonably request.

(c) The Company will promptly file with the Commission any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that may, in the judgment of the Company or the Representatives be required by the Act or requested by the Commission.


(d) The Company will furnish a copy of any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to you and counsel for the Underwriters and obtain your consent prior to filing any of those with the Commission, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

(e) The Company will not make any offer relating to the Common Stock that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without your prior written consent.

(f) The Company will retain in accordance with the Act all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not required to be filed pursuant to the Act; and if at any time after the date hereof any events shall have occurred as a result of which any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to notify you and, upon your request, to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter as many copies as they may from time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that will correct such conflict, statement or omission or effect such compliance.

(g) Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company has delivered or will deliver to you, without charge, in such quantities as you have requested or may hereafter reasonably request, copies of each form of the Preliminary Prospectus. Consistent with the provisions of Section 5.1(h) hereof, the Company consents to the use, in accordance with the provisions of the Act and with the securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Shares are offered by the several Underwriters and by dealers, prior to the date of the Prospectus, of each Preliminary Prospectus so furnished by the Company.

(h) As soon after the execution and delivery of this Agreement as is practicable and thereafter from time to time for such period as in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter or a dealer, and for so long a period as you may request for the distribution of the Shares, the Company will deliver to each Underwriter and each dealer, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information (and of any amendment or supplement thereto) as they may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information (and of any amendment or supplement thereto) in accordance with the provisions of the Act and with the securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Shares are offered by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares and for such period of time thereafter as the Prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer. If at any time prior to the later of (i) the completion of the distribution of the Shares pursuant to the offering contemplated by the Registration Statement or (ii) the expiration of prospectus delivery requirements with respect to the Shares under Section 4(a)(3) of the Act and Rule 174 thereunder, any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters is required to be set forth in the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) or should be set forth therein in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with the Act or any other law, the Company will


forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 5.1(a) hereof, file with the Commission and use its best efforts to cause to become effective as promptly as possible an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will furnish to each Underwriter who has previously requested Prospectuses, without charge, a reasonable number of copies thereof.

(i) The Company will cooperate with you and counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offering and sale by the several Underwriters and by dealers under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you may reasonably designate and will file such consents to service of process or other documents as may be reasonably necessary in order to effect and maintain such registration or qualification for so long as required to complete the distribution of the Shares; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Shares, as contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. In the event that the qualification of the Shares in any jurisdiction is suspended, the Company shall so advise you promptly in writing. The Company will use its best efforts to qualify or register its Common Stock for sale in non-issuer transactions under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the Blue Sky laws of each state where necessary to permit market making transactions and secondary trading and will comply with such Blue Sky laws and will continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect for a period of three years after the date hereof.

(j) The Company will make generally available to its security holders a consolidated earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158), which need not be audited, covering a twelve-month period commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement and the Rule 462 Registration Statement, if any, and ending not later than 15 months thereafter, as soon as practicable after the end of such period, which consolidated earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act, provided, however, that the requirements of this paragraph shall be satisfied to the extent that such earnings statements are available on EDGAR and provided further that the requirements of this paragraph shall also be satisfied to the extent such earnings statements are accessible from the Company’s website.

(k) During the period ending five years from the date hereof, the Company will furnish to you and, upon your request, to each of the other Underwriters if not otherwise available on EDGAR, (i) as soon as available, a copy of each proxy statement, quarterly or annual report or other report of the Company mailed to stockholders or filed with the Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”) or any national securities exchange and (ii) from time to time such other information concerning the Company as you may reasonably request.

(l) If this Agreement shall terminate or shall be terminated after execution pursuant to any provision hereof (except pursuant to a termination under Section 12 hereof, other than clause (i), (iv) or (v)) or if this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any inability, failure or refusal on the part of the Company to perform in all material respects any agreement herein or to comply in all material respects with any of the terms or provisions hereof or to fulfill in all material respects any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company agrees


to reimburse you and the other Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including travel expenses and reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters, but excluding wages and salaries paid by you) reasonably incurred by you in connection herewith.

(m) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares to be sold by it hereunder in accordance in all material respects with the statements under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.

(o) For a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 180th day after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), not to, directly or indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of), directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (other than the Common Stock issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans existing on the date hereof or pursuant to currently outstanding options, warrants or rights), or sell or grant options, rights or warrants with respect to any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (other than the grant of options pursuant to option plans existing on the date hereof), (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) file or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments, with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into Common Stock or any other securities of the Company (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 registering securities issuable, outstanding, exercisable or available for issuance under an employee benefit plan, qualified stock option plan or other employee compensation plan of the Company existing on the date hereof) or (4) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, in each case without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, and to cause each officer, director and stockholder of the Company set forth on Schedule V hereto to furnish to the Representatives, prior to the date hereof, a letter or letters, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Lock-Up Agreements”).

(p) Prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company will furnish to you, as promptly as possible, copies of any unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for any period subsequent to the periods covered by the financial statements appearing in the Prospectus.

(q) The Company will comply with all provisions of any undertakings contained in the Registration Statement.

(r) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed, or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or which will constitute, stabilization or manipulation of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.


(s) The Company will timely file with Nasdaq all documents and notices required by Nasdaq of companies that have or will issue securities that are traded on Nasdaq.

(t) The Company shall engage and maintain, at its expense, a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of its incorporation or the rules of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock will be listed, a registrar (which, if permitted by applicable laws and rules may be the same entity as the transfer agent) for the Common Stock.

(u) The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”) at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of Shares within the meaning of the Act and (ii) completion of the Lock-up Period referred to in Section 5.1(o) hereof.

(v) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and, if not already superseded by a later-filed Registration Statement, will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission. For purposes of this Agreement, “Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(a) of the Act.

(w) The Company (i) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communications other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the consent of the Representatives and with entities that are either (1) qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act or (2) institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Act and (ii) has not authorized anyone other than the Representative to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representatives have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed or approved for distribution any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications other than those listed on Schedule VI hereto. Any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, complied in all material respects with the Act and the regulations thereunder, and when taken together with the Time of Sale Information, as of the time of sale of the Shares did not, and as of each Closing Date and Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. For purposes of this Agreement, “Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.


5.2 Of Each Selling Stockholder . Each Selling Stockholder covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:

(a) Such Selling Stockholder will execute and deliver a Lock-Up Agreement, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

(b) Such Selling Stockholder will review the Prospectus and will comply with all agreements and satisfy all conditions on its part to be complied with or satisfied pursuant to this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date and will advise the Underwriters prior to the Closing Date and each Additional Closing Date if any statements to be made on behalf of such Selling Stockholder in the certificate contemplated by Section 9(l) hereof would be inaccurate if made as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as applicable.

(c) On the Closing Date and each Additional Closing Date, all stock transfer and other taxes (other than income taxes) that are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Additional Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder will have been fully paid for by such Selling Stockholder and all laws imposing such taxes will have been fully complied with.

(d) In order to document the Underwriters’ compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations promulgated thereunder, with respect to the transactions herein contemplated, such Selling Stockholder shall deliver to you at least two days prior to the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as applicable, a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Substitute Form W-9 and, if applicable, a Form W-8.

(e) Such Selling Stockholder will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed, or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or which will constitute, stabilization or manipulation of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.

6. Representations and Warranties .

6.1 Of the Company . The Company hereby represents and warrants to each Underwriter on the date hereof, and shall be deemed to represent and warrant to each Underwriter on the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, that:

(a) The Company was not at the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement and at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Act) under the Common Stock, is not on the date hereof and will not be on the applicable Closing Date an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act).

(b) The Registration Statement conformed, and any amendment to the Registration Statement filed after the date hereof will conform in all material respects when filed, to the requirements of the Act. The most recent Preliminary Prospectus conformed, and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Act.


(c) The Registration Statement does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided , that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein.

(d) The Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein.

(e)The Time of Sale Information does not, and will not at the time of sale of the Shares, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Time of Sale Information in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein.

(f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including, without limitation, any road show that is a free writing prospectus under Rule 433 under the Act), when considered together with the Time of Sale Information at the time of sale of the Shares, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(g) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conformed or will conform to the requirements of the Act on the date of first use, and the Company has complied or will comply with all prospectus delivery and any filing requirements applicable to such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to the Act. The Company has not made any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of each of the Representatives. The Company has retained in accordance with the Act all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant to the Act. The Company has taken all actions necessary so that any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) in connection with the offering of the Shares will not be required to be filed pursuant to the Act.

(h) The capitalization of the Company is and will be as set forth in the Prospectus as of the date set forth therein. All the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been, and as of the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will be, duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are free of any


preemptive or similar rights; except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company is not a party to or bound by any outstanding options, warrants or similar rights to subscribe for, or contractual obligations to issue, sell, transfer or acquire, any of its capital stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of such capital stock; the Shares to be issued and sold to the Underwriters by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Underwriters against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of any preemptive or similar rights; the capital stock of the Company conforms to the description thereof in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); and the delivery of certificates for the Shares being sold by the Company against payment therefor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement will pass valid title to the Shares being sold by the Company, free and clear of any claim, encumbrance or defect in title, to the several Underwriters purchasing such shares in good faith and without notice of any lien, claim or encumbrance. The certificates for the Shares being sold by the Company are in valid and sufficient form.

(i) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or other organization in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization with full corporate or organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) and is duly registered and qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure to so register or qualify has not had or will not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business, properties, net worth, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

(j) The issued shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each of the Company’s subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, and, to the extent such subsidiaries are corporations, are fully paid and nonassessable, and are owned by the Company free and clear of any security interests, liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. The Company does not have any subsidiaries and does not own a material interest in or control, directly or indirectly, any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust or other business organization, except as set forth in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement. As used in this Agreement, subsidiaries shall mean direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company.

(k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or its subsidiaries or to which the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their properties are subject, that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) but are not described as required. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and Prospectus, there is no action, suit, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any court or governmental or other regulatory or administrative agency or commission pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or involving the Company or


its subsidiaries, which could individually or in the aggregate prevent or adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or result in a Material Adverse Effect, nor to the Company’s knowledge, is there any basis for any such action, suit, inquiry, proceeding or investigation. There are no agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that are not described, filed or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as required by the Act. All such contracts to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or the applicable subsidiary, constitute valid and binding agreements of the Company or the applicable subsidiary and are enforceable against the Company or the applicable subsidiary in accordance with the terms thereof, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) the application of bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) equitable principles being applied at the discretion of a court before which any proceeding may be brought. Neither the Company nor the applicable subsidiary has received notice or been made aware that any other party is in breach of or default to the Company under any of such contracts.

(l) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of (A) its articles of incorporation or bylaws, or other organizational documents, (B) any federal, state or foreign law, ordinance, administrative or governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the violation of which would have a Material Adverse Effect or (C) any decree of any federal, state or foreign court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except for decrees of any federal, state or foreign court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) in default in any material respect in the performance of any obligation, agreement or condition contained in (A) any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness or (B) any agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument (each of (A) and (B), an “Existing Instrument”) to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their properties may be bound, which default would have a Material Adverse Effect; and there does not exist any state of facts that constitutes an event of default on the part of the Company or any of its subsidiaries as defined in such documents or that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such an event of default.

(m) The Company’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Representatives, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by (i) the application of bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) equitable principles being applied at the discretion of a court before which any proceeding may be brought, except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws.


(n) None of the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby (i) requires any consent, approval, authorization or other order of or registration or filing with, any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body, agency or official (except such as may be required for the registration of the Shares under the Act, the listing of the Shares for trading on Nasdaq, the registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) and compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions, all of which will be, or have been, effected in accordance with this Agreement and except for FINRA’s clearance of the underwriting terms of the offering contemplated hereby as required under FINRA’s Rules of Fair Practice), (ii) conflicts with or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of, or a default under, the Company’s articles of incorporation or the Company’s bylaws or any agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound, (iii) violates any statute, law, regulation, ruling, filing, judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, or (iv) results in a breach of, or default or Debt Repayment Triggering event (as defined below) under, or results in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, or requires the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument, except, with respect to (iii) and (iv), for such violations, breaches, defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances that will not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(o) Except as described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, and except for options to purchase capital stock issued pursuant to the Company’s 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated Stock Appreciation Rights Plan, the 2017 Stock Plan or the Restricted Phantom Stock Units Plan, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has outstanding and at the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will have outstanding any options to purchase, or any warrants to subscribe for, or any securities or obligations convertible into, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any shares of Common Stock or any such warrants or convertible securities or obligations. Except as described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, no holder of securities of the Company has rights to the registration of any securities of the Company as a result of or in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby that have not been satisfied or heretofore waived in writing.

(p) Deloitte & Touche LLP, the certified public accountants who have certified the financial statements (including the related notes thereto and supporting schedules) filed as part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), are independent public accountants as required by the Act.


(q) The financial statements, together with related schedules and notes, included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto), present fairly the financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and changes in financial position of the Company on the basis stated in the Registration Statement at the respective dates or for the respective periods to which they apply; such statements and related schedules and notes have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein; and the other financial and statistical information and data set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) is, in all material respects, accurately presented and prepared on a basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the Company. No other financial statements or schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement.

(r) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any material liabilities or obligations, indirect, direct or contingent, or entered into any transaction that is not in the ordinary course of business, (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its business or properties from fire, flood, windstorm, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has paid or declared any dividends or other distributions with respect to its capital stock and the Company is not in default under the terms of any class of capital stock of the Company or any outstanding debt obligations, (iv) there has not been any change in the authorized or outstanding capital stock of the Company or any material change in the indebtedness of the Company (other than in the ordinary course of business), (v) there has been no prohibition or suspension of the operation of the Company’s aircraft, including as a result of action taken by the Federal Aviation Administration or the Department of Transportation and (vi) there has not been any material adverse change, or any development involving or that may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, properties, net worth, result of operations or prospects of the Company.

(s) All offers and sales of the Company’s capital stock and other debt or other securities prior to the date hereof were made in compliance with or were the subject of an available exemption from the Act and all other applicable state and federal laws or regulations, or any actions under the Act or any state or federal laws or regulations in respect of any such offers or sales are effectively barred by effective waivers or statutes of limitation.

(t) The Shares have been approved for listing on Nasdaq under the symbol “MESA,” subject to official notice of issuance, and upon consummation of the offering contemplated hereby the Company will be in compliance with the designation and maintenance criteria applicable to Nasdaq issuers.

(u) Other than excepted activity pursuant to Regulation M under the Exchange Act, the Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action that constituted, or any action designed to, or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in or constitute, under the Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares or for any other purpose.


(v) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof or, with respect to Texas and Montana, have timely requested extensions thereof (other than certain state or local tax returns, as to which the failure to file, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect), which returns are complete and correct, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in default in the payment of any taxes that were payable pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect thereto. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, all deficiencies asserted as a result of any federal, state, local or foreign tax audits have been paid or finally settled and no issue has been raised in any such audit that, by application of the same or similar principles, reasonably could be expected to result in a material proposed deficiency for any other period not so audited. There are no outstanding agreements or waivers extending the statutory period of limitation applicable to any federal, state, local or foreign tax return for any period. On the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, all stock transfer and other taxes that are required to be paid in connection with the sale of the shares to be sold by the Company to the Underwriters will have been fully paid by the Company and all laws imposing such taxes will have been complied with.

(w) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no transactions with “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) or any officer, director or security holder of the Company (whether or not an affiliate) that are required by the Act to be disclosed in the Registration Statement. Additionally, no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any subsidiary on the other hand that is required by the Act to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus that is not so disclosed.

(x) The Company is not an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(y) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and valid title to all property (real and personal) described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as being owned by it, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances except such as are not materially burdensome and do not have or will not result in a Material Adverse Effect to the use of the property or the conduct of the business of the Company. All property (real and personal) held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with only such exceptions as in the aggregate are not materially burdensome and do not have or result in a Material Adverse Effect to the use of the property or the conduct of the business of the Company.

(z) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has all permits, licenses, franchises, approvals, consents and authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities, including the Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Communications Commission (hereinafter “permit” or “permits”), as are necessary to own its properties and to conduct its business in the manner described in the Registration Statement, Time


of Sale Information and the Prospectus, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except where the failure to have obtained any such permit has not had and will not have a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Company and its subsidiaries has operated and is operating its business in material compliance with and not in material violation of all of its obligations with respect to each such permit and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination of any such permit or result in any other material impairment of the rights of any such permit, subject in each case to such qualification as may be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, such permits contain no restrictions that are materially burdensome to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(aa) The consolidated financial statements of the Company, together with the related schedules and notes thereto, set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects (i) the financial condition of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and (ii) the consolidated results of operations, stockholders’ equity and changes in cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods therein specified; and such financial statements and related schedules and notes thereto have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise stated therein and subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end adjustments). There are no other financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and the Company does not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and all disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K under the Act, to the extent applicable, and present fairly the information shown therein and the Company’s basis for using such measures.

(bb) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(cc) The Company has established and maintains and evaluates “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer by others within those entities, and such


disclosure controls and procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they were established; the Company’s independent auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, there have been no significant changes in internal control over financial reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect internal control over financial reporting, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses; the principal executive officers (or their equivalents) and principal financial officers (or their equivalents) of the Company have made all certifications required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, and the statements contained in each such certification are complete and correct; the Company and its subsidiaries are, and the Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that the Company’s directors and officers in their capacities as such are, each in compliance in all material respects with all applicable effective provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and Nasdaq promulgated thereunder.

(dd) The Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, are each in compliance in all material respects with Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(ee) The Company has not, prior to the date hereof, made any offer or sale of securities which could be “integrated” for purposes of the Act with the offer and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company has not sold or issued any security during the 180-day period preceding the date of the Prospectus, including but not limited to any sales pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation D or S under the Act, other than shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or the employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(ff) From the time of the initial confidential submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any person authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing-the-Waters Communication) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an Emerging Growth Company.

(gg) The Company was not for its most recent taxable year, and does not expect to be for its current taxable year, a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.


(ff) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Foreign Corrupt Practices Act”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

(gg) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or any other relevant sanctions authority (collectively “Sanctions”), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner, individual or other entity or organization (a “Person”), for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to any Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

(hh) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the “United and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001” (the “Patriot Act”) or the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency; and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any governmental agency involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to money laundering laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(ii) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists, or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware that any key employee or significant group of employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries plans to terminate employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has engaged in any unfair labor practice, and except for matters which would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, (B) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and


(C) no union representation dispute currently existing concerning the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, (A) no union organizing activities are currently taking place concerning the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (B) there has been no violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, any applicable wage or hour laws or any provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder concerning the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(jj) The Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or other approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries owns, leases or occupies any property that appears on any list of hazardous sites compiled by any state or local governmental agency. There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(kk) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries owns and has full right, title and interest in and to, or has valid licenses to use, each material trade name, trademark, service mark, patent, copyright, approval, trade secret and other similar rights (collectively “Intellectual Property”) under which the Company and its subsidiaries conduct all or any material part of its business, and the Company has not created any lien or encumbrance on, or granted any right or license with respect to, any such Intellectual Property except where the failure to own or obtain a license or right to use any such Intellectual Property has not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect; there is no claim pending against the Company or its subsidiaries with respect to any Intellectual Property and the Company and its subsidiaries have not received notice or otherwise become aware that any Intellectual Property that it uses or has used in the conduct of its business infringes upon or conflicts with the rights of any third party. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has become aware that any material Intellectual Property that it uses or has used in the conduct of its business infringes upon or conflicts with the rights of any third party.

(ll) The Company has procured Lock-Up Agreements, in the form of Exhibit  A attached hereto, from each of the Company’s senior executive officers and directors, the Selling Stockholders and the Stockholders listed on Schedule V.


(mm) To the Company’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between (i) any member of FINRA and (ii) the Company or any of the Company’s officers, directors, 5% or greater security holders or any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities that were acquired at any time on or after the 180th day immediately preceding the date the Registration Statement was initially filed with the Commission.

(nn) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which it is engaged, including war risk insurance on its aircraft under the Federal Aviation Administration’s insurance program authorized under 49 U.S.C. §44301 et seq.; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a comparable cost.

(oo) The Company and its subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under ERISA) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA and all other applicable state and federal laws. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary, any member of any group or organization described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined in ERISA). Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, that would cause the loss of such qualification.

(pp) The Company (i) is an “air carrier” within the meaning of 49 U.S.C. Section 40102(a); (ii) holds an air carrier operating certificate issued by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to Chapter 447 of Title 49 of the United States Code for aircraft capable of carrying 10 or more individuals or 6,000 pounds or more of cargo; and (iii) is a “citizen of the United States” as defined in 49 U.S.C. Section 40102. The statements in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as to the routes relating to the Company’s services which the Company presently operates or is authorized to operate are correct in all material respects and such routes presently operated are being operated pursuant to valid certificates or authorizations issued by the Federal Aviation Authority.

(qq) The Company and its subsidiaries own or have a valid right to access and use all material computer systems, networks, hardware, software, databases, websites, and equipment used to process, store, maintain and operate data, information, and functions used in


connection with the business of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company IT Systems”). The Company IT Systems are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with, the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented commercially reasonable backup, security and disaster recovery technology consistent in all material respects with applicable regulatory standards and customary industry practices.

(rr) (i)(x) There has been no security breach or attack or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of them), equipment or technology (“IT Systems and Data”) and (y) the Company and its subsidiaries have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach, attack or compromise to their IT Systems and Data, (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries have complied, and are presently in compliance, with, all applicable laws, statutes or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority and all industry guidelines, standards, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification and (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented backup and disaster recovery technology consistent with industry standards and practices.

(ss) Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes, after reasonable inquiry, to be reliable and accurate and, to the extent required, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.

6.2 Of the Selling Stockholders . Each Selling Stockholder hereby represents and warrants, severally as to itself and not jointly, to each Underwriter on the date hereof, and shall be deemed to represent and warrant to each Underwriter on the Closing Date and on each Additional Closing Date, that:

(a) Such Selling Stockholder is the lawful owner of the Additional Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement and has, and on the Closing Date and on each Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will have, good and valid title to such Additional Shares, free of all restrictions on transfer, liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities and claims whatsoever.

(b) Such Selling Stockholder has, and on the Closing Date and on each Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will have, full legal right, power and authority, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Custody Agreement signed by such Selling Stockholder and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as custodian (the “Custodian”), relating to the deposit of the Additional Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder (the “Custody Agreement”) and (iii) the Power of Attorney appointing certain individuals named therein as such Selling Stockholder’s attorneys-in-fact (the “Attorneys”) to the extent set forth therein relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Prospectus (the “Power of Attorney”) to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Additional Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder in the manner provided herein.


(c) Each of the Agreement, the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney of such Selling Stockholder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and is a valid and binding agreement of such Selling Stockholder, enforceable as to such Selling Stockholder in accordance with its terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by (i) the application of bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) equitable principles being applied at the discretion of a court before which a proceeding may be brought, except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and, pursuant to such Power of Attorney, such Selling Stockholder has, among other things, authorized the Attorneys, or any one of them, to execute and deliver on such Selling Stockholder’s behalf this Agreement and any other document that they, or any one of them, may deem necessary or desirable in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to deliver the Additional Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement.

(d) None of the sale of the Additional Shares by such Selling Stockholder, the execution, delivery or performance by such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement, the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney of such Selling Stockholder by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder, the compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all the provisions hereof and thereof nor the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (i) requires any consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body, agency or official (except such as may be required under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states), (ii) conflicts with or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of or a default under, the organizational documents of such Selling Stockholder, if such Selling Stockholder is not an individual, or any agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder or any property of such Selling Stockholder is bound or (iii) violates any statute, law, regulation, ruling, filing, judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to such Selling Stockholder or any property of such Selling Stockholder.

(e) The information in the Prospectus under the caption “Principal and Selling Stockholders” that specifically relates to such Selling Stockholder does not, and will not on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, if as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(f) At any time prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, if there is any change in the information referred to in Section 6.2(e) hereof, such Selling Stockholder will immediately notify the Representative of such change.


(g) Other than excepted activity pursuant to Regulation M under the Exchange Act, such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action that constituted, or any action designed to, or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in or constitute, under the Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

(h) Upon delivery of and payment for the Additional Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement, good and valid title to such Additional Shares will pass to the Underwriters, free of all restrictions on transfer, liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities and claims whatsoever.

(i) Such Selling Stockholder does not have any registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale by the Company under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, except for such rights as are being exercised in the offering contemplated by this Agreement or such rights as have been duly waived.

(j) Such Selling Stockholder has no reason to believe that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 6.1 hereof are not true and correct; and such Selling Stockholder is not prompted to sell shares of Common Stock by any information concerning the Company that is not set forth in the Registration Statement.

(k) Such Selling Stockholder is not (A) an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, (B) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (C) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, or otherwise.

7. Expenses . Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this Agreement becomes effective or is terminated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof and of any Preliminary Prospectus to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the printing and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, the Blue Sky memoranda, any agreement among the Underwriters, this Agreement and all amendments or supplements to any of them as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares; (iii) consistent with the provisions of Section 5.1(i), all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws or Blue Sky laws, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith; (iv) the filing fees incident to securing any required review by FINRA of the fairness of the terms of the sale of the Shares and the reasonable fees and disbursements of up to $7,500 of the Underwriters’ counsel relating thereto; (v) the fees and expenses associated with listing the shares of Common Stock on Nasdaq; (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; (viii) the cost of the tax stamps, if any, in connection with the issuance and


delivery of the Firm Shares to the respective Underwriters; (ix) all other fees, costs and expenses referred to in Item 13 of the Registration Statement; and (x) the transportation, lodging, graphics and other expenses incidental to the Company’s preparation for and participation in the “roadshow” for the offering contemplated hereby. The Selling Stockholders shall pay the cost of any taxes in connection with the issuance and delivery of the Additional Shares to the respective Underwriters. Except as provided in this Section 7 and in Section 8 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel and their own roadshow transportation and lodging expenses. In addition, in the event that the proposed offering is terminated for the reasons set forth in Section 5.1(l) hereof, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters as provided in Section 5.1(l).

8. Indemnification and Contribution . Subject to the limitations in this paragraph below, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless you and each other Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates of each Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, including reasonable costs of investigation and attorneys’ fees and expenses (collectively, “Damages”) arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications, any other materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Shares (the “Marketing Materials”), including any road show or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent that any such Damages arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that has been made therein or omitted therefrom in reliance upon and in conformity with the information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you, or by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders, as the case may be, expressly for use in connection therewith or (ii) any inaccuracy in or breach of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or any failure of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under law. This indemnification shall be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.

Subject to the limitations in this paragraph below, each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless you and each other Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates of each Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all Damages arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus or in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications, Marketing Materials, any free writing prospectus or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the


Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent that any such Damages arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that has been made therein or omitted therefrom in reliance upon and in conformity with the information not expressly relating to the Selling Stockholders or the offering by them of their shares of Common Stock or furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you expressly for use in connection therewith or (ii) any inaccuracy in or breach of the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder contained herein or any failure of such Selling Stockholder to perform its obligations hereunder or under law. This indemnification shall be in addition to any liability that the Selling Stockholders or any Selling Stockholder may otherwise have.

In addition to their other obligations under this Section 8, each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, agrees that, as an interim measure during the pendency of any claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding arising out of or based upon any statement or omission, or any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company or the Selling Stockholders herein or failure to perform their respective obligations hereunder, all as set forth in this Section 8, the party against whom indemnification is being sought will reimburse each Underwriter on a monthly basis for all reasonable legal or other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding (to the extent documented by reasonably itemized invoices therefor), notwithstanding the absence of a judicial determination as to the propriety and enforceability of the obligation of the Company or a Selling Stockholder to reimburse each Underwriter for such expenses and the possibility that such payments might later be held to have been improper by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that any such interim reimbursement payment is so held to have been improper, each Underwriter shall promptly return it to the person(s) from whom it was received. Any such interim reimbursement payments that are not made to the Underwriters within 30 days of a request for reimbursement shall bear interest compounded daily at a rate determined on the basis of the base lending rate announced from time to time by The Wall Street Journal from the date of such request.

If any action or claim shall be brought against any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter in respect of which indemnity may be sought jointly and severally against the Company and the Selling Stockholders, such Underwriter or such controlling person shall promptly notify in writing the party(s) against whom indemnification is being sought (the “indemnifying party” or “indemnifying parties”), and such indemnifying party(s) shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably acceptable to such Underwriter or such controlling person and the payment of all reasonable fees of and expenses incurred by such counsel. Such Underwriter or any such controlling person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or such controlling person, unless (i) the indemnifying party(s) has (have) agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the indemnifying party(s) has (have) failed to assume the defense and employ counsel reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter or such controlling person or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both such Underwriter or such controlling person and the indemnifying party(s), and such Underwriter or such controlling person shall have been advised by its counsel that one or more legal defenses may be available to the Underwriter that


may not be available to the Company or the Selling Stockholders, or that representation of such indemnified party and any indemnifying party(s) by the same counsel would be inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct (whether or not such representation by the same counsel has been proposed) due to actual or potential differing interests between them (in which case the indemnifying party(s) shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of such Underwriter or such controlling person (but the Company and the Selling Stockholders, as applicable, shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for the Underwriters and such controlling persons)). The indemnifying party(s) shall not be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its (their several) written consent, but if settled with such written consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party(s) agree(s) to indemnify and hold harmless any Underwriter and any such controlling person from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment, but in the case of a judgment only to the extent stated in the first and second paragraph of this Section 8.

Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Selling Stockholders, their respective directors, its their respective officers who sign the Registration Statement and any person who controls the Company or the Selling Stockholders within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing several indemnity from the Company and the Selling Stockholders to each Underwriter, but only with respect to information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto. If any action or claim shall be brought or asserted against the Company or the Selling Stockholders, any of their respective directors, any of their respective officers or any such controlling person based on the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Preliminary Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter pursuant to this paragraph, such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the Company and the Selling Stockholders by the immediately preceding paragraph (except that if the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have assumed the defense thereof such Underwriter shall not be required to do so, but may employ separate counsel therein and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at such Underwriter’s expense), and the Company and the Selling Stockholders, their respective directors, any such officers and any such controlling persons, shall have the rights and duties given to the Underwriters by the immediately preceding paragraph.

In any event, the Company or the Selling Stockholders will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any proceeding or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which the indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not the Representatives or any person who controls either Representative within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act is a party to such claim, action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of all indemnified parties and such controlling persons from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.


If at any time an indemnified party(s) shall have requested an indemnifying party(s) to reimburse the indemnified party(s) for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party(s) agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party(s) of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party(s) shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party(s) shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party(s) in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement

If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable or insufficient for any reason whatsoever to an indemnified party in respect of any Damages referred to herein, then an indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Damages (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, respectively, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other hand, from the offering and sale of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative and several fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, respectively, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Damages as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative and several benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, respectively, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus; provided that , in the event that the Underwriters shall have purchased any Additional Shares hereunder, any determination of the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters from the offering of the Shares shall include the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, and the underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, from the sale of such Additional Shares, in each case computed on the basis of the respective amounts set forth in the notes to the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, respectively, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, or by the Underwriters on the other hand and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 was determined by a pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result


of the Damages referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount of the underwriting commissions received by such underwriter in connection with the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto (or such numbers of Firm Shares increased as set forth in Section 10 hereof) and not joint.

Notwithstanding the third paragraph of this Section 8, any Damages for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 8 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as Damages are incurred after receipt of reasonably itemized invoices therefor. The indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 8 and the several, and not joint, representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, the Company, the Selling Stockholders, their respective directors or officers or any person controlling the Company or the Selling Stockholders, (ii) acceptance of any Shares and payment therefor hereunder and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, or to the Company or the Selling Stockholders, their respective directors or officers or any person controlling the Company or the Selling Stockholders, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 8.

It is agreed that any controversy arising out of the operation of the interim reimbursement arrangements set forth in the third paragraph of this Section 8, including the amounts of any requested reimbursement payments and the method of determining such amounts, shall be settled by arbitration conducted pursuant to the Code of Arbitration Procedure of FINRA. Any such arbitration must be commenced by service of a written demand for arbitration or written notice of intention to arbitrate, therein electing the arbitration tribunal. In the event the party demanding arbitration does not make such designation of an arbitration tribunal in such demand or notice, then the party responding to said demand or notice is authorized to do so. Such arbitration would be limited to the operation of the interim reimbursement provisions contained in the third and fifth paragraphs of this Section 8, and would not resolve the ultimate propriety or enforceability of the obligation to reimburse expenses that is created by the provisions of the third paragraph of this Section 8.

9. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares hereunder are subject to the following conditions:

(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date hereof, or at such later date and time as shall be consented to in writing by the Representatives, and all filings required by Rules 424(b), 430A and 462 under the Act shall have been timely made.


(b) You shall be reasonably satisfied that since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and Prospectus, (i) there shall not have been any change in the capital stock of the Company or any material change in the indebtedness (other than in the ordinary course of business) of the Company, (ii) except as set forth or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, no material oral or written agreement or other transaction shall have been entered into by the Company that is not in the ordinary course of business or that could reasonably be expected to result in a material reduction in the future earnings of the Company, (iii) no loss or damage (whether or not insured) to the property of the Company shall have been sustained that had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) no legal or governmental action, suit or proceeding affecting the Company or any of its properties that is material to the Company or that affects or could reasonably be expected to affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been instituted or threatened and (v) there shall not have been any material change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, management, results of operations or prospects of the Company or its subsidiaries that makes it impractical or inadvisable in your judgment to proceed with the public offering or purchase of the Shares as contemplated hereby.

(c) You shall have received on the Closing Date (and each Additional Closing Date, if any) an opinion and negative assurance statement of DLA Piper LLP (US), counsel to the Company, and an opinion of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Nevada counsel to the Company, as the case may be, each substantially in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Underwriters and as set forth on Exhibits B and C hereto, respectively.

(d) You shall have received on the Closing Date (whether or not Additional Shares are sold) and each Additional Closing Date, if any, an opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US), counsel to the Selling Stockholders, substantially in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Underwriters and as set forth on Exhibit D hereto.

(e) You shall have received on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of Mayer Brown LLP, as counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares, the Registration Statement and other related matters as you may reasonably request, and the Company and its counsel shall have furnished to your counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(f) You shall have received letters addressed to you and dated the date hereof and the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, from (i) the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent certified public accountants and (ii) the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, substantially in the forms heretofore approved by you.

(g) You shall have received a certificate dated the date hereof and the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company relating to certain disclosures in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to counsel to the Underwriters.


(h) (i) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be threatened or contemplated by the Commission at or prior to the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; (ii) no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the qualification or registration of the Shares under the securities or Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction shall be in effect and no proceeding for such purpose shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated by the authorities of any jurisdiction; (iii) any request for additional information on the part of the staff of the Commission or any such authorities shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the staff of the Commission or such authorities; (iv) after the date hereof, no amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall have been filed unless a copy thereof was first submitted to you and you did not object thereto in good faith; and (v) all of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as if made on and as of the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and you shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company (or such other officers as are acceptable to you) to the effect set forth in this Section 9(g) and in Sections 9(b) and 9(i) hereof.

(i) The Company shall not have failed in any material respect at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, to have performed or complied with any of its agreements herein contained and required to be performed or complied with by it hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(j) The Company shall have furnished or caused to have been furnished to you such further certificates and documents as you shall have reasonably requested.

(k) At or prior to the date hereof, you shall have received the written commitment Lock-Up Agreements from each of the Company’s officers and directors, the Selling Stockholders and the stockholders listed on Schedule V not to directly or indirectly (i) sell, offer or contract to sell or otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of Company Securities, whether now owned or acquired after the date of the Prospectus or with respect to which the power of disposition is acquired after the date of the Prospectus, or file any registration statement under the Act with respect to the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequences of ownership of Company Securities whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Company Securities, in cash or otherwise; other than as provided in such written commitment before the expiration of 180 days from the Closing Date, without the prior written consent of the Representatives.


(l) At or prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement, you shall have received a letter from the Corporate Financing Department of FINRA confirming that such Department has determined to raise no objections with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements of the offering contemplated hereby.

(m) You shall be satisfied that, and you shall have received a certificate dated the Closing Date and each Additional Closing Date, if any, from each Selling Stockholder to the effect that, as of the Closing Date and each Additional Closing Date, as the case may be: (i) the representations and warranties made by such Selling Stockholders herein are true and correct on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date and (ii) such Selling Stockholder has complied with all obligations and satisfied all conditions that are required to be performed or satisfied on his or its part at or prior to the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to you.

The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional Shares hereunder are subject to the satisfaction on and as of the Additional Closing Date of the conditions set forth in this Section 9, except that, if the Additional Closing Date is other than the Closing Date, the certificates, opinions and letters referred to in this Section 9 shall be dated as of the Additional Closing Date and the opinions called for by paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) shall be revised to reflect the sale of Additional Shares.

If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 9 shall not have been satisfied when and as required by this Agreement, this Agreement may be terminated by you by notifying the Company of such termination in writing at or prior to such Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, but you shall be entitled to waive any of such conditions.

10. Effective Date of Agreement . This Agreement shall become effective upon the later of (a) the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto and (b) release of notification of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement by the Commission; provided, however, that the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 shall at all times be effective.

11. Defaulting Underwriters . If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder, and the aggregate number of Shares that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of the Shares, each non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion in which the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all non-defaulting Underwriters or in such other proportion as you may specify in the Agreement Among Underwriters, to purchase the Shares that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed, but failed or refused to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares and the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Shares and arrangements satisfactory to you, the Company and, with respect to the Additional Shares, the Selling Stockholders, for the purchase of such Shares are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Stockholders. In any such case that does not result in


termination of this Agreement, either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, and either you or the Selling Stockholders shall have the right to postpone any Additional Closing Date that is not the Closing Date, but in each case in no event for longer than seven (7) days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any such default of any such Underwriter under this Agreement.

12. Termination of Agreement . This Agreement shall be subject to termination in your absolute discretion, without liability on the part of any Underwriter to the Company or the Selling Stockholders by notice to the Company, if prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date (if different from the Closing Date and then only as to the Additional Shares), as the case may be, in your sole judgment, (i) trading in the Company’s Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or Nasdaq, (ii) trading in securities generally on the NYSE or Nasdaq shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on such exchange, or additional material governmental restrictions, not in force on the date of this Agreement, shall have been imposed upon trading in securities generally by any such exchange or by order of the Commission or any court or other governmental authority, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by either federal or New York State authorities, (iv) any downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, (v) any such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities or (vi) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other international or domestic calamity, crisis or change in political, financial or economic conditions or other material event the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares. Notice of such cancellation shall be promptly given to the Company and its counsel by telegraph, telecopy or telephone and shall be subsequently confirmed by letter.

13. Failure of One or More of the Selling Stockholders to Sell and Deliver the Shares . If one or more of the Selling Stockholders shall fail to sell and deliver to the Underwriters the Additional Shares to be sold and delivered by such Selling Stockholders at the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, then the Underwriters may at their option, by written notice from the Representative to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, either (i) terminate this Agreement without any liability on the part of any Underwriter or, except as provided in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Company or the Selling Stockholders or (ii) purchase the Additional Shares that the Company and other Selling Stockholders have agreed to sell and deliver in accordance with the terms hereof. If one or more of the Selling Stockholders shall fail to sell and deliver to the Underwriters the Additional Shares to be sold and delivered by such Selling Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement at the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, then the Underwriters shall have the right, by written notice from the Representative to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, to postpone the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.


13. Information Furnished by the Underwriters . The Company acknowledges that (i) the paragraph immediately following footnote (1) on the cover page of the Registration Statement and (ii) the paragraphs under the sub-header “Stabilization” under the caption “Underwriting” in any Preliminary Prospectus, constitute the only information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters through you or on your behalf as such information is referred to in Sections 6.1(a), 6.1(b) and 8 hereof.

14. Miscellaneous . Except as otherwise provided in Sections 5 and 12 hereof, notice given pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered

 

  (i)

to the Company

Mesa Air Group, Inc.

410 North 44th Street, Suite 700

Phoenix, Arizona 85008

Attention: Brian S. Gillman

with a copy to

DLA Piper LLP (US)

2525 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1000

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

Attention: Gregory R. Hall

 

  (ii)

to the Underwriters

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

Attention: John Critchlow

with a copy to

Mayer Brown LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Attention: Anna T. Pinedo

 

  (ii)

to the Selling Stockholders

Mesa Air Group, Inc.

410 North 44th Street, Suite 700

Phoenix, Arizona 85008

Attention: Brian S. Gillman, Attorney in Fact


with a copy to

DLA Piper LLP (US)

2525 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1000

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

Attention: Gregory R. Hall

This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the several Underwriters, the Company and its directors and officers and the Selling Stockholders.

15. Applicable Law; Counterparts . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to choice of law principles thereunder.

This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts, which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

This Agreement shall be effective when, but only when, at least one counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of each party hereto.

The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters each hereby irrevocably waive any right they may have to a trial by jury in respect to any claim based upon or arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

16. No Fiduciary Duty . Notwithstanding any pre-existing relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by any of the Underwriters, the Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) nothing herein shall create a fiduciary or agency relationship between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand; (ii) the Underwriters have been retained solely to act as underwriters and are not acting as advisors, expert or otherwise, to either the Company in connection with this offering, the sale of the Shares or any other services the Underwriters may be deemed to be providing hereunder, including, without limitation, with respect to the public offering price of the Shares; (iii) the relationship between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, is entirely and solely commercial, and the price of the Shares was established by the Company and the Underwriters based on discussions and arms’ length negotiations and the Company understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iv) any duties and obligations that the Underwriters may have to the Company shall be limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; and (v) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company acknowledges that the Underwriters may have financial interests in the success of the Offering that are not limited to the difference between the price to the public and the purchase price paid to the Company for the shares and such interests may differ from the interests of the Company, and the Underwriters have no obligation to disclose, or account to the Company for any benefit they may derive from such additional financial interests. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law, any claims it may have against the Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agrees that the Underwriters shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company or any of its shareholders, managers, employees or creditors.

[ Signature Pages Follow ]


Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters.

 

Very truly yours,
MESA AIR GROUP, INC.

 

Name: Jonathan G. Ornstein
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
The Selling Stockholders Named in Schedule II hereto, acting severally:
By:                                                                                            
Attorney-in-Fact
CONFIRMED as of the date first above mentioned, on behalf of the Representatives and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto.
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.
By:                                                                                             
  Name:
  Title:
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH                                INCORPORATED
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


SCHEDULE I

 

Name

   Number of Firm Shares  

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

    
[•]
 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                       Incorporated

     [•]  

Cowen and Company, LLC

     [•]  

Stifel Nicolaus & Company

     [•]  

Imperial Capital, LLC

     [•]  
  

 

 

 

Total

     [•]  
  

 

 

 


SCHEDULE II

Schedule of Selling Stockholders

 

Stockholder

   Number of
Additional Shares
     % Participation if Less
Than Full Option is
Exercised
 

Daniel J. Altobello

     [•]        [•]

Ellen N. Artist

     [•]        [•]

Mitchell Gordon

     [•]        [•]

Dana J. Lockhart

     [•]        [•]

G. Grant Lyon

     [•]        [•]

Giacomo Picco

     [•]        [•]

Harvey Schiller

     [•]        [•]

Don Skiados

     [•]        [•]

Jonathan Ornstein

     [•]        [•]

Michael J. Lotz

     [•]        [•]

Brian S. Gillman

     [•]        [•]

Darren Zapfe

     [•]        [•]

Kenley Brown

     [•]        [•]

Michael Ferverda

     [•]        [•]

John Selvaggio

     [•]        [•]

Robert Hornberg

     [•]        [•]

Kevin Wilson

     [•]        [•]

Charles Thomas

     [•]        [•]

Jeffrey Domrese

     [•]        [•]

Jameson Ano

     [•]        [•]
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     [•]        [•]
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


SCHEDULE III

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus


SCHEDULE IV

Pricing Information

Firm Shares to be sold by the Company: [•]

Additional Shares to be sold by the Company: [•]

Additional Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders: [•]

Public offering price: $[•]

Underwriting discount: [•]%

Estimated net proceeds to the Company: $[•]


SCHEDULE V

Persons Subject to Lock-up

All directors and executive officers of the Company, and substantially all of the holders of the Company’s Common Stock, warrants and options to purchase Common Stock.


SCHEDULE VI

Testing-the-Waters Communications

Testing-the-Waters Presentation dated June 2018


EXHIBIT A

Form of Lock-up Agreement


EXHIBIT B

Form of Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US)


EXHIBIT C

Form of Opinion of Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, Schreck, LLC


EXHIBIT D

Form of Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US)

Counsel to the Selling Stockholders

Exhibit 4.1

 

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Mesa Air Group, Inc. THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH SHAREHOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS, A SUMMARY OF THE POWERS, DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RELATIVE, PARTICIPATING, OPTIONAL OR OTHER SPECIAL RIGHTS OF EACH CLASS OF STOCK OF THE COMPANY AND THE QUALIFICATIONS, LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF SUCH PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS, AND THE VARIATIONS IN RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS DETERMINED FOR EACH SERIES, WHICH ARE FIXED BY THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY, AS AMENDED, AND THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY, AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO DETERMINE VARIATIONS FOR FUTURE SERIES. SUCH REQUEST MAY BE MADE TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY OR TO THE TRANSFER AGENT. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY REQUIRE THE OWNER OF A LOST OR DESTROYED STOCK CERTIFICATE, OR HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, TO GIVE THE COMPANY A BOND TO INDEMNIFY IT AND ITS TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS AGAINST ANY CLAIM THAT MAY BE MADE AGAINST THEM ON ACCOUNT OF THE ALLEGED LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF ANY SUCH CERTIFICATE. THE SECURITIES OF MESA AIR GROUP, INC. REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE OR DOCUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO VOTING RESTRICTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN SECURITIES HELD BY PERSONS OR ENTITIES THAT FAIL TO QUALIFY AS “CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES” AS THE TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 40102 (A)(15) OF SUBTITLE VII OF TITLE 49 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE, AS AMENDED, IN ANY SIMILAR LEGISLATION OF THE UNITED STATES ENACTED IN SUBSTITUTION OR REPLACEMENT THEREFOR, AND AS INTERPRETED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ITS PREDECESSORS AND SUCCESSORS, FROM TIME TO TIME. SUCH VOTING RESTRICTIONS ARE CONTAINED IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND THE BYLAWS OF MESA AIR GROUP, INC., AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME. A COMPLETE AND CORRECT COPY OF SUCH ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND THE BYLAWS SHALL BE FURNISHED FREE OF CHARGE TO THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF MESA AIR GROUP, INC. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION (AS THERETOFORE AMENDED, THE “CHARTER”), OF THE CORPORATION. A COPY OF THE CHARTER CONTAINING SUCH TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS IS AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE CORPORATION’S CORPORATE SECRETARY AT ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS. The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -............................................Custodian (Cust) (Minor) TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (State) JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship UNIF TRF MIN ACT -............................................Custodian (until age ................................) and not as tenants in common (Cust) .............................under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (Minor) (State) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE For value received, ____________________________hereby sell, assign and transfer unto ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shares of the common stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Company with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: __________________________________________20__________________ Signature(s) Guaranteed: Medallion Guarantee Stamp THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (Banks, Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions) WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15. Signature: ____________________________________________________________ Signature: ____________________________________________________________ Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever. The IRS requires that we report the cost basis of certain shares acquired after January 1, 2011. If your shares were covered by the legislation and you have sold or transferred the shares and requested a specific cost basis calculation method, we have processed as requested. If you did not specify a cost basis calculation method, we have defaulted to the first in, first out (FIFO) method. Please visit our website or consult your tax advisor if you need additional information about cost basis. If you do not keep in contact with us or do not have any activity in your account for the time periods specified by state law, your property could become subject to state unclaimed property laws and transferred to the appropriate state. SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS THIS IS WATERMARKED PAPER DO NOT ACCEPT WITHOUT NOTING WATERMARK HOLD TO LIGHT TO VERIFY WATERMARK

Exhibit 5.1

 

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August 2, 2018

Mesa Air Group, Inc.

410 North 44th Street, Suite 700

Phoenix, Arizona 85008

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as local Nevada counsel to Mesa Air Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the proposed (i) issuance and sale by the Company of up to 10,700,000 shares (the “ Firm Shares ” and together with the Additional Shares (as defined below), the “ Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and (ii) pursuant to the exercise of the option set forth in the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below), the (A) issuance and sale by the Company of up to 938,333 additional shares of Common Stock (the “ Company Additional Shares ” and together with the Firm Shares, the “ Company Shares ”) and (B) sale by the selling stockholders named in the Prospectus (as defined below) of up to 666,667 additional shares of Common Stock (the “ Selling Stockholder Additional Shares ” and together with the Company Additional Shares, the “ Additional Shares ”), all as described in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333- 226173) (as amended through and including the date hereof, the “ Registration Statement ”) and the Prospectus contained therein (the “ Prospectus ”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”). This opinion letter is being delivered at your request pursuant to the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.

In our capacity as such counsel, we are familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by the Company in connection with the authorization and sale of the Shares as contemplated by, and as described in, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. For purposes of this opinion letter, and except to the extent set forth in the opinions below, we have assumed that all such proceedings have been or will be timely completed in the manner presently proposed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

For purposes of issuing the opinions hereinafter expressed, we have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries, including an examination of originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true copies of (i) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectus, (ii) the Company’s articles of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended to date, (iii) the forms of the Company’s second amended and restated articles of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws (collectively, the “ A&R Governing Documents ”) and the form of underwriting agreement relating to sale of the Shares (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), each as filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and (iv) such other agreements, instruments, corporate records and other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate. We have also obtained from officers, representatives and agents of the Company and from public officials, and have relied upon, such certificates, representations, assurances and public filings as we have deemed necessary and appropriate for the purpose of issuing this opinion letter.

 

     

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Mesa Air Group, Inc.

August 2, 2018

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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we have, with your permission, assumed without independent verification that (i) the A&R Governing Documents will be in effect prior to the issuance of any of the Company Shares; (ii) each natural person executing any of the documents we reviewed has sufficient legal capacity to do so; (iii) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, the signatures on all documents we reviewed are genuine, and all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, photostatic, electronic or facsimile copies conform to the original document; (iv) all corporate records made available to us by the Company, and all public records we have reviewed, are accurate and complete; and (v) after any issuance of the Company Shares, the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, together with the total number of shares of Common Stock then reserved for issuance or obligated to be issued by the Company pursuant to any agreement or arrangement or otherwise, will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized under the Company’s articles of incorporation.

We are qualified to practice law in the State of Nevada. The opinions set forth herein are expressly limited to and based exclusively on the general corporate laws of the State of Nevada, and we do not purport to be experts on, or to express any opinion with respect to the applicability or effect of, the laws of any other jurisdiction. We express no opinion concerning, and we assume no responsibility as to laws or judicial decisions related to any federal laws, rules or regulations, including, without limitation, any federal securities laws, rules or regulations, or any state securities or “blue sky” laws, rules or regulations.

Based on the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, and having regard to legal considerations and other information that we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Company Shares have been duly authorized by the Company and if, when and to the extent the Company Shares are issued and sold in exchange for payment in full to the Company of all consideration required therefor, each in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and in accordance with the proceedings described therein, such Company Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

2. The Selling Stockholder Additional Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

The opinions expressed herein are based upon the applicable laws of the State of Nevada and the facts in existence on the date of this opinion letter. In delivering this opinion letter to you, we disclaim any obligation to update or supplement the opinions set forth herein or to apprise you of any changes in any laws or facts after such time as the Registration Statement is declared effective. No opinion is offered or implied as to any matter, and no inference may be drawn, beyond the strict scope of the specific issues expressly addressed by the opinions set forth herein.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters”. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

Exhibit 10.11.1

***Text Omitted and Filed Separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission

Confidential Treatment Requested Under

17 C.F.R. Sections 200.80(b)(4) and 230.406

CODE SHARE AND REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT

This CODE SHARE AND REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of March 20, 2001, to be effective retroactive to February 1, 2001 (the “ Contract Date ”), by and between AMERICA WEST AIRLINES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ AWA ”), and MESA AIRLINES, INC., a Nevada corporation (“ Mesa ”).

RECITALS

A.        AWA holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Department of Transportation (“ DOT ”) authorizing AWA to engage in the interstate and overseas air transportation of persons, property and mail between all points in the United States, its territories and possessions.

B.        Mesa holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the DOT authorizing Mesa to engage in the interstate transportation of persons, property and mail in the United States, its territories and possessions.

C.        AWA owns various trademarks, service marks and logos, including “America West Airlines,” “America West Express,” and distinctive exterior color decor and patterns on its aircraft, hereinafter referred to individually and collectively as the “AWA Service Marks.”

D.        AWA and Mesa entered into that certain Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement, dated July 15, 1998, as amended by those certain First and Second Amendments to Code Share and Revenue Sharing Agreement, dated January 4, 2000 and May 10, 2000, respectively (the “ Original Agreement ”), in order to provide scheduled air transportation services as America West Express and to share in revenue and costs of such services.

E.        AWA and Mesa desire to terminate the Original Agreement and replace the Original Agreement, in its entirety, with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, covenants, representations and warranties hereinafter set forth, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, AWA and Mesa agree as set forth below.

AGREEMENT

 

1.

Effectiveness . This Agreement replaces the Original Agreement effective upon the date (the “ Effective Date ”) that Mesa executes a binding agreement to acquire the CRJ Aircraft required to be provided by Mesa pursuant to Section  2.2.2 of this Agreement (the “ Aircraft Contract ”). Mesa shall provide AWA with written notice of the date the Aircraft Contract is executed together with copies of the Aircraft Contract. On the date of execution of the Aircraft Contract, all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be effective retroactive to the Contract Date. On the Effective Date, the Original Agreement shall be terminated in its entirety. All sums payable pursuant to Section  6 of the Original Agreement between the Contract Date and Effective Date shall be recalculated pursuant to the terms of Section  7 of this Agreement, and AWA, subject to the rights regarding disputed amounts contained in Section  7.8 , shall pay additional and


 

undisputed sums payable within 30 days after receipt of a written invoice for such recalculation. Until the Effective Date, AWA and Mesa shall continue to perform pursuant to the Original Agreement. If the Aircraft Contract is not executed by May 1, 2001, then this Agreement shall automatically terminate and the terms and conditions of the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, AWA and Mesa shall enter into an amendment to the Original Agreement providing for the addition of 3 CRJs under the Original Agreement if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section.

As of the Contract Date, AWA and Mesa dispute certain amounts that are payable between AWA and Mesa under the Original Agreement (the “ Disputed Amounts ”). Mesa and AWA shall continue to work to resolve their respective obligations concerning the Disputed Amounts pursuant to the terms of the Original Agreement. This is a new and separate agreement from the Original Agreement. The terms of this Agreement shall not be used by either Mesa or AWA to determine or interpret the respective payment obligations of the parties for the Disputed Amounts. The respective obligations for the Disputed Amounts and other matters and disputes arising under the Original Agreement prior to the Contract Date shall be resolved pursuant to the terms, covenants, rights and remedies of the Original Agreement, shall not affect the rights, duties and obligations of AWA or Mesa under this Agreement and shall not permit AWA or Mesa to exercise any remedies under this Agreement. The intent of AWA and Mesa is to resolve any disputes concerning the Disputed Amounts or any other matters and disputes under the Original Agreement under the Original Agreement and not pursuant to this Agreement.

 

2.

Rights, Responsibilities and Obligations of Mesa :

 

  2.1

Flight Service . During the term of this Agreement, Mesa shall operate America West Express air transportation services (the “ Flight Services ”), using the Fleet of Aircraft established pursuant to Section  2.2 , to and from the cities and based upon the schedule established from time to time by AWA (the “ Schedule ”) in written notice to Mesa (a “ Schedule Notice ”). For purposes of this Agreement, “ Flights ” means flights operated pursuant to the Schedule. AWA may change the Schedule by issuance of a Schedule Notice at any time. When creating a Schedule, AWA shall: (i) take into account Mesa’s aircraft maintenance requirements; (ii) create a Schedule which will permit Mesa to schedule flight crews in a manner consistent with industry operational practices; (iii) schedule block times based on AWA’s internal block time policy; (iv) provide for the following turn times: (a) in a hub location: 20 minutes for Beech 1900s and Dash 8s and 25 minutes for CRJs; and (b) in other stations: 10 minutes for Beech 1900s, 15 minutes for Dash 8s and 20 minutes for CRJs; (v) take into account airport facilities available for Aircraft handling; (vi) provide for maintenance as required by Section  2.6.3 and scheduled heavy maintenance on Aircraft as required from time to time; and (vii) provide for at least 45 days prior notice of any holiday cancellations. Mesa shall implement all changes in the Schedule contained in a Schedule Notice in accordance with AWA’s scheduling requirements within 60 days after receipt of a Schedule Notice. Mesa or any of its affiliates shall not provide any flight service for any other airline for flights that originate in or end in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

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So long as Air Midwest (“ AM ”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, Inc., Mesa may subcontract with AM for the performance of those Flight Services, Other Services (as hereinafter defined), and other related obligations under this Agreement, which are to be performed by Mesa using the Beech 1900s (the “ AM Services ”). Mesa has delivered to AWA an assumption agreement pursuant to which AM agrees to perform all the duties and obligations of Mesa under this Agreement relating to the AM Services and to be bound by all of the liabilities, obligations, and duties of Mesa under this Agreement applicable to the AM Services, including, without limitation, the providing of flights, maintenance of aircraft, compliance with laws, maintenance of insurance and indemnification of AWA (the “ Assumption Agreement ”). AWA shall have no duty, obligation or liability to AM under this Agreement. All payments for the use and operation of the Beech 1900 Subfleet to be made by AWA under this Agreement shall be paid to Mesa. Mesa shall pay all sums payable to AM for the operation of the Beech 1900 Subfleet pursuant to a separate agreement between AM and Mesa to which AWA is not a party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Mesa shall not be released, discharged, or relieved from any duties, liabilities or obligations set forth in this Agreement, including those arising from the AM Services performed by AM. AM shall be deemed a subcontractor of Mesa, and Mesa shall cause AM’s performance of the AM Services to comply with all relevant terms and conditions of this Agreement. If either: (i) AM ceases to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, Inc.; or (ii) AM fails to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as required by the Assumption Agreement, then Mesa, within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from AWA, shall terminate the subcontractor relationship with AM, acquire the Beech 1900 Subfleet and perform the duties and obligations applicable to the Beech 1900 Subfleet pursuant to this Agreement.

Mesa, with the prior written consent of AWA, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, may subcontract with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, Inc. for the performance of certain Flight Services, Other Services and other related obligations under this Agreement, which are to be performed by Mesa using certain Aircraft on terms and conditions similar to the terms and conditions applicable to the subcontracting of the AM Services (the “ Subcontracting of Services ”). If AWA consents to the Subcontracting of Services, then AWA and Mesa shall execute an amendment to this Agreement permitting the Subcontracting of Services and setting forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which the Subcontracting of Services may occur (the “ Subcontracting Amendment ”). The Subcontracting of Services shall not occur until the Subcontracting Amendment and any documents required from the wholly-owned subsidiary have been executed by Mesa and the affiliate and delivered by AWA.

AM and any other affiliate to which services are subcontracted under this Agreement are referred to as the “ Affiliated Service Providers .”

 

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  2.2

Fleet .

 

  2.2.1

Initial Fleet . As of the Contract Date, Mesa and AM provide the Flight Services using the following aircraft (collectively, the “ Fleet ”; with respect to any one aircraft type, the “ Subfleet ”; and individually, the “ Aircraft ”):

 

Number   

Aircraft Type (“Subfleet”)

12

5

22

  

deHavilland DHC-8-200 (“ Dash 8 ”)

Hawker-Beech 1900 (“ Beech 1900 ”)

Canadair Regional Jet-50 (“ CRJ ”)

 

  2.2.2

CRJ Fleet Expansion . Pursuant to the Aircraft Contract, Mesa shall have the right to acquire an additional 83 CRJ Aircraft, 43 by virtue of firm orders (the “ Firm Aircraft ”) and 40 by virtue of options (the “ Option Aircraft ”), in the configuration, with the seating capacity and at the times set forth on Exhibit A , attached hereto. The Firm Aircraft and Option Aircraft will consist of CRJ Models 200s, 700s and 900s as set forth in Exhibit A . For purposes of this Agreement, the CRJ Model 200s shall be a “ CRJ Subfleet ” and the CRJ Model 700s and 900s shall be a “ CRJ Subfleet ”.

 

  (a)

Each of the Firm Aircraft shall be placed into Flight Services by Mesa in the calendar months set forth on Exhibit A (the “ Delivery Schedule ”). The Firm Aircraft to be delivered in each of the calendar months from and including October, 2003 to and including June, 2004 may be either CRJ Model 700s or 900s (the “ Convertible Firm Aircraft ”). AWA, by written notice to Mesa, given on or before the last day of the 18 th calendar month prior to the delivery of each Convertible Firm Aircraft, shall advise Mesa as to which model is to be added to the Fleet (the “ Firm Selection Notice ”). For example, for the CRJ to be delivered in October, 2003, AWA must provide the Firm Selection Notice by April 31, 2002. If AWA does not provide the Firm Selection Notice timely, then AWA shall be deemed to have elected to have a CRJ Model 700 added to the Fleet. Mesa shall provide AWA with at least 90 days‘ prior written notice of the week each of the Firm Aircraft will be placed into Flight Service under this Agreement and at least 60 days’ prior written notice of the date on which each of the Firm Aircraft will be placed into Flight Service under this Agreement (each, a “ Scheduled Delivery Date ”).

 

  (b)

AWA shall have the options to expand the CRJ Fleet by up to 40 additional CRJs from the Option Aircraft. On or before each option “ Exercise Date ” (as set forth on Exhibit A ), AWA, by written notice to Mesa (the “ Option Notice ”), shall have the option to require Mesa to increase the CRJ Subfleet by the addition of the

 

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applicable CRJ Aircraft in the applicable “ In Service Months ” (as set for on Exhibit A )(each, a “ Fleet Expansion Option ”). Each Option Notice shall specify whether AWA is selecting either a CRJ Model 700 or 900. If the Option Notice does not specify the CRJ Model, then AWA shall be deemed to have selected a CRJ Model 700. The Fleet Expansion. Options are separate and individual options and may be exercised or not exercised on a separate and individual basis. The Aircraft that are the subject of each Fleet Expansion Option shall be added to the Fleet by Mesa in the applicable In Service Months. Mesa shall provide AWA with at least 90 days prior written notice of the week each Option Aircraft will be placed into Flight Service under this Agreement and at least 60 days’ prior written notice of the Scheduled Delivery Date for each Option Aircraft that is the subject of each exercised Fleet Expansion Option.

 

  (c)

Mesa shall not be liable to AWA for the failure to deliver any Firm Aircraft or Option Aircraft on the Scheduled Delivery Date (a “ Failed Delivery ”) if: (i) the failure to deliver is the result of the manufacturer’s failure to deliver the Aircraft to Mesa as a result of acts of terrorism, hostilities, war, strikes, labor disputes, work stoppages beyond the manufacturer’s control, fire, act of government or court order; (ii) Mesa uses commercially reasonable efforts to acquire a replacement aircraft for the Aircraft that was not delivered; and (iii) Mesa pays to AWA any compensation, damages or award obtained by Mesa from the manufacturer as a result of the Failed Delivery (an “ Excused Failure ”). In the event of a Failed Delivery, Mesa shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the applicable Aircraft as soon as practicable after the Scheduled Delivery Date. If the Aircraft that is the subject of a Failed Delivery is not delivered within 90 days after the Scheduled Delivery Date, then AWA shall have the option to elect not to include such Aircraft under this Agreement by providing written notice to Mesa at any time prior to the actual delivery of such Aircraft. If a Failed Delivery is not the result of an Excused Failure, then AWA shall have all rights and remedies under this Agreement for such Failed Delivery.

 

  2.2.3

Intentionally Omitted .

 

  2.2.4

Fleet Reduction . Except as otherwise permitted by Section  2.2.5 , upon 180 days’ prior written notice from AWA, AWA, subject to limitations set forth below, may require Mesa to reduce the number of Aircraft in any Subfleet. AWA shall not require Mesa to reduce: (i) the number of Aircraft in the Dash 8 Subfleet, Beech 1900 Subfleet or the combined CRT Subfleets by more than one Aircraft in any Six Calendar Month Period. For purposes of this Agreement, “ Six

 

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Calendar Month Period ” means each period during the Term (as defined below) commencing on January 1 and ending on June 30 and commencing on July 1 and ending on December 30, with the first Six Calendar Month Period commencing on January 1, 2002; (ii) the number of CRJ Model 200s for a period of 1 year measured from the last date that a CRJ Model 200 is added to the CRJ Subfleet; provided, however, that the Scheduled Delivery Date shall be used to measure the date each CRJ Model 200 is added to the CRJ Subfleet; (iii) the number of CRJ Model 700s and 900s for a period of 1 year measured from the last date that a CRJ Model 700 or 900 is added to the CRJ Subfleet; provided, however, that the Scheduled Delivery Date shall be used to measure the date such CRJ Model 700 or 900 is added to the CRJ Subfleet; and (iv) the Dash 8 Subfleet below 6 Aircraft.

 

  2.2.5

Elimination of Beech 1900s and Dash 8s . Notwithstanding the provisions of Section  2.2.4 , AWA, at any time during the Term after August 25, 2004, may require the Subfleet of Beech 1900s to be reduced to zero by providing Mesa with at least 180 days prior written notice of AWA’s election to eliminate the Beech 1900s on or after such date (the “ 1900 Elimination Notice ”). Notwithstanding the provisions of Section  2.2.4 , AWA, at any time during the Term after August 25, 2006, may require Mesa to reduce the Subfleet of Dash 8s to zero by providing Mesa with at least 180 days’ prior written notice of AWA’s election to eliminate the Dash 8s on or after such date (the “ Dash 8 Elimination Notice ”). The 1900 Elimination Notice may be given at any time during the Term on or after February 27, 2004. The Dash 8 Elimination Notice may be given at any time during the Term on or after February 27, 2006.

 

  2.2.6

Spares . Mesa shall have available at least 1 spare Aircraft available for Flight Services under this Agreement at any time there are 35 or more CRJ Aircraft and at least 2 spare Aircraft available for Flight Services under this Agreement at any time there are 65 or more CRJ Aircraft. AWA shall pay the Actual Costs, Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs (other than overhead) and Guaranteed Maintenance Costs actually incurred by or payable to Mesa for each spare Aircraft as provided in Section  7 .

 

  2.2.7

Transition Costs . As of the Contract Date, all of the CRJ Aircraft are 50 seat Aircraft. The Firm Aircraft and Option Aircraft include CRJ-700 and CRJ-900 seat configurations (the “ New CRJ Types ”). AWA shall reimburse Mesa for actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Mesa in connection with the induction of the New CRJ Types into Flight Services for a period of 180 days after the induction of the first of each of the New CRJ Types, not to exceed [***] for each of the New CRJ Types (the “ Transition Reimbursement ”). The Transition Reimbursement shall be paid by AWA within 30 days after

 

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receipt of monthly written invoices together with commercially reasonable evidence of the costs actually incurred by Mesa.

 

  2.3

Other Services . In addition to the Flight Services, Mesa, subject to AWA’s payment of costs pursuant to Section  7.1.8 , shall provide the following services in connection with the Flight Services (the “ Other Services ”): (i) curb-side service, other than at AWA Service Locations (as defined below), in all locations where it is normal and customary or where another airline offers curbside check-in; (ii) check-in service with automated baggage tags and boarding pass printers in all locations, other than AWA Service Locations; (iii) ticketing and security services in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration (“ FAA ”) and AWA directives and guidelines, as may be issued from time to time, and any other directives or guidelines as Mesa and AWA may mutually approve, in all locations, other than the AWA Service Locations; (iv) Qik-Check service, to the extent used and supplied by AWA, at all gates used by Mesa; (v) transfer of all baggage for passengers connecting from Flights to AWA flights in a timely manner to ensure all baggage is placed on those connecting flights; and (vi) transportation of mail and other cargo (other than hazardous materials) on Flights, at the order of AWA, to the extent of available aircraft capacity. Mesa, at its expense, shall provide all facilities, machinery, equipment and inventory required to efficiently, timely and in a manner consistent with best airline industry practices provide the Other Services. Mesa shall require personnel providing the Other Services to comply with all rules, regulations and directives promulgated for all AWA operations from time to time.

Mesa may outsource the Other Services performed by Mesa at any station with the prior written consent of AWA, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Mesa shall cause any subcontractor to which the Other Services are outsourced to comply with and perform all of the duties and obligations imposed on Mesa in this Agreement applicable to the Other Services that have been outsourced.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, AWA shall provide the services set forth in subsections (i) — (iii) above at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, McCarron International Airport and any other airport that AWA designates with at least 90 days’ prior written notice to Mesa (the “ AWA Service Locations ”). In the event AWA elects to convert any airport to an AWA Service Location, then AWA shall: (i) either assume Mesa’s lease at the airport or reimburse Mesa for the actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Mesa in terminating the lease, at AWA’s election; (ii) reimburse Mesa for up to one week’s compensation actually paid to airport employees that are not offered employment by AWA; and (iii) offer to purchase from Mesa or assume the lease of any equipment owned or leased by Mesa at the airport that may be used by AWA in AWA’s operations and is in good condition and repair for a price equal to the fair market value of such equipment at the time of such offer.

 

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  2.4

Personnel; Training . Mesa shall hire, engage, employ and maintain a sufficient number of competent, trained personnel and subcontractors, including, but not limited to pilots, flight attendants, ground crew, maintenance and cleaning personnel, baggage handling personnel and customer service personnel necessary to provide the Flight Services and Other Services as required by this Agreement. Subject to FAA approval, CRJ pilots shall be qualified to fly all models of CRJs providing Flight Services pursuant to this Agreement. CRJ pilots shall not be scheduled or dedicated to any particular model line of CRJs without the prior written consent of AWA. In addition, Mesa shall employ and maintain a commercially reasonable number of reserve pilots and flight attendants based in the Phoenix Metropolitan area based on the Flight Services to be provided pursuant to this Agreement. Mesa shall cause all Mesa personnel providing Flight Services or Other Services to wear uniforms approved by AWA and shall comply with all appearance guidelines required of all AWA personnel.

Mesa shall provide initial training, recurrent training and customer service training to personnel and subcontractors reasonably identified by AWA at programs approved by AWA. AWA shall provide applicable training materials. In the event AWA becomes a hazardous materials carrier, Mesa, at AWA’s expense, shall conduct all hazardous materials training required by AWA or AWA’s other code share partners.

 

  2.5

Service Quality and Level . All Flight Services and Other Services shall be provided by Mesa at a service quality and level of service equal to or greater than the service quality and level of service provided by AWA to the extent applicable to the type of Aircraft used to provide the Flight Services. All Aircraft shall be equipped with service amenities necessary to provide the service quality and level of service required by this Section. If AWA changes AWA’s service requirements and as a result Mesa will be required to make any capital upgrades to any Aircraft, Mesa, in writing, shall advise AWA of the need for such upgrades together with the estimated cost to complete such upgrades (the “ Upgrade Notice ”). If, after receipt of the Upgrade Notice, AWA, in writing, elects to require Mesa to comply with such changes in service requirements, then AWA, within 30 days after receipt of a written notice, shall reimburse Mesa for the actual out-of-pocket capital costs incurred by Mesa in making such capital upgrades. If AWA does not approve the making of the capital upgrades, then Mesa shall not be required to meet the new AWA service requirements.

 

  2.6

Maintenance .

 

  2.6.1

Obligation . Mesa, at its own cost and expense, shall be responsible for the service, repair, maintenance, overhauling and testing of each Aircraft: (i) in compliance with the maintenance program for each Aircraft as approved by the FAA and pursuant to all applicable aircraft maintenance manuals applicable to each Aircraft; (ii) so as to keep each Aircraft in good and safe operating condition; and (iii) so as to keep the Aircraft in such operating condition as may be necessary to

 

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enable the airworthiness certification of the Aircraft to be maintained in good standing. Mesa shall retain full authority and control over the service, repair, maintenance, overhauling and testing of each Aircraft. AWA shall have no obligations or duties with respect to the service, repair, maintenance, overhauling or testing of any Aircraft.

 

  2.6.2

Ground Equipment . Mesa, at its sole cost and expense, shall service, repair, maintain and clean (or cause to be serviced, repaired, maintained or cleaned) all ground equipment and facilities in accordance with AWA guidelines, provided by AWA to Mesa, for cleaning, maintenance and appearance.

 

  2.6.3

Location . Mesa shall maintain three maintenance bases, currently located in Fresno, California for CRJs, Grand Junction, Colorado for Dash 8s, and Farmington, New Mexico for Beech 1900s. Each Schedule prepared by AWA shall provide for not less than 20% of the Dash 8s and CRJs and 1 of the Beech 1900s to remain overnight at the applicable maintenance base each night. AWA acknowledges that a separate maintenance base shall be maintained by Mesa for each CRJ Subfleet. One Aircraft shall remain overnight for 10 hours and the remainder for at least 8 hours. Mesa shall not relocate any maintenance base, without the prior written consent of AWA, which consent may be withheld if the new location fails to meet AWA’s maintenance base requirements. Each CRJ maintenance base shall be staffed and equipped to maintain a fleet of up to 25 Aircraft. Mesa shall add maintenance bases as necessary to provide the Flight Services and Other Services at locations which meet AWA’s maintenance base requirements and are approved by AWA. AWA, by providing Mesa with at least 180 days’ prior written notice, may require Mesa to close any maintenance base. Upon Mesa assigning to AWA aloof its right, title and interest in the lease of the maintenance base that is closed (together with any required landlord consent), AWA shall reimburse Mesa for all actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Mesa in closing such maintenance bases.

 

  2.7

Emergency Operations . Mesa and AWA shall coordinate to develop a plan that complies with applicable Regulations (as defined below) to be implemented in the event of any incident involving personal injury or death to a passenger or crew member on a Flight. The emergency response teams of AWA and Mesa shall coordinate their efforts and shall cooperate fully in response to such emergency.

 

  2.8

Fleet Configuration, Cleanliness and Appearance .

 

  2.8.1

Configuration . All Dash 8 and Beech 1900 Aircraft in the Fleet on the Contract Date and Dash 8 and Beech 1900 Aircraft added to the Fleet shall have a passenger seating configuration and seating capacity as provided on the Aircraft in the Fleet on the Contract Date. Each CRJ

 

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in the Fleet on the Contract Date shall retain the seating configuration and capacity as exists on the Contract Date. Each CRJ added to the Fleet pursuant to Section  2.2 shall have the seating configuration and capacity as provided for such Aircraft on Exhibit A . AWA, at AWA’s cost and expense, may require Mesa to reconfigure or change the seating capacity of an Aircraft. All such requested changes shall be implemented within 180 days after Mesa’s receipt of written request from AWA.

 

  2.8.2

Cleanliness . Mesa, at its sole cost and expense, shall cause all Aircraft to be cleaned and maintained in an appearance in accordance with cleaning standards, requirements and guidelines promulgated by AWA from time to time and provided to Mesa in writing.

 

  2.9

Post-Departure Procedures . Mesa shall perform airport post-departure procedures (as defined in AWA’s Customer Service Manual) and be responsible for securing and controlling all the contents in the ticket lift envelopes. All ticket lift envelopes should be forwarded and co-mailed to ELP/NPC within 24 hours after flight operations. Mesa shall be liable for losses to AWA as a result of the loss, misuse, theft or forgery of AWA passenger tickets (including lifted flight coupons and auditor’s coupons for sold tickets) in Mesa’s possession or control or the associated cash receipts. If actual documented losses to AWA resulting from erroneous or fraudulent system transactions due to Mesa’s or its employees’ failure to adhere to AWA policies and procedures exceed the actual documented losses incurred by AWA from erroneous or fraudulent system transactions, calculated monthly on a rate per passenger per month basis for each airline (the “ Excess Losses ”), then Mesa, within 10 days after receipt of written demand together with the calculation of Excess Losses, shall pay to AWA an amount equal to the Excess Losses times the number of passengers flown on Flights during the applicable calendar month.

 

  2.10

Other Aircraft Handling and Ground Services . Mesa, at AWA’s request, shall provide the Other Services and aircraft ground handling services for flights and aircraft operated by AWA and its code share partners at stations at which Mesa provides the Other Services pursuant to Section  2.3 . The costs and expenses of providing such Other Services and aircraft ground handling shall be charged to the airline (other than AWA) at market rates and in the case of AWA at actual out-of-pocket cost to Mesa plus 8%.

 

  2.11

Airport Slots . Upon each written request by AWA to Mesa, Mesa or the Affiliated Service Providers, as applicable, shall transfer the rights to airport slots operated by Mesa and used for America West Express service at New York. LaGuardia (LGA), Chicago O’Hare (ORD), Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) and any other slot controlled airports to any carrier(s) designated by AWA; provided, however, that Mesa or the Affiliated Service Providers, as applicable, shall not be required to transfer any slots at slot controlled airports acquired by Mesa or the Affiliated Service Providers, as applicable, and used for

 

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flights other than Flights pursuant to this Agreement. Upon receiving such request from AWA, Mesa shall prepare and process, within thirty (30) days, all documentation necessary to execute the transfer of the airport slots requested by AWA in its notice.

 

  2.12

MAPPER System . AWA and Mesa, at AWA’s cost and expense, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to install AWA’s internal MAPPER System (“ MAPPER System ”) at all airport stations to and from which Flight Services are provided by September 1, 2001. AWA, at AWA’s cost and expense, shall train Mesa personnel on the use of the MAPPER System. The MAPPER System shall be installed in all new stations when such stations are activated. Mesa shall cause its employees and subcontractors to input all flight and other operational and passenger data and information that the MAPPER System is capable of receiving as soon as such data and information is available. All operational statistics for each Flight shall be input into the MAPPER System within 1 hour after each departure. Commencing on the 90 th day after the MAPPER System is installed at a station, if Mesa fails to input any information or data into the MAPPER System, then Mesa, within 10 days after receipt of written demand, shall pay to AWA an amount equal to $100.00 for each entry not made. Mesa shall not be required to pay a penalty for any data not entered into the MAPPER System as a result of a system failure. Absent manifest error, MAPPER System data, information and records shall be the controlling data, information and records for all statistics used for purposes of calculation of penalties, payments and bonuses under this Agreement. No penalty for failure to input data shall be assessed more than 180 days after the date the data was to be entered.

 

3.

Rights, Responsibilities and Obligations of AWA .

 

  3.1

Flight Management Items . AWA, in its sole discretion, shall: (i) designate from time to time, pursuant to each Schedule Notice, the routes on and destinations to which Mesa is to provide the Flight Services and the times of departure for the Flights; (ii) set the fares to be paid for such Flights by the passengers; and (iii) be responsible for the passenger booking, yield management and overbooking of Flights, limited only by the Fleet required to be maintained by Mesa pursuant to this Agreement.

 

  3.2

Marketing/Revenue . AWA, in its sole discretion and at its sole cost, shall market, advertise and sell tickets on all Flights. AWA shall provide all reservation services for the Flight Services and shall pay all ticketing and advertising expenses, credit card charges, travel agent commissions and CRS fees applicable to such services. AWA shall be entitled to retain, and Mesa shall pay to AWA, all revenue and income generated by the Flight Services. Mesa shall provide to AWA all tickets and other revenue documentation collected or lifted by Mesa. Mesa, on a daily basis, shall remit to AWA any revenue collected by Mesa in connection with the Flight Services and Other Services into bank accounts established by AWA. Mesa shall be responsible for any revenue shortfall not remitted to AWA and shall pay such shortfall within 10 days after receipt of

 

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written demand from AWA which demand shall document the shortfall in reasonable detail. AWA shall process Mesa lifted passenger lift documents using standard industry pricing procedures. Mesa agrees to cooperate with AWA on any special pricing or reporting requirements. Mesa shall supply AWA with specific traffic reporting requirements.

 

  3.3

Airport Services . AWA, at its sole cost and expense, shall: (i) provide curb-side service, check-in service, ticketing and security services at AWA Service Locations for all Flights; (ii) transfer all baggage for passengers connecting from AWA flights to Flights in a timely manner to ensure all baggage is placed on those connecting Flights; and (iii) provide such other ground services selected by AWA at locations selected by AWA in writing to Mesa. To the extent Other Services are provided by AWA, the costs of such services shall not be included in the Actual Costs or Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs. AWA shall pay the rent for the terminal and gates at Sky Harbor Airport.

 

  3.4

Other Code Share Partners . AWA shall have the right to enter into code share, joint marketing, charter or other alliance-type agreements with any other flight service commuter operator to provide flight services to any destinations or for any routes. AWA may permit any of AWA’s other code share partners to place their code on any Flight. AWA or its code share partners shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by Mesa in placing such other code on such Flights.

 

  3.5

Charters . AWA, at its sole discretion, may market charter flights on the Aircraft. Mesa shall operate such charter flights provided flight crews and Aircraft are available and not otherwise subject or committed to maintenance requirements. Mesa is required to operate the charters in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement. In respect of any charter flight, AWA and Mesa, in good faith, shall negotiate the costs and expenses to be paid by AWA for such services. Mesa, upon 90 days’ prior written notice to AWA, may use any Aircraft for company business; provided, however, that no such trips may disrupt scheduled Flights. If such trips disrupt scheduled Flights, Mesa, within 10 days after receipt of written demand, shall pay to AWA an amount equal to [***] times the number of Flights disrupted (the “ Disruption Fee ”). If the Disruption Fee is not paid timely, then AWA may offset the Disruption Fee against the next amounts due by AWA to Mesa.

 

  3.6

Executive Travel . AWA shall provide Mesa with travel cards for the five top executives of Mesa for business travel and personal travel on AWA flights on the same terms and conditions as provided to AWA officers. Mesa is not permitted to offer barter travel on AWA flights or Flights in exchange for goods or services. In the event of any breach of the terms of this Section, Mesa, within 10 days after receipt of written request, shall pay to AWA the full coach fare for the flight(s) taken in violation of the terms of this Section.

 

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4.

Compliance with Regulations .

 

  4.1

Regulations . Mesa shall perform its obligations and duties under this Agreement, including, without limitation, all Flight Services and Other Services in full compliance with any and all applicable laws, ordinances, codes, statutes, orders, directives, mandates, requirements, rules and regulations, whether now in effect or hereafter adopted or promulgated, of all governmental agencies having jurisdiction over Mesa’s operations, including but not limited to the FAA and the DOT (collectively, “ Regulations ”).

 

  4.2

Flight Operations . Mesa shall be responsible for the operation of each Aircraft and the safe performance of the Flights in accordance with the Regulations and airline industry standard practice and shall retain full authority, operational control and possession of the Aircraft to do so. Mesa, its agents or employees, for the purpose of the safe performance of the Flights, shall have absolute discretion in and shall have sole responsibility for all matters concerning the preparation of each Aircraft for its Flights, and all other matters relating to the technical operation of the Aircraft. Mesa, insofar as such relates to the safe operation of a Flight, shall have sole and absolute discretion as to the load carried and its distribution and as to the decision whether such Flight shall be taken. Mesa shall be solely responsible for and AWA shall have no obligations or duties with respect to the dispatch of all Flights.

 

  4.3

Registration . All Aircraft shall remain registered in the United States of America in accordance with the Regulations.

 

  4.4

Disclosure . Mesa, upon 2 business days’ prior written request, shall provide AWA the opportunity to review all operating specifications, operational regulations, manuals and calculations with respect to all Aircraft and flight statistics with respect to all Flights at Mesa’s corporate or other relevant offices where such records are located.

 

  4.5

Review/Audit . AWA or its independent accountants, upon 2 business days‘ prior written notice, may review, at Mesa’s corporate office, airport ticket offices and other relevant offices, all records, books, logs, files, documentation and information maintained by Mesa, or any of its maintenance or service contracts, in connection with Flight operation, safety and regulatory compliance, employee training, Flight dispatch, Aircraft use, operation, maintenance and repair, Flight incidents and governmental orders, mandates and requirements. AWA, to the extent AWA deems necessary, may make unannounced visits and inspections at airport ticket offices and stations to insure Mesa’s and its employees’, agents‘ and contractors’ compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

  4.6

Reporting . This Agreement shall be treated as a code share for DOT reporting requirements. AWA shall provide Mesa with such information necessary for Mesa to make the DOT reports and disclosures.

 

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5.

Operational Performance Criteria, Incentives and Penalties .

 

  5.1

DOT Complaint Rate Criteria . Mesa shall not permit its annual DOT Complaint Rate (defined below) for Flight Services to exceed the annual DOT Complaint Rate of AWA. The “ DOT Complaint Rate ” is defined as the number of consumer complaints received by the DOT for a given calendar year expressed in terms of the number of complaints per 100,000 passengers flown during that calendar year by Mesa and AWA; provided, however, that the DOT Complaint Rate shall exclude consumer complaints relating solely to (i) overbooking; (ii) fares; (iii) Aircraft size or suitability; (iv) schedule; and (v) food service. For purposes of this Agreement, “ AWA’s DOT Complaint Rate ” shall mean AWA’s actual DOT Complaint Rate multiplied by 1.05. DOT complaints made against AWA for America West Express service shall be allocated to Mesa for the purpose of calculating Mesa’s and AWA’s DOT Complaint Rates. If Mesa’s DOT Complaint Rate exceeds AWA’s DOT Complaint Rate in any calendar year during the Term of this Agreement, Mesa, within 10 days after receipt of written demand from AWA, shall pay to AWA a penalty equal to [***] multiplied by the amount by which Mesa’s DOT Complaint Rate exceeds AWA’s DOT Complaint Rate. For example, if AWA’s DOT Complaint Rate for a given year is [***] per 100,000 passengers and Mesa’s is [***] per 100,000 passengers, Mesa would pay AWA the product of [***] x [***]. On each anniversary date of the Contract Date, the penalty payment amount shall be increased by the increase in the CPI, as determined in accordance with Section  7.4 .

 

  5.2

Mishandled Baggage Rate Criteria . Commencing January 1, 2002, Mesa shall not permit its monthly MBR (defined below) for Flight Services to exceed the monthly MBR of AWA. The “ MBR ” is defined as the number of lost baggage claims entered into the world tracer system for a given month expressed in the terms of the number of entries per 1,000 bags handled during that calendar month by Mesa and AWA. Mesa shall enter all lost baggage claims into the world tracer system within 2 hours after the lost baggage claim is made by a passenger. If Mesa’s MBR exceeds AWA’s MBR by [***] or more in any calendar month during the Term of this Agreement, Mesa, within 10 days after receipt of written demand from AWA, shall pay to AWA a penalty equal to [***]. If Mesa’s MBR exceeds AWA’s MBR for three consecutive calendar months, Mesa, within 10 days after receipt of written demand, shall pay to AWA an additional penalty of [***]for such three-month period and for each consecutive month thereafter that Mesa’s MBR exceeds AWA’s MBR, the penalty shall be [***] per month. On each anniversary date of the Contract Date, the penalty payment amount shall be increased by the increase in the CPI, as determined in accordance with Section  7.4 .

 

  5.3

On Time Performance Rate Criteria . Mesa shall not permit Mesa’s OTP Rate (as defined below) for any Six Month Period (as defined below) to fall below: (i) [***] percentage points above AWA’s OTP Rate for Schedules operated by Mesa out of the Phoenix Sky Harbor International hub; and (ii) [***] percentage points below the AWA’s OTP Rate for Schedules operated out of the Columbus, Ohio

 

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hub (the “ OTP Rate Threshold ”). The Phoenix Sky Harbor International hub and Columbus hub are each referred to as a “ Hub .” The “ OTP Rate ” is defined as the percentage determined by dividing the number of flight segments not Delayed (as defined below) by the total number of flight segments during the applicable Six Month Period. For purposes of this Agreement, “ Delayed ” means a flight segment that does not arrive at the destination within 15 minutes after the scheduled arrival time. All Flights will be included for calculating the OTP Rate. A canceled flight (except ones cancelled because of no passengers and the reasons set out in Section  5.4(v) ) is a Delayed flight. To the extent that Mesa’s OTP Rate for either Hub Schedule falls below the applicable OTP Rate Threshold for any Six Month Period, Mesa, within 10 days after receipt of written demand, shall pay to AWA the OTP Penalty Amount (as defined below) for each percentage point, or portion thereof, by which Mesa’s OTP Rate for either Hub Schedule falls below the OTP Rate Threshold for such Six Month Period. The “ OTP Penalty Amount ” for each Hub is an amount equal to [***] times a fraction, the numerator of which is the daily average of Aircraft providing Flight Services to and from the Hub during the applicable Six Month Period and the denominator of which is the daily average of all Aircraft providing Flight Services during the applicable Six Month Period. On each anniversary date of the Contract Date the dollar amounts used for calculating the OTP Penalty Amount shall be increased by the increase in the CPI, as determined in accordance with Section  7.4 . AWA, within 10 days after receipt of written demand, shall pay to Mesa [***] for each percentage point, or portion thereof, by which Mesa’s OTP Rate system wide exceeds [***] for any Calendar Quarter. On each anniversary date of the Contract Date, the bonus amount shall be increased by the increase in CPI, as determined in accordance with Section  7.4 . “ Six Month Period ” means each January 1 — June 30 and July 1 — December 31 and “ Calendar Quarter ” means each 3 calendar month period commencing January 1 of each year.

 

  5.4

Flight Completion Factor . Mesa shall not permit its FCF (defined below) for any Calendar Quarter to fall below: (i) [***] for Schedules operated out of the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Hub; and (ii) [***] for Schedules operated out of the Columbus, Ohio Hub (each, an “ FCF Threshold ”). “ FCF ” is defined as the percentage of published, scheduled Flights completed for a Calendar Quarter. Flights not completed due to: (i) weather; (ii) cancellation or overflight because of no passengers; (iii) air traffic control cancellations; (iv) cancellations resulting from an emergency airworthiness directive from the FAA affecting all aircraft similarly equipped to the Aircraft in any Subfleet (not just those owned or operated by Mesa); or (v) cancellations resulting from the sole acts or omissions of AWA or its employees, including, without limitation, damage to an Aircraft, will not be included in either the numerator or denominator for calculating the FCF. Mesa, within 10 days after receipt of written demand, shall pay to AWA the FCF Penalty Amount for each tenth of a percentage point, or portion thereof, by which Mesa’s FCF for either Hub Schedule falls below the applicable FCF Threshold. The “ FCF Penalty Amount ” for each Hub is an amount equal to [***] times a fraction, the numerator of which is the daily average of Aircraft providing Flight Services to and from the Hub during the

 

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Calendar Quarter and the denominator of which is the daily average of all Aircraft providing Flight Services under this Agreement during the Calendar Quarter. On each anniversary date of the Contract Date the dollar amount used for calculating the FCF Penalty Amount shall be increased by the increase in the CPI, as determined in accordance with Section  7.4 . AWA, within 10 days after receipt of written demand, shall pay to Mesa [***] for each tenth of a percentage point by which Mesa’s FCF system wide exceeds [***] in any Calendar Quarter. On each anniversary date of the Contract Date, the bonus amount shall be increased by the increase in CPI, as determined in accordance with Section  7.4 .

 

  5.5

Records . Within 5 days after the end of each calendar month Mesa shall provide to AWA statements certified by Mesa’s chief financial officer as to Mesa’s OTP Rate and FCF for the prior calendar month and, as applicable, the prior Calendar Quarter and Six Month Period, together with such supporting documentation and information as AWA may request. AWA or its designee, upon 2 business days’ prior written notice, may review, at Mesa’s corporate or other relevant offices, all records and files maintained by Mesa in connection with on-time performance and flight completions. If AWA’s or its designee’s review of the records or files reveals that Mesa has under or overstated, as applicable, Mesa’s OTP Rate or FCF, then Mesa, upon demand, shall pay all sums due based on the accurate calculations, the actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses of AWA in completing such review and the applicable penalties payable based on such new calculation. If such under or overstatement is willful or intentional, then Mesa, within 10 days after receipt of written demand, shall pay to AWA an amount equal to [***] per occurrence.

 

  5.6

Limitation on Applicability of Standards, Criteria, Incentives, and Penalties . AWA acknowledges that Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers operate flights and provide flight services and other services under their own names and/or under names or service marks other than America West Express using aircraft that are not included in the Fleet and that are not subject to this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other term, condition or provision hereof to the contrary, the standards, criteria, incentives and penalties set forth above in this Section  5 apply only to Flight Services, Flights and Other Services performed by Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers hereunder operating as America West Express and not to any other flights, flight services or other services performed by Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers under their own names or under a name or service mark other than America West Express. Thus, in calculating Mesa’s DOT Complaint Rate, the MBR, the OTP Rate, the FCF, and all incentives and penalties set forth above, only Flight Services and Other Services performed by Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers under the service mark America West Express shall be taken into account in calculating such rates and assessing such incentives and penalties.

 

6.

Irregular Operations . The misconnect and denied boarding benefits provided by Mesa to passengers (each, a “ Misconnect Benefit Package ”) shall be similar in amount and scope to those offered by AWA in similar circumstances and geographic areas (the “ AWA

 

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Standards ”). AWA shall not be required to reimburse Mesa for any Misconnect Benefit Package which is in excess of the AWA Standards.

 

7.

Payment of Fees/Revenue Sharing . Commencing on the Effective Date and retroactive to the Contract Date, Mesa and AWA hereby agree to pay the following sums as consideration for this Agreement and the provision of the Flight Services and Other Services provided for herein:

 

  7.1

Mesa Actual Costs . AWA, in accordance with Section  7.5 , shall reimburse to Mesa the following actual costs and expenses actually paid by Mesa in connection with performing the Flight Services and Other Services (“ Actual Costs ”):

 

  7.1.1

Hull insurance premiums and commissions paid by Mesa for each Aircraft for the prior calendar month. Insurance shall be allocated and paid by AWA on a monthly basis equally over the applicable premium period for which the insurance is paid. Insurance shall be prorated by Mesa in any premium period during which an Aircraft is added or deleted from this Agreement. If the monthly insurance payments made by AWA are less than the actual premiums paid by Mesa, then AWA shall pay such excess in the month Mesa pays the insurance premiums. If the monthly payments made by AWA exceed the actual insurance premiums, then AWA shall be entitled to a credit against the next payment of the Actual Costs in an amount equal to such overpayment. Mesa, within 10 days after receipt, shall provide AWA with copies of all premium notices received for insurance premiums.

 

  7.1.2

Liability insurance premiums and commissions paid by Mesa for the Flight Services on a revenue passenger mile basis. Insurance shall be allocated and paid on a monthly basis equally over the applicable premium period for which the insurance is paid. Insurance shall be prorated by Mesa in any premium period during which this Agreement commences, terminates or expires. If the monthly insurance payments made by AWA are less than the actual premiums paid by Mesa, then AWA shall pay such excess in the month Mesa pays the insurance premiums. If the monthly payments made by AWA exceed the actual insurance premiums, then AWA shall be entitled to a credit against the next payment of the Actual Costs in an amount equal to such overpayment. Mesa, within 10 days after receipt, shall provide AWA with copies of all premium notices received for insurance premiums.

 

  7.1.3

Property taxes paid by Mesa for each Aircraft or the Fleet. Property taxes shall be allocated and paid on a monthly basis equally over the applicable tax period for which the property taxes are assessed and paid. If an Aircraft is added to the Fleet after property taxes are assessed for a tax period and Mesa does not owe taxes for such Aircraft for such tax period, then AWA shall not pay property taxes on the Aircraft for such tax period. AWA shall pay the full year property

 

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taxes for the year in which an Aircraft is deleted from the Fleet in the manner provided herein if such Aircraft is not placed in revenue service outside this Agreement (in which case such taxes shall be prorated). If the monthly tax payments made by AWA are less than the actual property taxes assessed and paid by Mesa, then AWA shall pay such excess in the month Mesa pays the property taxes. If the monthly payments made by AWA exceed the actual property taxes assessed, then AWA shall be entitled to a credit against the next payment of Actual Costs in an amount equal to such overpayment. Mesa, within 10 days after receipt, shall provide AWA with copies of all tax notices received for property taxes assessed against any portion of the Fleet.

 

  7.1.4

De-Icing expenses paid by Mesa for each Aircraft for the prior calendar month.

 

  7.1.5

Fuel costs paid by Mesa during the prior calendar month, calculated as gallons of fuel burned per hour. If in any calendar month Mesa’s estimated fuel costs exceed the Actual Costs for fuel for such calendar month by more than 3%, then thereafter, for the purpose of calculating Estimated Costs pursuant to Section  7.5 below, Mesa shall use AWA’s fuel forecast for the fuel costs.

 

  7.1.6

Landing fees calculated per Flight departure incurred during the prior calendar month.

 

  7.1.7

Security outside AWA Service Locations calculated per America West Express passenger.

 

  7.1.8

Passenger and ground handling costs incurred at stations maintained by Mesa more particularly described on Exhibit B (“ Station Costs ”), not to exceed in each calendar year the amount set forth in the budget for each calendar year (the “ Station Budget ”); provided, however, that if AWA changes a Schedule and such change in the Schedule directly results in any Station Costs exceeding the amount set forth in the Station Budget, then Station Costs shall include such costs in excess of the Station Budget to the extent directly attributable to the Schedule change. The Station Budget for each calendar year, together with such backup information requested by AWA, shall be prepared and provided to AWA by Mesa on or before October 1 of the prior calendar year. The Station Budget shall be based on Mesa’s commercially reasonable estimate of the actual costs that are to be incurred during the next calendar year. If AWA does not approve the Station Budget for any station, then AWA may convert such station to an AWA Service Location pursuant to Section  2.3 .

 

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Mesa shall not enter into any contract with an affiliate to provide the services or materials for which AWA pays the Actual Costs unless such contract is on commercially reasonable terms substantially similar to those available in the market place for arms-length transactions with third parties. In the event any of the services or materials for which AWA pays the Actual Costs are purchased for the Flight Services and Other Services provided by this Agreement and for other services provided by Mesa and its affiliates, then the costs of such services and materials shall be equitably allocated to Actual Costs payable by AWA such that AWA only pays for the portion of such costs attributable to the Flight Services or Other Services provided by this Agreement. Mesa shall use commercially reasonable efforts to operate the Flight Services and Other Services in an efficient and cost effective manner to minimize the Actual Costs payable by AWA while maintaining the quality and quantity of services required by this Agreement. Mesa shall take all commercially reasonable actions to minimize the taxes imposed on the Fleet. If requested by AWA, in writing, AWA on behalf of Mesa may pursue any tax protest or contest for property taxes imposed on the Fleet or any Aircraft in the Fleet in the manner prescribed by applicable law. An “ affiliate ” of Mesa means any person or entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Mesa.

 

  7.2

Mesa Guaranteed Costs . AWA, in accordance with Section  7.5 , shall pay to Mesa:

 

  (a)

the lesser of: (i) the actual costs and expenses associated with certain of the Flight Services and Other Services (the “ Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs ”) set forth in the cost and expense categories set forth in Exhibit C , attached hereto (the “ Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Schedule ”), or (ii) the amounts set forth in the Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Schedule for each cost and expense category set forth in Exhibit C , attached hereto (the “ Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Caps ”); and

 

  (b)

an amount for maintenance costs and expenses equal to the amounts set forth on Exhibit D (the “ Guaranteed Maintenance Costs ”).

The Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Caps and Guaranteed Maintenance Costs shall be adjusted on each anniversary of the Contract Date in accordance with Section  7.4 below. If the Term of this Agreement commences or expires or an Aircraft is added or eliminated from the Fleet on other than the first or last day of a calendar month, then the Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs and Guaranteed Maintenance Costs payable by AWA under this Agreement or for such Aircraft shall be prorated based on the actual number of days this Agreement is in effect or the Aircraft is in the Fleet during such month and the actual number of days in such month. Payment of Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs and Guaranteed Maintenance Costs for an Aircraft shall commence on the Aircraft Scheduled Delivery Date unless the Aircraft is delivered late in which case

 

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payment will begin on the actual delivery date. If an Aircraft, at AWA’s written request, is placed into Flight Services prior to the Scheduled Delivery Date, then payment of the Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs and Guaranteed Maintenance Costs for such Aircraft shall commence on the date requested by AWA.

 

  7.3

Contract Negotiation . AWA may assist Mesa in the negotiation of contracts for the provision of materials or services subject to the Actual Costs, Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs and Guaranteed Maintenance Costs provided Mesa is not subject to an existing contract for such services or materials.

 

  7.4

Guaranteed Costs Adjustment .

 

  7.4.1

CPI Adjustment . For the purposes of calculating CPI increases in Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Caps, increases in the Guaranteed Maintenance Costs, increases in bonuses or penalties pursuant to Section  5 or increases in the base EAS Subsidies pursuant to Section  7.7 the following definitions and formulas shall be applied:

 

  (a)

Definition . “ CPI ” shall mean the Consumer Price Index, U.S. City Average, Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items (base index year 1982-84 = 100) as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. If the manner in which the Consumer Price Index as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall be substantially revised, including, without limitation, a change in the base index year, an adjustment shall be made by the parties in such revised index which would produce results equivalent, as nearly as possible, to those which would have been obtained if such Consumer Price Index had not been so revised. If the Consumer Price Index shall become unavailable to the public because publication is not readily available to enable the parties to make the adjustment referred to in this Section, then the parties shall mutually agree to substitute therefor a comparable index based upon changes in the cost of living or purchasing power of the consumer dollar published by any other governmental agency or, if no such index shall be available, then a comparable index published by a major bank or other financial institution or by a university or a recognized financial publication.

 

  (b)

Adjustment Formula . On each anniversary of the Contract Date (each an “ Adjustment Date ”), to determine the amount of adjustment or increase based on CPI, the applicable Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Caps, the Guaranteed Maintenance Costs, bonuses or penalties and EAS Subsidies, as applicable, in effect for the prior year, shall be adjusted by multiplying the Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Caps on the Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Schedule, the Guaranteed Maintenance Costs, bonuses or penalties and EAS Subsidies, as applicable, in effect for the prior

 

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year, by a fraction, the numerator which shall be the CPI for the third full calendar month immediately preceding the Adjustment Date, and the denominator of which shall be the CPI for the same calendar month in the immediately preceding calendar year (the “ Adjustment ”).

 

  7.4.2

Governmental Requirements . If any governmental rule, order, regulation or requirement affecting: (i) all aircraft similarly equipped as the Aircraft in any Subfleet (not just those owned by Mesa); or (ii) all airlines flying similar equipment as the Aircraft (not just Mesa), results in an increase in any of the Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs or Guaranteed Maintenance Costs such that the actual Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs or Guaranteed Maintenance Costs will exceed the then applicable Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Cap or amounts set forth on Exhibit D for the Guaranteed Maintenance Costs, then the applicable Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Cap or Guaranteed Maintenance Costs shall be increased by such amount, as of the effective date of such governmental regulation, rule, order or requirement.

 

  7.4.3

Amendment . Mesa and AWA shall execute an amendment to Exhibit C and Exhibit D within 10 days after each adjustment occurs pursuant to this Section  7.4 . The failure to execute such an amendment shall not affect the effectiveness of any adjustment or the bases for any subsequent adjustment. Each adjusted Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Cap and Guaranteed Maintenance Costs shall be effective until the next adjustment of such Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Cap and Guaranteed Maintenance Costs pursuant to this Section  7.4 .

 

  7.4.4

Guaranteed Maintenance Costs Reconciliation . Within 180 days after the expiration or termination of this Agreement, AWA, by written notice to Mesa, may review and audit Mesa’s records and files relevant to the actual maintenance costs paid by Mesa in the categories set forth on Exhibit D . If AWA’s review of the records and files reveals that the actual maintenance costs paid by Mesa during the term of this Agreement was less than the sum of all the Guaranteed Maintenance Costs paid by AWA during the term of this Agreement (the “ Excess Maintenance Payments ”), then Mesa, within 30 days after receipt of written demand, shall pay to AWA an amount equal to the Excess Maintenance Payments. The terms and conditions of this Section shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement. Mesa shall maintain and retain all maintenance cost and expense records and files for the entire Term of this Agreement and for at least one year after the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

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  7.5

Payment of Actual and Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs .

 

  7.5.1

Estimates . AWA shall pay to Mesa the estimated Actual Costs, Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs (using the Guaranteed Maintenance Costs Caps) and Guaranteed Maintenance Costs for each calendar month based on a 98% FCF (the “ Estimated Costs ”) as follows: By the 20th day of each calendar month, Mesa shall provide AWA with a good faith statement of the Estimated Costs for the following calendar month. On or before the 7 th , 14 th , 21 st and 28 th day of each calendar month (or next business day thereafter if any such dates is other than a business day), AWA shall pay 25% of the Estimated Costs for such calendar month.

 

  7.5.2

Monthly Reconciliation . On or before the 120 th day after the last day of each calendar month, Mesa shall submit to AWA a statement of the actual Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs (using for each monthly statement the applicable Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Caps), the Guaranteed Maintenance Costs and Actual Costs incurred by Mesa (the “ Incurred Costs ”) and payable by AWA for such calendar month (the “ Incurred Costs Statement ”). If the Estimated Costs paid by AWA in any calendar month exceed the Incurred Costs in any calendar month, then Mesa, together with the Incurred Costs Statement for such calendar month, shall reimburse AWA the amount by which the Estimated Costs paid by AWA exceeded the Incurred Costs. If the Incurred Costs in any calendar month exceed the Estimated Costs paid by AWA in any calendar month, then AWA, subject to the rights and procedures set forth in Section  7.8 , within 45 days after receipt of the Incurred Costs Statement, shall reimburse and pay to Mesa the amount by which the Incurred Costs exceed the Estimated Costs paid by AWA for the subject calendar month.

 

  7.5.3

Annual Reconciliation . At any time within 120 days after the expiration of each Contract Year (as defined below), AWA, upon 2 Business Days prior written notice to Mesa, may review and audit, or cause its independent accountants to review and audit, all records and files (including computer databases) maintained by Mesa and relevant to the calculation of the actual Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs incurred by Mesa during the prior Contract Year (the “ GNMC Audit ”). If the GNMC Audit reveals that the actual Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs actually paid by Mesa during the prior Contract Year was less than the sum of all the Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Caps paid by AWA during such Contract Year (the “ Excess Non-Maintenance Payments ”), then Mesa, within 30 days after receipt of written demand from AWA, shall pay AWA an amount equal to the Excess Non-Maintenance Payment. If Mesa does not pay the Excess Non-Maintenance Payments to AWA timely, then AWA shall have the setoff rights contained in Section  7.9 below. For the purposes of this

 

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section, “Contract Year” means each one year period commencing on April 1 of each calendar year and expiring on March 31 of the next calendar year. For the purposes of the first “Contract Year”, the year shall commence on the Contract Date and expire on March 31, 2002. For purposes of the last Contract Year, the Contract Year shall commence on April 1 and expire on the Expiration Date. For the purpose of determining the actual Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs incurred in providing the Flight Services and Other Services, Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs subject to allocation to the Flight Services and Other Services shall be allocated to this Agreement by Mesa using the same methodology used by Mesa in establishing the Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs Caps.

 

  7.5.4

Finality . The Incurred Costs Statement issued by Mesa shall include all and be the final statement for the Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs and Actual Costs payable by AWA for the period covered by each Incurred Costs Statement. AWA shall not be obligated to pay any Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs or Actual Costs for a period that are not included in the applicable Incurred Costs Statement when initially issued by Mesa to AWA.

 

  7.6

Revenue Sharing . Commencing in the first calendar month after the month in which the Effective Date occurs, AWA shall pay to Mesa, by the 20 th day of each calendar month, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the Segment Revenue Percentage by the Segment Revenue generated during the prior calendar month. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following definitions:

Segment Revenue ” means the portion of the total fares paid by passengers allocated to the Flights flown by Mesa or the Affiliated Service Providers pursuant to this Agreement, less all taxes, assessments, airport charges and other governmental and quasi-governmental charges included in the fares. For calculating Segment Revenue, the portion of the revenue attributed to the Mesa Flight segment shall be determined in accordance with Straight Prorate Rule 11B of the Passenger Tariff Manual produced by the Airline Tariff Publishing Company.

Segment Revenue Percentage ” means the following percentages based on the type of Aircraft used to fly the Flight which creates the Segment Revenue allocable to Mesa Flight segment:

 

Aircraft

  

Segment Revenue Percentage

Beech 1900

   [***]

Dash 8

   [***]

CRJ Model 200

   [***]

CRJ Model 700

   [***]

CRJ Model 900

   [***]

 

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  7.7

Subsidies . Mesa, within 30 days after receipt, shall rebate to AWA all EAS subsidies paid to Mesa by any governmental entities for Flights (the “ EAS Subsidies ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, if Mesa causes any EAS Subsidies to be increased to an amount in excess of the EAS Subsidies in effect on the Contract Date, increased annually on the anniversary of each Contract Date by an amount equal to an increase in the CPI as calculated pursuant to Section  7.4.1 , then AWA shall pay to Mesa 50% of any such increase within 30 days after receipt of written demand. AWA shall not be responsible to the DOT for continuing service in any EAS market. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if AWA directs Mesa to bid to provide flight service to any EAS market, then AWA shall be responsible for all liabilities incurred in connection with discontinuing such service prior to the expiration of any DOT hold-in order. AWA shall be entitled to retain all payments, subsidies, revenue guarantees or other similar payments generated from the Flight Services flown under this Agreement and negotiated by AWA.

 

  7.8

Records, Statements and Audit Rights . Mesa shall maintain separate accounting books and records for the Flight Services and Other Services performed by Mesa under this Agreement. All Incurred Costs Statements and other requests for payment made by Mesa pursuant to this Section  7 shall be accompanied by such supporting information, documentation and calculations described on Exhibit E , attached hereto, and as AWA may reasonably request from time to time (the “ Backup Information ”). If AWA disputes the amount set forth in any statement or the Backup Information is inadequate, incomplete or inaccurate, then AWA shall pay the undisputed portion of such statement and the portions for which the Backup Information is adequate, complete and accurate, timely, and together with such payment provide Mesa with a written statement of any disputed amount and the amounts for which the Backup Information is inadequate, incomplete or inaccurate. AWA and Mesa shall meet and confer to resolve any disputed amount and inadequate, incomplete or inaccurate Backup Information within 30 days after AWA provides notice of the dispute. Disputed amounts and amounts for which the Backup Information is inadequate, incomplete or inaccurate shall not be payable until the dispute is resolved and then shall be payable within 10 days after the dispute is resolved.

AWA, upon 2 business days’ prior written notice, may review and audit, or cause its independent accountants to review and audit, all records and files (including computer data bases) maintained by Mesa and relevant to the calculation of the payments required to be made by AWA pursuant to this Agreement. If AWA’s review of the records and files reveals that Mesa has overcharged AWA or underpaid AWA, then Mesa shall pay to AWA, upon demand, the overpayments and/or underpayments and the costs and expenses of AWA incurred in completing such review and audit and, if such overcharge or underpayment is willful or intentional or exceeds more than 10% of the sums actually payable or receivable by AWA, then Mesa, within 10 days after receipt of written demand, shall pay to AWA an amount equal to 3 times the overcharge or underpayment. Mesa shall

 

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maintain all records, files, information, data and documentation (including computer data bases) used in calculating the sums payable or receivable by AWA under this Agreement in good condition and order at Mesa’s corporate headquarters. AWA shall not be required to pay any sums, and shall be entitled to receive a refund of any sum paid, for which Mesa is unable to provide supporting information, documentation or data.

 

  7.9

Setoff . All undisputed sums payable by Mesa to AWA pursuant to this Agreement may, at AWA’s election, be setoff against amounts next due by AWA to Mesa pursuant to this Agreement.

 

8.

Term and Termination .

 

  8.1

Term . The term of this Agreement (the “ Term ”) commences on the Effective Date retroactive to the Contract Date (the “ Commencement Date ”) and shall expire (“ Expiration Date ”) on the 8th anniversary of the date that the last CRJ Aircraft is added to the Fleet pursuant to Section  2.2.2 of the Agreement (the “ Last Delivery Date ”), unless earlier terminated as provided in this Agreement. AWA, by written notice to Mesa at least 180 days prior to the Expiration Date, may extend the Expiration Date to the 10 th anniversary of the Last Delivery Date.

 

  8.2

Early Termination . If: (i) Mesa’s OTP Rate for the Phoenix Hub falls below AWA’s OTP Rate for the Phoenix Hub for five of any six calendar months or (ii) Mesa’s FCF for the Phoenix Hub falls below 96% for five of any of six consecutive calendar months (each, a “ Cancellation Event ”), AWA, at its election, may by written notice (a “ Performance Notice ”) inform Mesa that if the Cancellation Event is not cured within one hundred twenty (120) days from receipt of such Performance Notice (the “ Cure Period ”), AWA, at its option may give a Termination Notice (as defined below). If the Cancellation Event relates to Mesa’s OTP Rate, the cure shall be effected by Mesa bringing its OTP Rate for such Hub to a rate that is equal to or above AWA’s OTP Rate at the Phoenix Hub during the Cure Period. If the Cancellation Event relates to the Mesa’s FCF for the Phoenix Hub, the cure shall be effected by Mesa bringing its FCF at the Phoenix Hub to 97% or higher during the Cure Period. If, after the Cure Period has expired and Mesa has not cured the Cancellation Event as set forth above, then AWA at any time during the thirty (30) day period following the lapse of the Cure Period without cure may, upon 90 days’ prior written notice to Mesa (“ Termination Notice ”), terminate this Agreement. Such termination right shall be in addition to any penalty payments set forth in Section  5 and termination rights for an Event of Default pursuant to Section  13 .

 

  8.3

Change of Control . This Agreement may be terminated by either AWA or Mesa providing the other party with at least 90 days’ prior written notice (the “ Change Termination Notice ”) in the event of a change of control of the other party or a sale of substantially all of the other party’s assets. “Change of Control” means any “person” or “group” (each as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) either becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of

 

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the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of voting securities of either party (or securities converted into or exchangeable for such voting securities) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of all voting securities of the party (on a fully diluted basis) or otherwise has the ability, directly or indirectly, to elect a majority of the board of directors of the party or any person or two or more persons acting in concert shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation thereof, will result in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence on the management or policies of the party.

 

  8.4

Effect of Termination . If AWA elects to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section  8 , AWA, in the Termination Notice, shall establish as the termination date any date between 90 and 180 days after delivery of the Termination Notice or Change Termination Notice, as applicable. Mesa shall continue to provide the Flight Services and Other Services required by this Agreement until the termination date set forth in the Termination Notice or Change Termination Notice, as applicable. AWA and Mesa shall make all payments as required by this Agreement for the period through and including the termination date set forth in the Termination Notice or Change Termination Notice, as applicable.

 

9.

Service Mark License For Services Provided By Mesa .

 

  9.1

Grant of License . For the payment of $1.00, AWA hereby grants to Mesa a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use such AWA Service Marks as AWA may designate, in writing, from time to time in connection with the Flight Services and Other Services to be rendered by Mesa; provided, however, that at any time prior to expiration or termination of this Agreement AWA may alter, amend or revoke the license hereby granted and require Mesa’s use of any new or different AWA Service Mark in conjunction with the Flight Services and Other Services provided hereunder as AWA may determine in its sole discretion and judgment.

 

  9.2

Operation under AWA Service Marks/Aircraft Decor . Mesa, at its expense (subject to reimbursement in the next sentence), shall cause the Fleet and any replacement or additional Aircraft utilized by Mesa, or any of the Affiliated Service Providers, to provide the Flight Services, to be painted, marked and decorated to bear AWA Service Marks, consisting of AWA aircraft exterior and interior color decor and pattern provided by AWA and the name “America West Express.” AWA shall reimburse Mesa for 50% of the costs of painting, decorating or marking any new CRJ added to the Fleet pursuant to Section  2.2 . Upon written notice from AWA, which shall include the specifications for any such changes in AWA Service Marks and exterior or interior aircraft decor and patterns, Mesa shall effect changes in the aircraft decor and patterns within 12 months from the date of such notice. AWA shall reimburse Mesa for the cost of repainting the Fleet in the event that AWA changes its logo and color decor and pattern from the design existing as of the Effective Date. Mesa shall use and display suitable signs on the interior and exterior of each Aircraft identifying Mesa as the operator of the Services, such signs shall be subject to the prior written consent of AWA as to

 

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nature, size and location provided that the signs shall comply with all Regulations. AWA shall reimburse Mesa for the actual costs and expenses of repainting any Aircraft eliminated from the Fleet pursuant to Section  2.2 . All announcements, displays or literature used or viewed by Mesa customers on Flights shall highlight “America West Express.” No such announcements, displays or literature shall reference “Mesa Airlines,” other than to identify Mesa or the operator of the Services, on briefing cards or as required by the Regulations.

 

  9.3

Terms and Conditions Governing Service Mark License .

 

  9.3.1

Mesa hereby acknowledges AWA’s ownership of the AWA Service Marks, further acknowledges the validity of the AWA Service Marks, and agrees that it shall not do anything in any way to infringe or abridge upon AWA’s rights in the AWA Service Marks or directly or indirectly to challenge the validity of the AWA Service Marks.

 

  9.3.2

To assure that the production, appearance and quality of the AWA Service Marks is consistent with AWA’s reputation for high quality and the goodwill associated with the AWA Service Marks, Mesa agrees to maintain a level of quality consistent with AWA’s quality in the Flight Services and Other Services it provides pursuant to this Agreement and to follow AWA’s written instructions regarding use of AWA’s Service Marks, as they may be amended from time to time.

 

  9.3.3

Mesa agrees that, in providing the Flight Services and Other Services, it shall not advertise or make use of the AWA Service Marks without the prior written consent of AWA. AWA shall have absolute discretion to withhold its consent concerning any and all such advertising and use of the AWA Service Marks in any advertising by Mesa. In the event AWA approves the use of such AWA Service Marks in any advertising, such advertising shall identify AWA as the owner of such Service Marks and conform with any additional requirements specified by AWA.

 

  9.3.4

To the extent that Mesa is licensed to use the AWA Service Marks, the AWA Service Marks shall be used only in connection with the Flight Services and Other Services specifically covered by this Agreement and not in connection with any other business or activity of Mesa or any other entity.

 

  9.3.5

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give Mesa the exclusive right to use the AWA Service Marks or abridge AWA’s right to use and license the AWA Service Marks, and AWA hereby reserves the right to continue to use the AWA Service Marks and to license such other uses of the AWA Service Marks as AWA may desire.

 

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  9.3.6

No term or provision of this Agreement shall be construed to preclude the use of the AWA Service Marks, including “America West Express,” or the aircraft exterior color decor and patterns by other individuals or entities not covered by this Agreement.

 

  9.3.7

Upon the termination or expiration of this Agreement, the license and use of the AWA Service Marks by Mesa shall cease and such use shall not thereafter occur.

 

10.

Liability and Indemnification .

 

  10.1

Relationship Between the Parties . Nothing contained in this Agreement will be deemed to create any agency or partnership or similar relationship between AWA and Mesa. Nothing contained in this Agreement will be deemed to authorize either AWA or Mesa to bind or obligate the other. Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers and their employees engaged in performing the Flight Services and Other Services shall be employees of Mesa or the Affiliated Service Providers for all purposes, and under no circumstances shall be deemed to be employees, agents or independent contractors of AWA. AWA and its employees engaged in performing the obligations of AWA under this Agreement shall be employees, agents and independent contractors of AWA for all purposes, and under no circumstances shall be deemed to be employees, agents or independent contractors of Mesa. Pursuant to this Agreement, Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers shall act, for all purposes, as independent contractors and not as agents for AWA. AWA shall have no supervisory power or control over any employees engaged by Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers in connection with their performance hereunder, and all complaints or requested changes in procedures shall be transmitted by AWA to a designated officer of Mesa. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be intended to limit or condition Mesa’s and the Affiliated Service Providers’ control over their operations or the conduct of their business as air carriers, and Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers and their principals assume all risks of financial losses which may result from the operation of the Flight Services and Other Services to be provided by Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers hereunder.

 

  10.2

Indemnification by Mesa . Mesa agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless AWA, its directors, officers, employees, agents, parent corporation, subsidiaries and affiliates for, from and against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, penalty, fine, charge, cause of action, demand, cost and expense (including attorneys’ and consultants’ fees and costs) whatsoever (collectively, “ Damages ”), as incurred, arising out of, resulting from or incurred in connection with: (i) the provision of the Flight Services and Other Services by Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers or any of their employees, agents, licensees, contractors, suppliers, officers or directors; (ii) Mesa’s or the Affiliated Service Providers’ breach of this Agreement; (iii) damage or destruction of property of any person, or injury or death of any person, caused by, arising out of, or in connection with any act or omission of Mesa or the Affiliated Service Providers, their employees,

 

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agents, licensees, contractors, suppliers, officers or directors; (iv) any taxes, impositions, assessments or other governmental charges incurred by Mesa in providing the Flight Services or Other Services or imposed on any revenue generated by this Agreement (except as set forth in Section  7.1.3 ); (v) passenger complaints or claims by passengers using the Flight Services; (vi) the failure or discontinuance of service to any EAS market (except as specified in Section  7.7 ); and (vii) failure to comply with any Regulations. Mesa agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless AWA, its officers, directors, employees, agents, parent corporation, subsidiaries and affiliates for, from and against any and all Damages as incurred, arising out of, resulting from or incurred in connection with any claims for consideration for performance by the Affiliated Service Providers. Mesa shall reimburse AWA or other Indemnified Party (as defined below) for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim or action arising out of or relating to any of the foregoing.

 

  10.3

Indemnification by AWA . AWA agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Mesa, its directors, officers, employees, agents, parent corporation, subsidiaries and affiliates for, from and against any and all Damages, as incurred, arising out of, resulting from or incurred in connection with: (i) AWA’s breach of this Agreement; (ii) damage or destruction of property of any person, or injury or death of any person, caused by, arising out of, or in connection with any act or omission of AWA, its employees, agents, licensees, contractors, suppliers, officers or directors in performing AWA’s obligations under this Agreement to the extent not covered by Mesa’s or the Affiliated Service Providers’ insurance required to be maintained by this Agreement; and (iii) any taxes, impositions, assessments or other governmental charges incurred by AWA for revenue received by AWA under this Agreement. AWA shall reimburse Mesa or other Indemnified Party (as defined below) for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim or action arising out of or relating to any of the foregoing.

 

  10.4

Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . The person or entity claiming indemnification hereunder is referred to as the “ Indemnified Party ” and the party against whom such claims are asserted hereunder is referred to as the “ Indemnifying Party ”. Each Indemnified Party shall give reasonably prompt notice to the Indemnifying Party of any action or proceeding or assertion or threat of claim commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party (i) shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability which it may have under the indemnity agreement provided in this Agreement, unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action, threat or claim and the lack of notice by the Indemnified Party results in the forfeiture by the Indemnifying Party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) shall not, in any event, relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligations to the Indemnified Party other than the indemnification obligation provided under Sections 10.2 and 10.3 above. If the Indemnifying Party elects within a reasonable time after receipt of notice, the

 

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Indemnifying Party may assume the defense of the action or proceeding at Indemnifying Party’s own expense with counsel chosen by the Indemnifying Party and approved by the Indemnified Party; provided , however , that, if the Indemnified Party reasonably determines upon advice of counsel that a conflict of interest exists where it is advisable for the Indemnified Party to be represented by separate counsel or that, upon advice of counsel, there may be legal defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party, then the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to separate counsel at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, which counsel shall be chosen by the Indemnified Party in its sole discretion. If the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense, after having received the notice referred to in the second sentence of this Section, the Indemnifying Party will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Indemnified Party. Unless and until a final judgment that an Indemnified Party is not entitled to the costs of defense under the foregoing provision, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse, promptly as they are incurred, the Indemnified Party’s costs of defense. The Indemnifying Party shall not settle or compromise any claim for which an Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnity without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party.

 

  10.5

Insurance .

 

  10.5.1

Mesa, at all times during the Term of this Agreement, shall have and maintain and shall cause the Affiliated Service Providers to have and maintain in full force and effect, policies of insurance satisfactory to AWA, of the types of coverage, and in the minimum amounts stated below with insurance companies satisfactory to AWA and under terms and conditions satisfactory to AWA, including insurance coverage on all Aircraft used to provide Flight Services. Unless otherwise specified, the minimum amounts of insurance coverage required hereunder shall be per occurrence, combined single limit for all insurance coverage required hereunder.

 

1.  Aircraft Liability and Ground Liability Insurance (including Commercial General Liability)

   $250,000,000 per Occurrence Combined Single Limit of Liability for CRJs and Dash 8s and $150,000,000 per Occurrence Combined Single Limit of Liability for Beech 1900s

a.   Bodily Injury and Personal Injury - Passengers

   Included in Combined Single Limit

b.  Bodily Injury and Personal Injury — Third Parties

   Included in Combined Single Limit

c.   Property Damage

   Included in Combined Single Limit

 

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   Per Accident

2.  Worker’s Compensation Insurance (Company Employees)

   Statutory

3.  Employers’ Liability (Company Employees)

   $500,000

4.  All Risk Hull Insurance on Aircraft Performing Services Hereunder

   Replacement Cost or Such Lesser Amount as may be Consented to by AWA, in writing

5.  Baggage Liability

   $1,250 (per Passenger)

6.  Cargo Liability

  

$100,000 any One Aircraft

 

$100,000 any One Disaster with Terms, Limitations and Conditions Acceptable to AWA

 

  10.5.2

The parties hereby agree that from time to time during the Term of this Agreement, AWA may require Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers to have and maintain amounts of insurance coverage different from those amounts set forth in Section  10.5.1 , should AWA, in its reasonable judgment, deem the circumstances and conditions of the Flight Services and Other Services to require increases in any or all of the foregoing minimum insurance coverages.

 

  10.5.3

Mesa shall cause all policies of insurance which it and the Affiliated Service Providers maintain pursuant to this Agreement, to be duly and properly endorsed by Mesa’s and the Affiliated Service Providers’ insurance underwriters as follows:

 

  10.5.3.1

To provide that any waiver of rights of subrogation against other parties by Mesa or the Affiliated Service Providers shall not affect the coverage provided hereunder with respect to AWA.

 

  10.5.3.2

To provide that Mesa’s and the Affiliated Service Providers’ underwriters shall waive any and all subrogation rights against AWA, its directors, officers, agents and employees without regard to any breach of warranty by Mesa or the Affiliated Service Providers or to provide other evidence of such waiver of recourse against AWA, its

 

  10.5.3.3

directors, officers, agents, or employees as shall be acceptable to AWA. Be duly and properly endorsed to

 

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provide that each such policy or policies or any part or parts thereof shall not be canceled, terminated, or materially altered, changed or amended by Mesa’s and the Affiliated Service Providers’ insurance underwriters, until after 30 days’ written notice to AWA which 30 days’ written notice shall commence to run from the date such notice is actually received by AWA.

 

  10.5.4

With respect to policies of insurance described as Aircraft Liability and Ground Liability Insurance, Mesa will provide that Mesa’s and the Affiliated Service Providers’ policies:

 

  10.5.4.1

Endorse AWA, its directors, officers, agents, parents, subsidiaries and employees as Additional Insureds thereunder.

 

  10.5.4.2

Constitute primary insurance for such claims and acknowledge that any other insurance policy or policies of AWA will be secondary or excess insurance;

 

  10.5.4.3

Cover AWA’s costs of defending against such insured claims including, without limitation, to the extent permitted by the policies, costs incurred in the retention of separate legal counsel of its choice; and

 

  10.5.4.4

Provide a cross-liability clause acceptable to AWA, and a specific contractual liability insurance provision covering liability assumed by Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers under this Agreement.

 

  10.5.5

With respect to policies of insurance for coverage described as Aircraft Liability and Ground Liability Insurance and All Risk Hull Insurance, Mesa shall cause its insurance underwriters to provide a breach of warranty clause.

 

  10.5.6

All aircraft hull insurance provided pursuant to this Agreement shall be provided on agreed value basis and, except with the consent of AWA,, shall not be subject to more than the standard market deductibles. In the event of loss, settled on the basis of a total loss, all losses shall be payable in full.

 

  10.5.7

Upon request by AWA, Mesa shall furnish to AWA evidence satisfactory to AWA of the aforesaid insurance coverage and endorsements, including certificates certifying that the aforesaid insurance policy or policies with the aforesaid policy limits are duly and properly endorsed as aforesaid and are in full force and effect.

 

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  10.5.8

With respect to policies of insurance obtained directly from foreign underwriters, Mesa shall cause such insurance underwriters to provide that AWA may maintain against Mesa’s and the Affiliated Service Providers’ underwriters a direct action in the United States upon such insurance policies and to this end to provide a standard service of suit clause designating an agent for service of process in the United States of America.

 

  10.5.9

In the event Mesa or the Affiliated Service Providers fails to maintain in full force and effect any of the insurance and endorsements described in Section  10.5 , AWA shall have the right (but not the obligation) to procure and maintain such insurance or any part thereof. The cost of such insurance shall be payable by Mesa to AWA upon demand by AWA. The procurement of such insurance or any part thereof by AWA shall not discharge or excuse Mesa’s or the Affiliated Service Providers‘ obligation to comply with the provisions of Section  10.5 . Mesa agrees not to cancel, terminate or materially alter, change or amend any of the policies referred to in Section  10.5 without 30 days’ prior written notice to AWA of its intent to cancel, terminate or materially alter, change or amend said policies or insurance which 30 day notice period shall commence to run from the date notice is actually received by AWA.

 

  10.5.10

AWA shall maintain cargo liability coverage, in types and amounts required by law, for all air freight transported by Mesa or the Affiliated Service Providers under an AWA airbill on any Flights.

 

11.

Confidentiality .

 

  11.1

AWA and Mesa agree that the terms of this Agreement shall be treated as confidential and shall not be disclosed to third parties without the express written consent of AWA and Mesa, or as required by law. In the event of disclosure required by law, only those portions of this Agreement required to be disclosed shall, be disclosed. The disclosing party shall make good faith efforts to minimize the portions to be disclosed and shall seek confidential treatment by the receiving party or agency for any portions disclosed. In the event of one party being served a subpoena or discovery request, prior to responding to the subpoena or request, the party served shall notify the other party to provide the other party an opportunity to contest the disclosure of any terms of this Agreement.

 

  11.2

Confidential Information ” means any information in any form, including, without limitation, the terms of this Agreement, written documents, oral communications, recordings, videos, software, data bases, business plans, and electronic and magnetic media, provided to or observed by AWA or Mesa pursuant to this Agreement, including information owned or provided by either party to the other party, except for information generally available to the public. AWA and Mesa agree that they shall maintain all Confidential Information in

 

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confidence and use such Confidential Information solely for purposes of performance under this Agreement. Such Confidential Information shall be distributed within each party’s company only to personnel and to its legal counsel, auditors and other consultants on a need-to-know basis for purposes related to this Agreement or in compliance with a court order or statutory or regulatory requirements. Except for legal counsel and auditors, and as permitted by Section  11.1 , in no event shall either party disclose Confidential Information to any third parties except subcontractors and independent consultants and then only if approved by both parties in writing in advance of such disclosure. Confidential Information does not include information that is available to the general public other than as a result of disclosure by the disclosing party or information that was known or independently developed by the receiving party prior to disclosure, as evidenced by records kept in the ordinary course of business.

 

  11.3

Mesa acknowledges and agrees that any Confidential Information shared or given to AWA pursuant to this Agreement may be shared by AWA on a confidential basis with America West Holdings Corporation, The Leisure Company and other subsidiaries and affiliates of AWA. AWA acknowledges and agrees that any Confidential Information shared or given to Mesa pursuant to-this Agreement may be shared by Mesa on a confidential basis with Mesa Air Group, Inc. and other subsidiaries or affiliates of Mesa.

 

12.

Taxes . Mesa shall pay, prior to delinquency, all airport, property, sales, use, excise or any other taxes, impositions, assessments or other governmental charges incurred in connection with the provision of the Flight Services and Other Services under this Agreement and all taxes imposed or any sums paid by AWA to Mesa under this Agreement. AWA shall pay, prior to delinquency, all taxes imposed on any sums paid by Mesa to AWA under this Agreement.

 

13.

Defaults and Remedies .

 

  13.1

Default by Mesa . The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute a material default and breach of this Agreement by Mesa (an “ Event of Default ”):

 

  13.1.1

The failure of Mesa to make any payment required to be made by Mesa to AWA hereunder, as and when due, and such failure continues for 10 business days after Mesa’s receipt of written notice from AWA;

 

  13.1.2

If Mesa or any of the Affiliated Service Providers is required by the FAA or DOT to suspend a substantial portion of its operations for any safety reason and has not resumed such operation within 3 business days of the suspension or if Mesa suspends a substantial portion of the Height Services for any other reason, except as a result of an emergency airworthiness directive from the FAA affecting all aircraft similarly equipped to the Aircraft (not just those owned or operated by Mesa);

 

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  13.1.3

The failure of Mesa or any of the Affiliated Service Providers to observe or perform any of the covenants, conditions or provisions of this Agreement to be observed or performed by Mesa or any of the Affiliated Service Providers, other than as described in Sections 8 or 13.1.1 or 13.1.2 above, and such failure shall continue for a period of 15 days after written notice thereof from AWA to Mesa or such longer period as may be reasonably necessary to complete the cure of such failure (not to exceed an additional 30 days); provided Mesa commences such cure during the initial 15-day period and continuously and diligently pursues the cure to completion;

 

  13.1.4

(i) the cessation of Mesa’s business operations as a going concern; (ii) the making by Mesa of any general assignment, or general arrangement for the benefit of creditors; (iii) the failure of Mesa to generally pay Mesa’s debts as they come due or Mesa’s written admission of its inability to pay its debts as they come due; (iv) the filing by or against Mesa of a petition to have Mesa adjudged bankrupt or a petition for reorganization or arrangement under any law relating to bankruptcy (unless, in the case of petition filed against Mesa, the same is dismissed, stayed or vacated within 60 days); (v) an adjudication of Mesa’s insolvency; (vi) appointment of a trustee or receiver to take possession of substantially all of Mesa’s assets which is not dismissed, stayed or vacated within 60 days; or (vii) the attachment, execution or other judicial seizure of all of Mesa’s assets.

 

  13.1.5

Upon an Event of Default, AWA may: (a) by written notice to Mesa (a “ Default Termination Notice ”) terminate this Agreement effective as of the date set forth in the Default Termination Notice which date shall not be less than 30 nor more than 180 days after the date of the Default unless the event in 13.1.2 occurs, in which case immediate; and/or (b) pursue all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity to AWA for the Event of Default, including, without limitation, injunctive relief, specific performance and damages. After receipt of a Default Termination Notice, Mesa and the Affiliated Service Providers shall continue to provide the Flight Services and Other Services in accordance with this Agreement until the termination date set forth in the Default Termination Notice. No remedy or election by AWA hereunder shall be deemed exclusive, but shall, wherever possible, be cumulative with all other rights and remedies at law or in equity.

 

  13.2

AWA Default . The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute a material default and breach of this Agreement by AWA (an “ AWA Event of Default ”):

 

  13.2.1

The failure of AWA to make any payment required to be made to Mesa by AWA hereunder, as and when due, and such failure continues for 10 business days after AWA’s receipt of written notice from Mesa;

 

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  13.2.2

The failure of AWA to observe or perform any of the covenants, conditions or provisions of this Agreement to be observed or performed by AWA, and such failure shall continue for a period of 15 days after written notice thereof from Mesa to AWA or such longer period as may be reasonably necessary to complete the cure of such failure (not to exceed an additional 30 days); provided AWA commences such cure during the initial 15-day period and continuously and diligently pursues the cure to completion;

 

  13.2.3

(i) the cessation of AWA’s business operations as a going concern; (ii) the making by AWA of any general assignment, or general arrangement for the benefit of creditors; (iii) the failure of AWA to generally pay AWA’s debts as they come due or AWA’s written admission of its inability to pay its debts as they come due; (iv) the filing by or against AWA of a petition to have AWA adjudged bankrupt or a petition for reorganization or arrangement under any law relating to bankruptcy (unless, in the case of petition filed against AWA, the same is dismissed, stayed or vacated within 60 days); (v) an adjudication of AWA’s insolvency; (vi) appointment of a trustee or receiver to take possession of substantially all of AWA’s assets which is not dismissed, stayed or vacated within 60 days; or (vii) the attachment, execution or other judicial seizure of all of AWA’s assets which is not dismissed, stayed or vacated within 60 days.

 

  13.2.4

Upon the occurrence and continuance of an AWA Event of Default, Mesa may: (a) by written notice to AWA (an “ AWA Default Notice ”) terminate this Agreement effective as of the date set forth in the AWA Default Notice which date shall not be less than 30 nor more than 180 days after the date of the AWA Event of Default; and/or (b) pursue all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity to Mesa for the AWA Event of Default, including, without limitation, injunctive relief, specific performance and damages. After receipt of an AWA Default Notice, AWA shall continue to perform its obligations under this Agreement until the termination date set forth in the AWA Default Notice. No remedy or election by Mesa hereunder shall be deemed exclusive, but shall, wherever possible, be cumulative with all other rights and remedies at law or in equity.

 

14.

Records and Reports .

 

  14.1

Retention of Records . Mesa shall keep accurate and complete books and records of all Flight Services and Other Services performed under this Agreement as well as any additional records that the parties agree may be required in accordance with AWA’s procedures and the Regulations. Mesa shall retain such records in accordance with applicable law, AWA’s procedures and the Regulations.

 

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  14.2

Provision of Financial Records . Upon AWA’s request, and until such time as AWA advises Mesa that such reports are no longer necessary, Mesa shall furnish to AWA, within 60 days following the close of the first three fiscal quarters of Mesa, unaudited financial statements including Mesa’s current corporate balance sheets and profit and loss statements, and within 120 days after the close of its fiscal year, Mesa shall furnish AWA with audited financial statements of Mesa (or its parent company) including, either separately or on a consolidated basis, the balance sheet and profit and loss statements of that party. The appropriate reports filed on Form 10-Q and 10-K shall be satisfactory to fulfill such obligation.

 

  14.3

Provision of Additional Records . Mesa shall promptly furnish AWA with a copy of every report that it prepares and is required to submit to the DOT, FAA, National Transportation Safety Board or any other governmental agency, relating to any accident or incident involving an Aircraft used in performing Flight Services under this Agreement, when such accident or incident is claimed to have resulted in the death of or substantial injury to any person or the loss of, damage to, or destruction of any property.

 

  14.4

Additional Reports . Mesa shall promptly notify AWA in writing of: (i) any change in or relinquishment of control of Mesa; (ii) any agreement contemplating such a change or relinquishment with a copy of such agreement, if in writing, to AWA; or (iii) any change or contemplated change in the Chief Executive Officer position of Mesa.

 

15.

Miscellaneous Provisions .

 

  15.1

Notices . All notices, consents, approvals or other instruments required or permitted to be given by either party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and given by: (i) hand delivery; (ii) facsimile; (iii) express overnight delivery service; or (iv) certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notices shall be provided to the parties and addresses (or facsimile numbers, as applicable) specified below and shall be effective upon receipt or the rejection of such delivery, except if delivered by facsimile outside of business hours in which case they shall be effective on the next succeeding business day:

 

If to AWA:

  

America West Airlines, Inc.

4000 E. Sky Harbor Blvd.

Phoenix, Arizona 85034

Attn: Vice President and General Counsel

Telephone: (602) 693-5805

Facsimile: (602) 693-5932

If to Mesa:   

Mesa Air Group

410 N. 44 th Street, Suite 700

Phoenix, Arizona 85008

Attn: General Counsel

Telephone: (602) 685-4051

 

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                                                            Facsimile: (602) 685-4352

 

  15.2

Waiver and Amendment . No provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed waived or amended except by a written instrument unambiguously setting forth the matter waived or amended and signed by the party against which enforcement of such waiver or amendment is sought. Waiver of any matter shall not be deemed a waiver of the same or any other matter on any future occasion.

 

  15.3

Captions . Captions are used throughout this Agreement for convenience of reference only and shall not be considered in any manner in the construction or interpretation hereof.

 

  15.4

Attorneys‘ Fees . In the event of any judicial or other adversarial proceeding between the parties concerning this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its attorneys’ fees and other costs in addition to any other relief to which it may be entitled.

 

  15.5

Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no other representations, warranties or agreements, written or oral, between AWA and Mesa with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

  15.6

Jurisdiction; Choice of Law . For purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby expressly submit to the jurisdiction of all federal and state courts located in the State of Arizona. This, Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona.

 

  15.7

Severability . If this Agreement, any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement, or the applicability of this Agreement or any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement to a specific situation, shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable or in violation of any contract or agreement to which Mesa or AWA are a party, then AWA and Mesa shall in good faith amend and modify this Agreement, consistent with the intent of Mesa and AWA, as evidenced by this Agreement, to the minimum extent necessary to make it or its application valid, legal and enforceable and in accordance with the applicable agreement or contract, and the validity or enforceability of all other provisions of this Agreement and all other applications of any such provision shall not be affected thereby.

 

  15.8

Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.

 

  15.9

Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of AWA and Mesa and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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  15.10

No Assignment . The rights, obligations and duties of AWA and Mesa under this Agreement may not be assigned or delegated, except as may otherwise be mutually agreed by AWA and Mesa, in their sole and absolute discretion.

 

AWA:

America West Airlines, Inc.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

 

 

William A. Franke

 

Chairman of the Board and

 

Chief Executive Officer

MESA:

Mesa Airlines, Inc.

a Nevada corporation

By:

 

 

 

Jonathan G. Ornstein

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    Delivery Schedule
Exhibit B    Station Costs
Exhibit C    Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs
Exhibit D    Guaranteed Maintenance Costs
Exhibit E    Backup Information


Exhibit A

Delivery Schedule

 

In Service Months

 

Delivery                        Month

  

Add’l    

CRJ-200    

  

Firm    

CRJ-700    

  

Firm    

CRJ-900    

  

Convertible    

Firm    

CRJ-7/900    

  

Option    

CRJ-7/900    

Seating Configuration

   50Y      6F/58Y        6F/74Y              

Apr-01  

May-01  

Jun-01  

Aug-01  

Sep-01  

Oct-01  

Nov-01  

Dec-01  

  

1  

 

1  

 

1  

 

0  

0  

                   

Jan-02  

Feb-02  

Mar-02  

Apr-02  

May-02  

Jun-02  

Jul-02  

Aug-02  

Sep-02  

Oct-02  

Nov-02  

Dec-02  

  

0  

0  

 

0  

0  

0  

  

 

1  

1  

 

1  

 

1  

1  

1  

1  

1  

              

Jan-03  

Feb-03  

Mar-03  

Apr-03  

May-03  

Jun-03  

Jul-03  

Aug-03  

Sep-03  

Oct-03  

Nov-03  

Dec-03  

       

 

1  

1  

1  

1  

1  

1  

1  

  

1  

 

1  

1  

1  

1  

1  

1  

1  

1  

1  

1  

  

1  

1  

1  

    

Jan-04  

Feb-04  

Mar-04  

Apr-04  

May-04  

Jun-04  

Jul-04  

Aug-04  

Sep-04  

Oct-04  

Nov-04  

Dec-04  

            

1  

1  

1  

1  

  

1  

1  

1  

1  

2  

1  

  

1  

1  

1  

1  

1  

1  

Each calendar month

thereafter through Oct-07

                       1  
   3      15      15      10      40  

Advance notice for Convertible Firm CRJ-7/900 is 18 months prior to delivery

The “Exercise Date” to exercise each Option Aircraft, AWA shall be

the last business day of the calendar month that 19 months prior to the

delivery month.

- For example, notice for the option aircraft that is to be delivery in July

2004, AWA must be given notice to Mesa on or before December 31, 2003


EXHIBIT B — STATION COSTS

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Note 1 — Some or all of these expenses are already included in pass through amounts.


EXHIBITS C and D - Page 1

(See Note 4)

Guaranteed Non-Maintenance Costs (Exhibit C)

 

   COST CATEGORY    UNIT    B1900D    DHC-82    CRJ 200    CRJ 700    CRJ 900
   Aircraft Lease & Overhead    A/C MONTH               
Note 1   

Ownership

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
Note 2   

Overhead

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
Note 2   

Crew RON

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
  

Total

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
   Flight Crew    BLK HR               
Note 3   

Pilot

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
Note 3   

Flight Attendant

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
  

Total

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
Note 2    Dispatchers    DEP    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]

Guaranteed Maintenance Costs (Exhibit D)

 

   COST CATEGORY    UNIT    B1900D    DHC-82    CRJ 200    CRJ 700    CRJ 900
   Maintenance cost per aircraft    A/C MONTH               
Note 2   

MX Employees

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
Note 2   

Engine & APU Depreciation

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
  

Total

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
   Maintenance Base Cost    BASE MONTH               
Note 2   

Rent & Utilities

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
Note 2   

Personnel

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
Note 2   

Parts Depreciation

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
Note 2   

Equipment Depreciation

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
  

Total

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
   Maintenance cost per block hour    BLK HR               
Note 2   

Engine MX - Contractual

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
Note 2   

Engine MX - Other

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
Note 2   

Airframe MX

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]
  

Total

      [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]    [***]


   Maintenance cost per departure             DEP                  
Note 2   

Airframe MX

      [***]            [***]            [***]              
Note 2   

Engine MX

      [***]            [***]            [***]            [***]            [***]        
  

Total

      [***]            [***]            [***]            [***]            [***]        

Note 1 - [***]

Note 2 - These items will be adjusted on each contract date based on CPI as defined in the contract.

Note 3 - [***]

Note 4 - The maintenance rates above are based on the following operating assumptions – changes to these assumptions will result in revised costs and/or guarantees from our engine and airframe manufacturers. If that occurs both parties agree to mutually agree to new rates as stated above. Mesa will furnish America West with a sensitivity chart of these costs as part of our final contract with the manufacturer.

 

                      ASSUMPTIONS:

        

                     Flight Hours Per Year

  

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                     Average Flight Hours Per Cycle

  

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EXHIBITS C and D - Page 2

CRJ -200 A/C Ownership Schedule

 

      Monthly
  Tail   Amount
   
  1     [***]     [***]  
  2     [***]     [***]  
  3     [***]     [***]  
  4     [***]     [***]  
  5     [***]     [***]  
  6     [***]     [***]  
  7     [***]     [***]  
  8     [***]     [***]  
  9     [***]     [***]  
10     [***]     [***]  
11     [***]     [***]  
12     [***]     [***]  
13     [***]     [***]  
14     [***]     [***]  
15     [***]     [***]  
16     [***]     [***]  
17     [***]     [***]  
18     [***]     [***]  
19     [***]     [***]  
20     [***]     [***]  
21     [***]     [***]  
22     [***]     [***]  
23     [***]     [***]  
24     [***]     [***]  
25     [***]     [***]  
   
  Average  

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Exhibit E

Mesa Codeshare

Minimum Required Backup - Trueup Billings

 

Costs    Backup Required    Minimum Frequency

 

  

 

  

 

Actual Costs (All use actual $ rates)

Hull Insurance

Liability Insurance

Property Taxes

De-icing

Fuel Costs

Catering

Landing Fees

Security Service

Station Rent

CRJ Leases

Station Costs

  

Insurance Policy/Bill

Insurance Policy/Bill

All Invoices & Assessment Notices

All Invoices

Station Invoices

All Invoices

All Invoices

All Invoices

All Invoices

Lease Payment Schedule

All Invoices

  

Annually or when changes occur

Annually or when changes occur

Semi-Annually

Monthly

Audited Basis

Monthly

Monthly

Monthly

Monthly

Every New Delivery or Change in Lease

Monthly